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ZBT will not face University action By Anthony Green
“evaluation,” the chapter judicial board has not decided on a verdict for the members responsible. ZBT members met with the UT dean of students’ office in response to the mural that was painted over last week with other provocative images — including a woman clothed in a bra and
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After members of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity painted a mural depicting sexually graphic images, the UT dean of students has left the disciplinary process up to the chapter. With more than three weeks of
jeans bending over with an armed gunman firing a missile toward the woman with the words “REP ANAL.” Phil Butler, coordinator of Greek life for the dean of students office, said the private conversations with the chapter over the controversial murals concluded Monday. “We met with the incoming
and outgoing leadership earlier this week, and I feel like, at this point, it was a good conversation and we feel like we have addressed what we need to with the organization,” Butler said. No resolutions were mandated by the dean of students’ offices. The members responsible
for painting the mural for the fraternity’s annual “Pat O’Brien’s” party attended hearings conducted by the chapter judicial board. UT alumnus Laurence Bolotin, executive director of ZBT national headquarters, said the chapter is holding the members accountable for their actions.
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Voice-over technology to be installed By Wynne Davis @wynnellyn
More than 20,000 campus phone landlines will be replaced on campus with Voice over Internet Protocol by spring 2015, as part of an initiative by the Information Technology Services office. Voice over Internet Protocol is a technology that allows users to communicate through computer networks using both phone calls and text messages. Essentially, any device that can access the internet can be used to communicate as a traditional telephone would. Faculty and staff could integrate their work phone into their cell phone, allow-
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Washington Inaugural Bible comes to LBJ library By Lizzie Jespersen @LizzieJespersen
The George Washington Inaugural Bible will be on display at the LBJ Presidential Library on Monday, opened to the same pages — Genesis chapters 49 and 50 — Washington placed his hand on as he took the oath of office. At the time of his inauguration, Washington borrowed the Bible from St. John’s Lodge No. 1, of the Ancient York Masons, which has owned the Bible since 1770. Since then, it has been used at the presidential inaugurations of Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush. When it is not on tour or in use by St. John’s Lodge No. 1, the Bible is normally displayed at Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City, the site of Washington’s inauguration ceremony. The Bible, an ornate King James Version printed in London in 1767, will be in Waco for the installation of a new Masonic Grand Master of Texas. After the ceremony, it will be displayed at the State Capitol and lastly at the LBJ Library. At all times, three Masonic brethren will accompany the Bible to
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Homeless population wanes Investors hear student startup ideas as temperatures plummet By Anna Daugherty @daughertyanna
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A recent report found that the homeless population in Texas, including in the Austin area, has declined in recent years. Although these general populations have been decreasing, the University does not specifically monitor the transient population that resides near campus. According to a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the number of transients has decreased by 15 percent since 2010, but Texas transients still account for 5 percent of the population of U.S. transients. UTPD Assistant Chief Terry McMahan said UT outlines no specific policy concerning transients. He said it is common for UTPD to make arrests for criminal trespassing, but the department is usually called if someone is making a disturbance, breaking a rule or if they seem to be hurt. “We don’t deal with people on the basis of who they are,” McMahan said. “We go in with the mind-set that everyone is welcome to UT
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David Houston and his pregnant wife Elizabeth Toner are transients who live on Guadalupe.
until they violate the law.” Biology senior Lauren Gandy is co-chair of Hunger and Homelessness Outreach, a student organization that works directly with Austin transients. Gandy said since she joined the organization almost three years ago, she has noticed a decline in the transient population. “On the Drag is where I can see some differences,” Gandy said. “I have seen fewer people in that area.” Transient David Houston and his pregnant wife,
Elizabeth Toner, live on Guadalupe Street. Houston said he agrees with data that suggests the number of homeless people have declined in Texas in recent years, but it is not because there are more resources for the homeless population. Houston said more people are dying from the adverse weather conditions. Houston said he has lived in the area for more than eight years, but he has not had any contact with
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Student entrepreneurs presented their startup business ideas to a group of business owners and investors including Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and star on Shark Tank, and Cotter Cunningham, local founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. The 14 student groups are within Longhorn Startup, which is a program that offers support and mentorship to student startups. Joshua Baer, co-founder of Longhorn Startup and founder of Capital Factory, said the event was a chance for students to present their companies, as if they were pitching to investors. Nearly 1,000 people attended the event Thursday. Capital Factory is an Austin-based company that helps local entrepreneurs launch startups. “This is a culmination of the work of this semester,” Baer said. “We have over 200 investors registered to be here. Most of the 14 groups are not ready for that, but it’s okay. A lot of investors want to get to know people before they invest in them.”
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Austin Thermal co-founder Zi-On Cheung pitches a medical device for warming IV fluid at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium.
Baer said there was previously a system of support for graduate students in startup businesses, but very little was offered for undergraduate students before Longhorn Startup was founded. Robert Metcalfe, engineering professor and co-founder of Longhorn Startup, said they were able to offer new resources and registered classes for undergraduate startups. “We decided to look for something that wasn’t being handled,” Metcalfe said. “There’s a lot of startup activity at UT. It was undergraduate students who were not being helped.”
Biomedical engineering senior Ani Sharma presented MicroMulsion, a new technology for cell culture research. “I was definitely nervous,” Sharma said. “I thought I’d forget my first line, but it went really well. I’m really happy with the presentation.” Sharma said he has learned through the semester what it takes to put together and commercialize a product. “I just want to hear the feedback people give me as we look to move our business forward,”
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democracy,” MacDonald said. “The same words repeated by Washington are the same words repeated by Barack Obama. It established the inauguration ceremony that has been part of our government for three centuries.” According to Henry Brands, history professor and American presidents
expert, although nothing in the Constitution specifies using a Bible while taking the oath of office, Washington’s use of this Bible set the precedent for many inauguration ceremonies thereafter. “It is interesting because George Washington himself was not especially religious,”
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continues from page 1 student organizations. “We haven’t seen any of [the student organizations] come down here and try to help us,” Houston said. Houston said it is difficult to find a bathroom for him or his wife to use. Houston said he has tried to use campus restrooms twice, including at the Union, but was forcibly removed from the building. “The security guard in the UT building said, ‘Sir, you’re not allowed to be in here; you’re not allowed to use the restroom,’” Houston said. “They threw me out on my rear because I would not leave until I had used the restroom.” Toner said she tried to use the restroom in Dobie Mall, but a security guard followed her, stopped her and said she needed to leave. Brands said. “He believed in a god but not necessarily Christ. But he knew most Americans were believing Christians, and knew that this would be important to them.” George Filippidis, mason and chairman of the George Washington Inaugural Bible Committee, said when the Bible is not on display, it can
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remained. The new [voice] being deployed to those If both parties have this system was purchased as buildings which are part technology they’ll notice a replacement.” of the first wave and the a better sound quality Black Box Network team is assessing build- than before. Services is the company ings in the second wave Journalism junior Incontracted to implement to determine what will be grid Vasquez uses Skype the project. Lovelace said required to convert the when she works in the fithe current system costs phones to the new service,” nancial aid office to advise $15 to $25 a month, while Lovelace said. students. The office uses the new voice over sysThe same technol- Skype daily in their advistem will cost around $5 ogy being implemented ing process. per month. at the University is the “We use Skype to [text] Scheduled to be com- service that companies chat with actual counselpleted in spring 2015, such as Skype and Google ors to get assistance with the project has already Talk provide. certain issues a student begun and more than Lovelace said he thinks might have,” Vasquez 2,500 lines have already anyone who calls one of said. “And that way they been converted. the new phones will not are able to continue doThe project is broken notice a difference un- ing their normal job, and down in four phases, each less they have a phone don’t have to necessarily approximately six months with high definition au- get up and leave their ofin length, Lovelace said. dio capabilities, includ- fice to come and help us Texan_QPBW.pdf 1 10/29/13 11:41 AM “Phones 2013_10.29_Reconnect_Daily are currently ing some smart phones. in person.”
