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When President William Powers Jr. met James Mulva in 1969 while stationed with the U.S. Navy on Bahrain Island, neither man expected
the friendship to last. Fortyfive years later, their relationship is strong, and Mulva and his wife are donating $60 million to support both the McCombs School of Business and the Cockrell School of Engineering.
On Friday, the University announced James and Miriam Mulva will donate $60 million, which will primarily go toward the new Engineering Education and Research Center and two buildings in McCombs. In 2010, the
Mulvas made a $15 million donation to fund the Liberal Arts Building, with a focus on providing resources to the University’s ROTC units. “Our family has been blessed over the years, and the University has been
important to us and to our family members,” Mulva said. “To the extent that we’re able, we’d like to support and give back to the University.” Mulva, who received his
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Engineering graduate student Tianyang Bai waits for the Far West bus Thursday evening in freezing temperatures. Austin saw ice, sleet and snow as an Arctic cold front pushed through Texas.
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After receiving intense backlash for the decision to stock a main-stage show with professional actors, the College of Fine Arts has recast its upcoming musical, “In the Heights,” with minority students at the University. Beyond recasting, the college also hired an entirely new creative team. In October, The Daily Texan reported that nine of the 12 lead roles in “In the Heights,” a musical which follows 12 DominicanAmerican teenagers living in New York, had been given to professional actors. At the time, the musical’s director said the decision was made because of the limited number of students of color in the department. Producer Brant Pope, chair of the department of theatre and dance, said the department has gone beyond recasting the musical — they also brought in a new creative team, including a new director, choreographer and musical director. “We brought in a new directing team because there was such a bad feeling,” Pope said. “We just wanted to start fresh.” Pope said the new team was better equipped to cast diverse actors, in part because the director and choreographer are Latino. “I think they were able to use [the] natural
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Joynes Reading Room author shares her story as a novelist By Justin Atkinson @thedailytexan
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Flu vaccines do not promise safety By Julia Brouillette
Novelist Ann Patchett recalled the transformation of her personal style of writing throughout the years as part of the Joynes Reading Room Literary Series on Thursday night. English professor Elizabeth McCracken introduced the author and reflected on the vibrancy of the writing in her novels. “Her fiction proves that, in a novel of ideas, the ideas don’t have to squeeze out the characters or the plots,” McCracken said. “She’s one of those writers who is just good at everything.” Patchett spoke about the fervent writing style of her youth and compared it to her experiences with romance during her 20s. “When I was in love, there was not a single thing I could do about it,” Patchett said. “It was thrilling and wind-milling and out of control, and that was also the way that
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Author Ann Patchett signs books after her speech at the Joynes Reading Room on Thursday evening. During her speech, Patchett gave personal examples on how to produce more consistent work in writing.
I wrote back then. I wrote stories that would come over me like a fever.” Patchett said that after she began writing professionally, she learned that ndiligence and self-accountability helped to produce more consistent work. “I got so much work done by making that deal with myself [to write every day],” Patchett said. “Hours spent
Most students think getting a flu shot means they can count on being immune, but vaccine recipients are only 60 percent less likely to need
treatment this season, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Flu vaccine effectiveness differs based on age and health status, said University Health Services nurse Charlotte Katzin
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“Before administering shots, I don’t give students any specific percentage, or say ‘this is effective in this percentage of people,’ because that really varies,” Katzin said.
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working equals work produced. I really realize now that so much of how I learn is by sitting down and committing.” Plan II senior Lillie Noe said she was surprised by Patchett’s lively demeanor and witty attitude. “She has an interesting ability of being able to spend
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continues from page 1 time alone — like a writer has to — but also being able to word things on the fly and be personable with people,” Noe said. Noe said she will be able to use Patchett’s advice in her academic life. “I’m editing a friend of mine’s novel … so a lot of her advice about structure and narrative is relevant on a personal level,” Noe said. In addition to discussing the mechanics of her writing, Patchett offered insight into the nature of creativity. “Creativity is a match and being a novelist is spending your life in a warm house,” Patchett said. “The fire in that match will not keep you warm. What keeps you warm is splitting wood and constantly doing the work to feed the tiny flame on the match and keeping that alive.”
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Each fall, a new strain of the flu spreads across the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are responsible for predicting which type of flu will be most prevalent each year, according to Dr. Elizabeth Loika, director of the Family Wellness Center. “This year the CDC really got it right,” Loika said. “They pinpointed the right vaccine for the right strain much more accurately than ever before,” Loika said. “But, unfortunately, people do die from the flu.” This season, 11 flurelated deaths have been reported in Travis County, including a child and a pregnant woman. Loika said preexisting health problems are usually a factor in the death of flu victims. Katzin said Texas is one of the few states where the flu is widespread. College students may think they can stay healthy without a flu vaccine, but they are still at a high risk of exposure to the virus, according to Loika. “When you have a
basically healthy population, they don’t think flu shot down the road. … It’s probably the last thing on their minds,” Loika said. “But we recommend the flu shot particularly with college students because they’re all in class together, many times in a dormitory together, and there are lots of opportunities for the disease to spread.” Electrical engineering sophomore Vyom Joshi said that, although he got his flu vaccine in October and assumed he was fully guarded from the illness, he still caught the virus. “At least I didn’t have a severe case where I had to go to the hospital,” Joshi said. Joshi said that, despite getting sick, he still would get the flu shot again next year. “I think if you get a flu shot, the flu you get is at
This year the CDC really got it right. They pinpointed the right vaccine for the right strain much more accurately than ever before. But unfortunately, people do die from the flu. —Elizabeth Loika, Director of the Family Wellness Center
least milder than normal,” Joshi said. Katzin said the efficacy of the shot decreases as the flu season progresses. “We like to make sure that people understand — especially this time of year — the effectiveness might not be so great,” Katzin said. It takes two weeks for the vaccine to develop protection, according to the CDC. If the flu is already circulating before someone gets the shot, that
persons runs the risk of being exposed before building immunity to the virus, according to Katzin. “Another thing we tell students is that it’s possible they could get exposed to a strain of flu that’s not in the vaccine,” Katzin said. University Health Services has administered more than 10,000 flu shots since September 2012 and received another 300 vaccine doses Wednesday because of high demand.
