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Organization: Tech Brazilian JiuJitsu club embraces sport and self defense..

Football: Four Red Raiders named to All-Big 12 second team.

Column: Breitbart, Fox News’ lacks integrity.

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Tech headed to Alabama for Birmingham Bowl The Texas Tech Red Raiders’ 38th bowl appearance will be against the University of South Florida Bulls at the Birmingham Bowl at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 23, at Legion Field in Birmingham.

The game will be broadcast on ESPN. This will be the first time that Tech will compete in the Birmingham Bowl. The bowl game was created in 2006, and usually hosts teams from the AAC and the SEC. Tech’s last appearance in Birmingham for a bowl game was the AllAmerican Bowl against No. 20 Duke in 1989, according to a Tech Athletics news release. The Red Raiders

defeated the Blue Devils, 49-21.

“Texas Tech is honored to accept an invitation to play in the Birmingham Bowl,” director of athletics Kirby Hocutt said in the release.

“We look forward to a return to Birmingham, which will be a great experience for our football program and our 15 seniors.”

Tech is now ranked 20th in alltime FBS bowl appearance and is ranked third in the Big 12, according to the release. The Red Raiders have won four of their last five bowl appearance. In 2013, Tech defeated Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl, 37-23, during Kliff Kingsbury’s first year as Tech’s head coach.

Ticket information for the bowl game will be released later in the evening, according to the release.

“Our football program looks forward to participating in the Birmingham Bowl,” Kingsbury said in the release. “South Florida is a quality program, and we look forward to seeing Legion Field packed with scarlet and black here in a few weeks.”

The Tech Ticket Office will open at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, and will start accepting ticket purchases over the phone at 806-742-TECH between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

The Red Raiders finished the season 6-6 after they defeated

Texas on Friday, Nov. 24. They finished the regular season 3-6 in Big 12 Conference play, 2-4 at home, 3-2 away and 1-0 neutral, according to Tech Athletics. Tech defeated Eastern Washington, Arizona State, Houston, Kansas, Baylor and Texas. The Red Raiders lost to Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Kansas State and TCU. The South Florida Bulls finished their season 9-2 overall, 6-2 in conference play, 5-1 at home and 4-1 away, according to USF Athletics. The Bulls defeated San Jose State, Stony Brook, Illinois, Temple, ECU, Cincinnati, Tulane, Connecti-

cut, Tulsa. Their two losses came against Houston and UCF. This was all done during former Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong’s first year as USF’s head coach. “(I’ve) followed them closely, have a great deal of respect for Charlie Strong and the type of man he is, the type of coach he is and so I was excited to see the success he’s had,” Kingsbury said. “I’ve watched their team on several occasions and they’re very good through all three phases. So, as a coach you like to see you have a great opponent, but you know you’re going to have to play a very good game to compete with.” @JackDensmore_DT

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Public Art program brings creativity, expression to campus

By CANDICE CLARK L a Vida Editor

As potential students take the walking tours across the Texas Tech campus, they may notice more than the bustling students and academic buildings.

The statue of Will Rogers and Soapsuds, the fountain carved to look like cupped hands beside the English building, the benches by Stangel/Murdough Hall made to look like grammatical colons and commas; these pieces are only a fraction of the Texas Tech University System Public Art collection.

Emily Wilkinson, the director for public art for the Tech University System, said former Chancellor John T. Montford’s wife, Debbie, had a passion for the arts and wanted to beautify Tech’s campus.

“She probably gets the most credit, as she was the program’s first supporter and creator,” Wilkinson said. “From 1998 to 2001, she raised the money for the program, and the System bought in part as well. Today, all of the pieces are valued at $13.4 million.”

Michael Molina, the vice chancellor for facilities planning and construction for the TTU System, said every building project on campus has funds set aside for public art.

“The money for public art is factored into the total construction budget, for enhancing art concepts and the area around the new building,” he said. “One percent is for the landscape plan, another one percent is for the public art, so two percent in total for the aesthetic impact of the new building. A lot of thought is put into the landscape as well, the spaces in between that are somewhat forgotten.”

Molina said there is also a public art committee for the program that works in tandem with the FP&C. “We set aside money for art with every project, everything on campus, including new projects and renovations,” Wilkinson said. “But if a project’s budget is under $2 million, we don’t have to install art for it.

As architects, we see each building having its own artistic expression.”

The public art committee assists the FP&C in making that artistic expression a reality, Molina said.

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1: “Comma” is located between the Student Union Building and the Library on Texas Tech’s campus. The stainless steel ball features a knob that, when pushed, allows people to hear acoustic waves moving in the ball, according to the Public Art Walking Tour Brochure. 2: “Agave Dreams” became part of the Public Art program in 2015 and is located near the biology building on campus, according to the brochure. 3: “Texas Rising” features stainless steel stars that are lit from within with colored LED lights. The piece is located in front of the West Village Residence Complex, according to the brochure. 4: “Four Faces” is a bronze piece of the Public Art Program located outside Talkington Residence Hall, according to the brochure. The piece became part of Tech’s program in 2013.

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Experts explain GMOs, discuss benefits

By CHELSEA GILMORE Staff Writer

Genetically modified organisms play a large role in the food and agriculture industry.

People want to know more about their food and what’s in it. However, labeling of nonGMO products and general information about GMOs can be difficult to decipher.

Robert Wright, an associate professor of crop genomics, said the technique of GMO research and processing has been around for about 40 years.

GMOs do not just deal with food but impact every

day necessities such as medicine and cotton.

He said a GMO is the result of a WRIGHT laboratory process where genes from the DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal.

“There is a lot of benefit and knowledge with regards to GMOs,” he said.

Morgan Garcia, a graduate student studying reproductive physiology, said insulin was one of the first products GMOs were tested on.

“Without GMOs, many people wouldn’t be alive today,” she said. “Insulin for example, used to be extracted from pigs, but wasn’t entirely effective at managing diabetes. The current insulin on the market is a GMO and works exactly like normal insulin made in the pancreas.”

Despite all the research done with GMOs in the past, people are still skeptical about GMOs in relation with food and crops.

Garcia said she thinks anything related to science, especially for those who do not understand it, can be scary.

Rosalyn Shim, an assistant professor of plant breed-

ing and genetics, said she believes it is important for everyone to have a clear SHIM understanding of what GMOs are.

One of the benefits of GMOs is producing specific traits that can improve nutritional value in certain foods, like rice, she said.

GMOs benefit the population because they can increase production, improve nutrients and have tolerance to environmental stress, Wright said.

“There’s a significant side

of this topic that would love to have definitive evidence that GMOs are a problem,” Wright said. “There’s really no evidence and this has kind of caused a problem in the food industry.”

