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Chancellor Cigarroa to resign By Madlin Mekelburg & Jordan Rudner @thedailytexan
UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, who has served in the position since 2009, will resign at a specially called press conference Monday. Cigarroa will stay in his current role until a replacement is found, after which he will become head of the pediatric transplant team at the UT-Health Science Center at San Antonio. In an email he sent to UT
System employees late Sunday evening, Cigarroa explained his decision to step down and said he was ready to take the new opportunity, which was initially offered to him in late 2013. “When I began my journey as chancellor of the University of Texas System in February 2009, I knew the day would come when I would return to transplant surgery,” Cigarroa said in the email. “The time has come for me to return to my lifelong love and passion — saving lives one individual at a time.”
Cigarroa said he felt proud of the goals the System has achieved during his tenure as chancellor over the course of the last four years. “[The position] presents an opportunity for me to do what I trained so many years to do, and I view it as an important calling at an ideal time,” he said. “Thanks to your extraordinary work, many of the U. T. System goals we developed together are now in the implementation stage and in excellent hands. I can leave the U. T. System Administration with
the highest degree of confidence, knowing that together we have successfully achieved what we set out to do.” Cigarroa has been a key figure in ongoing tensions between President William Powers Jr. and members of the regents over the course of the last several years. At the board’s December meeting, where the board discussed Powers’ employment, Cigarroa recommended Powers remain president but also issued a strong warning to Powers to “improve relationships” with the
UT System. Cigarroa said Powers had made public statements misrepresenting the relationship between the University and the System even in times when there was no conflict. “The main reason for the strain is that [Powers] and I would agree on certain principles, and then I would act on those principles, but then [Powers] would often convey a message of misalignment,” Cigarroa said at the meeting.
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Alumnus raises money for Junior By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler
UT alumnus Benjamin McPhaul has raised approximately $30,000 since 9 a.m. Friday through an online campaign for Ishmael Mohammed Jr., better known as “The Wendy’s Guy” or Junior, to help him find permanent living conditions and employment. Mohammed, who is currently homeless, worked at Wendy’s at The Texas Union for more than 13 years until he left the company in 2012. In 2005, Mohammed broke the world record for most sales at a fast-food restaurant in 30 minutes, making 246 sales, totaling $1,035.43, for the Wendy’s in The Texas Union in the 30 minute time span between 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. Mohammed said, if the online campaign is successful, he will use the money to ensure
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Ishmael Mohammed Jr., also known as “The Wendy’s Guy,” has been homeless for the past two years after working at The Texas Union for more than 13 years. UT alumnus Benjamin McPhual started an account on gofundme.com to raise money for Mohammed.
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Protesters rally against UT-Accenture relationship By Nicole Bueno & Madlin Mekelburg @thedailytexan
Several hundred students, faculty and community members marched across campus in protest of the University’s Shared Services Plan, despite campus being closed for “winter weather” Friday. The Shared Services Plan is a list of recommendations intended to save money by centralizing the University’s finance, human resources, procurement and information technology services. University officials predict that 500 jobs will be eliminated — primarily through natural attrition and retirement, according to officials — as a result of this centralization. The UT Save Our Community Coalition, a collection of student groups on campus including United Students Against Sweatshops, partnered with the Texas State Employees Union, the University Leadership Initiative and several other organizations to voice their concerns about UT’s partnership with management-consulting company Accenture for the implementation of the Shared Services Plan. In 2006, the state outsourced the call centers for the state’s food stamps and Medicaid programs to Accenture in an effort to save money. The state terminated the contract in 2007 after issues with technical operations led to problems with benefit distribution. Anne Lewis, senior radio-
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FILM
Students collaborate for film thesis with identical puppets
Texas forward Connor Lammert (21) and Kansas State guard/ forward Wesley Iwundu (25) battle for the ball Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. No. 15 Texas fell 74-57 to the Wildcats after a shaky first half.
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By Lauren L’Amie @lamelamie
For the past few weeks, two faceless hand puppets have been scattered around radio-television-film senior Andy Young’s home. “They are currently in my living room sitting on my couch,” Young said. “It’s the scariest thing.” Young is the writer and director of a short film for his undergraduate thesis film production class. The short, titled “Keith and Heath,” is the story of identical twin brothers whose relationship is threatened
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Radio-television-film senior, Andy Young, right, is the writer and director of “Keith and Heath,” a puppet-comedy musical.
when they fall for the same girl. Young describes it as a “Sesame Street” version of reality. In collaboration with fellow radio-television-film students Jon Cozart, voice actor, and Rachael Teague, producer, Young is planning to begin official production soon with support from project backers and the film community. “When I first wrote ‘Keith
and Heath,’ they actually weren’t puppets,” Young said. “I was running auditions for ‘The Crime of the Century,’ and the first actor who came in was named Keith, and the next one was named Heath. So that was it. I spent the whole night giggling and writing this script. And I always wanted to make a film about identical
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K-State coerces 18 turnovers, snaps Texas’ seven-game streak By Stefan Scrafield After spending the past few weeks hunting down top-25 opponents, the Longhorns fell prey Saturday, subjects of a fullon attack from the Wildcats. The fierce Kansas State defense and a raucous Manhattan, Kan., crowd intimidated Texas’ inexperienced lineup, forcing 18 turnovers en route to a 74–57 win.
“I do not want to take anything away from Kansas State, but some of the turnovers we had were ridiculous,” Texas head coach Rick Barnes said. “I was baffled with some of the things we did. The turnovers were huge. They had 26 points off of turnovers.“ Wildcat freshman guard Marcus Foster was the star of the afternoon, converting 13 of his 16 field goal attempts for a career-high 34 points. His
scoring performance was the best by a Kansas State player since Michael Beasley, a former second overall selection in the NBA Draft, wore the royal purple six years ago. “It was just one of those days where you talk about being on a magic level,” Foster said. “Today, I was just on a magic level.” Foster’s biggest impact
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