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Carter: ‘We are not above reproach’ By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM

At the Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday, former President Jimmy Carter said there are still racial and women’s rights issues that the U.S. needs to address with conversation. In the conversation, hosted by LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove, Carter said in his work with the Carter Center — an organization Carter founded with his wife in 1982 to advance human rights — he has seen extraordinary prejudice against women and girls, including female genital mutilation, female infanticide and sexual slavery. “Slavery, at this moment, is greater than it ever was in the 19th century,” Carter said. “I don’t want to shock people too much, but it’s the worst human rights violation on earth.” According to Carter, sexual abuse is a major problem not only in countries around the world but also in universities in the U.S. “In this country, we are not above — I hate to say condemnation — but we are not above reproach,” Carter said. “The number one place for sexual abuse is the United States universities.”

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peace. Carter, a leader in the organization, helped create a coalition in 2011 called Girls Not Brides with the goal of ending child marriage.

According to individuals at the Civil Rights Summit, attendance was low during the three panels held Tuesday, the first day of the summit. The summit is being held at the LBJ Auditorium, which seats 967 people. Attendees received a ticket to see one of four presidents speak or to see all of the panels on one day of the summit. According to University spokesman Gary Susswein, all available tickets were distributed for the presidential addresses and daytime panels, so the turnout rates were not a result of lesser ticket distribution. “We would assume that people are coming to what they’re able to come to and trying to be there the best they can,” Susswein said. “We would love for every seat to be filled at every moment, but we realize some people who hold tickets may need to go to class or

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Former President Jimmy Carter speaks with Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library, on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday evening.

Carter said sexual abuse on college campuses is underreported because university faculty and administrators worry that reporting rape will tarnish a university’s reputation. Carter also

said he thinks the fact that Title IX allows federal funds to be withheld from universities if college administrators fail to properly address sexual assault cases will help solve the problem.

In a blog post in March, Carter presented his concerns about religious and cultural interpretation hindering gender equality to The Elders, an organization hoping to establish international

Speakers address immigration laws By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro both said they felt optimistic that immigration laws would be passed in 2014 and agreed the U.S. government must do more to address the issue of immigrants who overstay their visas, during a panel at the Civil Rights Summit hosted by the LBJ Library on Tuesday. “We haven’t done much about people who overstayed their visa,” Castro said. “And ensuring that we have a way to track who comes in, and then whether they leave, in a more effective and efficient way is an important part of this.” Barbour said the U.S. shouldn’t deport employed immigrants because it wouldn’t be economically practical. “Three, four, five million of these people who have

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Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro discussed immigration laws at a panel during the LBJ Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday afternoon.

had the same jobs for years, for decades — about the stupidest thing we could do, economically, is make them leave,” Barbour said. “We

don’t have anybody to replace them with. The impracticality of sending everybody home should be obvious to everybody.”

Barbour said this creates a problem while passing laws through Congress because

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The Music and Social Consciousness panel on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit gave a nod to popular culture’s involvement in the civil rights movement. Mavis Staples and Graham Nash, two musicians known for their contributions to pop culture and the civil rights movement, spoke Tuesday afternoon, followed by a four-song performance given by Nash. Both Staples and Nash talked about how the civil rights movement and political atmosphere influenced their careers in music. Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin introduced the speakers, and the panel was moderated by Bob Santelli, the executive director of the

GRAMMY Museum. Staples, a rhythm and blues and gospel artist from soul group The Staples Singers, said she attributes her lifetime as a gospel singer to meeting Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. early in her career. “I think that, if he can preach it, we can sing it,” Staples said. “That was the beginning of our writing of civil rights songs, freedom songs, message songs and the first one was ‘March Up Freedom’s Highway.’” Throughout the beginning of her career, Staples spent time with King. She said her favorite memories with the man most people saw as stoic and serious were moments of laughter. “[I] just loved to hear Dr. King’s laughter,” Staples said.

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Proposition 8 attorneys discuss same-sex marrriage during panel By Madlin Mekelburg Although attorneys David Boies and Theodore Olson once argued against each other in front of the Supreme Court, they said they are of one mind about the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. Boies and Olson joined moderator John Avlon, editorin-chief of The Daily Beast, Tuesday at the first panel of the Civil Rights Summit, “Gay Marriage: A Civil Right?” In the 2000 Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore, Boies and

Olson were legal foes. But the two joined forces in 2009 and fought to overturn Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a battle they discussed at the panel. Boies said he thinks samesex marriage is the defining civil rights issue of today, and there are clear similarities between the fight for equal rights for same-sex couples and the civil rights movement. “For a long time, people denied that [same-sex marriage] was a civil rights issue,” Boies said. “They defended it on religious grounds, on

constitutional grounds, on grounds of tradition, on grounds of protecting the family — all of the ways that we have, over the course of the history of our country, tried to deny one group of our citizens the equal rights that our Declaration of Independence and Constitution promises to everybody.” Olson, a well-known conservative, said he views same-sex marriage as a constitutional issue rather than an ideological one. “I would get some messages, and I would get some

people who were reported in the press as saying I was ‘a traitor to my principles’ and so forth,” Olson said. “If you have principles, you have to be true to your principles and not have other people identify your principles for you.” According to Boies, 30 judges have considered the issue of same-sex marriage since last June, and all of them have ruled that marriage is a constitutional right regardless of the sexual orientation of a couple. Boies said people who

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David Boies speaks with John Avalon about the constitutionality of gay marriage at the LBJ Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS

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A UT student is running for local government. PAGE 5

Civil Rights Summit needs to connect with students. PAGE 4

Longhorns drop rematch against No. 21 Rice. PAGE 6

WWI memorial’s planning isn’t commonly known.