He said the food industry is utilizing labeling of GMO and non-GMO products as a marketing strategy to play on this polarizing aspect of what GMO technology and processing really is.

Transparency is not necessarily there in regard to the labeling of these products, he said.

“Whether that food is created through a GMO ingredient, it is of no relevance to us

because we’re standing behind the technology and the product being safe,” he said.

Shim said there is extensive research and testing done before GMO products are ever released.

She said she thinks with the population growth, people should be more involved and participate in the conversation about GMOs. “Unfortunately, there’s no real clear solution of how we keep the population that’s interested in organic food or locally grown foods happy from the general population that’s going to eat pretty much anything,” Wright said. @DailyToreador

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Students plan to purchase holiday gifts for others

By MOLLY MCLENDON

Miller said while his family does expect gifts, they do not have expectations on what type of item it will be.

They just want to know he cares about them.

His family will even help him buy gifts sometimes, he said.

“If there is something I want to get someone and I can’t afford it, one of my parents will usually give me the money to help me get it for them,” Miller said.

His family also helps him with the gift ideas, he said.

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For some students, purchasing gifts for their friends and family is a stressful time.

Nicklas Miller, a senior management information systems major from San Antonio, said the main stress for him this holiday season is finding the right gift rather than the expense of them all.

“Affording it is less of an issue than it used to be, but it definitely used to be more of a concern,” he said.

He can ask his mom what his dad wants and she can help him find the right item.

“Remember that it’s the thought that counts and if you find something good on sale, its okay to buy multiple people the same thing,” he said.

Trina Contreras, a senior anthropology major from Houston said she does not get too worried about gifts during the holidays.

“I usually am told by my mom what to buy and send or my siblings and I convene

and discuss gifts,” she said.

“As for my friends, if they don’t say something specifically, I usually know what to get them.”

Contreras said she likes to get a list together with her whole family, split it up and then go from there. In her family, everyone gets one gift for the children then the adults do a white elephant exchange.

“That one is always fun to buy because I can get whatever, so I get creative,” she said.

Contreras’ advice when it comes to holiday shopping is to always shop the sales, she said. Look for advertisements on social media for specific items that friends want and try to plan ahead.

“Also, a lot of stores have gift sets for cheap so those always work in a pinch,” she said.

Contreras said the main thing is to be resourceful.

By asking parents and older adults, she can find good deals.

Bethany Moore, a senior

history major from Katy, does not get overwhelmed by gift purchasing, mainly because she said she works and saves money throughout the year.

For students that need to purchase inexpensive gifts, Moore said simple things like a mug filled with candy is an easy, inexpensive option.

The dollar section and gift cards are always good ideas as well, she said.

“Any sweet, small, thoughtful thing would be appreciated,” she said. @DailyToreador

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Egypt presidential hopeful returns home

Kushner: Trump still undecided on Israel’s capital

CAIRO (AP) — There has been no official word yet as of Sunday evening on the whereabouts of an Egyptian presidential hopeful who flew home from the United Arab Emirates 24 hours ago.

Ahmed Shafiq, a career air force officer who served as the last prime minister under ousted ruler Hosni Mubarak, flew to Cairo from the Emirates Saturday night, ending more than five years of exile in the Gulf Arab nation.

UAE authorities arrested and deported him to Cairo Saturday after he claimed that authorities there banned him from returning to Egypt to contest next year ’s presidential election. The UAE denied

this and accused him of ingratitude after it has given him a home since 2012.

Last week, Shafiq announced from the UAE that he would return to Egypt to run for president.

He ran in Egypt’s first free elections in 2012 and lost by a narrow margin to the Islamist Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood before fleeing the country to escape a litany of criminal charges that could have landed him in prison.

He has since been found innocent of all corruption allegations, clearing the way for his return home.

Airport officials said he was escorted out of Cairo airport by unidentified security personnel.

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a group of Arab lawmakers from Israel, according to the official Wafa news agency.

U.S. officials said last week that Trump is poised to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in a move that would upend decades of U.S. policy but also to put off once again moving the embassy from Tel Aviv. The officials said Trump is expected to make his decision known in a speech on Wednesday.

The highly charged declaration risks inflaming tensions across the Middle East, and U.S. embassies and consulates around the region have been warned to expect protests. But it would also offset disappointment from Trump supporters from deferring once again his campaign promise to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.

Trump’s announcement will follow months of internal deliberations that grew particularly intense last week, according officials familiar with the discussions. They described the president as intent on fulfilling his pledge to move the embassy but also mindful that doing so could set back his aim of forging a long-elusive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, who claim part of Jerusalem as the capital of an eventual state.

Moving the embassy could spark widespread protest across the Middle East and undermine an Arab-Israeli peace push led by Kushner. Trump’s campaign season promises won him the support of powerful pro-Israel voices in the Republican Party.

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talks between Israel and the Palestinians. And, they came as he faces increasing scrutiny over actions taking during the transition period following former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea on charges of lying to the FBI. Shortly before Kushner spoke, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned that American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would jeopardize the White House’s Mideast peace efforts.

“Any American step related to the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, or moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, represents a threat to the future of the peace process and is unacceptable for the Palestinians, Arabs and internationally,” Abbas told

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital or whether to proceed immediately in moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. That’s according to his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.

Kushner said Sunday that the president continues to weigh his options ahead of an announcement on the matter that is expected this week.

“The president is going to make his decision,” Kushner said in a rare public appearance at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.

“He is still looking at a lot of different facts.”

Kushner ’s comments were his first public remarks on his efforts to restart peace

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates on Sunday denied a claim by Yemen’s Shiite rebels that they fired a missile toward an under-construction Emirati nuclear plant. The denial came as heavy fighting in Yemen’s capital unraveled a rebel alliance that has been at war with a Saudi-led coalition, including the UAE.

T h e Ye m e n i r e b e l s , known as Houthis, have been clashing in the capital, Sanaa, for five consecutive days with supporters of Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, an ally turned adversary.

The alliance between the Houthis and Saleh had helped the rebels retain control of Sanaa, despite

nearly three years of coalition airstrikes.

The Houthis accuse Saleh of striking deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Since the recent clashes erupted in Sanaa, the Saudi coalition has been targeting the Houthis and backing Saleh’s camp.

The Houthi claim Sunday came as the UAE celebrated its 46th National Day with

public sector holiday that began on Thursday with a commemoration of the country’s fallen soldiers.

In a statement posted on the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency, authorities said: “The National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority denies the claim that the Houthis fired a missile toward the country.”

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Trump lashes out at own FBI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI, responding to revelations that an FBI agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller ’s team investigating Russian election meddling because of anti-Trump text messages.

Trump, two days after his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, again denied that he directed FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating Flynn.

