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Students may need to pay for web By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler

A new proposal may require all students to purchase bandwidth each semester to receive Internet access. William Green, director of networking and telecommunications at Information Technology Services,

said over time the amount of bandwidth allocated to students is not sufficient. As of fall 2013, 50 percent of students have purchased additional bandwidth. “We are watching those percentages grow and are afraid people are suffering needlessly when they get put on the second-class

network because they don’t realize it’s not enough bandwidth to do their daily activities,” Green said. Currently, students are allowed 500 MB of external bandwidth they may use each week at no cost — amounting to less than an

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Bandwidth by the numbers Expenses UT took in $132,000 last spring but spent a total of $750,000

Usage University computers: 52 percent Wireless, nonresident computers: 48 percent (not including students living on campus)

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Henry Saltmarsh, 7, and Ian Andrews, 7, ride an attraction at St. Patrick’s Day Austin at the Shoal Crossing Event Center on Monday evening.

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Conflict aside, Shared Services moves ahead across campus By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek

Administrators call the program a cost-saving, centralization initiative. Student protestors and some members of faculty council claim the plan will “dehumanize” certain University services, lead to an undetermined number of layoffs and increase the pressure on the staff who remain. Amidst the controversial claims, one fact is certain: as Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, told The Daily Texan in January, “Shared Services is not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.” The Committee on Business Productivity, a group charged with identifying ways for UT to cut costs, first introduced the idea of Shared Services in January 2013. Since then, the Shared Services Steering Committee has worked to determine how to implement the initiative on campus. The committee presented its final report and recommendations to President William Powers Jr. earlier this month. Since its introduction, Shared Services has been defined in many ways by different parties across campus, and the steering committee itself has undergone multiple roster changes at the request of student and faculty governance groups. Student protestors also oppose the involvement of Accenture, a consulting firm with a controversial history, in the plan’s development. Meanwhile, across the country, other universities have begun to

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Student Government members are trying to increase student action against a city code change, proposed in November, which may further limit the number of students who can legally live together in a house. If Austin City Council passes the change, the number of unrelated adults who may live together in duplexes and singlefamily houses would be reduced from six to four. These high-occupancy houses are also known as “stealth dorms.” The council approved the proposed change on its first reading — though the council must hear the change twice more before it is

finalized — but suggested that an economic study be conducted to assess the proposed change’s impact on area housing affordability. The council will hear a second reading of the proposed amendment at its meeting Thursday. The SG-city relations task force has been developing legislation against the proposal since the beginning of the semester, according to Jordan Metoyer, urban studies and economics senior who founded the task force. According to Metoyer, SG has attempted to educate students about the issue and increase their involvement in the city’s decision-making process. SG will pass a resolution against the change on

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By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek

In an email to UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, Paul Foster, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, suggested Regent Wallace Hall accused Cigarroa of not doing his job weeks before Cigarroa announced his resignation. Foster praised Cigarroa in the email, which was originally obtained by The Dallas Morning News, and said “virtually all” of the regents appreciated the work he did as chancellor. “I absolutely do not agree with [Hall’s] tactics in trying to pressure you into taking an action that you do not feel is in the best interests of UT-Austin or of the UT System,” Foster said in the email. “It is clear what he hopes to accomplish, but to disparage your reputation

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UT System Regent Wallace Hall at the regents’ February meeting. A letter from the board chairman to the outgoing chancellor reveals Hall accused the chancellor of not doing his job.

in the process is neither fair nor is it appropriate.” State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, a member of the legislative committee investigating

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testimony from Cigarroa and Foster. Flynn and Alvarado are co-chairs of the House

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CAMPUS Dr. Gregory Gause, political science professor at The University of Vermont, speaks in a lecture entitled “The New Middle East Cold War,” at Batts Hall on Monday afternoon.

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In a lecture titled “The New Middle East Cold War,” Gregory Gause, political science professor at the University of Vermont and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said many people have a flawed understanding of conflict in the Middle East. “The regional upheavals that the Middle East has seen since 2011, and particularly the international relations aspects of it, have been misunderstood,” Gause said. Gause thinks the conflict should be labeled as a “cold war” because the nature of the conflict is not focused around any country’s military but, rather, revolves around each country’s influence on the region. “It’s a cold war in that your military power is not the centrally important factor in determining who’s going to win and who’s going to lose,” Gause said. Gause believes it is not a religious conflict, as many see it, but a result of many Arab countries struggling to take care of themselves and requiring help from their neighbors. According to Gause, two of the largest powers who are fighting for control of the region are Iran and Saudi Arabia. “This is a conflict, I would argue, that is based on the breakdown of state authority that invites regional

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intervention,” Gause said. Humanities junior Lucas Asher said he attended the lecture because he wants to take as many opportunities to learn about the topic as he can, despite this goal not fitting his career path. “There’s a lot of disagreement among scholars and analysts,” Asher said. “The Middle East is such a complex region [that] you need to hear as many views as possible.” Katie Aslan, undergraduate coordinator of Middle Eastern studies, said there are approximately 140 Middle Eastern studies majors on campus, in addition to hundreds more

There’s a lot of disagreement among scholars and analysts. The Middle East is such a complex region [that] you need to hear as many views as possible. —Lucas Asher, Humanities junior

enrolled in Arab and Persian language classes. Aslan said lectures such as this one are important because they offer a different kind of setting for students to learn in. “It’s more interactive, and you can ask questions and feel more comfortable asking questions,” Aslan said. “It’s a nice change from a classroom environment.”