Commencement speakers have been mostly male. PAGE 5

Yik Yak app breeds racism, sexism. PAGE 4

Ashley Roberts exits Texas after up-and-down career. PAGE 6

UT alum Jennifer Chenoweth created a map of Austin that takes personal experience into account.

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While the Civil Rights Summit kicked off its first day of events, students from University Democrats showed up outside the Tower on Tuesday night to protest a talk given by Charles Murray. Murray, a political scientist and author, is known for his controversial theories on social issues and race. The talk was hosted by the student branch of Texas Executive Council of the American Enterprise Institute on campus — a D.C.based think tank aimed at exposing students to different viewpoints. Murray said he thinks people classify him as racist because his personal definition of equality is different

from most people’s. “Equality consists of treating people you encounter as individuals within the context of the different environments they grew up in,”

Murray said. Mark Jbeily, Plan II senior and executive council member of AEI, said it was coincidental that the talk occurred on the same day as the Civil

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continues from page 1 go to work.” Susswein said there are currently no plans to compensate for low turnout potentials by issuing additional tickets for panels later in the week. “Today was day one,” Susswein said. “If, going forward, we see there are ways to improve the process, we’ll take a look at them.” According to Susswein, there were “virtually no empty seats” during the conversation between former President Jimmy Carter and LBJ Director Mark

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Singer-songwriter Graham Nash plays guitar at a panel on music and social consciousness during the LBJ Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday afternoon.

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continues from page 1 “He had jovial laughter.” Staples said that she continues to sing freedom and gospel songs in her performances today. “These kids, you know, they weren’t there,” Staples said. “I was there, and I’m still here, and I’m bringing it to you. I’m still on the battlefield, y’all, I’m

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Americans do not want people to be rewarded for breaking the law. “The two big issues, and the underlying issue that you have to deal with, is you’re not rewarding people for breaking the law, and I think that can be done in a way that’s very appropriate and right,” Barbour said. Near the end of the discussion, a woman in the

on the battlefield, and I’m fighting, everyday.” After Staples left the stage, Nash, a singer-songwriter from the folk rock group Crosby, Stills & Nash, entered and played three songs from earlier in his career that all reference political events from the late 1960s and early 1970s, in addition to one new song. Before he played the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song “Ohio,” which

references the 1970 shootings at Kent State, Nash said the group had to push their label to release the song so soon after releasing “Teach Your Children” just a few weeks prior. “When America starts to kill its own children, we’re in deep trouble here, so let’s put this out,” Nash said. “We must make sure that we make it a better place. We can make it a better place.

There’s no doubt about it.” While many of Nash’s songs are focused on civil rights and freedom issues, he said he doesn’t feel like he has a personal responsibility to spread those messages. “I have to express myself, and the way that I do that is through art and music,” Nash said. “I had a responsibility to talk about stuff that bothers me. I have to get my feelings out.”

audience yelled at Castro, asking him to stand up for “dreamers,” referring to the DREAM Act that would allow current, former and future undocumented highschool graduates and GED recipients to obtain citizenship through either college or the armed services. “Mayor Castro, I am a dreamer. … Our families are under attack. …We need you to act now,” the woman said. Since 2001, the U.S. has increased the number of

agents along the 110-kilometer (68.4 miles) Mexican-U.S. border by 117 percent, mediator Brian Sweany said. In a press conference after the panel, Castro said there is always room for improvement in methods of securing the border, and he hopes to promote a more robust and active legal system. “There’s no question that there’s been a frustration among many dreamers,” Castro said.

Javier Huamani, an undocumented student and treasurer for University Leadership Initiative, said he hopes the Obama administration will push for reform in the near future. According to Huamani, there are about 500 undocumented students on campus. “It’s the fact that people and families are being torn apart on a daily basis — that’s the main problem,” Huamani said. “People shouldn’t have to live in fear.”

oppose same-sex marriage do not have a valid argument. “I’ve always said that part of being a good lawyer is to understand what the best argument is for the other side, and I’m usually pretty good at that,” Boies said. “This is a case in which the other side doesn’t have an argument. They have a bumper sticker that says ‘marriage is between a man and a woman,’ and that’s the question — that’s not the answer.”