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and then made one slightly audible snore before all movement stopped. The execution, the first this year in the nation’s most active death-penalty state, was delayed more than three hours while the U.S. Supreme Court considered lastditch appeals. The execution came after the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts rejected last-day appeals, and Texas officials spurned arguments that Tamayo’s case was tainted because he wasn’t informed, under an international agreement, that he could get legal help
from the Mexican consulate after his arrest in the officer’s murder. Attorneys had also argued unsuccessfully that Tamayo was mentally impaired, making him ineligible for execution, and that the state’s clemency procedures were unfair. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Tamayo’s request for clemency Tuesday. Tamayo’s lawyers, Sandra L. Babcock and Maurie Levin, issued a statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling, saying Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott
Protestors line up outside the prison walls just before receiving word that the scheduled execution of Mexican national Edgar Tamayo would proceed Wednesday in Huntsville..
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“ignored promises they made to our nation’s leaders that they would ensure review of Mr. Tamayo’s consular rights violation.” The Mexican government earlier this week said it “strongly opposed” the execution.
Gaddis, who had been in the police for two years, was driving Tamayo and another man from a robbery scene when the officer was shot three times in the head and neck with a pistol Tamayo had concealed in
his pants. The car crashed, and Tamayo fled on foot, but was captured a few blocks away, still in handcuffs, carrying the robbery victim’s watch and wearing the victim’s necklace. —Associated Press
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Game development program opens door to applicants The Denius-Sams Gaming Academy, UT’s first post-baccalaureate game development program, began accepting applications last week. The gaming academy is a 12-month program intended for students who have completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree and have substantial experience in game design. The 20 students selected will receive tuition waivers and $10,000 stipends. The program is a collaborative effort between the Moody College of Communication, the department of computer science and the College of Fine Arts, and offers students the opportunity to supplement their degrees with certificates.
Students can expect an advanced curriculum based on game development and leadership within a game design team. The skill set acquired during the program will allow students to feel the impact of their work on the real world, program director Warren Spector said. According to Spector, the program will allow students to create and design a video game, as well as interact extensively with faculty and consult a development council of local and outside experts. “We’ve really put together a hell of a group,” Spector said. The academy’s application period closes April 15, 2014. —Nicole Bueno
CITY
Students unaware of waste options By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM
Although the City of Austin continues to implement an ordinance aimed at increasing recycling, students remain uninformed about recycling services available to them. According to Aiden Cohen, City of Austin Business Outreach Program manager, the city’s Universal Recycling Ordinance requires that multifamily properties with 50 or more units provide recycling for their tenants. Cohen said 25 percent of total trash capacity must be dedicated to recyclable materials this year. Allan Gamel, Dobie Center head of maintenance, said the building offers weekly recycling on the lower levels. Dobie houses more than 900 students, but Gamel said he was unaware of a city ordinance. “If it were a requirement by the city, I would have known about it by now,” Gamel said. “There’s no city mandate to recycle, but we’re taking it on ourselves to recycle.” Gamel said the recycling receptacle is primarily used by the center’s kitchen staff
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continues from page 1 bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business at the University, said $40 million of the new gift will be directed toward the McCombs undergraduate and graduate student buildings. The rest of the money will go toward the engineering center.
and retailers, and he hopes to place recycling containers in residents’ apartments and in laundry facilities by mid-year. Cohen said the city is not prescriptive on the type of education property managers provide about recycling, but they are required to inform residents at least once a year about recycling services. “We leave it up to the property managers to achieve the goal of a highly effective recycling program,” Cohen said. Cohen said Travis County tax records often indicate who may be affected by the ordinance. He said property managers and owners can submit a “Recycling Plan” — an online form that describes the property’s trash and recycling services — that is the first step toward implementing a recycling program and ensuring a complex complies with the ordinance. According to Cohen, failure to comply with the ordinance is a Class C misdemeanor and could result in fines ranging from $200 to $2,000 per violation per day. “This [ordinance] is not intended to be a revenue According to Powers, the business buildings must be renovated to better suit modern teaching methods. “[McCombs is] a sound building,” Powers said. “But the way we teach is very different. There are many more projectoriented breakout sessions — more collaborative work. We need more flexibility.” Mulva said he considered
generator but to get people to recycle and have recycling for their tenants and their employees,” Cohen said. “We’ll work with the property owner or manager to see if there’s anything that we can do to improve their recycling program.” Cohen said the city encourages those who manage properties with a high turnover rate to notify residents of available recycling services more frequently than once per year. “I think some of this is common sense,” Cohen said. “If your business is focused on students and the students are changing more rapidly than once a year, then you may need to have more frequent education of your tenants.” English and Plan II junior Taylor George said that without available receptacles to separate recyclable materials, he would not make the effort. “I guess you could buy your own recycling bin and just empty it out yourself, but it would be a lot of effort,” George said. “If there were a recycling bin in my room, then I would recycle. It would be easy — just put paper in one [bin] and trash in the other.” renovations a priority for the University. “The existing undergraduate facilities were there when I went to school in the late 1960s, and I can tell you that, over the last 40 years or so, new technologies have developed,” Mulva said. “You need new facilities to be competitive.” Though it’s only her
The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies received a $50,000 contribution from a nonprofit charitable organization to sustain and expand a leadership program for female students. The INSPIRE Women’s Leadership Program is a threeyear program that focuses primarily on women in majoritymale fields of study. Many of the program’s students are also the first generation in their family to attend college. “The idea around this is to look at underrepresented fields for women in terms of them having a successful university experience,” said Mollie Marchione, an associate director for the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. The Creekmore and Adele Fath Charitable Foundation, which created the grant, is a private nonprofit charitable organization based in Austin. The grant money will help the program pay its graduate
students’ salaries, as well as travel expenses for their upcoming trip to the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in College Park, Md., and Washington, D.C. The money will also help with the program’s retreats and receptions, as well as the solicitation of speakers for the students. “This grant was just a lump sum, so we can start using that money right away,” said Nancy Ewert, a program coordinator for the center. Despite the recent influx of money, the program still has many expenses to take into consideration. “It seems like we’ve gotten a lot of money, but we pay three graduate students to facilitate the program,” Ewert said. “We pay their salary and we also send the students to a conference in Washington, D.C.” Female students can apply for the program during their first year at UT and join during their sophomore year upon acceptance. There are 32 students in the program.