Gause said the United States is inconsistent in its foreign policy and should focus on building states that can function independently. “We are much better at state-destroying than statebuilding,” Gause said. “I don’t think the United States has much to offer as far as the long term issue that underlies the new Middle East cold war.”

Third victim dies from SXSW car incident

On Monday, 26-year-old Sandy Thuy Le died from injuries sustained in Thursday’s South By Southwest car crash. Le, who is originally from Pass Christian, Miss., had been in critical condition at University Medical CenterBrackenridge since Thursday. Her death marks the third fatality resulting from the collision. Eight hours after the crash, Christopher Ziebell, emergency department director at Brackenridge, said he was not optimistic about the recovery process for Le and for DeAndre Tatum, another patient in critical condition who has not yet been released from the hospital. “The two most critical patients, I have a great deal of concern and worry about,” Ziebell said at a press conference Thursday. “We’re going to do our best for them, but these are some of the worst injuries that we see, and not everybody with these kinds of injuries is going to survive.” Thirty-five-year-old Steven Craenmehr and 27-yearold Jamie Ranae West were pronounced dead shortly after the crash. West’s husband, Evan West, was also injured. Travis County district judges issued a formal arrest warrant Friday afternoon for 21-year-old Rashad Charjuan Owens, who has been accused of driving his car through a crowded area of downtown during SXSW activities, killing two people and injuring 23 others on the spot. Owens was charged with one count of capital murder, and his bond has been set at $3 million.

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continues from page 1 Tuesday, said Metoyer. “Students want to have a seat at the table about these decisions and policies that affect students for generations to come,” Metoyer said. Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole said, because the proposed change has a potentially large impact on students, she will attend the SG meeting Tuesday to give students information and gather more student input. “I had really felt like students had not had a voice in this discussion, and I thought that they should,” Cole said. Advertising senior Robert Svoboda created an online petition against the code change, which had more than 1,100 signatures as of Monday. “We said that we’re [going to] get students on board with this issue, and there were students involved in this, but there wasn’t a unified media or even a Facebook group that was really capturing all of the stakeholders and voices that are being affected by this problem,” Svoboda said. Svoboda, who is also part of the SG task force, said he regrets that SG did not garner student involvement earlier. “This is something that has been talked about for a very long time,” Svoboda said. “It would have been more proactive for students to fight this and advocate on behalf of students earlier in the process because that could have really made a difference. It’s really come down to the last minute.” Svoboda said he thinks apartment complexes are a better alternative to “stealth dorms” to solve the Austin housing affordability problem. “Down the road, multifamily housing is probably more vital,” Svoboda said. “Putting more people on a piece of property is going to be more effective long-term.”

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The University of Texas at Austin

University of Michigan

University of Texas System

Shared Services here: Shared Services is a plan to centralize University finance, human resources, procurement and information technology services. A list of recommendations has been submitted to President William Powers Jr. for consideration. Projected savings: $30-$40 million a year Consulting firm: Accenture, $4 million total Pilot program: Existing centralization on campus will be observed and shared services will by implemented at various colleges, schools and units who volunteered for a pilot. Community involvement: Hegarty and the committee held campus dialogue sessions where they discussed the plan with the community.

Shared Services here: The University of Michigan is in the process of centralizing financial and human resources transactions into one central unit for the University. The central office is expected to become operational in winter 2015. Projected savings: $5-$6 million annually Consulting firm: Accenture, contracted for $11.7 million Pilot program: Various units and colleges across campus have implemented shared services. These versions of Shared Services will all eventually be moved to the central office. Community involvement: Members of the faculty signed a letter criticizing Shared Services. As a result, the timeline for implementation was extended.

Shared Services here: The UT System is working to centralize payment process across all six health institutions. Scott Kelley, executive vice chancellor for Business Affairs for the System, said, if they see success, then more services will be centralized. Consulting firm: Yes, but it has not been selected yet. Community involvement: All the chief financial officers of the health institutions sit on a committee together and are welcome to bring in proposals for how the centralization will look. Communication with communities in each campus will be handled individually by each institution.

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The University of North Caolina at Chapel Hill

Shared Services here: Campus Shared Services are in their final stage of implementation and provided business and financial services, human resources, academic personnel office support, information technology and research administration to approximately 60 percent of campus. Projected savings: 2016 — $6.9 million annually, by 2020 — $13.7 million annually Community involvement: Twenty “work groups” of faculty, staff and students helped provide feedback and shape Campus Shared Services.

