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Fashionable trends, looks change with each decade

Sit-in outside President Powers’ office results in criminal trespassing charges for 18 protestors

By Madlin Mekelburg, Jacob Kerr, & Adam Hamze @thedailytexan

Eighteen Save Our Community Coalition members were arrested while participating in a sit-in against Shared Services in front of President William Powers Jr.’s office, following a more than 200-person protest in front of the UT Tower on

Wednesday afternoon.

According to UT spokesman Gary Susswein, the arrested demonstrators will be charged with criminal trespassing, a Class B misdemeanor. Susswein said Powers was in his office working all afternoon. “[The protesters] were given several warnings by the Dean of Students’ office that at 5 p.m. the office would be closing and they needed

to leave,” Susswein said.

“They did not, so they have been arrested.”

Shared Services is a plan to centralize the University’s human resources, finance, information technology and procurement services. The plan calls for the elimination of 500 positions, which UT officials have said will primarily

Sam Ortega / Daily Texan Staff

By Brett Donohoe

Philosophy sophomore Jacek Prus is removed from the Main Building by APD officers after participating in a sit-in against Shared Services on Wednesday afternoon.

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With Austin Fashion Week beginning Thursday, the city will be brimming with innovative new clothes, and, with the introduction of new looks, the dress of the past seems even more antiquated.

Today, UT students boast a wide range of personal styles — varying from oversized T-shirts and Nike running shorts for women to the more expressive attire that one might see on the runway this week. Rarely will a student sacrifice overall comfort for style, and, if he does, it tends to be the exception to the norm rather than the trend.

Such a relaxed clothing paradigm, however, was uncommon 50 years ago.

In the Aug. 16, 1963, edition of The Daily Texan, an article titled “Fashions Reveal the Collegian” surveyed a variety of clothing trends on campus. The article, part of a special edition welcoming incoming freshmen, reported that students were taking a more formal approach toward outfits in academia.

“Dress at the University can be described as casual for women and more formal for men, a reversal of the usual state of things,” the article said.

Some students, embracing their newfound freedom, chose to physically alter their appearance as an expression of liberation

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Longhorns support linebacker’s mother

By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman

The last few weeks of the semester are usually among the most stressful. Between final exams, projects, papers and presentations, students often feel overwhelmed as the semester winds down.

But, for junior linebacker Dalton Santos, academic stress is currently the least of his worries. Last Thursday, Santos’ mother, Mary Vista Santos, was rushed to an emergency room in Tyler. On Friday morning, Santos was told that his mother had an aortic aneurysm and will need open heart surgery — news that took Santos some time to digest.

“Now it’s me looking at her,” Santos said. “She’s scared — the first time I’ve ever seen her scared, the first time I’ve ever seen her in a hospital bed.”

Santos’ mother is a single mom of three and her procedure, which Santos said could cost approximately $150,000, won’t be covered by health insurance. To help get the money necessary for the procedure, Santos created a fundraising page and

Pu Ying Huang / Daily Texan Staff

Junior linebacker Dalton Santos’ mother was rushed to an emergency room last Thursday with an aortic aneurysm. She will need open heart surgery, which could cost up to $150,000. Fundraising efforts have raised over $41,000 so far.

reached out to his Twitter followers for assistance. As of Wednesday evening, over $41,000 had been pledged, shattering the page’s original goal of $5,000.

“It makes me tear up,”

Santos said. “It makes me feel good inside to know that people are looking after my family and just trying to help us. It’s awesome.

It’s overwhelming. I’m so thankful. I’m truly thankful

for it.”

Texas’ compliance page tweeted Monday that NCAA bylaw 16.11.1.8(g) permits the donations to Santos’ mother.

Since posting the link,

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Santos said he frequently checks his mom’s page and is humbled by the positive responses every time he does so.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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SG members withdraw support of Hall critique

Politician lectures about urbanization

By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler

A Student Government resolution calling for the resignation of UT System Regent Wallace Hall was taken off the SG agenda Tuesday because many students who originally sponsored the legislation felt that it prematurely accused Hall of being guilty.