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continues from page 1 Elliott Fox, The Elders media officer, said Girls Not Brides consists of more than 300 civil society groups from 50 countries. During the conversation Tuesday, Carter also said segregation still exists in the U.S., especially in public schools in the Deep South. “We still have a gross disparity between black and white people on employment [and] the quality of public education,” Carter said. “A lot of so-called segregation academies were founded so white people could send their kids to a very segregated school.”

Updegrove on Tuesday night. Jerry Chang, supply chain management and public relations senior, said he attended all three of Tuesday’s panels: “Gay Marriage: A Civil Right?,” “Pathway to the American Dream: Immigration Policy in the 21st Century” and “Music and Social Consciousness.” According to Chang, the discussion on immigration policy had the highest turnout. “I don’t necessarily think it was a low turnout, but the amount of people that were there wasn’t what I was expecting,” Chang said. “I was just expecting there to be a lot more people.” Marisa Kent, marketing junior and co-director of the Queer Students Alliance, said it’s important for people to discuss same-sex marriage, especially on a national platform, but it is not the most important element in equality for the LGBTQ community. “Gay marriage is not the linchpin of the LGBTQ community,” Kent said. “That’s not to say it’s not a step in the right direction, but gay marriage does not equal equality for the gay community.” —Additional reporting by Justin Atkinson. Although Carter was able to appoint several women to lifetime judicial appointments and African-Americans to statewide boards, he was not able to advance gender and racial equality as much as he wanted to, according to government professor Bruce Buchanan. “It was in the direction as he saw it, but not as much as he had hoped,” Buchanan said. The event concluded the first day of events at the summit. Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are also scheduled to speak during the three-day summit. —Additional reporting by Leila Ruiz.

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Yik Yak app encourages racism, sexism at UT By Alexandra Triolo Daily Texan Columnist @allytriolo_06

Recently, a new app called Yik Yak, which brands itself as a “no profile, no password, it’s all anonymous” app, has been gaining popularity on the UT campus. Yik Yak is essentially a Twitter feed designed to offer its participants a live feed of what people are saying, anonymously, within a 5 mile radius of their current location. Posts are accompanied by an “upvote” and “downvote” feature, allowing readers to like or dislike each post. The co-founder of Yik Yak, Brooks Buffington, told CNN in an interview that “the app was made for college-age users or above, for college campuses to act as a virtual bulletin board.” Brooks also said that “with anonymity comes a lot of responsibility, and college students have the maturity that it takes to handle those responsibilities.” Sadly, Buffington’s faith in our age group’s ability to handle that responsibility was mis-

Yik Yak has become the platform for crude, disrespectful comments and cyberbullying with virtually no repercussions. UT students use this app to publicize their racism, chauvinism, and negative or inappropriate feeling.

placed. Because of the app’s anonymity and lax regulation, its “bulletin board” intentions are not executed. Instead, Yik Yak has become the platform for crude, disrespectful comments and cyberbullying with virtually no repercussions. UT students use this app to publicize their racism, chauvinism, and negative or inappropriate feelings regarding their peers, many of whom are, disturbingly, called out by name. Sororities and fraternities are slandered, sexual innuendos and “booty calls” run rampant, and cultural insensitivities that were put to bed decades ago resurface. I am positive that, if Buffington read UT’s feed, he would retract his statement that college students are mature enough to navigate the app, as well as his statement that “Anonymity can be a really beautiful thing, and one of the reasons we made it anonymous is it gives people a blank slate to work from, so you’re not judged on your race or sexuality or gender.” Buffington’s cluelessness and idealization of the way his app is being used is absurd. Because posters are anonymous, they are not judged for judging others for their race, sex, or gender, which they do often and crudely. When speaking to many UT students who actively use the app, they generally state that they believe Yik Yak is a crass waste of time but do admit that the ridiculousness of the posts suck them in. It seems to be the shock factor that keeps students engaged. “I am appalled by [Yik Yak’s] stupidness,” business marketing sophomore Megan Jodie said. “It makes me feel disappointed in some of the people that go to school at UT.” Students should channel that shock and disappointment toward deleting the app and recognizing that even anonymous comments can hurt the campus community. Triolo is a journalism freshman from Hollister, Calif.

HORNS UP: CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT ADDING DISABILITY PANEL On Monday, LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove announced that the Civil Rights Summit would be adding a panel to address discrimination against persons with disabilities. The new panel comes after the National Council on Disability released a statement Friday urging the LBJ Library to use the summit as an opportunity “to include the perspectives and contributions 54 million Americans with disabilities” in the collective conversation on civil rights. Updegrove credited the original absence of a panel on disability rights to scheduling difficulties. Though scheduling is no excuse for not including this crucial aspect of the fight for civil rights, Horns Up to the LBJ Library for recognizing their mistake and making efforts to correct it.