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Shared Services was altered as a direct result of this sort of feedback from faculty. “What we found as we started rolling this out is that the campus community, primarily the faculty, didn’t really have enough information about how [shared services] would be working,” Fitzgerald said. “We learned that we needed to slow down the process and make sure we gave the schools and colleges more time to figure that out.” The University of California-Berkeley is currently in the process of finalizing the implementation of shared services on their campus. According to Berkeley spokeswoman Melanie Hurley, Campus Shared Services, which was launched in January 2013, currently provides business and financial services to 60 percent of the campus. Hurley said Campus Shared Services was developed through more than 20 “work groups” on Berkeley’s campus. “Throughout implementation, the team has relied on campus work groups made up of staff, faculty and students who collaborate with [Campus Shared Services] staff to identify the most effective processes for Berkeley,” Hurley said in an email. According to Hurley, savings will not actualize until the 2016 fiscal year, when Berkeley will see $6.9 million in annual savings. Hurley said, by 2020, annual savings are predicted to increase to $13.7 million. At UT, Hegarty said the end goal of Shared Services is to ensure that the University can operate efficiently. “We want to minimize administrative costs to maximize investment in our core missions,” Hegarty said. “We’re not in the business of just doing administration for the sake of doing administration. We’re not in the business of just employing people for the sake of employing people.”

Shared Services here: Shared Services at The University of North Carolina are part of the Carolina Counts program, a program launched in 2009 based on recommendations from a consulting firm. Projected savings: Ranged from $16.9 million in the first year to $66.2 million last year. Actual savings: $21.8 million the first year, $54.3 million last year Consulting firm: Bain and Company

Major Shared Services Players Kevin Hegarty is the chief financial offer at UT and the chair of the steering committee. He was charged with reviewing and testing the recommendations made by the Committee on Business Productivity, including Shared Services. Elizabeth Thompson Gershoff, human development and family sciences associate professor, and Stuart Tendler, graduate admissions and placement coordinator in the College of Liberal Arts, were added to the steering committee following the passage of a Faculty Council resolution. Bianca Hinz-Foley, Plan II junior, has been a loud student voice against Shared Services. She is a member of United Students Against Sweatshops, a student organization that participated in a protest against Shared Services.

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Shared Services here: The University of Florida is in year 1 of a four- to five-year implementation. Projected savings: University of Florida is not projecting savings but will be tracking cost savings throughout implementation and thereafter. Pilot program: Launched the Tigert Hall Shared Services Center, a center that provides finance and human resource services to campus, to test potential success. Community involvement: Administration created options for electronic communication from the campus community, had “work groups” for discussion and one-on-one meetings.

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Tea Party’s prominence alienates younger voters Texas has been at the forefront of the 2016 presidential election for some time now — not only because our Republicandominated state holds the second highest number of electoral votes, but also because Gov. Rick Perry has his eye on the GOP ticket. However, Perry was far from a substantial contender in this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, which occurred from March 6-8, ranking in ninth place, despite his concerted effort this year to appeal to a more conservative base. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the son of

With conservatives moving further and further away from moderate Republicans, and politicians such as Cruz and Paul taking center stage, particularly in the CPAC poll, it seems as though moderates are losing their place in the Republican Party.

Libertarian Ron Paul, came in first place with 31 percent of the vote, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came in second place with 11 percent. Paul calls himself a Libertarian-Republican but has written two books touching on the Tea Party platform. Cruz, in case you haven’t noticed, is perhaps the most vocal Tea Party advocate to ever have held the national spotlight. Together, the two men garnered 42 percent of the vote, highlighting the growing influence of far right ideology within the GOP. Historically, the CPAC poll has been a good indicator of whose names we’ll find on the Republican presidential ticket. With the exception of Ron Paul, the 2010 and 2011 victor, each individual who has won the straw poll more than once since 1976 has appeared on the Republican ticket for the presidency, making Rand Paul, who consecutively won the 2013 and 2014 poll, the apparent front-runner. Cruz didn’t do so badly either, though. In fact, numerous second-place CPAC victors in polls two years before the national election have appeared on the ballot — Mitt Romney took second place in 2010, John McCain took second place in 2006 and George W. Bush took second place in 1998.

Put simply, the result poll’s results seem to indicate that the next GOP ticket could be even less moderate than the last, all while national polls indicate that the country as a whole is becoming more progressive, particularly on social issues such as same-sex marriage, immigration reform and marijuana legalization. While it is unlikely that Cruz has a shot at the White House, considering his far-right stance, Cruz’s second-place victory should still mean his party is hell-bent on ignoring the nation’s feelings on progressive issues such as gay marriage. A Washington Post/ABC News poll this year found that 58 percent of people believe Americans should be able to marry whomever they choose — a stance that neither Rand Paul nor Ted Cruz supports. Even the youth in the GOP are erasing the lines on social issues. A February poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found that the percentage of millennial Republicans who favored same-sex marriage stood at 50 percent. Immigration, another issue that is particularly important to Texas, was also largely avoided in the CPAC convention, but it remains one of the most divisive issues among conservatives. This continual gap between

conservatives and the nation as a whole on key issues raises a crucial question: Where is the Republican Party headed? With conservatives moving further and further away from moderate Republicans, and politicians such as Cruz and Paul taking center stage, particularly in the CPAC poll, it seems as though moderates are losing their place in the Republican Party. Thus far, the GOP strategy to deal with this divide has been to avoid touching on social issues altogether, touting a so-called fiscal conservatism to attract young voters to the party. But, rather than falling into the trap of giving into such rhetoric, young voters, particularly voters in a state as conservative as Texas, must think carefully before throwing support behind either party. Austin may be a bubble in regard to its progressive stances on social issues, but the rest of the nation is not. So voters should pay attention to which groups politicians vying for the 2016 GOP ticket appeal to in the early campaign stages. Because, while trying to draw support from conservatives, otherwise moderate leaders may be pushed into taking a more right-wing stance. And that’s something to be aware of, especially in a state that has recently shown overwhelming support for the Republican party.