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continues from page 1 Sharma said. Cuban said he would be interested in investing in about half of the companies he saw. “The difference here from Shark Tank is that you have to have sales,” Cuban said. “But other than that, I would say some of the pitches I saw here tonight were better than ones I’ve seen on Shark Tank.” Cuban discussed his past experiences with business, from his teenage years when he sold stamps to his current ownership of the Dallas Mavericks. He also gave advice to entrepreneurs. Cuban said an entrepreneur needs to know their business, industry and product. He recommended looking at companies that fail as well as companies that succeed. “I like to retweet stories about companies that have failed because that’s the most valuable information and those are the hardest stories to find,” Cuban said. “Everybody wants to tell you about their success, but the ones that fail are the most telling.”
NEWS BRIEFLY Scientists use acoustics to observe glacial melt
After finding a way to monitor the rate of melting glaciers by listening to the ice itself, two UT researchers presented their findings Thursday. The project started when glaciologist Erin Pettit of the University of Alaska noticed a hissing-like noise that glaciers would make as they melted on the Alaskan coast. Two acoustic experts at Applied Research Labs — Preston Wilson, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and research scientist Kevin Lee — teamed up with Pettit to determine if the noise was bubbles being ejected or the cracking of the ice as it melted. To test her hypothesis, Pettit shipped a sample of an Alaskan glacier kept in dry ice to Wilson and Lee. Wilson said the samples were broken into golf ball size pieces and placed in water that was slowly warmed. A hydrophone was placed in the water and a digital camera recorded the melting of the ice. Lee said the video showed bubbles being released as the glacier sample melted and the hydrophone signal indicated that the sound of the bubbles coming out of the ice was what Pettit had measured in the field. —Nicole Cobler
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Special ventures editor recalls days at the Texan By Alexa Ura @alexazura
If you descended the stairwell into The Daily Texan basement during the two years I worked there, you might have found me poring over edits in the news pen with Matt and Sam or whispering numbers with Megan on our green couch. You probably heard me laughing with Bobby, Christine, Zach or Jordan in the special ventures corner. It’s likely I was huddled over Natasha and Jack at their desk, watching them design our stories, giving life to gray pages. If it was a Sunday, Shabab and I were probably in the middle of an hours-long conversation in the managing editor’s office. You won’t find me there after today, as my days at UT and this newspaper are over, but you can always find me in the Texan’s archive room. It’s where my byline is buried in old newspaper stacks, next to the names of great reporters — some of whom I was lucky enough to work with. It’s where I sat with my head in my hands for just a few moments before pushing through
a long day or a rough week. It’s where I’ve left behind long-lost pitch meetings and hours of making sense of complex stories. That quiet room became my sanctuary at the Texan, as I somehow grew from a general reporter to an editor, thanks to the support and guidance provided by colleagues I admired who became friends I held dear. But the old newspapers in that archive room won’t capture how much I admire our team and how we worked together to tell the hundreds of important stories this campus holds. They won’t capture the tireless days and nights spent producing a quality newspaper on a daily basis, only to get up the next day — or a few hours later — and do it again. They won’t capture the gratitude I will always have for all those who have kept the Texan going so that I could one day find my own way in that beloved basement. Thank you to each and every one of you who have been a part of this. I eventually learned to let go of my work space in the dusty archive room, leaving it behind to a new crop of reporters, whom I know will find the same
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Alexa Ura served as special ventures editor this semester. She previously worked as an enterprise reporter and a senior reporter. To all her colleagues, she wishes happy ledes and more than five hours of sleep a night.
peace there that I always did. Letting go of the Texan isn’t as easy. It isn’t as easy because it means letting go of the place where I grew more than I’ve
grown anywhere else. It means letting go of the fearlessness we all shared under that masthead. It means letting go of the people I wish I had more
time with and the ones that made it worth the ride. It means letting go of a place that gave me so much and inspired me to be better. So, I hope this helps me
hold on to it for just a bit longer, because I’m afraid I’ll forget what it felt like working here. I’m afraid I’ll miss it all. I already do. -30-
News editor reminisces on long nights in the basement By Sarah White @SarahLizabethW
It’s a weird thing that goes on in this basement. Five nights a week. Under harsh florescent lighting. With a vocabulary of words like “pagint,” “RIM” and “maestro.” Each semester, 150 sleep-deprived 20-year-olds become this item — a thing that the rest of the campus will know as The Daily Texan. I’ve spent every semester of my college career as a part of this organism, and the hardest part of leaving is knowing that I’ll be walking past those boxes for another two years. I’ll see the headlines, the bylines and four semesters worth of staff boxes. Even though I’ve got more than two years of memories and friendships to take with me, leaving behind the basement is hard. It’s hard because of the little pieces that can’t be explained so much as
they have to be described. It’s hard to think that I won’t turn on the office Mac after Jordan has “tab-bombed” it and stumble upon 12 open articles too interesting to close out of immediately. I’ve learned to gage Christine’s current stress level by counting how many nonverbal sounds she makes over a two minute conversation. It’s hard to think that my ability to translate “Mmeeeggguurr?” won’t have a daily use anymore. It used to stress Sam out when the Google doc wasn’t properly color-coordinated, and it’s hard to think that I won’t be there to help her fix it. It’s hard to think that I won’t see Jay, floating around from desk to desk at night – working his PR magic with the other departments. I’ll miss my SRs, how hard they work and how hard they make me laugh. It’s hard to think that I
won’t add any more gems to our quote board, or create a new folder for firsts, or walk into the basement in the daylight, only to leave well after dark. It’s hard to think that I won’t have a reason to expect a call from an unknown number at any time of day, and that I’ll miss the strong skepticism of the copy desk. It’ll be hard to miss Chelsea, Pu and Elisabeth snickering at me when I called a “portrait” a “profile” for the 10,000th time or request “bike art” as if that could possibly be a good idea. I’ll miss Shabab’s “homeschooled” jokes, and him making fun of me because I make up names for people when I can’t remember who they are, or telling me he’s proud when I make Board-of-Regents references. I’ll miss pretending to argue over whether one beat is inherently better than the rest. I’ll miss pretending to argue with Shabab about a lot
Lan Le joined The Daily Texan’s copy desk in spring 2013 as a copy editor. She became an associate copy desk chief the following summer and will finish her time at The Daily Texan this fall.
In scary movies, basements are usually places where people end up dying. But the cold and often sunless basement of The Daily Texan has always been a place of life and laughter — albeit with frequent interjections of the groans of frustration which come with working into the late hours of the night while still having a paper due the next day. But, despite the long hours, with the help of Kin’s runs, coffee and excellent music choices — thanks, Jenny! — we always made it out alive. Of course, beyond Kin’s runs, coffee and music, the best part of the night was working with a great crew. To my Tuesday night copy kittens: You guys are the best, hands down, and I’m so glad I had the chance to work
out in the news office — because I was finally P-Staff. It’s a place where Wednesdaynight edits were special. It’s a place I evacuated one night off of a faulty tip from a police officer and a place where I’ve told that story too many times to count. Today, I feel too wrapped up in the Texan to write
something like this; I’m sure, in 20 years, I’ll have a different highlight reel. I’ll leave the synthesizing — the processing — for then, when I have more perspective. Today, I just want to document the emotions and have a chance to say, “I love you,” to the place that has been a home for me. -30-
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of things. That part’s going to be really hard. There are a lot of little pieces and memories that tie me to the Texan and hold me here, a place where having slept on that grubby couch is a badge of pride. It’s a place where I won the “Miranda Hobbes Award” and where Jill let 17-year-old me hang
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Sarah White served as news editor for the fall 2013 semester. She has covered sports and crime at the Texan and had a harder time than you would think climbing up on that stack of books.