The Republican president offered a running Twitter commentary Sunday amid renewed focus on Mueller’s probe and Flynn’s decision to cooperate with the investigation as part of his plea agreement. Democrats said the developments suggested

growing evidence of coordination between Trump’s circle and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the panel is beginning to see “the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice” against Trump.

“I think we see this in indictments ... and some of the comments that are being made. I see this in the hyperfrenetic attitude of the White House, the comments every day, the continual tweets,” Feinstein said. “And I see it most importantly in what happened with the firing of Director Comey, and it is my belief that that is directly because he did not agree to lift the cloud of the Russia investigation. That’s obstruction of justice.”

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Collaboration benefits students, colleges

By RYANN RAEL Staff Writer

A collaboration between the College of Media & Communication and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has yielded a new prerequisite for prenursing students.

Communication in Nursing, COMS 2320, is aimed at giving nursing students the tools they need to communicate in the health industry effectively.

This semester, the course was offered in one section with 100 seats, but due to a high demand for the course, it will be expanded for Spring 2018 to 350 seats over three sections, and an online option for pre-nursing students studying at other locations, Brian Ott, chair of the communications studies department, said. All 350 seats for the spring have been filled.

“If we don’t have effective communication in the medical industry, people literally

die,” he said.

The number of students needing to take this course is much higher than originally anticipated, Ott said. CoMC is working to meet the needs of students trying to fill their prerequisite requirements.

If we don’t have effective communication in the medical industry, people literally die.

DAVID OTT Communication Studies Department Chair “One of the difficulties with the pre-nursing program is that a pre-nursing student can be any major on campus,” he said. “The nursing program doesn’t really know that they exist until they make an application to the nursing program. So there

are all kinds of hidden prenursing students hidden all around campus in different majors and until this class got required, no one knew quite how many there were.”

Melanie Sarge, one of the professors who worked to create the syllabus for this course, was able to contribute to the collaboration because her research is in strategic communication focused on disease prevention and overall good health, she said.

The class teaches several types of communication: interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, and patient education, Sarge said.

“How you can tailor messages to have them adhere to have them, one, increase their comprehension of what is going on, and what needs to be done for their health, and two, have them adhere to the recommendations for their health so they are able to walk away and feel very efficacious and be able to care for themselves once they

leave,” she said. “Otherwise, they just get sent out and have no education on how to take care of themselves.”

Often times, nurses fill the role of communication liaison between the physicians and patients because physicians do not always have the time to educate patients.

So, nurses act as a bridge between the two, Sarge said, making communication even more important.

The cross-college collaboration between the CoMC and the nursing program has been advantageous for both parties, Ott said. This type of relationship could lead to research grants and other courses similar to the Nursing Communication class.

“This is a really unprecedented thing and speaks to the tremendous vision that (CoMC) Dean (David) Perlmutter has, he saw a need here and he had the vision to pursue it,” Ott said. “It was a very forward thinking idea that has not only been

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The new Nursing Communications class is currently being taught in room 075 in the College of Media & Communication. The class is a collaboration with the College of Media & Communication and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. rewarding for our college and the department of communication studies, but is greatly valued by the Health Sciences Center. It’s been a fabulous collaboration.”

Sarah Tobin, a senior nursing student from Georgetown, said a course like this is beneficial for students going into the nursing program because they will already have

an understanding of material in level one courses.

Ott will have student feedback on the course once the evaluations come in.

However, Ott feels the class is going very well.

“Based on the data that’s available to us, I have every reason to believe it’s going really well,” he said. @RyannRael_DT

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Officials, students discuss short attention spans

By MOLLY MCLENDON Staff Writer

In today’s world, students face distractions constantly, especially in class.

Michael J. Serra, associate professor and director of Experimental Psychology Graduate Programs, knows how challenging it can be to focus with distractions.

However, he said he does not necessarily think it is a generational issue. “(Millennials) think they are good at multitasking while almost no one is good at multitasking,” he said.

The main problem is that students are accustomed to these distractions and they are hard to resist, even in class, Serra said.

“A lot of students will report that they’re taking notes on their laptop but they’re not just focusing on the class, they’re looking at other things or have

a texting app open,” he said.

H o w e v e r, Serra said attention spans cannot always be blamed for not paying atten- SERRA tion in class. There are many other factors that affect people’s motivation or ability to stay focused.

“The information could just be boring, they could not be motivated, they could just be tired, but once you throw in a laptop or cellphone in, its more easy to be distracted,” he said. “So, certainly students can be distracted, but I’m not sure this comes from a generational problem,” he said.

Students may pay better attention if things in the classroom are altered, Serra said, like a professor banning laptops or cell phones.

However, this presents challenges, as well.

He said the professors might have to make accommodations to the way they teach in order to get students to pay attention.

“The instructors could try to make the lessons more interesting and engaging, which might be easier said than done,” Serra said.

Being distracted by devices is an issue that goes beyond the classroom, he said. Students, and young people in general, think they can use their cell phones while driving.

“You see the same thing with driving, this is why most states ban cell phone use while driving. There are costs of talking on the phone while driving,” he said.

If younger people don’t understand the risk, they will continue to be distracted while driving, Serra said.

“They don’t realize it that even though if they don’t get in an accident, their at-

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Tetiana Sukach, a doctoral student at Texas Tech, and Matthew Ketterer play sand volleyball on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Urbanovsky Park. Temperatures warmed up through the weekend, but are expected to cool down again during the week.

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Skiing Santas hold court at ski resort Santa Claus is known for shimmying down chimneys, but for one day a year, dozens of Santas try to avoid tumbling down a mountain.

The 18th annual Santa event took place at Sunday River ski resort in western Maine on Sunday. The event is highlighted by Santas skiing and snowboarding down the slopes to raise money for the Sunday River Community Fund, which benefits groups in the area.

One of the Santas was Yelena Walsh of Boston, a 50-year-old financial analyst who was once a professional skier in Russia. Walsh said the event is the highlight of her holiday season.

"In Russia, we didn't celebrate Christmas. We celebrated New Year," she said.

"This is a very good and very festive way to start the ski season. It's an opportunity to dress up and act like a child."

The skiing Santas participate in full Kringle garb, including, of course, a white beard and red hat. The Santas must all donate a minimum of $15.

Online registration to participate filled up in 10 minutes, said Darcy Lambert, a spokeswoman for Sunday River.

The event has grown in popularity over the years, Lambert said, with 160 Santas raising $2,500 Sunday.

tention is still impaired,” he said.

The future generations might have it worse, Serra said, but he does not know how many more distractions could be added to what already exists.

“There’s more and more technology and it could get worse,” he said.