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Alcohol ruins game environment By Jasmine Johnson Daily Texan Columnist @AllThatJasss

I attended my first Red River Rivalry game in October of last year. After the Longhorns’ unexpected victory, while wandering the state fairgrounds, for every excited UT fan I saw, I also saw an OU fan upset by the Longhorns’ unexpected victory, and far too many of them were both angry and drunk — a potent combination enabled by the alcohol readily available at the Cotton Bowl. I expected bickering from students, but, when I saw heated exchanges between alums in their ’30s and ’40s, I knew that alcohol had to be the culprit. Consequently, I’m less than thrilled about the University’s recent decision to sell beer and wine at sporting events. Alcohol brings out the worst in people, and fans are no exception. According to findings from a study by Harvard School of Public Health on college drinking, published in 2001 (making it a little bit outdated, but still worthwhile), 53 percent of sports fans usually engage in binge drinking. This makes them more susceptible to committing or being the victim of alcohol-fueled crimes. Sure, many students binge drink before the game or sneak flasks into the stadium already. But selling alcohol on the premise both allows them more access to alcohol and condones their drinking in public. Granted, not everyone drinks at games. But those who don’t drink are also affected by alcohol-related problems. The aforementioned study, which surveyed more than 14,000 college students at 119 nationally representative four-year colleges in 39 states, found that students at schools where at least 40 percent of the survey respondents

described themselves as fans were more likely to fall prey to the secondhand effects of others’ binge drinking, such as disruption of sleep, property damage and verbal abuse. Some universities, such as West Virginia University, have, however, successfully decreased the number of game-day alcohol related incidents by implementing alcohol sales at sporting events. According to West Virginia University Police statistics, their University saw a 35 percent decrease in the number of game day alcohol-related incidents after authorizing the sale of alcohol at sporting events. But WVU doesn’t allow fans to leave the stadium and come back by showing their ticket stub, which Longhorn fans can do at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. By implementing this policy, WVU has more control over how much alcohol their fans consume as compared to UT, since UT has no such policy restricting fans from returning to their tailgate during the game. Since our University lacks such a policy, there should be more precautionary measures by police to help monitor fan behavior. Sadly, according to UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey, UTPD will not increase the number of police patrols for games but will closely monitor sporting events for increases or decreases in safety issues. Like UTPD, the Austin Police Department hasn’t planned any changes in game-day patrols. “It’s not going to change the way we do business,” APD senior police officer Veneza Bremmer told KVUE. According to Athletic Director Steve Patterson, the decision was made to “enhance the fan experience” rather than to generate more revenue. My question to Patterson, assuming I really believed his claim, would be, “which fans’ experience is he aiming to enhance:” the fans who genuinely care about the successes and failures of our athletic teams or those that show up just as an excuse to tailgate and binge drink? Johnson is a journalism junior from DeSoto.

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On Feb. 28, the University began a trial period of selling beer and wine at spring sporting events. During the trial period the University, UTPD and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the policy in order to decide whether or not to sell alcohol at fall sporting events, including football at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. “We could look into expanding it for other sports events next fall provided the outcome of the trial is positive,” said Athletic Director Steven Peterson. Drinking while watching sports is part of American culture, and the change in UT’s policy is both welcome and smart — it generates revenue for the University while bettering the fan experience and encouraging safe drinking. Allowing beer and wine sales at games could reduce the amount of tailgating, pregaming and binge drinking that occurs

Allowing beer and wine sales at games could reduce the amount of tailgating, pre-gaming and binge drinking that occurs before the games even start. … It is no secret that many fans are intoxicated before they hit the stands.

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before the games even start. When the purchase of alcohol is prohibited, it forces an individual who wants to drink to consume excessive amounts to hold them off during the duration of the game. It is no secret that many fans are intoxicated before they hit the stands. Undeclared sophomore David Lessenberry, who just retired from the U.S. Navy after 26 years, supports the idea of alcohol being sold at sporting events. “People want to complain about the venues selling beer,” Lessenberry said. “But then they think it is OK to sit in the parking lot and get tanked before a game. Very hypocritical.” I’ve attended multiple football games. Whether the venues sell alcohol or not, there will always be students and other patrons who will pre-game and tailgate prior to attending sporting events. It would be unrealistic and impractical to have a sober environment at any college sporting event. Ultimately, selling alcohol will allow those who would rather not pre-game or tailgate a chance to drink at the game and promote fan retention after halftime when many leave the venue to drink and don’t return for the last two quarters. If UT sold beer at the football games, it would become the third Big 12 school to do so, after Iowa State and West Virginia. According to a Bloomberg report in 2011, West Virginia generated $700,000 in revenue from alcohol sales. It seems that the sale of beer would bring just as much revenue to UT. Any increase in criminal or disruptive behavior should be monitored by the police to see whether there are adverse effects before making the sales permanent. But, given the many benefits of expanding beer sales, it’s hard to believe that the University will come to any conclusion other than that the sales should continue into the fall. Gil is a sociology sophomore from San Antonio.

