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Two executive alliances kicked off campaigns for Student Government president and vice president Wednesday. Kornel “Kori” Rady, a government and corporate communications senior, is running for president alongside vice presidential candidate Taylor Strickland, a corporate communications senior. Government senior Kenton Wilson
is running for president with Caroline Carter, a marketing and international relations and global studies senior. The filing deadline was noon Tuesday. Fifty-eight undergraduate students signed up to run for various SG positions, including University-wide representatives and college representatives. Two graduate students ran for Graduate Student Assembly president and vice president positions. Rady, who is currently the
external financial director on the SG executive board, said he felt his experience in SG would help him effectively run for student body president. “Being on the executive board in Student Government really helps with creating all kinds of initiatives,” Rady said. “Having this experience with individuals, who are obviously in a position I’m hoping to be in next year, gives me an edge I’m hoping a lot of people who aren’t
necessarily involved on the executive side of SG have.” Rady said he will run with Strickland on the platform of student life, spirit, safety and transportation, academics and civic issues. These points include extending hours in buildings closer to West Campus, expanding the URide program to all neighborhoods and working closer with Senate of College Councils and Graduate Student Assembly.
“The general goal is to make sure we reach as many people as possible with this campaign,” Rady said. Wilson, chair of the assembly this year, said his campaign would be on five main points with a strong focus on maintaining bus routes, diversity training and a student activity center in the Riverside area. Wilson said he believes his
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Website analyzes West Campus crime By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou
Though the neighborhoods surrounding the UT campus are statistically safer than other areas of the city, certain private apartment complexes are more dangerous than others. In the last seven years, residents of five apartment complexes in West Campus reported a combined total of 1,114 crimes, ranging from vehicle burglaries and assault to alcoholrelated offenses, according to “krimelabb,” a police report aggregation site that draws data from the Austin Police Department. In the West Campus neighborhood, which stretches from Guadalupe to Lamar Street and from 38th Street to MLK, the 26 West apartment complex had the highest crime rate,
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with a total of 346 crimes reported over the course of the last seven years. The Castilian student housing complex on Guadalupe, had the
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second-highest crime rate in the area. Both properties have been owned by American Campus Communities since 2012.
Gina Cowart, vice president of investor relations and corporate marketing for American Campus Communities, said the
company has taken major steps to improve the safety of the properties since
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UTPD reported a credit card theft at Gregory Gym on Sunday, the second credit card theft report at the gym within a two-week period. According to the report, the theft occurred between 9:50 a.m. Friday and 6:10 p.m. Sunday. Officer William Pieper said the victim reported there has been one fraudulent charge made to the card since being stolen. On Jan. 30, UTPD arrested a student outside Gregory Gym for credit card or debit card abuse after reviewing security camera footage and records from a card proximity reader. Pieper said the same methods could be used to investigate Sunday’s theft. “It’s up to the detective who was assigned that case, and they have a variety of different techniques they can use,” Pieper said. Surveillance cameras can be used to identify suspects, and card proximity readers keep records of swipeins, which can tell officers who was in the gym at any given time. The department can also use subpoenas to locate suspects. “If it’s a credit card or debit card that’s used to make a purchase, sometimes they’ll have it delivered some place
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R.I. governor denounces partisanship By Leila Ruiz @leilakristi
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Classical archaeology senior Trevor Davis digs into some pizza with his group members at Austin Pizza on Monday night.
Popularity of pizza bests health concerns By Justin Atkinson @jusatk
America is a pizza-hungry nation, and UT is no exception. University dining venues sold a combined total of 257,392 slices of pizza last semester alone — 6.5 slices for each of the University’s approximately 40,000 undergraduate students. In a study released Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported 13 percent of the U.S. population consumes pizza on any given day — with young people representing the bulk of the consumers.
Arabic sophomore Maggie Rake said she thinks pizza has a major presence on college campuses because it’s inexpensive and easy to share. “I probably eat pizza two or three times a week — maybe four if I have a club meeting, since it’s such a common food for groups,” Rake said. “Pizza is a social food.” Rake said, in her mind, pizza is exempt from the nutritional worries that plague many college students. “I just eat pizza to feel happy.
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Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said during a speech at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Tuesday that the recently increased levels of partisanship in American politics have prevented politicians from leading effectively. According to Chafee, he lost re-election as a Republican senator in 2006, despite high approval ratings, because Rhode Islanders wanted a Democratic majority in the Senate. Chafee said the increased polarization is partly due to members of Congress spending far less time together than in past years because of the ease of transportation today. “[Former South Carolina Senator] Strom Thurmond used to say, when jet travel came in, the Senate changed because everybody would go back to their districts,” Chafee said. “But that’s the reality, you want to be seen in your home district.” Chafee said politicians should value their integrity as representatives of the people more than gathering
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In his speech, “Civility for a Great Society,” at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Tuesday afternoon, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee spoke about how he views the recently increased levels of partisanship in American politics.