Ewert said INSPIRE has small class sizes so the students can receive individual attention from the program’s graduate assistants. “The whole idea of INSPIRE is to keep it small,” Ewert said. Marchione said the program’s small class sizes have produced successful graduation rates. “We’re getting great results in terms of classes coming through and graduating on time and even early,” Marchione said. Jaclyn Capistran, an exercise science and allied health professions senior in the program, said INSPIRE has helped empower her as a woman. “I love being in the program because every time we meet I feel inspired to speak up and like I can change the world, no matter my place in this school in regards to being a minority and a woman,” Capistran said. “I truly feel empowered, and that I can make a difference in anything I choose to do.”
UNIVERSITY
Researchers: natural gas to remain main energy source By Adam Hamze @thedailytexan
Geology researchers at the University discovered that an Arkansas shale oil reserve will continue to be one of the country’s most prevalent sources of natural gas through 2050. The Fayetteville Shale contains nearly 38 trillion cubic feet of gas, according to the study. Shale oil is extracted from fine grained sediment rock. The reserve produces approximately 1 trillion cubic feet per year. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. uses 23 trillion cubic feet of this resource each year. “When you get into the scale of the amount of energy it takes to keep the country going, it is mind boggling,” said Eric Potter, an associate director in the Bureau of Economic Geology’s energy division. “On a cold day in Denver, it takes up to 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas to keep everyone warm.” Potter and research associate Svetlana Ikonnikova both analyze the drilling private sector and helped determine the different technological approaches. Potter said the point of the second week of class, business freshman Lauren Stacy said she has already noticed the emphasis on — and inconvenience of — group projects. “Our freshman business class is collaborative — we do group work, mainly,” Stacy said. “Our classroom is set up for lectures, so we’re going to have to work up and down the rows.”
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study was to see the potential in the current techniques, and what the future holds for shale oil in Fayetteville, Ark., and across the country. Natural gas supplies nearly one-fourth of all the energy in the U.S., and its consumption will increase 11 percent by 2030, according to the American Gas Association. “Shale oil is very important,” Ikonnikova said. “Electricity is continuing to rely on natural gas, and how cheap it is really influences the industrial sector.” According to the American Gas Association, natural gas is the cleanest and most efficient fossil fuel. Potter said it burns much cleaner than coal, and therefore is a better choice for the environment
and atmosphere. Sarah Seraj, civil engineering senior and president of Engineers for a Sustainable World, said natural gas doesn’t necessarily have a bad reputation among her organization. “Natural gas is not the worst option, but there is much room for improvement,” Seraj said. “The United States is studying renewable resources, which is good. Many places in Europe are 25 percent dependent on wind and solar power.” According to Ikonnikova, natural gas is aiding society in multiple ways. “Like any resource, there will be pluses and minuses for the environment,” Ikonnikova said. “But natural gas is helping the industry become more inventive.”
Mulva said he was first approached for the donation by Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost. Until August, Fenves was the dean of the engineering school. “[Fenves] had been talking to us about how we might be able to help the development of the new engineering facilities,” Mulva said. “Then [Powers] said he wanted to
renovate the undergraduate school facilities. We said, ‘Well, maybe we could help with both of those.’” Powers said he is still surprised he and Mulva are working together so many years after their naval experiences. “I would have never thought our paths would cross again,” Powers said. “Certainly not in this sense.”
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LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Friday, January 24, 2014
EDITORIAL
Charter school system fails to educate students According to a recent report by Slate, Texas’ charter schools have a serious problem. The state’s largest charter program, Responsive Education Solutions, is teaching an extremely suspect curriculum that is heavy on creationism, sexism, classism, racism and religious dogma, but distressingly light on science, history and facts. Responsive Education Solutions, which boasts 17,000 students enrolled across 65 campuses, is largely funded by state revenue — as are all charter schools in Texas. According to Responsive Education’s budget for the 2013-2014 school year, the network received more than $90 million in state funding, in addition to more than $2 million in federal funding for certain programs like free breakfasts and lunches for economically disadvantaged students. For all intents and purposes,
Here are a few highlights: The fossil record is unreliable, there is no consensus on the age of the Earth and evolution cannot be scientifically tested.
