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The University is introducing new efforts to increase four-year graduation rates following the highest freshman retention rates in UT history last fall. David Laude, senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation management,
said the addition of mental health counselors to academic advising offices, the launch of a four-year graduation rate help desk and a campus-wide initiative to “reclaim senior year” will contribute to increasing the likelihood that students might be able to graduate in four years. Laude said he gave a $3 million grant to the Office of
the Vice President of Student Affairs to establish mental health counselors in the advising offices of the McCombs School of Business, the College of Natural Sciences, the Cockrell School of Engineering, the School of Undergraduate Studies and the College of Liberal Arts. “The grant is from this notion of four-year graduation
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rates,” Laude said. “This is part of the appreciation that graduating in four-years isn’t about academics.” The four-year graduation rate help desk will launch online next week. The virtual desk will provide students’ answers to frequently asked questions, put students in
2005: 52.6 % 2006: 50.6 % 2007: 50.9 % 2008: 52.2 % 2009: 52.0%
Lentz said. “Variations are mainly due to weather but are also affected by the
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Tower dims for energy conservation By Christina Breitbeil @christinabreit
While switching off all lights in the Tower is an insignificant action in terms of conserving electricity, the gesture still makes a difference, according to Jim Walker, director of sustainability for the Office of Campus Planning and Facilities Management. The University kept the Tower dark Saturday in support of Earth Hour — an international movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund to celebrate commitment to the planet by shutting off all lights for an hour. “In the grand scheme of things, it’s not saving a whole lot of energy,” Walker said. “We get the most bang for our buck in raising awareness. One evening of the Tower not lit isn’t putting a dent in [electricity usage], but you see the Tower from the highway and come home on a Friday and turn a power strip off for the weekend. … That’s where we see the real savings.” According to the University’s Utilities and Energy
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Last year, the University consumed 3,920,381 MMBTu, or million British thermal units, of natural gas. According to the University’s Utilities and Energy Management department, energy consumption correlates with the amount of people on campus and variations in the weather.
Management department, total natural gas consumption in 2013 was 3,920,381 million British thermal units, or MMBTu. Laurie
Lentz, manager of business and financial services, said energy usage from lighting is not metered separately and cannot be determined,
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APD to buy new license plate readers
UT Student Body President Horacio Villarreal (right) and Vice President Ugeo Williams ended their terms at the Student Government meeting Tuesday night.
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New executive positions sworn in By Nicole Cobler
but the campus does use less energy when there are less people on campus. “The amount of energy used on campus does vary,”
The Austin Police Department is in the market for new license plate readers after City Council allocated new funds for investment in the technology, according to APD Sgt. Robert Smith. APD used its previous plate scanners from 2010 until 2012, when the department’s former vendor went out of business. Smith, who works in the Auto Theft Unit, said the readers are primarily used to locate and recover stolen vehicles. “It’s a huge asset in finding stolen vehicles because the operators don’t even have to pay attention,” Smith said. “They just drive around, and the cameras and computers do all of the work. When a stolen car is found, it directs the officer to where it’s at, and the vehicle can be recovered.” License plate readers are devices installed in
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APD officer Jermaine Kilgore demonstrates how to use the current license plate database inside a patrol car Tuesday.
select patrol cars and in areas of the city where auto theft rates are highest. The reader scans and photographs license plates and then feeds the plate information to a computer inside the patrol car. “The computer is connected to the license plate database, and that information is just disseminated to a server,” Smith said. “If the plate of a stolen car is detected, it’ll tell you which car it is and where
As newly-elected Student Government President Kori Rady and Vice President Taylor Strickland were sworn into their respective positions Tuesday, outgoing executives Horacio Villarreal and Ugeo Williams concluded a year of platform points centered on inclusion, safety, service and accessibility. Rady and Strickland ran
their campaign on over 22 platform points, including an extended Thanksgiving break, expansion of the uRide program and creating a basketball game at Gregory Gym. “Hopefully, we can push Student Government to be a positive light on campus,” said Rady, a government and corporate communication senior. “I think, with the platform points, the way we’re delegating our platform points and meeting with
administrators, we can do great things.” Strickland, a corporate communication junior, said she hopes to expand the uRide program to transport students safely home from downtown on the weekends. The program was created by Villarreal and Williams in the fall to give students rides home from the Perry-Castaneda Library.