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Firing Line for April 9: Charles Murray and Civil Rights Summit The Daily Texan editorial board will publish a selection of tweets and online comments culled from The Daily Texan website and the various Daily Texan Twitter accounts, along with direct submissions from readers every Friday and, occasionally, in response to current events. Our intention is to continue the tradition of the Firing Line, a column first started in the Texan in 1909, in which readers share their opinions “concerning any matter of general interest they choose.” Just like in 1909, the Texan “will never express its approval or disapproval of opinions given under the [Firing Line] header.” In other words, take your shot. Submissions can be sent to editor@dailytexanonline.com. Submissions are edited for length. April 8th is the start of the Civil Rights Summit at UT-Austin, meant to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The summit, comprised of afternoon panel discussions followed by evening keynote addresses, will reflect on the seminal nature of the civil rights legislation passed by President Johnson while examining civil rights issues in America and around the world today. Also on April 8, UT-Austin is going to allow Charles Murray to speak on campus, sponsored by a student group. Charles Murray, for those that don’t know, is a conservative social scientist who believes African-Americans are, as a population, less intelligent than whites because of genetic differences and that poverty remains a national problem because “a lot of poor people are born lazy.”

To me, it is not only disgraceful to allow a such discriminatory views on campus but also stands completely contrarily to everything the Civil Rights Summit is supposed to stand for. I would ask that all of my fellow UT-Austin students, alumni and people involved in the Austin community send an email to UT-Austin stating how inappropriate it is to allow someone like Charles Murray to speak on campus, especially at the same as a Civil Rights Summit is being held. As a current student, I would like to know who approved this event where a known bigot and racist is allowed to speak on a campus that supposedly prides itself on increasing diversity and being inclusive to all peoples. Is allowing avowed racists like Charles Murray to speak on campus how this university plans to kick off the Civil Rights Summit? How can minority students, like myself, feel respected and valued when UT-Austin welcomes people like Charles Murray here? I am a student and a veteran who chose to come to UT-Austin based on the principles that this school stands for and based on the belief that UT-Austin is a place where everyone is welcome. I will graduate in spring 2014 with honors and carry the name of UTAustin with me wherever I go. It pains me to know that this school would allow someone who believes in a racial hierarchy of intelligence to speak here, especially at a time when we are honoring the legacy of a movement that fought for equal rights for all, regardless of color or ethnicity. I hope that in the future such events will not be allowed to take place again. — Bernard Hayman, international relations and global studies senior, submitted via email

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Civil Rights Summit forces campus to confront UT’s past By Jordan Maney

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When I heard about the Civil Rights Summit happening this week, I was floored. Four presidents would be making their way to our campus to celebrate the end of a systemically racist era. Personal heroes such as Graham Nash, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and Bob Schieffer were slated to speak. The entire summit would be live streamed for those who weren’t able to attend. Open, honest dialogue would be coming to the 40 Acres. A history plagued with racial discrimination and prejudice would be dusted off, scrutinized and aired out. A past that, for some, has occluded our present for too long. A few years ago, I sat with some of my co-workers behind the desk at Kinsolving Residence Hall, thumbing through old handbooks. I made it all the way back to one given out to the female residents in the 1950s. Initially, I found it adorable: a transportive device back to a long, long time ago. But there was an etiquette section in the back that promptly brought me back to reality. It directed young ladies not to talk, gesture or acknowledge the “Negro attendants.” When I looked around, I saw my black, white, Asian and Latino co-workers. I was dismayed that the majority of us wouldn’t have been allowed the title of “Longhorn” just a few decades ago. I shuddered to think the words I would have been called, the gestures that would have been made in my direction, or the threats lobbed at me had I stepped on campus during integration. The more I thought about it, the more I returned to similar encounters I had with our school’s past. As a prospective student at a Longhorn Saturday, I remember staring up

Open, honest dialogue would be coming to the 40 Acres. A history plagued with racial discrimination and prejudice would be dusted off, scrutinized and aired out. A past that, for some, has occluded our present for too long.

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The first time I heard the “Eyes of Texas” it was from the black majority Innervision Gospel Choir at the. To me, I could see the pride and acknowledgement of the irony reflected in their eyes. at the Jefferson Davis statue for the first time. Looming above me, it reminded me of the historical place into which I’d been forced as a black woman. I thought about the literal freedom generations of my family had been denied. It was infuriating. The first time I heard the “Eyes of Texas” it was from the black majority Innervision Gospel Choir at the. To me, I could see the pride and acknowledgement of the irony reflected in their eyes. They stood in front of the Tower, right below the engraved inscription of “The truth shall set you free,” but, as poet T.S. Eliot once said, “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” The truth is that this summit is welcome, but, so long as the celebration, dialogue and inclusivity remains at the top, change cannot and will not happen at the base camp, with us, the student body. Many of the students I’ve spoken to were unaware of the fact that there was a summit. The ones that were are a dedicated few. It saddens me that climate of malignant opposition has evolved into palpable indifference. Gone are the days of a binary student population. We have more than 100 nations represented among our students but still very little cross-cultural interaction or engagement. I understand the historical importance of black business, Southeast Asian, Christian and Latino greek organizations, but I also understand the historical detriment of not fostering places for groups to truly interact with another. The product of which is written in every history book, fear, hate, and further discrimination. When we only learn to listen to our own voices, we’re not advancing. We’re not progressing. We’re milling about in our poison. If we want to move forward and truly be the change we wish to see in the world, we’re going to have to listen to one another. I’m excited for the dialogue that’s happening up on the hill this week. I just hope that it spills down to the rest of us. Maney is a journalism senior.

