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Why fewer UT students take out more loans than their national counterparts.
NEWS
UT is subscribing to an online graduate career services tool to help students find non-academic jobs.
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David Ash completes a career-high 30 passes, and leads Longhorns to thrilling 41-36 victory.
Two-stepping brings back Texas tradition.
Webster leads Horns in sweep of Raiders.
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CAMPUS
Students find relief in new bike racks By Joan Vinson
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Bike racks at UT have become overcrowded, forcing the University to install new racks across campus in the coming weeks. The influx of a larger freshman class this semester has created a larger demand for parking space. BikeUT, a branch of the University’s Parking and Transportation Services, is allocating $13,000 for the purchase of about 23 new bike racks to be installed in the following weeks, said Sam Cortez, Parking and Transportation Services administrative as-
sociate. Most new bike racks are being installed around the most used areas on campus, including Robert Lee Moore Hall, Gregory Gym, the Perry Castañeda Library and various residence halls around campus. “I think a lot of freshmen bring a bike with them even if they don’t use it,” Cortez said. “It is like a school supply for college.” Biology junior Tyler Jarvis said it is difficult to retrieve his bike from an overcrowded rack. “I came out of Gregory Gym and another biker was trying to untangle our bikes by taking off my pedal that was stuck in
his spoke,” Jarvis said. “He was there for 25 minutes trying to free his bike from mine.” According to Parking and Transportation Services’ rules and regulations, bicycles locked up to anything other than a bike rack are considered improperly parked. This can be a tricky rule to follow when overcrowded bike racks force bikers to secure their bikes elsewhere, such as sign posts along the sidewalk. Bikes that are improperly parked can be impounded and the students may have to pay a
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Haipei Han | Daily Texan Staff Brian Thorne, a mechanical engineering sophomore, parks his bike in the Quad courtyard Sunday afternoon.
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FOOTBALL
CAMPUS
Legal center offers advice, opens doors for students
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Dark Dark Dark set to release their third album with more streamlined music.
By Bobby Blanchard
proud of the way he played.” After Ash’s clutch fourthdown toss, he hit a leaping Mike Davis near the right sideline for 32 yards before Joe Bergeron pushed the Longhorns ahead with a two-yard touchdown run, giving them a 41-36 victory, their seventh straight in Stillwater. “It’s just one game,” Texas co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin said. “I don’t know what
It is the busy season for Sylvia Holmes in the Legal Services for Students center — and that is how she likes it. Holmes, a part-time attorney at the center, said appointments are booked for two weeks. Located on the Student Services Building’s fourth floor, the center offers free legal services, including representation, and advice for any UT student involved in almost any civil or criminal case. Last year, the office saw 1,404 students. Holmes said one of the first things she does when she sees a student is calm him or her down. Normally, she says she sees students who are terrified with white knuckles. Holmes said since it is the beginning of the year, she advises many students regarding landlord and tenant disputes, underage drinking and traffic tickets. “Getting a regular speeding ticket is the most frightening experience some of these students have ever gone through,” Holmes said. “These are students who have never been in trouble for any reason. To be accused of any crime is scary.”
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TODAY Save This Seat exhibition
Save This Seat is a daylong installation in which a classroom seat is “saved,” or left empty, for each young woman killed in Texas in the last four years by an intimate partner. To volunteer, email voicesagainstviolence@austin. utexas.edu.
UT Symphony Orchestra performs
The UT Symphony Orchestra performs under the direction of Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor. The program features Corigliano, Gazebo Dances, Martin Concerto for 7 Winds, Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 9. The performance will be in Bates Recital Hall, room 3.838, from 7:309:30 p.m.
Harry Ransom Center presents Geoff Dyer
Novelist and essayist Geoff Dyer, author of “The Ongoing Moment” and “The Missing of the Somme” presents “Close Enough,” a lecture about the changes in war writing and war photography over time. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center.
Today in history In 1890
An act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees.
Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff David Ash prepares to throw a pass in Texas’ 41-36 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday night. He completed 30 of 37 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns in the victory, becoming the fourth quarterback in school history to throw for 300 yards in consecutive games.
Horns rise to occasion Texas shows that this year’s 4-0 team is much better than last year’s By Christian Corona Sports Editor
They did it again. A trip to Stillwater, Okla. would not have been complete without a thrilling comeback that left tens of
thousands of Oklahoma State faithful heartbroken. The Longhorns were trailing in both the first and final minutes of this past weekend’s game in Stillwater. Facing a 4th-and-6 in the waning moments of the game, the roar of more than 56,000 seemed to harmlessly roll off David Ash’s shoulders as he fired a strike to senior tight end D.J. Grant for a 29-yard gain. Those shoulders would not have been able to carry the
CITY
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel declared a city policy used to ban Occupy Austin protesters from City Hall unconstitutional this past Thursday, following suit with similar recent rulings nationwide. The declaration from Yeakel comes as part of the final ruling in a lawsuit filed against the city by Rodolfo Sanchez and Kristopher Sleeman, two protesters with Occupy Austin. The Austin movement is a subset of the national movement, Occupy Wall Street, which promotes financial and social equality. The suit was filed by the plaintiffs in response to being banned from City Hall in October of last year, according to the order.
The overturned policy is titled Criminal Trespass Notices on City Property and addresses the rules and procedures for issuing bans from city property that often accompanies criminal trespass charges received there. The policy allows for police discretion in determining the duration of a ban. It also specifies the review and appeal process for the bans, according to the order. Sanchez and Sleeman were both banned from City Hall following criminal trespass arrests. Because of the policy’s vagueness and appeal process, it was ruled to be an “erroneous deprivation” of First and 14th Amendment freedoms, according to the order. The overturned policy
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PROFILE
Occupy Austin ban violates freedoms By David Maly
Longhorns last year like they did Saturday. That’s one of many reasons why this team is so much better than the one that also started 4-0 last season. “He couldn’t have done this at the same time last year,” Texas head coach Mack Brown said. “He has really grown up. He’s the leader of this football team. The throw to D.J. Grant was unbelievable. I thought David played great throughout the night. He did a good job managing the crowd. I was really
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International Relations and Global Studies sophomore Alex D’Jamoos climbed Mount Kilimanjaro this past summer to promote the work of Happy Families International Center, an agency that pairs Russian orphans with adoptive families in the U.S. Maria Arrellaga Daily Texan Staff
Climber ascends for Russian orphans By Miles Hutson A UT student born without functioning legs ascended Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa this summer in a bid to publicize difficulties faced by Russian orphans. Alex D’Jamoos, international relations and global
studies sophomore, lived in a state-run Russian orphanage until age 15. He was placed with a host family in the U.S. through Happy Families International Center, an adoption agency that helps disabled Russian orphans by placing them in American homes and providing medical treatment.
He said he made his climb on behalf of the organization, which was filmed and documented to demonstrate that international adoption can help orphans in a profound way. International adoption faces opposition in Russia. Russian children aging out
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