votes for the next election. “My colleagues in the Senate value their membership in the Senate — that exclusive club membership — more than what’s best for our country,” Chafee said. Robert Hutchings, the dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs, said the best way to combat polarization is to fix things one at a time. He
called to those dissatisfied with politics to take it upon themselves to work toward a solution by getting involved. “Not everything is broken in government,” Hutchings said. “We’re in a bad period now, and there’s a lot of cynicism right now, but the best way to fight cynicism is to enter the arena … don’t complain, go out [and]
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make a difference.” Pete Phillips, an Austin resident and ex-marine who attended the talk, said he believes a major problem to overcome is politicians whose only motivation is to stay in office, as opposed to working together toward a common goal. Phillips said
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and then we can get a subpoena for that P.O. box or that address to find out who lives there,” Pieper said. Pieper said theft out of the gym is a common occurrence because of students’ tendency to leave items unsecured in lockers. “Theft at Gregory Gym is very common, not just of credit or debit cards, but cash, iPods and clothing,” Pieper said. “There are a variety of different things that students come with and leave unsecured in their lockers or on the basketball courts.” UTPD will continue to focus on public education as a means of crime prevention, according to Pieper. “As far as prevention is concerned, we always look at public information programs like the campus watch, media stories and things of that nature,” Pieper said.
taking ownership. “We’ve got a very active management program at the community, so I don’t believe that crime has really been an issue for us since we’ve owned 26 West,” Cowart said. “We work with the local community to make sure everybody is aware of their surroundings, we send out safety notices and we communicate a lot about resident safety.” Mollie Mallin, Castillian resident and undeclared sophomore, said her main security concerns are the building’s stairwells and surroundings. “Sometimes, I worry there’s not a lot of security,” Mallin said. “People sometimes hang out in the stairways, and that’s
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kind of worrisome, and the homeless people are always right there. But, overall, I feel pretty safe.” Development company Greystar manages The Villas on Guadalupe and Rio West Apartments, which had the third- and fifth-highest crime rates, respectively. Campus Living Villages’ Dobie Center, also located on Guadalupe, had the fourth-highest crime rate. Campus Living Villages and Dobie managers could not be reached for comment. Psychology sophomore Ashley Kuvet, a Dobie resident, said she thinks the high-rise building makes her feel safer. “I think that since it’s a high-rise, it’s harder for people to break in from the ground, but I’ve never had to think about it,” Kuvet said.
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he believes politicians too CAM often allow the wills of special interest groups to sway their votes rather than focusing on the best interests of their constituents. “The problem with American politics is that we’re too polarized today, and there just needs to be common sense brought back,” Phillips said. Chafee said polarization is harming President Lyndon Johnson’s legacy of using government to create helpful social programs. “I think President Johnson would be dismayed at some of the attacks on the beneficial social programs that helped grow the middle class, particularly in education,” Chafee said.
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Vincent Warren, the attorney and executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, deliberates at the Townes Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
Lawyer discusses New York City’s ‘stop-and-frisk’ reforms, lawsuit By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
In a talk hosted by the School of Law Tuesday, attorney Vincent Warren spoke about leading a “stopand-frisk” case, and the need to reform laws that allow racial profiling. Warren — the attorney and executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, an organization focused on advancing and defending civil rights — represented the plaintiffs in Floyd v. US City of New York, a 2013 court case involving New York City’s “stop-and-frisk” law. The law, which is currently under reform, allows police officers to stop and search people on the city’s streets in an effort to prevent crime esent, and other violent behaviors. The Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, prer thanvents officers from searching someone without a probable e vis-cause, but Warren said police s areawere abusing the law and disas theproportionately searching mitmentnority groups, which led him of anto suspect racial profiling. dnap- “From looking at police withinlogs, we found that Africanher onAmericans and Latinos were stopped 87 percent of the time, but they only make up 23 percent of the New York City population,” Warren said.
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According to Warren, litigants found evidence that specifically showed police used racial profiling to stop people. “[Police captains] would tell the officers, ‘You gotta stop the right people,’” Warren said. “There was an order [from the precinct captain] to stop every black kid they saw with a backpack coming out of the train station at 3:00 in the afternoon.” Helen Gaebler, senior research attorney at the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, said she found the effects of the stop-and-frisk law on New York interesting. “There was an increase in clients picked up for trespassing,” Gaebler said. “The police could stop you for almost anything: for being in a high-crime neighborhood or just [by] fitting a certain description.” Warren said the stop-andfrisk law was designed to stop crime before it started, but it often made police jump to conclusions based on race, sometimes leading to disastrous results. “In 1999, there was a black kid named Amadou Diallo who was stopped by the NYPD,” Warren said. “According to the police log, he made ‘furtive movements,’ so they thought he had a gun. He got shot 41 times just
because he was pulling out his wallet for [his] ID.” Warren went to court against the NYPD to try and resolve the issue, and although the case went back to appeals court several times, he eventually succeeded in proving the NYPD was unconstitutionally stopping and frisking people. The NYPD expects to reform its stop-and-frisk practices within three years. “It is an epic fail when you’re [frisking] people at a larger percent than they occur in the population, when you’re policing neighborhoods using racialized stereotypes and assumptions, and [when you’re] not getting the job done,” Warren said. According to Warren, one important aspect of the Floyd case was how it helped promote social justice. “Usually, a court case by itself is not enough to actually change people’s behavior,” Warren said. “But, with this case, the genesis came from wanting to evoke social change.” Law student Kallie DaleRamos said she thought the case was important for its ability to make reforms. “I’m interested in publicinterest cases, so I thought it was neat how the case actually had an impact on public policy,” Dale-Ramos said.
