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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | TEXAS 64, MARYLAND 69
Horns’ year ends in Round of 32 to Terps By Rachel Wenzlaff @RachelWenzlaff
Texas fought hard for its first Round of 32 win since 2004, but, after a heated back-and-forth match-up with Maryland, the fifthseeded Longhorns came up 5 points short in a 69-64 loss on fourth-seeded Maryland’s home court. The game got off to a notably slow start. Strong defensive performances by both teams and poor shooting gave each team just two points at the 15:50 mark of
the first half. Senior guard Chassidy Fussell broke the early draught with a 3-pointer, which set off a shooting spree. Maryland’s Laurin Mincy answered Fussell with a 3-pointer of her own and went on to put up 8 of the Terps’ first 10 points. Although the Terripans were significantly more accurate from the field than the Longhorns — 41.2 percent to Texas’s 33.3 percent — Texas managed to keep the game close because of its accuracy from the
free-throw line. While the Terps made only one free throw, Texas connected on 10 of its 12 attempts. The score remained tight throughout the first half, and the teams entered halftime tied at 31. Texas kept it close, largely because of its defense on Maryland’s Alyssa Thomas, a threetime ACC player of the year, who was held scoreless in the first half. But the second half proved to be quite different
Texas head coach Karen Aston and her team look on in the final seconds of Texas’ 69-64 loss to Maryland in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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Red River to close due to med school construction
FUTURE of the DOME? As the University begins to construct the Dell Medical School, Frank Erwin Center’s relocation remains uncertain
By Christina Breitbeil @christinabreit
Significant traffic changes and delays will result from the closure of Red River Street on April 12 and preparatory roadwork on 15th Street beginning March 30, according to the University’s Parking and Transportation Services. Red River will close in order to be realigned for the Dell Medical School Project. The affected section of Red River, from 15th Street to MLK Boulevard, is scheduled to reopen in January. According to a University email, MLK Boulevard and Trinity Street will also experience “significant changes to traffic patterns and flow.” UT spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said Parking and Transportation Services has already made arrangements with the different stakeholder groups in the area of campus where Red River is closing. “We’ve done some replacement parking for spaces in [Longhorn] Lot 108,” Weldon said. “We will allow for deliveries down Red River and emergency vehicles whenever
Jonathan Garza/ Daily Texan Staff
The Frank Erwin Center has hosted major events in Austin for the past 37 years. The center will be relocated in the next six to 15 years and be replaced by the new Dell Medical School.
By Chris Hummer @chris_hummer
The Frank Erwin Center has hosted stars ranging from Kevin Durant to Paul McCartney, but, after serving Austin as a major event hub for the
past 37 years, the site’s future residents will tend to patients instead of sinking baskets or belting anthems. The Erwin Center and the adjacent Denton A. Cooley Pavilion site on Red River Street, located across from the
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School of Nursing, will be relocated in the next 6-15 years to make room for the new Dell Medical School. In May of last year, the UT System Board of Regents approved the building plans for the medical
school, which will accept its first class in 2016. According to the Medical District Master Plan, a teaching hospital will sit on the lot currently occupied by the Erwin Cen-
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Students give their thoughts on the future of the Frank Erwin Center. Check out the video at dailytexanonline.com
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Search for chancellor Former airline executive speaks at McCombs replacement continues By Leila Ruiz @leilakristi
By Madlin Mekelberg @madlinbmek
The UT System has not moved any closer to finding a new chancellor since hiring an executive search firm on March 12, according to System spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo. In February, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announced he would be stepping down after serving in the position since 2009. Cigarroa will serve as the director of pediatric transplant surgery at the UT Health Science Center-San Antonio
following his resignation. Earlier this month, the System signed a contract with Wheless Partners, a national executive search firm, to assist in the search for a new chancellor. Cigarroa will remain in his position until the next chancellor is selected. According to Board Chairman Paul Foster, a new chancellor will be selected over the summer so he or she can officially begin working at the beginning of the fall 2014 semester. “The Board of Regents is
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Tom Horton, former president and CEO of American Airlines, spoke about his perspective on leadership Tuesday as part of the University’s VIP Distinguished Speaker Series. Horton was president, chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation until its merger with US Airways Group formed American Airlines Group, Inc. in December 2013. After being elected president of AMR Corporation, then immediately voting with the board of directors to declare bankruptcy in one decisive 2011 phone call, Horton
said it was his stubbornness and determination that allowed him to remain optimistic and eventually help turn the company around. “I had sort of a dogged, maybe persistent, belief in that, and I think people eventually got behind me — that’s where we landed,” Horton said. “Stubbornness almost to the point of dumb optimism [allowed me to be successful].” McCombs Undergraduate Dean David Platt, who interviewed Horton throughout the talk, said he would emphasize to students the importance of persistence. “Resilience is vastly underrated,” Pratt said. “If people could take something away
Fabian Fernandez/ Daily Texan Staff
Tom Horton, former CEO of American Airlines, spoke at the University’s VIP Distinguished Speaker Series on Tuesday night.
from him it’s to know that people like him, at the highest levels of [a] company and who influence how everyone else
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Latino-Jewish seder brings UT students together. PAGE 4
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thinks about it, are really so sincerely serious about integrity.”
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