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After serving on the State Democratic Executive Committee for two years, Latin American studies senior Huey Rey Fischer is running for re-election because he said there are still problems to address within the state committee and initiatives he wants to see through. Fischer first ran for the state committee when he was 19. Throughout his time serving on the state committee, Fischer said he has encountered problems because he is the youngest member. “Young people have to overcome barriers of … proving that they’re capable of doing the job, proving that they have good ideas, expressing those ideas and then seeing those ideas

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Garcia, who is the current assistant secretary of the Navy. Fischer later served as a page in Washington, D.C. “That’s where I really fell in love with politics as a tool to impact lives and create change,” Fischer said. During his time in Austin, Fischer has been involved in Democratic organizations in the community, including University Democrats. Government senior Justin Perez met Fischer when he joined University Democrats. “We need more young people to serve our party, and not just young people, [but] young people who are actually willing to work,” Perez said. “[Fischer] does it because he cares, and we need more young people willing to give up weekends and evenings because they care about public policy and who represents them.”

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Only five of the 14 commencement speakers since 2000 have been women— most recently Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross.

Several factors, such as alumni status and recognition, influence the choice for commencement speaker, according to Clark. “Being a UT grad is always a top priority,” Clark said. “Then, we want someone well-recognized — particularly if they have national recognition around the time of commencement.” Clark said speaking ability is also a priority. “We look for someone we think would be captivating for students to hear,” Clark said. “It wouldn’t make a lot of sense for us to pick someone who’s going to put people to sleep.” Villarreal said he thinks more students should be involved in the selection of a commencement speaker. “Every student should have a say in sharing their opinions,” Villarreal said. The last female speaker the University chose was

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Sanya Richards-Ross, a gold medal Olympic sprinter and Texas alum who spoke at the 2013 commencement ceremony. Since 2000, five of the 14 commencement speakers have been female. Michael Morton, former Senate of College Councils president, said the University chose Richards-Ross because of her accomplishments and alumni status. “The students selected her because she [was] a leader at the top of her profession who achieved success through integrity and hard work,” Morton said in a statement released by the University. Clark said diversity was still a main goal in choosing commencement speakers. “UT has a lot of diverse graduates,” Clark said. “There are a lot of people who have gone out there and, as the University motto says, ‘changed the world.’”

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through,” Fischer said. “A challenge has been really getting older members to the table and coming up with compromising solutions that really help us reach our common goal.” Fischer said he plans to stay involved as long as there are still problems to fix. “I wouldn’t be involved in politics if there weren’t things at stake,” Fischer said. “I see my small role in the Democratic Party as one to help get us on track to where we need to be to win elections, so that, at the end of the day, we have elected officials who are representing the interests of the people. “As a middle school student, Fischer began his involvement in politics going door-to-door and volunteering for former Texas House representative Juan

Although the University has hosted numerous commencement speakers since its first commencement ceremony in 1884, during the past 24 years, only about one third of those speakers have been female. Horacio Villarreal, former Student Government president, said diversity is one of many factors that influence the decision for commencement speaker. “I don’t know exactly why that happens,” Villarreal said when referring to the lower percentage of female speakers. “A lot of it just has to do with the current time and with what’s going on in the world. We try to pick someone relevant to UT, who has gone through challenges, and who will be motivating to students.” Andrew Clark, former Senate of College Councils president, said many different student groups provide input toward selecting a commencement speaker. “Student leaders from the Senate of College Councils, the assembly and Student Government get together with the [University] president to decide who the speaker is going to be,” Clark said. “We make a rough list of initial names from input we get from our constituents, and then we vet them, and the list gets narrowed down.”

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Junior pitcher Lukas Schiraldi struggled to find the zone Tuesday night, and the Longhorns paid for it. No. 7 Texas (26-8, 6-3 Big 12) fell to No. 21 Rice (23-12) 7-2 in the second meeting between the teams in the last week. Schiraldi had delivery problems early in the game before being chased after allowing seven runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings. “I’m not sure [Schiraldi] didn’t have better stuff this time than when he pitched down there,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “It’s just that they were ready, man. They hit the balls hard and must have had six or seven right over second base. But really, it was about them outplaying us.” Rice jumped out to an early lead with an RBI single in the top of the second inning before Texas answered in the bottom half. The Owls scored again in the third and held the 2-1 lead until things went south for the Longhorns’ pitching staff. Schiraldi surrendered three runs in the top of the fifth before being relieved by sophomore pitcher Travis Duke with the bases still loaded and only one out. Two batters and two runs later, Duke was relieved by sophomore pitcher Chad Hollingsworth who got Texas out of

