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Regents to review oversight rules

By Jordan Rudner @jrud

At a specially called UT System Board of Regents meeting Friday, Chairman Paul Foster requested a new examination of the board’s responsibilities and said he will likely recommend a new screening process for regent information requests at the board’s next

meeting in November.

According to Foster, the new policy recommendations were in part prompted by the ongoing investigation of Regent Wallace Hall.

Hall is being investigated by the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations for allegedly placing a burden on the University with a series of

broad open records requests spanning several hundreds of thousands of pages. The committee heard testimonies last week, including questions on the open records requests and Hall’s role as a regent.

“In light of [the recent focus on best practices for state governing boards], I believe today is the right time to begin a new discussion

on the best ways this board should operate going forward,” Foster said in the meeting. “I have spent [a] significant amount of time thinking about how we can fully discharge our responsibility in the most efficient and transparent way … I am sure each member of the board has done the same.”

Foster said he believes his

final recommendations will center around re-examining the responsibilities of regents as investigators. “[The recommendations will include] a process for review of requests for information that involves a determination concerning whether the information sought is

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FOOTBALL | COLUMN

All in — Texas burns Swoopes’ redshirt

By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Columnist @chris_hummer

FORT WORTH — Lightning flashed and fans scattered as rain pounded the Dallas-Fort Worth area Saturday evening during Texas’ 30-7 win over TCU, a contest that stretched into Sunday morning after a three-hour six-minute weather delay.

But, if fans switched off their TV early, they may have missed the most important development of the evening: freshman quarterback Tyrone Swoopes seeing some snaps — and burning his redshirt along the way.

Swoopes entered the game with a little more than five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. His stats

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After much speculation of whether or not to burn freshman QB Tyrone Swoopes’ redshirt, head coach Mack Brown played Swoopes in the final minutes of a 30-7 win at TCU. With all the hype, Swoopes rushed for -2 yards in three attempts.

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UT growth inhibited, influenced by neighbors

By Christine Ayala @christine_ayala

As a campus with limited room for expansion, UT has grown around neighboring privately owned properties that now sit on campus and have formed an unintentional border for campus expansion.

As the University continues to grow far beyond the original 40 acres, its relationship with properties along the edges of the UT campus has evolved as it has tried to make use of available space.

While the University has resorted to using costly and drastic measures to force some entities out in the past, it has mostly tried to retain the long-standing community connections the properties — mostly churches — have built over time.

These entities — many of which were built early in UT’s history — sit next to other UT buildings and appear like part of campus along Whitis Avenue, Guadalupe Street and University Avenue. They are not owned, operated, maintained or overseen by the University in any way, but they have interacted with the University and its students in several ways.

“The University has expanded far beyond its original footprint when it was founded,” UT spokeswoman Tara Doolittle said.

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Campus to be more reliant on UTMail

By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek

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Old rejection letters from publishers addressed to author Alice Munro, who was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, were recently found in the Harry Ransom Center.

Ransom Center houses author’s rejection letters

By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler

An archive of rejection letters revealed 2013 Nobel Prize winner in Literature Alice Munro’s initial difficulties publishing her work in an American market.

Munro’s work, which won her the Nobel Prize on Oct. 10, is known for themes of self-discovery and gender roles. She is the first Canadian to receive the award and the 13th woman to ever win

the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Ransom Center holds a large number of rejection sheets as part of the Alfred A. Knopf archive, a New York publishing company, including one for Munro’s first book of short stories and one for her first novel.

“I think [the collection] speaks to what difficulties she had in the genre in which she was working,” said Jean Cannon, literary collections research associate at the Ransom

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Although UT’s email services have been evolving since the 1990s, UT will become more reliant on UTMail following the University’s transition from Blackboard to Canvas.

It is currently not mandatory for students to create a UTMail account — the email system offered by UT — even though email is officially designated the University’s primary mode of communication. On Canvas, students will only be able to submit documents and collaborate with classmates and professors via Canvas’ Google Drive feature using their UTMail accounts.

According to Dennis Klenk, project coordinator for Information Technology Services, UTMail is a service of Google Apps for Education which provides free service for educational institutions and their current and former students, faculty and staff. Klenk said making it a requirement for students to use UTMail on Canvas will increase the functionality of Canvas and protect students’ privacy.

Illustration by Stephanie Vanicek / Daily Texan Staff

“It’s possible for Canvas to integrate with public Gmail, but if you think about what the scope of Canvas is, potentially dealing with a lot of personal, identifiable information … those kinds of

things need protection and privacy,” Klenk said. “Some of those privacy terms and conditions are in the contract with Google. Once you get outside of that, into public Google, those terms and

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UT files a brief for the Fisher vs. UT case.

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Student leaders stand with President Powers.

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Volleyball continues dominant run through Big 12.

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“12 Years a Slave” has big Academy Award potential.

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Austin ceramic artist, Lisa Orr ruminates on the role of pottery in her life.

Mayors discuss urban life in LBJ School symposium.

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What’s wrong with campus conservatism?

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Football dumps TCU despite lengthy delay.

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Dance company celebrates 25th anniversary.

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continues from page 1 necessary and likely to be beneficial to the discharge of a board member’s duties,” Foster said. “I envision the process will involve review … concerning the scope, timing and potential impact of the request.”

During his testimony to the committee, Kevin Hegarty, the University’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, said his office was overwhelmed

by Hall’s requests for more than 800,000 pages worth of documents. Hegarty said the requests were so overwhelming, the office had to hire more employees. “[The process of procuring the documents] wasn’t fast enough for the board, and I was told continually it’s not fast enough for regent Hall,” Hegarty said in his testimony.

Open Records Coordinator Carol Longoria said she and her colleagues worked

well past the end of a normal work day — often working until 10:30 or 11 p.m. — to process all of the requests.

Longoria said she was worried about the legality of producing all of the requested documents, some of which are protected with student privacy laws.

“I was very concerned that I was being unwittingly asked to do something potentially illegal, and I didn’t want to be a party to that,” Longoria said in her testimony Hall’s attorney, Allan Van Fleet, said Hall made it clear he did not want to receive protected documents.