with you all. Lexi, the queen of punny headlines you are and always will be. David, my sassy friend, if second dinner on Tuesdays makes you happy, you keep eating second dinner. And, sweet Natalie, never be afraid to join in on the craziness of your fellow kittens. To the Tuesday night design dogs: You never cease to amaze me with your work. Hirrah and Jenny, I’m going to miss hearing all of your crazy stories, roasted potatoes and all. And, Jack, please stay out of the trash can. To the lovely Elisabeth: It’s been an honor and a pleasure to work with you. I know you’re going to do great things, but please let those great things include baked goods too. And, to my fellow copy cats: We’ve been through a lot. From tryouts to Throwback Thursdays, we’ve done it all. Sara, you’ve been a great
mama cat. Even though I’ll probably be going back to MLA, thanks for keeping me on top of AP and helping me become a better editor. Reeana, thanks again for being my moral support for Throwback. I was close to actually dying in the basement, but you made sure I stayed alive. And, Brett, we’ve been together since we were fledgling kittens, navigating through the AP stylebook. For teaching me Russian and buying me quesadillas, spasibo. I never imagined myself working at a newspaper and, chances are, I probably won’t be at another newspaper any time soon. But I’m thankful for the time I’ve had as a copy cat and for everything I’ve learned sitting at the corner computer. And, though I won’t be spending my nights in the basement anymore, this isn’t goodbye. It’s just a “see you later.” -30-
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Quotes to note: Pauken leaves race, Friday Firing Lines, Week of Dec. 2: Mack is no big deal, UFOs abound Should UT’s Greek system integrate? Remembering Nelson Mandela “He no longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages.” —U.S. President Barack Obama, speaking on the death of Nelson Mandela on Thursday. The first casualty in the governor’s race “Even though I have worked hard to get our message out across the state the past six months, unfortunately we are nowhere near where we need to be financially and organizationally to win this race. And, the primary is only three months away. I can no longer in good conscience ask friends and fellow conservatives to continue to help me when there appears to be no realistic path to victory.” —Republican candidate for governor Tom Pauken announcing his dropping out from the governor’s race Thursday. The least-important and highest-paid public employee in Texas “It’s about these kids and it’s about this team. I’m very unimportant and I absolutely have not mentioned [the question of job security].”
—UT football head coach Mack Brown, who makes $5.3 million per year, at a press conference on Wednesday. Define “UFO” “I’m not saying it’s a UFO, but I sure don’t know what it is.” —An unidentified El Paso resident reporting a sighting to Texas UFO Sightings on Nov. 26, according to the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday. “We’re not searching for aliens or looking for UFOs.” — MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager, requesting funding for the search for extraterrestrial life from the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday. Concussions “No one tackles like they did in the ’70s. They don’t tackle anymore. They just hit. If you take face masks off, they won’t hit anymore.” — Athletic trainer Kenneth Locker, arguing that better helmets may actually increase the risk of concussions in Thursday’s Daily Texan.
During my lifetime... I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for. But, my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. —Nelson Mandela, testifying at his trial for sabotage and conspiracy in 1964
GALLERY
Every Friday, the Daily Texan editorial board publishes a selection of tweets and online comments culled from the Daily Texan website and the various Daily Texan Twitter accounts, along with direct submissions from readers. Submissions can be sent to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. “It’s human nature to gravitate toward people who look like you and have the same background as you. This goes back to the dawn of mankind. This mindset is not something that will change radically in our lifetimes or in our children’s lifetimes. We do have a cultural diversity on campus we should be proud of. But you can’t force people to socialize with certain groups; it will only breed resentment.” —Online commenter “Jamie” in response to columnist Nick Spiller’s column “Integration won’t happen on the UT campus unless offcampus Greek organizations integrate first.” “Although I agree with [the] general sentiment of Spiller’s column, as a member of a South Asian fraternity I have a few things to say. … The reason why offshoot South Asian fraternities have started and gained popularity within their respective communities is not because all brown people want to hang out with each other … the fact is most of us don’t want to join a Greek life that we feel might be alienating or is out-of-touch with how we were raised. That is not a knock on IFC, these are just the facts. All of us still have many white/ black friends but don’t want to actively associate with fraternities, many of which pressure themselves to conform to a faux Southern aesthetic — and by implication pressure themselves to remain largely white for reputation’s sake. The same goes true for sororities. … That being said, the general sentiment that fraternities should pride themselves on
representing the cream of crop is something I do agree with. However, this inherently means that you have to accept non-whites at times.” —Online commenter “Plinko” in response to the same column. “It’s hard to ignore the segregation on campus, but the fact remains that as progressive as UT wants to be, we have to remember that campus is still a microcosm of the state in general, and regardless of liberal attempts, our state is still not ‘progressive’ or inclusive by any means, as a whole. Personally speaking, I have interacted with many of the multi-cultural groups you mentioned, as I am part of one myself. Many of these students I found were similar to me in that we had come from the bigger cities in Texas, which tend to have extremely diverse high schools. One fellow commenter shared my same sentiments when they said that they went to a very diverse school, only to come to UT and feel out of place all over again. It is not a cool feeling to be used to having all kinds of friends and then come to a University as segregated as UT. The easiest move to make when you feel out of place is to take the safe route and find a place that makes you comfortable, whether it be a South Asian fraternity/sorority, the sabado gigante “Latino welcome event” to UT, or the Malcolm X lounge area. … I could have never joined an IFC frat in an attempt to diversify my own viewpoints, because every brown person that I saw on campus that was in one seemed to look and act just like every other guy in their house. That just wasn’t something that interested me. Unfortunately most of Texas is not as diverse as UT would like to think it is, and campus inclusion is not something that will be changed easily.” —Online commenter “Multi-cultural Greek” in response to the same column.
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What I’ve learned: Thirty minutes is not enough time to plan your life By Chris Jordan
Daily Texan Columnist @ChrisAlanJordan
Illustration by Andrew Cooke / Daily Texan Staff
HORNS UP: UT CHANGES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RULE On Thursday, The Daily Texan reported that the UT System will revise its Intellectual Property (IP) Policy to clarify its language on the ownership of student ideas and creations. Currently, the policy guidelines apply to System and University employees, without clearly addressing the property of students. The Senate of College Councils hopes that these legislative changes will encourage more students to create and develop software and applications — both of which fall into a gray zone regarding IP rights. Juan Sanchez, the University’s vice president for research, said that to his knowledge the University had never claimed a student’s work as its own. Still, we hope the policy changes will encourage more students to develop their ideas without worrying about the University claiming credit for their work.
HORNS DOWN: CANDIDATES REFUSE TO RELEASE TAX RETURNS Only 10 of the 48 candidates running for the major statewide offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and railroad commissioner released their last three tax returns when requested to do so by the Texas Tribune. Though state officials are not required to disclose their tax returns to hold public office, the financial reporting rules for candidates and lawmakers in Texas are fairly lax: Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, referred to them as “Swiss cheese reporting requirements.” By disclosing tax returns, candidates can give voters a clearer picture of any potential conflicts-of-interest that could sway their lawmaking once voted in. While we respect the privacy of the candidates, we feel comfortable prioritizing the openness of the political process in Texas. Rather than thank the candidates who turned over their returns — because, ideally, doing so would be a no-brainer — we’ll stick with expressing our disappointment in the candidates who refused to comply with the Tribune’s request.
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During my first week of college, I opened up an Excel spreadsheet on my newly purchased laptop in my newly stocked dorm room. For the next 30 minutes, I planned out my course schedule for the next four years. When I saw the form completed, however, I wasn’t satisfied. I needed a plan — wife, kids, house and a nice job. A year and a half later, as I sit and study the poetry of Samuel Johnson, one of the leading writers and moralists of the 18th century, I can’t help but wonder where the hell my plan went wrong. With finals and their accompanying breakdowns and crisis moments looming around the corner, students — for their own peace of mind, if nothing else — need to seriously address the possibility that an education might not be economical — and maybe that’s OK. In reality, all my Excel spreadsheet represented was the embodiment of a crippling anxiety that students across campus don’t know they’re facing — a compulsive, unceasing and obsessive need to rigorously fit every class, club, scholarship or experience into our plan to achieve, achieve, achieve. Our college experience has become a line of dominoes, each one carefully lined up to lead to the next one, to gather momentum which barrels toward an end. But educations, careers and lives don’t line up like dominoes do. We are not project managers. Last Sunday, the lead op-ed in The New York Times theorized that millennials are
A year and a half later, as I sit and study the poetry of Samuel Johnson, one of the leading writers and moralists of the 18th century, I can’t help but wonder where the hell my plan went wrong.