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UT professor speaks about human rights violations. ONLINE
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Young black males may be viewed as older and less innocent, making them more likely to face police violence, according to recent research published by the American Psychological Association. The study, “The Essence of Innocence: Consequences of Dehumanizing Black Children,” tested more than 150 police officers from large urban areas to determine levels of prejudice toward black people. The research focused on young black males and did not study findings for black girls. According to the research, the officers received a questionnaire requiring them to provide age and culpability assessments for 12 scenarios that depicted male targets of a given race. Then, researchers compared the questionnaire’s findings with the individual officers’ personnel records. The results found that implicit prejudice of blacks is related to black children’s disproportionate experiences of violent encounters with police officials. Kevin Cokley, educational psychology and African and African diaspora studies professor, said the research validates many black males’ experiences of racial prejudice from police. “When you say this, and you kind of complain about it, some people will
The University hopes to have its four-year graduation rate at 70 percent by 2016.
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it was when it was found, and that allows any officer that’s working the equipment to find the stolen vehicle and recover it for a victim.” Smith said the department will only be able to afford a few scanners. “They’re very expensive units,” Smith said. “We wouldn’t have the funds to put them on all of the patrol cars. What we would do is
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reject that and claim that racism is no longer a major problem,” Cokley said. “And, of course, a study of this nature sort of undermines that and indicates that racism is not over, and there are deadly consequences for black boys.” Cokley said, if young black males are seen as less childlike than their white peers, then they are treated as adults well before they actually are. “It’s almost sort of like this idea that black males, in particular, aren’t allowed to have the childhood that other children across other races are allowed to have,” Cokley said. “So, the consequences are, in the most extreme form, death, and, in other forms, a systematic dehumanization where they are always sort of seen as threats.”
The research also pulled from other studies. In one, more than 250 university students were surveyed about the childhood innocence of infants through age 25 who were black, Latino or an unidentified race. In another, students were asked to assess the age and innocence of black, white or Latino boys ages 10-17, with photographs and descriptions of various crimes. From birth till age 9, children were seen as equally innocent regardless of race. However, beginning at the age of 10, participants began to think of black children as significantly less innocent than other children at every age group. In another study, black felony suspects were viewed
as four-and-a-half years older than their actual age. Rebecca Bigler, psychology and women’s and gender studies professor, said she believes broad racial stereotypes in American culture play a role in psychological notions for young black males, which can begin early in childhood development. “Part of the negative racial stereotype of AfricanAmericans in the U.S. has to do with being not innocent, lying, cheating [and] aggressive,” Bigler said. “I think what [the study] is arguing [is] that these things get applied even to children when, normally, there would also be a stereotype about children and a bias to see them as innocent.”
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continues from page 1 number of people on campus. Energy use declines during the winter break, for example.” In addition to dormitory lighting, which is up to the discretion of the students, some lighting on campus must remain on at all times. Walker said turning lights off outside could be dangerous for students out at night. “We have to be careful with lighting on campus because all of the lighting on campus that is outside is a matter of safety,” Walker said. Stephanie Perrone, project manager of the University’s Energy and Water Conservation program, said the Tower going dark was a gesture similar to turning the lights on or off for any campus event, since there are already lighting controls in place throughout campus. “No one decides which buildings on campus keep their lights on or off,” Perrone said. “Several buildings have lighting controls, either based on occupancy sensors or based on a time schedule. Beyond that, it is up to the occupant to turn off lights at the end of the day.”
In the grand scheme of things, it’s not saving a whole lot of energy. We get the most bang for our buck in raising awareness. —Jim Walker Director of sustainability
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Mayor: Austin faces growth problem By Natalie Sullivan
Mayor Lee Leffingwell speaks about his background in public service and the future of Austin in a lecture Tuesday evening. The talk was part of a week-long celebration of the Moody College of Communication.
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Although Austin has experienced exceptional population and economic growth in recent years, growth creates a host of new challenges for the city, Mayor Lee Leffingwell said in a talk on campus Tuesday. In the lecture hosted by the Moody College of Communication Council, Leffingwell said Austin is the fastest growing city in the U.S., with its population expected to reach four million over the next 20 years. “We have not done a good job of creating a transportation plan, and it’s something we badly need to cope with [because of] the growth we’re experiencing,” Leffingwell said. “Urban Rail, along with other forms of mass transit, has to be a part of that system. We need an option for people to get into Austin that doesn’t require sitting in traffic for two hours.” Leffingwell said Austin’s diverse economy helped it through the recession and is continuing to bring money into the city. “Our economy is red hot right now,” Leffingwell said. “We have industries
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continues from page 1 Strickland said the first things she will begin working on are a campus safety phone application and expanding branding on campus. She said she also plans to continue the programs Villarreal and Williams created, such as upper-division tutoring, a cultural showcase and intramural sports games against Texas A&M University. Villarreal said creating the Intramural Lone Star Showdown was one of the things he was most proud of during his tenure. The intramu-
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in gaming, microchips and renewable energy. The Formula 1 race alone brings in $300 million. That’s a lot of barbecue.” According to Hugo Rojo, Communication Council administrative director, Leffingwell was chosen as a speaker because of his public advocacy and dedication to Austin. “Leffingwell has taken a leap into the digital age to connect with Austinites and increase government transparency with tools like a recent Reddit “Ask Me Anything” and a weekly email newsletter,” Rojo said.