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Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, which is trying to determine whether Hall overstepped his duties as a regent and whether he should be recommended for impeachment. Hall filed open records requests with UT for more than 800,000 pages of information and has been accused of conducting a “witch hunt” to oust President William Powers Jr. Martinez Fischer said Foster’s email raises questions about Cigarroa’s true motive for resigning, and testimony from Cigarroa and Foster could provide the committee with answers. In December 2013, Cigarroa testified in front of the committee and said Hall’s actions were disruptive to the System and caused a drop in morale. Alvarado said the committee will consider Martinez Fischer’s request, but no decision has been reached about reconvening. “I have not talked to the other committee members or my co-chair about [the letter], but it’s something that I hope we will have discussions about,” Alvarado said. “We were hoping our report would be done soon, but, again, we have stressed

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usage statistics. Green said at its busiest time, Tuesdays at 2 p.m., the University is using an average of 5 GB per second. Undeclared freshman Madeline Barham said she does not pay for additional bandwidth and has not gone over the allocated 500 MB. “I already pay enough money to go to UT, but, if it were only five dollars a semester, I would think that would be reasonable,” Barham said. Government and history senior Mauricio Garcia said the allocated bandwidth was not a sufficient amount for

him, and he purchased 25 GB of bandwidth this semester for $7.25. Garcia said he thinks the rates for last semester were a reasonable price for bandwidth. “I like the idea because by the third day of class I’m all over my bandwidth,” Garcia said. “If the University upgrades this, I think that would be perfect because the minimum bandwidth runs out so easily.” Green said ITS is reviewing rates for next fall and students may see a decrease in the cost of bandwidth as consumption increases. Green said he hopes for a decision to be made in April.

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Sunday night, freshman pitcher Tiarra Davis did something she hasn’t done often this season — give up the eventual game-winning grand slam in a relief appearance, as the Longhorns fell to Iowa 6-5. But Monday night, Davis was on a mission in the circle, striking out nine batters and holding the Hawkeyes to one hit as Texas won its first series of the year with a 3-0 win. “She wants the ball,” head coach Connie Clark said. “It’s just about getting her consistent and dealing with scenarios like that.” Davis came out firing to start the game, striking out four of the Iowa’s first seven batters. Iowa (5-12) threatened Texas in the top of the third inning as the first two runners reached base for the top of the Hawkeye lineup. But Davis got a fly out to center, a strikeout and a ground out to get out of the jam. In the fourth, Davis fired back, striking out all three batters in the frame, keeping batters off balance with a mix of fastballs and off speed pitches.

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Davis, who improved to 7-7 this season and leads the team with a 2.36 ERA, also worked around bit of a jam in the fourth with two on and one out for her 10th complete game and first career shutout. She said she trusts her defense when she gets in those tough situations. “Usually me and Mandy [Ogle] have a head nod or something, and it reminds me to relax and just throw the ball and trust my

defense,” Davis said. The Longhorns (18-14), who have struggled to take advantage of scoring opportunities this season, struck in the first inning when sophomore right-fielder Lindsey Stephens got the offense going with a two-out triple. Then, with the bases loaded, sophomore designated-hitter Holly Kern ripped a double to left-center field to score the first two runs of the game. Kern said she benefited

from Davis’ 11-pitch at bat right before she stepped to the plate. “Coming into the at bat, I was like, ‘She had a really good at bat, so I’m going to get a hit for her’,” Kern said. “It felt really good to score some runners.” In the next inning, the Horns added another run when senior center-fielder Brejae Washington hit a two-out triple to left-center to score senior catcher

Mandy Ogle. Meanwhile, for Iowa, senior pitcher Kayla Massey settled down after the first two innings. Despite allowing nine hits, Massey kept Texas off the board in the last four innings, including pitching out of a bases loaded situation in the sixth inning. Texas will get one last nonconference game Wednesday night against Houston before opening up Big 12 play at Waco on Saturday and Sunday.

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Longhorns to face Penn on Sunday in NCAA Tournament The Longhorns have put on their dancing shoes as they head to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament for a date with No. 12 Penn, which will take place Sunday in College Park, Md. The Quakers recently captured the Ivy

League championship but had just the 130th toughest schedule in the nation compared to fifth-seeded Texas’ 10th toughest schedule. The game will be aired on ESPN at 2 p.m. —Jori Epstein

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Although Texas still has only seven verbal commits for its 2015 recruiting class, the Longhorns’ Junior Days appeared to have made an impact on recruits. Ryan Newsome, a wide receiver from Aledo High School, has expressed high interest in Texas and its coaching staff. The four-star athlete is a highly recruited prospect that received an offer from Texas in February and has other offers from schools, including Baylor, Florida State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Oregon. In his junior year at Aledo, the 5-foot-9-inch, 163-pound receiver recorded seven punts for touchdowns, tying a national record.