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the inning after five runs and five hits from the Owls. The Longhorns’ first run of the game came in the second inning when freshman third baseman Zane Gurwitz grounded out to first to score senior infielder Madison Carter. Texas’ lone hit came in the fifth inning on a RBI single by sophomore left fielder Ben Johnson. The 13 hits by the Owls

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were the most Texas has given up in a game all season. In addition, Texas’ one hit was the least it has produced in a game this year. “Their pitchers did a great job tonight and they kept us off balance,” senior center fielder Mark Payton said. “They pitched backwards and really did a good job.” The loss marked the second time Texas has lost in its last 13 contests, and the first

It’s just that they were ready, man. They hit the balls hard and must have had six or seven right over second base. —Augie Garrido, Head coach

time it has lost in its last 13 Tuesday night games dating back to last season. “They have to realize that there’s no days off when you’re the Longhorns,”

Garrido said. The Longhorns will head to Norman, Okla., this weekend and try to regain conference momentum against the Sooners.

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As accomplished as Johnny Manziel was on the field, his impact off the field may be even more noteworthy. In the last few years, he has completely flipped the football recruiting script in Texas, giving the Aggies the edge over the Longhorns in living rooms all across Texas. The Aggies’ 2014 recruiting class ranked No. 6 in the country, the Aggies’ first top-10 recruiting class since 2005, according to Rivals. The Longhorns brought in the No. 20 class in 2014, after signing the No. 24 class in 2013, their worst two-year recruiting stretch on record. But most of all, these classes will be remembered for the commits who flipped from burnt orange to maroon — Ricky Seals-Jones, Daeshon Hall, Zaycoven Henderson and Otaro Alaka — which is particularly disturbing as the Longhorns used to dominate the state and easily keep their commits. In fact, 2014 marked the first time since Rivals began its rating in 2002 that Texas didn’t ink any of the state’s top nine players. The Aggies’ 2015 class currently ranks 2nd compared to Texas’ 8th. Texas A&M continues to dominate, with six commits in the state’s top 30. That’s six more than the Longhorns, who have yet to lock up a top-30 in-state recruit. While the Longhorns may no longer be able to hand pick their in-state recruits, head coach Charlie Strong has expanded the program’s recruiting efforts to include a stronger outof-state presence, which is an encouraging and much needed development. Strong appears comfortable pursuing outof-state talent — signing former Louisville commits

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Poona Ford and Chris Nelson, from South Carolina and Florida, respectively. Strong could even open up a pipeline in Florida, from where he drew many players at Louisville. Texas has already offered scholarships to several highly touted players outside of Texas, including wide receiver John Burt from Florida, who was in town for Texas’ junior day and will likely make an official visit this fall. Linebacker Jeffery Holland and defensive lineman CeCe Jefferson are other elite Sunshine State natives who hold Longhorn offers. Although prying top talent away from SEC powers and in-state schools will be tough, successfully doing so is key for Texas as it works to regain its place among the nation’s top programs. Gone are the times when the Longhorns could afford to stay home and let top recruits come to them, especially with schools like Alabama and Florida State growing their recruiting presences in Texas. If Strong can land a few elite players from around the country, the Longhorns will reap the benefits both on the field and inside the homes of local recruits. At the very least, Strong needs to recruit nationally in case the state produces a weak class at any given position. Ultimately, recruiting is all about signing top talent, and Strong gives Texas the greatest opportunity to do that by recruiting nationally.

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Season-ending injuries are always devastating. But for senior guard Ashley Roberts, whose only season as a Longhorn came to an abrupt end after suffering a left knee injury in January, it might have been for the better. “It definitely made me really want to be a coach,” Roberts said. “It made me watch a lot, and I was able to see things the coach saw. I was able to talk to players and help coach them because I have a lot of knowledge about basketball.” The injury wasn’t Roberts’ first major physical setback. The All-District second teamer from Duncanville also tore her ACL before graduating from high school, limiting her recruiting offers. Roberts attended South Plains Junior College for two seasons as a stepping stone while she healed, taking the lead in the program. She received MVP and Offensive MVP honors twice, was a two-time All-Conference First Team guard and was named to the All-Region and Honorable Mention All-American teams. But starring at junior college wasn’t the end goal for a career that began at age 5. The junior-college star got an opportunity to play for the Longhorns. “It was a great choice for me because I ended up here, but the transition was a big deal,” Roberts said. “It’s more fast-paced. We have things to do every day, all day, [which] is totally different than junior college.” Roberts joined her cousin, sophomore guard Empress Davenport, in representing Duncanville for the Longhorns. Teaming