If people, especially students, understand that humans are not talented at doing multiple things at once, Serra said they might realize how dangerous and disrupting it can be.

“One way to make it better is to help people understand how distracting multitasking really is,” he said.

Tristan Taylor Kisor, a senior social work major from Aledo, said she believes that millennials have shorter attention spans than previous generations.

“Because of the increase in technology and social me-

dia, it has led to an impact on socialization and interpersonal skills, in other words, the skills have potentially decreased,” she said.

The instructors could try to make the lessons more interesting and engaging, which might be easier said than done.

MICHAEL SERRA Director of Experimental Psychology Graduate Programs However, Kisor said she thinks individuals might benefit with a healthy balance of both technology and socialization. This might include a more integrative method of technology to help increase attention spans.

In the future, newer generations might have unique issues in dealing with attention spans and socializing in person. She said this issue especially affects students.

“This affects students because as technology becomes more integrated in every aspect of our social life, it decreases the need for interpersonal experience,” she said.

Heather Belzeski, a senior psychology major from Houston, said she thinks attention spans depend on different factors.

Because parenting styles change over different generations, she said this could be a factor that alters the new generation of individuals’ self-discipline.

“Everyone focuses in a different way, they have to figure out what helps them focus,” she said. @DailyToreador

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Trump suggests flexibility on corporate tax rates President Donald Trump has suggested that he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the Senate.

Trump told reporters at the White House before a trip to New York City Saturday that he would consider setting the corporate tax rate at 22 percent, compared to a 20 percent rate that he has pushed for with House and Senate Republicans during the fall.

Pointing to expected talks between House and Senate negotiators this month, Trump predicted "something beautiful is going to come out of that mixer" and the business tax would come "all the way down from 35 to 20. It could be 22 when it comes out, but it could also be 20. We'll see what ultimately comes out."

Trump spoke after the Senate approved a $1.5 tril-

lion tax bill early Saturday that would rewrite the nation's tax code, cut individual rates and slash the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent beginning in 2019.

If enacted, the bill would provide the most sweeping changes to the tax system in three decades and help Trump deliver the first major legislative win of his presidency.

Trump's suggestion of a higher corporate tax rate than what has been included in legislation approved by the House and Senate represented an about-face after the president and administration officials maintained a hard line that a corporate rate higher than 20 percent was a nonstarter.

Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech to the Tax Foundation in mid-November that the administration would "cut the corporate tax rate from one of the highest in the developed world down to 20 percent — and not a penny more."

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who accompanied Trump to New York for fundraisers on Saturday, said in September that the 20 percent corporate rate was "not negotiable."

White House officials did not immediately respond to questions seeking clarity on Trump's views of the proposed corporate tax rate.

Senate and House Republicans now head into a new phase of seeking to reconcile differences in the legislation passed by both chambers, a behind-closed-doors process that could move quickly.

Trump has said he wants to sign the tax package into law before Christmas.

Republicans have pointed to the tax bill as crucial to retaining its House and Senate majorities in next year's midterm elections. Democrats have said the bill will solely help the wealthy and corporations at the expense of more modest-earning workers.

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exas State University’s newspaper, The University Star, has caught a lot of flak lately after publishing a column entitled, “Your DNA is an abomination,” on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

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lamentation the author, Rudy Martinez, has with the white population. The over-written column includes statements like, “I hate you because you shouldn’t exist. You are both the dominant apparatus on the planet and the void in which all other cultures, upon meeting you, die.”

Martinez’s column gained so much traction for the paper the editorial board decided to pull it from its website and The University Star ’s editor sent out an apology explaining the need for the retraction. “The original intent of the column was to comment on the idea of race and racial identities,” Denise Cervantes, editor of the paper, wrote.

Whatever the intent, the damage was done to the paper, at least in the eyes of some of the more right-lean-

ing media entities. Many of whom took it upon themselves to chastise The University Star for what they saw as blatant racism. That point is hardly arguable, it seemed Martinez was trying to evoke a bit more than a conversation but rather a full-fledged fist fight.

It then appeared on Breitbart’s website in an article that gave a rundown of the column and some of the problems associated with it.

To change the subject, for just a second, it should be noted that when one types into Google “The University Star” nowhere does it remotely come close to bringing up Texas Tech. It is also worth noting that Google maps estimates San Marcos, the home of The University Star, is about 400 miles away from Lubbock.

Now back to Breitbart’s article, written by Tom Ciccotta.

The original text of Ciccotta’s article had Martinez and Cervantes, and Texas State’s student government president Andrew Homann, as Tech students. It

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news outlets to get something mixed up.

However, mistaking an almost 40,000 student university with another which happens to be almost 400 miles away is almost unforgivable. It is not that this mistake was so grave and career-ending, but rather the simplicity of Ciccotta’s failure is concerning.

Getting a bit of information, so simple as the location, wrong is worrisome because it shows he does not have the want or care to provide his readers with accurate, truthful information. That is the entire goal of Breitbart, to change attitudes and minds against what they consider the out of hand left. But even if one has opinions about what those of other ideologies believe, fact should not be misconstrued.

In high school I had a coach who used to say that if you get the small stuff right all the big things fall into place. Sweating the small stuff is imperative to provide truthful information to read-

ers, and that’s what Ciccotta, Breitbart and Fox News lack.

What is more aggravating about this whole situation is Breitbart’s refusal to admit to its mistake. Even Ciccotta tweeted at The Daily Toreador after it pointed out the error on Twitter, and his only response was, “Apologies. Fixed.”

He did not even have the professional courtesy to add to his article of what his mistake was. It now just reads, “This story has been updated to remove references to Texas Tech that were originally included.” He will not admit his mistake; he only says some references are removed.

This only goes to show that people like Ciccotta and entities like Fox News and Breitbart are, themselves, distributing information that they refuse to verify. He is not a real journalist and those entities do not distribute news; in fact, one might even say what they are distributing is fake. @MichaelCantuDT

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S p e a k i n g o n N B C ’s “Meet the Press,” California Democrat Dianne Feinstein said the evidence is coming partly from “the continual tweets” from the White House. Trump is focusing renewed attacks on the FBI,

and on the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, two days after ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn agreed to cooperate with the probe as part of a plea agreement.

Feinstein said she believes Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey came “directly because he did not agree to lift the cloud of the Russia investigation.” She added, “That’s obstruction of justice.”

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is warning Trump to tread cautiously, telling CBS’ “Face the Nation” that Trump’s comments about on-

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seems Ciccotta has Tech and Texas State confused.

With that tidbit of information, it seems the news Breitbart is trying to report on is not wholly true — one might even call it fake.

It then showed up on a Fox News segment by one of its contributors Greg Gutfeld, who took about five minutes to castigate the newspaper and its staff and exclaim that racism against white people is a huge problem in the United State.