“He was specifically saying, ‘Not interested, do not want

FERPA information, do not want HIPAA information,’” Van Fleet said in his testimony. “He was upfront in saying he didn’t want that stuff.”

Another topic the transparency committee has focused on is regents’ tendencies to use their own personal email accounts, rather than email accounts provided by the UT System. Foster said this is also an issue he hopes to address.

“Several members of the board have asked about such email access, and [Francie Frederick, the board’s general counsel] is working with System information technology staff on this issue,” Foster said.

The regents’ next scheduled meeting is Nov. 13 and 14.

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continues from page 1 erational Information Technology Committee, said UT looked into developing a relationship with Google in 2010 to establish an email system for students and faculty that could address issues of capacity and the longevity of the accounts that existed with the previous system, the University Mailbox System.

“In terms of the Google and Gmail history, there were two issues,” Raizen said. “The capacity — how much storage space one could use and how fast the transmission is — became more and more critical

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when people were sending and storing sound files and large attachments, and the ability to keep the accounts for life. Previously, student accounts internal to UT would be closed shortly after they left UT.” Klenk said there are currently 104,373 UTMail accounts in existence, 25 percent of which are registered to alumni. He said the contract with Google ensures fewer advertisements, increased privacy and an increased storage capacity. UTMail provides users with 30 GB of storage, while regular Gmail offers 15 GB. Journalism sophomore Shadan Larki said she uses her public Gmail address instead of a UTMail address to create a lasting personal image.

“I’ve had my Gmail for so long, that’s how people see me,” Larki said. “As a student journalist, I want my brand to be consistent.

I could switch to UTMail, but it seems like more of a hassle than it’s worth. I guess I would switch over to UTMail if it was necessary for academic purposes. I would rather not, but if they make me then I’ll do what I have to do.”

Undeclared sophomore Catherine Mear said she prefers her personal Yahoo account to UTMail.

“I just forward everything to my one, regular email address,” Mear said.

“I’ve always had a Yahoo account and I don’t really want to change that.”

Klenk, who helped negotiate the contract with Google, said UTMail is provided at no cost to the University. He said an outside company, SADA Systems, was hired to facilitate the transition to UTMail and create the pages students see when signing up for an account. Terri Shrode, associate business contracts administrator, said the contract between UT and Google was finalized in February 2011 and is set to expire in 2015, with a potential for renewal.

Klenk said certain departments operate using other email systems provided by the University, though students do not have access to these other systems. He said this separation of services has been changing, and there has been a consolidation to UTMail and a system called Austin Exchange Messaging Service, which is primarily a Microsoft Exchange-based system “An email may look like it’s on the UTMail system but it may not be, it could just be an alias of one of the other systems,” Klenk said.

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continues from page 1 “Those [surrounding properties] are not UT property but they are part of the community.”

Architecture professor Larry Speck said the University has borrowed from the architectural design of the nearby churches as the University has implemented the Campus Master Plan, which includes plans for future buildings and goals for maintaining existing buildings and infrastructure on campus. The plan is meant to preserve architectural history on campus and the neighboring environment.

Speck is a former member of UT Campus Master Plan committee.

The University United Methodist Church, at the corner of Guadalupe and 24th streets, was completed in 1909 with the familiar terra-cotta tiled roof, which is mimicked by many UT buildings and has become an architectural aspect for which the campus is known.

“This was, I think, the first building in the area to use the local limestone with a red tile roof to create a ‘Mediterranean feeling’ building,” Speck said. “That church set a strong precedent for two

generations of buildings to come on the campus and for the architectural character often associated with UT.” Marc Erck, University United Methodist Church director of music and worship, said the building feels like a part of campus because of its matching style and consistent UT congregation, and the church building even hosted freshmen orientation in the 1930s and 1940s.

“It’s always been a center for religious activity for UT students since it opened and many of our members in their 80s were students at UT, landed here and stayed here,” Erck said.

For many of these historic buildings, their connection to the University has declined in recent decades.

The University Christian Church, located on University Avenue, just south of the Tower, was the first to offer accredited Bible study courses to UT students, providing classes at the facility on religious studies from 1908 to 1987, according to church historian Nancy Bessent.

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, one of several churches bordering north edge of campus, maintains a close relationship with UT through a jointdegree program, according to Kristy Sorensen, seminary

That church set a strong precedent for two generations of buildings to come on the campus and for the architectural character often associated with UT. —Larry Speck, Architecture professor

associate library director and head of archives and records management.

The church participates in a dual-degree program with the School of Social Work, which provides both a Master’s of Divinity from Austin Seminary and a Master of Science in Social Work.

President William Powers Jr. also served as a member of the church’s Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2010. During that time, Powers was the dean of the School of Law, before becoming president in 2006.

“The two campuses were not adjacent in 1907, since UT’s original 40 Acres ended at 24th Street, but we have gotten closer in proximity as the University has expanded to the north,” Sorensen said.

“In 1966 and 1967, seminary property east of Speedway was sold to UT under threat of use of power of eminent domain.”

Eminent domain is the right of a government or its agents, including the UT System Board of Regents, to condemn or legally obtain private property for public use, according to Texas property law and condemnation proceeding rules. UT was first granted permission to use eminent domain in 1965 to acquire property along the north, east and south borders of campus as the University grew expansively, according to the Texas State Historical Association.

UT System spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo said the last time the UT System used eminent domain to condemn a property was nearly a

decade ago in 2004 in a case at UT-Pan-American.

“The eminent domain process, which is expensive, is not used very often,” LaCoste-Caputo said. “Eminent domain proceedings are used only as a last resort and usually come after a long period of negotiations for the sale of the property have failed.”

Also in 2004, the University attempted to use eminent domain to obtain a property adjacent to the AT&T Conference Center to use as a parking lot. The property owners of the land, where Players restaurant is located, were not willing to sell at the time, and were supported by members of the Texas House of Representatives, which passed legislation blocking the acquisition. UT System policies now prohibit the use of eminent domain for parking or lodging areas.

The University eventually acquired the property where Players is located in April 2012 to begin building a structure that will house the graduate business program. The building was bought with help from the McCombs School of Business Foundation, which is an independent nonprofit that fundraises for the McCombs School of Business.