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Alumnus details US budget deals By Wynne Davis @wynneellynn
UT alumnus David Berteau spoke Tuesday about the current debt ceiling and budget issues Congress is working through, citing it as an example of the complicated nature of managing the nation’s finances. Berteau, senior vice president and director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C., said the president gives his initial budget but only starts with the total amount and later discloses the specific breakdown. This budget is followed by the House budget and the Senate budget. After deliberations among the three parties, the final allocation budget is created. According to Berteau, the process of creating and passing a final budget often involves an extended timeline. The yearly budget is supposed to be due from the president by the second Tuesday in February, but
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continues from page 1 I don’t care about the nutrition,” Rake said. “Sometimes I get a veggie pizza to feel better about myself, but my main concern is just convenience.” The Division of Housing and Food Service offers whole-grain pizza crust options in the Kinsolving and J2 dining halls for students who want to make healthier substitutions, according to Lindsay Wilson, the division’s registered dietician. Wilson, who provides guidance on the recipes oncampus eating facilities use, said she understands college
delays often happen. “Technically, it was due today, but the president has chosen to delay the budget,” Berteau said. “He didn’t know the starting point of that budget from [the] fiscal year 2014 for the 2015 budget.” The decision to raise the debt ceiling, which was passed by the House on Tuesday, presents its own challenges. “The debt ceiling was a different problem, and, by this point, the president had come so close to default that there’s a little bit more trepidation,” Berteau said. “There’s a lot fewer people on the Republican side thinking that bankruptcy’s such a bad thing. Of course, the fact that the global market kind of relies on it [makes it] non-trivial.” Berteau’s talk was part of the LBJ School of Public Affair’s GPS International Speakers Colloquium Series. Public affairs graduate student Ashley Haustein said Berteau’s time working in D.C. and his
specific knowledge of recent events gave a more experienced perspective to the discussion of America’s financial state. “My prime motivation was the shutdown in the fall,” Haustein said. “I wanted to know more about where we are on the shutdown … and get an insider input. I’m just really glad he had the opportunity to come down. It’s really nice when alumni in the policy world come back … It makes our education seem more insightful and practical.” Haustein said she enjoyed Berteau’s level of interactivity during the lecture. Public affairs associate professor Eugene Gholz said people benefited from Berteau dedicating time to mapping out all the concepts he referenced during his speech. “[There were] lots of great details about really big budget challenges facing the U.S.,” Gholz said. “It was short term specifics, but in broader contexts, so it was useful.”
students’ fixation on pizza but hopes they will consider ways to make pizza healthier. “Pizza’s never going to be the healthiest option available, but there are so many alterations possible when making it to make it better for you,” Wilson said. “For example, opting with a wholegrain crust means you’re not getting as much of the dough, carbs and empty calories.” Last semester, J2 and Kinsolving served a combined total of 144 gluten-free pizzas, and 4,545 whole-grain pizzas. Wilson said she has no doubt pizza will continue to be a staple in on-campus dining locations, even if there are
some nutritional changes. “Pizza is something I’m sure we’ll probably always have on the menu and will always be popular with students,” Wilson said. “But, from my standpoint, we should try to get a couple more healthy options in regards to it.” Undeclared freshman Victoria Grefer said pizza has been a steady presence in her life over the course of her transition to college. “It’s just a common food item,” Grefer said. “I usually don’t think about it when I order [pizza]. I think we all grow up eating it without a second thought.”
Computer science senior Michael Goldstein spoke Tuesday night about the digital currency Bitcoin — created by the pseudonymous company Satoshi Nakamoto five years ago. Whether Satoshi Nakamoto is one person or a group of people remains unclear. The anonymity of Satoshi Nakamoto allows Bitcoin to be free from outside influence, making any fluctuations of the value dependent solely upon the market. Goldstein, who also serves as a consultant to companies interested in incorporating Bitcoin, believes the currency could be useful outside of its current application. “I believe it is highly undervalued,” Goldstein said. “I think it offers a lot more than what we’re using it for now.” In contrast to credit cards, when an individual makes a purchase over the internet with Bitcoins, all that is transacted are the Bitcoins. This takes out all the personal information that would otherwise be shared between the two transaction parties if a credit card were used for the purchase. Alan Rochard, finance sophomore and a colleague of Goldstein’s, said the lack of personal information
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continues from page 1 involvement in over ten organizations — including SG, Texas Cowboys and the Tejas Club — sets him apart from his opponent. “I have a wide variety of experience from all around campus, and I really want to bring that experience to Student Government to reach out and better this campus,” Wilson said. This year, to avoid campaign impersonation, the candidates will be required
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Michael Goldstein, computer science major and president of Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, gives a presentation on Bitcoins.