Gutfeld’s original Youtube video was labeled as “Greg Gutfeld monologue on Texas Tech story.” Again it seems that Fox News, who will scream foul and faux upon any other news entity it sees as fake news, is distributing information that is untrue — information one might even call fake.

Based on watching what little I was able to stomach of Gutfeld’s monologue, it was somewhat apparent he pulled most of his information from Breitbart’s article.

Now, it is not uncommon for

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Tech Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club embraces sport, self defense

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The opportunity for Texas Tech students to train in the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is available for individuals with the necessary patience to improve themselves.

The Tech Brazilian JiuJitsu Club hosts practices on Mondays from 8:30 to 11 p.m. and Wednesdays from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. in room 116 of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center during the fall and spring semesters, Jeff Ptak, a senior biochemistry major from Allen and president of the Tech JiuJitsu club, said.

Ptak, who joined the club during his sophomore year, said jiu-jitsu focuses primarily on grappling and fighting while on the ground, typically while one is on his or her back.

Once grounded, practitioners of the martial art can utilize chokeholds and joint locks to make their opponent submit.

"I've always been more of a grappler," Ptak said. "I

was a wrestler when I was in high school. I didn't really like (jiu-jitsu) at first, but it was really just about making an adjustment. After that, I just stuck with it and eventually grew to love it."

One of jiu-jitsu's main principles emphasizes that smaller, weaker practitioners can successfully defend themselves against bigger, stronger opponents, he said.

An adaption of the parent martial art, judo, and developed by brothers Carlos and Helio Gracie, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is also its own full-contact combat sport.

Students involved in the Tech Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club participate in drills, rehearse grappling technique execution and take part in live-sparring exercises with other people during practices, Ptak said. Steady improvement in one's selfdefense abilities can be seen over time when training.

"One thing they say to you when you first start off is that every black belt was a white belt who didn't quit," he said. "It's definitely not for everybody,

but if you stick with it, you will see improvement in yourself."

Practitioners of the martial art carry the mindset of hoping they are never put in a hostile situation that forces them to exercise their jiu-jitsu skills, Erica Donnelly, a junior civil engineering major from Pflugerville, said. Nevertheless, preparedness for such a confrontation is one of the benefits one receives from the Tech Brazilian JiuJitsu club.

Having been practicing the martial art for more than two years, Donnelly said perseverance and determination in one's self is important for staving off stagnation in one's personal development. Paying close attention to small, seemingly inconsequential details can mean as much as nailing the sport's basic fundamentals.

"Even if (jiu-jitsu is) something that you don't want to compete in, there are so many different things that you can get out of it," she said. "It helps a lot with self-defense, it helps you get

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Roger Del Campo, lead instructor of the Texas Tech Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club, practices with an assistant instructor during practice. The club hosts practices on Mondays from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Wednesdays from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in room 116 of the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center. in shape and stay physically fit and it's not really something to be scared of because everyone starts off as a beginner."

Tech’s Brazilian JiuJitsu club empathizes sparheavy instruction rather than theory-based methodology to give students a more hands-on learning approach, Roger Del Campo, lead jiu-jitsu instructor for

the Tech Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club, said. Del Campo has been instructing the club for the past four years.

Mainly an individual sport, Del Campo said he encourages his pupils to take part in Brazilian jiujitsu competitions and tournaments to further expand their background of fighting experience. Although the sport aspect of jiu-jitsu is

highly combative, serious injuries in competitions are rare.

"Everybody starts off as white belt, even I had to start off as a white belt," he said. "(Jiu-jitsu) really one of those things that has something to offer anybody, so I recommend it to anyone who might be interested." @ReeceNationsDT

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Opera said Saturday it will open an investigation into allegations that its longtime conductor, James Levine, sexually abused a man three decades ago beginning when the man was a teenager.

Levine’s accuser, now middle-aged, contacted the police department in Lake Forest, Illinois, in October of 2016 to report that he’d had sexual contact with the conductor when he was under age 18.

He said he was reaching out to police in Lake Forest because some of his encounters with Levine took place there in the mid-1980s.

Levine served as music director at the Ravinia Festival, outside Chicago, from 1973 to 1993.

Details of the police report were first reported Saturday on the website of the New York Post. Met officials said they learned of the police report last year.

“This first came to the Met’s attention when the Illinois police investigation was opened in October 2016,” the Met said in a statement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year's Kennedy Center Honors will recognize some of the best artists and performers in the country, while skipping the political drama that loomed over it earlier this year.

Rapper and actor LL Cool J and Lear are among

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dition to the Sunday ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, this year's recipients were honored Saturday at a gala State Department dinner.

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “It is a marriage between two entities, Facilities Planning and Construction and Emily and the public art committee,” he said. “We have separate inputs, multiple options and its collaborative.”

Wilkinson said there are 20 people on the committee, each related to Tech in some way, each serving for three years until they rotate off for new members.

“We have members from Lubbock, El Paso, Odessa, San Angelo, and members from Tech’s faculty and staff as well,” she said. “They are all art people, related to Texas Tech in some way, and they are pretty united.

They see the project, where it is going, the context for the piece and the renderings by the artist.”

Jo Moore, the director of the Presidential Lecture and Performance series and current public art committee member, said the committee is the best she has ever worked on.

“There are about 15 to 20 of us at one time, all with divergent views except when it comes to art and culture,” she said. “We are with the projects from the inception, we know what the art will look like before everyone else knows. To watch that process and know that one percent is going to go towards art is amazing. It shows incredible foresight by the Board of Regents.”

Wilkinson said that unlike other college campuses, Texas Tech’s Spanish Renaissance architectural style is consistent for all the buildings, offering a unique backdrop for art installations.

“A good example would be the newer installation at the Rawls College of Business, the red trees,” she said. “The representative for the college wanted a piece that would emphasize the technology side of business, as the older piece, with the bull and the bear, represented finance.”

The newer installation, “Illuminated Arboreal Data Codes,” is made of aluminum and stainless steel, with each tree representing a communication circuit used in technology and business, according

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to the TTU System Public Art walking tour book, third edition. The four major text languages — Cuneiform, Morse code, Braille and Binary — were etched into the trees with quotes chosen by business school representatives.

But the process of creating another piece, from idea to final installation, is more streamlined. According to Wilkinson, the campus collection has been created by artists from all over the world.

“We have artists apply online through our website, and we get roughly 80 to 100 artists applications each time,” she said. “Texas Tech has a good reputation with artists, and they get recognition for working with Texas Tech.

After the application period closes, the committee can go in and vote online. They look at works the artists have done in the past, any projects they have done with budgets.

