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J.M. Coetzee’s archives are now available at the Harry Ransom Center for research. PAGE 5
SPORTS Can linebacker Steve Edmond keep his spot in the starting lineup with Jordan Hicks back and Peter Jinkens showing promise? PAGE 6 Texas baseball takes two of three from Minnesota as Silver’s threehit, three-RBI game in Saturday’s win sparks Longhorns. PAGE 6
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Longhorns clutch during pair of wins over Bears.
NEWS Is your information at UT safe? Higher ed institutions are not safe from cyberspace attacks and hackings. PAGE 5
Monday, March 25, 2013
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Kearney files to sue University By Shabab Siddiqui Bev Kearney, former women’s track and field coach, is alleging she was “singled out and treated differently” than her male, nonAfrican American counterparts, according to her filed
complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission. “I believe that I was subjected to a severely hostile work environment and constructively discharged by forcing me to resign in lieu of being fired because of my race, color and gender,” Kearney said in the complaint.
In her complaint, Kearney alleges she was publicly demeaned and falsely accused of NCAA violations by Bubba Thornton, men’s track and field head coach; she was harassed and her complaints were ignored by administrators; she was not given salary raises granted to other
coaches; and she was told she was being fired for violating an “unwritten” policy, despite colleagues not receiving the same treatment for similar acts. Kearney’s attorney, Derek Howard, said he filed the
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Barton pool renovations delayed again
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By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis
Depsite its troubled past, Roundup shows some of Texas’ true colors. PAGE 10
VIEWPOINT A fall break sounds great, but faculty concerns must be addressed. PAGE 4
TODAY Postdoctoral fellowship candidate talk The talk will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Chicano Culture Room 4.206 in the Texas Union Building (UNB). Isabel Millán, a finalist for a Center for Mexican American Studies Carlos E. Castañeda Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mexican American Studies for the 20132014 academic year, presents “Niñas Raras, or the Odd Girls, in Transborder Children’s Literature and Media.” The event is free and open to the public. Bitcoin & the regression theorem are Mises Circle topics Is Bitcoin money? The Mises Circle thought they settled that at the last meeting on Bitcoin, but the debate rages on among Austrian scholars. In light of the regression theorem, Bitcoin’s status and potential as money remains a hot topic. The discussion will be from 7 to 8:15 p.m in Waggener Hall (WAG) 308. The event is free.
What is today’s reason to party?
Bev Kearney Former women’s track and field head coach
Shweta Gulati | Daily Texan Staff Students dance to the Yin Yang Twins in Roundup at ZBTahiti on Saturday afternoon. Around 20,000 people took part in the weekend’s festivities, but it was reported to be safer than the previous Roundups.
Glowing success
Strict wristband enforcement helps Roundup stay safe, successful By Alberto Long Despite the hordes of people, alcohol, concerts and neon, Roundup 2013 was relatively successful in terms of safety, according to the University Interfraternity
Council and the South West Emergency Action Team, a group of independently contracted first responders. Tannifer Ayres, president of the emergency team, said Roundup 2013 was safer than previous Roundups and noted a lack of trauma-
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related injuries. “To my knowledge, we only treated minor injuries this weekend,” Ayres said. “I’ll have to look at the comprehensive report, but nothing stands out. In years past, we’ve had to treat a lot of trauma injuries. Last year, someone was stabbed outside a Roundup event.” Ayres said safety initiatives implemented for Roundup have made it a safer event to
participate in, and she said even stricter initiatives will be implemented for Roundup 2014. “The frats did a good job providing security and medical detail,” Ayres said. “This year, the frats had us rolling from house to house. Next year, we will have individual units at each house. It will facilitate quicker responses
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As Austin City Council prepares to make decisions regarding structural changes to Barton Springs, it has a pool of conflicting voices concerned about the proposed changes. The Barton Springs Pool Master Plan, adopted by the council in 2009, lists various improvements as a way to “return the site to its former glory,” according to the City of Austin. These improvements include working on the infrastructure of the pool, planting and replacing trees in the area, replacing the fence and improving the water quality. Lewis Leff, chief of staff for Council Member Chris Riley, said several of the changes would require bypassing certain city ordinances to make structural changes. Several of these structural changes, including increasing parking and handicap accessibility, would require using more impervious surfaces. These are impenetrable surfaces including concrete and asphalt that can have negative environmental effects on a natural area. “Some of the ideas being recommended by staff would require some variances to some ordinances that are in place,” Leff said. “The issues that are
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Low-income program increases opportunities By Miles Hutson Tari Jordan wants to teach elementary school English, and Free Minds, a program administrated out of UT, is helping her to do it. “I thought I knew so much already,” Jordan said. “I don’t want it to end. I love the professors.” Jordan, a mother of two, said the program should help her go to college and pursue her dream. Free Minds’ free humanities course, which she
is enrolled in, took a field trip to UT this weekend in a bid to draw inspiration from the Blanton Museum’s collection. The seven-year-old program is a collaboration between the University’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Austin Community College and Foundation Communities. “We want them to become comfortable being on a college campus and to feel that they belong there,” program
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Shweta Gulati | Daily Texan Staff People enjoy the festival of colors “Holi” at South Mall on Sunday. The event involved around 6,000 students and was organized by the the Hindu Students Association to celebrate the Indian holiday.
Students embrace Holi festival By Miles Hutson
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Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan Staff Free Minds project director Viv Griffith leads her students on a tour of the Blanton poetry project Thursday evening.
The South Mall was soaked with dyes and water Sunday, as students partook in the Hindu Students Association’s tenth Holi event. The event was intended to celebrate cultural diversity and to parallel the Indian holiday, also known as
the Festival of Colors or the “spring festival.” “In India, this is a big deal,” HSA CEO and President Swati Verma said. “This is the beginning of the farming season.” Verma said she hopes the event connects UT students with another culture and symbolically celebrates differences in color.
“We’re all the same,” Verma said. “We’re all people.” Sneha Gurajala, co-chair of the Holi event, said the event helps celebrate Indian culture. She said HSA members worked the lines and handed out shirts to people who knew what Holi was. “We put a lot of emphasis
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