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“focusing more on happiness than previous generations.” But many of us, with our heads down in the library, seem to lose this reality in the midst of stressful semesters. Maybe we would do better to remember that there are benefits to long nights in the library outside of a medical school acceptance letter. On Oct. 23, management professor Luke Winslow gave a talk intended to complement the famous “Last Lecture” delivered by Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who was less than a year from succumbing to pancreatic cancer when he delivered the talk. Winslow’s version is tailored to college students, and is a message much needed by the population of UT students who have gotten their priorities lost in the sea of University honors and the promise of corporate jobs. “What do you want? And what will it take to get there?” Winslow asked the audience. “Let me offer three kind of answers to that. You need to have a unity of purpose, self-control and willpower.” Winslow went on to explain that a sense of purpose will lead to self-control, and self-control will lead to the willpower needed to achieve. But, if that ultimate sense of purpose is united around the idea of a high-paying job, a prestigious scholarship or a big house, how equipped will we really be for handling the day-to-day of adult life? A 4.0 GPA won’t help you navigate rush hour or a crowded supermarket. It won’t help you calm a screaming kid. But if we place our sense of purpose together with something greater than the next rung on the career ladder, we can motivate ourselves to think differently about the world around us and explore the different settings that we can tune our consciousness to. The value of our education comes in the ability to place meaning — the ability to align our actions and thoughts about the day-to-day things with our desires and ambitions. I don’t claim to be providing moral advice — I can recall many nights where this anxiety clouded my judgment and got the better of me. But if our full time jobs in college are to learn and absorb, we would be remiss to not consider what we’re learning for. After all, who are we to not consider the words of the great Samuel Johnson? “Proceed illustrious youth, / And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth!” Jordan is an English and finance junior from Missouri City.
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Technical director waves ‘see you later’ to Texan By Hayley Fick
Hayley Fick began working in the web department in fall 2011. She has spearheaded a complete redesign of the newspaper’s website.
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I stumbled upon The Daily Texan when I was on a scavenger hunt with my First-Year Interest Group in fall 2011. Then the basement I’ve come to call home was just another stop on our checklist of hidden College of Communication gems. When my group finally located the office, the managing editor at the time asked us if we were interested in a job in the newly formed web department. Knowing I had absolutely no experience with web, for some reason, I scribbled my name down on the list anyway. Maybe it was the rush of the scavenger hunt. Maybe it was my natural tendency to want to always say “yes” to nice people. Maybe it was fate. As a freshman, I was in awe of what students working hard together could produce day in and day out at the Texan. I admired the professional quality of the work that was being done so much that I couldn’t believe that the leaders of each department were only a couple years older than me. Through the years, that feeling of awe didn’t fade in the slightest. Even now that I am one of those leaders and I call those
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upperclassmen my peers, I am still absolutely mesmerized by the work that is produced by students here every day. I know now that everyone was just as clueless as I was
when I walked in the door, but, somehow, we all figured it out together. It’s not just the skills you learn that empower you to go on to do great things after
the Texan. It is the huge community of peers, professional staff and alumni that believe in you before you even believe in yourself. For them, I am eternally grateful.
This isn’t goodbye. No one ever really says goodbye to the Texan. This is an awkward wave and a “see you later,” the only gesture I can muster up because the time to leave
has come all too soon, and I know I’ll never really find the words to describe how much The Daily Texan completely changed my life. -30-
Senior design dog unchained, pursues exciting new smells By Jenny Messer @jennymesser26
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Jenny Messer joined The Daily Texan in spring 2013 and found a home in design. She leaves as a senior designer, having completed three semesters filled with great designs and lots of laughs.
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The Daily Texan is a special place filled with heaps of special people. The people make this organization what it is, and the fact that I got to be one of them is an experience I know I won’t ever be able to recreate. When I applied to the Texan, all I was looking for was to gain some experience and to work on a newspaper deadline again. What I found was three new best friends and a whole lot of good times. And I don’t know how this always works out, but I find myself coming back to work on newspapers because the people I meet are always some of the best. I guess that makes me a newspaper nerd, and that’s quite alright with me.
Because, when you think about it, where else would I find such a vibrant and dynamic group of people who work so well together? Where else would I spend eight straight hours with sleep-deprived college kids all suffering from similar amounts of delirium? Where else could Natasha and Omar teach me that everything is fine and nothing is fine at the same time? Where else would I laugh until I cried, watch Pu nonchalantly sit in a trash can discussing photo options for DOM, the same trash can that Jack had eaten out of two hours before? Where else would I feel the pure satisfaction of making the first eight-page midnight
scriptset with Hirrah, Brett and E-Dill? Where else does cute mean scary and scary mean cute? And most importantly, where else could my workplace turn into a doghouse, where my coworkers became my best friends, my dogs? It’s pretty damn special that five students who came from all different walks of life got to work together and create something that was bigger than them in a place where we all knew each other — the good, the bad AND the ugly — and wholeheartedly accepted each other. My time at the Texan was truly a rarity and some of the most beautiful dysfunction I will ever have the pleasure of experiencing. -30-
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Prepare for a(nother) cliche-ridden piece about a long-time staffer who is finally leaving The Daily Texan. The Basement has become my home away from home, filled with a family I would never dream of trading. And while I still have a semester at UT and a year abroad, this newspaper has defined my college experience, for better or worse. I remember the night APD was ousting occupiers from City Hall grounds. I was just finishing uploading photos from the march earlier in the day and sitting there weighing the consequences of foregoing all other responsibilities to go back. I don’t know how late I was up that night, but I realized I had just gone all in. I remember sitting with a few other wide-eyed photo staffers in the photo editor’s apartment my first semester on staff and feeling like we were on the brink of doing great things. I remember photographing two years of sweaty South by SouthWest and the banal swag that came with it. Then there were the football games I realized I didn’t care about somewhere around the waning moments of the third quarter, even the dramatic ones. I remember jumping into the pool at a motel we stayed in for no reason and almost going to a high school party in Fredericksburg. I remember sitting at Hole in the Wall and a bunch of girls telling me to give up and move on and then setting me
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Photojournalism senior Zachary Strain began working as a staff photographer in fall 2011. Over the course of seven semesters, he has also worked as a senior photographer, photo editor and special ventures photographer.
up on a blind date. I remember trying to bum cigarettes from fellow staffers, even though I don’t smoke. I remember looking through the takes of younger staffers and resisting the urge to go burn every photo I’ve ever taken. To all the photogs who
came before and inspired me and the new kids who keep me inspired and everhumbled, thank you. And to every person I’ve ever photographed, thank you so much. To the photo and video staff, keep shooting. Keep shooting. Keep shooting. Keep shooting. I’m limited to just 16 inches
of text so try to appreciate my emphasis here. But remember you’re still a person. Sometimes you have to put the camera down. Sometimes you have to listen. Many times the ones you cannot hear need a voice. Use your camera to give them a voice. Remember to live. Your
time here will come to an end so much faster than you can possibly imagine, and you don’t want to have been reviewing a shot on a screen when you can look up to see and experience the damn thing with your own eyes. If you ask me what I remember most about any assignment,
I’ll tell you all about what happened when I wasn’t shooting. Come to think about it, I’ve never really fully seen the exact moments I’ve photograph because one eye is squinted shut, the mirror flips up and the viewfinder goes black. -30-
Associate photo editor talks about friendship at the Texan By Chelsea Purgahn @Chelsea_Purgahn
Photo courtesy of Andrea Macias-Jimenez
Gabriella Belzer was a staff photographer in spring 2012 and spring 2013 and then became a senior photographer this semester.
