2013-04-04

The Daily Texan Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900

@thedailytexan

facebook.com/dailytexan

INSIDE

Thursday, April 4, 2013

dailytexanonline.com

Hoagland walking into the record books.

NEWS

COMICS PAGE 9

SPORTS PAGE 6

UT researchers will use the new supercomputer to predict the impact of hurricanes in early stages of storm development. PAGE 2

83RD LEGISLATURE

83RD LEGISLATURE

10,000 white roses were passed out on campus to raise awareness about the Holocaust. PAGE 2

By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis counselors and survivors

Bill moved to Senate to curb power of regents

SPORTS Texas hitters slowly improving while pitching remains solid.

PAGE 6 STAT GUY: Baseball successful when posting early leads. PAGE 6 Softball needs to remain consistent on both sides of the ball if it hopes to reach the Women’s College World Series. PAGE 6

Law combats assault on campus Victims of sexual assault on college campuses currently do not have a clearly defined protocol for reporting these crimes, but a bill in the Texas Legislature is trying to address the issue.

The bill would form a statewide task force of higher education officials, sexual assault

of sexual assault to review current laws and protocols regarding reporting sexual assault and how victims are currently served at universities in Texas. The analysis the task force provides would be used to discuss implementing statewide guidelines for handling sexual assault.

Allison Hawkins, a freshman at Texas Tech University,

testified at a hearing Wednesday for the Texas House Higher Education Committee. Hawkins shared the story of being raped by a fraternity member who drugged and raped her as part of his initiation into the organization.

Hawkins said she ultimately regretted reporting her rape after being accused

BILL continues on page 5

By Joshua Fechter

Dawnna Dukes Austin representative

CAMPUS

Advocating consent

LIFE&ARTS VegFest kicks off Saturday, hoping to attract carnivores and herbivores alike.

PAGE 10 Farts are funny. Laugh about them in Mary Roach’s new book, “Gulp.” PAGE 10

VIEWPOINT After all that has happened, distraught and loathing surely must thrive between the regents and the administration. We don’t know who will win and who will lose. But we know this fight is no longer about long-term goals.

PAGE 4

TODAY

Public Health Week Enjoy free games, food, prizes, activities and fun at the Public Health Week Carnival from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Gregory Gym (GRE) Plaza.

Spring plant sale Purchase plants grown

by UT Libraries staff from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL) plaza.

Cash only.

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff Art history junior Kaila Schedeen places a candle down as part of a candlelight vigil held in support of people impacted by sexual violence at Take Back the Night on Wednesday.

Voices Against Violence hosts event to speak out against rape culture

By Christine Ayala In a release of anger, a sudden uproar from a crowd of students sounded through the RecSports Center as part of Take Back the Night, an annual event aimed to raise awareness about the negative effects of rape culture.

Take Back the Night is an international event first hosted in the 1970s and

introduced to the UT campus more than a decade ago. This year’s campus event took place Wednesday night at the RecSports Center and featured performances from many artists, including Manifest Electric, poet Karen Duke and Theatre for Dialogue.

Lynn Hoare, who is a social work lecturer and Theatre for Dialogue specialist for Voices Against Violence, said the event gives victims and

survivors the chance to claim their stories and connect with other people who are also survivors of sexual violence.

“The speak-out is kind of the main event and the purpose of that is to give survivors of sexual violence an opportunity to reclaim the night, which is when we often think of sexual violence occurring, reclaim their bodies and to claim their story in a public way,” Hoare said.

Hoare said the event took place on the Main Mall in previous years but was relocated due to

inclement weather.

According to Jane Bost, associate director for the Counseling and Mental Health Center, Take Back the Night is an international event during Sexual Assault Awareness Month and is supported by a community of partners including SafePlace, Hope Alliance and other diverse organizations.

“A lot of times this is perceived as a women’s issue, and it’s not just a women’s issue,” Bost said.

“While a high percentage

NIGHT continues on page 5

The Senate Higher Education Committee voted 4-1 Wednesday to move a bill before the Texas Senate that would limit the power of university boards of regents over individual institutions within a system.

The bill, filed by committee Chairman Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, would prevent regents from voting on personnel and budgetary matters without first undergoing ethics training and being confirmed by the Senate. It would also amend state law to delegate all powers not specifically prescribed to boards of regents to individual institutions.

State Sens. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, were not present for the vote.

Seliger filed the bill in response to ongoing tension between the UT System Board of Regents and President William Powers Jr. Legislators have alleged regents are micromanaging the University.

State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, cast the lone dissenting vote, citing concerns that legislators are revamping laws that affect boards of regents statewide to handle one conflict related to one system.

“I tried to look at this through the 30,000-foot view of how we are structurally changing the relationship between boards of regents and universities,” Birdwell said after the meeting. “You’re widening that moat that essentially makes it more difficult for the people to express their desires of how our institutions and systems that are public are governed from those executing that governance.”

The committee adopted two amendments to the bill.

One would require regents to receive training regarding the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, commonly known as FERPA. The law is intended to give students the right to

BOARD continues on page 5

UNIVERSITY

What is today’s reason to party?

College resculpts studio curriculum

By Christine Ayala

SEE COMICS PAGE 9

Molding cold wet clay and soldering metals into jewelry may soon not be an option on campus, leaving art students with fewer areas of study to explore.

Jack Risley, Department of

Art and Art History chairman and sculpture professor, said the Studio Art Program in the College Fine Art is undergoing curriculum changes including cutting ceramics and offering only one more semester of intermediate and

STUDIO continues on page 2

Studio art sophomore Haylie Weathersby works on a project for her metals and jewelry class. The class will be discontinued after next fall because of retiring faculty members and decreased enrollment.

Pearce Murphy Daily Texan Staff

News

2

Thursday, April 4, 2013

CAMPUS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

UT research gears up for hurricane season

Volume 113, Issue 134

By Mark Carrion

CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Susannah Jacob (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Trey Scott (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu

Roses honor Holocaust victims

Classified Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classifieds@ dailytexanonline.com

By Zach Lozano

The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely.

If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com.

CORRECTIONS Because of a reporting error, a story about graduate student tuition in the April 3 issue misattrbuted a quote. It was Michael Morton, president of the Senate of College Councils, who spoke about the repercussions of next year’s tuition rates.

Because of a reporting error, a story about the Castros in the April 3 issue misstated a fact about the number of Texans on Medicaid. About 28 percent of Texans are on Medicaid.

COPYRIGHT Copyright 2013 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission.

TOMORROW’S WEATHER Low

High

78

55 Little Helper

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff Lupe, a Kinsolving Housing and Food employee, picks up a few roses as part of 10,000 Roses, an event hosted by UT’s White Rose Society.

Students carrying white roses around campus were a part of a rose parade to promote awareness of genocide and commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.

While it may have happened roughly 70 years ago, the memory of the Holocaust is still very relevant for members of The White Rose Society, an organization seeking to promote awareness on genocide and human rights. The UT chapter of the society annually hosts the 10,000 Roses Project and passes out roses to students around campus to honor the victims of the Holocaust.

“We will not be silent,” said Tramanh Hoang, president of the UT Austin White Rose Society.

“With this project, we hope to spread more awareness about genocides of the past, especially the Holocaust.”

Ten thousand people were killed everyday at the German concentration camp, Auschwitz, said Hoang. One rose is equal to one life lost in the con-

STUDIO

We will not be silent. With this project, we hope to spread more awareness about genocides of the past, especially the Holocaust.

— Anh Hoang President of UT Austin White Rose Society

“It makes you realize just how many people were impacted and harmed by the Nazis’ actions,” said electrical engineering sophomore Keldon Lou. The White Rose Society originated at the University of Munich when a group of students were rioting against the Holocaust in 1942 and 1943. Students at UT wanted to raise awareness, so they started the current chapter, now sponsored

by Texas Hillel, a Jewish life center off campus.

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff Clint Dawson, aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor.

continues from page 1

advanced metal course in the fall, effectively ending both programs.

This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25 Permanent Staff

Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Jacob Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Finke, Pete Stroud, Edgar Walters Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trey Scott Associate Managing Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristine Reyna, Matt Stottlemyre Digital Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayley Fick News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shabab Siddiqui Associate News Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elyana Barrera, Bobby Blanchard, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allie Kolechta, Mustafa Saifuddin, Sarah White Senior Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine Ayala, Hannah Jane DeCiutiis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Fechter, Albert Long, Jordan Rudner Enterprise Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Messamore, Megan Strickland, Alexa Ura Wire Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Brands, Kristine Reyna Copy Desk Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Brands Associate Copy Desk Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elisabeth Dillon, Jay Egger, Andrew Huygen, Sara Reinsch Editorial Copy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nile Miller Creative Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natasha Smith Senior Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pu Ying Huang, Omar Longoria, Jack Mitts, Stefanie Schultz Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zachary Strain Associate Photo Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pu Ying Huang, Marisa Vasquez Senior Photographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maggie Arrellaga, Jorge Corona, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pearce Murphy, Chelsea Purgahn, Shelby Tauber Multimedia Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jorge Corona Associate Multimedia Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea Macias-Jimenez Senior Videographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demi Adejuyigbe, Shila Farahani, Lawrence Peart, Alec Wyman Life&Arts Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey McKinney Associate Life&Arts Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aleksander Chan, Sarah-Grace Sweeney Senior Life&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart Railey, Jourden Sander, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Smothers, Alex Williams, Laura Wright Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Corona Senior Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garrett Callahan, Nick Cremona, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Beth Purdy, Rachel Thompson, Matt Warden Comics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Massingill Associate Comics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Vanicek Web Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Reinhart Associate Web Editor, Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Sanchez Associate Web Editors, Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omar Longoria Senior Web Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Fernandez, Hannah Peacock Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breanna Williams Editorial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Warren

Issue Staff

Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barak Bullock, Mark Carrion, Matthew Hart, Amanda O’Donnell Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elisabeth Dillon, Emily Ng, Marshall Nolen, Amy Zhang Sports Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evan Berkewitz, David Leffler, Peter Sblendeio Life&Arts Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Brands, Milla Impola Page Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Messer Copy Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reeana Keenen, Samantha Ketterer, Amy Lach Comic Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Bubenik, Ploy Buraparte, Dannielle La Monte Forrest Lybrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Massingill, Aaron Rodriguez, Sam Vanicek

Business and Advertising

The Daily Texan (USPS 146-440), a student newspaper at The University of Texas at Austin, is published by Texas Student Media, 2500 Whitis Ave., Austin, TX 78705. The Daily Texan is published daily, Monday through Friday, during the regular academic year and is published once weekly during the summer semester. The Daily Texan does not publish during academic breaks, most Federal Holidays and exam periods. Periodical Postage Paid at Austin, TX 78710. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Daily Texan, P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713.

