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Dodds to step down in August 2014 By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek
In a swanky suite nestled in a stadium he’s transformed, DeLoss Dodds announced he will retire from the men’s head athletic director post at the end of August. Dodds said he is retiring after 32 years on the job because he wants to spend time with his wife, Mary Ann
Dodds, traveling and experiencing the world. “[Mary Ann] and I need to go to Tuscany,” Dodds said. “We need to see the leaves turn. There’s a lot we haven’t lived because we’ve worked.” Tuesday’s press conference came after representatives from the University and UT Athletics strongly denied rumors of Dodds’ impending retirement for months.
Since Dodds took the helm of the program, the Longhorns have claimed 14 national championships and 108 conference titles in nine different sports since Dodds took the job. But the announcement comes in the middle of a 2418 football record over the past four seasons, well below normal program standards. By announcing his resignation early on, Dodds said he hopes
to facilitate a smooth transition into new leadership. “My intent in all of this is that it’s the best thing for the University, and it’s the best thing for the athletic department,” Dodds said. “Announcing this early gives the University time to find new leadership, and it gives that leadership time to work with me on a transition. I’ll play whatever role needs to be played in that.”
Head football coach Mack Brown said in a press release that Dodds had an unparalleled influence on the athletic department at UT. “[Dodds] has been the best athletics director in the country for a long, long time and built a model athletics department here,” Brown said in the statement. “He
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AD exits as quiet giant with lasting legacy
By the numbers: DeLoss Dodds
14
National Championships won with Dodds as Athletic Director
163.3
By Chris Hummer @chris_hummer
DeLoss Dodds spent most of his time in the background during his 32-year tenure at Texas, making deals and silently elevating the program. His steps were quiet; the shadow he cast, anything but. The University hired Dodds as the men’s athletic director on Aug. 14, 1981, and just over 33 years later, he will step down from the position. It’s a dose of consistency for a man who was defined by it. In Dodds’ time at Texas, he steered the Longhorns to 14 national titles and 108 conference championships. “DeLoss’ vision reshaped UT-Austin,” UT President William Powers Jr said. “It reshaped college athletics, the entire NCAA. DeLoss, let me say, it has been an honor to work with you, to call you my friend.” Dodds, a former track coach, arrived at Texas from Kansas State in 1981 and spent the next 32 years nurturing a
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million dollars of revenue generated by Texas athletics in 2011-2012, the most ever
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dollars Dodds will receive in an anuity if he is employed by UT in some capacity on Aug. 31
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years Dodds spent as Texas Athletic Director
Gabriella Belzer / Daily Texan Staff Throughout his 32- year tenure at Texas, DeLoss Dodds built the Texas athletic program into a revenue generating giant. The athletic program most recently generated $163 million in 2012 and has given more than $400 million dollars to the University during his time as AD.
UNIVERSITY
CITY
UT rules protect on, off campus By Alberto Long @albertolong
Victims of pranks in West Campus often lack legal recourse to seek justice through judicial outlets, but the University provides additional avenues for students who feel they have been wronged. UTPD chief of police David Carter said pranks in West Campus typically fall outside the criminal spectrum, which hinders police action. The less severe the offense, the less police are able to do with it in terms of investigation and interrogation. “Once we establish that there’s no crime, then there wouldn’t be anything the police can do with [a case],” Carter said. “It’s really hard to prosecute lower offenses. That doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be administrative action.” Dean of Students Soncia Reagins-Lilly, who has primary authority and responsibility for the administration of student discipline, said administrative action is
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a viable option if there is a breach in UT’s institutional rules, on or off campus. Unlike UTPD, University administrators’ jurisdiction extends well beyond campus. “Any time something happens — something is thrown from a balcony, for instance — whether it be West Campus, Riverside, North Campus or Far West, two litmus tests determine whether or not and how Student Judicial Services will engage off-campus behavior,” Reagins-Lilly said. “Student-to-student” incidents are the University’s first litmus test. Reagins-Lilly said the judicial process begins with information gathering and proceeds into an investigative phase. Conduct violations occurring during UT-sponsored activities — the second litmus test — are also included in the University’s jurisdiction. “If we are in Spain, and the trip is a Universitysponsored trip, and we have student-to-student violations, those parameters [will allow us to] begin our
process,” Reagins-Lilly said. According to chapter 11 of UT’s Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities, the University’s expectations for student conduct are grounded in the University’s Code of Conduct and Student Honor Code. ReaginsLilly said her office will refer to chapter 11 any time they engage a student or gather information specific to a situation, and she encourages students to contact Student Judicial Services if they feel an institutional rule has been violated. “The beauty of our administrative process is that we’re focused on the development of students,” Reagins-Lilly said. “What’s most important is that students have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and conduct. It’s not punitive, punitive, punitive. We want to have constructive conversations and help students reflect and think about their behavior.” History junior Anne
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Local business owners are concerned as to how construction may affect their business. Renovations will include bike lanes, wider sidewalks and improved storm drains.
Jarrid Denman Daily Texan Staff
Sixth Street construction will benefit city, local businesses By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM
In the next two years, Sixth Street may undergo major construction that will change pedestrian and vehicle traffic and expand the variety of businesses in the area. At the Sixth Street stakeholder meeting Tuesday, Louis Lindsey, project
management supervisor, and the Public Works staff in Austin presented designs that would make changes to Sixth Street, such as new roads and sidewalks, wider pedestrian areas and trees. According to Lindsey, the Downtown Austin Plan, a long-term plan to promote sustainability in the city, is the guide for the project. Austin City
Council passed an ordinance in 2011 to begin the implementation process. The main motivation for the redesign is to reduce tripping hazards because of uneven or broken sidewalks, to mitigate the difficulty maintaining and cleaning sidewalks and to eliminate pavement
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