Photographer salutes fellow staffers By Gabby Belzer
many amazing experiences together, both in and out of The Daily Texan. You are the only person I know who gives me the stink eye as a sign of endearment. Thank you for pushing me to do better than my best. To Brenda, a true friend is one who will walk down the street with her skirt tucked into her tights and sit in the middle of the street with her ukulele, just so you can take photos. Taylor Barron, the many conversations during our pre-meeting ritual were the highlights of my evenings at The Daily Texan. To Alec Wyman, for keeping me constantly
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For those who have come into the Daily Texan basement when the sun was still out and left long after the night had come, I salute you. As I move forward, I don’t feel as if I am losing anything. I am leaving The Daily Texan with the support of the greatest band of creative misfits whom I have the honor of calling my family. With this in mind, I dedicate this column to my family. Pu “The Puma” Huang, you know when I can do better and expect nothing less than my best. We’ve had so
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entertained with your variety of patterned socks. Chelsea Pur …gahn … ghan … gahn, no matter how long we know each other, I will almost certainly keep misspelling your last name. We took The Daily Texan global, and there isn’t another person with whom I would have rather spent my time. You manage to brighten even the most stressful days. To Andrea Macias-Jimenez, the next Annie Leibovitz and future Vanity Fair hotshot, you were the start of my Daily Texan saga and, for that, I can’t thank you enough. We’ve known each other since before The University of Texas was even a thought. Through all the years I’ve known you, you continue to surprise and inspire me everyday. After all the laughs, mustache pictures and launchings of plastic babies with tin foil capes, I know one thing is absolutely certain: No matter where life takes you, you will do great things. To my fellow seniors, Sam Ortega, Charlie Pearce, Shelby Taulber and honorary seniors Jonathan and Shweta, there are no words to properly describe our crazy dynamic. You all made me feel proud to let my freak flag fly. To everyone else, my only regret is that there isn’t enough room in this column to write to all of you individually. The Daily Texan is my home and I’m proud to call all those at The Daily Texan my family. -30-
After semesters of putting it off and telling myself I wouldn’t make it, I finally tried out for the Texan last fall. One published tryout photo and interview with Lawrence later, I waited for a call to find out if I had made it. I gave up the dream by midnight and went to bed, only to be woken up at 2 a.m. by what I thought was a crazy drunk guy but was actually a member of the senior staff telling me I was in. I couldn’t wipe the grin off my face or go back to sleep for hours. Never in my college career did I think I’d be taking pictures of my favorite musicians at South by SouthWest or Austin City Limits, shooting alongside Sports Illustrated photographers at the Red River Rivalry Game or photographing the president at a memorial honoring West, Texas — or running a 5K with Shelby while taking pictures on a beer tour. Of course you grow professionally, but you also grow personally — the Texan has taught me a lot about life and even a little about love, accompanied by lots of laughs
along the way. I’ll miss Jonathan bringing me a pint of Blue Bell or rubbing my shoulders when I’m stressed. I’ll miss how Gabby never judges me after hearing about all my outrageous escapades, or how Sam always sees the brighter side of things. I’ll miss dancing to “Heart’s Content” with Brenda before she leaves the office and swing dancing on editing breaks with Marshall. I’ll miss fawning over John Mayer with Elisabeth because it’s clear everyone else in the office has poor music taste. Except for Pete, who always gives great music recommendations and advice when I’m freaking out about the future. I’ll miss hearing Shweta’s classic “come on” response, though I’ll miss her constant encouragement and joy even more. I’ll miss the motivation I got working with Jack until 3 a.m. as we tried to catch up on papers we didn’t start writing until after scriptset. I’ll miss marveling at Charlie’s ability to shrug off stress and take on another assignment without a second thought. I’ll miss sassing with Shelby, and how she always
makes me laugh. We started together as scared, awkward staffers and now she’s become a fantastic friend — though we’re still awkward. Let’s be real. I’ll even miss Zach pointing out my many blonde moments. I hate to admit it, but I actually like the girly power-pop he made me listen to on editing nights. I’ll miss Pu, the girl with the best work ethic I’ve ever seen. I’ll miss staying at Bennu until 5 a.m. with her or trying to figure out life on “real talk” breaks, and I’ll cherish those few times she voluntarily hugged me — it’s a big deal. I’ll always be a phone call away when she needs a “life coach.” Perhaps one of the best moments was when Pu and I convinced Sarah, an overwhelmed freshman, to stay at the Texan after a stressful first week. I’ve watched her grow so much her first semester in college, and she’s said the Texan is one of the best things to have happened to her at UT. I can only hope that by the time she writes her -30- column, she’ll have as many wonderful memories and incredible friends to look back on as I do. -30-
Pu Ying Huang / Daily Texan Staff
Chelsea Purgahn was the associate photo editor during fall 2013, senior photographer in spring 2013 and staff photographer for fall 2012.
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The top-seeded Longhorns swept Texas State (25-13, 26-24, 25-16) in the NCAA tournament opener in front of a sold out Gregory Gym. Despite the final score, it didn’t feel like a sweep. Texas State’s quick, low-to-the tape offense countered Texas’ high-ball, power game. “I was impressed with Texas State,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “They played well and put us on our heels. I’m happy we responded and bounced back, though.” The Longhorns (24-2) started off strong, killing nine of their first 13 attempts to open a 13-5 advantage — one Texas State (24-13) could not come back from. With five kills from junior All-American outside Haley Eckerman and four from the senior setter Hannah Allison, the Longhorns made it look as though it would be a quick match. Texas State struggled a hitting and finished at -.031 hitting percentage, with more errors than kills — Texas hit .429. Texas kept the momentum rolling in the second game with a 7-1 run sparked by junior middle blocker Khat Bell’s two kills and two aces. As Texas opened the lead to eleven, Texas State turned on the jets, going on an 19-8 run to even the score at 21. The two went back and forth until the score was even at 24.
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Junior outside hitter Haley Eckerman led the Longhorns in a sweep of Texas State Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Championships to advance to the round of 32. Texas will face former rival Texas A&M in Gregory Gym Friday night.
Texas’ other All-American, outside hitter Bailey Webster, put the game and the Texas State threat away with back-to-back kills. “We let up a little and didn’t finish the right way,” Eckerman said. Elliott agreed. “Individual players were trying to do too much,” Elliott said. “We were a little erratic. But after the time-out, we
trusted our system and went on a run to close the game.” Texas State kept its momentum rolling into Game 3, opening up an 8-4 advantage. But in the end, the power game of Texas proved to be too much. Eckerman and Webster simply out jumped the Texas State defenders. The pair combined for 75 of the 110 attempts in the match. Texas closed on a 13-4 run.
“Our goal was to run a fast offense,” said Texas State head coach Karen Chisum, who had to deal with a lot in the past few days as her mother suffered a serious heart attack Wednesday morning. “We can’t play with them on the high outside offense, but we got them in game two. [Elliot] got a little frustrated. They got a little frustrated. That made me smile.” The Longhorns continue
their road to Seattle against former rival Texas A&M (1911), who took down UTSA in straight sets just before the Texas game. Texas A&M finished seventh in the SEC and is a rematch of last year’s round of 32, in which Texas won 3-1. The game will be at 7 p.m. in Gregory Gym. “Every team is here for a reason,” Webster said. “We will get everybody’s best effort.”
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Four weeks into the season, Texas will head to Philadelphia on Saturday to take on the Temple Owls in its first game as the visitor this year. The Longhorns (7-1) have played each of their first eight games either at home or at the neutral Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., where they played two games during the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. “It will be a tough game for sure,” freshman point guard Isaiah Taylor said. “Obviously, this is our first away game. Going to Temple will be a different look for us. It will give us a chance to progress and build as a team.” Texas has exceeded expectations so far this year, hav-
By Rachel Wenzlaff @RachelWenzlaff
Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan Staff
Sophomore center Cameron Ridley will need to focus as Texas heads to Temple for the first road game of the season.
ing displayed an impressive ability to win close games. It has also demonstrated a cohesiveness that Longhorn teams of the past couple seasons appeared to lack. One thing we haven’t seen them conquer is a hostile
environment. The nearly four-hour flight up to the City of Brotherly Love to take on a Temple (4-3) team that has made the tournament each of its last six seasons will provide
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After a grueling start to the season in which the women’s basketball team faced physically stressful practices and even traveled to other countries, it must now place all of their remaining energy into facing-off against tough opponents. “We need to reenergize our batteries,” head coach Karen Aston said. “We’re a little tired, you can tell.” Under the current circumstances, Aston is just concerned with taking the next couple of matchups one game at a time. “The next few weeks are difficult for them as
student athletes,” Aston said. “We need to get to Sunday and play as hard as we can possibly play and as good as we can possibly play, and then they need a break because academics are important.” But the Longhorns certainly won’t catch a break Sunday when they take on third-ranked Tennessee. “The energy level is going to need to be extremely high for us, because theirs will be,” Aston said. After winning their first holiday tournament title since 2005 a week ago, the Lady Volunteers had the next week off to rest — something Texas
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Junior deep snapper Nate Boyer was voted to the Capital One Academic All-America first team Thursday. Boyer is the 24th Longhorn to be voted onto either the first or second team. Athletes must maintain at least a 3.30 GPA and have completed one full year of college to qualify. Having already finished his bachelor’s degree in physical culture and sport management with a 3.84 GPA, Boyer is in his first year of the advertising graduate program. Boyer was awarded the 2012 Disney Spirit Award for college football’s most inspirational player and the 2012-13 Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year.