News contributions will be accepted by telephone (471-4591), or at the editorial office (Texas Student Media Building 2.122). For local and national display advertising, call 471-1865. classified display advertising, call 4711865. For classified word advertising, call 471-5244.

Entire contents copyright 2012 Texas Student Media.

The Daily Texan Mail Subscription Rates One Semester (Fall or Spring) $60.00 Two Semesters (Fall and Spring) 120.00 Summer Session 40.00 One Year (Fall, Spring and Summer) 150.00 To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 471-5083. Send orders and address changes to Texas Student Media', P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713-8904, or to TSM Building C3.200, or call 471-5083.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Texan, P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713.

4/04/13

Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m.

Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m. Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m.

Word Ads 11 a.m.

Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Classified (Last Business Day Prior to Publication)

Risley said the changes were prompted by the loss of retiring faculty members in areas including ceramics and metals.

He said the department is aiming to offer more interdisciplinary courses that teach students techniques with a variety of mediums, within one course.

“We’ll be hiring a whole new generation of faculty and it’s an opportunity for the department to take a moment to think about what it needs in its future,” Risely said.

Studio art junior Jessica Steinman, who is in upper division courses for both ceramics and metals, said losing both will impact her graduation plans and her ability to work in the mediums.

“They told us last year

♲

RECYCLE

(512) 471-1865 | advertise@texasstudentmedia.com Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jalah Goette Business Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Hamilton Business Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Heine Advertising Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CJ Salgado Broadcast & Events Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Goss Campus & National Sales Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Bowerman Event Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Hollingsworth Student Advertising Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Nelson Student Assistant Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zach Congdon Student Acct. Execs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fredis Benitez, Evan Breeland, Christian Dufner, Jake Dworkis, Rohan Needel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paola Reyes, Ted Sniderman, Emil Zawatskil Student Lead Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabby Garza, Jennifer Howton Student Office Assistant/Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Cremona Senior Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Felimon Hernandez Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jacqui Bontke, Daniel Hublein, Sara Gonzalez Special Editions/Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Abby Johnston

Texan Ad Deadlines

centration camp, which helps students realize how a genocide of that scale could affect one in five of the 50,000 students on campus. The rose also serves to promote a human rights symposium hosted by the White Rose Society next week, which will include human rights speakers.

By using the roses to spread awareness on genocide and human rights, students are given a visual reminder of the thousands of lives lost in the Holocaust.

“It is hard to get attention,” said Robert Abzug, history professor and former faculty advisor of the White Rose Society. “But the issues are there and people go to the events.”

Abzug said through the 10,000 Roses Project, the White Rose Society does more than just remember the Holocaust and its effects.

“They call attention to current crises and human rights,” said Abzug. “Action is greater than remembrance.”

Students who received roses had a better sense of understanding of the issue at hand after seeing it on a smaller scale.

Before the next hurricane strikes Texas, a research group at UT would have already collected data on the hurricane, run simulations of its impact and handed its forecast over to the state to plan evacuations and direct emergency response teams – all within 90 minutes of a wind advisory. This research group is the Computational Hydraulics Group, headed

by UT aerospace engineering professor Clint Dawson.

“My group focuses on computational methods of physical processes in the coastal ocean and coastal floodplains,” Dawson said.

“Basically, we develop very large scale computer simulations and run them.”

Dawson said his group runs simulations on processes such as hurricane storm surges, waves, oil spills and flooding from rainfall.

“The goal is to develop fundamental computational science so that we can improve our understanding and predictive capability of how the ocean interacts with the coast,” Dawson said.

Casey Dietrich is one of 14 researchers besides Dawson who works in the research group. He said having access to Stampede, UT’s new and powerful supercomputer, is

The Daily Texan

AFTER READING YOUR COPY

Now, with no more ceramics classes and one semester of metals left, I guess I will have to focus on sculpture and painting.

— Jessica Steinman, studio art junior they would slowly phase out ceramics and we just recently heard about metals a couple of weeks ago,” Steinman said. “Now, with no more ceramics classes and one semester of metals left I guess I will have to focus on sculpture and painting.”

Steinman said trying to incorporate elements of ceramics and metals into sculpture would not allow the time necessary to learn how to properly use equipment, such as ceramics’ kilns and metal casting.

“The new sculpture class just sounds like wishful thinking,” Steinman said “I came to UT because of the options I had to study and now they’re taking them away.”

Shalena White, graduate student and metals teaching assistant, said low enrollment in classes is partly because of the demanding work to mold and cast metal even at a small scale.

White said although the department guaranteed she could continue use the course facilities as the only graduate student working in metals, losing her teaching assistant position and the undergraduate students to collaborate with is unfortunate.

Risley said students will not lose all access to the techniques, although courses will not be dedicated to ceramics or metals.

“Metals is a constructive process and although it is a smaller scale, that is typical of what is done in sculpture,”

important for the simulations the group runs.

“We’re very lucky we get access to one of the largest supercomputers in the world,” Dietrich said. “That opens the door for us to run larger, more interesting problems.”

Dietrich said the models they run use calculations from Stampede that allow them to analyze changes in an area as small as 20 meters.

“We can really see how the flooding is affecting the environment,” Dietrich said.

Talea Mayo, a researcher in the group and a graduate student at UT, said she joined the group because she loved the real world applications of Dawson’s work.

“Working in the CHG has been wonderful,” Mayo said.

“Everyone’s research is interesting; there is always something to be learned.”

Hurricane season begins June 1, and with nearly 60 percent of Texans living within 50 miles of the coast, hurricane season provides the group with a vital opportunity to apply what they learn.

Mayo said mathematics is the key to the research done by the group.

“Most people don’t understand the applicability of mathematics,” Mayo said.

“Our work is important and it can potentially save lives, and we couldn’t do it without mathematics.”

Risley said. “Those methods will continue to be offered through our sculpture courses. We’ll maintain a lot of the equipment in metals and some aspect of working with clay.”

Although the program is losing two handcraft courses, Risley said the department will be installing a Digital Fabrication Lab that will expand digital production and start spring 2014.

“Although we are losing some areas, we are also gaining the digital lab,” Risely said. “Art history has a need for modeling for archeological purposes. Design has a real need for 3D digital output. It’s part of the digital toolkit of what designers typically use nowadays. It has a lot of applications for studio, in some ways it’s an extension of print making.”

White said although the digital lab will provide students more opportunities to find an areas they are passionate about, it may not helpful in preparing them for work after graduating.

“Student may come to rely on this machine to help make their work and that might not be sustainable because when they graduate they most likely won’t have access to 3-D printers,” White said. “It’s really important that when student leave an art program they have tools to use in the real world. I really value something hand made and those are skills you can carry with you.”

NEWS BRIEFLY Regent’s involvement in lawsuits uncovered

UT System Regent Wallace Hall Jr. failed to disclose his involvement in at least six past lawsuits in his December 2010 application to serve as a regent, according to documents obtained by The Texas Tribune.

Hall, who has been vocal about his desire for more transparent leadership at UT, did not mention six state and federal lawsuits on his application or during the 2011 nomination process.

“I think it’s another sign that we as students need to be continuously watching the actions of the regents,” Senior Michael Morton, Senate of College Councils president said. “It’s a little hypocritical of Hall to not disclose this information yet also be makingc all these data requests and be engaged in the microman-p agement of the University. It’sg a hypocritical action and onep I’m glad members of the leg-f islature have already begunp to speak out against.” t Hall has made several efforts to increase UT admin-t istration’s transparency inv the last several months, mak-r ing far-reaching requests forU boxes worth of open records.i At a recent hearing abouti the relationship between thel UT School of Law and thei Law School Foundation, Halle defended the board’s decision to continue an externalw review of the foundation byv saying the System continuesfi to receive documents notn included in his initial openc records request. w System spokeswoman Jen-b ny LaCoste-Caputo declinedh to make a statement on be-q half of the Board of Regents and said all questions shouldm be forwarded to Hall. u —Jordan Rudnera

B

Thursday, April 4, 2013

NEWS BRIEFLY Racist-joke judge resigns from bench HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s chief federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama.

U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that he now intends to fully retire May 3.

The appellate court posted a statement by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski on its website Tuesday announcing Cebull’s decision.

Mandela recovering after week in hospital JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s government says Nelson Mandela “continues to make steady improvement” as he spends a seventh day in a hospital being treated for a recurring lung infection that developed into pneumonia.

Admirers around the world have sent prayers and good wishes to the 94-yearold who helped end white minority rule and avoided civil war by his insistence on reconciliation despite being jailed for 27 years.

A brief government statement said Mandela “continues to respond satisfactorily to treatment.”

It said he has been visited by his family. Reporters saw his wife, Graca Machel, leave the hospital on Wednesday.

The government gave no indication when Mandela might leave the hospital. He contracted tuberculosis when he was jailed for 27 years by the apartheid government.

Nobel Peace Prize stolen, police say LONDON — Police in northern England say thieves have stolen a gold Nobel Peace Prize awarded in the 1930s.

Northumbria Police say burglars broke into the cellar of the Newcastle Lord Mayor’s house overnight between April 1 and April 2 and stole “a number” of very uncommon items valued at around 150,000 pounds ($226,700).