According to Leffingwell, the need for increased communication with the public is also a major concern for the city. “How do we get information out in a way that’s simple and direct that everybody — even the lowest common denominator — will understand?” Leffingwell said. “Some issues are extremely complex, and to get the message across takes a lot of talent.” Public relations freshman Alexandra Mascareno said she thought the lecture provided a good look into how the government deals with complex issues. “I never realized
everything that goes on, particularly [with] the communications aspect, [with the] state government,” Mascareno said. “It’s crazy: the amount of things the city deals with, especially as its population grows so much.” The lecture was part of a week-long celebration by the Moody College of Communication, featuring local leaders who advocate for innovation and the public good. Past speakers have included South By Southwest co-founder Louis Black and Mark Strama, head of Google Fiber in Austin and former state representative.
ral football and basketball event was designed to continue the rivalry with Texas A&M, and, according to Villarreal, attracted between 80-100 players. “That was something I really liked because it strengthened the relationships between a lot of different parties, and it showed Student Government can really reach out outside of its realm,” Villarreal said. Villarreal and Williams split some of their platform points at the beginning of the year to complete more of their goals. Villarreal established upper-division
tutoring at the Sanger Learning Center, and Williams created a cultural showcase in the fall to display student diversity. Williams said outside of just achieving their original platform points, he was proud of staying visible to the student body throughout the whole year. “I wish we could have achieved more outreach, but, again, we were present and visible a majority of the time,” Williams said. “Staying visible throughout the whole year can be hard to do because there is so much going on.” Villarreal said he was
confident that Rady would be able to take over the position of SG president because of his experience as external financial director on the executive board. “I’m going [to] be rooting for them every step of the way with their platform,” Villarreal said. “I just want to see them continue to be genuine, be in it for the right reasons and continue to get things done that benefit our campus.” Elected students in University-wide representative and college representative positions were also sworn in Tuesday to the 108th SG Assembly.
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continues from page 1 contact with the right people to help with various issues and address disputes that may arise when a student petitions to graduate. “Very often, you find that the lines of communication are just not what they need to be,” Laude said. “What if, instead, they had a real certainty that answers to their questions about how to graduate in four years, or whenever they wanted, could be realized?” According to Laude, another initiative the University is pursuing is a requirement for students to identify a senior year, as opposed to the existing system, in which students apply for graduation a month before the end of the semester. “Back when you were a junior in high school, did it occur to you that, when you were a senior, you might or might not graduate?” Laude said. “No, of course not. UT, over time, has eroded that perspective. … If you wanted to stay another semester, you did. If you wanted to stay another year, you did. If you couldn’t get a course, well, you couldn’t get a course.” These initiatives are in addition to others launched by Laude in his role as “champion of graduation rates,” a position created through recommendations from the Task Force on Undergraduate Graduation Rates. In the summer of 2011, President William Powers Jr. created the task force,
which was charged with recommending ways for UT to increase its fouryear graduation rate to 70 percent by 2016. Over the past seven years, the fouryear graduation rate has fluctuated between 50 and 52 percent. “Timely graduation benefits every constituent in the educational chain, from parents and students to professors and administrators,” Powers said in a press release from the University following the report’s publication. “What’s more [is] it represents a major savings for students in an age of concern over rising costs.” The task force produced a final report in February 2012, featuring three main recommendations and an appendix full of smaller ones. Marc Musick, senior associate dean for student affairs in the College of Liberal Arts, conducted research for the task force and wrote the final report. Musick has overseen the implementation of one of the report’s major recommendations: transforming summer orientation. He also serves on a variety of committees responsible for overseeing some of the smaller recommendations. Musick said he is unsure whether Powers’ goal is feasible. “The clock started ticking with the class of 2016,” Musick said. “You’re teasing out all the things that are like low hanging fruit — the easy things to fix. The closer you get, the more you’re starting to deal with the things that are really hard to fix.”