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up with family wasn’t anything new, though, because Roberts had spent her whole life surrounded by two brothers engrossed in basketball, a father who was in love with the game and a mother who formerly played volleyball. “It’s just normal, I guess,” Roberts said. “We’ve been playing together for a long time so it’s nothing special.” Roberts said adjusting to a new coaching staff and young teammates in her first season at Texas was difficult, but she saw the fruits of her labor. “My first year here [had] a lot of adversity … and it was hard at times,” Roberts said. “This year was totally different. We overcame things and got big results out of it.” Head coach Karen Aston said Roberts and senior forward Gigi Mazionyte, who also transferred from junior college, contributed significantly to the program’s major turnaround. The Longhorns finished 22-12 this season, rebounding from last year’s dismal 12-18 record. “[Roberts and Mazionyte] came here to help us try to get the program on track,” Aston said. “They have sacrificed minutes, but they’ve always been

positive and had the same goal as when they came here.” Roberts peaked early in her Texas career, during her only 16 games while healthy in her junior year. Although she averaged just 5.3 points per game, she did finish with a teamhigh .417 3-point fieldgoal percentage. When Roberts walks the stage in May, an occasion she called “bittersweet,” her time at Texas will be defined by more than her stats on the court. She takes pride in completing her college degree and knows that coaching situations will be the impetus for her future career. Roberts plans to attend a coaching symposium in Florida next month as she searches for a position as a graduate assistant or coach. She said she will also consider returning to Duncanville High School to coach under Longhorn legend Cathy Self-Morgan. “[Self-Morgan] is a person who can help me get a job or who I could actually work for,” Roberts said. “I’ve known I wanted to be a coach since I was in high school. I love basketball, and if I can’t physically play basketball, I want to be around basketball.”

SPORTS BRIEFLY Engineer runs 50-mile marathon, didn’t train

Saturday, mechanical engineering senior Steve Guillen tackled an “unthinkable challenge”: running a 50-mile ultramarathon with no training. His only advantage was the will to compete. With a time of 14:13:23, Guillen completed the challenge at the Hell’s Hills Endurance Trail Run in Smithville. He signed up for the race a week prior to the deadline. As the 83rd person to finish the race, which consisted of three 16.7mile loops, he was one of just 88 contestants to run the full 50 miles. A total of 117 people started the race. Guillen tried to raise 50 bitcoins for the Texas Alliance in Engineering. Guillen also ran as an experiment of mental strength. With no real training for the race, he tried to challenge perceived limitations and use the power of his own mind to push beyond any barriers. This wasn’t the first time that Guillen made a last-minute decision to challenge his limits. Last spring break, he biked almost 740 miles to Destin, Fla., in eight days to contest the idea that pain is only mental and that persistence could push him through. —Garrett Callahan

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Alum creates 3-D emotional map of Austin By Alexandra Dubinsky @DailyTexanArts

Plenty of people have made maps of Austin, but local artist and UT alum Jennifer Chenoweth made a map that takes personal experience into account. After graduating in 1999 with a Master of Fine Arts, Chenoweth started thinking about her intense attachment to the place she had called home for the past 18 years. What began as self-reflection soon lead to a 13-year artistic journey into the psychology of emotion. “The project started with thinking about how we find an attachment to place,” Chenoweth said. “We love Austin. People are always like, ‘Don’t ever say anything bad about my town.’ And what is it about here that gives us such a strong emotional attachment?” Chenoweth’s collaborative project, “Hedonic Map of Austin,” is a 3-D interactive display that maps emotional experiences throughout Austin. The theory behind the map is based off psychologist Robert Plutchik’s psychoevolutionary theory of emotion and his color wheel. Through a 20-question survey, which 115 people answered, Chenoweth was able to identify specific locations where Austinites felt their highest highs and lowest lows and worked with data imagists to create the map. “There are a lot of places where people get really, really intent upon having had an emotional experience, and they get really into that location, and that forms an emotional bonding over place,” Chenoweth said. Ranging from mortality and vitality to love and loss, the survey is a series of 10

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Jennifer Chenoweth stands next to her artwork, “Hedonic Map of Austin,” in the Seay Building on Monday evening. Inspired by Robert Plutchik’s wheel of emotions, Chenoweth’s numerous works engage viewers by incorporating their responses to questions about where they experienced different emotions into interactive maps.

positive questions and 10 negative questions. Examples vary from “Where did you fall in love?” to “Where did you feel deep sadness?” According to Chenoweth, patterns emerged from the data suggesting where Austinites experience the most and the least joy. Not surprisingly, residents confirmed their love for Barton Springs and asserted their negativity toward I-35. “Some people only answered the positive ques-

tions or only answered the negative questions, which I thought was kind of accurate for humans,” Chenoweth said. “Reflection caused kind of a road block in getting answers.” The installment is being displayed in the southeast entrance of the Seay Building from now until August. Tamara Kowalski, communications coordinator for the psychology department, said the project was especially fitting for the field because the