Responsive Education is almost completely taxpayer-funded, and that makes these curriculum issues even more troubling. Through open records requests, Slate managed to get a hold of a set of biology workbooks — called “Knowledge Units” — that students must complete in order to pass the course. Here are a few highlights: The fossil record is unreliable, there is no consensus on the age of the Earth and evolution cannot be scientifically tested. All three of these claims are patently and unapologetically false, as Ken Miller, the author of one of the most widely-used science textbooks, points out in the Slate piece. “The statement that ‘some scientists question,’ is a typical way that students can be misled into thinking that there is serious scientific debate about the age of the Earth or the nature of the geological record,” Miller explained in response to the workbook’s insistence that there is legitimate disagreement over these issues. “The evidence that the Earth was formed between 4 and 5 billion years ago is overwhelming.” But it doesn’t stop at science. The history curriculum is also riddled with misinformation and dogma. Responsive Education students reportedly learn that “anti-Christian bias” led to the outbreak of World War I, that samurai that were responsible for Japan’s entry into World War II — despite the fact that sam-
urai ceased to exist after the late 19th century — that former President Jimmy Carter pardoned draft dodgers out of a “misguided sense of compassion,” that the New Deal didn’t help the economy but instead “ushered in a new era of dependence on the Federal Government and, perhaps most shocking, that feminism “created an entirely new class of females who lacked male financial support and who had to turn to the state as a surrogate husband,” among a multitude of other absurdities. The misinformation that dominates the history and biology curricula, however, shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering Responsive Education’s close ties to conservative, Christian homeschooling programs. It doesn’t take much digging to discover that the charter school network was founded by Donald R. Howard, a former owner of Accelerated Christian Education. ACE, according to Salon, “is a fundamentalist curriculum that teaches young-Earth creationism as fact,” and made headlines last year for teaching that the Loch Ness monster was real in an attempt to discredit the theory of evolution. It’s unacceptable that taxpayer dollars are funding schools that preach religious dogma — which is clearly illegal and in violation of the First Amendment. The true duty of any school should be to prepare students for college and for the real world, where we know the
The misinformation that dominates the curricula, however, shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering Responsive Education’s close ties to conservative, Christian homeschooling programs. age of the Earth, where we accept evolution and where we definitely know that the Loch Ness monster doesn’t exist. Responsive Education Solutions is clearly not meeting this goal. Charter schools are appealing as an education reform measure because they can make both sides of the aisle happy: Conservatives appreciate the privatization that charters offer compared to truly public schools, and liberals appreciate the space that they offer for more progressive, experimental education. But if this is what our tax dollars are paying for — remember, this is the largest charter school network in Texas — Texas should have no part in it.
COLUMN
TAKE YOUR SHOT
Students should take time to hear Holocaust survivor speak
Friday Firing Lines for week of Jan. 20: healthcare, Davis, sofas
By Daley Epstein Guest Columnist
Editor’s Note: Holocaust survivor Max Glauben of Dallas will speak at 8:15 p.m. Friday night at Texas Hillel, 2100 Nueces. Friday, if you choose, you will have the privilege to hear from Max Glauben. It is a privilege that your children will not have. And it is an experience for which appreciation only grows as time passes. I first met Max Glauben in 2009, during my senior year of high school, when I traveled on the March of the Living, a two-week trip to Poland and Israel during which students from all over the world study the history of the Holocaust and examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hate. Many of the student groups that go on the trip are accompanied by Holocaust survivors. My group was lucky enough to travel with Max. Max was born in Poland, and survived unfathomable, twisted horrors in the Holocaust. On Friday, he will give you a glimpse of what he endured. Every year, Max travels with a group of students back to the place of his nightmares. He guides them through the concentration camps, and comforts them when they break down, seeing first-hand just how low humanity can sink. He remains positive and stays strong when revisiting the places where the Nazis brutally murdered millions of his people. As we journeyed through Poland, Max calmed us, educated us and inspired us. He was our rock. The trip affected everyone differently, but it unquestionably affected everyone significantly. For me, walking through Poland rendered me emotionally numb. The journal I purchased for the trip kept its crisp edges; I found myself unable to write, despite an unbearable desire to pour everything onto the pages. The last camp that we visited was Majdanek. The adjectives expansive, massive and vast do not do it justice, nor do they explain the magnitude of confusion, disgust and utter disbelief that overwhelmed me when I tried to take in this killing factory less than a mile from the major city of Lublin. I stood by Max’s side as we walked through. Max told us stories that shook us to the core. We saw meticulous records kept by the
Every year, Max travels with a group of students back to the place of his nightmares. He guides them through the concentration camps, and comforts them when they break down, seeing first-hand just how low humanity can sink.
Nazis, intended for a museum of the “extinct Jewish race” when the war was over. We walked through a barrack filled only with victims’ shoes, touching soles of souls who did not make it out of the camp alive. After a while, we found ourselves at the entrance to the crematorium. There, the remains of the victims who were gassed were brought in by wheelbarrow and shoved into ovens so that they could be burned. There, the Nazis murdered Max’s entire family. And, there, I broke down and cried. The first tear fell down my face just moments after seeing Max’s own tears. This was not the first time Max’s cheery demeanor had been clouded by resurfacing memories, but this time was different. Tears racing down his face, but voice sturdy and purposeful, Max began saying kaddish, a Jewish prayer, for his loved ones. He was saying kaddish for his father, for his mother, for his brother. Max was saying kaddish for his family members whose bodies were burned at that very spot. Max was the only one from his family who survived the Holocaust. I could not stop crying. None of us could, because trying to maintain control when you’re faced with something so heart-rending simply is not possible. But what I learned from Max is that it is possible to move on. Max, who lived through horrors that I am still unable to comprehend, is the most positive person I know. His attitude puts everything into perspective — how can I complain about that surplus homework when I have the privilege of a college education? How can I whine about obligatory family events when I have my family to share these milestones with? Max has taught me to appreciate everything, and he continues to teach me to live life. When I first called him about coming here, I was met with a voicemail. Max called me back at 10:30 that Sunday night with an apology. “Sorry for just getting back to you, but I’ve been in Michigan all weekend visiting my granddaughter who goes there. I would love to come to UT.” I have friends my age who don’t want me calling that late, but Max doesn’t miss opportunities. He’s a young 86 who is constantly on the go and does not accept limitations. Max has taught me more things than can fit in a single article, but the one that resonates the most is his motto, “Be an upstander, not a bystander.” An upstander — someone who, when witnessing injustice, does everything in their power to right the wrong. An upstander is someone who feels responsible for the rest of humanity, and strives to solve society’s biggest problems. As Longhorns, upstanders are exactly what we strive to be. I encourage you to come to Texas Hillel Friday at 8:15 to hear Max speak. Twentythree current Longhorns have had the privilege to travel with him, and dozens more have had the privilege of hearing him speak in the past. All of us will be there to learn from him again then. I invite you to join us and I guarantee that you will not regret it.