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Newsome helped Aledo — which also happens to be the alma mater of Longhorn sophomore running back Johnathan Gray — win its fourth state championship since 2009. Toby Weathersby, an offensive tackle from Westfield High School in Houston, attended one of the Longhorn Junior Days. The 6-foot-4-inch, 295-pound lineman received an offer from Texas in late January. Currently, Weathersby has Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M as his top schools, and he has indicated that he might make a verbal commitment sometime in the summer. Another Houston product, receiver Kemah Siverand plans to visit Texas and Texas A&M in the near future. Both schools have offered to the junior and are high on his list. Siverand did not attend one of Texas’ Junior Days. despite an invitation. The four-star recruit from Cypress Ridge High School caught 25 passes for 611 yards in his junior season and recorded seven touchdowns.

Among many of the prospects the Longhorns target for their 2015 class, the list includes five-star cornerback Kendall Sheffield, four-star defensive end James Lockhart and Damarkus Lodge, one of the state’s top-ranked receivers. Defensive back Jalen Campbell verbally committed to Texas in March 2013, but reports suggest he will visit other schools and evaluate his options. The three-star commit from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi suffered an ACL injury last year during a spring game. Away from the recruiting trail, the Longhorns are about two months away from learning where former USC quarterback Max Wittek will transfer to. Wittek’s short list of options includes Texas, Hawaii and Louisville. The 20-year-old already visited Austin and stated in an interview with OrangeBloods.com that his trip exceeded expectations. The quarterback would have two years of eligibility after completing his undergraduate degree at USC.

Tarale Murry thought he gave up a dream to come to Texas. Murry, a junior guard walk-on on the Longhorns’ basketball team, was a fourtime varsity letter winner at Lehman High School in Kyle. He spent years building his skills, and, when he graduated, he had a partial scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania and a full scholarship to Washington University in St. Louis. But with the recommendation of Pastor Billy Ray Johns of the Greater New Life Tabernacle, Murry attended UT to stay close to home. “I actually cried when I made my decision to come here,” Murry said. “I wanted to make the right decision. I’m a man of faith, so I wanted to make the right choice, but I really wanted to go [to UPenn] cause of their programs, the prestige and [because] I could have played basketball there. I thought I had everything there. Here, I thought I’m not going to make the team. It’s Texas.” But, three years into his time at UT and now a member of the team, his decision paid off. But it also proved helpful when tragedy struck at home. Last fall, his stepfather suffered a stroke, which landed him in the hospital for a long period of time. Murry’s mother was left with the task of raising his many siblings, which is when Murry Tarale stepped in to help raise his brother and sisters while his stepfather recovered and his mother tended to him daily. “He woke up to that and said, ‘If I had went away, I wouldn’t have been able to help my mom at all,’” said

Johns, the pastor who has known Murry since he was 6 years old. “He took over and was there for those kids. He also went to school, ran errands for his mom and came back to the hospital to take care of his dad. He had to be a mentor to his siblings.” Murry’s leadership has transferred to his time on the basketball team. As the oldest member on the squad, he has become a role model to the young team despite his limited playing time. While at home and on the road for games, Murry holds team meetings and helps guide his teammates in the right direction, propelling him as one of the most respected members of the team. “He doesn’t get to play really a second of anything, but he’s still a great leader,” freshman guard Martez Walker said. “He’ll tell you what you need, he can preach and he could even be a starter if he had a chance to. We respect that of him cause we know that’s how [Murry] Tarale is.” Sophomore guard Demarcus Holland said he sees Murry as his helper and mentor. “I look to him as a big brother,” Holland said. “He helps all of us, telling us what’s right and what’s wrong.” Murry has played in just five games this season and has yet to record a basket. But, looking back, Murry, who is majoring in accounting, said he wouldn’t change one part of his choice to attend Texas. “I really believe that because I made my decision to come here and followed my faith in God, He made this opportunity possible,” Murry said. “I’m blessed to be here. I wouldn’t change my decision.”