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UT System limited student voices on tuition On Friday, a committee of student leaders submitted a tuition proposal to the UT System Board of Regents, settling on a suggested 2.6 percent increase for both in-state and out-of-state undergraduate tuition rates, with no changes to graduate or professional student rates. The proposal also included a guaranteed tuition plan, in which students would pay a predetermined rate for four years, with a guaranteed 4 percent increase every year. The tuition proposal comes after three months of back-and-forth between the stu-
We did the very best that we could given the time restraints. But ultimately, the fact that we were given a month to come back with a tuition proposal prevented us from forming the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee. —Andrew Clark, Senate of College Councils President
dents on the committee — whose original December proposal suggested a 3.6 percent increase for out-of-state undergraduates — students against raising tuition rates and the UT administration, the last of which contributed to the bungling of the process by changing its mind part-way through the process and re-issuing a request for a tuition proposal that only gave student leaders a month to put together a final proposal. The increase would raise the weighted-average tuition for in-state undergraduates from $4,899 to $5,026 and from $16,921 to $17,361 for out-of-state undergraduates, if approved. Although tuition proposals typically come from the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, established with nine members including student leaders and faculty, the current proposal comes from a committee that started out with three students — including the Student Government and Senate of College Council presidents — and that in February was expanded to include four more students, including the Graduate Student Assembly president, after the UT System abruptly reissued its request for a tuition proposal. Both groups were given just a matter of weeks to settle on a proposal that reflected student input, which is why the proposal was assembled by a small committee instead of a full TPAC.
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With UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa having turned in his resignation in February, the UT Board of Regents has begun its search for the next Chancellor of the UT system. Like many executive level administrative positions at universities, the qualifications for the position are somewhat ambiguous, with the only clear continuities between past chancellors at UT being their maleness, their business prudence and their masochistic desire to work in close proximity with the regents. One large responsibility of the chancellor is to outline a strategic vision for the system in the form of an “action plan.” Chancellor Cigarroa’s was entitled “Framework for Advancing Excellence” — following the common naming principle of picking a present participle and adjective out of a cowboy hat. The plan generally involves some nods to ensuring accessibility and maintaining rigor with a main focus on strategies to make the University more “efficient” and “productive.” As part of his effort to increase four-year graduation rates, Cigarroa also oversaw the $10 million investment in MyEdu — a company with close ties to former System Chancellor William Cunningham — that students have hailed as a less complete, less useful version of Rate My Professor. To help appoint the new chancellor, the regents have contracted Wheless Partners, a consulting firm that locates and recommends individuals for leadership positions, to help with the selection. The regents have also invited students, faculty and staff to make nominations via an anonymous and private suggestion box provided to the public on the Regent’s website. I, for one, have taken it upon myself to mull over potential candidates and to ultimately make my official recommendation to the regents by entering my candidate’s name into the inviting white abyss that is the aforementioned suggestion box. That candidate? Beyonce. A native Texan and mother of aspiring Longhorn Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce has what it takes to meet the challenges UT faces today. Voted No. 4 on Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world and sitting atop a net worth of over $350 million, it is clear that Beyonce has the political clout and business knowledge required to lead UT. She
A native Texan and mother of aspiring Longhorn Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce has what it takes to meet the challenges UT faces today.
Student voices were lost and limited [in the tuition-setting process] by the ever-shifting deadlines handed down by UT System administration. like TPAC is to give a voice to students, this year, student voices were lost and limited by the ever-shifting deadlines handed down by UT System administration. In an environment of decreasing state funding, tuition increases seem increasingly inevitable, making them slightly easier to stomach. But students need to be able to raise questions about what other options are on the table to make up for this loss of funds from the state. In reissuing the tuition proposal, the UT System may have included students on a potential tuition increase, but in giving students on the committee such short turn around times and not clearly expressing the reason for doing so, they limited the involvement of students in a process that directly affects them.
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In an attempt to gather more student input, the second tuition proposal process involved a number of town halls where students voiced criticism of the December plan and of tuition increases altogether, before the committee finally landed on the 2.6 percentage for both in- and out-of-state tuition raises. Clearly, the group tasked with creating the tuition proposal has gone through the wringer, facing harsh public criticism from students and difficult time restraints from the UT System. “We did the very best that we could given the time restraints, but ultimately, the fact that we were given a month to come back with a tuition proposal prevented us from forming TPAC,” Andrew Clark, the President of the Senate of College Councils, said. Students may be unhappy about the tuition raise, but it’s important to keep in mind that the group wasn’t in much of a position to protest the regents’ directives. And it’s worth noting that, should the group’s proposed increases prove difficult for students if accepted by the regents, this recommendation, unlike previous TPAC proposals, is only for one, not two, years. If there’s something to be upset about in this year’s tuition-setting process, it’s that even though the purpose of a committee
