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Degree progress to dictate registration time

APD chief apologizes for arrest comments

By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek

When students register for fall classes starting in April, registration-access time will be determined by how close students are to completing their degree — not their classification. David Laude, chemistry professor and senior vice provost for enrollment and

graduation management, said the current system for determining registrationaccess time, with students classified as seniors registering first and freshman registering last, is “broken.” “Over the last couple of decades, there has been this trend toward students earning semester credit hours through placement credit or summer credits, so that it’s

very common for a student to arrive on campus and achieve sophomore or even junior standing — even as a freshman,” Laude said. “The problem is that we have dramatically shifted the number of students we would refer to as seniors … where there are far, far more of that particular population than anyone else.” According to Laude,

about 39 percent of students are currently classified as seniors and, therefore, register on the first two days. Laude said after the new system is implemented, approximately 22.5 percent of students will register within the first two days. Laude said he saw the possibility to create a more spe-

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David Laude

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For Kansas, there’s no place like home

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Freshman point guard Isaiah Taylor struggled to no end against the Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday night. Taylor scored just five points and grabbed four rebounds after a 23-point domination when Kansas came to Austin Feb. 1. Kansas beat Texas 85-54.

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Art Acevedo, Austin Police Department police chief, issued a public apology Saturday after dismissing public outcry over a pedestrian’s arrest and saying Austin police officers’ actions should not be considered controversial, given that officers in other cities sexually assault civilians. Acevedo made his original comments at a press conference Friday, one day after a public outcry when APD officers arrested 24-yearold Amanda Jo Stephen for crossing an intersection at a red light. “In other cities, there’s cops who are actually committing sexual assaults on duty, so I thank God that this is what passes for a controversy in Austin, Texas,” Acevedo said at the press conference Friday. “Thank you, Lord … that we actually have the audacity to touch somebody by the arm and tell them, ‘Oh my goodness, Austin Police, we’re trying to get your attention.’” Acevedo also said he felt the public was overreacting to the officers’ treatment of Stephen. “Quite frankly, she wasn’t charged with resisting, and she was lucky I wasn’t the arresting officer because I wouldn’t have been quite as generous,” Acevedo said. “I don’t buy that you can’t hear an officer yelling at you to stop . … I’ll give the benefit of the doubt initially, but, when the officer is right by you and you can see the that and he’s looking at your face,

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TSM board discusses budget constraints, prospect of cutting Texan print schedule By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler

In the face of serious financial shortfalls, the Texas Student Media board discussed a budget proposal that would include reducing The Daily Texan to a weekly, rather than daily, printing schedule at its meeting Friday. A final vote to determine the budget is scheduled for next month. Texas Student Media, known as TSM, oversees five properties — The Daily Texan, The Texas Travesty, KVRX, TSTV and the Cactus Yearbook — and has faced increased budget shortfalls as ad revenue declined nationally over the last several years. Dave Player, TSM board president and third-year law student, said moving to a weekly paper would not necessarily improve funding

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Texas State graduate Alejandro Fernandez holds up a Venezuelan flag during a rally in the Main Mall on Saturday afternoon.

Students protest lack of civil rights in Venezuela By Nicole Bueno @itsmorebueno

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TSM board member Jeff Cohen, right, discusses the logistics for changing The Daily Texan’s print schedule at the TSM meeting Friday.

for the paper because reduced print costs would be paired with reduced ability to run advertisements.

“There’s some scenarios where, if we go weekly, we don’t actually save money because of that loss of ad

revenue,” Player said. TSM senior program

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Students and members of the Austin community rallied on the Main Mall on Saturday in support of recent protests staged by Venezuelan students demanding free speech, among other civil rights.

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Project Connect proposes urban rail and bus rapid. PAGE 3

Police chief’s comments are aggressive, disturbing. PAGE 4

Mark Payton and Texas hand Stanford two losses. PAGE 5

Julie Westerman has worked in six countries. PAGE 8

Astronomy professor discusses white dwarf stars. PAGE 3

Support for LGBTQ rights is new norm for Dems. PAGE 4

Slow rebounding costs Texas 81-64 to Iowa State. PAGE 6

SocialToast app helps people connect on Sixth Street. PAGE 8

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The rally, coordinated in part by the Brazilian and Venezuelan Student Association, or BRAVEN, included flags and signs stating “Say NO to Communism” and “#PrayForVenezuela.” The attendees then formed the letters “SOS” in front of the

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you should be able to know what’s going on.” Acevedo said Stephen disregarded the officer’s lawful request for her to identify herself and verbally resisted the arrest. “All that young lady had to do when she was asked for her information was to provide it by law,“ Acevedo said. “Instead of doing that, she decided to throw [herself] to the ground — officers didn’t sit her down — and she did the limp routine.” On Saturday, Acevedo apologized for the comments he made about sexual assault. Acevedo said his comments were the result of a stressful week for the department. “I attempted to place the arrest into context by bringing attention to the fact that law enforcement deals with many acts of serious misconduct,” Acevedo said. “In hindsight,

I believe the comparison was a poor analogy, and for this I apologize.” Stephen was formally charged with failure to identify and failure to obey a pedestrian control device and was released from Travis County Central Booking on Thursday evening. The arrest occurred in the midst of a West/North Campus traffic initiative tasked with reducing the number of traffic violations made by drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. According to Acevedo, there have been 96 deaths related to pedestrian-involved incidents and 1,757 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in the past five years. “Our goal is to change behavior, and not necessarily to write tickets or take people to jail,” Acevedo said. According to Acevedo, APD officers stopped 28 pedestrians and issued seven citations specifically for disregarding pedestrian control devices Thursday.

This is not the first time APD has targeted pedestrian traffic violations. UT alumna Anisa Alhilali said she was issued a written warning for jaywalking in West Campus while visiting for a football game about four years ago. “We crossed at the light, but we didn’t get all the way over, and then there was a bicycle cop that started yelling at us,” Alhilali said. “She was giving us this lecture and saying, ‘A drunk driver hit somebody in this intersection last night,’ and I’m thinking, “Well, you should be focusing on catching these drunk drivers.” Acevedo said he stood by the arresting officers’ decisions. “I’d rather have everybody angry at me and my officers than to see a young person lose their life needlessly,” Acevedo said. “I’d rather be up here talking about this than going to our 97th fatality involving a pedestrian or 1,800th injury involving a pedestrian.”