Police say the thieves made off with a large amount of antique silverware in addition to the Nobel, which was awarded in 1934 to former foreign secretary Arthur Henderson for his work on international disarmament.

They appealed for help tracking down the items Wednesday, saying the stolen prize is “extremely rare, recognizable and historically important.”

—Compiled from Associated Press reports

World & Nation 3

Riley Brands, Wire Editor

Obama talks guns out West

By Jim Kuhnhenn Associated Press

DENVER — Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that steps taken recently by Colorado to tighten its gun laws show “there doesn’t have to be a conflict” between keeping citizens safe and protecting Second Amendment rights to gun ownership.

“I believe there’s no conflict between reconciling these realities,” Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery in Denver, where he planned to step up his call for background checks for all gun purchases and renew his demand that Congress at least vote on banning assault weapons and limiting access to large-capacity ammunition magazines.

“There doesn’t have to be a conflict between protecting our citizens and protecting our Second Amendment rights,” he said, noting that it’s been just over 100 days since the shooting rampage that killed 20 first-graders and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., and reignited the national debate over access to guns.

In danger of losing congressional momentum on the issue, Obama was appearing in Colorado —

Susan Walsh | Associated Press President Barack Obama, next to Denver Police Chief Robert White, participates in a meeting at the Denver Police Academy with local law enforcement officials and community leaders to discuss the state’s new measures to reduce gun violence Wednesday.

which has a deep-rooted hunting tradition and where gun ownership is a cherished right — to highlight state efforts to tighten gun laws. His intent is to use Colorado’s example and public pressure to prod reluctant members of Congress to act.

Colorado recently expanded background checks for gun purchases and placed restrictions on ammunition magazines. Prospects for

passage of similar measures

by Congress appear bleak, largely because of concerns by conservative Republicans and moderate Democrats who come down more on the side of gun rights.

Obama said there is a middle ground.

“I think that Colorado has shown that practical progress is possible by enacting tougher background checks that won’t infringe on the

rights of responsible gun owners, but will help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people,” he said.

In Denver, Obama was meeting with law enforcement officials and community leaders at the Denver Police Academy, not far from the Aurora suburb where a gunman last summer killed 12 people in a movie theater. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for James

Egypt affirms support for freedom of speech

By Sarah El Deeb Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist government is “strongly committed” to freedom of expression, a presidential spokesman insisted Wednesday, distancing the administration from legal proceedings against a popular comedian.

The London-based Amnesty International, however, warned in a statement of an “alarming new escalation of politically-motivated judicial harassment and arrests” in Egypt.

Presidential spokesman Omar Amer said, “The presidency did not submit any complaints” to the prosecutor’s office.

The case of the comedian, questioned this week over accusations he insulted the president and Islam on his weekly TV show, has set off a wave of criticism from as far away as Washington.

Amer said President Mohammed Morsi’s

office was not involved in the investigation.

“Freedom of expression is guaranteed by the constitution, and there is a strong commitment toward it and there will be no deviation from that,” he said.

Amer’s comments echoed a statement issued

by Morsi’s office late Tuesday. It said it recognizes the “importance of freedom of expression and fully respects press freedom.”

The complaints against satirist Bassem Youssef, the statement pointed out, were filed by “citizens.”

Youssef was released on bail after questioning.

Youssef ’s interrogation, as well as arrest warrants against five anti-government activists on charges of inciting unrest, have prompted Morsi’s opponents to warn of a campaign to intimidate critics.

In its statement, Amnesty said the crackdown on freedom of expression has affected 33 people in the last two weeks.

Holmes, accused of carrying out the Aurora rampage.

Among those participating in the Denver discussion with Obama was Sandy Phillips, the mother of Jessica Redfield Ghawi, 24, who died in the Aurora shooting. She conceded that gun control is a difficult issue, and said she has spoken to numerous lawmakers in Washington who “want to do the right thing without it costing their jobs.”

South Korean soldiers walk on the empty road after South Korean vehicles were refused for entry to North Korea at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom on Wednesday.

Ahn Young-joon Associated Press

N. Korea blocks industrial park

By Ahn Young-Joon & Kim Yong-Ho Associated Press

PAJU, South Korea — In past deadly confrontations between North and South Korea, a jointly operated industrial park stayed open, churning out goods.

But in the latest sign that North Korea’s warlike stance toward South Korea and the United States is moving from words to action, the North on Wednesday barred South Korean managers and trucks delivering supplies from crossing the

border to enter the Kaesong industrial park.

It’s an announcement that further escalates a torrent of actions that analysts say is aimed at pressuring the U.S. and South Korea to change their policies toward North Korea.

The Kaesong move came a day after the North said it would restart its longshuttered plutonium reactor and a uranium enrichment plant. Both could produce fuel for nuclear weapons that North Korea is developing and has threatened to hurl at the U.S., but which experts don’t think it will be

able to accomplish for years.

The North’s rising rhetoric has been met by a display of U.S. military strength, including flights of nuclear-capable bombers and stealth jets at annual South Korean-U.S. military drills that the allies call routine and North Korea says are invasion preparations.

The Kaesong industrial park started producing goods in 2004 and has been an unusual point of cooperation in an otherwise hostile relationship between the Koreas, whose three-year war ended in 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

Opinion 4

Thursday, April 4, 2013

VIEWPOINT

Editor-in-Chief Susannah Jacob

Digging for dirt and nothing else

Yesterday, The Texas Tribune published a revealing story about UT System Regent Wallace Hall Jr. These days, Hall is best known on campus and at the Capitol for his apparent mission to unseat UT President William Powers Jr. Specifically, Hall proposed and received approval from the other regents on March 20 to fund an investigation of unforgivable loans given from a private foundation to law school faculty, even though the Texas attorney general signed off on a previous investigation, the results of which placed no blame on Powers — who served as dean of the law school before becoming UT president — for “lack of transparency” related to the loans.

According to the Tribune story, Hall shares his own lack-of-transparency moment: When he was being vetted after the governor nominated him as a regent, he omitted mention of several lawsuits to which he had been a party, despite a requirement he do so.

“The lawsuits themselves may or may not prove embarrassing to Hall, but the failure to disclose them provides fodder to critics who think the UT regents are on a ‘witch hunt’ to hurt its flagship university and take out its leader,” the Tribune reports.

Among those “critics” the Tribune article cites are state senators.

In December, when covering the development that Gene Powell, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, failed to disclose his connection to a company the board had selected to build a new children’s hospital — at

the time the company the board selected had a pending business deal with a company Powell co-founded with his son — this editorial board said, “for a public official, the appearance of a conflict of interest often drains public trust as irrevocably as a verified one.” The same observation applies to Hall’s omissions from his regent application. Powell didn’t view his connection to the hospital as relevant information.

Yesterday, in response to the Tribune’s questions, Hall called his omissions unintentional. “I do not recall the specifics,” Hall wrote in an email to the Tribune. “I have been asked by the governor’s office to supplement my disclosure and will do so shortly.” The brevity of Hall’s explanation starkly contrasts with his aggressive pursuit of Powers’ possible vulnerabilities due to the law school loans. We are disappointed and disillusioned by Hall’s apparent failure to disclose information, but we also aren’t surprised.

The missing Hall lawsuits is the latest development in the power struggle between the Board of Regents, the Texas Senate and the UT administration, yet not a decisive one.

This development suggests two things we already suspected: First, the regents consider themselves policy-setting, appointed judges. In their view, their sole responsibility is to scrutinize administrators they are charged with overseeing. Second, they do not view themselves as public officials who should be subject to the same scrutiny as others. But that scrutiny is what the Legislature is applying, evident in one state senator’s sharp comments in reaction to the dis-

After all that has happened, distrust and possible loathing surely must thrive between the regents and the administration. closures about Hall’s omissions.

“Clearly this was withheld. It would seem to indicate Mr. Hall felt like it was disqualifying for his nomination,” Higher Education Committee Chairman Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, told the Tribune. “Withholding that, I think, is a very, very serious thing.”

The regents, the administration and the legislators in this fight are digging for dirt on one another. In our online age when the splashiest “gotcha” moment has the potential to derail a career, each side attempts to catch the other lest they be caught themselves.

After all that has happened, distrust, and possible loathing, must thrive among the politicians, the regents and the administration. As this brawl gets uglier, we expect Gov. Rick Perry and certain members of the Legislature to emerge from behind the curtain and openly enter the arena.

We don’t know who will win and who will lose. But we know this fight is no longer about the long-term goals of this University, but rather about the short-term employment and power grabs of those who govern it.

Why Aggies matter, in College Station and the Capitol

GALLERY

Laura Wright Daily Texan Columnist

FIRING LINE

More questions than answers about online learning at UT Daily Texan columnist Amil Malik urges UT to “get on board with online education as soon as possible” (4/1/13).

This echoes The Daily Texan plea last October asking UT and our regents for “a clear vision of what a technologybased university degree will look like” (10/23/12).

To be sure, UT has helped redesign a few courses in ways that use technology. But major policy questions are still unaddressed. These questions arise because it is now clear that some college subjects can be learned as well from a computer as from a professor in a classroom. So, what should UT do with a student who demonstrates such competence?

Should it recognize learning? Only when it has been acquired on campus, when it has been acquired partly on campus and partly online from course material developed by UT, and when it has been acquired UT knows not where and doesn’t care?

Probing further, what demonstrations of competence is UT prepared to recognize? Would “recognition” not only aid placement in advanced courses, but count as part of the requirements for a UT degree?

LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article or cartoonist. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees.

And what encouragement would UT give a professor who wanted to develop a completely online course, or contribute to the design of the needed competency tests?

Who would have intellectual ownership in a developed course? How much, if anything, should a student pay for such learning, if developed at UT? Who should develop the competence and assume responsibility for pointing a student at good online learning materials wherever to be found?

