THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2024 VOLUME 99 ISSUE 2
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Texas Tech Grounds Maintenance ensures students, faculty and staff can enjoy a well-maintained and hazard-free campus.
Bike thefts have increased across campus. Registering and locking one’s bike is recommended by the Texas Tech Police Department.
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SAFETY
Three steps can prevent bicycle theft By AUDREY BOISSONNEAULT, KAYLA STONE Staff Writer
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Texas Tech graduate student Joe Sheppard poses for a picture in front of the Texas Tech Seal Sept. 23, 2024. Sheppard played hockey for eight years in the college and professional level, coming to Tech to get his master’s degree in ranch management.
Former hockey player embraces second passion with NRM degree By BROOKE SWAFFIELD Staff Writer
After playing hockey for eight years at both a college and professional level, Joe Sheppard returned to his home state to pursue a new career path. The graduate ranch management major said he plans to oversee his family’s multi-generational ranch, Sheppard Farms. “I didn’t live out there growing up, but it’s a big part of my childhood,” Sheppard said. “My grandparents lived out there, and right after high school my parents moved out there.”
Growing up around his family’s Cuero ranch, which was established in 1847, and in the hockey rinks in Dallas, Sheppard said his love and talent for the game quickly progressed. He decided to pursue hockey throughout high school, leading him to play in college. “After high school I went to Canada and played for teams in northern Ontario and Nova Scotia,” Sheppard said. “After that I went to school at Bethel University in Minnesota for my undergraduate.” After obtaining a political science and business degree with a minor in Spanish from Bethnal,
Sheppard went on to the Federal Prospects Hockey League and Southern Professional Hockey League, where he played for four years in New York, Illinois and Mississippi. When looking at options on where to obtain his master’s degree, Sheppard said it seemed fitting that he apply to Texas Tech. “My parents met at the law school here, so Tech has always been a part of our family,” Sheppard said. “This new program, the master’s in ranch management that the Davis College is starting to offer, is one of the few places in the country
that offers it.” Although Sheppard has not spent time in the field at the ranch, he said he is excited to learn from professors within the department during the fieldwork portion of the program. “My family’s ranch is important to my childhood,” Sheppard said. “I’m learning the ropes on how to properly manage everything, so, when I go back home, I’ll be prepared and educated to help do my part and be the seventh-generation rancher.” SEE RINK, RANCH PG. 2
CRIME
Stalking occurrences increase on campus By GRACE HAWKINS Staff Writer
Since the beginning of August, eight reports of stalking have been made to the Texas Tech Police Department, raising concerns about safety as the semester kicks into full swing. Caitlynn Jeffries, Tech PD public information officer, said stalking cases often involve someone familiar to the victim. “It’s very typical for it to be someone you know,” Jeffries said. “Typically it starts in a dating relationship, too. It could be the partner became jealous of the new partner, things like that. And it involves, sometimes, more than just the victim. It can be the victim’s family or friends.” Jeffries said students should be aware of their surroundings and make sure they are paying attention to everything around them, especially with phones being a distraction. SEE CRIME, PG. 5
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According to Texas Tech’s Title IX website, those experiencing stalking can contact the Tech Police Department or the Lubbock Police Department and report each incident to ensure official documentation of occurrences. Additionally, reporting parties can provide police with copies of all communications from every stalking occurrence.
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Fourteen bicycle thefts have been reported this semester, according to Texas Tech Police Department’s crime log. Caitlynn Jeffries, Tech PD’s public information officer, said students can prevent these crimes through reporting suspicious activity, registering their vehicles through Transportation and Parking Services, and utilizing bicycle locks. Acknowledging the difference in the number of students and officers, Jeffries said students who see suspicious activity, such as bicycles being stolen, can call the station to report. When making a report, Jeffries detailed what Tech PD will usually ask for in order to make an accurate report. “In that moment, (Tech PD) would need either a report from somebody saying that their bicycle was stolen,” Jeffries said, “or if you have it registered with Transportation and Parking, we can run the serial number and it comes back as (student’s) property we can easily say, ‘Okay, this is not that person’s bicycle.’” When locking up bicycles on campus, Jeffries said it is important to use the right type of lock. “We try to tell students to put a lock on it, and don’t use the real cheap ones that can be cut easily,” Jeffries said. “You want to use those thick steel types of bike blocks.” In addition to bicycle thefts, students have also
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