When Players was willing to sell, the University intended to purchase the property, but Players was requesting $3 million. State law does not allow the University to purchase property for more than the appraised value. Instead, the

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Symposium examines successful cities

By Christina Breitbeil @christinabreit

City governments should be leveraging technology more to invite citizens to help solve some of the city’s problems, according to a panelist at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Friday.

Stephen Elkins, chief information officer for the city of Austin and panelist at the Reimagining Cities: Building Resiliency symposium, spoke about the digital aspect of running the city of Austin and the importance of establishing public access to the government by means of technology.

“The platform for change is that we need to embrace open source,” Elkins said. “We can’t expect to solve all of our problems internally — we have to reach out to the public. There needs to be an evolution on how we respond to technology, as today it’s no longer acceptable to be three years behind.”

The symposium focused on improving city life and management and featured several regional mayors who discussed the future of urban planning and development with primary focus on its relation to citizens.

It explored the various aspects that contribute to creating a thriving city by focusing on three topics: arts and culture,

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Stephen Elkins, chief information officer for the city of Austin (right), discusses the importance of open sourcing city resources with other panelists at a symposium at the LBJ School on Friday.

economic resiliency and the role of technology. Each topic featured a panel of speakers, including mayors from Oklahoma City and Corpus Christi.

Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell spoke as a panelist at the event, which allowed for interaction between the panelists and audience, comprised of primarily graduate students and non-students — including local businesses — interested in urban issues.

The discussion of cities spanned from the uses of art

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Sherri Greenberg, director of the Center for Politics and Governance at LBJ School, moderated and was on the planning committee for the event.

“Reimagining Cities is part of an ongoing initiative at the School of Public Affairs to look at the challenges and

solutions that we are seeing in our urban areas,” Greenberg said. “Cities are the places for this innovation.”

Sam Spahn, public affairs graduate student, attended the symposium and said the event touched on pressing issues regarding city expansion.

“My main question going into this was regarding transportation and how it will be improved within a space that’s already developed,” Spahn said. “I think they did a good job answering it.”

Eminent Domain —

the right of a government or its agents, including the UT System Board of Regents, to condemn or legally obtain private property for public use, according to Texas property law and condemnation proceeding rules.

McCombs Foundation purchased the property for $3 million and then sold it to the University for $1.5 million, below its appraised value of $2.5 million.

Since the Players deal, Amy Wanamaker, campus director of real estate, said the University is not currently in discussions with landowners to purchase property near the conference center, but it’s open to potential purchases of properties near campus — subject to an acceptable agreement and approval by the Board of Regents.

Wanamaker said instead of reaching out to nearby property owners for potential land purchases, sellers near campus often contact the University if they are considering selling their properties.

“We do purchase properties from a willing owner, if it meets our campus needs and we reach agreement on terms,” Wanamaker said.

“We are not currently looking at purchasing property but are always open to considering purchases near our campus.”

NEWS BRIEFLY UT files most recent brief in Fisher case

On Friday, UT filed its most recent legal brief in the Fisher v. University of Texas case.

In 2008, Abigail Fisher, an applicant who did not get into UT, claimed the University’s admission policy violated her right to equal protection because the policy considered race as an admission factor. The case was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in October 2012. In a 7-1 decision this summer, the court sent the case back down to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that the lower court did not apply strict scrutiny to UT’s admissions policy.

The Supplemental Brief for Appellees, submitted to the Fifth Circuit Court, detailed the University’s arguments and response to the supplemental brief filed by Fisher and her attorneys on Oct. 4. The court issued an order for supplemental briefing by both parties on Sept. 12.

UT argued in the brief that Fisher has not yet shown, “any cognizable or redressable injury caused

by UT’s consideration of race” and that UT’s admission policy is “narrowly tailored to [the University’s] educational objectives.”

Oral arguments for the case are set to begin Nov. 13.

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continues from page 1 Center. “It’s remarkable to me that she would stick with it and not give in to the pressure to write a novel.”

One letter written in 1968

by Knopf’s editor Judith Jones after reading Munro’s first book of short stories, “Dance of the Happy Shades,” said her book had nothing particularly new or exciting, and it could be easily overlooked.

In another letter from Jones to Munro on her first novel, “Lives of Girls and Women,” in 1971, she credited Munro’s style but still rejected the novel for publication.

“There’s no question that the lady can write but it’s also clear she is primarily a short story writer,” Jones wrote.

Senior lecturer Brian Doherty taught a entire course on Munro and said that the letters from Knopf made it obvious that the company enjoyed her writing but just didn’t think there was a market. “[It’s] depressing when you consider so many writers change their approach to writing and their approach to literature in order to increase salability,” Doherty said. “You have to really respect the writers who labor in obscurity because they believe in what they’re doing even though they might not get notoriety or Nobel Prizes.”

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It’s remarkable to me that she would stick with it and not give in to the pressure to write a novel.

—Brian Doherty, English senior lecturer

Munro’s novel in 1972 and with its success, published her book of short stories two years later, which was nearly five years after its release in Canada.

“Alice Munro is a good example of someone who stayed true to her vision of being a writer and ended up producing some material that is so widely respected,” Doherty said.

Ann Cvetkovich, English and women’s and gender studies professor, said the rejection letters prove the difficulties of being a female short story writer and especially the challenges she faced being a Canadian. Cvetkovich said she was interested in becoming a writer when she was 11 and bought Munro’s “Dance of the Happy Shades.”

“It really demystifies the process of writing and shows you that, so often, good writers are not always recognized because they fall off the radar due to their gender, sexuality, race or in this case, their national background,” Cvetkovich said.