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Every Friday, The Daily Texan editorial board will publish 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 editor@dailytexanonline.com. Wrong on healthcare I see your editorial group bemoans the idea that “Texas is sinking to the bottom in measures of national health care quality.” I am a physician. I can tell you after decades of work in medicine and becoming much more understanding of economics, history and politics, it’s a complex and simple issue at the same time. What I mean by that is, on the one hand, any American would be delighted to leap on a plane and have his cancer diagnosis addressed at the great Texas MD Anderson Hospital- no better place in the world to get such care. On the other hand medicine has needed reform, for example, some people find medical care too costly. Our Democratic Party did not reform medicine, it radically transformed it, it crushed a giant complex and overall great system built up over decades. The simple part of it is what you students don’t understand. And what you don’t understand is this radicalism will make the problems dramatically worse. You don’t understand that the goods and services of medicine is just like the goods and services involved with cars, apples or Apple laptop computers. The best way, the most moral way, to create and distribute such goods services is by free market capitalism. What has happened over the past 50 years since FRD is that this American notion has been rejected by many Americans and replaced by essentially Marxist- based state control. This is the simple core of the problem. Now with Obamacare the problem has been made exponentially worse. The State takeover is almost complete. Just like with cars or food or computers that might be built and distributed, heaven forbid by the state, the goods and services of medicine will now dry up, become mediocre, and get a lot more expensive. Your freedom to decide with your doctors what is best for you individually will be almost gone as 15,000 new pages of laws come spewing forth from the enlightened in Washington. You worry about government getting into your reproductive issues? Now
My sofa says nothing about me or Steve Sonnenberg or Rolando Hinojosa Smith or Ricardo Ainslie or many of the distinguished senior faculty members whose work is so richly and deeply human.
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you’ll have government not only of your testicles and ovaries but government of your lungs and livers and hearts and kidneys. Most of you disagree and will keep supporting and voting for this Leftist unAmerican “Hope and Change” nonsense. However, I and thousands of other doctors guarantee you, when you abandon our great American values like that of free market capitalism, you actually abandon hope and the once great bounty and excellence of American medicine. You’ll see. Elections do have great consequences. Brace yourselves for the world of the department of motor vehicles American medicine- a very sad image for our great country. — Howard Sachs M.D., submitted via e-mail in response to “Horns Down: Texas failing in healthcare measures” Down with Davis “She can’t detail her own life with honesty. what are you expecting?” — Twitter user @longhornblondie in response to the editorial “Davis’ education policy is short on specifics, just like her campaign” I’m more than a sofa “As I accessed this page, a pop up assaulted my senses with an advertisement that asked the question, “What does your sofa say about YOU?” My sofa says nothing about me or Steve Sonnenberg or Rolando Hinojosa Smith or Ricardo Ainslie or many of the distinguished senior faculty members whose work is so richly and deeply human and who use their hearts and souls as well as their minds in order to make sure students have a chance to really know and feel what is what during their time on the Forty Acres. Steve is a fine example of a dedicated humanist who has never been aware that there is any box he needs to think outside of. His mind, heart and soul make clear that knowing who we are as human beings is what will ‘change the world’, not focusing on four-year graduation rates or whether the head football coach is brown or white or strong or weak. Steve’s work in the school of architecture, the Humanities Institute, spearheading the idea for a Veterans Park and Pavilion, and his teaching with me in a Plan II seminar and working with Plan II and other senior thesis writers and his concern that the new Medical School will have a serious humanistic component in its training are models for what it is to be a good citizen of our University community, our city, our state, our country and indeed our world.” — Tom Palaima, Professor of Classics, Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor of Classics, in response to the news article “Architecture professor honored for contribution to medical field”
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STEFAN SCRAFIELD, SPORTS EDITOR / @texansports Friday, January 24, 2014
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Texas must ‘Bear’ down for history
SIDELINE NBA MIAMI HEAT
By Stefan Scrafield @stefanscrafield
As if a chance to extend its four-game win streak wasn’t enough incentive, Texas (15-4, 4-2 Big 12) has an opportunity to make history in Waco this Saturday. After knocking off No. 8 Iowa State and No. 22 Kansas State in their last two games, the Longhorns could defeat three consecutive AP Top-25 teams for the first time in school history when they travel to face No. 24 Baylor (13-5, 1-4 Big 12) this weekend. “We feel like we can beat anybody and play with anybody,” sophomore point guard Javan Felix said. “We feel that way because we’re prepared. We work very hard during the week, in practice, in film sessions, going over scouting reports… We just try really hard at everything.” The biggest reason for Texas’ recent conference success has been its dominance in the paint, particularly the play of sophomore center Cameron Ridley. Ridley, who struggled miserably as a highly touted freshman, has found his rhythm in his second year at the collegiate level. The big man has demonstrated great hands and an increased awareness on the offensive end while showcasing much improved off-ball defense, resulting in more block opportunities.