associated with Bitcoin use makes online shopping safer. “With Bitcoin, you can easily send money to Amazon or whatever without them having to hold your information [and] without you having to trust them with your information,” Rochard said. Bitcoin eliminates all third parties in regards to acquiring and storing money. “With Bitcoin, you are your own bank,” Goldstein said. Operating on a peer-to-peer network, transactions made using Bitcoins come at no cost to either the buyer or merchant. This is achieved using Public-Key Cryptography, a type of encryption software used by credit card companies and bank account security systems. The software
also allows transactions to be made more securely. Bitcoins are also currently free of governmental jurisdiction and regulation. Lefteri Christodulelis, government senior, believes that the independence of the currency was paramount to Satoshi Nakamoto. “The goal is [Satoshi Nakamoto] wanted to create a currency that’s of the people, [and] that’s not of the state intermediary.” The worth of each individual Bitcoin is dictated by the holders and accepters of the currency. According to Rochard, Bitcoin operates in a way that follows the trend to conduct transactions online. “It’s currency for the digital age,” Rochard said.
to disclose an up-to-date list of their workers. In a Daily Texan article, Philip Wiseman, chief justice for the SG Judicial Court, said workers are now defined as people who directly collaborate with those who are running. Rady, whose campaign staff consists of roughly 50 to 60 members, said the new change was a hassle but a necessary part of running an honest campaign. “It’s a little frustrating, but it does make a lot of sense and we can survive,” Rady said. Wilson said the require-
ment to disclose campaign workers was a much-needed addition to the election code. “I think it’s a long-needed change and puts everyone on a level playing field,” Wilson said. According to Wilson, his central campaign staff consists of more than 100 members. Student body president Horacio Villarreal said he hopes it will be a fair race. “I hope nobody is disqualified,” Villarreal said. “I hope it’s a clean race, and I hope students can pick who they actually want in these positions.”
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Cutting algebra II hurts Texas students long-term In an ongoing effort to reshape high school curriculum in Texas, the State Board of Education has voted to eliminate algebra II as a graduation requirement starting next year. Instead, Texas high schools will offer algebra II along with two alternative courses: statistics and algebraic reasoning. These two courses will be designed and implemented at the district level, with help from the Texas Education Agency. The restructuring comes as a result of new specialized diploma paths in areas such as science and technology or business, according to the Texas Tribune. The paths will determine which math course each individual student needs to graduate. The Austin American-Statesman reported that these new requirements will replace the “4x4 graduation” plan, which the state set in place only five years ago. That plan required students to take
The new alternatives also assume that high school students choosing a diploma path outside of science and technology will never need the skills taught in algebra II and will never change their mind about their prospective career paths in the future.
courses in English, science, history and math during each of their four years of high school. The new graduation requirements open the door for students to have a greater say in the courses they take in high school and are meant to better prepare them for certain career paths before they have even applied for college. The plan, however, is lacking key components necessary for a successful launch. Algebra II is just one example of how the effort to revamp the system overlooks real long-term benefits for students. As a requirement, algebra II held students to a certain standard of problem solving and foundational math skills that would be expected in more advanced courses, including calculus. Algebra II may not have been the perfect course, but it was one that all Texas students entering college had under their belt. Those skills were taught across the board and up to the state’s standards, although between districts and among teachers there was bound to be variation in the course material. Now, with the increased variety of equivalent courses, students entering college in Texas will likely struggle to keep up. The new alternatives also assume that high school students choosing a diploma path outside of science and technology will never need the skills taught in algebra II and will never change their mind about their prospective career paths in the future. “Algebra II, which establishes the foundation for quantitative reasoning, is increasingly necessary for most career choices today,” said mathematics professor William Beckner.
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“Students would have to make up the material from algebra II before they took even the most introductory class in mathematics at any university or college of recognized quality. Not only math, but they wouldn’t be able to take intro classes in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, physics and statistics — or be admitted to programs in business or engineering.” Beckner said that high school courses should be focused on giving students insight into how mathematics is used across disciplines, instead of dismissing its use in those fields that are not directly centered on math skills. But does that mean algebra II is the only appropriate course to prepare students for college-level math courses? Curriculum and instruction professor Walter Stroup thinks other courses can likely stand in for algebra II as long as the rigor is preserved and the skills it imparts are not sacrificed. Stroup that said the course itself serves mainly as a precursor to calculus and that other, broader math courses may better prepare students for college statistical courses offered throughout UT. We agree that other courses specially designed for non-math students will likely prepare them adequately, but we still must raise our concern at the lack of central oversight of the courses’ syllabi. By allowing school districts to write their own syllabi, the Board of Education has made it more difficult to analyze student success, according to education consultant Cynthia Schneider, who works with Texas school districts. The set of standards used now will not
Regardless of whether students plan to pursue a career in math or science, the skills taught in a course like algebra II will serve them well into their careers and shouldn’t be discounted as mere high-school drudgery. That goes for everyone involved: students, teachers, administrators and board members alike. be applicable across the board and the experimental curriculum will confound meaningful inter-district comparisons. Regardless of whether students plan to pursue a career in math or science, the skills taught in a course like algebra II will serve them well into their careers and shouldn’t be discounted as mere high-school drudgery. That goes for everyone involved: students, teachers, administrators and board members alike. The state should be focusing on what mathematics skills students can learn to apply outside of the classroom as well as incorporating them into a new set of standards for our math courses — for all students. When we can turn those needs into a course and those courses into a degree plan the state will be on the right track and so will its students.