The University of Wisconsin has announced a “Flexible Option” which will grant credit to students without the requirement of spending time on campus or being enrolled in any UW online learning. At present, the option applies to only a few subjects as the faculty produces or substantiates the necessary assessment instruments. Is this a model that looks attractive to the UT System?

Francis D. Fisher Senior Research Fellow LBJ School of Public Affairs

SUBMIT A FIRING LINE | E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com.

Letters should be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. The Texan does not run all submissions.

We stopped playing A&M in football more than a year ago, but we are apparently still beating them to a pulp when it comes to not embarrassing our student body with studentled efforts to demean and marginalize members of the campus community.

Yesterday, the Texas A&M Student Senate passed a bill that could allow students to opt out of paying fees for services they object to for religious reasons. The intention of the bill was clearest in the first draft. Titled the “GLBT Funding Opt-Out Bill,” on the basis of potential religious opposition, the bill asked Texas A&M to refund students the portion of their student fees that support the campus’ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Resource Center (GLBT).

According to Chris Woosley, a member of the Texas A&M Student Senate and the author of the bill, the second draft of the bill is decidedly less contentious.

“In its original form, it was a lot more controversial, because people thought that I was singling out the GLBT Resource Center,” Woosley said. “But the motivation behind the bill the whole time was protecting the religious conscience of the student.”

To that end, the second draft of the bill calls for students to be allowed “to communicate their religious disagreements at the time of paying tuition and fees,” and for the university to evaluate whether or not the disagreement is valid and “refund” the student the amount in question if they deem it so.

That college students, given the choice, would opt out of paying any fees at all did not seem to be a concern for Woosley. Neither was the suggestion that anonymous administrators might be ill-equipped to judge which religious objections are “valid.” Actually, not much seemed of concern to Woosley, who said that he felt the second version of the bill took into account many of the voiced concerns. If the bill hadn’t passed this session, he said, he expected to bring it up again in the next.

Of course, UT is not A&M, and I don’t expect our student legislative organizations to bring up anything so discriminatory anytime soon. And without the support of University administrators, the actions of both schools’ student government organizations are largely symbolic. But symbolic actions still have consequences, and A&M’s LGBT students are no doubt feeling the effects of their classmate’s proposal.

Today, a similar measure will be heard not in a student government assembly room but on the floor of the Texas House. Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, has filed an amendment to the state’s general appropriations bill, SB1, that would prevent public colleges and universities from funding “Gender and Sexuality Centers” with state funds on the basis that they “support, promote, or encourage any behavior that would lead to high risk behavior for AIDS.” Henry Kissinger once said, “University politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.” But as Zedler’s amendment demonstrates, the real problem with vicious university politics arises when the students participating in them leave campus — some of them wind up as elected state representatives. And at the Capitol, they legislate with live rounds and ill-conceived social policies that become more than just fodder for college newspapers. And there’s no Aggie joke that can make light of that reality.

Wright is a Plan II junior from San Antonio.

RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it.

EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns.

News

Thursday, April 4, 2013

5

UNIVERSITY

Texas fights to preserve diversity

By Joshua Fechter The Texas Legislature is trying to ensure UT can pursue diversity if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a portion of its admissions policy that considers race.

The Senate Higher Education Committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would extend the University’s exemption from the state’s Top 10 Percent law, which allows automatic admissions for students who graduate within the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class. The bill would move the exemption’s expiration date from fall 2016 to fall 2017.

Under the exemption enacted by the Legislature in 2009, UT admits 75 percent of its students through the Top 10 Percent law and 25 percent under a holistic admissions process that includes race among other factors. President William Powers Jr. told the committee this process allows the University to seek diversity outside of the portion of students admitted based on high school ranking.

“Having this flexibility gives us some tools to continue to learn and improve recruiting minorities,” Powers said.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on Fisher v. University of Texas within the next two months. The case was filed against UT by Abigail Fisher, a white student who was denied

BILL

continues from page 1 of lying during investigations that followed by Texas Tech and local police. The fraternity member was released, and Hawkins said she did not hear of any action taken against the fraternity.

“I was made to feel like this guy had more rights than I did,” Hawkins said at the hearing. “The school was more concerned about his rights being protected than the fact that he raped me. My rape means nothing to my college.”

Rep. Dawnna Dukes, DAustin and the bill’s author, said being more vocal about how to handle the effects of sexual assault is the first step in creating a better system of reporting. “[We need to] step forward and bring this information to the forefront and require attention to it and make everyone understand that you could have a family member and loved

NIGHT

continues from page 1 of survivors are women, male survivors are also affected and we look at men as our allies. We want to

BOARD

continues from page 1

privacy of information regarding enrollment, grade performance and billing information unless they give permission to institutions to release that information.

Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, said the vast amount of vague information requests regents have made of the University may inadvertently include information regarding students, which may violate the act and would result in repercussions from law enforcement officials.

Another amendment would prevent regents from voting before they are confirmed by the Senate Nominations Committee. If the committee does not meet within 45 days, regents will be allowed to vote if they have completed training required by law.

As of now, the committee has not yet scheduled a hearing for newly appointed Regents Jeff

83RD LEGISLATURE

Veterans’ assets revised in proposed Senate bills

By Amanda O’Donell

Pearce Murphy | Daily Texan Staff President William Powers Jr. and Kedra Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, listen to suggestions made by the Senate Higher Education Committee.

admission to the University in 2008. Fisher claims the University’s admissions policies discriminated against her because she is not a member of an underrepresented racial group.

Powers said the University would admit more than 90 percent of its students under the Top 10 Percent law if the Court rules in favor of Fisher, which would undermine the University’s diversity efforts.

Kedra Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, said the combined admissions process allows the University to find students who could contribute to the campus even if

they are not within the top 10 percent of their graduating high school class.

“Part of our recruitment agenda is to be sure to find the gems of all of those students,” Ishop said. “[The bill] gives us the breathing room to both pursue our highly qualified Top 10 Percent-ers and in addition pursue those students who are not in the top 10 percent but are potentially robust contributors to the campus.”

So far, those efforts have yielded minimal but steady results.

African-American student enrollment has hovered around

4 percent over the past four years according to UT’s Office of Information Management and Analysis. However, the Hispanic student population has steadily increased from 16.2 percent in fall 2009 to 18.4 percent in fall 2012.

State Sen. Royce West voted in favor of the bill but said he wants to see improved enrollment at the University among minority groups.

“There’s still a lot of work to be done, and I recognize that, but I think that [UT] is moving in the right direction as it relates to diversifying its student population,” West said.

one that this happened to who didn’t even tell you,” Dukes said. “We can’t protect anyone unless we bring it forth.”

Leana Bouffard, director of the Crime Victims’ Institute at Sam Houston State University, said the perception of how sexual assault victims should react to their situation is one important aspect of sexual assault reporting that needs to be changed.

“I think there is a perception that victims of sexual assault are supposed to respond in a particular way — that there is a consistent trauma that occurs for all victims and that that should be expressed in a consistent way across all cases, and that really just doesn’t happen,” Bouffard said at the hearing. “The consequences of sexual assault, the experiences that each victim goes through, are unique to their own experience and their own background and personality, and so victims will respond differently depending on their own situation.”

Jane Bost, associate director

for the Counseling and Mental Health Center, said UT leads the nation in resources for sexual assault survivors and is still constantly trying to find new ways to better serve victims.

“In terms of the legislation, I’m proud to be part of a university that has so strongly supported those kinds of initiatives,” Bost said. “In the process [of creating the task force], I would have to say that I do think the University of Texas at Austin would be a very valued and valuable contributor to that process because — and this is not just pride in our program here — I have a lot of interaction with people statewide and nationally, and we are continuously contacted as national leaders.”

Bost said she helped start Voices Against Violence more than 12 years ago by acquiring a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The program, which provides counseling and other services for survivors of sexual assault on campus, is now fully

funded by the University.

Dukes said the bill will help empower victims of rape and assault to lead healthy and successful lives later on in life in spite of their suffering.

“You never know what a victim of sexual assault will do with their life,” Dukes said at the hearing. “It can teeter to the 40 percent who become an alcoholic or drug addict or becomes depressed or commits suicide, or they can very well be an individual that ends up sitting in the Texas House of Representatives.”

the benefits they receive from the post 9/11 G.I. Bill — financial support for education offered to veterans who served after 9/11 — before accessing the benefits offered by the Hazelwood Act, and will thus alleviate the loss of revenue experienced by universities aiming to accommodate veterans,” Van de Putte said.

Van de Putte’s second proposed bill would act as a “Hazelwood Cleanup,” recognizing valid exceptions to previous policy concerning the age of Hazelwood beneficiaries and the children of veterans who are deployed out of state.

Thomas Palladino, executive director of the Texas Veterans Commission, spoke in favor of the first bill and said it will help schools reach out and connect with their veteran community.

“The provision will help get word out to veterans about the benefits that are available to them,” Palladino said. “It will help standardize how we do that — how we advertise the benefits — and how we reward the benefits once we have.”

U.S. Army Staff Sgt., Jeffery Musgrave, recipient of the Bronze Star with Valor Device and the Purple Heart, also spoke in favor of the first bill.

“I believe this bill will make a significant difference for veterans,” Musgrave said. “Anyone I’ve spoken with who has utilized the educational funding offered through the Hazelwood Act or acts like it has received a degree of some kind and provides some service that helps better the state. We need to encourage veterans and citizens alike to prioritize education.”

The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations proposed two new bills to make acquiring education benefits easier for veterans and their families.

Both of the bills are authored by Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, the committee’s chairwoman. Van de Putte said the bills would help ease the transition from military service to being a student for veterans. The bills are pendings, and await a vote from the committee.

If voted for, they will go to the Senate.

“From 2009 we’ve gone from 300 million plus to $1.2 billion in education benefits in 2012,” Van de Putte said. “It’s good news — it means that veterans are accessing their benefits. But with that unprecedented growth it only becomes more important that campuses are veteran-friendly.”