The Longhorns’ pitching staff continues to look poised for an NCAA Tournament run, but, after a 1-2 start in Big 12 play, Texas must figure out how to do more than just pitch. Texas (15-6) was outscored 10-5 in last weekend’s series with Kansas en route to losing two of three games after winning four of its previous five games during Spring Break. Although losing the first conference series of the year is difficult, head coach Augie Garrido knows the team will stick together moving forward. “Obviously, we lost two games, and the way we finished makes it difficult for everyone to make it very positive, but that is what this game does to you,” Garrido said. “We have won 15 games and lost six now. We have won 15 together and we have lost six together, and we continue to move on together.” The Texas offense was outhit 22-17 in the Kansas series while posting a sub-.200 combined batting average for the three games. Senior center fielder Mark Payton continues to lead the offense with a .417 batting average and 13 runs on the season. His team-leading 17 walks have also given opportunities to players such as junior right fielder Collin Shaw, who is second on the team with a .344 batting average, to help push runs across. Many of the recent struggles at the plate have come from the starting Texas freshmen — a group which includes first baseman Kacy Clemens, catcher Tres Barrera, third baseman Zane Gurwitz and third baseman Andy McGuire. The group posted just four of Texas’ 17 hits in the Kansas series, with three coming from Barrera, who has raised his batting average to .197 with the effort. The Longhorns will battle Dallas Baptist (154) Tuesday, a team riding a six-game winning streak into Austin. Despite weaker competition, the Patriots’ numbers appear more consistent across the board, especially on offense. As a team, Dallas Baptist is hitting .270 with 135 runs scored in 19 games while Texas is hitting .237 with 79 runs scored in 21 games. Pitching for both teams appears even as well, with Texas holding a combined 2.19 ERA, compared with 2.48 for the Patriots. Dallas Baptist pitchers have proven they can strikeout hitters, however, tallying 190 punch-outs to 123 for the Longhorns. With similar numbers on paper, Texas will have to find its groove at the plate against Dallas Baptist to prove its record is no fluke. —Matt Warden

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Nneoma Ajiwe, a human development and family sciences sophomore, and “I Got Sole Movement” members audition for the World of Dance team competition that will take place in Dallas on April 26. The movement is an outlet for dancers, videographers and visual artists to express their dreams.

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The beat thumps as a group of dancers move in sync to the music, their expressions focused while their bodies tell a story. As they dance, the group members show deep connections with each other and occasionally stop to fist bump and compliment other dancers. The group, called I Got Sole, has a mission that goes much further than dance. Jonathon “JT” Thomas, African and African diaspora studies senior, created I Got Sole at UT with five friends in 2012 to provide an outlet for people wanting to achieve their dreams. The group, which focuses on dance, produces videos of original choreography to popular songs. The dance videos are produced, edited and filmed by members of the group. “The movement is geared specifically towards anybody trying to get out their dreams,” Thomas said. “Whatever they’re passionate for — performing arts, visual arts and anything that they are really driven by. It’s really trying to get people to dream again.” I Got Sole’s first videos were components of a documentary series that sought to inspire people to join. The videos have since become choreography pieces to songs instead of being solely about the movement. The group holds public auditions for each of its videos.

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Once formed, the group began to grow quickly and currently has more than 100 members. According to Thomas, the group’s symbol, a fist, represents overcoming struggles to succeed. “A lot of people call it a dance company, but I like to think of it as a movement,” Thomas said. “It’s really just trying to inspire people to get creative again and to be in that imagination mindset.” Psychology senior Afia Twumasi joined I Got Sole

in February 2013 shortly after its creation. Twumasi recently starred in I Got Sole’s dance video to “Partition” by Beyonce. “I guess coming to I Got Sole every Wednesday and Thursday [is] like [having] a family,” Twumasi said. “You talk with them or laugh with them, no matter what. If class was kind of stressful, you have a place to go dance and just release your stress. That’s what has been so important to me: to have

this movement around.” Damian Medrano, applied learning and development junior, joined I Got Sole in September. Medrano also said the group helps him to release stress. “When the week’s hard, I just come here and throw it all out on the dance floor and just have fun,” Medrano said. “I forget everything that’s going on for those two hours. I love it so much.” I Got Sole allows anyone to audition for its videos and

This May 18, 2012, file photo shows director and UT alumnus Wes Anderson posing for a portrait at the 65th international film festival in Cannes. Anderson’s latest film is “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

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Anderson film debuts at SXSW By Sarah Montgomery He decided to turn the With quirky characters, colorful settings, speedy dialogue and a splash of melancholy, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” encompasses all of the tools director Wes Anderson uses in his films. Anderson, a UT alumnus, showcased his latest feature at the Paramount Theatre last Monday as a part of South By Southwest Film. People arrived twoand-a-half hours before the showing started — creating a line that wrapped around two downtown blocks. The enormity of the turnout contrasts Anderson’s first movie screening of his 1996 feature “Bottle Rocket” at Hogg Memorial Auditorium. Only nine people attended, two of which, Anderson said, left as the credits started rolling. The idea for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” began first with a short story Anderson and a friend wrote about someone whom they knew. This character turned into Monsieur Gustave, the concierge played by Ralph Fiennes. Anderson made this transition after being inspired by writer Steve Zweig’s work.

“I love dance, and just [having been] able to find a group of people and friends that dance was great,” Avila said. Thomas hopes the group will grow past the college campus and become a global movement. He said he wants I Got Sole to reach and inspire as many people as possible to follow their dreams. “We want this movement to get as big as possible,” Thomas said. “We just want to show people what they are capable of doing.”