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UT tower with their bodies — a symbol replicated in more than 50 cities all over the world on Saturday. The unified effort was livestreamed between demonstrations in other cities to encourage awareness of Venezuela’s current state. Earlier this year, students in Venezuela took to the streets, protesting the lack of free speech and civil rights they believe are required of a democratic country. The protests have recently turned violent, resulting in the deaths of at least three individuals, according to a CNN report. Architectural engineering graduate student Jose Latorre, who has family in Venezuela, said he is frustrated by what he feels is a lack of action on the part of foreign governments. “It’s a strong feeling to explain, being away from the people you care about while they have to suffer,” Latorre said. “The international community is doing little to nothing.” Three U.S. diplomats in Venezuela were given 48 hours to leave the country last week, and Colombianbased cable news network NTN24, as well as CNN, has been blocked from televisions in an effort to control the media. Elvita Atencio, an Austin kindergarten teacher who spoke at the event, said her decision to leave Venezuela was one she wishes everyone was able to make. “We’ve had to emigrate — we don’t have jobs,”

It’s a strong feeling to explain, being away from the people you care about while they have to suffer. The international community is doing little to nothing.

—Jose Latorre, Architectural engineering graduate student

Atencio said. “Things are so unsafe now.” According to Atencio, incidents involving kidnapping, rape, robbery and general chaos have increased in Venezuela in recent months. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, successor to the deceased Hugo Chavez, blames his political opposition as the cause for the problems it protests against, according to a WorldPost report. According to a February report by CTV, Venezuela’s economy has one of the highest inflation rates in the world — now at 56 percent — which has led to basic goods either skyrocketing in price or missing from shelves entirely. Matheus Chagas, government junior and one of the co-founders of BRAVEN, said he hopes the rally will spark action in other countries. “One post can change the world,” Chagas said. “We want to be the voice that the government is trying to repress.”

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cific measurement of how far students are from completing their degree through his work with Shelby Stanfield, vice provost and registrar. The team worked to redefine the interactive degree audit tool — an online tool students can use to calculate how far they are from graduation. “If there are two kids applying for a particular course — one of them needs it because they’re about to graduate, the other one doesn’t need it — but, because their name starts with an ‘L’ instead of a ‘Q,’ they get it ahead of time,” Laude said. “In my mind, the kids that most need a class are the kids that are closest to graduation.” Associate vice provost Carolyn Connerat said, when students are double majoring, only the major closest to completion will be considered when determining registration access time. Laude said the new system will help encourage students to select a major earlier. “The hope is that we can help students to go through the personal process of figuring out what kind of major they would like to have before they arrive on campus,

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continues from page 1 coordinator C.J. Salgado said she could not predict if the number of active advertising clients would stay the same with a transition to a weekly publication. “We have no way of knowing how the markets are going to respond,” Player said. “There are a lot of unknowns.” In recommendations submitted before the meeting, TSM interim director Frank Serpas said he believes cutting print is the only viable solution to avoid draining TSM reserves completely. “My position is this is the most knowable outcome amongst many unknowable things,” Serpas said. “In my estimation, we have already sort of lost this game.” Last year, the TSM board voted not to reduce the print schedule by, instead, reducing student manager tuition reimbursements and cutting The Daily Texan’s staff salary budget by 50 percent. “This scrutiny has also brought renewed awareness of the question of whether TSM’s students must be paid a minimum hourly wage,” Serpas said. Editor-in-Chief Laura Wright said she did not believe cutting salaries further was a viable option. “Daily Texan staffers get paid enough to buy three sandwiches a week, and they

and that will get them launched into their degree plans as soon as they can,” Laude said. “If a student is uncertain of what courses they want, then they should be registering later because they’re registering for courses that are typically those you would expect someone to have their freshman year.” Biomedical engineering senior Shehryar Siddiqui said he is unsure of how the new system will affect him. “I’m technically a junior right now [by year], and I have a lot of transfer hours that once worked well for me in terms of registration, but this might change that,” Siddiqui said. Laude said some transfer students will be affected by the change, but the problems they encounter will be a result of the varying structures between schools rather than the new process exclusively. “Initially, it may be the case that there are going to be some transfer students who are not going to be as far along the way to graduation, but that’s not a consequence of our process,” Laude said. “It’s just a consequence of the fact that the advising structure and the admissions structure wasn’t as good as it needed to be.”

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often work 40-60 hours a week,” Wright said. In January, the University moved TSM under the domain of the Moody College of Communication from the Division of Student Affairs. Multiple members of the administration, including President William Powers Jr., Roderick Hart, dean of the Moody College of Communication and Gage Paine, vice president of student affairs, denied making the final decision to move the TSM properties. There were no representatives from the Moody College of Communication present at the meeting Friday. At a TSM board meeting he attended in September, Hart said he was not eager for TSM properties to move under Moody’s domain. “[TSM] is not something that I lusted for,” Hart said in January.

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Project Connect aims to reduce congestion on roads By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM

The project to create a public transportation system aimed at reducing traffic congestion has narrowed the modes of transportation being considered in Austin from 14 to two — bus rapid transit and urban rail — at a Project Connect advisory meeting Friday. Project Connect, a collaboration between Capital Metro, Austin City Council and Lone Star Rail, aims to increase transportation connectivity within Austin and in Central Texas. The plan to reduce traffic congestion in and around Central Austin, referred to as the Central Corridor, creates a high-capacity transit system with multiple modes of transportation. These transportation modes are meant to be faster with more frequent service and fewer stops. According to Kyle Keahey, lead consultant for the project, urban rail has the potential to be used in different kinds of areas. “[Urban rail] is kind of like a streetcar and light rail mix,” Keahey said. “[It is] one vehicle that could be a streetcar in your inner city but when you get outside the city it operates more like a rapid transit.”