Jeffcoat makes list of Hendricks finalists
Senior defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat was named a finalist for the Ted Hendricks award for the best defensive end in college football Thursday. Jeffcoat currently leads the team in tackles for loss (19), quarterback pressures (18) and is tied for third in total tackles (67). He ranks second in the Big 12 and tied for 10th in the FBS in sacks (.91 per game/10). For his career, Jeffcoat is averaging .64 sacks in 38 games, which is currently fifth on the FBS active list. In tackles for loss, he is tied for third in school history (57) and eighth in sacks (24.5). Criteria for the award includes on-field performance, leadership ability and contributions to the school and community. The winner will be announced Wednesday. —Brittany Lamas
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I used to hate that my mom never taught me how to speak Spanish. She’s fluent, as is most of her side of the family. But my dad isn’t, so it was more convenient for her to talk to both of us in English. When it came time to take foreign language classes, Spanish was an easy choice. I’ve learned more Spanish from my grandmother than in any class, but, in my first Spanish class at UT, I did sit behind a tall, goofy, sportsloving guy named Trey. We quickly became friends. Shortly after he was hired as a sports editor the next summer, he hired me and put me on the football beat — the biggest beat in the department — despite having only been at the Texan for around two months. No pressure. But working with Austin Laymance made things so much easier on me. He knew his stuff, was a pleasure to work with and even helped me pick up my first big internship with MLB.com the following summer. Covering Texas baseball last spring is still the most fun I’ve had on a beat. Augie Garrido is
the quirkiest and most engaging coach on the 40 Acres. It’s not close. Being on that beat with the hard-working, skilled and hilarious Chris Hummer made things even better. Trey spent that spring in New York and came back as an assistant managing editor. The Texan needed a sports editor and, for some reason, picked me. I was honored. And naive. I spent more time in that wondrous, awful, spectacular, life-changing basement over the next two semesters — last fall and this spring — than I did anywhere else. But it was worth it, thanks to people like Aleks — every time someone calls me “CC,” I still think of him. It was worth it, thanks to people like Elisabeth and Lawrence, who take the best sports photos you’ll ever see and make 20-hour drives seem like 20-minute trips. Thanks to people like Natasha, who can put together a Double Coverage issue together faster than you can say “Mack Brown.” People like Nick, the only one I know who can make you feel weird for not sticking your head in the ice cream cooler at the gas station. People like Nicole, whose
Zachary Strain / Daily Texan Staff
Christian Corona started from the top and ended there. He covered football and baseball his junior year. He followed it up with a one-year stint as sports editor as a senior and finished as Double Coverage editor this fall while in graduate school.
time I spent with in the “sports corner” last fall I’ll always treasure. She wrote her -30- column this time last year, but I still consider her my best friend. Why she
considers me her best friend is beyond my understanding, but I am grateful. And I am grateful for all of the people, including those not mentioned here, who
made my time at the Texan so memorable. These last two and a half years there have made for one of the most enjoyable and rewarding experiences of my life.
And, after thinking about it a little longer, I’m also grateful for my mom not teaching me how to speak Spanish as a kid. It all worked out in the end. -30-
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MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING / ASHTON MOORE The first night of the Texas Invitational began well for the Longhorns as the 200 freestyle relay team appeared in top form. Sophomore Matt Ellis started the relay, followed by sophomore John Murray and seniors Charlie Moore and Caleb Weir. The Longhorns finished in 1:17.57, a NCAA automatic-qualifying mark. Assistant coach Kris Kubik felt this meet would be a proper gauge of where the men stood as the fall season came to a close, and the Longhorns did not disappoint.
Junior Tripp Cooper secured Texas’ top finish in the 100 butterfly and clocked a 47.27 for second place in the consolation final. The Longhorn freshman class also came prepared and contributed immensely in the competitive atmosphere at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center on Thursday night. Freshman Will Licon took the win in the 200 individual medley consolation final with a time of 1:45.98 while freshman Will Glass took second in 1:47.02.
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Texas would conclude the first night of competition with a third place finish in the 400 medley relay at 3:08.80, good for its second NCAA automatic-qualifying mark of the night.
Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan Staff
Brittany Lamas started at the Texan in spring 2013 as the women’s swimming and diving beat writer and has since been P-staff for the summer and fall semesters.
Kicks, opinion, laughter: Lamas leaves second home at midnight By Brittany Lamas @Brittany_Lamas
This semester working in the Daily Texan office on Thursday nights has been — everything. When I found out the job would require spending every Thursday in the basement from 4 p.m. to midnight, I was hesitant, to say the least. But, thank goodness I gave it a shot. Throughout this semester and one Thursday at a time, this staff made me a better journalist, editor and friend.
From listening to Hirrah as she puts together the crime map and can’t remember what the symbols stand for to answering every question the copy cats could throw at me to test my sports knowledge, I have enjoyed every Thursday — even the one where Brett continued to do a cyclone motion in front of my face. My only regret is that I didn’t spend more time in that cold, dark basement, which I now consider a second home during my three and half years on campus.
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I started out on the women’s swimming and diving beat, made my way up to permanent staff over the summer, covering whatever was needed and finished covering women’s soccer. I may not have spent as much time on the staff as some others, but I’m grateful for every minute and everyone I met. To the designers: Hirrah, Jenny, Alex and Jack, your side of the table always kept me laughing, made sure I was on my game and was a great source for good music. Specifically, Alex, thanks for always sitting by and letting me ramble incoherent thoughts to you until we came up with a decent headline. To the copy cats: I hope I instilled as much of my sports knowledge as I could, and I hope whoever you get next semester will be pleasantly surprised by your skills. Brett, I know you are going to miss me constantly bothering you and bringing you shakes, and, always remember, you do you. To our fearless sports editor Chris Hummer: Thank you so much for pulling me out of my comfort zone when it came to my writing and always challenging me to be better. You are a great editor. To the rest of the sports staff and my fellow P-staffers: Have fun, enjoy every minute and learn as much as you can. I’m sure we’ll see each other out there soon in what people keep telling me is the real world. I feel like I have to end this column and my career at the Texan remembering one of the most important things I learned: It wasn’t me. -30-
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING / SCARLETT SMITH The Longhorns got off to a slow start Thursday evening in the first of three days of competition at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center. Texas failed to post a first place finish in six events, while No. 6 USC and No. 13 Arizona won three races each. Texas freshman Madisyn Cox finished third — the best of any
Longhorn — in the 200-yard IM, while senior Ellen Lobb placed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle. Texas placed third in the 200-yard freestyle relay, and junior Gretchen Jaques placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly. Head coach Carol Capitani’s team will look to make up ground in the second round of competition Friday.
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start, but have been playing well of late. Temple has won three straight, including a victory over another power- conference contender, Georgia. Unlike Texas head coach Rick Barnes, who likes to spread the scoring and lean heavily on his freshmen, Owls head coach Fran Dunphy relies on a trio of upperclassmen to carry the load. Junior guard Will Cummings leads the team,
continues from page 7 Texas with that test. “Its going to be a challenge for us,” said freshman guard Kendal Yancy, who is coming off his best performance as a Longhorn against Vanderbilt. “We’ll see how mature we are when faced with the challenge of getting a win when everybody’s against us.” Past success aside, this year’s Owls got off to a slow
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averaging 17.9 points and 4.6 assists per game. Dalton Pepper, the team’s only senior, and forward Anthony Lee, who provides Temple with an inside presence, average 16 and 13.3 points per contest, respectively. “Fran’s [Dunphy] teams are always hard-nosed,” Barnes said. “We’re going to have to go in there and execute, because they’re not going to give this game away.”