is so important to the Ivory Tower that Rutgers University offered up a course dedicated to the study of her and her work alone. Not only would Beyonce be an adequate prop in promoting the system’s core purposes of printing degrees and researching military weaponry in the legacy of her predecessor, but she would succeed in the places he fell short. During his tenure as chancellor, Cigarroa identified a major problem area for the UT system: Students just won’t leave, keeping the system’s four-year graduation rates alarmingly low. After all, it is widely recognized that four years is precisely the amount of time it takes for an undergraduate’s head to be filled with knowledge and that an additional period of sustained binge drinking beyond this time frame will cause irreparable damage to the central nervous system. But Beyonce would be able to fix this difficult problem through the power of song. First lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to end childhood obesity, for example, has had success by remixing Beyonces “Get Me Bodied” and releasing it in 2011 under the new name “Move Your Body.” Some people, like myself, have suggested that it was the catalyst behind the 43 percent reduction in childhood obesity for kids aged 2-5. Wouldn’t Beyonce be able to apply the power of her voice to the problems facing the UT System today? Her 2007 hit single “Check On It” could easily be reworked as “Degree Progress, Check On It” — a college anthem with a sexy beat that would both remind us to keep on track with our required coursework and distract us from the regret we feel each time we run a degree audit for taking all of those enriching electives as underclassmen. Cigarroa wanted to increase blended and online classes? Beyonce could sell these options to students with ease — just change “Independent Women” to “Independent Learning.” Double majors clogging up the System? “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)” becomes “Single Major (Put a Cap on it).” Really, the possibilities of reworking Beyonce songs to motivate students are endless. Change “Bootylicious” to “UTlicious,” and no one will ever want to be an Aggie again. The handful of students that continue to act up and resist efforts to perfect the corporate university will ultimately be made quiet with the adaptation of Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls)” to “Run the World (Administration).” And in the end, given that the UT Board of Regents seems to prioritize just about anything else over allowing students to enjoy a rich and diverse education, will Beyonce’s deficit of academic credentials be any worse than the likely lack of love for education in the chosen candidate? And wouldn’t her power as a marketing tool for just about anything, including the corporatization of education, be a benefit? With that in mind, I ask you to join me in making the UT System the coolest, most capitalist system around. #Beyonceforchancellor. Griswold is a government senior from Indianapolis.
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On March 28, in a letter to federal officials, Gov. Rick Perry said that he would not certify Texas’ 297 state prisons and local jails to comply with the newly completed Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards. Perry called the standards, which are meant to reduce the instances of rape in correctional facilities, “impossible” to meet, citing operational and budgetary constraints. Perry took particular issue with the standards’ requirement that prisoners be supervised only by guards of the same gender when in private settings such as showers and restrooms, arguing that Texas’ male correctional facilities already have too many female correctional officers working in these facilities for Texas to feasibly meet the same-gender supervision standard. Perry is right that this standard would be difficult to meet by the May 1 deadline and that, as he also claimed, Texas has made great strides in putting in place anti-rape measures in Texas prisons. However, one consequence of those efforts is that most facilities in Texas are already almost completely in compliance with PREA standards. Given that the state would only have to meet the same-gender supervision requirement and a few others to be in complete compliance with standards, Perry should have found the funds and aimed to more completely protect prisoners at risk of rape. Horns down to Perry’s decision to resist PREA standards instead of helping Texas’ correctional facilities rise to meet them.
Given that the state would only have to meet the same-gender supervision requirement and a few others to be in complete compliance with standards, Perry should have found the funds and aimed to more completely protect prisoners at risk of rape. HORNS DOWN: TEXAS NEEDS TO INVEST MORE IN EDUCATION Last week, the Dallas Morning News reported that Texas has moved up slightly in the ranking for perpupil spending after the legislature added funding last year. A comparison by the National Education Association shows that Texas spends an average of $8,998 per student per school year, putting the state in 46th place, out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, a bump from last year when Texas ranked 49th. Average teacher salary also increased slightly to $49,270, $450 more than last year. Although at first this may seem to be a cause to celebrate, considering the difficulty in securing education funding in our state, it’s best to take a pause before we call it a victory. Texas still ranks way below the national average of $11,674 per student per year, and the average teacher salary of $56,689. Though we’re investing more in our children than the year before, we could still be doing better on the national level.
HORNS DOWN: ABBOTT CITES RACIST SOURCE IN PRE-K PLAN On Monday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott unveiled the first of his education policy proposals, in which he outlined his plan to tie pre-K funding to academic performance standards. In that proposal, disturbingly, was a reference to the work of Charles Murray, a “white nationalist” who uses “racist pseudoscience and misleading statistics to argue that social inequality is caused by the genetic inferiority of the black and Latino communities, women and the poor,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Abbott’s plan cites Murray’s work as evidence that “family background has the most decisive effect on student achievement.” While it is entirely possible that Abbott himself had nothing to do with the choice of citation, as Murray’s work is now a part of Abbott’s education policy, it is Abbot’s responsibility to come forward and repudiate Murray’s racist, sexist views and to find justification for the claim of family background’s effect on student achievement from a less hateful source.
While it is entirely possible that Abbott himself had nothing to do with the choice of citation, as Murray’s work is now a part of Abbott’s education policy, it is Abbot’s responsibility to come forward and repudiate Murray’s racist, sexist views and to find justification for the claim of family background’s effect on student achievement from a less hateful source.