LA LAKERS
NCAAB FLORIDA
ALABAMA
OHIO STATE
ILLINOIS
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With Cameron Ridley emerging as a go-to player, sophomore Javan Felix has quietly been a key player for the Longhorns. Felix is second on the team in scoring this season, averaging 12.5 points per contest.
Over the last three games, Ridley, who was ranked eighth in his recruiting class by ESPN, is averaging 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game. He’s also shooting 71 percent from the field and 67 percent from the free-throw line over that stretch. Compare that to his mere 46 percent field goal shooting and 33 percent average from the line last year, and it is clear just how far Ridley
has come. “I am feeling good about the way I am playing right now,” Ridley said. “There are areas I can get better in, but, offensively, I am very confident. Even if I get fouled, I know I am going to go to the free-throw line and make my free throws.” Ridley and the rest of Texas’ post presence will have their hands full this weekend against Bears center Isaiah
Austin. Austin, who played alongside Ridley at the 2012 McDonald’s All-American game, stands at 7-foot-1-inch and is one of the most athletic big men in the country. If they can limit Austin inside and slow down the pace of Baylor’s run-and-gun offensive attack, the Longhorns should be able pull off another upset. And, given their current third place standing and
proven ability to beat some of the Big 12’s top teams, a win would bolster their slim conference title hopes. “Right now, we have put ourselves in a position to control our own destiny,” junior forward Jonathan Holmes said. “We are taking it one game at a time, and we are playing a good Baylor team this Saturday, so that’s what our focus is on right now.”
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Longhorns seek redemption against Mountaineers By Rachel Wenzlaff @RachelWenzlaff
Come Saturday afternoon, the Longhorns will be out for double redemption, and they need to earn it. Texas suffered a devastating loss to TCU on Sunday, breaking a win streak against the Horned Frogs that dated back to Jan. 23, 1976. The Longhorns need a win against West Virginia on Saturday afternoon to prove they deserve to be recognized in the Big 12 and to get back to their well-established reputation of winning. In Texas’ last matchup with West Virginia a few weeks ago, the Longhorns held a tight lead for most of the game but couldn’t perform when it truly mattered and ended up losing the game. Head coach Karen Aston and her team knew West Virginia was a team they could have beaten, whether it was at home or away. It was, as
Aston said, “an extremely disappointing loss.” But Texas managed to bounce back to earn a solid win over Kansas — a win Aston described as “essential,” since it was at home. “We knew we should have had the West Virginia game,” sophomore Imani McGeeStafford said. “We were all driven to get back in the gym and practice and make sure we focused and corrected our problems.” The Longhorns fell to TCU, another team they could have easily beaten, just four days later. “We didn’t have the desire to win in the first half,” Aston said. “Some people need to get hungry again. You get in the situation where you’re getting a lot of minutes and you get comfortable.” Along with Texas’ need to play with a sense of unrest, it needs to get a hold of the ball and keep it. “One of our biggest problems with West Virginia is turnovers,”
Zachary Strain / Daily Texan File Photo
Head coach Karen Aston knows her team has the talent to compete with the best in the Big 12, but inconsistent play continues to keep them in the backgorund.
McGee-Stafford said. Indeed, 23 of West Virginia’s 56 points were made off turnovers. This time around, the circumstances are different. West Virginia is coming into the game on a four-game win
streak, while Texas is trying to shake off defeat. But Texas will have the home court advantage this time. “The West Virginia loss was a road game,” Aston said. “When they got the momentum, that made the difference.
WEEKEND PREVIEWS
MEN’S TENNIS MATT WARDEN
WOMEN’S TENNIS / CHRIS CARAVEO The Longhorns continue their 10-match home stand Saturday, when they face Auburn as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Texas is one of 15 schools that will host kick-off festivities. Since the kick-off ’s inception in 2009, the Penick-Allison Tennis Center has always been a host site. Despite the streak, this
weekend will be only the second time the Longhorns have played the event at home. The other occasion was last season, when they advanced for the first time. At each venue across the nation, four teams compete to earn a berth in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship. They follow a standard
dual-match elimination system with the victor moving on. Florida State and Rice are the other two schools that will play in Austin. The winners of Texas-Auburn and Florida State-Rice will meet Sunday to determine who will advance to the indoor championship.
Breaunna Addison Sophomore
TRACK AND FIELD / GRANT GORDON This Friday and Saturday, the Texas track and field program will travel to Albuquerque, N.M., to compete in the Cherry and Silver Collegiate Invitational. Coming off defeats in last week’s dual meet against Arkansas, the men’s and women’s teams look to rebound. Expectations are soaring in the first year of Texas’
new combined men’s and women’s track and field program led by head coach Mario Sategna. But the Longhorns may not be ready to unleash their best group of athletes. “We’ll send some of the team to New Mexico … but most won’t be in action for two weeks,”
Once they got hot late in the game, it really helped them in overtime.” The Longhorns are hoping that, if it comes down to the wire again, they will be able to feed off the fans’ energy to pull off the win.
Sategna said. Sategna is utilizing a common strategy in holding some competitors out of the meet. He knows that late-season events are more important than early competitions, and he’s making sure his best athletes have fresh legs when the season really starts to matter.
Mario Sategna Head Coach
After a shutout victory over Arkansas on Wednesday, the No. 20 Longhorns are in the driver’s seat to a dominant season. Texas (3-0) earned its third consecutive dual-match sweep against Arkansas, winning all six singles matches in straight sets. Head coach Michael Center alluded to the preparation the team did earlier this year being the key to success. “We like our team. We like the way we have trained this season,” Center said. “We played a complete match today. It was great to see Sudanwa Sitaram win and Clement Homs did a great job in his first career dual match. Today they proved that we can put different people in and have them contribute.” The Longhorns will take on Vanderbilt on Saturday to begin the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, which will be held in Nashville, Tenn.