Van de Putte’s first bill proposes three changes in policy aimed to better serve veterans in their education and workforce needs. It will transfer the administration of the benefits offered by the Hazelwood Act — offered to qualifying Texas veterans and their families allowing them up to 150 hours of tuition exemption at public institutions of higher education in Texas — from the higher education coordinating board to the Texas Veterans Commission. It will also create veteran education counselors and establishes a state award recognizing universities for veteran education excellence.

“These changes will allow veterans to maximize

ATTENTION ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! T e x a s

S t u d e n t

T V

SUMMER CAMP 2013

The University of Texas at Austin work together in prevention with men.”

Erin Burrows, prevention outreach specialist for Voices Against Violence, said the event is open for survivors to share what they are willing to in a safe community.

“It’s an event to gather

together as a community and to give space for people to share their stories,” Burrows said. “It’s so rare in our society that we have honest conversations about sexual violence despite the fact that it is a national epidemic.”

Hildebrand and Ernest Aliseda. Gov. Rick Perry appointed Hildebrand and Aliseda in February. The governor also reappointed Paul Foster, the board’s vice chairman.

Regents are nominated by the governor and confirmed by the Senate and serve six-year terms.

Perry appointed all nine of the current regents sitting on the UT System board.

Register at ssc.utexas.edu 6th Annual

UT Summer Statistics Institute MAY 20–23, 2013 Sponsored by the Division of statistics + scientific computation Short courses offered at all levels.

free to all participants: Industry Panel, “Statistics in Industry: Challenges and Opportunities of Data-driven Decisions” featuring speakers from Civitas Learning, Freescale Semiconductor, Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Bazaarvoice, Austin Energy

Want to learn about television production & programming?

The University of Texas student television wants to teach you

Television Workshop

SESSIONS TELEVISION WORKSHOP

Learn all about TV news and entertainment programming; how to write, shoot and edit.

Participants will produce a news/feature program that will air on TSTV channel 29 and citywide on Cable Channel 16.

All counselors are Journalism and Radio-TelevisionFilm students on staff at award winning Texas Student Television. For more information and applications: www.TexasStudentTV.com Contact the business office at 471-7051 or E-mail questions and registration form request to Dan Knight at danknight@austin.utexas.edu

July 15-19

WHEN 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

WHERE TSTV offices/studios Hearst Student Media Bldg

2500 Whitis Ave.

The University of Texas Austin

EXTRAS INCLUDED

Ages: incoming 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th graders Cost: $410/person per workshop (plus UT faculty/staff discount)

Lunch, T-shirt, DVD

REGISTRATION FEB 1 – MAY 3 Register at ssc.utexas.edu Register Now!!

50% discount for UT Austin faculty and staff 70% discount for UT Austin students

For more information and registration, visit

www.TexasStudentTV.com

Sports

PRICES REDUCED

G PASSES TEXERCISE/CYCLIN FITNESS

www.utrecsports.org

6

Thursday, April 4, 2013

STARTS HERE

Christian Corona, Sports Editor

SIDELINE

SOFTBALL

MLB RANGERS

ASTROS

RED SOX

YANKEES

NBA MAGIC

SPURS

Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan file photo Senior Taylor Hoagland bats against Houston Baptist during the Longhorns’ 5-0 victory in February. Hoagland has 50 walks on the season, six shy of the Big 12 conference season record. Last weekend against Kansas she was walked 13 times in 14 appearances, hitting a grand slam in the other.

Hoagland walking pretty

By Evan Berkowitz

To start the series against No. 8 Texas, Kansas had a game plan: don’t let Taylor Hoagland, she of the .928 slugging percentage, swing.

Eight straight times to begin the series it was the same.

Hoagland would walk up to

the plate, watch a few pitches go by and then take her free base to first.

The eight consecutive intentional walks to start the series was tied for the second most in NCAA history, only to Southern Miss’ Megan Hill’s 10.

But Kansas should have walked her at least one more time.

On her ninth trip to the plate, Kansas had nowhere to put the big-hitting righty. The bases were full. Tied game.

Hoagland approached the plate knowing that for the first time in the series she would get a pitch to hit.

And she took advantage of it, driving a fastball straight out of the park for a

tie-breaking grand slam.

“I was thinking they had to pitch to me,” Hoagland said.

“So I was waiting for that pitch, that one strike, and I got it.”

So Kansas did the only possible thing left. Walk her until they left town.

Five more plate appearances, five more walks.

“I knew they didn’t want

Horns need continued success to reach the top

By Garrett Callahan Daily Texan Columnist

For the Longhorns, scoring runs has never really been a problem, but for Texas to propel itself deep into postseason play, there’s no question on the importance of defense.

Texas doesn’t rank higher than third in any defensive standings in the Big 12. Its pitching is first in wins (32) and third in ERA (1.58)

while the team ranks second in fielding percentage (.974).

The Longhorns have made a trip to the NCAA Regionals in each of their past eight seasons in large part due to their pitching. The program has been known as a pitching powerhouse since the infancy of the team — especially when Cat Osterman made her first appearance in a Texas uniform in 2002.

Well, while Osterman may not be in that uniform anymore, the Longhorns still have power in the circle with

Emily Ng Daily Texan file photo

Blaire Luna. The Austin native leads the Big 12 in three categories — wins (17), batting average against (.108) and strikeouts (217).

Elisabeth Dillon Daily Texan file photo

Early leads crucial for Texas The Texas baseball team doesn’t always win but when it does, it prefers to jump out to an early lead. Led by a strong pitching staff that features three workhorse starters, the Longhorns have been all but unbeatable this year when playing with a lead.

In fact, they have only lost once in 2013 after getting up on an opponent. The key then

Luna has proved to be one of the best pitchers to step in the circle, not only for Texas but in the conference. She has 97 careers wins, 1,223

career strikeouts and 43 career shutouts which puts her second

LUNA continues on page 7

BASEBALL Freshman Travis Duke pitches against UTPA last month. Duke pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in the 6-1 victory. The pitching staff has been strong this season but needs more help from the offense to get wins.

Daily Texan Columnist

TAYLOR continues on page 7 Senior Blaire Luna pitches against LouisianaLafayette last month. Luna, and the rest of the Texas Defense, rank within the top three in every Big 12 defensive category.

STAT GUY

By David Leffler

to pitch to me,” Hoagland said. “But I still went up with aggressive takes just in case she messed up. I tried to be ready for those.”

Kansas isn’t the only team walking her this year, though.

Everyone is. Hoagland is on a record pace for the number of

for head coach Augie Garrido is to find ways to score runs early so his pitchers can be aggressive on the mound.

This has not come easily for the Longhorns this year, as hitting has been a constant problem. What then can Texas do to provide an offensive boost?

Common baseball knowledge would be to adopt a strategy of small ball, which relies on manufacturing runs by sacrifice bunting and hitting with runners in scoring position.

Small ball has long been Garrido’s M.O. and while it has

worked in the past, it has not provided the necessary production for the Longhorns the past two seasons. This offense does not have to be great in order to give Texas a chance to win. Rather, it has to be just good enough at the right times, namely early in games.

If the Longhorns adopt a more aggressive mindset out of the gate, they could do some serious damage in the Big 12. Here is a closer look at why this Texas team is so good with a lead:

STREAK continues on page 7

Weiss, Silver, Payton leading offensive surge

By Peter Sblendorio After managing just eight runs in five games from March 15-22, the Texas lineup has been on a tear during the last six games.

The Longhorns are hitting .316 as a team during that stretch and have recorded double digit hits in five of those games.

Erich Weiss has been leading the offensive surge, as he is hitting .478 over the last six games. Alex Silver is second with a .450 batting average, and Mark Payton is not far behind at .444.

“It is getting much better,” Silver said of Texas’ hitting.

“It is a day-by-day process and Coach [Augie] Garrido really stresses that.”

Payton continues streak With a hit in each of Texas’ three games over the weekend, Payton extended his hitting streak to a career-high 16 games.

Payton’s previous

It is getting much better...

It is a day-by-day process and Coach [Augie] Garrido really stresses that.

— Alex Silver, First baseman

career long was eight games, which he accomplished last season. With a hit in his next game, the junior right fielder would join four other players for ninth place on the list of longest streaks in Texas history.

Payton is putting together the best season of his career, as he leads the team with a .421 batting

PITCH continues on page 7

TOP TWEET

Corey Knebel @coreyknebel129

“Well just heard a lightning strike.

Snuck up on me. Uh time for #freshboxers”

SPORTS BRIEFLY Weather postpones softball matchup

The No. 8 Longhorns’ doubleheader against McNeese State was postponed Wednesday for the second straight day due to inclement weather.

No makeup date has been announced at this point.

The Longhorns will return to play Thursday at 7 p.m. against Texas Southern and air on Longhorn Network.

—Evan Berkowitz

Big 12 recognizes two Longhorns

Two Longhorn Track and Field Athletes were recognized this week by the Big 12 conference for their performances at the Texas Relays.

Junior Danielle Dowie was named the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Female Athlete of the Week, the second conference honor of her career.

With a time of 56.58, Dowie took first place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Relays last weekend.

The time was identified as the fastest mark in the nation. Dowie also competed for the Longhorns in two relay teams this past weekend, the 4x400 and the 4x100 relays. The Longhorns claimed second in the 4x400 and third in the 4x100.

Sophomore Ryan Crouser was named the Big 12 Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the week. Crouser, who currently ranks No. 1 in the country in shot-put, took home first at the Texas Relays last weekend with a winning toss of 20.43 m, the third best shot-put mark in the world this year. He also finished fourth in the discus competition this past weekend.