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Student leaders stand with President Powers

By Andrew Clark & Horacio Villarreal Guest Columnists

UT President William Powers Jr. recently delivered his annual State of the University Address to the University community, wherein he highlighted several of his accomplishments over his tenure as president and his vision for making UT the best public institution in the nation. Some of the things he noted: UT was ranked 25th in the world by the Times Higher Education for 2012-2013 The number of “top five” ranked programs increased by 25 percent — from 16 to 20 — and the number of “top five” ranked graduate programs increased by more than 75 percent — from 9 to 16 Since 2009, the fall semester course failure rate has dropped by nearly 50 percent UT will be the first major research university to open a medical school in 35 years UT raised more than $453 million in a single year in philanthropy — a school record Powers has led UT to these accomplishments despite a historic economic crisis, increasing enrollment, decreased support from the state and stagnant tuition revenue.

Costs are going up while revenue remains flat, forcing significant budget cuts in the past several years. These cuts have hurt UT’s academic and extracurricular offerings, and thus have hurt students.

To provide another perspective on the funding picture, the Texas Legislature cut $92 million during the 2011 legislative session. It restored only $20 million of these cuts during the 2013 legislative session, and nearly all of that $20 million has to go to mandatory cost-of-living adjustments and pension increases. Out of other large public universities, UT has the lowest per-student, per-year support from the major funding sources of tuition, general revenue — or state appropriations — and the Available University Fund — UT’s endowment — combined.

It would take an additional $26 million per year in the budget for UT to tie with Michigan State University for last place, an additional $136 million per year to reach the median of the group and a staggering $527 million per year additionally for UT to tie the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for first place. These figures, in contrast with UT’s rankings, speak to Powers’ ability to lead UT to international prominence with the fewest resources available to a public, Tier One research institution. This level of efficiency is a major accomplishment; it should be celebrated by students as a testament to Powers’ ability to keep costs to stu-

We appreciate Chairman Paul Foster’s recognition of a need for policy changes in how the Board of Regents conducts its business ...

But we hope this is only the first of many steps to mend the relationship with our campus.

dents down while at the same time improving UT as a whole.

On Tuesday, Powers assumed the chairmanship of the Association of American Universities, the nation’s premier organization of Tier One research universities.

Powers was elected chairman of that body by his peers, the presidents of the 61 other association-member universities. This gives Powers a prominent position to shape national higher education policy. The Senate of College Councils and Student Government recently passed Joint Resolution 1: In Support of President Powers’ Vision for The University of Texas at Austin, which highlights many of Powers’ accomplishments and his vision for UT in the changing landscape of higher education. This resolution is meant as a show of support to Powers from students as he assumes his new leadership role and shares UT’s very successful model with the rest of the nation.

The recent uptick in rumors about Powers’ job security is concerning to us as student leaders, and frankly, it is shameful that the UT System Board of Regents has not acted to dispel these rumors and instead has allowed them to continue. Pamela Willeford, a former U.S. ambassador in the Bush administration and former chairwoman of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, recently asserted in an e-mail obtained by the Texas Tribune that a former chief of staff of Gov. Rick Perry said the governor’s office and the regents were attempting to oust Powers simply “because [they] can.”

The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, which is investigating Regent Wallace Hall to determine whether or not to move to impeach him in response to massive open records requests, sent a letter to the Board of Regents in which representatives warned the regents not to make any personnel decisions until their investigation was complete, a move that signals that Powers’ job may be at stake. And during testimony in that House committee Wednesday, Barry Burgdorf, former general counsel to the UT System, testified that the “clear intent” of some of the regents was to “get rid of Bill Powers.”

Our concerns are made sharper by Powers’ significant achievements during his tenure and in recent years. In fact, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, the chief executive of the UT System, stated in a Texas Tribune interview in March 2013 that, in terms of the Chancellor’s Framework for Advancing Excellence, Powers was doing his job, and touted a number of Powers’ accomplishments. We appreciate Chairman Paul Foster’s recognition of a need for policy changes in how the Board of Regents conducts its business, which he made last Friday in a statement to the Associated Press prior to a closed-session meeting of the board. But we hope this is only the first of many steps to mend the relationship with our campus.

Time and time again, Powers has been willing to stand up for the students of UT and has worked tirelessly to make UT a better university. We should be prepared to stand with him.

Villarreal is the president of UT Student Government and Clark is the president of the Senate of College Councils.

HORNS DOWN: HIV RATES RISE IN TRAVIS COUNTY In an in-depth story on HIV infection rates in Travis County, the Austin American-Statesman reported Sunday that the county’s rate of new diagnoses — 23 per 100,000 residents — exceeded the state average by 40 percent last year.

The county’s new-infection rate has been on the rise since 2010, but as Phil Huang, medical director of the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, told the Statesman’s Mary Ann Roser, it’s difficult to reverse that trend when the health department’s funding for prevention efforts hasn’t changed in years. According to Huang, $529,914 of the department’s annual $63 million budget is available for education and outreach. Health officials do what they can with that money, but it’s clearly not enough. If the county wants a healthier population, it’s going to have to fork over the cash to get people tested and treated.

HORNS UP: WATER FOR THE HOMELESS As the Austin American-Statesman reported Sunday, local clergy blessed a new water fountain outside St. Austin Catholic Parish on the Drag on Sunday. Paid for by a St. Austin’s parishioner and outreach ministry Mobile Loaves and Fishes, the fountain is meant for homeless youth who have seen many public accommodations removed in recent years in an effort to keep away the local homeless. It’s good to see the local religious community picking up the slack left by the city; the homeless deserve the same basic accommodations as the rest of us.

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As The Texas Tribune reported Friday, new data from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shows that Texas universities enrolled 8,000 new students in 2013, an increase of less than 1 percent over last year’s figures.

With the state in the home stretch of a 15-year plan to improve its higher education performance, Texas leaders are working hard to close the remaining 34,000 student gap.

But that’s going to be a tall order given this year’s sluggish growth as well as signs of slight declines in Hispanic enrollment. Still, it’s important to keep two things in mind: first, that Texas has come a long way since it embarked upon the “Closing the Gaps” plan in 2000, adding nearly 600,000 students, and second, that, as Texas Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes noted in a statement, Texas’ slow university enrollment growth is still outpacing national trends. We are hopeful that state leaders will make one last push in these last two years of the program and bring Texas in line with other states.