The normal budget for the art is anywhere between $20,000 and $260,000, very similar to other projects artists work with professionally.”

Moore said the committee can look at more than 100 art proposals for each installation, with budgets going up to $800,000.

“We cull it down from over 100 to the final list for the project,” she said. “As a committee, we discuss the concepts, the techniques, and what the representatives from the campus are interested in.”

The program has a solid future. It shows the commitment to our campus.

EMILY WILKINSON PUBLIC ART DIRECTOR “After the committee votes, we will have the top three to five finalists travel to campus, see where the art would go, and they give us a full proposal for the piece,” Wilkinson said. “Full scale models, sketches, and renderings. We also hold interviews where we ask the finalists about their ideas, how they work with a budget, as well as future maintenance

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TOP: “Run,” one of the newest pieces of public art on Texas Tech’s campus, is outside of the Sports Performance Center on campus. Michael Molina, the vice chancellor for facilities planning and construction for the TTU System, said the piece has a kinetic feel to it and lights up at night.

RIGHT: The Masked Rider statue is located behind the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. It is part of the Texas Tech Public Art program. Emily Wilkinson, the director for public art for the Tech University System, said the Public Art program has made a large impact on Tech and makes the campus and Tech System unique. of the piece.”

Molina said the future maintenance of the installation is factored into the construction budget as well.

“We have to have people on hand who are qualified to clean that substrate, all done in a very scientific way.

In the collection we have everything from bronzes to textiles, and everything needs to be done right.”

Wilkinson said the final stage of the approval process goes through administration.

“The Chancellor and the President of the university that the art will be installed

on give their final approval,” she said. “Any piece that represents an actual person will be looked at by the Board of Regents and approved, the committee will give their recommendation and the final signoff for the project.”

Another newer piece on campus is “Run,” installed at the new Texas Tech Athletics Sports Performance Center on campus.

“For ‘Run’ we had to place our trust in the artist, and they gave us renderings,” Molina said. “You had to have the model in front of you. It is a trafficked walkway, so it

has that kinetic feel around the piece, and night lighting.

What is interesting about the piece is that it represents a female track athlete, and it is not about football. The sports performance center has as much to do with track as football, and we wanted the building to be represented by that.”

Molina also said the artist’s original concept was with a male track athlete, but changed it to a female subject after visiting campus and talking with the committee.

“The artist modeled the piece after our women’s track team, and it has many different

views, or nodes from whichever viewpoint you have of it,” he said. “It is a statement.”

Wilkinson said the effect of the public art program has been felt not only on Tech campus in Lubbock, but on the other campuses in the system as well.

“The program has a solid future. It shows the commitment to our campus,” she said. “It is the only program with system wide communication and it is united throughout. The collection makes our campus unique.

And we’re still adding to it.” @CandiceClarkDT

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After erroneous Flynn report, ABC News suspends Brian Ross NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News on Saturday suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay for his erroneous report on Michael Flynn, which it called a “serious error.”

Ross, citing an unnamed confidant of Flynn, the former national security adviser, had reported Friday that thencandidate Donald Trump had directed Flynn to make contact with the Russians. That would have been an explosive development in the ongoing investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to interfere in the election. But hours later, Ross clari-

fied his report on the evening news, saying that his source now said Trump had done so not as a candidate, but as president-elect. At that point, he said, Trump had asked Flynn to contact the Russians about issues including working together to fight ISIS. ABC was widely criticized for merely clarifying and not correcting the report. It issued a correction later in the evening.

“We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday,” the network said in a statement Saturday. “The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross dur-

ing the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process.

As a result of our continued reporting over the next several hours ultimately we determined the information was wrong and we corrected the mistake on air and online.

“It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience — these are our core principles. We fell far short of that yesterday. Effective immediately, Brian Ross will be suspended for four weeks without pay.”

The news brought swift reaction from Trump, who tweet-

ed: “Congratulations to @ABC News for suspending Brian Ross for his horrendously inaccurate and dishonest report on the Russia, Russia, Russia Witch Hunt. More Networks and “papers” should do the same with their Fake News!”

As for Ross, who is ABC’s chief investigative correspondent, he tweeted: “My job is to hold people accountable and that’s why I agree with being held accountable myself.”

Ross, 69, joined the network in 1994. He has won a slew of journalism awards, including, according to his ABC bio, six George Polk awards, six Peabody awards and two

Emmys, among others.

He also, though, has drawn criticism for previous errors. In just one example, ABC had to apologize in 2012 when Ross reported on “Good Morning America” that James Holmes, the suspect in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, might be connected to the tea party, based on a name listed on a web page. It turned out to be a different “Jim Holmes.”

Ross was criticized for politicizing the story with the error.

Journalism analyst Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit journalism school based in Florida, noted that while

reporting errors are always serious, the current media climate — in which the president is accusing mainstream outlets of purveying “fake news” — renders the stakes even higher.

“There has been a significant change in the political culture in the last two years,” Clark said. “That change has had many consequences for the practice of journalism. When the president of the United States refers to the press collectively as an enemy of the people, the people who support that view will interpret certain acts of journalism as being evidence that the president is correct.”

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College Football Playoff selections surprised nobody

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he four teams that will play in the College Football Playoffs were announced early on Sunday by the College Football playoff committee, with Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama making the cut for the 2018 Playoffs.

Alabama’s inclusion as the fourth team should not come as a surprise to anyone, with the precedent set last season with Ohio State’s inclusion in the 2017 Playoffs. Alabama has been one of the most dominant teams in the NCAA for more than a decade, and will be serious contenders even after failing to make the SEC Championship.

As the respective winners of their conference, Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia were selected based on their record

Austin Watts is a senior electronic media & communication major from Sweetwater.

and conference championships. Alabama was selected as the final team to make the playoffs, being the first team to be selected without winning, or even playing in, its conference championship.

The top seeded team, Clemson, won the ACC Championship over Miami in a 38-3 victory on Saturday night. The Clemson Tigers enter the playoffs with a 12-1 record with their sole loss coming at the hands of Syracuse early in the season.

Clemson has made the CFP

playoffs for three straight seasons, with a second national title win in 2017.

The No. 2 team, Oklahoma, defeated TCU in the Big 12 Conference Championship in a 41-17 victory to secure their spot in the playoffs. Oklahoma holds a 12-1 record overall, with its sole loss to Iowa State in an upset early in October.

Oklahoma made the CFP playoffs in 2017 before falling to Alabama in the opening round.

The third seeded team, Georgia, won the SEC Championship on Saturday, with a 28-7 win over Auburn, who had beaten the team earlier in the season.

Georgia enters the playoffs with a 12-1 record.

