TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2015 VOLUME 90 â ISSUE 53
SAXOPH ONE
WOMENâS B-BALL
PG. 3
MATADOR EXPRESS
PG. 6
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FOOTBALL
Touchdowns & Turkey
Tech prepares for Thanksgiving rivalry matchup By JEREMY KRAKOSKY
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Staff Writer
he Texas Tech football team will take on its heated rival, Texas, on Thanksgiving Day in Austin to end the 2015 season. An improved bowl bid will be on the line for the Red Raiders as they try for their seventh win, while the Longhorns will be fighting for a bowl game as they have to win each of their last two games to be bowl eligible. Texas has fared better in the rivalry, as it has a 49-15 advantage in the all-time series. Tech has lost the last six matchups, as the last time the Red Raiders beat Texas was in 2008 on the famous Michael Crabtree catch. The Red Raiders have only won in Austin five times in school history, with the last win coming in 1997. âWe havenât won there in 18 years,â defensive line coach Mike Smith said. âWe are just selling legacy â how do you want to be remembered? This game is important for you seniors. If you can get out of here (with a win), thatâs something you can talk about for a long time.â Despite the Longhornsâ success
in the all-time series, it has been a down year for the program, as they could finish with the worst record for the school since 1997. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard has taken over for sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes for the Longhorns. Heard has struggled to consistently throw the ball this season, as he has completed 59 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and five interceptions. He averages only 120 passing yards per game, but Heardâs strength is on the ground. He has run the ball 132 times this season for 557 yards and three touchdowns. The Longhorns use the combination of senior running back Johnathan Gray, sophomore running back DâOnta Foreman and Swoopes to complete the rushing offense. Gray and Foreman have combined for more than 1,100 rushing yards this season and eight touchdowns, but Swoopes has been effective as a backup as he leads the team with nine rushing touchdowns. No Longhorn receiver has more than two touchdowns.
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Who: Tech vs. Texas Where: Darrell K. Royalâ Texas Memorial Stadium When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday TV: Fox Sports 1 FILE PHOTOS /The Daily Toreador
1. Texas Tech wide receiver Devin Lauderdale walks off the field after catching a touchdown pass during the first half of Techâs 59-44 victory over Kansas State on Nov. 14 at Jones AT&T Stadium. 2. Texas Tech running back Quinton White runs through Texas defenders during the second half of Techâs 34-13 loss to Texas on Nov. 1, 2014 at Jones AT&T Stadium.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Tech partners with Lubbock ISD for early college program Texas Techâs College of Education is partnering with the Lubbock Independent School District for a proposed early college high school program. Robin Locke, vice dean of the College of Education, said Lubbock ISD and Tech signed an articulation agreement recently for the program and are waiting to gain approval from the state. The program would allow students at Estacado High School to gain up to 60 college credit hours before high school graduation, Locke said. âTypically the ones that most people do in their freshman and sophomore years,â he said about the types of courses that will be offered. Students must take and pass the Texas Success Initiative Assessment test before being admitted into the program, Locke said, and will start by taking one col-
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lege level course freshman year of high school. âThey would begin by taking one course as a freshman, another course or two as a sophomore,â Locke said. Junior and senior year of high school, he said, students in the program would have the option to take more courses. âThe goal is to help them to see what a college course is like and be successful with that,â Locke said. The early college high school program has been done in several other school districts across the state, Locke said, and Estacado High School currently has 25 students in the dual credit program. âThis is not an untried plan,â he said. âThis has been done successfully in other school districts.â
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STUDENT ORGANIZATION
Tech Ranch Horse Team showcases horses, riders
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HOSPITALITY SERVICES
On-campus dining locations closed for Thanksgiving break Many Hospitality Services locations on campus will be closing early Tuesday in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday break. Locations such as The Market at Stangel/Murdough, The Commons, The Fresh Plate at Bledsoe/ Gordon, Samâs Place, Samâs Express and others will close early at various times, according to the Hospitality Services website. A full list of closing times can be found at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hospital-
ity/thanksgiving2015.php. On Wednesday, Samâs Place at the Student Union Building will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the website, and the Union Bistro at the SUB will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All other locations will be closed. All locations will be closed Thursday through Sunday with normal hours resuming on Monday. @DailyToreador
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Casey Mitchell, a member of the Texas Tech Ranch Horse team, works his horse during practice. Mitchell is a freshman Animal Science Production major from Throckmorton.
By RYAN ORTEGON Staff Writer
The Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team is made up of members who love riding horses and practice hard to claim victories against other competing schools. Chris Wilson, who at the time was a graduate student at Tech, started the Ranch Horse Team 10 years ago. The main focus of the team was to be able to showcase Techâs horses and its studentsâ mastership in riding them.
The members meet from 2 to 6 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the class at the Tech Equestrian Center. Chance OâNeal, the Ranch Horse Team coach, said students work on various aspects of their horsemanship to get them ready for competition. âWe work on their reigning, we work on their trail, we work on their pleasure and we work on their cow work, because those are the four events that we have to compete in,â he said. âEach student has to compete
in all four events on their same horse, and so not only do the students need to be diverse, but the horses have to be diverse as well.â The team travels during the year to Stock Horse of Texas where they compete in those four categories. Wilson, in creating the first Tech Ranch Horse Ream and traveling to Stock Horse of Texas, began getting attention from other colleges who decided to create their own ranch horse teams as well.
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