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Campus conservatives need to change the conversation

By Chris Jordan

Daily Texan Columnist @ChrisAlanJordan

On Sept. 25, the Young Conservatives of Texas held an “affirmative action bake sale,” featuring baked goods priced at different levels based on race and gender of the buyer. White males paid the most, at $2, while Native American students paid the least, only $0.25. The protest was so controversial it not only elicited a response from Dr. Gregory Vincent, UT’s vice president for the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, but also a Huffington Post article.

To call the young conservatives’ actions misguided is an understatement — I would call them nothing short of divisive and racist. But their insensitivity brings to light a serious issue of conservatism on campus.

Namely, why is the main outlet for conservative students on campus an organization which promotes its views in such an unrepresentative way?

The thoughtless, attention-getting actions of the young conservatives are mirrored in what seems to be a never-ending game of political football in Washington, with the raving and antics of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, standing out to Americans in particular. Cruz’s well-publicized “filibuster” and incessant anti-Obama rhetoric has many Texans, even those who voted for him, feeling disenfranchised and embarrassed.

Assigning blame for the divide between Republicans and Democrats is a constant battle — the media is often thrown around as a culprit — but reality makes it clear that most people, especially college students, don’t have an all-or-nothing view of politics. After all, how many times have you heard “I’m socially liberal, but fiscally conservative”?

“It sounds like a contradiction, but I

I actually do believe the majority of students are in fact conservative in their political views here at UT. Conservative students are just not comfortable openly sharing their views in a hostile intellectual environment.

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think it’s the standard in college,” biology freshman Amber Magee said. “By being socially liberal we respect those human rights … but if we’re not fiscally conservative, our expenditures can really come back to harm other people…we have to have a certain degree of fiscal responsibility.”

Despite the rhetoric coming from some Republicans in Washington — and the young conservatives — fiscal responsibility is, and always has been, the central tenet of the party, from Sarah Palin to Ronald Reagan to Barry Goldwater. That’s the nature of political parties — a loose conglomeration of ideas based on deeper philosophical understandings. Somewhere along the way, though, the American two-party system made it seemingly impossible for me to be a Republican and not believe Obama was born in Kenya.

Many students who share these views may not be comfortable sharing their political views openly. UT is a liberal campus in a liberal city, and a certain amount of peer pressure might dissuade conservative students from sharing their opinions.

Danny Zeng, president of the Texas College Republicans, agrees.

“I actually do believe the majority of students are in fact conservative in their political views here at UT,” Zeng said. “Conservative students are just not comfortable openly sharing their views in a hostile intellectual environment; I don’t blame them.”

While I think Zeng’s claim that the majority of students count themselves as conservative may be unfounded, Zeng has a point about the nature of conservative discourse on campus.

According to philosophy professor Robert Koons, the problem bridges into the academic world as well. “[Conservative thinkers like Babbitt, Kirk and Hayek are] critical to understanding political developments in U.S. politics from 1960 to today, but they’ve been almost completely ignored by academics,” Koons said.

Notwithstanding racist bake sales, the conservative students at this campus who are not eating Cruz’s table scraps want to see a more socially conscious party which still considers fiscal policy its main priority. UT students would be remiss to shut out their voices. The more debate and discourse, the better — the nature of conservative philosophy supports this. But either way, conservative students deserve more than a stereotype. After all, some of us voted for David Dewhurst.

Jordan is an English and finance junior from Missouri City.

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Longhorns continue cruising through Big 12

By Matt Warden @TheMattWarden5

Top-ranked Texas (15-2, 8-0 Big 12) continued its winning streak in Manhattan, Kan. on Saturday afternoon by sweeping Kansas State (147, 2-6 Big 12). The win gave the Longhorns eight consecutive conference wins and 11 straight overall.

After Kansas fell behind in the first set 8-7, the Longhorns rallied for 10-straight points and only surrendered four more points the rest of the set for a 25-11 victory.

The second frame looked similar to the first as the set began with a 5-5 tie before back-to-back kills by freshman middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu and a 4-0 rally gave the Longhorns the momentum. After trading pointfor-point the rest of the set, a kill by sophomore outside hitter Amy Neal set up match point and a kill by junior middle blocker Khat Bell clinched the set 25-18.

Although the third set was the closest of the match, with Texas eventually winning 25-20, the Longhorns

dominated with 17 kills and only four errors in what was arguably one of their best Big 12 sets all season.

All-American outside hitters junior Haley Eckerman and senior Bailey Webster led the Longhorns with nine kills apiece in the match as Texas outhit the Wildcats .345-.050. Texas held Kansas State to just 28 kills with 23 errors in the match.

The Longhorns will continue to try and add to their streak when they host the TCU on Wednesday night at Gregory Gym.

Junior outside hitter Haley Eckerman is beginning to return to form.

The AllAmerican led the Longhorns with nine kills Saturday against Kansas State.

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Texas continues strong play with yet another shutout

By Brittany Lamas @brittany_lamas

No. 25 Texas soccer notched its second straight shutout Friday, beating Stephen F. Austin 2-0 in Nacogdoches despite being outshot by the Ladyjacks.

The Longhorns 12 total shots, only five of those on goal, were enough to secure the win despite Stephen F. Austin’s 16 total shots, including seven from forward Chelsea Raymond.

The pair of goals for Texas was split between the halves and goalkeepers, one coming from senior midfielder Gabby Zarnegar on keeper Lacey Lee and the other from freshman midfielder Julia Dyche beating the Ladyjacks’ second keeper, Morgan Glick.

Zarnegar got her shot off in just the sixth minute off a corner kick from junior midfielder Sharis Lachappelle. Lachappelle sent the ball in from the right side,

and the cross caught the head of Zarnegar, who put it in the back of the net.

Zarnegar’s second goal of the season ended a drought dating back to Sept. 6 against Samford.

In the second half, Dyche scored her first career goal on a cross from sophomore forward Kelsey Shimmick. After Shimmick drove the ball up the right side of the field, she crossed it to the box, finding the feet of Dyche, who

sent it on the ground past the keeper.

Sophomore goalkeeper Abby Smith recorded her eighth shutout of the season, topping last year’s seven. Smith also recorded a career-high in saves with seven.

Texas will look to extend its winning streak to six in its final match of the regular season against Texas Tech in Lubbock on Friday before the Big 12 tournament begins the following week.