The final and fourth seed,

Alabama, is the odd team here. Alabama finished with a 11-1 record, with its sole loss coming to Auburn, which prevented them from playing in the SEC Championship.

Alabama is the first team in the history of the CFP to have made the playoffs without winning or even playing in its conference championship.

In the first round, Oklahoma will play Georgia in the Rose Bowl, while Clemson will face Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama and Clemson last played each other in the 2017 National Championship, which was a rematch of the 2016 National Championship. Alabama won the national title in 2016, while Clemson defeated Alabama in 2017.

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Clemson and Alabama in the playoffs was an obvious choice for the CFP committee, with its third playoff match against each other in three years. Both teams have won a national title in the last two years, and should be the biggest draw of the playoffs.

Alabama’s inclusion as the fourth team should not come as a surprise to anyone.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma and Georgia will play in the Rose Bowl, which should be an interesting matchup. The

two teams have never played each other. Both teams suffered odd in-conference defeats before winning their conference championships, so neither team is without their flaws.

Moving forward how Alabama plays in the playoffs could influence the decision to include non-conference winners in the playoffs in future seasons. Last season, Ohio State made the playoffs without winning the Big 10 Championship before being shutout by Clemson 31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl. If Alabama falters in the playoffs, it could hinder non-conference winners being selected to the playoffs going forward. @AustinWattsDT

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Seton Hall upsets No. 17 Louisville 79-77 No. 2 Texas rolls past LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Desi Rodriguez had a seasonhigh 29 points, including an off-balance bank shot with 8 seconds remaining, to rally Seton Hall to a 79-77 upset victory over No. 17 Louisville on Sunday.

After Deng Adel’s leaner tied it at 77, the Pirates ran the clock down before Rodriguez got the ball and dribbled left. He fired a hard shot off the glass for the lead in a tense, back-andforth game between former Big East Conference rivals.

The Pirates made their final

seven shots.

Quentin Snider’s 3-point attempt for the winner missed with 4 seconds left and Rodriguez got the rebound to spark an on-court celebration for Seton Hall (7-1). The Pirates have won three straight.

Khadeen Carrington had 18 points, Myles Powell had 13 including a key 3-pointer and Angel Delgado had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Pirates.

Adel had 20 points and Quentin Snider 15 for Louisville (4-2), which led 59-

52 midway through the second half but lost its second straight.

BIG PICTURE Seton Hall: The Pirates added to their collection of wins over Power Five conference schools with poise down the stretch after trailing. Timely plays on both ends helped and Rodriguez didn’t have to do it himself as teammates contributed. The Pirates finished nearly even with Louisville on the boards (36-35) and shot 46 percent.

Seton Hall has already beaten Indiana, Texas Tech and

Vanderbilt this season.

Louisville: The Cardinals overcame a slow start and seemed to be in gear with a 59-52 lead before faltering. But lazy passes led to turnovers and easy Seton Hall baskets, and they had no answer defensively for Rodriguez. They were outscored 40-26 in the paint as well.

UP NEXT Seton Hall hosts Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday.

Louisville hosts Siena on Wednesday in preparation for its meeting against neighboring Indiana on Saturday.

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Georgia in easy win ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Ariel Atkins had 17 points and nine rebounds, Jatarie White added 13 points and No. 2 Texas cruised to an 81-53 victory over Georgia on Sunday.

Brooke McCarty and Lashann Higgs each scored 12 points as the Longhorns (7-0) dominated on both ends of the floor. Texas’ defense kept the Lady Bulldogs from getting to the rim and from generating any momentum beyond the arc.

And the Longhorns had nearly everything working offensively in their half-court sets and fastbreak chances.

Mackenzie Engram finished with 17 points and was the only player to score in double figures for Georgia (7-1), which made it to the free-throw line just eight times and shot 17.6 percent on 17 3-point attempts.

Texas was at its best late in the second quarter after Georgia pulled with 10 on Gabby Connally’s layup.

Atkins blocked a shot and fed Hosey for a layup. Hosey and Sutton each had a steal and a quick layup as the Longhorns closed the first half on a 9-0 run to lead by 19.

Brown helps Baylor women beat Stanford 81-57 WACO,(AP) — Baylor coach Kim Mulkey hasn’t always been happy with the energy her starting lineup plays with to start games.

The No. 9 Lady Bears had no problem getting started Sunday when taking on another national power, No. 16 Stanford, and being cheered on by a season-best crowd of more than 8,000 fans.

Kalani Brown had 28 points and Baylor scored the game’s first nine points, leading throughout in an 8157 victory over the Cardinal.

“The first five are the ones who have the most experience. That’s what I’ve decided to go with, and they sometimes don’t get off to the fastest of starts,” Mulkey said. “The fastest of starts means the energy, the defensive assignments, the effort.

All five of them, I thought today that they did.”

Brown was 12 for 16 from the floor and beat the Cardi-

nal with postups, drives to the basket and shots from the top of the key.

Lauren Cox and Kristy Wallace added double-doubles for Baylor (7-1). Cox had 15 points and 15 rebounds, while Wallace had 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

“Kristy Wallace, no turnovers, almost played 40 minutes in the game, almost had a triple-double,” Mulkey said.

“She didn’t try to do too much, she made the right passes, she made hustle plays. She may have had her finest game in her career at Baylor.”

Stanford (5-4) struggled to find anything inside and made only 20 of 68 shots (29 percent) overall, including only 10 of 38 (26 percent) on 3-pointers.

“The first quarter was disappointing,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said.

“We have an extremely young team that is just learning how to play. This early sea-

son has really been baptism by fire, and we were beaten clearly by a better team.”

All four of Stanford’s losses this season have come in their only games against Top 25 teams.

Baylor outrebounded Stanford 55-39 and held a 54-18 advantage in the paint.

Center Shannon Coffee led Stanford with 14 points off the bench, but four of her five made field goals were 3-pointers. Kiana Williams scored Stanford’s first 10 points and finished with 13, well above her season average of 4.9 points per game.

It was the second home game in a row that the Lady Bears dominated a ranked team, coming after a 90-63 victory over No. 20 Kentucky on Thursday.

BIG PICTURE Stanford: Brown and Cox proved to be a problem for the Cardinal inside with more

than their production. They also got starting forwards Kaylee Johnson and Alanna Smith in major foul trouble early. Johnson and Smith both three fouls before halftime. Smith managed to work around that and finished with 11 points, but Johnson fouled out with 7:32 to go in the third quarter.

Baylor: The energy from the Lady Bears overwhelmed Stanford early. They compounded the 9-0 opening run by scoring 15 of the game’s first 18 points and led 25-8 at the end of the first quarter.

Baylor got out of its offensive flow at times in the second and early in the third quarter, thanks in large part to questionable shot selection that allowed the Cardinal to get back within eight with 8:14 to go in the third. But the Lady Bears regrouped and got back to taking the ball inside to pull away.