TOP TWEET Dean Melchionni @UncleDream717
“I must have good taste if I’ve gotten 6 compliments on my lock screen. #smallwins”
SPORTS BRIEFLY Long sentence for Sean Taylor murderer
The man who prosecutors say fired the shot that killed Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor during a botched 2007 burglary was sentenced Thursday to more than 57 years in state prison. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy imposed the sentence on 23-year-old Eric Rivera — one of five Fort Myers-area men charged with Taylor’s death after they broke into his house looking to steal cash. One has pleaded guilty and three others are still awaiting trial. Rivera confessed to police on videotape that he shot Taylor after the NFL player confronted him at his bedroom door with a machete. In the confession, Rivera also said the group didn’t realize Taylor would be home with a knee injury instead of playing a Redskins game against Tampa Bay. “He lost his life defending and protecting his family,” Assistant State Attorney Reid Rubin said in a closing statement. “They kicked the door in and they shot him and killed him for no good reason.”
Cowboys sign kicker to seven-year deal
The Dallas Cowboys have signed kicker Dan Bailey to a new sevenyear contract through the 2020 season. Bailey, who originally signed with Dallas as an unrestricted free agent out of Oklahoma State after the 2011 draft, was set to be a restricted free agent. In three seasons with the Cowboys, Bailey has made 91 percent of his field goals (89 of 98) and all 123 extra-point attempts. He has also handled kickoffs. Bailey has already set a team record with his eight career game-winning field goals. His career-long field goal is 53 yards, which he did twice in one game. —Associated Press
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KUTX continues from page 8 Reilly emphasized that the split has given the station a lot more freedom. “If the president did a press conference, we’d have to stop and switch over,” Reilly said. “Not having to think about the news as much was really freeing.” While raising awareness for a new radio station was going to be a challenge, KUTX did well in its first year. Stewart Vanderwilt, general manager of KUT and KUTX, said the station drew more listeners than initially projected, but also admitted their expectations were probably too low since there was a lot of uncertainty at the time of the division. “It’s done about twice as well as we projected, but we didn’t know what to expect,” Vanderwilt said. Last year, the station held morning concerts at the Four Seasons and also sponsored larger concerts at Auditorium Shores. The event Reilly was most proud of was Map Jam, KUTX’s day-long traveling music festival that took place in East Austin and featured performances in unconventional locations — such as the back of a lumber mill. Reilly said the festival will be an annual event. KUTX’s autonomy gave the station the chance to host more studio performances in its office inside the Belo Center for New Media. Over the last year, it
had artists like Patti Smith, Robert Plant with Patty Griffin, Lyle Lovett and Ryan Bingham visit. Vanderwilt was enthusiastic about getting to focus more on these performances. “The amount of live music we have brings people together,” Vanderwilt said. “That was something that we strove for, but we didn’t know how substantial it would be.” Reilly said KUTX still faces challenges, such as local competition, streaming services, awareness and other stations doing similar things. Vanderwilt sees these challenges more as daily obstacles to overcome. “The challenges are to continuously keep it fresh and seek ways to make it relevant and interesting,” Vanderwilt said. “That’s what we wake up and try to do every day.” Going forward for the next year and beyond, KUTX’s main focus will be on its events and face-to-face interactions with listeners. Reilly explained there would also be a larger emphasis placed on working with up-and-coming local acts. The station also expects to grow its video content through YouTube clips of its in-studio performances. “It’s a big opportunity for us to share the music experience more broadly,” Vanderwilt said. “I think you’ll see a continued and refined focus on video.”
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Historic cathedral allows all-girl choir CANTERBURY, England — The pure, high voices of the choir soar toward the ceiling of Canterbury Cathedral as they have for more than 1,000 years. Just one thing is different — these young choristers in their cassocks are girls. On Saturday, their public debut at Evensong will end centuries of all-male tradition. The choristers attend local schools and were chosen at auditions in November. Despite their limited rehearsal time of only once a week, choir director David Newsholme said the girls are focused and enthusiastic about the psalms, anthems and responses . Dean of Canterbury Robert Willis said music has been sung in the cathedral since it was founded . Singing girls have their opponents, though, including one group called the
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continues from page 8 of the ways to read this language by carefully looking at and discussing works with the gallery educator who is leading the tour.” The guided tour is a part of the Blanton’s public dropin tour program, which offers different looks at the museum’s vast collection. For those new to the world of codes, the tour will discuss how and why symbols and codes were used in art throughout history. Many cultures dating back to the ancient world used symbols in paintings to convey messages. “Artists from the early Greeks to Tibet, Japan, Africa, South America and the West tell a story using
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Choristers Poppy Braddy, Chloe Chawner and Abby Cox sing in Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, as the first all-female choir at the cathedral rehearses prior to its debut Saturday.