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Texas juniors Adrien Berkowicz and Clement Homs played some of the best tennis of their young Longhorns careers this weekend, when they both advanced to the finals of their respective draws at the UT Invitational.

Berkowicz advanced to the finals in the A draw where he defeated Cutura (6-7, 6-3, 6-1) to claim the UT Invitational singles A draw title while Homs advanced to the finals of the B draw before falling to Texas Tech’s Jolan Cailleau in straight sets (6-3, 6-1).

Senior Sudanwa Sitaram, No. 93 in the nation, was also in the B draw falling to Cailleau (6-0, 6-3) in the quarterfinals. In the singles A draw, freshman George Goldhoff advanced to the semifinals before falling to

The Alamo Invitational in San Antonio began Sunday for the women’s golf team, as it ended the first round in 14th place with a score of 7-over-par 295.

Junior Bertine Strauss led the team and ended her day at 4-over-par 76. Freshman Julia Beck was in the No. 2 spot and finished with a score of 2-over–par 74.

Sophomore Tezira Abe finished the best for Texas with an even-par 72, while sophomore Natalie Karcher finished with a score of 2-over-par 74.

Abe ended tied for 27th, and then Beck and Karcher tied for 49th on the overall leader board. Oklahoma, ranked No. 5 in the NCAA before the event, took first place in Sunday’s round with a score of 10-under-par 350.

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FORT WORTH — Head coach Mack Brown found a silver lining to the threehour six-minute lightning delay that prevented Saturday’s game against TCU from ending before midnight.

“They’ve all had a goal and a dream to play on Sunday and now they’ve done that,” Brown joked.

While playing into the early hours of morning wasn’t exactly how they envisioned their first experience of Sunday football, the Longhorns had plenty to be pleased with following their 30-7 victory over the Horned Frogs.

“TCU is a really good football team that was 3-0 at home coming into tonight,” Brown said. “I really thought this would be a fight and a battle.”

The Longhorns’ running backs allowed Texas to get the better of this battle, rushing for 187 yards on 52 carries against a TCU defense that allowed a Big 12-leading average of just 115.3 rushing yards per game through its first seven games.

Sophomore running back Johnathan Gray led the way with 94 yards on 22 carries, and junior running back Malcolm Brown scored two touchdowns while contributing 51 yards on the ground.

Coming off an impressive performance in his last game against Oklahoma, senior quarterback Case

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After more than a three-hour delay for weather, the Longhorns picked up where they left off defeating TCU 30-7. The Longhorn’s defense shut down the Horned Frogs, holding them to fewer than 200 total yards, including just 1.9 yards per carry.

McCoy connected on nine of 19 attempts for 228 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions. McCoy was especially effective on throws down the field, as four of his completions went for at least 33 yards.

The Longhorns shut down TCU senior quarterback Casey Pachall in his first game since breaking his left arm Sept. 7, as he managed just 139 passing yards with

an interception on 13-of-34 passing. In addition, Texas limited the Horned Frogs to 45 rushing yards with an average of just 1.9 yards per carry.

“We’re just playing pretty sound, solid football,” defensive coordinator Greg Robinson said. “It really does start up front, and I think our Dline just keeps getting better.

The rest of the guys are getting around the ball. All in

all, we’re playing pretty well together, and that’s real important on defense.”

After season-long speculation on whether he would play this season, freshman quarterback Tyrone Swoopes made his debut with 4:57 remaining in the fourth quarter. Swoopes did not attempt a pass while losing two yards on three carries.

With the victory, Texas improved to 4-0 in conference

play to tie Baylor atop the conference standings. While it would be easy to look ahead to their season finale against the undefeated Bears in Waco on Dec. 7, senior defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat said the team remains focused on winning every week.

“We want to win this Big 12,” Jeffcoat said. “We’re not just happy with one win, we want to keep trying to get more and more.”

Defensive line turns in best performance of year

By Garrett Callahan @CallahanGarrett

FORT WORTH — After Texas’ longest game of the season, the Longhorns left Fort Worth with a 30-7 victory against TCU. The Longhorns stay undefeated in conference play at 4-0, sitting atop the Big 12 alongside Baylor. Here are four key aspects of Saturday night’s — or technically, Sunday morning’s — game at Amon G. Carter Stadium.

Weather Delay The dream of most college football athletes is to play on Sunday. The Longhorns got to live that dream out, but, not as NFL players just yet.

After severe storms entered Fort Worth on Saturday night, the contest between

Texas and TCU got delayed three-hours and six-minutes.

The last time the Longhorns dealt with a delay, they got handed an embarrassing 40-21 loss by BYU that ended in the exit of Manny Diaz as defensive coordinator. This time around, Greg Robinson will be keeping his job as the defensive play-caller as Texas came out with intensity, holding TCU scoreless through the last three quarters. Head coach Mack Brown said the difference between the two delays was that Texas knew how to prepare during the inclement weather and to resume play with a better mindset.

Defensive pressure In the past, Texas has had trouble protecting against

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the run, especially the quarterback option. In Saturday’s game, though, the Longhorns were able to hold the Horned Frogs to just 45 yards rushing, averaging just 1.9 yards per attempt.

Texas also recorded three sacks with two quarterback hurries on the night.

In their games against BYU and Ole Miss, the Longhorns gave up an average of seven yards per carry.

In their last four outings, they have held their opponents to 3.9 yards-per-carry.

Rushing attack TCU came into Saturday’s game with a rushing defense ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 17 nationally. The Horned Frogs gave up an average of just 115.3 yards per game through the first

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But Texas was able to gain 187 yards on the ground for an average of 3.6 yards per carry against the hyped up TCU defense. Especially in slippery conditions and against a team that held Oklahoma State to just 95 yards rushing, the Longhorns were able to run a successful ground game that accounted for two touchdowns.

Tyrone Swoopes?

The redshirt of freshman Tyrone Swoopes was burned at approximately 12:24 a.m.

Sunday morning. With 4:57 left in the game, Swoopes was put in to replace quarterback Case McCoy in a move that has left Texas fans scratching their heads.