John-Michael Cortez, CapMetro community involvement manager, said the project’s goals include wait times of no longer than 10 to 15 minutes during peak periods. Also, Cortez said the targeted spacing between the stops will be half a mile to a mile, and average speed, including time spent at stops, will be approximately 20-30 miles per hour. Bill Spelman, city council member and LBJ School of Public Affairs professor, said a major challenge is planning for both current and future ridership. “We need a [transportation] system which makes sense in 2020 — maybe 2022 — when it actually opens,” Spelman said. “We also need a system that makes sense 50 years from now, and the best system for a 50-year time horizon is not necessarily the best system for right now.” Spelman said an option he thinks will receive greater consideration from the project collaborators is an underground train that will extend to campus. According to Spelman, the project is considering an option that would connect South and Central Austin using a train that would travel below Lady Bird Lake. Spelman said

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Bill Spelman, city councilmen and LBJ School of Public Affairs professor, provides input for the Project Connect: Central Corridor study during a meeting at Austin City Hall.

the train’s technology requires that the earliest the train could return to surface level is near Fourth Street. “UT would be particularly well-served if, at least, the downtown section of this train were underground,”

Spelman said. Spelman said extending the length of the possible underground train route would avoid using an additional lane — which bus rapid transit requires — and minimize the chance of hitting pedestrians.

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“I think it’s part of UT’s master plan to have more pedestrians on the east side of campus,” Spelman said. “It seems to me that what people are looking for is new capacity, and we can’t create new capacity on our roads.”

According to Keahey, after finalizing a plan with the city in May, the team will present a final plan to the council to vote on in June. If the plan is passed, a November bond election will determine funding sources for the project.

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Micronutrients key to curing malnutrition By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

Although efforts to decrease malnutrition for women and children in developing countries, as well as in the U.S., have shown improvement in recent years, researchers still need to develop better solutions, according to Lindsay Allen, director of the Department of Nutrition at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In a lecture Friday, Allen said a deficiency of specific micronutrients, such as iron or folic acid, can have devastating effects on children and their mothers, especially during the prenatal period. “If mothers don’t get the right nutritional care during pregnancy, it can lead to low birth weight, delayed growth and higher mortality for the child,” Allen said. Allen said providing women and children with supplements containing micronutrients can sometimes alleviate these problems but said more research needs to be done. “Micronutrient interventions have a significant positive impact on morbidity, mortality, and health of

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Japanese food linked to higher life expectancy By Nicole Bueno @itsmorebueno

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Lindsay Allen, director of the Department of Nutrition at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives a talk on the importance of micronutrients in diet Friday afternoon.

women and children, but information gaps still remain,” Allen said. “Miracle foods,” such as rice genetically enhanced with Vitamin A or LNS, a peanut-based spread packed with micronutrients, have long been touted by researchers as cures for malnutrition in developing countries, according to Allen. She said these products can provide short-term benefits but still don’t solve underlying nutrient deficits.

“When we look at the data, we see that [these interventions] have only a tiny effect on growth,” Allen said. Nutrition professor Michele Forman said more research is needed to determine precise values for micronutrient needs, especially in children. “Dietary reference intakes for kids are a mess,” Forman said. “The guidelines for how many nutrients we need per day are out there,

but they’re based on crude approximations.” According to Allen, vegetarian diets also don’t provide an adequate amount of micronutrients. To meet dietary needs, Allen suggested kids and parents should eat more animalsource products. “Eating foods like meat, milk and eggs will increase size, birth weight and school performance [for kids],” Allen said.

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White dwarfs offer research potential By Kate Dannenmaier @kater_tot7

At the 22nd Annual Great Lecture in Astronomy that was held Saturday, professor Don Winget said a white dwarf is a star simple enough to hope to understand but complex enough to help researchers learn something new. A white dwarf is the core of a star left over after its outer layers have been shed. Winget said this talk was particularly important to him because this year marks the 75th anniversary of the McDonald Observatory, where he conducts most of his observational research. “It’s the grand old lady of the mountain and it’s still doing cutting edge work and beating competitors with the largest telescopes on the planet,” Winget said. Winget, whose research at the observatory focuses on white dwarfs, said white

dwarfs are the endpoint of evolution for most stars. “97 to 98 percent of all stars either are or will become white dwarf stars,” Winget said. “That includes our own Sun, so as we look at white dwarf stars we’re looking at our own future.” Winget said part of his research with white dwarfs involves cosmochronology, a field of study that attempts to define the age and evolutionary history of our galaxy. “You can measure the age of a population [of stars] from the temperature of the coolest white dwarf stars there,” Winget said. Winget said the participation of undergraduate and graduate students in research is important. Don Flournoy, a UT alumnus and Ohio University professor who has donated to the McDonald Observatory, said he thought the new

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Astronomy professor Don Winget gives a lecture at the O’Donnell Jr. Building on Saturday afternoon.

information he learned about white dwarfs was interesting because he hadn’t fully understood their behavior previously. “I didn’t realize they were binary stars,” Flournoy said. “I thought white dwarf stars existed by themselves, but evidently that’s not the case. There’s always another white dwarf beside it.” Winget said the true allure

of science is being able to discover what no one else knows. “We do science for one real reason,” Winget said. “It’s that moment, when it’s a theoretical calculation you do [or] an observation you make, it doesn’t matter how large or small it is, but there’s one moment where you know something about the universe that no human being who’s ever lived before has ever known.”