The legislation, AR 4: “Calling for the Resignation of Regent Wallace Hall,” was originally written by chief of staff Chris Jordan, finance and English junior, and administrative director Nosa Aimuyo, government junior, according to liberal arts representative Sergio Cavazos,

the first sponsor of the legislation. Cavazos said he decided to pull his sponsorship after realizing he would not be able to help re-word the legislation. According to Cavazos, seven out of the eight assembly members who had originally sponsored the resolution pulled their names.

“I think all of us as Student Government representatives value due process,” Cavazos said. “We were not willing to support a resolution that specifically condemned Wallace Hall for his actions based on an investigative report which has not been proven in a court of law. … I voiced my

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By Alex Wilts @alexwilts

Despite having the 14th largest economy in the world, Mexico is still suffering from long-term development issues, according to Mexican politician Gabriel Quadri, a former presidential candidate who spoke at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday evening.

Quadri, who spoke for the Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos Jovenes Austin, said the GDP per capita is lower in regions of Mexico with larger rural populations.

“Economic development goes hand in hand with urbanization,” Quadri said.

“Almost every developed country [has] almost 95

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Michelle Toussaint / Daily Texan Staff

Gabriel Quadri, former Mexican presidential candidate and UT alum, speaks at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday afternoon.

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Credit-for-internship system needs rethinking.

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David Holiner looks to finish his career strong.

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The Dragon Boat Festival comes to Lady Bird Lake.

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UT fragrances highlight global marketing strategy.

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Track and field hopes to carry momentum forward.

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Synced menstrual cycles are just a myth.

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According to Quadri, Mexican cities have also decreased in density by expanding to the point where many people spend several hours a day commuting to work, placing a drain on the social fabric of Mexico.

“Just imagine the life of these people who are using eight hours per day traveling — they arrive home at 11 p.m. and they have to get up at 4 a.m.,” Quadri said. “What kind of life is that? There’s no familial life. There’s no civic life. There’s no social life. Everyone is stressed.”

Quadri said Mexico’s sprawling cities also affect the increased consumption of gasoline. According to Quadri, Mexico has some of the lowest gas prices in the world, which, until

recently, were subsidized by the government.

“In 2012, the Mexican government used a slightly less budget for subsidizing gasoline than for public education,” Quadri said. “This is something obscene.”

Paloma De Leon Elias, director of public relations for the association, said that by being from Reynosa, Mexico, a border city close to McAllen, she has noticed what a problem the size of Mexican cities have become.

“I couldn’t agree more with Dr. Quadri when he mentioned how cities are growing at an unsustainable rate,” De

Leon Elias said. “I believe it’s really important for us to [be aware] and to take different paths to develop different cities, being that Mexico has a lot of large cities.”

Another sign of unsustainable growth in Mexico — particularly in the gulf — is the area’s depleting fish population, which is not being protected by law enforcement, according to Quadri.

“I thought what was most appalling was how they have so many resources in the ocean and no one to patrol it,” said Anthony Guerra, a government and journalism senior.

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The first section of the article, titled “Blondes have more fun,” said: “College life is likely to go to the head of the newly entering girl. With Mama far away in Pflugerville, the forbidden wares of the dye merchants cause many a coed to succumb, and it is the rare maiden’s tresses which aren’t at least tipped or frosted.”

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“Wear a raincoat over your shorts if heading to the Women’s Gym,” the article said. “Otherwise save them for picnics and retreats. And though short shorts may be coming back in vogue nationally, they have never been in vogue with housemothers at women’s residence halls.”

For men, the dichotomy between now and then in terms of fashion is even more pronounced.

“Campus dress for males is usually very ivy: if jeans are worn at all, wheat jeans are preferred to blue jeans by most,” the article said. “Both solid colors and conservative prints are acceptable.”

Today, one might view the fashion trends of 1963 as old-fashioned. However, at the time, they seemed innovative and freeing.

“Coeds have become for footloose of late, breaking the bonds of black suede loafers and white crew socks,” the article said. “These are still very popular, and the wise coed should have at least seven pairs of white socks — tops turned UP.” Perhaps the most different aspect of clothing between 1963 and today doesn’t even relate to fashion trends.

“The most important part of the wardrobe, considering Austin weather, is rainwear,” the article said.

With only 83 rainy days per year, the “trenchcoats and black umbrellas” UT men carried in 1963 seem out of place.