In Egypt, women’s rights irresolute CAIRO — Women activists say they took a major step forward with Egypt’s new constitution, which enshrined greater rights for women. But months after its passage, they’re worrying whether those rights will be implemented or will they turn out to be merely ink on paper. Men hold an overwhelming lock on decision making in politics, and activists say they are doing little to bring about equality. Violence against women in public space has grown over the past three years since the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Some activists say the increasingly repressive political climate is stifling chances for democratic reforms that would bring women’s rights. There have been multiple mass sexual assaults on women during protests the past three years. In one notorious incident in 2011, security forces dragged a female protester to the ground, pulled up her top to reveal her blue bra and stomped on her chest. Other female protesters at the time were forced to undergo humiliating “virginity tests” when detained by

the military. Violence is a “very intimidating weapon” against women participating in public life, said Dalia Abdel-Hameed, gender rights researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an independent rights group. “If there is no democratic climate, how would you benefit from these beautiful laws?” Abdel-Hameed said. “It will be the same as under Mubarak: You have a beautiful law, but it’s not implemented.” Women activists fought hard for gains in the constitution passed in a January referendum, a rewrite of a 2012 constitution largely drafted by Islamists during Mohammed Morsi’s oneyear presidency. “It’s not just more progressive than the 2012 constitution,” said Salma El-Naqqash, a member of the Nazra Institute for Feminist Studies. “It’s more progressive than the 1971 constitution from the gender perspective.” The provisions are already being tested. After several women were rejected for membership on the council, Mervat Tallawy, head of the state’s National Council for Women, said

We are angry with the government, with legislators, with the parties, with all officials. —Mervat Tallawy, Head of National Council for Women

that, in January, she wrote to the State Council demanding it take on women judges in light of the constitution. “We are angry with the government, with legislators, with the parties, with all officials,” Tallawy said. “We want 150 women in parliament. We’re tired of the government and officials. We’ll go to the street.” El-Naqqash said parts of the constitution may make enforcing the women’s rights provisions harder. “They are giving a lot of immunity to the judiciary to the point that it will make it very hard to realize these rights and freedoms,” she said. “You cannot hold them accountable for enforcing these rights.” —Associated Press

study reaches out to encourage students to participate. “We are really excited to have her art work in our department, and we felt the need to be a part of her project that has to do with interviewing people and asking how they feel about things,” Kowalski said. James Pennebaker, psychology professor and department chair, said Chenoweth is one of a handful of people integrating an element of art into psychology research.

“The nature of art is to challenge it,” Pennebaker said. “[Chenoweth’s] work brings together basic research of people’s experiences, moods and perceptions, and ties them to geographical locations. By doing this, she brings together really interesting science with a visual display.” Chenoweth is also the founder of Generous Art, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting visual artists and its communities, and the primary hostess for the

East Austin Studio Tour. When Chenoweth completed her own survey, she was surprised at how her emotional experiences formed within such a short radius of space. “[It showed] how I am really attracted to my immediate world and that my significant memories surround me in such a densely populated area,” Chenoweth said. “Home is an adventure for me, and that’s what I feel about Austin.”

Rare Ming dynasty cup sets auction record at Sotheby’s HONG KONG — A Shanghai collector paid a record $36 million Tuesday for a rare Ming Dynasty cup that’s touted as the “holy grail” of China’s art world. Several records have been set at Sotheby’s spring sale in Hong Kong, continuing a trend of sky-high prices in the art world driven by the newly super-rich buyers in China and developing countries. The dainty, white cup from the 15th century measures just 8 centimeters (3.1 inches) in diameter and is known as a “chicken cup” because it’s decorated with a rooster and hen tending to their chicks. Sotheby’s describes the cup as having flawless translucent sides with a lively scene painted continuously around its sides. The cup was made during the reign of the Ming Dynasty’s Chenghua Emperor,

who ruled from 1465-1487. Sotheby’s said only 17 such cups exist, with four in private hands and the rest in museums. “There’s no more legendary [an] object in the history of Chinese porcelain,” said Nicholas Chow, Sotheby’s deputy chairman for Asia. “This is really the holy grail when it comes to Chinese art.” The previous record for Chinese porcelain was set in 2010, when a gourdshaped Qianlong vase sold for $32.4 million, Sotheby’s said. For such a prized item, bidding was limited to a handful of collectors, and, when the winning bid was hammered down at HK$250 million ($32.2 million), the standingroom-only crowd applauded. The auction house’s commission brought the total to HK$281.2 million ($36.1 million). A pre-sale estimate was a maximum

HK$300 million. The auction house’s Hong Kong spring sales show that the region’s super-rich are still spending, despite fluctuating economic growth. At Sunday’s sale of modern and contemporary Asian art, Asian collectors bought nine of the top-10 priciest lots. “Definitely, the mood in Hong Kong at this moment, [and] in Asia, is buoyant,” Chow said. Sotheby’s identified the buyer as collector Liu Yiqian, and Chow said the cup would likely go on display in Liu’s Long Museum in Shanghai, which he and his wife, Wang Wei, opened in 2012. Liu is a middle-school dropout who drove a cab before becoming a multimillionaire. Forbes estimates his fortune at $900 million, making him the 200th-richest person in China. —Associated Press

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A staff member from Sotheby’s presents the Meiyintang “Chicken Cup” from the Chinese Ming Dynasty during the media preview for an art auction.