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attend its weekly sessions. Thomas said even people who think they can’t dance are welcome. “You can always learn,” Thomas said. “I never send anyone away, especially if they are really willing and committed to learn. I think that everything is possible if you put your mind to it.” Computer science freshman Kevin Avila, who recently joined the group, said I Got Sole has helped him grow socially as a first-year student.

short story into a film following characters set in the ’30s in wartime Europe. “It started with this one character, and then eventually having an idea of the setting that this was going to be a European war background,” Anderson said. “Then making the script, then all the visual stuff came after the script was finished.” The movie follows an orphaned lobby boy named Zero, played by Tony Revolori, and his mentor Gustave. The story is told by Zero decades later, as he sits at dinner with a writer, played by Jude Law, in the now-dilapidated hotel. “The writing is the first and foremost thing,” Anderson said. “The actors, they invent their performances themselves, but they work with the script.” Jason Schwartzman saw the film for the first time at Monday’s SXSW premiere. Schwartzman is only in a few scenes, but his appearance, in addition to Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and others, follow Anderson’s fashion of sticking to the same company of actors with each of his movies. “It was exciting; I’m a

fan of [Anderson’s films] so much,” Schwartzman said. “It’s so funny.” This movie takes after Anderson’s earlier films with the same style of framing, dialogue and use of color. He also uses animation and miniatures alongside live action in “Grand Budapest Hotel,” as he did in his 2009 animated feature “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” While the live-action portions were shot on location in a town between Poland and Germany, many miniatures and the animation used were created in Berlin. “With the stop motion, you edit the whole thing and then you shoot it,” Anderson said. “I started doing that with the live-action movies more where we do the same kind of animatic [sic] and kind of prepare it in more detail.” Anderson’s trademark style is visible in “Grand Budapest Hotel,” but he does include new techniques. The film jumps around between various time periods, with a different screen format to denote each one. Anderson is known for meticulousness. The numerous perfumes worn by Gustave and the fake

mustache worn by Zero during the movie intensify characterization and give a more tangible representation of the personality these characters have. “It’s either inspired by something we’ve stolen somewhere and forgotten where it came from, or it came from our life or something,” Anderson said on the subject of coming up with different details to use in his films. Having Anderson’s latest success premiere in Texas, where his career began, emphasizes the all-encompassing feeling that his latest movie holds. While back in Austin for the SXSW premiere, Anderson took time to visit the UT campus, his alma mater and the place where he met close friend and actor Owen Wilson. “It’s great,” Anderson said. “I went to all my old classes and my old house where me and Owen lived. It’s the same. There are a few new buildings, but it’s very much the same.” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” released this past weekend in select theaters making $811,166, the highest grossing amount for a limited weekend debut.

WASHINGTON — Next up for “Let’s Move?” How about “Let’s Cook?” Michelle Obama said Friday that a new focus of her anti-childhood obesity effort will be to help people cook more of their meals at home because they’re healthier. Addressing a health summit in Washington, the first lady said homecooked meals have less fat, sodium, cholesterol and calories than meals prepared in restaurants — and save money, too. She said too many people think they don’t have the time or the skills to cook for themselves but that plenty of meals can be pulled together in fewer than 30 minutes for cheaper than takeout. Mrs. Obama began focusing on the nation’s childhood obesity problem as soon as she got to the White House in 2009. She pledged Friday to stick with the issue long after she’s gone. “We cannot walk away from this issue until obesity rates drop for children of every age and every background,” she said. “We cannot walk away until every child in this country has a shot at a healthy life. And that’s why I’m in this thing for the long haul, and I mean long after I leave the White House, because I believe in finishing what I start.” Mrs. Obama praised recent federal statistics that show a sharp decline in obesity rates among children of ages 2-5 as a small — though important — achievement but still not enough evidence to declare the problem solved. She urged everyone to keep working on solutions, especially among older kids. “Now is not the time to take our foot off the gas and congratulate ourselves on a job well done,” Mrs. Obama said. “Just the opposite. Now is the time to fight even harder because we now know it is possible to make a difference on

this issue. We know that our strategies are beginning to work.” Her strategy largely has been to cajole food and beverage makers, retailers, restaurants and others to make healthier products. Federal legislation and regulations are leading to changes in school breakfast and lunch programs and are expected to bring an updated “Nutrition Facts” label to thousands of packaged products before the end of the decade. The promised focus on helping families adopt healthier habits by doing more cooking at home fits that approach. The first lady talked about working with supermarkets to distribute recipes and offer cooking demonstrations with schools to develop the “home economics class of the future” to give students basic cooking skills and with chefs to get them to offer affordable cooking classes in their restaurants. She promised announcements of new initiatives in the coming months. Mrs. Obama said research shows eating meals cooked at home is one of the best ways families can improve their health. Mrs. Obama is honorary chairwoman of the nonprofit organization, which was created in conjunction with “Let’s Move,” her initiative against childhood obesity. The partnership works to support the goals of “Let’s Move” and with businesses to bring them on board and hold them accountable for the commitments they make to improve the health of Americans. It so far has more than 70 commitments from companies of all sizes, according to Larry Soler, its CEO. Among them was yogurt maker Dannon, which announced Friday that it will begin reducing the amount of sugar and fat in all its brands. —Associated Press