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Internship course credit policies need work Across UT, colleges have attempted to push students to acquire real-world experience in their areas of study by offering internship credit courses which allow students to receive credit toward their degrees. In theory, these courses allow students a two-for-one deal on their time spent interning, but for many students, the push to find an internship has become just another burdensome requirement for graduation. Furthermore, offering course credit for internships disincentivizes some employers from paying student interns wages, a problem that, though beyond

Academic success is only part of what makes students successful after leaving campus, and internships and work experience are crucial indicators of what to expect in a given field and in the workforce as a whole.

the University’s domain, is exacerbated by UT policy.

Given these and other potential problems with offering course credit for internships, it may be time for programs at UT to rethink the way they incorporate work experience into their curricula.

An internship requirement equal to that of course credit creates a series of problems: In some colleges at UT, there is limited guidance or help for students to find legitimate internships that satisfy the credit requirements and that provide students with rewarding experiences. And in certain programs, the requirement to complete an internship forces students to pay tuition to receive course credit for work when they should be the ones getting paid.

In the upcoming summer and fall semesters, the University will offer 96 and 104 internship “courses” respectively, strictly for students seeking to claim internship credit.

Academic success is only part of what makes students successful after leaving campus, and internships and work experience are crucial indicators of what to expect in a given field and in the workforce as a whole.

Internships in particular are beneficial to

students planning to enter the many fields that require previous experience as a requisite for entry-level jobs.

Clearly the effort to have students leave UT with a minimum level of work experience is reasonable and responsible for a campus that intends to have a meaningful impact on the world; however, the requirement to complete an internship does not always work as an incentive in the way it was likely imagined. Motivated students will complete a number of internships without the University’s intervention, and the paltry one-internship requirement of some programs is not aiding students’ experiences, especially when it attempts to shoehorn a work experience into the format of a traditional class through written assignments graded by administrators who are removed from the students’ actual situation at the job site.

Internships are not, after all, the equivalent of class lectures or labs — they require little to no faculty involvement, which could justify the University’s charging for them.

Considering all the work and effort needed just to gain internship credit, it is unfair for students to pay for an internship as if it were

Considering all the work and effort needed just to gain internship credit, it is unfair for students to pay for an internship as if it were another course on campus — especially if an internship means paying summer tuition for that credit alone. another course on campus — especially if a summer internship means paying summer tuition for that credit alone. The University has made great strides in recent years in making a UT education more diverse and customizable. Many colleges across campus provide more-than-adequate services to students seeking on-the-job experience while earning their degrees. Still, the University could do more to make sure that all programs provide students easy access to course credit for internships that are both accessible and rewarding.

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Fragrances show global reach of UT marketing

By Chuck Matula

Daily Texan Columnist @chucketlist

Illustration by Albert Lee/ Daily Texan Staff

HORNS DOWN: PERRY POTENTIALLY VIOLATED CRIMINAL LAW According to The Texas Tribune on Tuesday, emissaries of Gov. Rick Perry offered to restore funding to the office of embattled Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg if she resigned, even after his veto of the office’s funding was carried out. This, as The Texas Observer points out, clearly strengthens the case against the governor that is currently being considered by a grand jury. Last April, Lehmberg was arrested for drunk driving. After her arrest and subsequent guilty plea that resulted in a 45-day jail sentence — an extremely harsh punishment for a first-time offender — Perry threatened to veto funding to Lehmberg’s Public Integrity Unit, an agency that prosecutes public corruption cases, if Lehmberg didn’t step down. Somewhat ironically, Perry is now under investigation by a grand jury for having potentially violated the criminal statute against “Bribery and Corrupt Influence.” The veto itself, according to Perry’s accusers, may not have violated law, but the fact that he threatened the veto very well could have. And now that reports have surfaced that Perry’s people may have offered to restore funding if Lehmberg resigns, the possibility that the governor may have violated the law is even stronger. While we certainly don’t condone Lehmberg’s drunk driving, horns down to a situation that is looking increasingly like an abuse of official power to achieve a political end.