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continues from page 7 desperately needs. The Longhorns are already the underdogs in this game and exhaustion won’t help. But Texas already pulled an upset this season when they took down then No. 12 A&M, 69-58. Also working against the Longhorns is playing on the road at Tennessee. The Lady Vols average 10,395 attendees per game, compared to Texas’s 3,010. “Any time you go up there, it is a terrific environment for women’s basketball,” Aston said. “They have great fans.” Although the Lady Vols don’t have any players that stand out significantly, they have a talented, balanced attack. Junior Ariel Massengale is their
Charlie Pierce / Daily Texan Staff
Senior guard Chassidy Fussell and the women’s basketball team will need to re-energized for a tough winter schedule.
leading scorer, averaging 13.7 points per game, and sophomore Bashaara Graves is their leading rebounder, averaging nine rebounds per game, but the other top six players aren’t far behind. The Longhorns have
three more non-conference games after Tennessee before starting Big 12 play in January. By the time winter break is over, they will have already competed against No. 14 Oklahoma State, Kansas State, No. 17 Oklahoma and West Virginia.
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Plan II senior Kelsey McKinney and journalism senior Sarah-Grace Sweeney served as Life & Arts editors for the 2012-2013 school year and fall 2013 respectively. McKinney was The Daily Texan’s associate managing editor in the fall.
Life & Arts queen bids adieu Life & Arts princess ventures to crown, subjects, dominion forth onto new undertakings By Kelsey McKinney @McKinneyKelsey
I didn’t deserve to work at the Texan. As a junior with no credentials, Aleksander Chan — the managing editor in the fall of 2012 — bought me a great sandwich, offered me a job and lied to me. He told me I could do the Life & Arts editor job in 10 hours per week. He told me that I would feel overwhelmed, and that every day I would feel like I had failed, but that it was worth it. And I did feel like that for the 45 hours a week I ended up spending in our poorly lit basement office. I struggled to learn the language of the paper — bob, boa, maestro, strip, dom — and I was terrified. Every day the paper printed seemed like a miracle. But The Daily Texan is a place to forget to add a word in a headline, spell someone’s name wrong and be given a job you probably aren’t qualified for. It is a place to fail and
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succeed with people who care about you and force you to be better. The Texan taught me more than vocabulary, AP style and how to read Google Analytics. In this overcrowded basement, I learned to be myself. At the Life & Arts desk I learned to be brave. I would have walked out after the first five days of print if it hadn’t been for Sarah-Grace Sweeney and her constant support, editing prowess and undying love. But I stayed instead. I learned to report, craft, edit and teach in the Texan office. I learned to do things that were difficult every day, and to make decisions I didn’t like. Watching Audrey White, I learned what it means to lead a team and care deeply about other people. Amber Genuske taught me what it means to be Life & Arts royalty. Without Susannah Jacob and Laura Wright I never could have understood how important what we do in the
basement can be. Jack taught me to be kind. Elisabeth taught me to fight for what I believe in. Shabab taught me to listen more than I speak and to care about my staff more than I care about myself. I know that any legacy I leave behind at the Texan won’t be an increase in traffic or that haunted South by Southwest insert. So to Hannah Smothers: Take the crown. You deserve it. You are already one of my favorite writers to read. To Hayley, you amaze me and are a tech god. To Fred Tally-Foos, you will be great at whatever you decide to do. Don’t leave this place until you have to. To Michael Brick, thank you. You have helped me more than you know. I didn’t deserve to be taught or loved as much as this place taught and loved me. But the Texan — whatever its future may be — deserves everything: all of the time, and energy, and tears and love we can give. -30-
By Sarah-Grace Sweeney questions and forming the @sarahgrace317
The first time I set foot in The Daily Texan basement, I was afraid. It’s only fitting that I will leave it feeling the same way. It was Aleks’ and Katie’s effortless superiority — as they sat at their throne made of office chairs and obscure pop culture references — that intimidated me in the beginning. Now, of course, I know those chairs have mysterious, permanent stains, and I realize that being in the know is a product of ignoring all your homework. I am afraid to leave this place now, because what will I do without it? Without these people? At the Texan, I learned to skirt the line between reporting and harassing. I learned that sometimes my best work comes pouring out of me in those hazy hours when the rest of the world sleeps. I learned how to float in and out of someone else’s life, asking difficult
deepest possible connection on a deadline. There is no place that has caused me more heartache or more happiness than the Texan. I’ve cried a generous amount of tears in that bathroom, while Kelsey held my hand on the handicap stall floor. The basement has seen Hannah and me in hysterical fits of giggles. It was where I sought words of wisdom from Audrey and Aleks on a hard gray couch. I flitted around the office, making fun of Zach, but then Andrew made fun of me. I already had to miss Trey’s sweetness, Doug’s easy way of knowing and Susannah’s unexplainable quirks. I’m not ready to miss Shabab’s jerseys, Elisabeth’s awkward jokes or Mike’s ability to see through the bullshit. I’ve loved sitting across from Jack, hearing his dadjokes. Laura and Pu unknowingly inspire me with their style and attitude.
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I hope Pete still tells me about the new band he’s listening to, or that I can still find Alec napping in what looks like a yoga pose on the multimedia couch. The Texan has opened me up in a way no other experience could. When I walk across the stage this Saturday, it will be memories from the basement that fill my head and warm my heart. It is not that I think all of these relationships will come to an end. Some of these friendships I hope to have for a lifetime. But memories fade. They’ve already started to, and writing a few words is just my attempt to hold onto them a little bit longer. I’m proud to have mistakenly called The Daily Texan home on more than one occasion, because that’s what you’ve all been to me for the past two and a half years: a home where I feel welcomed, challenged and loved, no matter what. -30-
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Friday, December 6, 2013
FOOD
Give the gift of food this holiday season By Elisabeth Dillon @ElisabethDillon
Come holiday time, ovens in America get a little worn out with the constant cooking of turkeys, side dishes and desserts. And that still leaves the cook wondering what to make for the work parties, holiday get-togethers and cookie swaps that fill up the winter months. Don’t fret. If in need of a quick holiday gift this season, there are quite a few no-bake sweet treat options to spread some cheer. Don’t resort to buying anything already made or ready-to-bake. Pre-packaged sugar cookies with pictures of snowmen emblazoned on top of them are old news. Instead, think outside the box this holiday season and throw away the roll-and-slice cookie dough stuck in the back of the freezer. Steering clear of the oven is easy with simple recipes that will surprise and delight at any party. Cake balls are a fun option for those with a real sweet tooth. Purchase a bag of the holiday Circus Animal frosted cookies — those red and green cookies that suddenly disappear after eating just one. Grind them up in a food processor or just put them in a Ziploc bag and take a hammer to them. Then, add a can of fluffy white frosting and mix it all up. Form round balls
of joy, refrigerate and then coat in white chocolate. For those with slightly less sugary wants, pretzel sticks are another easy option. Find a bag of pretzel rods at the local grocery store, dip them about two-thirds of the way up in white chocolate and then decorate accordingly. Peppermint candy cane bits are a great option to really make them look festive. Put them in goodie bags tied with red ribbon, and, just like that, a delectable treat is ready to be gifted. Lastly, everyone’s favorite gets a remake for the holiday season. Puppy chow becomes holiday chow with a few adjustments to what is normally a heavy, chocolate-filled recipe. It will look like the most delicious mound of snow at the end. Start off by melting a combination of butter, white chocolate and Biscoff in a saucepan. Biscoff is basically the cinnamon cousin of Nutella — the cousin you actually like at family reunions — and adds a little spice to balance out the decadence of white chocolate. Once the mixture is smooth, remove it from heat and pour it over a large bowl already filled with Rice Chex, pretzels and dried cranberries. Feel free to add nuts if desired — pecans or almonds would be good options. Stir all of the deliciousness together, making sure everything is coated in the Biscoff mixture. Next, transfer it all to a container, add powdered sugar, close the container and shake to coat. At the end of
Elisabeth Dillon / Daily Texan Staff
Make a lighter version of puppy chow this holiday season as a gift for a friend or a party host. Avoid the oven and follow a simple set of directions to produce a delectable treat everyone will love.
it all, a winter wonderland of chow is ready to be gifted. Take everything up a notch by purchasing a nice pie plate as the chow container. Who wouldn’t want a pie plate filled with holiday chow? So, don’t stress out about finding the perfect gifts for friends and holiday-party hosts this season. Food is always the answer, especially when an oven isn’t needed. Just add a little creativity and love, and a delightful treat awaits.