The Center for East Asian Studies held a two-day conference Friday and Saturday discussing Japanese cuisine, covering topics ranging from cultural nationalism to bodily impact. The conference, titled “Devouring Japan: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Japanese Cuisine and Food Ways,” served as the culmination of an extended look at Japanese cuisine over the past few months. The Center for East Asian Studies showed a film series and hosted lectures held on the same topic in the fall of last year. In December 2013, Japanese food, or “washoku,” was given a bid into UNESCO — the United Nations’ cultural organization — as a part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage list, marking the cuisine as a world treasure. The conference was made possible by a grant from the Japan Foundation — a Japanese institution tasked with the dissemination of Japanese culture — and several private endowments. Nancy Stalker, associate professor of Asian studies and coorganizer of the event, said she was turned down by the University when she asked for funding. “Unfortunately, East Asian Studies is not a priority for this university,” Stalker said. “I encourage the UT administration to support us more.” Erin Newton, Asian studies graduate student and a volunteer for the conference, said the reverence Japanese people have for their cuisine is unlike that of any other culture. “There are few societies which recognize food as a real cultural asset,” Newton said. “Considering we spend so much time and

Considering we spend so much time and money on it already — to consume and not just produce it — why not pay more attention to food? —Eric Newton, Asian studies graduate student

money on it already — to consume and not just produce it — why not pay more attention to food?” Speakers at the conference covered a large range of topics including Japanese food history, regional culinary identity, food security, impact on the Japanese body and food in literature. Nico Ramos, a recent Asian studies graduate, said that, although food is a relatively new field of study, it should be explored more. “Food culture in general is just so embedded in our daily lives,” Ramos said. According to a 2013 estimate by the CIA, Japan boasts the third longest life expectancy of any country. Also, most Japanese women don’t experience symptoms of menopause — in fact, there is no Japanese word for the phrase “hot flashes.” Ramos said both health perks can be attributed to the Japanese diet. Newton said she found the turnout from the Austin community refreshing. In addition to the public, conference attendees included professors and students from universities across the country, as well as scholars visiting from Japan. “I can’t think of any conference I’ve ever been to that has drawn so much outside interest,” Newton said.

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LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Monday, February 24, 2014

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Police chief ’s comments are alarming, aggressive Last Thursday at 10:45 a.m., a 24-year-old woman named Amanda Jo Stephen was arrested at the intersection of 24th and San Antonio streets for, as she screamed during her arrest, “crossing the street.” The actual reason for the arrest was more complicated — Stephen was formally charged with “failure to identify” and “failure to obey a pedestrian control device” and was approached by the police as part of an APD effort to reduce traffic violations by drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Stephen, who had her headphones in and was jogging at the time of the event, did not respond to the officer attempting to get her attention. The officer, in response, grabbed her by the arm. Once arrested, Ste-

In other cities there’s cops who are actually committing sexual assaults on duty, so I thank God that this is what passes for a controversy in Austin, Texas. —Art Acevedo, APD Police Chief

phen began to yell and attempt to stand up. The cops, meanwhile, kept her pinned to the ground. Stephen continued to yell, refused to identify herself and was arrested and placed into a nearby police cruiser. A video of the event quickly went viral. The public reaction to the incident was swift, negative and complex, with people upset about the roughness of the cops, helplessness of the arrestee and absurdity of the charge. The response by Police Chief Art Acevedo, in contrast, was as simple-minded as it gets. “In other cities there’s cops who are actually committing sexual assaults on duty, so I thank God that this is what passes for a controversy in Austin, Texas,” Acevedo said in a press conference about the arrest Thursday. Acevedo has since apologized for his comments, or at least for using what he described as “a poor analogy” that “attempted to place the arrest into context.” But his initial response to the public outrage at the treatment of Stephen betrays a dangerous willingness to ignore both public opinion and an unnecessary invasion of a woman’s rights. Acevedo, disturbingly, has yet to address his many other alarming comments about the event. Initially, Acevedo didn’t just give the officers involved credit for not sexually assaulting the citizen they were arresting. He also

openly stated that he would have been less lenient with the woman had he been the arresting officer. “Quite frankly, she wasn’t charged with resisting, and she was lucky I wasn’t the arresting officer because I wouldn’t have been quite as generous,” Acevedo said. Why Acevedo would congratulate his officers for refraining from sexually assaulting someone while simultaneously saying that he would have been less lenient is beyond our comprehension. Then again, Acevedo said himself that he is unconcerned with the public’s opinion of his officers. “I’d rather have everybody angry at me and my officers than to see a young person lose their life needlessly,” Acevedo said, referring to the 96 pedestrian fatalities that have occurred in Austin in the last five years. We, for one, would rather see a police department that’s interested in fostering public awareness of safety issues through a mechanism other than instilling fear in the people they’re supposed to assist. It’s true that by not offering her name once detained, Stephen violated the “letter of the law,” and the officers were within their right to enforce the rules. But officers should have the discretion to enforce the spirit of the law, not just the strict text of it. Stephen, likely, posed no threat

Why Acevedo would congratulate his officers for refraining from sexually assaulting someone while simultaneously saying that he would have been less lenient is beyond our comprehension. to public safety, and, because she failed to treat a police officer with the decorum that he considered necessary, she was arrested and is now being thrown into the criminal justice system. Acevedo only hurt the situation, and the public’s trust in the police, by making comments that were overly aggressive, overly deferential to the arresting officers and completely unwilling to consider the possibility that the arrest may have been inappropriate. Acevedo has issued his apology, and Stephen has been released from jail. But APD has a long way to go before it can regain the public’s trust. For that to happen, Acevedo must learn to treat public concerns as more than frustrated citizens to be cuffed and quieted.

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Support for LGBTQ rights now the new normal for Democrats By Noah M. Horwitz Daily Texan Columnist @NmHorwitz

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HORNS UP: TEXAS MOVES UP IN HEALTH RANKINGS According to a Gallup and Healthways poll, Texas ranked 21st in the nation for state well-being in 2013, moving up six spots from 2012. The ranking judged states on physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, and access to food and shelter. Although Texas has yet to rank among the healthiest states, which include North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska, our state is pushing its way to the top. And thankfully we’re nowhere near the three states in last place: Mississippi, Kentucky and West Virginia. Even with room for improvement, Horns Up to Texas for moving up the list.

HORNS UP: SOCHI OLYMPIC GAMES COME TO AN END After what seems like a month of gold-medal counting between the U.S. and Russia, the Sochi Olympics are finally coming to a close. Between the 60-degree Sochi weather making the winter sports even more complicated to following the status of Bob Costas’ pink eye problem, the Olympics have been unusually amusing — though the sports themselves have been disappointing, with the U.S. in 10th place at 28 medals. Although the Olympics give everyone the chance to pretend they are a sports fan, Horns Up to no longer having to join in if you were too busy to care. We can now go back to forgetting that there exists any international recognition for slalom and the biathlon.