HORNS UP: UT CLINIC BRINGS ATTENTION TO PRISONER’S RIGHTS On Tuesday, the UT Human Rights Clinic released a report which identified high summer temperatures inside Texas prisons as a both a human rights violation and a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Currently, 79 of the state’s 109 prisons lack air conditioning, and, although there have been no studies analyzing the potential cost, officials claim that retrofitting the facilities with central air would be extremely expensive — which in no way excuses our prisons’ lack of this crucial utility. Prisoners’ rights are far too often ignored in our discourse, so horns up to the clinic for bringing much-needed attention to this issue.

Prisoners’ rights are far too often ignored in our discourse, so horns up to the clinic for bringing attention to the issue.

HORNS DOWN: EVEN MORE PROBLEMS FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE Another blow was dealt to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department on Wednesday when it was announced that the agency was set to get its third director in a month. As The Texas Tribune reported, Linda Brooke, the agency’s current interim executive director, is leaving for a job in Fort Worth. Brooke could bereplaced by David Riley, chief juvenile probation officer for Bexar County. Last month, State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, blasted the agency for its inefficient spending, high re-arrest and re-incarceration rates and a failure to sufficiently segregate violent offenders from nonviolent offenders. Given those problems, the agency is as in need of a strong and consistent leader as ever, making it even more of a disappointment that it doesn’t seem likely to get one anytime soon. Horns down to the revolving door of juvenile justice department directors.

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“I bleed burnt orange” is a cliche largely understood to be a metaphor, but thanks to a company specializing in college-themed fragrances, it just became a little easier to try to achieve oneness with your university.

This week, the company Masik, which specializes in collegiate perfumes and colognes, rolled out a new line of UT-themed scents.

The line, named “Passionate, Triumphant and Strong,” comes in scents for both men and women. Some of the smells listed on the company product description page as having gone into the formulas are “aged bourbon accord” in the men’s cologne and “skin musk” in the women’s perfume. It appears that Masik understands that hard liquor and body odor are two of the indispensable smells that define UT, particularly on game day. What’s more surprising is that UT is late to the party in licensing its name for a perfume. Both the University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M University already have their own, and Masik has plans to expand its line to include namesake scents for other universities in the future.

Anyone who’s been on the UT campus, or any other major public university campus for that matter, knows that collegiate brands are important. They’re distinctive, they help define the identity of the wearer and they represent an affiliation or value set to people who see it. A strong brand with a loyal contingent of consumers can be an attractive and valuable asset for the entity that owns it. According to figures released in January by the Wall Street Journal, UT is the most profitable college football franchise at $875 billion in net worth.

Although, increasingly, churning out branded merchandise leads to bizarre products such as collegiate perfumes, it makes sense for UT to maximize the monetary value of not only the sports teams, but the Longhorn brand itself. It would behoove the administration to aggressively pursue this strategy, if it wasn’t clearly doing that already. The embrace of corporate sponsorship by college athletics teams has become a national norm, and the Longhorns are

Some people may protest that the tying of an educational institution with commercialism could raise conflicts of interest. But raising funds is one of the most essential functions of the University.

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leading the way in going even further. According to a February article from the Houston Chronicle, men’s athletics director Steve Patterson has proposed UT playing a football game in Mexico City. This model has proved hugely successful for other, admittedly more globally marketable, sports teams. The NBA started staging games internationally in 1978 and has since expanded the scope of these games to more than 20 countries and made these games a regular practice.

Thinking globally about UT and the Longhorn brand is the only way for Texas to remain the financial juggernaut it has become.

Expanding the brand abroad could more prominently feature the University to international academic talent.

“Normally there would be an end for most brands,” marketing senior lecturer Stephen Walls said. “University athletic programs appear to be a bit different in that people will buy anything with the logo. In fact, you can already buy UT-branded car mats. I would say that as long as the product doesn’t tarnish the image of the university … then there probably is not much more of a limit.”

Increased branding for UT isn’t lacking in student support, either: a piece of legislation introduced to the Student Government assembly Tuesday supports the proliferation of branded material around UT campus, which the authors feel would “increase school spirit and to encourage a positive campus climate.”

Some people may protest that the inextricable tying of an educational institution with commercialism could raise conflicts of interest. But raising funds is one of the most essential functions of the University.