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Late last month, researchers at UT’s Bureau of Economic Geology published a study about the source and fate of water used in the hydraulic fracking industry of the Barnett Shale in Texas as a case study. The study found that 92 percent of the total water used in hydraulic fracking in that area was abstracted from surface water or groundwater — most of which comes from the Trinity Aquifer, one of the most depleted aquifers in the state. According to an article last Tuesday in the Texas Observer, the correlation between gas production and water use in the fracking industry is almost perfect, yet this industry does not seem at all concerned with the implications this water use will have for the drought in Texas. Horns down to the irresponsibility of these fracking companies, whose potential to bring economic growth to Texas is undermined by their lack of environmental consciousness.
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Around campus, cyclists and cars should follow regulations By Amanda Almeda Daily Texan Columnist @Amanda_Almeda
Last week, while riding my bike through West Campus, a police officer called me and several other cyclists over for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. Honestly, I was a bit surprised. In the two years I’ve been riding my bike around campus, this is the first time I’ve ever been stopped. From personal observation, my bad habit — even if I think I’m reasonably safe for at least slowing down at intersections — seems to be the norm around campus. UT and its populated perimeter are crowded with people trying to get where they need to go, and there is a lot of frustration between people with different modes of transportation. With so much congestion, it’s tempting to disregard others for a spot on the road. Road etiquette is a safety issue, a legal matter and a way to really make or break a person’s day. Here’s an argument for awareness and respect between all mobile parties: cyclists, pedestrians and drivers alike. In terms of safety, according to a 2011 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, bicycle-related crashes account for 2 percent of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities and 2 percent of crash-related injuries. These numbers may seem small, but they are concerning because they are also increasing at a steady rate.
While headphones may cancel out noise, they do not cancel out the awkward pre-collision dance between bikes and pedestrians.
The number of cyclists killed in 2011 was 9 percent higher than the number in 2010. Furthermore, 59 percent of these fatalities did not occur at intersections. We can’t rely on one side to prevent traffic accidents from happening. Drivers and cyclists alike need to be more conscious of their surroundings overall — especially with the growing number of bicyclists on campus due to factors like the new bike sharing program on the Drag and the increasing number of bike lanes. Road etiquette, of course, is also a legal matter. Although there is no new official initiative within Austin Police Department to target cyclists more heavily than in the past for traffic violations, according to data from the City of Austin Municipal Court, APD issued 180 more non-motor vehicle-related citations in 2013 than in 2012. APD will continue to patrol areas such as West Campus randomly, and it’s best to avoid the large fines, which can be as much as $200. Respect the law, and, if you do get called over, respect your officers. While I am uncertain about all the reasons why I got away with a warning, I’m sure it helped that I was polite and apologetic when the officer was taking down my information. As for the other cyclist who was stopped with me last week, I suspect that the officer, who had to ask him to remove his headphones while they were speaking, was less sympathetic. Here is a proposal: Let us all be better people by opening our eyes and ears to what is around us. Let us obey the law and be polite to the officers who enforce it. Let us not zoom our bikes through intersections when there is a car there first. Let us not honk at cyclists going up a hill. Let us not use the crosswalk on 22nd and Guadalupe during a green light. While headphones may cancel out noise, they do not cancel out the awkward pre-collision dance between bikes and pedestrians. And, while we may not wholeheartedly believe in what Austin Cycling Association calls “burning those extra calories” by pedaling after you have brought your bike to a full stop, I am sure we all can agree with their recommendation to live a life in which we get flipped off less. Almeda is a marketing senior from Seattle.
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HORNS DOWN: TEXAS STUDENTS NOT LIKELY TO FINISH COLLEGE According to data analyzed by two state agencies and presented to the Texas Tribune on Tuesday, eighth-graders in Texas have only a 20 percent chance of completing any sort of college degree within six years of high school graduation. The numbers are even worse for black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students. This disturbing information signals a serious problem for what is often called Texas’ “education pipeline,” in which a vast majority of students are simply not continuing their education beyond high school. As Texas Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes told the Tribune, “If your final number is 19 out of 100 students receiving some form of post-secondary credential, you know there’s an awful lot of leakage in the pipeline.” But, while it is certainly bad news that so many Texans don’t ever receive college degrees, we must be careful in how we move forward to address the problem. The data are far from perfect, since the study overlooked students who pursued alternative, yet productive, post-secondary plans — such as professional internships and military service — and we shouldn’t assume that a college degree is the only measure of success. Nevertheless, 20 percent is shockingly low, and we should be disappointed in our public schools for not preparing Texans for college.