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Freshman catcher Tres Barrera continued his impressive season Tuesday evening with a 1-for-4 showing at the plate, which included a pair of RBIs. Texas continued its strong play by defeating No. 12 Rice in Houston.
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Freshman catcher Tres Barrera continued his hot streak as the No. 8 Longhorns took down No. 12 Rice 5-2 in Houston. Barrera led the Longhorns with two RBIs, while junior pitcher Lukas Schirladi, dubbed by head coach Augie Garrido as the “best Tuesday starter in college baseball,” kept Rice in check. Schiraldi allowed five hits in 6.2 innings and surrendered both Rice runs. As the theme has been of late, the Longhorns (23-7, 2-2 Big 12) jumped on top of their opponent in the first inning. After the first three hitters reached in the first before Barrera — who has raised his average from .129 to over .290 in less than a month — came up to the plate, it appeared as though the Longhorns could break it open early. But Barrera, in one of his few bad at-bats in his recent tear, grounded into a double play to drive in a run but kill the threat of more. Texas’ top of the order tacked another one on in the third with the help of poor defense from the Owls. After junior second baseman Brooks
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After a two-year hiatus from national relevance, Texas baseball has burst back onto the scene thanks to head coach Augie Garrido’s age-old formula of defense and small ball. The Longhorns currently sit at 22-7 and eighth in the Baseball America poll, a huge step forward for a team that finished 27-24-1 last season, its worst in 15 years. Texas’ success this season resembles when the Longhorns were perennial contenders in the College World Series in the early 2000s. Those Texas teams were headlined by strong pitching staffs who put strangle holds
Marlow walked and advanced to third on an error off the bat of sophomore outfielder Ben Johnson, he gave Barrera another chance to drive in a run. Barrera did what he needed to, lofting a fly ball to center for a sacrifice fly to give Texas a 2-0 lead. Rice (21-10) kept things close, though, with a two-out RBI single in the fifth to make it a one-run game. But Texas
did what it has all season — come through in close games. A big sixth inning gave the Longhorns a comfortable lead. Freshman third baseman Zane Gurwitz started the scoring with a sac fly. Then, with two outs, Marlow singled, and Johnson reached on error for the second time to load the bases for senior center fielder Mark Payton. Payton, being patient,
worked a walk to push the lead to 4-2 and give way to Barrera. Barrera came through with yet another big hit, just as he did over the weekend against Texas Tech. He singled home Marlow to push the lead to 5-1. Schiraldi yielded one more run in the seventh, but that was all the Owls got. Sophomore reliever Travis Duke came on in relief and threw 1.2 scoreless innings
before handing things over to freshman pitcher Morgan Cooper to close it out. On the day, the Longhorns had 10 hits to the Owls’ seven. But it was two errors that doomed Rice. Rice’s pitching allowed only two earned runs but five total. This is the second time Texas has beaten Rice this season in as many tries. The teams will face each other again next Tuesday.
on opposing hitters, which allowed Garrido to implement a conservative offensive strategy using sacrifice bunts and timely hitting. Although this tactic was in place the past two seasons, Texas lacked the dominant pitching staff necessary for it to work effectively. This season has been a different story. Led by starters senior Nathan Thornhill and junior Parker French, the Longhorns enter April as the No. 4 pitching staff in the nation, limiting opponents to less than two runs per game. This strength powered the team to a 4-1 record against Rice and Houston, both currently ranked in the top 25. Across the board, Texas’ defense has been
phenomenal. Along with its 1.98 ERA, the Longhorns rank ninth in fielding percentage, 14th in hits allowed and have shut out opponents on five occasions — an impressive feat considering last year’s team had eight all season. The Longhorns have already almost equaled last season’s win total despite ranking 142nd in team batting average and 187th in runs scored per game. Of course, there are a few bright spots in the Texas lineup. The obvious example here is senior outfielder Mark Payton, who has maintained a red-hot .402 batting average while leading the team in hits, RBIs and on-base percentage. Junior outfielder
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26-2 during that span. The Longhorns suffered a 2-5 loss to California, while the Bobcats beat the Golden Bears 4-3. Texas appeared to lose its footing in a loss to UTSA at home in February — part of a five-game losing streak for the Longhorns. Conversely, the Bobcats made short work of the Roadrunners, winning easily, 8-0. Against North Texas, UT won both outings by a combined score of 12-3, while Texas State dropped both games: 0-1 and 1-3. Similarly, the Bobcats lost twice to Baylor, while the Longhorns bested their Big 12 foe 4-1 to open conference play. In a three-game series against Iowa, Texas won two of
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the three, outscoring their opponent 17-7. Texas State also won their lone matchup with the Hawkeyes, 4-0. In their third and fourth games of the season, Texas defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 10-7 and 7-3, while the Bobcats dropped all three of their matchups. Expect Texas State to come out firing: The Bobcats seek their first road win since March 1.