Brown stated in the past that it wouldn’t be unusual

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continues from page 1 weren’t impressive, as he had three rushing attempts for -2 yards, but head coach Mack Brown felt it necessary to give his backup quarterback some in-game experience in a low-pressure situation.

“What we wanted him to see is that he better get ready and needs to practice better because he may be playing from now on,” Brown said.

“Case could have gotten his ankle sprained tonight, and [Swoopes] didn’t have experience, and now he does.”

Brown’s decision to play Swoopes will be dissected from every angle over the next few days, as the series of snaps cost Swoopes a potential extra year at Texas.

But the choice isn’t just about Swoopes, but rather about the availability of junior quarterback David Ash. After the game, Brown said Ash still has not been cleared to play, meaning he won’t be available against Kansas on Saturday, while co-offensive coordinator Major Applewhite called the quarterback situation “fluid.”

The signs don’t look good for Ash to return, as he’s had multiple head injuries this season. Given the

to see Swoopes come into the game since junior quarterback David Ash has been unable to play the last few weeks because of head injuries. But Brown explained that situation would most likely arise if Swoopes was needed to help with the game, not when Texas was up 23 points in mop-up time.

Nevertheless, Swoopes came in for one series with no pass attempts and three rushes for a total loss of two yards. Brown and cooffensive coordinator Major Applewhite said the main reason Swoopes made an appearance was for game experience. With no timetable on Ash’s return, the freshman needed to get roughed up and thrown in the fire as his name might be called sooner than Texas had hoped. sensitive nature of concussions in sports at the moment, there is no way Ash plays before he’s completely healthy — nor should he.

This brings the conversation back to Swoopes. The freshman looks the part: He’s 6-foot-4-inches and 245 pounds with great arm strength and the fastest set of feet under center at Texas since Vince Young. But he lacks experience. The freshman hadn’t played in an actual game since his senior year of high school in Whitewright, a 2-A program.

Swoopes needed to be hit.

Swoopes needed the game experience. Swoopes needed to know he could — and likely will — play again.

Texas has the talent to make a Big 12 title run, as it proved over the weekend, but if McCoy gets injured, that possibility would all but disappear unless Swoopes is ready to go.

His time on the field was brief, but those snaps may prove monumental down the line. Whether it’s because the freshman is needed this season, or he ends up leaving for the pros a year early remains to be seen. But for now, Brown made the right decision for this football team.

Fozzy Whitaker 22 yards receiving, 1 touchdown Derrick Johnson 12 tackles

Marquise Goodwin 56 yards receiving

Brian Orakpo 1 fumble recovery

Kenny Vaccaro 6 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss

SPORTS BRIEFLY Texas softball defeats TWU in fall game

In the final exhibition of the fall season, Texas softball beat Texas Woman’s University in a 10-inning affair Saturday afternoon.

After leading 11-1 in the fifth, the two teams decided to play out the remainer of the game in situational mode.

Freshman Tiarra Davis got the nod in the circle for her first start.

Davis threw three innings, allowing three hits and a run. She was followed by fellow freshman Lauren Slatten who then came in to pitch the end of the regular game and beginning of situational softball. She fanned one and allowed two hits.

Junior Gabby Smith and sophomore Holly Kern looked like seasoned veterans, combining for one hit in five combined innings to improve the Longhorns record to 4-2 in fall play.

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Velvet Underground’s Lou Reed dies at 71

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Tapestry Dance Company celebrates its 25th anniversary at Stateside at the Paramount this weekend.

Dance, poetry join forces

By Eleanor Dearman @EllyDearman

Poetry and tap dancing share the stage in Tapestry Dance Company’s 25th anniversary show, “XXV - Anticipation of Next,” which starts Friday.

Director, veteran choreographer and dancer Matt Shields’ concept for the show, which incorporates dance, poetry and jazz, involves the audience gaining a look into the human mind.

“I thought it would be interesting to create work that comes from the inside and is really real,” Shields said.

“People are going to relate to that because everyone has a conscience and contemplates choices and decisions they have to make in their everyday life.”

To make his idea a reality, Shields invited poet Ebony Stewart to perform spoken word throughout the show. Stewart’s voice serves as the conscience and narrator of the thoughts going through the minds of the dancers.

“I was sitting in rehearsal and writing what I saw, and then I would ask the dancers questions to see how they felt about a particular section,” Stewart said. “I wanted to write from what

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people could relate to, and what I thought people might see when looking at the dance.”

Stewart wrote easily understandable poetry that is consistent with the dreamy style of dance portrayed by the tap dancers.

“We wanted it to be relevant to people’s dreams in a metaphorical sense and in an actual sense. It’s very human poetry,” Stewart said.

“I know sometimes poetry can be metaphorical, kind of a deeper meaning, but this is very surface level and at the same time thoughtprovoking.”

Stewart said working with the various artists involved with “XXV - Anticipation of Next” was a challenge because she had to relate spoken word to different types of art.

“It allows me to be versatile, so instead of just writing poetry, I get to then make my poetry match what someone else’s poetry might be,” Stewart said. “I feel like jazz, that’s their type of poetry. Tap dances, that’s their type of poetry. So I have to take what I know and make it fit and make it work.”

The idea of working with multiple types of artistry in one production has been around since Tapestry Dance Company was

established 24 years ago.

Under the artistic direction of Acia Gray, the company focuses on using mixed mediums, as well as training its dancers to view tap in an unorthodox way.

“In my opinion, what makes Tapestry what Tapestry Dance Company is, is that we take tap dance and put it in, wrap it up or attach it to an emotional, human condition,” Gray said. “To a place that means something on a spiritual or everyday life level.”

As one of the original founders, Gray takes great pride in the company and its mission. In the past, she worked closely with dancers as the head director of shows, but she was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.

“Obviously it’s major surgery, and it comes with two other surgeries right after it, and I just finished the second one not too long ago which kind of put me out of it for the beginning of the rehearsals and the preliminary set up in November,” Gray said.

Although she is recovering, the surgeries caused Gray to give more direction responsibility to Shields for this show and several before it.