The numbers are even worse for black, hispanic and economically-disadvantaged students. This disturbing information signals a serious problem for what is often called Texas’ “education pipeline,” in that a vast majority of students are simply not continuing their education beyond high school.
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It didn’t matter if he pulled up in transition, off the pass on the wing or spotted up in the corner, the results were all the same for Javan Felix. No matter where they came from, the shots fell. The stout Louisiana native converted six of his eight 3-point attempts en route to a 27-point showing Tuesday night, leading Texas to an 8768 victory at the Frank Erwin Center over Oklahoma State. “I know I can make those shots,” Felix said. “It was just a matter of me taking them. I took my open looks tonight, within the flow of the offense, and it paid off.” Felix’s shooting performance was highlighted by a stretch midway through the first half when he scored eight points on three-consecutive possessions for the Longhorns. The sophomore guard also opened the second half with back-to-back triples to balloon the Texas lead to 27 and eliminate any possibility of a second-half Cowboy comeback. Sophomore forward Connor Lammert contributed from the land beyond as well, hitting a few 3-pointers of his own. Lammert got the start in place of junior forward Jonathan Holmes, who was out with a right knee injury, and took advantage of the extra minutes. The San Antonio product had nine boards to go with his nine points. “[Lammert] showed a lot of guts tonight,” Texas head coach Rick Barnes said. “His
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Texas sophomore guard Javan Felix shoots against Oklahoma State on Tuesday evening. Felix led the team with 27 points, including 6-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. The 27 points represents Felix’s second-highest scoring output of the year.
ankle was swollen up after rolling it in practice yesterday. The last thing I said to him before the game was that he better shoot it every time he’s open, and he did that tonight.” The most exciting moment of the game came early in the second frame as freshman point guard Isaiah Taylor pushed the floor in transition and lobbed an alley-oop pass to fellow freshman Martez Walker, who finished it off with a two-handed slam. The hijinks brought the crowd to its feet as Taylor flashed a
quick smile before heading back on defense. “Against Kansas State last game, we were just stagnant,” Walker said. “Tonight, we came out ready, played with intensity and got the results.” The demoralizing defeats continue to mount for Oklahoma State, who has now lost five straight and six of its last seven games. Combine those struggles with the absence of sophomore superstar Marcus Smart, who will miss the next two games as part of his suspension for pushing a Texas Tech fan, and it’s obvious
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Against Kansas State last game, we were just stagnant. Tonight, we came out ready, played with intensity and got the results. —Martez Walker, freshman guard
that the Cowboys aren’t in a good place right now. As for Texas, the big win was much needed as they head into a tough three-game stretch with Holmes’ status still up in the air. The Longhorns welcome a sizzling-hot West Virginia team this Saturday before hitting the road for a couple contests against
Top 25 opponents Iowa St. and Kansas next week. “I think Holmes will play, but we aren’t going to do anything until the doctors clear him,” Barnes said. “The game against West Virginia will be a physical game. We’ll have to play against their 1-3-1 zone defense and they’re shooting it very well.”
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Senior shortstop Taylor Thom and the Longhorns will face UTSA in Austin on Wednesday. Texas has beaten the Roadrunners in the two team’s last four contests.
UTSA poses challenge for Horns By Scarlett R. Smith @ScarlettRSmith1
The 10th-ranked Longhorns will play their home opener Wednesday when they host the San Antonio Roadrunners, who will take on a high-powered Texas offense led by senior AllAmerican Taylor Thom. Texas junior pitcher Gabby Smith will likely get the start, trying to pick up her third win in as many games and improve the Longhorns to 5-2 on the season. For UTSA freshman and Austin native Nicole Merrill, Wednesday’s game will be a homecoming of sorts. A star player at Cedar Ridge High School, Merrill led her team to a playoff berth her senior season and was named to the Austin area’s annual all-star game. Merrill got the start when the Roadrunners took on Lamar in their second game this season, allowing two runs on four hits through five innings. Merrill played for the
Texas Blaze select team alongside current Texas freshman Stephanie Wong. Known for her control and ball movement, Merrill throws upwards of 60 mph and uses a wicked change-up to keep hitters off balance. Four days after picking up her 700th career win, Texas head coach Connie Clark looks for her team to continue their string of opening day successes, having won every home opener in the last six years. Historically, the matchup has been lopsided, with Texas getting the better of UTSA. The previous four times these two teams have faced each other, Texas won each time by a combined score of 28-3. The two teams met in 2010 and again in 2011, in which the Longhorns won 3-2 and 2-1 respectively. Most recently in 2012, the then 18th-ranked Longhorns routed the Roadrunners in a 15-0 victory, featuring 19 hits. Catcher Mandy Ogle is 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs.
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Over the past four seasons, the Longhorns have combined for a 122-22 record at home, and are coming off a season with a .836 winning percentage and a top-four finish at the College World Series. Expect Texas to come out swinging after a strong offensive showing to start the season. The team has scored 37 runs while surrendering 25 through the first six games. Pitching remains an uncertainty with Texas, however. With an inexperienced staff headlined by junior Gabby Smith, Texas pitchers can expect to see a lot of action this season as the coaching staff tries to establish a reliable rotation before conference play begins.