HORNS UP: HOUSTON CHURCH MAKES PRO-LGBTQ DECISION In a vote taken Sunday, the influential Houston First Presbyterian church decided not to separate from the larger Presbyterian denomination to join a more Evangelical one. In doing so, the church chose not to embrace a stricter interpretation of the Bible and the prohibition of openly gay clergy. We applaud the church for moving toward a more accepting religious tradition and are proud to say that this church calls Texas home.

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Over the past few weeks, state Sen. Wendy Davis, the likely Democratic nominee for governor, has clarified her position on a number of issues, including the question of same-sex marriage. Almost nonchalantly, Davis lent her full support to the issue on Feb. 13. “It’s my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation,” Davis told the editorial board of the San Antonio Express-News. Immediately, Davis’ liberal supporters celebrated her newly expressed support for what many call the new civil rights movement of our generation. However, what is far more impressive than Davis’ support itself is how normal it all seems. In this day and age, the only Democratic officials who still oppose samesex marriage are holdover Dixiecrats (the colloquialism for close-minded Southern Democrats who stood in opposition to the Civil Rights Act) with fiercely conservative social views, such as Sens. Mark Pryor (DAK) or Joe Manchin (D-WV). This is an amazing transformation from four — or even two — years ago, when Democrats, particularly in Texas, were enormously cautious on the subject. While many other Democratic gubernatorial candidates over the years have been unabashedly progressive on other gay rights issues, Davis is the first to lend full support to marriage equality on the campaign trail. Chris Bell is a former Houston City Council member and congressman who was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2006. Throughout his campaign, he reiterated support for civil unions and opposition to amending the constitution to ban such unions, but steered clear of marriage. Many years later, as Bell is frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for mayor of Houston in 2015, he notes that his opinion has changed. “I support same-sex marriage and I

When people love each other ... they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation. —Senator Wendy Davis, D- Tarrant County

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would have to say my opinion has evolved,” Bell recently told me. “I guess it started changing in 2007 or 2008 when a friend told me he and his wife attended a same-sex wedding and it was one of the most moving ceremonies they had ever seen.” By 2012, a Huffington Post article had noted his complete change of heart. This was similar to the sentiment held by Gilberto Hinojosa, the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party since 2012. Hinojosa’s opinion also changed in advance of the 2012 elections. The floodgates truly opened in May 2012, following an announcement by President Barack Obama that he unequivocally supported same-sex marriage. Obama’s change of heart helped to change the views of religious African-Americans, a key demographic that both largely voted Democratic and fervently opposed same-sex marriage. In the following months, even the Texas Democratic Party — now under the leadership of Hinojosa — changed its platform to recognize the right to same-sex marriage. The United States, with the Democratic Party in particular, has made great strides in advancing this cause. While just 10 years ago, many ascribed the reelection of President George W. Bush to heavy turnout among evangelicals who were voting for constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage, many see the social issue as only detrimental to the Republicans in this day and age. Texas has also seen significant progress. While in 2005, more than 76 percent of the electorate supported a constitutional amendment banning both samesex marriage and civil unions, a 2013 poll by the University of Texas showed barely 26 percent of registered voters still felt that way. Until quite recently, however, you would have never known about this shift just from the sentiment of public officials. As the Republican Party’s primary electorate glides further and further to the right, bigots such as Phil Robertson (of the show “Duck Dynasty”) who decry the very existence of gays and lesbians are sadly still considered mainstream. Just ask Sen. Ted Cruz or Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, and their conciliatory comments about those who compare homosexuality with bestiality. “We affirm that the practice of homosexuality tears at the fabric of society and contributes to the breakdown of the family unit,” the 2012 Texas Republican Platform even states. “Homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental, unchanging truths that have been ordained by God, recognized by our country’s founders, and shared by the majority of Texans.” Luckily, on the other side of the aisle, Wendy Davis has become the first major Texas candidate to make the leap into the 21st century on this issue. Let’s hope the first officeholder to affirm LGBTQ rights comes soon as well. Horwitz is a government junior from Houston.

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Texas limits Stanford in 2-1 series By Matt Warden @TheMattWarden5

Hitting .800 with four RBIs, senior outfielder Mark Payton lifted the Longhorns (5-3) to two wins in their three-game weekend series against Stanford (3-4). “I’m just keeping it simple,” Payton said after going 3-for-3 in Game 2. “I’m just going up there and looking for a pitch to hit, and, if the guy in front of me and behind me is getting on base, then I know I’ll get one to hit eventually.” Texas fell behind Stanford early in Game 1 when the Cardinal drove in a run in the top of the first inning off of junior Parker French, but, after responding with a run of its own in the bottom, Texas never relinquished control. The Longhorns erupted for five runs in the second inning and led the entire game, with the only Stanford threat coming in the top of the eighth. The Cardinal offense cut its deficit to 7-3, but Texas won 9-3, buoyed by Payton’s four-hit, three-RBI performance. “[Payton] is really playing the game at a high and mature level right now,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “He is just hitting the ball where it is pitched. He is ready to hit on every pitch, and he is letting the ones outside of the zone go.” The Longhorns started the bats early in a wild Game 2, securing a 2-0 lead after the first inning that lasted until the top of the seventh when Stanford’s

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Senior outfielder Mark Payton posed a fierce offensive threat at the plate this weekend at UFCU Disch-Faulk Field. Hitting 8-for-10 with five walks, a triple, four RBI and two runs in the series, Payton lifted the Longhorns to 2-1 against Stanford.

two-run double tied it up. Texas took the lead back with its own seventh-inning run, but Stanford tied the game again half an inning later. With two outs and the score tied at three in the bottom of the 9th, sophomore C.J. Hinojosa stepped to the plate with the bases loaded. Hinojosa saw three pitches, bringing the count to one ball and two strikes, before a wild pitch brought in Collin Shaw for the walk-off run.