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Texas will continue its slate of in-state competition Wednesday when the Longhorns host Texas State. The Bobcats are coming off a three-game losing streak after being swept by Louisiana-Lafayette. Both Texas and Texas State have faced similar opponents this season, including games against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, California, UTSA, North Texas, Baylor, Iowa and Louisiana-Lafayette. Against A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas and Texas State won their matchups, with the latter posting a 2-1 record while outscoring the opponent
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Texas men’s head athletic director Steve Patterson met with members of the media Tuesday morning and discussed, among other things, Texas A&M, collective bargaining for collegiate athletes and expanding the Longhorns’ global brand. Patterson downplayed the possibility of the Longhorns resuming their rivalry with the Aggies. “There’s a lot of great tradition with Texas A&M,” Patterson said, according to ESPN. “At some point in time, does it make some business sense — some branding sense — to play [the Aggies] again? I don’t know. It’s not at the top of my list. I’m really more focused on how we grow the footprint of the department.” Patterson is more focused on developing the Longhorns’ national and global brand than reigniting a century-old rivalry. Texas has already taken large steps toward expanding the global Longhorn brand in basketball, as the Longhorns are scheduled
to play the first-ever, regular-season contest in China against Washington in 2015. The team is also set to participate in a threecity basketball tour with Michigan State, North Carolina and Florida in 2018. According to the San Antonio Express-News, Patterson has expressed an interest in playing a football game in Mexico City. He also mentioned Dubai, United Arab Emirates as a future site for an athletic event. “We have a lot of folks in the oil and gas industry,” Patterson said. “A lot of those alums spend time in the Middle East, and Dubai is a place that wants to use sports to help put itself on the map. So we’ll have some conversations, and we’ll see where they lead.” Patterson also disagreed with a recent ruling by National Labor Relations Board that qualified Northwestern football and basketball players as employees. He said he fully supports providing student athletes for their full schooling costs but says, if they want to be paid, they should join a professional league.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Charlie Strong spoke with the media Tuesday afternoon about the team’s progress in spring practice. Here are a few quotes to note from his press conference. On which kind of defensive and offensive philosophy the team will employ: “We are going to be very multiple on defense. We’ll play 4-3 and get into 3-4 because some of our third-down packages will be three-down lineman with four linebackers. Then, on offense, we are going to play very multiple because you got to be multiple. Our guys are versatile enough to play in any defense or offensive scheme that we put them in.” On junior wide receiver Marcus Johnson: “Marcus does a great job. He can run. I know that. He can separate from a defensive back. And it’s all about, [for] him, just confidence and just continuing to grow his confidence. And what I tell Marcus, I say, ‘You have big time ability. You have to go play like that each and every day.’” On senior defensive back Quandre Diggs: “The thing I like about Quandre is that he is coming into his own and is showing the leadership ability that he has. The guy can play outside at corner for us, and we can move him inside to the nickel position. He’s a very smart football player and plays within himself.” —Drew Lieberman
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Alumna produces Hack Studios By Kat Sampson @katclarksamp
When Dianna Colton took advertising professor John Murphy’s introductory advertising class in the early ’90s, Murphy told his students to get out of the industry. There were no jobs, and money wasn’t good. Colton took the warning as a challenge and, not long after that, declared her major in advertising. Now the owner of Hack Studios, an Austinbased boutique production company that creates advertising bits for a variety of clients, Colton has made a name for herself in the field. The studio, which turned 3 years old Tuesday, has done projects for The Professional Golfers’ Association, Dish Network and Texas Exes. Colton was particularly excited to do work for the University. Although Texas Exes didn’t have the same budget as an average Hack Studios client, Colton made the decision, as a business owner, to do the project. “It was about doing something as an alum for my university and about doing something great,” Colton said. “It’s my own payback to my university. You have to figure out what the commodity is since it won’t be money. It’s about the commodity of the relationship.” Colton still remembers an event with the UT baseball program that helped shape her into the person she is today. After being told she was too tall to be a cheerleader, she saw a classified ad for
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a position as the baseball trainer. “I applied for the position, and coach Cliff Gustafson thought it was hilarious,” Colton said. “He called me and the other coaches into his office. I even met Earl Campbell. They laughed it off and ended up ushering me in the Disch-Faulk Diamonds program, but I think, at that point, it was just my resolve that I can do what I want to do.” Dillon Davies, director and editor for Hack Studios, was impressed
by Colton’s honesty when he first started working for her. “[Colton] taught that honesty and loyalty are qualities that still have a place in business,” Davies said. “[Colton] said to me when I walked in, ‘I believe in paying people for their work.’ It [was] refreshing to feel like your boss is looking out for you.” One of the biggest difficulties production companies from Austin face is the physical distance from areas such
as New York and Los Angeles. Hack Studios producer Jessee Harkey said Colton’s skills as a businesswoman aid her when it comes to competing with outside markets. “[Colton] is very adaptable and open to change,” Harkey said. “She’s not stuck in her ways. She’s open to several directions, [letting] the industry lead her. With the industry being the way it is, business owners like [Colton] are succeeding.” Colton lamented that it can be difficult to succeed
as a business owner in a field that, she said, is dominated by men. Prior to creating Hack Studios, she worked for an editorial company but left her job to explore the world of advertising. “[The editorial company] came up to me asking me to represent them in a different capacity and said, ‘We figured you’d want to be home with your kids and work from home,’” Colton said. “All I could think was, ‘You’d never say that to a man.’ So I got up and left.”