—Sara Beth Purdy

sports

Thursday, April 4, 2013

TAYLOR continues from page 6

walks she has drawn. Thirtyone walks in the 31 days of March. Or in terms of games, 31 walks in 19 games. “I have a new approach,�

Hoagland said at the beginning of the year. “I’ll be seeing the ball better, loading different — no big physical changes but a whole different mental outlook.�

And not only did she work on this approach throughout the off-season, but also during the season. “I do feel like the vision training has been helping a lot,� Hoagland said. “I think that maturing, being a senior and understanding how the game works, knowing it’s a game within a game, has changed my mentality about all of it.�

And it’s worked.

Hoagland, behind her good eye, is beginning to make history. The Big 12 alltime season walk record is 56.

LUNA

continues from page 6 — just behind Osterman — in almost all categories for Texas.

Head coach Connie Clark believes Luna and her team’s pitching is one of the main keys to get the team to the Women’s College World Series. This season Clark described that Luna has focused on her mental aspect of the game, which has thoroughly improved her play.

The senior and her teammates have allowed only 65 hits in 36 games this season ranking third in the Big 12.

This past weekend during their away stand in Lawrence, Kan., the Longhorns gave up only eight runs on a mere nine hits in 20 innings of play.

The Longhorns have thrown 16 shutouts this season, which is tied for

E! FRE d wor

ad s

only

CASH FOR CARS RUNNING OR NOT l 512-914-1877

HOUSING RENTAL

$SDUWPHQW

+286(6

FGO HJ=D=9KAF?

@q\] HYjc

o'Hggd LYZd]$ ?aYfl LN @q\] HYjc$ :a_ QYj\ L]jjqlgof o' Hggd O]kl ;Yehmk$ @m_] Hggd

average and 11 extra base hits and is tied for first in RBIs with Weiss.

Pitching dominant at home Texas has started the year with a 13-4 record at home, and this is due in large to the success of the Longhorns’ pitching staff while at home.

STREAK

5 1

The Longhorns have recorded a 2.24 staff ERA at home through 17 games and are holding opponents to a .211 batting average.

They have not allowed more than five runs to an opponent in a home game this season.

The pitching staff has been a strength in

continues from page 6

The number of Texas pitchers who have thrown at least 20 innings and have an earned run average below 4.00. This group includes all three starting pitchers in Parker French, Dillon Peters and Nathan Thornhill.

This is a critical component of this team and a clear indicator of why it is essential that the Longhorns gain an early advantage on their opponents. If Texas’ hitters can manage to give these pitchers any type of consistent run support, they will take care of the rest.

The number of times Texas has lost this year when holding a lead at any point in the game. The Longhorns are 7-1 when leading after one inning and a whopping 13-0 when leading after six innings. To put it simply, this team does not give up leads once it has them.

370 Unf. Apts.

780 Employment Services

860 Engineering-Technical

NORTH CAMPUS Prelease for fall. 2-2 ABP including internet.

900 sq. ft. Dean Keeton @ Medical Arts. $1450/mo. with $700 deposit. On site laundry and free parking. Call Elisa at 512845-5458. Email blackstone. austin@gmail.com

NOW HIRING JIMMY JOHN’S is looking for clean cut team members with high energy and a great attitude. We hire our managers from within and are always looking for team members with the potential to step up to more responsibility. Jimmy John’s offers flexible hours around lunch and dinner shifts, and we can schedule shifts around your school hours. Apply in person at 601 W. MLK or 3203 Red River St.

GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION Austin Digital Incorporated (now part of GE Aviation), a successful local company working in flight data analysis for aviation safety and fuel efficiency, has the following full-time openings appropriate for graduating students with Aerospace, Math, Physics, CS, or Engineering degrees.

560 Public Notice WE WANT TO ADOPT! Happily married couple wishes to adopt a newborn baby through an Open Adoption. All the choices are yours! We can be reached at 910-603-0626 or 1-800-5816131. You may also wish to view our website at: iheartadoption. org/kara.randy for more information.

EDUCATIONAL

590 Tutoring

TUTOR/CARE TAKER WANTED e $13 hour 2 Male/female graduate student to d help 11 yr old boy with schoolFgjl` ;Yehmk f]o e [gfkljm[lagf$ ?jYfal] ;gmfl]jk work, math tutoring, beginner programming, play chess, minecraft or other computer games. . UHDOW\ FRP '7 Needed daily 2:30-5:30 start immediately, located near campus , (78705). Must have transport.

n ozdillon@yahoo.com t . d 512 Realty is hiring FT/PT student e leasing agents s • Unlimited leads s • Unlimited income 0 e Make $1,000’s/month leasing to your friends! d

MAKE BANK!!!

Visit www.512realty.com or call Chay

n Walker at 512-786-4606 for an interview e r EMPLOYMENT e 360 Furn. Apts.

766 Recruitment o THE PERFECT SPOT! Five minnutes to campus, with pool, UT $5,500-$10,000 ,shuttle/Metro, shopping, parkPAID EGG DOeing, gated patio.

NORS -Century Plaza Apts. 4210 Red All Races Needed. SAT>1100/ River (512)452.4366 s ACT>24/GPA>3.0 N/SmokPark Plaza and Park Court tApts. 915 & 923 E. 41st St. ers, Ages 18-27 Reply to: info@eggdonorcenter.com e(512)452.6518 oV. I. P. Apts. 101 E. 33rd St. -(512)476.0363 tapartmentsinaustin.net

y

continues from page 6

THE DAILY TEXAN

ANNOUNCEMENTS

120 Houses

k e y r

e

PITCH

general for Texas this year, as it boasts a 2.83 overall ERA through 26 games.

The staff is allowing just 2.55 walks per game.

Knebel heating up After allowing a run in each of his first two outings of 2013, Corey Knebel has been nearly unhittable.

4 0

The closer is 3-1 with a 1.17 ERA and six saves in 15 appearances, and he has struck out 32 batters in 23 innings.

Knebel has not been scored on in his last 10 appearances (13 1/3 innings).

He has recorded 20 strikeouts and batters have averaged .071 during that span.

The magic number for the Longhorns’ offense.

Texas is undefeated this year when it has scored four or more runs, giving the team a perfect 12-0 record in such games. Conversely, they are an ugly 4-10 when they fail to score more than three times.

The number of comeback wins the Longhorns have when trailing after seven innings. Although it is common for teams to have trouble overcoming late deficits, this has been a problem for Texas at all stages of the game. The team is 1-4 when trailing after one inning and 1-7 when trailing after four, clear evidence that its hitters must take a more aggressive approach to start games.

ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the fi rst day of publication, as the publishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. In consideration of The Daily Texan’s acceptance of advertising copy for publication, the agency and the advertiser will indemnify and save harmless, Texas Student Media and its officers, employees and agents against all loss, liability, damage and expense of whatsoever nature arising out of the copying, printing or publishing of its advertisement including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees resulting from claims of suits for libel, violation of right of privacy, plagiarism and copyright and trademark infringement.

All ad copy must be approved by the newspaper which reserves the right to request changes, reject or properly classify an ad. The advertiser, and not the newspaper, is responsible for the truthful content of the ad. Advertising is also subject to credit approval.

Self-serve, 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.com

VEHICLES FOR SALE

z

Marshall Nolen Daily Texan Staff

CLASSIFIEDS

s 100 Vehicles Wanted t

y s n

the second most in the program in the past six seasons. The 2012 squad finished with 16 but didn’t reach that mark until late May. This strong defensive power will be the key to the Longhorns success this season if they can keep it up. The team scores an average of 6.5 runs a game but that doesn’t mean much without a strong presence in the field.

Texas is just as good in the dirt as it is in the circle. The team has 719 putouts — third in the Big 12 — and has 223 assists.

When recording a double play in the game the Longhorns are 5-1 and are 17-3 when making no errors in the game.

If Texas continues to shine on defense, there is no question it will have a strong chance to propel themselves to the WCWS for the fifth time in program history.

Junior Erich Weiss bats in the Longhorn’s 5-3 victory over Texas State.

Despite starting slowly, the Texas offense has shown a slight improvement over the past few weeks.

recycle

BARTENDING! $300/DAY POTENTIAL No experience necessary. Training available. Age 18+. 800-9656520 ext. 113

FUN SUMMER JOB, GREAT PAY! Mad Science needs animated instructors to conduct entertaining hands-on, summer camp programs and/or children’s birthday parties. Must have dependable car and prior experience working with groups of elementary age children. We provide the training and equipment. If you enjoy working with children, this is the job for you!

Pay: $150 -$600 per week Call 892-1143 or apply online at austin.madscience.org SEO POSITION Hiring Now Requirement Engine

www. GE.com/careers.

1717034 - Product Application Specialist

790 Part Time

Search Skills

APPLY ONLINE AT

Optimization

Call 512.939.9950 512-939-9950

791 Nanny Wanted AFTERSCHOOL NANNY IN TARRYTOWN Family seeks afterschool nanny for 2nd grade twin girls; start date of Fall 2013.

2:45-6:00 M-F with set monthly rate. Family is in Tarrytown, only 2 miles from campus. Car required.

Optional summer hours.

ON-CALL SITTERS UP TO $15/HR Upscale local salon building team of On-Call Babysitters for in-salon sitting. Work when you can, and have GREAT HAIR. Looking for Fun, Energetic people with Child Care Experience. Resumes to salonsitters@gmail.com

visit dailytexanonline.com

Work w/group that creates and maintains aviation analysis content. Math fundamentals are a requirement. Aircraft knowledge is a plus.

1702257 - Software Engineer Work w/group that creates and maintains C++/C# based software platform. Software development skills are a requirement.

Previous SQL, hobby or work experience is a plus.

1718928 Ăą Testing/IT Work w/group that installs and maintains customer systems.

Being a quick learner is a requirement. Strong Microsoft Windows background is a plus.

890 Clubs-Restaurants HOSTS & SERVERS FT/PT Our restaurant is a locally owned Austin original looking for friendly, fine dining rockstars.