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Sophomore guard Empress Davenport has left her nerves behind. She’s grown into her position on the court, not just adjusting to but also excelling at her role. “I think, since we clocked so many minutes last year, we know what to expect,” Davenport said of her sophomore class. “Now we need to hand it down to the freshmen. … The sky is the limit.” Lately, Davenport has played up to her talents. She’s reached double figures in each of the last two games, including a careerand team-high 15 points off 7-for-9 shooting against the Red Raiders. After Sunday’s 71-64 upset of Iowa State, head coach Karen Aston said Davenport helped “not only hit big shots,” but she also brought “a real life from an emotional standpoint.” “I thought [Davenport] was a difference for us on [Iowa State guard] Jadda Buckley, who really hurt us in the first half,” Aston said. “We had to go with a lineup that was smaller and a little bit better defensively — so proud of them for making the adjustment.” For Davenport, an adjustment was nothing new. Davenport has altered her game at many points this year. She’s almost doubled her shooting percentage, from less than 26 percent in 2012-2013 to more than 42 percent this season. And she’s more than tripled her output from behind the arc — upping her shooting percentage from .118 to .394. But Davenport doesn’t focus on what she’s managed to improve. Instead, she points out what she could do better.
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“I didn’t get as many rebounds as I needed to, but, as a whole, we’re trying to make the effort to get better,” Davenport said Feb. 5 after beating Texas Tech. “Everyone was taking shots, feeling good and it had to do with our focus and how it came into the game.” Davenport’s rebounding average has dropped from 3.7 rpg last season to just 2.6 rpg this year. Though she still managed to grab five rebounds against Kansas on Jan. 15, Davenport isn’t getting the boards she wants consistently. Instead, her teammates have stepped up down low. As Davenport makes the shots, a well-rounded inside game has transformed Texas into an in-paint power house. Through the last two games, the Longhorns boast a 40-8 points advantage in the paint. Pair that with a huge rebounding effort — a +12.3 advantage that’s good for fourth in the nation — and Big 12 rebounding leader Nneka Enemkpali (9.3 rpg) picks up where Davenport levels off. As Texas (16-7, 7-4) treks to Manhattan to face the Wildcats (9-13, 3-8) on Wednesday, Davenport will have a chance to step up in what should be a slower game before Sunday’s highly touted matchup with No. 7 Baylor.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Roy Oswalt to retire after 13 MLB seasons
Roy Oswalt’s agent, Bob Garber, confirmed Oswalt’s retirement Tuesday and said the pitcher would come to work for his agency. Oswalt, 36, had a 163102 career record with a 3.36 ERA. His best season came with Houston in 2004, when he went 20-10 with a 3.49 ERA. The durable pitcher — a threetime All-Star and 2006 NL championship series MVP — went over 200 innings seven times in his career but dealt with injuries in recent years. He was 0-6 with an 8.63 ERA in nine outings and six starts for Colorado last year. He signed a minor-league deal with the Rockies in May 2013 but missed time with a strained left hamstring. —Associated Press
Women’s golf finishes 11th in opening event
The Texas women’s golf team completed its season-opening tournament Tuesday at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in impressive fashion. Finishing in 11th place overall, the team came back from a tough first day to end with a team total of 25-over-par, 23 strokes better than its opening-round finish. Leading the team was junior Bertine Strauss, who was the Longhorns’ low-finisher at +6 (7374-72), placing her in 15th place on the individual leaderboard. Not far behind Strauss was freshman enrollee Lara Weinstein, finishing just six strokes behind Strauss to tie for 35th place in her collegiate debut. Sophomores Tezira Abe (77-75-78) and Natalie Karcher (80-73-77) tied for 60th at +17, while freshman Julia Beck (8483-74) rounded out in 85th place. The tournament was stacked with many of the nations premier championship teams. Top-ranked Southern California (288279-299=866) swept the team and individual titles. —Caroline Lucile Hall
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Untold stories captured on film By Danielle Lopez
Evan Roberts, a radio-televisionfilm graduate student, is making a documentary about a young gay man for his last project at UT.