Following dominant performances by Texas starters in the first two games — French threw six innings while giving up just four hits and one run in Game 1, while Dillon Peters gave up just two runs in seven innings pitched in Game 2 — Stanford found its groove, taking Game 3 11-5 while outhitting the Longhorns 11-7. Texas’ only threat came in the bottom of the sixth inning when a Zane Gurwitz double and a sacrifice fly by Brooks

Marlow cut the Cardinal lead to five runs. “We played good baseball today,” Payton said. “They just got a few big hits that we didn’t.” The most excitement came when Garrido was ejected in the third inning after arguing a balk call on reliever Travis Duke. “I want them to know that I’m going to fight for them,” Garrido said. “We’re asking them to fight for each other and we want them to know that the

coaches are going to fight for them too.” Despite the obvious frustration of Game 3, Garrido raved about his team’s resiliency in the first two games. “We’re responding,” Garrido said. “To get that kind of instinct going and that kind of teamwork going is really challenging, but we have got it started.” Texas will look to re-enter the win column when it hosts UTPA on Tuesday.

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Longhorns allow 20 runs to finish 2-3 on weekend By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox

In each of Texas’ Mary Nutter Classic matches this weekend, sophomore UTIL Lindsey Stephens stood out. Stephens was only 4-for-13 in those games, but each of her four hits — a go-ahead double and three home runs — were crucial for the Longhorns. Stephens’ clutch performances weren’t enough, though, as her team managed just two wins in five games at the tournament.

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Against UNLV (5-8) on Thursday, Stephens gave the Longhorns (8-9) a 2-1 lead in the third inning on a sacrifice fly. They held the lead until the bottom of the fifth, when the Rebels drew consecutive twoout walks and then hit two singles to take a 3-2 lead. But in the top of the seventh, senior first baseman Karina Scott drove in senior shortstop Taylor Thom to tie the game before Stephens brought in Scott on a double to center. A determined UNLV team fought back once again in the bottom of the inning with

run home run — her seventh of the season. In the 5-0 win over Fresno State, Smith needed no other runs. She allowed only one hit while striking out six batters. The roller coaster weekend came to a close Sunday against Cal. After a Golden Bears’ early 2-0 lead in the first inning off of an RBI double, the Longhorns tied the game the same inning. Cal reclaimed the lead in the third off of a tworun homer by junior pitcher Jordan Wallace and held it through for a 5-2 win.

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JAMES GRANDBERRY The No. 20 Texas men’s team finished second in the Bayou City Intercollegiate Championship on Sunday afternoon at the Golf Club of Houston. Texas followed host Houston the entire weekend, ending the competition eight strokes behind Houston’s -31 at -23 and ten strokes ahead of its nearest competitor, South Carolina. Junior Kramer Hickock led three other top-10 Longhorns, reaching a career-best score of -7 at 209 to tie for second place with two other players. Freshman Gavin Hall and senior Toni Hakula four-way tied for fifth place at 210, followed by freshman Beau Hossler’s 212 for 10th. Junior Brax McCarthy rounded out the squad tied for 46th place at 220, followed by redshirt sophomore Will Griffin who finished at 60th with a 223 in individual play. Host Houston defended both team and individual honors well this weekend, with Roman Robledo winning the individual prize and leading his team to a first-place finish. The Longhorns next compete March 7-9 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters in Las Vegas.

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A storm blew into New Orleans early Sunday morning, delaying the first round of the All-State Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate tournament. Rain resulted in unplayable conditions at the English Turn Golf & Country Club, postponing the start of the tournament. The Women’s Golf Team, one of 17 teams competing in the tournament, will attempt to play 36 holes Monday, teeing off at 8 a.m. The final round remains scheduled for Tuesday. Texas, currently ranked 66, will face No. 18 Florida and No. 73 Ole Miss throughout the first and second rounds. Last time out, Texas finished at a season-best 11th in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The constant pressure of a raucous Kansas crowd overwhelmed Texas’ inexperienced lineup Saturday. Nine Longhorn underclassmen combined for just 37 points on just 28 percent shooting, as Kansas ripped the Longhorns, 85-54, in Lawrence, Kan. “We haven’t responded on the road the way we need to,” said Texas head coach Rick Barnes, whose team has now lost three straight road games. “It goes back to execution, mental toughness and consistency, and we haven’t done those things.” Nobody looked more rattled by the Jayhawk faithful than freshman standout Isaiah Taylor, who was playing in his first game at The Phog. Taylor missed his first 11 field-goal attempts and finished with two turnovers to just one field goal. “[Taylor] missed some shots early,” Barnes said. “But what really surprised me is that he didn’t do what we needed him to do offensively. They would deny him at the top, and he would just give the ball up and stand there. He needs to learn how to play without the ball.” Sophomore center Cameron Ridley also struggled mightily in the contest, hampered by Jayhawk

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Sophomore center Cameron Ridley defends senior forward Tarik Black in Lawrence, Kan., on Saturday night. Black contributed to the 85-54 Kansas win with nine points on 4-for-5 shooting. Ridley rebounded from a dry first half to post 11 points late.

freshman Joel Embiid’s interior defense. Up against Embiid’s six blocks, Ridley remained scoreless through the first 26 minutes, scoring the majority of his 11 points after Embiid left the game. “Coming into this game I had a different mindset,” said Embiid, the projected first overall draft pick. “I just wanted to come in and show

what I could do, and I feel like I did that.” Embiid’s six swats gave him 68 on the season, setting a new freshman record at Kansas. “Breaking the record is a great accomplishment for me,” Embiid said. The Longhorns opened with an 8-3 lead in the first four minutes. But Kansas took over from there with a

25-2 run to lead 46–18 after 20 minutes. Kansas’ first-half run featured a strong performance from superstar freshman guard Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins posted 15 in the opening frame, including eight points on three consecutive possessions. After throwing down an alley-oop slam, Wiggins hit back-toback threes and sent the

sellout crowd into a frenzy. Wiggins, a Canada native, finished with 21 points and six rebounds. Junior forward Jonathan Holmes was Texas’ lone bright spot. Holmes made seven of 11 field goals en route to a 17-point, six-rebound performance. Texas next plays Baylor on Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center.