Servers - Minimum 2 years experience required. Hosts - we will train. Email resume to hr@ laspalomasrestaurant.com

FOR SALE

Sell Textbooks BOOKS: Hysteria Molt echoes the great writers in Clumsy Hearts, a slightly misguided romance. They may never forgive her for it. Some people cannot take a joke. Available via Amazon.com.

keep an eye out for the

super TUESDAY COUPONS clip and save!

every week

SEE WHAT OUR

ONLINE SYSTEM

has to offer, and place YOUR AD NOW!

DailyTexanClassifieds.com

’ t e o

UNS AD IRNE FOR ONL

Hoagland has 16 currently scheduled games left to break this record and currently has 50 walks on the season. “It’s very crazy what’s happening now,� Hoagland said.

Now, pair that 1.39 walks a game average with her .470 batting average and you get a .669 on-base percentage, which leads the nation. If the pace holds up, it will be yet another Big 12 record.

Then pair that .669 onbase percentage with a powerful swing, and you have a force to be reckoned with.

Maybe that’s why Kansas wouldn’t pitch to her.

The stats and accolades are piling up for Hoagland as her great career winds down. But more than anything, her team is winning and feeling good. “I was just having this conversation with Kim [Bruins],�

Hoagland said. “We looked at the schedule, and the season is almost over. It doesn’t feel like we are that far into the season. At this time in the season previously, it felt like a grind. This time around it feels like a steady incline.�

7

Life & Arts

8

VEG

Thursday, April 4, 2013

EVENT PREVIEW

continues from page 10 hopefully, VegFest will make people reconsider vegetarianism/veganism,” Pickard said.

“Even if they don’t want to eat the food, there will be live music and a cool atmosphere.”

Ross Abel, a UT alumnus who is on the board for VegFest, was initially surprised that Austin didn’t already have a vegetarian festival. But now he believes the festival will show that people can eat “incredibly tasty vegan grub” while maintaining an active life.

Adrienne Lusk, the festival director and Vice President for the Texas Veg Foundation, thinks that college is a good time for students to consider diet changes, because they become independent and discover who they are as a person.

“A lot of people say, ‘You’re going to miss out on your protein, you’re going to miss out on this, that,’ and as I tell everybody, there are so many habits that people have today that are unhealthy whether you’re vegan or non-vegan,” Lusk said. “So the best thing to do is see where you’re personally, physically at, and see what’s best for you.”

Because she said Austin has dedicated, diverse and healthy groups of people, such as running groups, rowing groups and animal activists, she believes Austin has the potential to network all of them together.

Although Lusk realizes that a lot of people don’t know about it, and meat-eaters in particular may be intimidated to approach such a festival, she believes that everyone will enjoy the food.

“Whenever they walk through the door and see the activities and see the information and see the food that we have — I mean, we have hamburgers, funnel cakes, shakes, ice cream, Indian food, Ethiopian food, nachos — there is nothing they will be missing,” Lusk said. “The food will overwhelm you.”

Photos by Sylvia Plachy Above are samples of photographer Sylvia Plachy’s work. The first photograph is of her son, Adrien Brody, on the set of “The Pianist.” Plachy will tell the stories of her photographs at the Austin Center for Photography’s Icons of Photography Speaker Series on Thursday at the Blanton Museum of Art.

Talk zooms in on photographer’s work

By Olivia Arena Sylvia Plachy never intended to become a photographer. Although she attended the Pratt Institute School of Art & Design, Plachy never considered photography as a viable media. At the time, no one really considered pursuing photography as a creative career. Years later, Plachy has devoted her life to the craft.

“Eventually, I decided that that’s how I liked to live, because photography is not just a way to do creative work, but also a way to live — to go out of your room, a way to have a connection and experiences that will sometimes be lasting experiences,“ Plachy said.

Plachy will tell her story this weekend at the Icons of Photography Speaker Series presented by the Austin

Center for Photography.

The series strives to increase interaction between iconic photographers and Austin art aficionados. In the past four years the lectures have helped bring prolific photographers to the Blanton Museum of Art. “These are real photographers that do different things, and there is great diversity amongst them,” Aymn Kassam, Vice President of the Texas Photography Club and ACP volunteer, said. “It’s a good way to get exposed to different styles. You can migrate and study different people or different photography styles, but to go to a lecture is the best experience.”

The speakers range in discipline and concentration, but each have made critical contributions to the field of photography.

“They can be documentarians, photojournalists,

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS COLLEGIATE COLLECTION

I like to create a picture or pull a picture out of the world that is alive. That has a life of its own.

What: ACP Icons of Photography Series When: April 4, 7-9:30 p.m.

— Sylvia Plachy, photographer Where: Blanton Museum fine artists, educators, ex- about something.” of Art Auditorium perimenters, visionaries Plachy worked for numer- Tickets: $10 for students and all of the above,” Millan ous publications including and $15 GA

said. “They are also all successful photographers who have devoted their lives to the medium. Sylvia is both the same and different in her own special way.”

Devoid of distracting enhancements or costumed muses, Plachy’s photographs capture the adventure and humor in little moments often taken for granted.

Particularly striking are her black and white portrayals of the everyday passersby: children playing a park, two men touring Stonehenge, an intimate gathering of friends.

“Most of the time I like to disappear to find something that speaks to me, and find some brilliant, exciting wonderful image — maybe not brilliant but that has some weight when it speaks,” Plachy said. “I like to create a picture or pull a picture out of the world that is alive.

That has a life of its own. It’s a truth for that second; it’s a visual truth and it’s a truth

GULP

Loyalty • Enthusiasm • Pride

continues from page 10 means perfect. Even at 352 pages, the book is too short, given the subject matter — then again, it probably could have easily have gone

HELP

continues from page 10 The self-help classes have a recovery rate of about 46 percent, slightly lower than the 50 to 60 percent recovery rates for those who get personal psychological counseling, according to statistics from the Department of Health.

The British Psychological Society, a professional group, helped design the training received by the class instructors. The society’s David Murphy, however, said the classes might not be a fit for everyone.

“Some people are wary about going to a class instead of seeing a psychologist,” said Murphy, who isn’t involved with the program.

The classes often require more effort by the individual than working with a psychologist, he said.

“For the (self-help) classes

®

MADE IN AMERICA WITH LOVE ™ | WWW.ALEXANDANI.COM

SYLVIA PLACHY

♲

the Village Voice, the popular New York alternative newsweekly. Working for the Village Voice for nearly 30 years allowed Plachy the freedom to experience the eccentric city. Unrestricted, she sought stories and images that spoke to her.

“I was kind of spoiled,” Plachy said. “Working for them, I didn’t have to tailor anything. I went out, covered what was there, and they wanted me to come back with my perception of what is there. What happens now when I look back, I find that on my contact sheets, many pictures there that had nothing to do with the story were somehow left behind. They are hidden and waiting to be discovered again.”

Plachy has photographed numerous subjects, from documentary photos of the sex industry to portraits of her son, actor Adrien Brody.

“Richard Avedon wrote of

Sylvia: ‘She makes me laugh and she breaks my heart. She is moral. She is everything a photographer should be.’

Her pictures are magical, descriptive and heartfelt,” said Kathryn Millan, the ACP event manager. “She is one of those rare visionaries who can tell a story without captions. She is able to make artful documents of the world around her.”

In an ever changing and fleeting world, she continues to find commonality with the simple human experiences.

“I’m drawn to subjects that feel like a cousin to me,” Plachy said. “Modern life is getting harder to recognize. It’s becoming another world, but within it you can still find humanity and vestiges of the past, and I’m interested in life and death and things like that and that’s still there.”

on another 100 pages and still ended too quickly. Additionally, it jumps from one topic to another with little more to transition than a slightly awkward sentence or two at the end of each chapter — right when we’re really getting into a subject, Roach jumps to

another one.

However, both of these criticisms stem from just how much fun the book is. If you’ve ever needed to hold in a laugh because of gas that you couldn’t, “Gulp” belongs at the top of your to-read pile.

to be effective, the onus is on the patient to change what they’re doing in between sessions,” Murphy said.

Some American experts weren’t sure the approach would work in the United States.

“The expectations of treatment are very different in the U.S.,” said Michael Otto, a professor of psychology at Boston University who has studied self-help approaches. “People think, ‘if I’m going to be paying for care, I want to get the treatment I want,’ and that’s often personal therapy.”

Otto said the downside to such self-help programs is that people who don’t get better might just give up.

Instructor Nabila ElZanaty said the classes aren’t meant to be like group therapy.

“It’s more like psychological education,” she said, after leading a session that taught participants how to spot negative thoughts about themselves.

She said patients must be

monitored closely in case they need more intensive help. At the start of every class, they fill in a survey about their recent behavior, including whether they have hurt themselves or had suicidal thoughts.

El-Zanaty said she’s been surprised by how much the participants are willing to share in class. She said one woman who cried during every session and talked about suicide attempts was referred to personalized therapy.

Most courses run about eight to 12 weeks. El-Zanaty said they check in with participants a month after the classes end. After three months, they can apply to do another course if they still need help.

Ferguson and her classmates in El-Zanaty’s course realize it’s up to them to make sure the classes work.

“They only give us the tools,” she said. “I know if I don’t practice the techniques, it will be back to square one.”

RECYCLE

The Daily Texan

AFTER READING YOUR COPY

Comics

Thursday, April 4, 2013

9

The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Thursday, April 4, 2013

Crossword Across Both sides … or the missing starts for all the remaining Across answers Plot Stops working For free Manuscript reviewer Talk Disclose Walks Like some explosions and substances German toast Bowl-shaped part of the ear Moral sense Traffic Atom parts Ban Study of verse

36

1, 4 & 7

10 12 14 15 16 17 18 20

22 23 24 28 32 33 35

ANSWER E X T O K E A N G R E A I S E C R E P A W I S P C H A C A B A C O M P T R O U S E E N O R B N S A

37 38 39 41 43

Some golf events Family name on “Roseanne” Singer Stevens Characterized by Solidifies Be made up (of) Hinders Squeezes Iran-___ 1997 Nicolas Cage/John Malkovich thriller Ones jacking up prices, maybe Declared publicly Bit of mountain flora Introduction Signify Big shells

63 64 65 66 67

Associates Show For a while French tales “Now!”