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Colton said she is always looking for a challenge. One of her first jobs was as a creative secretary and, within a few years, she had worked her way up to the producer role within the agency. She even started a baby-clothes business without knowing how to sew. “I’m always looking for what’s next,” Colton said. “I’m not okay with complacency. It’s boring. I like to be constantly challenged, and I guess what I look forward to every day is to see what that challenge will be.”
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Size matters: Museum presents annual 5”x7” art exhibit By Lauren L’Amie and Vanessa Sliva @DailyTexanArts
In most contemporary art galleries, the walls are lined with pieces of different
mediums and dimensions, with the largest works competing for attention from visitors. At The Contemporary Austin, the annual Five x Seven art sale restricts the dimensions of pieces to only
5”x7” boards, keeping every piece at the same size. This event features more than 300 artists with more than 500 pieces of art on sale for $150 each.
The event opens Wednesday with an art preview and cocktail party, followed by the sale and an after-party where artists and viewers can interact with one another. Lauren Adams, event
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Spring 2014 The 2014 Roy Crane Award in the Arts is given to a student at UT Austin for 2014 unique, creative in the performing arts. The committee The Roy Craneeffort Award in the Arts is given to a selection student at UT Austin will give no weight to any entrant’s grade point average or other academic for unique, creative effort in the performing arts. The selection committee achievement. will give no weight to any entrant’s grade point average or other academic
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There are two $3,000 awards.
There are two $3,000 awards.
To compete for the award, a student must be nominated by a faculty member of The University of Texas at Austin. The award will recognize To compete for the award, a student must be nominated by a faculty one’s creative effort while at UT Austin. Both current and former member of The University of Texas at Austin. The award will recognize undergraduate or graduate students may compete for the award so long as one’s creative effort while at UT Austin. Both current and former the work was achieved while registered at the University.
coordinator at The Contemporary Austin, said that Five x Seven is competitive — but not between the artists. “During the art preview, no art work can be purchased,” Adams said. “It is only when the whistle sounds that guests can pull the tag and claim the work. This often leads to situations where several people have been eyeing the same work and will race to be the first to pull the tag.” Local mixed media painter Chelsea Brouillette, whose work will be featured in the show, said that working on a show with multiple artists encourages a sense of camaraderie. “It’s exciting to be a part of an organization that actually means something: something that we’re all inspired by,” Brouillette said. According to Brouillette, group shows such as Five x Seven are an outlet for emphasizing artistic diversity. “It’s not their fault, but people kind of have a narrow view of art,” Brouillette said. “Shows that have hundreds of locals artists come forward and show what they can do is definitely something unique, inspiring and beautiful.” Austin-based artist Chris Holloway, a mural painter and surrealist in
previous years at Five x Seven, will exhibit a collage series this year. “This show has a really good handful of local artists,” Holloway said. “It’s a really wide range, and you get a good grasp on the art community and the work they put out in the city.” Five x Seven also excludes labels from the exhibition. Rather than displaying the names of the artists next to each work, guests buy the art based on personal preference and discover the name after the purchase. “This creates a sense of discovery for our guests,” Adams said. “Because the artist’s name is only unveiled after purchase, guests are drawn to the work purely because of visual attraction, not because there is a name associated with it. There is also the fun of trying to guess which artist created what work, for those that attend regularly.” Five x Seven will take place at the Brazos Hall. Tickets to the after-party can be purchased online. “Not everyone will feel connected to what we’re bringing to something like this,” Brouillette said. “But it’s really special when someone does.”
undergraduate or graduate students may compete for the award so long as the work was achieved while registered at the University.
The deadline for nominations is
April 11,for 2014 5pm. is The deadline nominations
April 11, 2014 5pm.
For nomination form and submission guidelines visit http://www.utexas.edu/provost/initiatives/undergraduate_awards/crane/
For nomination form and submission guidelines visit http://www.utexas.edu/provost/initiatives/undergraduate_awards/crane/
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Guests at last year’s Five x Seven art show attend the afterparty at The Contemporary Austin.