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Superstar Wiggins erupts to stump Longhorn defense By Chris Hummer @chris_hummer

LAWRENCE, Kan. — It didn’t take long for the blue and white wave to hit Texas. And when it did, the swell proved too much to handle. Led by freshman phenom Andrew Wiggins, the Jayhawks blitzed the Longhorns in the first half. A 25-2 run quickly erased an early 8-3 Longhorns lead, much like Wiggins’ play Saturday evening removed any doubts stemming from his sevenpoint performance earlier in the year against Texas. Wiggins, who finished with a team-high 21 points, played a huge role in Kansas’ run. He scored 15 points on 5-for-6 shooting during the stretch and did so in convincing fashion. Wiggins connected on all three of his attempts behind the arc and added a pair of authoritative dunks over the six-minute scoring binge. “When I score early, it brings more confidence to my game,” Wiggins, who is projected to be a top-three pick in the upcoming NBA drafft, said. “My teammates got me the ball where I like to shoot the ball, where I needed it. I was fired up for this game.”

Wiggins’ first slam was of the two-handed variety: A dunk so ferocious it produced a deafening roar from the crowd that appeared to coax the Longhorns’ ensuing timeout. From that point forward, Texas didn’t find much success on either end of the floor. “[With] one or two possessions, you can be down by six, eight, and [then] the game’s over just like that,” junior forward Jonathan Holmes said. “The effort was nonexistent. We tried a little at the beginning and we got some adversity and didn’t come back and fight.” The one-sided final did not result only from Wiggins’ performance, but it played a significant role in the final outcome. The 6-foot-8 forward proved to be a huge mismatch for the Longhorns, a team without a true small forward capable of matching his blend of size and athletic ability. Texas head coach Rick Barnes searched for a solution in a mix of zone and man defenses that put 6-foot-2 Demarcus Holland guarding Wiggins. Neither matchup brought Texas success on Saturday, as Wiggins picked apart both looks.

The effort was nonexistent. We tried a little at the beginning and we got some adversity and didn’t come back and fight. —Jonathan Holmes, Junior forward

Against the zone, Wiggins showed a deft touch from the outside, converting on 3-of-5 3-point attempts. And, when he faced man coverage, he moved to the basket for dunks and layups with ease. Texas wanted this game, but, according to Barnes, it didn’t show the mental fortitude to win in a hostile road environment. Kansas had no such problem. Following its early loss to Texas, the Jayhawks had extra motivation at stake. “Our pride,” Wiggins said. “We got embarrassed [against Texas the first time] so we wanted to do the same thing to them. Take it to them and win every minute, every second on the court.”

Playing an overaggressive, undisciplined defense Saturday night, Texas sent the Cyclones to the charity stripe repeatedly. Iowa State scored 30 points off free throws compared to Texas’ mere four. The frazzled Longhorns didn’t control themselves much more on offense. Concerned that Texas gave Iowa State a possession advantage, head coach Karen Aston attributed the 81-64 defeat to a weakness in her team’s rebounding. “People are paying a whole lot of attention to us on the backboards, but we’re not very diligent with doing our work early and getting ourselves some extra possessions,” Aston said. “I’m disappointed in our efforts on the boards.” Aston’s post-game reaction came despite the Longhorns’ outrebounding the Cylcones 39-36, as sophomore center Imani McGee-Stafford and senior guard Chassidy Fussell combined for 15 rebounds. Offensively, Texas (1710, 8-7 Big 12) also outscored Iowa State 33-20 in the paint. But, with the Cyclones hitting just 37 percent of their field goals, Texas needed to be closer to its 11.6-rebound advantage to beat the Cyclones. “They had critical transition buckets against us and we couldn’t make any defensive stops when necessary,” Aston said. “Guarding the penetration well is something we’ve struggled with recently. Critical possessions changed the flow of the game and gave them momentum.” Rebounding was certainly an issue, but it was the turnover differential that proved fatal for the Longhorns. The Cyclones collected 23 points off 15 turnovers, compared to just five points off

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six turnovers for Texas. Although Aston said Ames is “always a tough place to play in” and noted that the more than 13,000 attendees intimidated her younger players, McGeeStafford wasn’t fazed. She led all scorers with a career-high 26 points to complement eight rebounds and four assists. Fussell, who was playing in Hilton Coliseum for the fourth time, also played well in the hostile environment, notching 15 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore guard Brady Sanders rounded out the scoring threat with nine points on three-ofsix shooting behind the arc, five rebounds and four assists. But, beyond those three, only freshman Nekia Jones scored more than two points. “[We were] playing some young players who hadn’t been here before and hadn’t been in this environment, so transition defense was definitely a factor,” Aston said. “That’s where the run came from. But I tried some different players because we had starters really struggling offensively and I wanted to give them a lift off the bench.” The bench could not provide the necessary lift on Saturday night, but Texas will have a chance to redeem itself Tuesday at home against TCU. After the Horned Frogs (1512, 6-9) bested Texas in Fort Worth in January, Texas hopes the match will break its three-game losing streak.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Johnny Football has more proof that he’s fast. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel’s official 40-yard dash time at the NFL scouting combine was 4.68 seconds. That’s fourth at his position among those who participated in the drill Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The best was Virginia Tech’s Logan Thomas, who registered 4.61 seconds. Earlier in the weekend at the combine, the brashtalking, Heisman Trophywinning quarterback from Texas A&M entered and exited the Lucas Oil Stadium media room through a back door. He ignored the television screens around him, monitors that provided live coverage of his media availability and that had been showing his college football highlights prior to his arrival. It seemed Johnny Football had suddenly transformed himself into Johnny Business. “This is a job now,” he said in a stern, deliberate voice at the NFL’s scouting combine. “There are guys’ families, coaches’ families and jobs and all kinds of things on the line. For me, it won’t be a hard thing to kick. I’m extremely focused on whatever organization I’ll be at and really pouring my heart out trying to be football 24-7 with that team.” Manziel is widely considered one of the top three quarterbacks in the draft. Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater did not run the 40. Central Florida’s Blake Bortles — who towers over Manziel by about five inches — ran a 4.93. South Carolina’s Connor Shaw and Fresno State’s Derek Carr were two other quarterbacks who ranked high in several categories. Kent State running back Dri Archer posted the fastest official 40 time at 4.26. —Associated Press

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Brightly colored posters, paintings and photos from around the world cover the white walls of educational administration graduate student Julie Westerman’s South Austin apartment. Her shelves are filled with trinkets, small toys, photo albums, a Sprite bottle stuffed with trash and letters from the many friends she has made during her travels. On her table is a plastic bag filled with some coffee her Nicaraguan house mother gave her to take back to the States. “I feel so bad I don’t have coffee and snacks for you,” Westerman repeatedly apologized. Her desire to have food ready for guests whenever they come over is one that she picked up during her two-year stay in Nicaragua from 2010-2012, where the hosts always go out of their way to prepare strong coffee and treats for guests. “People take it as a big sign of respect when you go to visit them at their house,” Westerman said. “It’s almost the opposite here, where we invite each other over, but there it’s really common to just show up at someone’s house.”