1

2

3

10

4 11

2 Rampant 3 Something

5

13

25

32

33

28

30

31

56

57

35

37 40

38

41

42

45

46

48 51

29

21

34

36

50

9

23 27

44

8

17 20

26

39

7 14

16 19 22

24

No. 0228

6

12

15

Down

you might get your mitts on 46 4 “___ Death” 48 (Grieg work) 49 5 Conjunction that’s usually part of a pair 6 Tidy up, in a 50 way 7 Cobra’s shape, 54 at times 8 French wave 58 9 Declined 11 Clears the 59 board 61 12 Complain 62 13 Group of three rhyming lines TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 14 They’re a L E V I T E R I B couple short of E P E N I N A M A C notes T H O R N E D O W L S 19 Cacophony M A C S O B I T 21 Quaker cereal E T H A N D S H A K E A A H R E D 24 Laurel and Lee 25 Astronomer’s S G E I S E L sighting N G E O F H E A R T A N O N S P O I S E 26 Orch. member F A D C A M 27 German article U T E R H A C K E R S 28 Ladies in O R I O N waiting?

B U T N O T H E A R D 29 Like some I P O D S O L D I E columns C A P O S S L O P E 30 Keats, for one 44

Edited by Will Shortz

18

1 ___-Penh

SUDOKUFORYOU

43 47

49

52

53

58

59

62

63

54

55

60

61

9Some 2Security6 Council votes pal” 4“___ 3 1 Pictures of the Old West 7Twists 8into a5 knot 2Loses 6freshness 3 Fathering Dander 1 7 9 5 4 8 3 5 2 8 9 4

4Narrow 5 7 waterway of a best9Half 8 Abbr.6 seller list: hollers, let 1“___ 3 …” 2 Overflow (with) 5Shade7 9 of black Skips, as class 8 4 2 6 3 1 7 6 8 3 1 5

31

47

55

34

50

56

40 41 42

6

7 8 3 9 8 6 5 5 2 4 6 3 1 8 2 5 7 2 5 6 4 4 3 1 5 6 7 2 3 Today’s solution will appear here tomorrow

64

Arrr matey. This scurrvy beast is today’s answerrrrrr.

65 66 67 Crop it out, or it’ll be the the fishes for ya! puzzle by joe krozel

t

51

57

52

43

53

45

54

60

8 1 3 Conseil d’___ 5 7 2 Show, 9 4 6 informally 1 8 4 Test for an M.A. seeker 6 3 5 7 2 9 4 9 1 2 6 7 Early time

For answers, call 1-900-285-5656, $1.49 a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-814-5554.

Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday crosswords from the last 50 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS. AT&T users: Text NYTX to 386 to download puzzles, or visit nytimes.com/mobilexword for more information.

Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 2,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

Share tips: nytimes.com/wordplay.

Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/learning/xwords.

1 4 5 9 2 3 7 8 6

6 8 3 5 7 1 9 4 2

9 2 7 4 6 8 5 3 1

3 1 9 6 8 5 2 7 4

2 7 8 3 9 4 1 6 5

5 6 4 7 1 2 8 9 3

4 3 1 8 5 7 6 2 9

7 9 2 1 4 6 3 5 8

8 5 6 2 3 9 4 1 7

S U D O K U F O R Y O U

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Life & Arts 10

Kelsey McKinney, Life & Arts Editor

EVENT PREVIEW

VegFest roots itself in good food

By Juhie Modi If you ask Julian Villarreal, the best food in Austin doesn’t come from owners of hole-inthe-wall barbecue restaurants or inconspicuous food trailers.

The best food in Austin comes from vegetarians.

“We don’t just walk into McDonald’s and say ‘Oh, I want a burger,’” Villarreal said. “We actually have to think about food in a much more proactive way, so our food tends to be really delicious. I think people are always surprised that the food is so good and it doesn’t have meat. [VegFest] is not just for vegetarians. [People should go] to try good food.”

Villarreal, a Middle Eastern studies and sociology sophomore, is just one of many vegetarians who are excited about Saturday’s second annual Texas VegFest. The festival, hosted by the Texas Veg Foundation, will offer various multicultural vegetarian and vegan food and clothing vendors, guest speakers, cooking demos and live music.

As the president for University Vegetarians — a social organization in which those with plant-based diets eat at various restaurants — Villarreal believes that Austin is a great city for people who avoid meat or dairy, especially because of its labeling system.

“In American culture, meat tends to be put on a pedestal and every meal has to have meat, and it’s kind of a central part of how we eat,” Villarreal said. “[It’s difficult] to give it up and think about what you’re going to eat and how it will affect making sure you have

Illustration by Stephanie Vanicek | Daily Texan Staff

the right balance, and [there is also] social pressure. In Austin, it’s sort of different because every other person is either a vegetarian or vegan, or at least it seems like it. Austin is a little bit of a paradise.”

Public relations fresh-

man Elizabeth Pickard said that she received a lot of animosity for being a vegetarian, and she initially joined University Vegetarians because she never had any vegetarian friends. However, she said that Austin’s

plant-friendly food scene is one of the reasons why she chose UT. Pickard said that at the festival, many people may see that being vegetarian may not be as intimidating as it seems.

BOOK REVIEW | ‘GULP’

“I hear people say, ‘I could never be vegetarian. It would be too hard. I can’t live without meat,’ but the reality is that they haven’t tried and they haven’t looked into it, so

VEG continues on page 8

TEXAS VEG FOUNDATION When: Saturday, April 6 Where: Fiesta Gardens West End, 2101 Jesse E. Segovia St.

HEALTH

Quirky body systems book is easy to digest DIY therapy methods gain popularity in U.K. SCIENCE SCENE

By Maria Cheng Associated Press

By Robert Starr

Nothing makes a child giggle harder and more dependently than toilet humor. Somewhere on his path to adulthood, however, after constant parental scoldings, an external maturity develops. But that affinity for fart and poop jokes remains, albeit suppressed.

Rather than avoid these taboos, Mary Roach embraces them and teaches us something in the process.

Her latest book, “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal,” takes us on a journey inside the human body starting from the upper orifices and ending in the lower ones. Along the way, we learn about the science investigating the inner workings of our digestive tracts, and giggle with glee as Roach asks her subjects the questions we’re all wondering but are too polite to ask.

By now, Roach, who wrote the wonderful “Bonk,” which explores sex research, and “Stiff,” which is the definitive book on dead bodies, has settled into a solid formula: pick an unusual topic and report on the experts and relevant literature, all while focusing on the most interesting elements. Readers of her previous works will already know exactly what to expect, but that is by no means a sign of laziness — indeed, no matter what subject she tackles, Roach remains compelling and very, very funny.

Throughout the book, readers will learn about professional taste testers, how the tongue was once used

Illustration by Ploy Buraparate | Daily Texan Staff

as a scientific instrument, exactly how much humans can smuggle using their internal cavities, the various advantages and disadvantages to using one entrance over the other, if an animal can be eaten from the inside out, whether constipation or internal gas can kill you and pretty much anything else you’ve wanted to know about the workings of your digestive system.

Roach bombards the reader with information, using little more than her enthusiasm and sly sense of humor to propel the book from one topic to another, filling page after page with factoids galore along with footnotes on nearly every page, ensuring that those who pick up the book will have plenty of material to

use to pepper their party conversations for months to come.

And, while Roach doesn’t shy away from cheap jokes (how could she resist, given the material?), she also takes moments to be oddly affecting. The final chapter, which deals with fecal transplants (a procedure that, for people with certain disorders, improves the quality of their intestinal flora), would, in another writer’s hands, turn into an easy opportunity to garner laughs.

Instead, Roach presents the material with respect and

GULP: ADVENTURES ON THE ALIMENTARY CANAL Author: Mary Roach Pages: 352 Genre: Science

LONDON — After crocheting a colorful blanket, Joan Ferguson snuggled up under it one night and proudly thought: “This is one groovy blanket. I’m brilliant.”

Ferguson, 53, who struggles with low self-esteem, said it was the first time she had ever praised herself. She attributed the breakthrough in part to free self-help classes on mental health run by Britain’s government-funded medical system.

With a long wait to see a psychologist, the British government is turning to the classroom to treat people with mild-to-moderate mental health problems with a mix of PowerPoint presentations and group exercises.

Ferguson’s class of about 10 people, which meets once a week in east London, is led by two “psychological wellbeing practitioners.” The instructors are trained for a year on how to help people change their behavior or thinking, but they aren’t fully fledged psychologists.

While some dismiss the

approach as do-it-yourself therapy, experts say there is convincing evidence that people with conditions like depression and anxiety can be successfully treated without ever seeing a psychologist or a psychiatrist.

The strategy was adopted after Britain’s independent health watchdog ruled that classes and self-help books are cost-effective. Treating people with mental health problems this way could get them back to work quicker and save the U.K. an estimated 700 million pounds in lost tax revenue over four years, a previous study found.

The government is aiming to use the classes to treat at least 15 percent of the more than 6 million who need treatment for anxiety or depression. In 2011, only about 5 percent got some kind of therapy; about half were treated in classes or settings such as telephone sessions or computer therapy.

Those with more serious problems, like schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder, are usually offered traditional psychotherapy.

HELP continues on page 8

appreciation of the people whose lives are vastly improved by this miracle procedure … which consists of swallowing somebody else’s poop. “Gulp” is by no

GULP

continues on page 8

We video reviewed Gulp, too!

Check it out: bit.ly/dt_gulp

Lefteris Pitarakis | Associated Press Psychological well-being practitioner Nabila El-Zanaty talks to a self-help psychological course class.