One of President William Powers Jr.’s chief successes has been his ability to raise funds from the alumni community, bolstering the University’s balance sheet and national rankings. Extensive alumni and corporate fundraising efforts are now commonplace for every major school that runs on relatively unpredictable state funding. It is clear that UT stays competitive through its raising of revenue, and sometimes the best way to raise revenue is to capitalize on brand loyalty and recognition.

These revenue-raising campaigns also serve to insulate the University from devastating budget cuts from state legislators.

In 2011, in the wake of dismal budget projections by the comptroller, the Legislature slashed higher education funding significantly. Although funding may have recovered somewhat since the recent oil boom, institutions that take state money seem to have learned a lesson about how fickle and unpredictable that money can be.

So while it may initially seem strange to introduce a fragrance to the market that bears a university’s name, it increasingly fits into a long-term funding strategy of continuously raising money. In a time of increasing financial pressure on public universities, the way to ensure that what starts here changes the world is to make sure that what starts here earns royalties, too.

Matula is a finance junior from Austin.

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Statistics division to expand to department

By Leila Ruiz @leilakristi

Claire Trammel / Daily Texan Staff

Members of the International Justice Mission’s UT chapter encourage students to support their movement against modern slavery at Gregory Plaza on Wednesday.

Students protest modern slavery

By Jeremy Thomas @jeremyobthomas

Modern slavery is a growing problem worldwide, according to Emma DeCaro, vice president of the International Justice Mission’s UT chapter.

The organization held an event Wednesday to encourage students to sign a petition against modern slavery and to raise funds for and awareness of people who are enduring slavery. Last year, the Global Slavery Index estimated that nearly 30 million people are enslaved worldwide. The event, Stand for Freedom, started at Gregory Plaza at 11 a.m. and was scheduled to run for 24 hours.

DeCaro said slavery can

happen anywhere, taking the form of manual labor, sex trafficking and sweatshop labor.

“There’s no country left untouched by this,” DeCaro said. “Even in Austin, the police department has an undercover human trafficking unit where they go and conduct raids, usually at massage parlors or where brothels are disguised.”

History professor Jacqueline Jones said she defines slavery to include people who are made to work against their will, people who are denied their rightful compensation and people who are prevented from contacting family or the authorities to rectify the situation.

“By that definition, slavery certainly exists today,” Jones said. “I think it is hidden from the middle class, who don’t see this kind of thing in the normal course of the day [because] it’s easy to exploit people when it is done in the shadows — for instance, in private homes, rural areas, brothels.”

Jones said the exploitation of cheap labor is a result of companies focusing on maximizing profits at the expense of employees.

“It has to do with the quest to get cheap, exploitable labor,” Jones said. “It’s a criminal enterprise, obviously, but I think it tells us a lot about where we are as a society. The American consumer wants the cheapest possible [goods].

Susan Walsh / Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General James Cole hold up a list of guidelines during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Wednesday.

Obama pushes clemency for nonviolent drug offenders WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early release, and is expecting thousands to take up the offer. It’s an effort to deal with high costs and overcrowding in prisons, and also a matter of fairness, the government says.

On Wednesday, the Justice Department unveiled a revamped clemency process directed primarily at lowlevel felons imprisoned for at least 10 years who have clean records while in custody. The effort is part of a broader administration push to scale back harsh penalties in some drugrelated prosecutions and to address sentencing disparities arising from the 1980s’ crack cocaine epidemic that yielded disproportionately tough punishment for black drug offenders.

Although the criteria apply solely to federal inmates, states too are grappling with severe prison overcrowding.

In Nebraska, for example, prisons were at 155 percent of capacity by the end of

March. And, in California, courts have ordered the state to reduce the inmate population to 137.5 percent of designed capacity, or 112,164 inmates in the 34 facilities,

by February 2016.

The White House, sometimes criticized for being too stingy with its clemency power, says it’s seeking more candidates for leniency in an overcrowded federal prison system whose costs comprise a sizable percentage of the Justice Department’s budget.

The system’s population has rocketed in recent decades, creating rising multibillion-dollar expenses.

The United States incarcerates about a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Of the roughly 216,000 inmates in federal custody, nearly half are imprisoned for drug-related crimes.

But officials say now’s the time to consider releasing more prisoners early.