Recipe: Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Ingredients: - 6 tbs unsalted butter - 1 cup white chocolate melting chips - ½ cup creamy Biscoff - 6 cups Rice Chex - 1 cup pretzels - ½ cup dried cranberries - 2 cups powdered sugar
Directions: - Mix Chex, pretzels and cranberries in a large bowl. - Melt butter, white chocolate and Biscoff in a saucepan over medium-low heat until smooth. Pour over dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. -Transfer to large container and add powdered sugar. Close container and shake until everything is coated. -Remove any excess powdered sugar and enjoy.
FILM
’Tis the season of Oscar speculation, Hollywood blockbusters By Colin McLaughlin @Colin_Mc92
Mid-December to midJanuary always seems to stress out awards-show junkies. There is a hectic release schedule for movies before the official end of the year. In addition to the regular holiday blockbusters, Oscar-bait films that may have been out for weeks in New York City or Los Angeles finally see a wide release. Christmas Day alone will see the arrival of three potential awards contenders. Here are a few movies to look forward to during winter break: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Wide release: Dec. 13. The second three-hour installment of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of “The Hobbit” will see Bilbo, Thorin and the rest of the dwarf company finally
facing off against the Dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). Orlando Bloom’s return as Legolas is a major selling point for the studio, though the role he plays in the story is still unclear. Last year’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” became one of only 15 movies in history to pass $1 billion at the global box office. It is hard to say if the followup can surpass that success, but the latest return to Middle-earth could be one of the biggest hits of the season. “American Hustle” Wide release: Dec. 18. David O. Russell’s followup to last year’s phenomenal “Silver Linings Playbook” is the first Best Picture winner of the 2013 awards season. The film was awarded the top honor, as well as wins for Screenplay and Supporting Actress by Jen-
nifer Lawrence from the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Dec. 3. Christian Bale plays Irving Rosenfeld, a con man who teams up with FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) to help take down corrupt politicians. Amy Adams, Lawrence and Jeremy Renner co-star. Early reviews indicate strong potential for acting nominations. Lawrence may even be on track to win her second Oscar in two years. The coming months will reveal if Russell’s newest outing holds up against “Silver Linings Playbook.” “Saving Mr. Banks” Wide release: Dec. 20. One of the more conventional pictures on the holiday slate, “Saving Mr. Banks” tells the story of Walt Disney’s efforts to put “Mary Poppins” on the big screen. Tom Hanks’s performance as Disney may
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“American Hustle” is one movie being released during the winter holiday with a lot of award potential.
lead to two nominations for him this year. And Emma Thompson, who plays “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers, is always a delight. “The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty” Wide release: Dec. 25. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” sees Ben Stiller back in the director’s chair for the first movie since 2008’s “Tropic Thunder.” In the screen adaptation
of James Thurber’s short story, Stiller plays the title character, a Life Magazine office worker who spends more of his time daydreaming than engaging with reality. Sean Penn and Kristen Wiig co-star.
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Your hipster friend
The Wes Anderson Collection by Matt Zoller Seitz and Michael Chabon, Book People, $40 For the friend who claims “The Royal Tenenbaums” was based on their family, or that they would marry Max Fischer from “Rushmore” in a heartbeat. This hardcover gives a chronological journey through all of Wes Anderson’s iconic films, from “Bottle Rocket,” which Anderson started writing while at UT, to “Moonrise Kingdom.” Given the fact that it’s constantly on back order, every good hipster living in Hyde Park will probably have this on their repurposed vintage coffee table by January. —Hannah Smothers Famous People Prints, Kayci Wheatley’s Etsy shop, $12-$80 David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Tupac, oh my! Local artist Kayci Wheatley refashions the famous mugs of pop culture icons into her own hand-drawn, brightly-colored prints. Wheatley prints not only posters but also items like bags, pillows and bow ties. Because who doesn’t need a Pee Wee Herman cooking apron or Aladdin Sane leg warmers? —Elizabeth Williams “Holy Land” by Rauan Klassnik, Malvern Books, $12.95 Brutal, yet beautiful, “Holy Land” is Rauan Klassnik’s first collection of poetry. A perfect gift for a reader but not for the faint of heart. You can find it at recently-opened local bookstore, Malvern Books, at 613 West 29th St. —Dylan Davidson
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Whether or not you celebrate a holiday in December, there’s never a bad time to share a little love with family and friends. The Life & Arts staff put together a few recommendations for the people on your gift list.
Your techie friend
Google Chromecast, Amazon.com, $35 When you’re spending time with your family, you might be stuck having to stream Netflix, YouTube or HBO Go on your phone, wasting battery life that could be better used posting tweets of embarrassing family quotes. Enter the Google Chromecast, a small dongle, which plugs into any TV with an HDMI port to stream some of your favorite TV shows, movies or cat videos in full-screen high definition glory. It’s a small price to pay to see grandma’s reaction to the Red Wedding. —Robert Starr iPad Air, Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, Apple Store, from $499 For a true technology fanatic, the one-pound Apple iPad offers Retina display, an A7 chip with incredible speed and two-times the Wi-Fi strength of its predecessors. And when you consider that Apple has made huge investments in their Austin offices over the past year and that the A7 chip was manufactured at the Samsung Semiconductor plant in town, you can’t really find a more Austin-y gift than the new iPad. Bitcoin, coinbase.com or another Bitcoin brokerage site, $1065 at press time In the old days, grandparents used to buy their grandchildren a share of McDonalds or Coca-Cola stock. Today, buying a loved one even a single Bitcoin would be no small gesture and possibly a pretty good investment, too. —Jeremy Hintz
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Your music-fanatic friend “Houston Rap” by Peter Beste, Waterloo Records, $49.99 Over the past few decades, Houston has developed one of the most vibrant hip-hop cultures in the country with artists such as the Geto Boys, Paul Wall, Bun B, the late Pimp C and DJ Screw. Containing a collection of photographs taken by Beste over the past eight years alongside interviews with all of the major players in the Houston scene, this book serves as a loving testament to a highly influential yet often under-appreciated culture. —David Sackllah
“Blame It All On My Roots,” Walmart and Sam’s Club, $24.96 Nothing says Christmas like some country tunes, and this eight-disc Garth Brooks CD/DVD box set is a steal. A record-breaker in both album sales and concert attendance, Brooks takes listeners on a journey back to his early years. Four of the discs are devoted to covers like “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Mrs. Robinson.” Two CDs and one DVD feature Brooks’ greatest hits. Buy Brooks’ box set for your favorite country music lover and present it with two pina coladas — they’ll forget their troubles, bury them in the sand and thank you endlessly. —Elisabeth Dillon End of an Ear gift card, End of an Ear record store, $20-$100 If you’re not quite sure what gift to choose for your favorite music-lover, give them the freedom to choose at End of an Ear record store. Even the most pretentious music snob can’t turn their nose up at a local store offering all the options. Featuring the newest releases and albums both on CD and vinyl, the South First Street store has gift cards in-store, online, and available to be sent out by mail. —Lauren L’Amie
Your Parents
Austin-themed coasters, Austin Gift Company, $10 each Locally crafted at the South Austin Gallery, these colorful coasters capture the spirit of Austin by converting iconic images of the city into coasters, including shots of the Austin City Limits festival entrance, the UT tower and Magnolia Cafe. —Hillary Hurst Waterloo Records T-Shirt, Waterloo Records, $10-$15 Support one of Austin’s beloved record stores and get your parents a Waterloo Records t-shirt. It will boost their indie cred, and project to the world, “I don’t buy my music off of iTunes like you consumerist sheep. I buy my music authentically,” even if it’s because they don’t understand how to use iTunes. —Kris Ohlendorf Kerbey Lane Pancake Mix, Kerbey Lane Cafe or online, $4.99 Serving the city for over 30 years, Kerbey Lane Cafe has become a staple in the diet of locals and out-oftowners alike. So, naturally, there is no better gift than the legendary pancakes now available as dry mixes for buttermilk, gingerbread, apple wheat, pumpkin and lemon poppy seed, to name a few. Gluten-free options are also available. —Lauren L’Amie