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For Evan Roberts, there’s nothing better than seeing a someone’s personal story embodied on the big screen. Roberts, a radio-televisionfilm graduate student, explores the untold narratives of the LGBTQ community in his films and with his upcoming documentary, “Arvind.” “I think I’ve always been interested in people’s life stories and how they tell their own lives,” Roberts said. “I think it’s powerful when people see their story on screen.” Graduating this May, Roberts has been focused on creating a short documentary about 16-year-old Austin native Arvind Hathaway. As filming comes to a close in March, Roberts is working to get Hathaway’s story known and funded. “It’s a literal and figurative coming-of-age story,” Roberts said. Hathaway’s story involves his day-to-day teenage experiences, from learning to drive with his father to his first date with a boy. The documentary also covers the return of his estranged and mentally-ill mother, who returns from prison and attempts to make contact with Hathaway. As this is going on, Hathaway works on his play, “Mommy.” The play is based on his experiences with his mother and is written from her perspective. Roberts’ own history strongly influenced his choice of Hathaway as the subject for his last project before he graduates. Before coming to UT in 2010, Roberts worked in radio and photography, with film
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always remaining an option he was too intimidated to try. “I always wanted to eventually head toward film, but I guess I always put it off, even though that was my real dream,” Roberts said. “I was worried that if I wasn’t good at the one thing I was passionate about, there wasn’t going to be anything left to do.” Roberts taught LGBTQ youths in radio and film workshops in San Francisco and Austin. He also spent time in the Middle East doing photography workshops for children in Palestine. During his time there, he began speaking with elders in the refugee camps. It was their stories that inspired him to make personal narratives.
“It was sort of the beginning of my interest in oral history,” Roberts said. “I got home and continued to work in photography, but I started to do photo projects that included interviews with my subjects.” Roberts has a theory that everybody has a personal story they desperately want known. These experiences and ideas led to the founding of his company, Audio Heirlooms, in 2005. The company creates audio portraits of families, individuals and businesses who hope to preserve their stories through recordings that Audio Heirlooms puts together. Once they are finished, the recordings are given to the
subjects as keepsakes. “After I interviewed my grandmother about her life, and I saw how my mom reacted to receiving that present, I started to offer that service to other people,” Roberts said. These experiences show through Roberts’ projects at UT. “My first two films at UT were narrative shorts and they both have a young, gay protagonist,” Roberts said. “I found it easy to write those because I can kind of weigh my past now, and it’s easy to look back at my own stories and package them.” His past films, “33 Teeth” and “Yeah, Kowalski!,” tell stories of young, gay men
coming into their sexuality. Roberts uses these films to convey untold stories and perspectives of the LGBTQ community in ways that are not typically expected. This theme is part of what brought Roberts and Hathaway together. “Mine and Evan’s views on how to portray gay characters are pretty similar in that their being gay should not be the center of the story, it should just be a part,” Hathaway said. “Just because someone is gay does not mean their life revolves around that, and I think that’s something that’s coming up a lot in the modern day.” Through a Kickstarter campaign, Roberts raised
$16,406 for the project. “We reached our initial goal of $10,000 in the first seven days,” Roberts said. Roberts plans on wrapping up production with these funds, as well as entering the film into a variety of festivals. His largest goal for “Arvind” is to hopefully have it aired on PBS’s documentary films showcase, “POV.” As of right now, Roberts is unsure of where film will take him once he graduates, but he hopes to continue on with similar projects. “I would like to take part in stories that have a socialchange component,” Roberts said. “Stories that need to be told by people that are off the margins in society.”
MOVIE REVIEW | ‘ROBOCOP’
Gritty sci-fi remake offers bland entertainment By Alex Pelham @TalkingofPelham
It’s not hard to make fun of a premise like “RoboCop”’s. The film, a remake of an ’80s classic, is taken from the idea of mashing two subjects into one and calling it a day. Despite such a premise, this reimagining of “RoboCop” gives a seriousness to the story — while preserving the fun of its ludicrous idea — making a solid action film that suffers from minor imperfections. After policeman Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is severely injured in an attempt on his life, he becomes resurrected by Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman) through an artificial body. Norton’s
funders — OmniCorp, led by CEO Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton) — want to use Murphy’s new body to turn him into a crime-stopping machine, effectively using his success to springboard the use of drones to protect the people. “RoboCop” starts the plot by establishing heavy themes, such as the dominance of machines in exchange for restrictions on human rights. It’s not long, however, until these themes take a backseat to the origin of the title character. It’s almost a shame, considering the opening sequence plays with great visual representations of repression. The parody of politics in “RoboCop” plays out quietly in
the background and doesn’t get in the way of RoboCop delivering sweet justice. It would make for a more meaningful and relevant movie had the character’s tale been more intertwined with how machines cohabit with ordinary citizens. The film alludes to this but mostly leaves those elements to the imagination. Director Jose Padilha keeps the action moving. The visuals and the design of RoboCop and the other machines are sleek and memorable. The cinematography is occasionally shoddy, mostly due to some irritating usage of shaky camera. While the action sequences are decent, several shots of RoboCop’s point of view makes the
ROBOCOP Director: Jose Padilha Genre: Science Fiction Runtime: 118 minutes
scenes play out more like a videogame than a well-crafted action montage. The acting is subpar and dull. Kinnaman is a blank slate for the audience to project the fantasy of being RoboCop on. He gets a pass, though, considering a plot point makes him emotionally
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Joel Kinnaman, left, and Gary Oldman act in a scene from “RoboCop.”
sterile. When he does convey emotion, he spends it pondering whether he is more man or machine, although the brief bout of agony he suffers through doesn’t make up for stale acting. Samuel L. Jackson’s role as a conservative talk show host and supporter of the drone program is the film’s most memorable role. He provides comic relief and serves as a great satirical
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