Officials say they don’t know how many of the tens of thousands of drug-related convicts would be eligible for early release, but an ideal candidate would meet six

criteria, including no history of violence, a clean prison record and no ties to criminal organizations or gangs.

He must also have already served 10 years or more of his sentence and be likely to have received a substantially shorter offense if convicted of the same offense today.

The Bureau of Prisons will notify all inmates of the criteria next week and provide electronic surveys to those who think they deserve clemency.

The Justice Department expects the vast majority of applicants to be drug prisoners but didn’t foreclose the possibility that inmates convicted of other crimes could be considered. The announcement could shift attention to Congress, where there is pending legislation that would cut the length of many nonviolent drug sentences and give judges more discretion by expanding a safety-valve provision already on the books that allows a limited number of nonviolent drug offenders to avoid mandatory sentences.

—Associated Press

It is a reminder that people will go to great lengths to find the cheapest labor possible and to pay those labors as little as possible or nothing at all.”

Kara Rollins, management and youth and community studies freshman, said she has heard personal stories about slavery and wants to help fight modern slavery.

“I know a lot of people don’t realize there are still slaves in the world,” Rollins said. “That’s just something that kind of hits close to home with me because I feel like I buy things and don’t really think about where they come from or who’s making it. So we need to raise awareness because it is a big deal.”

The statistics division will become its own department in August, allowing the University to recruit tenuretrack professors and more doctoral students.

Currently, statistics professors’ appointments are split between the statistics division and another UT department. Once statistics is its own department, professors can have a complete appointment in statistics, allowing them to devote more time to the field.

The University established the division in 2007 as part of the College of Natural Sciences, responding to a need for more statistics courses and research. Both the field of statistics and the division have developed and expanded to the point at which administrators and faculty thought it was necessary to convert the division into a department.

“With the breadth of its course and programmatic offerings, and its rising stature as a world-class research unit, [the division] has now matured to the point that it should transition into a full-fledged department,” department administrative manager Vicki Keller said.

“Creating a department of statistics and data sciences is the natural next step.”

The change will allow the University to be ranked in national comparisons of statistics departments and recruit tenure-track faculty, according to Keller.

Statistics and math professor Peter Mueller said one of the most significant changes is in the students and professors the department will be able to bring in.

With the breadth of its course and programmatic offerings, and its rising stature as a world-class research unit, [the division] has now matured to the point that it should transition into a fullfledged department.

—Vicki Keller, Department administrative manager

“Our abilities have changed in important practical ways,” Mueller said. “As a division, we could not serve as tenure home to faculty.

That was a handicap for recruiting the best tenure-track candidates. We now can and already did this year.”

Mueller said a dedicated department would also be more attractive to doctoral students, who often look for academic environments and programs where they will research as part of an academic community.

Statistics graduate student Daniel Mitchell said apart from moving offices, the change from a division to a department has not affected him because of the work the staff did to make the transition into a department as seamless as possible. Mitchell said he prefers the change.

“Based on the assumption that a department has more resources available for students than a division, if considering a Ph.D. program, I would favor a university with a department,” Mitchell said.

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Jonathan Tomoko, a senior research analyst for the city of Austin’s increasing prices and growing population at the City Relations Civic Engagement Panel on Wednesday evening.

City concedes rising cost of living

By Kate Dannenmaier @kjdannen

As Austin housing prices and traffic congestion continue to rise, students are finding life less affordable — a problem a panel of city officials and community leaders discussed candidly with students on campus Tuesday.

“Obviously we are a very rapidly growing city and we have ever-growing congestion, and really there’s not that much we can do to make congestion go away,” city councilman Chris Riley said. “As long as we’re an active and thriving city we’re going to be dealing with congestion. But we can do a lot more to provide good options.”

Austin Police Department officer Tim Harvey said another problem with the rapid growth of Austin is

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continues from page 1 take place through attrition and retirement. The committee is now moving forward with pilot versions of the plan in the College of Education and the Office of the Provost.

The sit-in was livestreamed online, and students took turns talking about their concerns with the University’s efforts to improve efficiency. After the protesters began chanting, Dean of Students Soncia Reagins-Lilly warned them to lower their voices and said they would be arrested if they stayed at Powers’ office past 5 p.m. Of the 19 protesters, only one left.