This one trip to Nicaragua doesn’t even scratch the surface of Westerman’s work abroad. At 31 years old, she has traveled and worked in six different countries around the world. The desire to travel began when Westerman visited her sister in London when she was 17 and then again as an undergraduate, when she interned at a homeless shelter. This trip inspired Westerman to visit other countries. She became certified to teach English in Mexico in 2004, but she didn’t stop there. “I tried to come home and stay home, and I realized very quickly that I wasn’t ready for that yet,” Westerman said. “I left to go to Costa Rica with my very best childhood friend, and we volunteered on a farm, and we took one-on-one Spanish classes, and we lived with a host family. It was different than anything else that I had done until that point.” The Costa Rica trip in 2006 was volunteer work that left Westerman with little money to continue traveling. To save up for her next adventure abroad, Westerman did odd jobs around the Austin area. Westerman also met her husband, Matt Reid, during that time at home. Together, Westerman and Reid have worked in Denali National Park in Alaska, Bangkok and Quilali, Nicaragua, where they were stationed for two years with the Peace Corps. The couple was there primarily to teach English but also to engage in health education projects,

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Educational administration graduate student Julie Westerman flips through albums with photos from her stay in Nicaragua from 20102012. Westerman has traveled and worked in six different countries around the world including UK, Thailand, Mexico and Costa Rica.

train farmers and build a classroom. “I’m a really curious person, and I just can’t imagine not wanting to see as much of the world as possible,” Westerman said. Westerman’s older sister, Avril Westerman, described Julie as humble and said she admires her sister’s determination to go abroad despite all the challenges that come with it. “I think what a lot of people don’t realize is that she is extremely organized and has had to do so much work and planning to accomplish

the things she has done and go all of those places,” Avril Westerman said. Julie Westerman said that she and her husband have done everything somewhat backwards, but she doesn’t regret it. “Instead of saving our whole lives to go somewhere when we are retired, we got to [travel] while we are young,” Westerman said. “I wouldn’t change the way we did that.” Westerman is currently working with the nonprofit group Cama Fina to provide a sustainable economic solution to funding a women’s

clinic in Nicaragua and is working in UT’s international department while pursuing her graduate degree in higher education administration. One of her many jobs will be to accompany a group of students on their trip to Nicaragua over the summer. “Her role is to help them with the trip’s cultural aspects,” said Lindsey Engelman, a program coordinator in the international office. “So, making sure communication is clear, making sure that they understand how to be culturally appropriate,

and working with them on any emotions that come up.” At least for a little while, Westerman hopes to stay in Austin and make the transition from traveling to helping other students explore the world like she has. “When a student is getting really excited about a trip they’re going on, or when they get back and have all these stories they want to share, that’s what makes it all worth it to me,” Westerman said. “I just want to help people have their own adventures.”

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When four UT computer engineering students met last spring during a computer software lab, none of them knew they would eventually build an application based on Austin’s Sixth Street. CEOs Rachel Peters, Mochi Lee, Jaclyn Coleman and Austin Ewing, along with their classmates, were challenged to create a software product that interested them. After discussing potential products, they all agreed to work on a way to maximize their downtown experience. Thus, SocialToast — an iOS application allowing you to “check into” bars — was created. “It originated from us going downtown then the next morning, when everyone shares their stories, realizing you missed out on all the fun spots,” said Coleman, an electrical engineering senior. “So now you’re able to know where all of your friends are at one time, without all the miscommunication over text.” After logging into the

app via Facebook, users can check into a bar based on their location. “We tried to make it like a really focused Yelp or Foursquare,” said Peters, an electrical engineering senior. Taking notes from Yelp’s software programming, they focused on targeting the best geographically oriented searches for each phone. But the app, as of now, doesn’t change bar location automatically. The user has to manually check into the bar they are in. “It’s a little bit hard, especially on Sixth Street, where the bars are so close to each other,” Peters said in response to the difficulty of a GPS tracking system. “You have to check into every bar you’re at.” The team said one of the app’s greatest assets is the simplicity of letting your friends know where you are without having to send a text under the influence, making the downtown experience safer and more efficient. Some people have expressed concern over the fact that SocialToast is only

accessible if the user is willing to sign in with their Facebook account, but Peters and her co-founders said the decision was made deliberately. “We wanted to make sure they could automatically upload a huge, extended group of friends without having to send individual friend requests,” Coleman said But, before the team was even worrying about GPS tracking and app design, they were learning about the foundation of business strategy and entrepreneurship in a seminar course called Longhorn Startup. The course is led by professors who have extensive experience with building businesses from the ground up. Their particular seminar course has three different instructors: engineering professor Bob Metcalfe, entrepreneur in residence Benny Dyer and Josh Baer — who runs Capital Factory, an incubator for Austin startups. Metcalfe said guest lecturers frequent the course and offer advice on topics

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The creators of SocialToast show off their iOS application at Capital Factory, an Austin startup incubator. The app helps friends maximize their Sixth Street experience.

ranging from customer validation to raising money. “We are encouraging students to prepare for startups,” Metcalfe said. “Be enthusiastic about something. If not about startups, then something else.” When the team isn’t participating in Sixth Street field

research, they can usually be found on the 16th floor of the Omni Hotel at Capital Factory. At the office, the students are given the technological resources they need to create and maintain a successful tech business. Right now, the four

creators of SocialToast are focused on the development of the app and will be pushing for two updates before South By Southwest. As far as longterm goals, they plan to target college campuses across the country to make the bar scene safer and more efficient for all.