“It’s always challenging

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working with a group of people, especially when you’re the quote-unquote ‘leader’ or the person whose vision it is,” Shields said. “Trying to make people understand what you see and what you feel as a choreographer and to try and relate that to others is one of the biggest challenges.”

Gray said she was extremely proud of Shields for stepping in and taking responsibility during her absence.

This show both celebrates the legacy of Tapestry Dance Company and looks forward to the future.

“What’s wonderful about it is that Matt is part of a legacy of Tapestry and what Tapestry really means, and he started with me when he was 19 years old and has grown into a beautiful artist,” Gray said. “So the legacy of Tapestry and his growth really emend to the 25th anniversary.”

NEW YORK — Lou Reed was a pioneer for countless bands who didn’t worry about their next hit single.

Reed, who died Sunday at age 71, radically challenged rock’s founding promise of good times and public celebration. As leader of the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist, he was the father of indie rock, and an ancestor of punk, New Wave and the alternative rock movements of the 1970s, ’80s and beyond.

He influenced generations of musicians from David Bowie and R.E.M. to the Talking Heads and Sonic Youth.

“The first Velvet Underground record sold 30,000 copies in the first five years,” said Brian Eno, who produced albums by Roxy Music and Talking Heads among others. “I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.”

Reed and the Velvet Underground opened rock music to the avant-garde — to experimental theater, art, literature and film, from William Burroughs to Kurt Weill to Andy Warhol. Raised on doo-wop and Carl Perkins, Delmore

Schwartz and the Beats, Reed helped shape the punk ethos of raw power, the alternative rock ethos of irony and droning music and the art-rock embrace of experimentation.

Reed died in Southampton, N.Y., of an ailment related to his recent liver transplant, according to his literary agent, Andrew Wylie, who added that Reed had been in frail health for months. Reed shared a home in Southampton with his wife and fellow musician, Laurie Anderson, whom he married in 2008.

His trademarks were a monotone of surprising emotional range, power, slashing-grinding guitar and lyrics that were complex, yet conversational, designed to make the listener feel as if Reed were seated next to him. Known for his cold stare and gaunt features, he was a cynic and a seeker who seemed to embody downtown Manhattan culture of the 1960s and ’70s and was as essential a New York artist as Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen.

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In a June 13, 1986 file photo, Lou Reed performs at a benefit in Chicago, Ill., for Amnesty International.

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‘12 Years a Slave’ makes case for Oscar nod

Editor’s note: Two Life & Arts staff writers discuss big releases that are garnering buzz for the awards season.

This week they focus on “12 Years A Slave.”

By Colin McLaughlin & Lee Henry Colin McLaughlin: “12 Years a Slave.” Wow. Just wow. I’ve been doing my best not to jinx the movie or send people to see it with ridiculously high expectations, but I find it hard to see how anyone can be disappointed

by Steve McQueen’s brutal examination of slavery. “12 Years” has yet to see a wide release, and so “Gravity” still looks like the film to beat. I don’t want to be like some other unnamed Oscar bloggers and state that “12 Years a Slave” is, without any doubt, this year’s Best Picture winner. At this early point in the race I think the question about this film isn’t, “Will

it win?” but, “What could prevent it from winning?”

Thoughts?

Lee Henry: Well, a week ago I would have had an answer for you, and that answer would have been “Saving Mr. Banks.” It was supposed to be the “King’s Speech” equivalent for this year: feel-good period piece based on a true story and featuring several beloved actors exchanging witty repartee. From what I’ve read, the movie only delivers on the last item. While that’s certainly enough to propel Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks into individual nominations, it’s not going to be enough to compete with “Gravity” and “12 Years.”

Both Hanks and Thompson are Academy darlings with two wins under their belts, and both are as charming as anyone else in the business. Thompson has a much tougher category than Hanks though, who is being predicted by several pundits as a front-runner to win.

CM: From what I’ve heard, “Saving Mr. Banks’” best bet is a supporting actor win for Hanks as Walt Disney. Not only will the role likely gain him a second nomination for this year, it also poses

a serious threat to Michael Fassbender, whose role as the sadistic slave owner in “12 Years a Slave” had many calling the supporting actor race early. But Fassbender is giving the Academy the cold shoulder, refusing to campaign for supporting actor. We may see Hanks take home his third Oscar this year.

LH: Yeah, Fassbender had a nomination all but ensured and he’s ruined it by playing the “I’m an artist” card. He’s not thinking about how this move negatively affects “12 Years a Slave’s” momentum.

Regardless of Fassbender’s anti-campaign strategy, I think he’ll still get in. The award for supporting actor seems to be becoming a three-man race between Fassbender, Hanks and Jared Leto for “Dallas Buyers Club.”

We both saw “Dallas Buyers Club” over the weekend, and I think we can agree that his work as a male-to-female transgender HIV-positive drug addict is stellar. Now this may sound like an overthe-top made-for-Oscar role, but Leto owns it and creates a fully developed, tragically funny character.

CM: I see Leto as the real

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This image released by Fox Searchlight shows Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) and Michael Fassbender in a scene from “12 Years a Slave.”

potential upset in the supporting actor category. He’s never been nominated and he’s not much of a household name, but he’s delivered a solid body of work over the last decade in movies like “Requiem for a Dream” and “Lord of War.” With Fassbender’s status now up in the air, this year’s supporting actor race could become a battle between young first-time nominee Leto and two-time winning legend Hanks. The most exciting races in recent

years have been defined by the old versus the new.

LH: Agreed. Leto has an uphill battle ahead of him though. The Academy has rewarded women playing female-to-male transgender characters multiple times, most notably Hilary Swank in “Boys Don’t Cry,” but that’s never gone the other way.

That’s a big hurdle for Leto to jump and he may not have the name recognition or actor cred. It all depends on how Focus markets him and his

co-star, the equally awesome Matthew McConaughey.

CM: McConaughey’s physical transformation alone was impressive. But, he radically alters his body and still manages to deliver the best performance of his career. He’s completely overhauled his career in the last 18 months with strong, varied performances in “Mud,” “Bernie” and “Killer Joe,” and “Dallas Buyers Club” could be one that sends him home with the Oscar.