Campaign for the Traditional Cathedral Choir, set up to “champion the ancient tradition of the all-male choir.” The girls’ choir will perform initially when the boys take a break each term, but
Willis said the girls will eventually play a bigger role. At a rehearsal Wednesday night, the choristers arrived in jeans or school uniforms, chatting and laughing as they changed into long
purple cassocks. They seemed all ready to go for their historic debut — except for the rubber toes of Converse sneakers peeking out from under their robes. —Associated Press
abstract objects or different objects to explain a concept,” said Laraine Lasdon, Blanton docent and guide for Sunday’s tour. “These symbols are attempts to codify complex issues like life, death, lust, age, youth, and to express ideas of religion, politics and human strength and frailty.” For the general public to understand the story of a painting, an artist centuries ago could have used an animal with a specific meaning, like a finch to represent passion. Wealthier families often hung paintings with certain messages to convey their fortunes to guests. Half-eaten bread and carelessly spilled grapes informed houseguests that a family could not only afford quality food, but food was also disposable. “Imagery is repeated
by artists,” gallery assistant Dave Culpepper said. “There are ways of identifying people and what they did by using allegories, such as half-eaten food.” Aside from discussing symbols as recognition, the Symbol and Allegory tour will challenge its guests to contemplate the mindset of culture and history as portrayed by the artist. “Science and astrology are also featured in a work by Guercino, aptly called ‘The Personification of Astrology,’” Lasdon said. “What was the role of science in the culture of the 16th century? Why is science depicted as a woman when women were not, in fact, permitted much study?” To cater toward more youthful audiences, the tour
also touches on modern and familiar symbols, such as Mickey Mouse. “During the 1940s, when artists were grappling with the aftermath of the Depression, how did they convey this story through art?” Lasdon said. “Mickey Mouse becomes a symbol of lost childhood — or, wait, could it be a symbol of the corporate world looking on as desperate people dance until death, trapped in a web of poverty and despair?” Symbol and Allegory will offer visitors a more advanced look into the museum’s pre-existing collection. “One can be a veritable Sherlock Holmes,” Lasdon said, “poring over clues to the culture, history, theology and mankind by stepping into the museum and taking one’s time to search.”
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‘Sprites’ teaches power of words By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
Words come to life in Ballet Austin’s and Pollyanna Theatre Company’s co-production of “Sprites.” The production incorporates acting and ballet to tell the story of a young girl, Wren, who, after falling victim to cyberbullying, discovers the power of words. These words take on a life of their own and are abstractly represented through the movements of Ballet Austin’s dancers. “The goal of Ballet Austin and [Pollyanna Theatre Company] has always been to create pieces that really merge the dance and the language and tell as much of the story and as much of the emotion through dance as it does dialogue,” said Judy Matetzschk-Campbell, artistic director for “Sprites.” Rather than spontaneously breaking into dance like in a traditional musical, choreographer Nicholas Kepley chose to incorporate ballet moves that flow and blend into the plot. “I have tried to make it feel youthful and contemporary, but, at the same time, I’ve wanted to honor and showcase the dancers’ strengths,” Kepley said. “These are ballet dancers, so they haven’t all necessarily had jazz before or modern. I wanted to draw from their strengths, but also push them in a little more contemporary direction.” Kepley said that choreographing for theater allows him to be more creative and is more of a challenge than choreographing a dance-only piece. “With contra dance, it’s a clean slate, and you can do whatever you want, but, with theater, there are definite characters and there are
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Dancer Abbey Smith and actress Chelsea Hockaday rehearse a scene from the production “Sprites” at the Long Center on Thursday afternoon. The piece merges dancing and acting to show the impact of words in bullying.
definite plot lines that have to be expressed,” Kepley said. For many, the added movement in “Sprites,” combined with theater’s dialogue, makes the plot more understandable. “Both art forms are very powerful storytellers,” Matetzschk-Campbell said. “Dance and movement, as well as traditional theater, bring a story to life, and some — children especially — really identify with those characters in a strong, different way
than if they were just hearing the words. Seeing the conflict and seeing the impact of the words brought to life in movement really speaks to them very strongly.” Since “Sprites” addresses childhood bullying, actress Julie Linnard, who plays the bully, drew character inspiration from the children she regularly works with outside of dance. She noticed the issue among many children, but one case stood out among the rest.
“I work with a particular boy who has learning disabilities that set him apart from everybody,” Linnard said. “And he takes things very hard; even if it’s just a simple frustration from someone, it blows his mind and the world ends.” For the dancers, character development was more difficult. Ballet dancers are trained to be more stoic than actors, so expressing emotion throughout the show was a new challenge for them.
“It’s really cool talking to some of the dancers that are in this production because they’re not used to things like this,” Linnard said. “In ballet, you don’t have to be so expressive facially. It’s all in your body, and the music just kind of guides your performance.” By combining the two mediums of art in “Sprites,” the dancers and actors have had the opportunity to observe each other and appreciate
their fellow performers in a way they would not have been able to otherwise. “For me, it has been fun to watch the dancers be inspired by the actors’ willingness to make silly choices and just kind of be goofy and do whatever it takes to tell the story,” Kepley said. “And then, it has been fun to watch the actors watch the dancers and sort of marvel at their technical ability and work ethic.”
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Blanton public tour demystifies symbolism behind museum’s art By Carmen Rising @DailyTexanArts
Some pieces of art are easy to understand, but others have secret symbols and meanings hidden within them. What might appear to be a simple portrait or setting could really contain codes and symbols — like animals or inanimate
objects — revealing the artist’s true intent. Much like Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code,” the Blanton Museum of Art’s Sunday tour, Symbol and Allegory: The Hidden Language of Art, guides visitors through some of the hidden commentary on history and humanity in European art. “Every object uses a form
of visual language to convey these meanings, be it through narrative, iconography and the choice of media, just to name a few possibilities,” said Iris Cahill, Blanton’s coordinator of docents and tours. “Visitors discover some
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Most first birthday parties involve a party at Chuck E. Cheese’s, but KUTX is celebrating a different way. Its anniversary benefit concert will take place Saturday night at Bass Concert Hall and will feature performances by Iron and Wine, Neko Case and Thao and the Get Down
Stay Down. KUT has been running continuously at UT since 1958, and has been a member of NPR since 1971. KUT used to focus on both news and music programming, but, early last year, it split into two separate stations: KUT for news and KUTX for music. In August 2012, UT approved KUT’s purchase of
KXBT 98.9 FM, and the station was renamed KUTX and launched in January 2013. The split from KUT gave the new music-oriented station time to play more music instead of news programming, and gave station administrators more time to focus on event planning. KUTX music director Matt
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