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Four Red Raiders named to All-Big 12 second team The Texas Tech football program had four Red Raiders, including three defensive players, named to the All-Big 12 Conference second team.

Junior linebacker Dakota Allen, junior defensive back Jah’Shawn Johnson, sophomore defensive back Justus Parker and junior wide receiver Keke Coutee were all named to the All-Big 12 second team. Tech has not had three or more defensive players named to the All-Big 12 first or second team since 2012, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

This is the first time both Allen and Parker have received postseason honors and it is the second time that Coutee and Johnson have received postseason honors, according to the release.

After his redshirt freshman season in 2015, Johnson was named an honorable mention, and Coutee was named an honorable mention after the 2016 season.

Parker leads the team in turnovers with four forced

fumbles, one fumble recovery and four interceptions, all during conference play.

Parker also has 42 tackles, four pass breakups and three quarterback hurries, according to the release. Parker’s tackles are sixth-most on the team.

For Allen, he has 93 tackles on the season, six tackles for loss, two sacks, four pass breakups, two interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery, according to the release. His 93 tackles also leads the team.

Johnson is second on the team with 89 tackles. He also has one forced fumble and five pass breakups, according to the release.

For Coutee, he is one of the top receivers in the country, according to the release.

In four games, Coutee has received for 150 yards or more which is the most in the Big 12.

According to the release, 14 Red Raiders also received honorable mention honors including sophomore offen-

sive lineman Madison Akamnonu, senior wide receiver Cameron Batson, sophomore linebacker Jordyn Brooks, sophomore offensive lineman Travis Bruffy, senior wide receiver Dylan Cantrell, junior defensive back Vaughnte Dorsey and junior defensive lineman Kolin Hill.

Redshirt freshman defensive lineman Eli Howard, junior punter Dominic Panazzolo, senior quarterback Nic Shimonek, junior offensive lineman Paul Stawarz, senior running back Justin Stockton, senior defensive lineman Mychealon Thomas and sophomore defensive lineman Broderick Washington Jr. also were named honorable mentions, according to the release.

Defensively, the Red Raiders have had 27 turnovers, 14 more than the 2015 season, according to the release. The improvement in turnovers is the largest improvement for any team in a power-five conference in the 2017 season. @JackDensmore_Dt

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Texas Tech junior linebacker Dakota Allen makes a tackle during Tech’s game against Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders beat the Sun Devils, 52-45.

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Shimonek accepts invitation to East-West Shrine Game

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Texas Tech senior quarterback Nic Shimonek throws a pass during a game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Shimonek will play in the East-West Shrine Game after he accepted an invitation on Thursday, Nov. 30.

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Texas Tech senior quarterback Nic Shimonek will play in the East-West Shrine Game after he accepted an invitation on Thursday, Nov. 30.

The East-West Shrine Game will be played at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

The game will be broadcasted on the NFL Network.

Shimonek is the only senior so far to accept an invitation to a postseason

game this season. Former Red Raiders Seth Doege and Cody Davis were the last to play in the EastWest Shrine Game after the 2012 season, according to the release.

In last year’s East-West Shrine Game, 100 seniors who played in the game signed with an NFL team and 70 seniors were on the final rosters of NFL teams.

The East-West Shrine Game is one of the top events each year for seniors who wish to

be in the NFL, according to the release.

In the 2017 season, Shimonek threw for 3,547 yards and 30 touchdowns and had a 68.2 completion percentage, which ranks fifth nationally, according to the release. He is also ranked seventh overall for passing yards.

Most recently, Shimonek entered in the fourth quarter of the game against the Texas Longhorns on Friday, Nov. 24, and helped Tech

complete a comeback win.

With around two minutes left in the game, Shimonek threw a touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Cameron Batson to put Tech up, 27-23. The win made Tech bowl eligible.

Shimonek’s final game will be at Tech’s 38th bowl in school history against USF for the Birmingham Bowl at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 23, in Birmingham, Alabama. @JackDensmore_Dt

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Antetokoumpo scores 33 points, Bucks beat Kings 109-104 MILWAUKEE (AP) — After dismantling the Sacramento Kings on the road earlier in the week, Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd worried about a possible letdown as the teams met in a rematch on Saturday night.

“We came off a long road trip and this was a trap game,” Kidd said.

Much like they did in the earlier meeting, the Bucks raced to a big early lead. This time, the Kings fought back and overcame a 20-point, second-half deficit before falling to the Bucks 109-104.

“They kept playing and

we were just going through the motions,” Kidd said.

“You have to give those guys credit. They were down and kept playing and made a game of it. We got the win but it wasn’t pretty.”

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, made a season-high 17 free throws and had 13 rebounds for the Bucks.

“I think we did a good job starting the game, playing hard and moving the ball and just setting the tone,” Antetokounmpo said.

“We’ve got to do a better job keeping the lead and finish-

ing the game up.”

Khris Middleton added 25 points and Eric Bledsoe had 18. Milwaukee beat the Kings 112-87 on Tuesday night in Sacramento.

“It’s frustrating but at the end of the day we got the win,” Bledsoe said. “I thought we did a great job keeping our composure.”

Zach Randolph led the Kings with 22 points, and Buddy Hield added 19. They were coming off a victory Friday night in Chicago.

The Bucks led by as many as 20 in the third quarter and took a 12-point

advantage into fourth.

“They kind of pushed us around, we turned the ball over and didn’t play with any energy,” Sacramento coach Dave Joerger said. “The guys didn’t quit, though. They kept fighting.”

Milwaukee’s shooting went cold for an extended stretch in the fourth, allowing the Kings to pull to 100-96 on Garrett Temple’s 3-pointer with 3:19 remaining.

After Antetokounmpo’s two free throws, Bogdan Bogdanovic connected on a 3-pointer to pull the Kings within three points.

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UConn rallies to beat Notre Dame, 80-71

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson scored 18 points, Azura Stevens added 17 and top-ranked UConn rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat No. 3 Notre Dame 80-71 on Sunday in the Jimmy V Classic.

The Huskies (7-0) trailed 65-54 early in the fourth quarter before scoring 21 of the next 26 points, much to the delight of the sellout crowd of 15,558 fans that took in the latest game between the former Big East rivals.

Stevens had 10 points during the game-changing run. Her layup gave the Huskies a 69-68 lead — their first since the second quarter.

Kia Nurse had seven points during the burst, including hitting her 13th consecutive 3-pointer over the past three games.

Her layup with 3:51 left gave UConn a 71-70 advantage after Arike Ogunbowale had briefly given the Irish (7-1) a 70-69 advantage.