Plan II Honors junior Bianca Hinz-Foley, a representative of the protesters, said the coalition members wanted more dialogue with UT administrators. Hinz-Foley and a group of roughly 20 coalition members also held a demonstration in front of Powers’ office on April 3, though Powers was not in his office at the time.

“Students are sharing stories, and I think we’re all committed to stay until President Powers hears us out,” HinzFoley said. “We’re prepared to stay as long as it takes.”

Geography senior Sydney Dwoskin, another protester, said she felt the sit-in was an important component of students’ efforts to halt Shared Services’ implementation.

“At this point, we feel we have no other choice,” Dwoskin said. “We’re not going to leave till we get Shared Services cut.”

In a speech at the rally before the protest, Faculty Council member Dana Cloud, associate communication studies professor, said she believes reports of the University being short on money are false.

“The administration has been somewhat on the ropes and has started to spin the situation of Shared Services, and our speakers will speak

that people, particularly students living in West Campus, leave themselves open to opportunistic crimes, such as car and bike thefts, by overestimating the safety of their environment. According to Harvey, students must be more cautious, especially when intoxicated.

“Austin has tried to hold onto this small town feel for a long time, and it’s no longer a small town,” Harvey said. “It’s one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the country. With that, we’ve felt a lot of prosperity, but there are a few bad issues that go along with it. When population grows, the good grows with the bad.”

Jonathan Tomko, senior research analyst for the city’s Planning, Policy and Outreach division, said because Austin’s growth causes housing prices to rise, his

office is looking at ways to inform policy in order to increase the housing supply.

Tomko’s office works on developer incentives and policies to provide cheaper housing options, such as the Downtown Density Bonus Program, which provides incentives to developers constructing affordable housing. His office also oversees the University Neighborhood Overlay, a plan to increase housing options within walking distance of UT. “We’re seeing a lot of increase in rents, and a need for affordable housing across the spectrum,” Tomko said. “The city has a spectrum to look at housing in different categories, all the way from those in precarious housing or are homeless to those that are trying to be first-time home buyers. So

there are different types of housing and there’s different types of opportunities and we’re seeing gaps in pretty much every category within the spectrum.”

Willie Cecil, CapMetro community involvement specialist, said students should contact city officials involved in issues they think are relevant to the community, whether it is transportation, housing or something else, in order to voice their concerns and become more informed.

“You’ll learn something about it and you’ll also be able to help shape it,” Cecil said. “Especially with something as important as transportation, y’all could help affect what lines go where.

Y’all just need to show up and tell people where you need to go and where they’re needed.”

NEW YORK — States should face economic competition from each other because it pushes them to make sure their business environments are as strong as possible, Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, said Wednesday as he met with business owners in New York City and encouraged them to consider moving to his state.

Perry was pushing the premise that the business environment was better in Texas, an idea he has promoted in New York before as well as in other states such as California.

The day before, he also had challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., to a debate on economic policies, to which Cuomo said Wednesday: “I don’t think so.”

Perry declined to say what companies he met with Wednesday at a Manhattan restaurant and whether any were moving to his state. When asked, his office provided a list of 27 New York companies that had expanded, built new facilities or relocated into Texas since 2005.

Perry said other states, such as Louisiana and Florida, try to lure away Texas businesses, which keeps him on his toes.

Perry was also countering Cuomo’s latest initiative to lure businesses from out of state.

Cuomo’s $100 million Start-Up NY initiative, which allows businesses that locate near college campuses to operate tax-free for 10 years, is being touted in TV commercials playing in Texas.

Texas has also bought promotional airtime in New York in recent years.

During a radio interview with New York Post columnist Fred Dicker on Tuesday, Perry said he would like to debate Cuomo over economic policies.

“I’d be more than happy to sit down and have a thoughtful conversation, a debate with Gov. Cuomo over the issues that face us as a state and talk about the economic policies and compare New York to Texas,” Perry said.

With potential presidential runs in 2016 for both Perry and Cuomo, Perry told Dicker he would wait until next year to make a decision.

“A little free advice for Rick Perry: the fewer debates with anyone, the better. Oops,” a spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association said in an email.

It included a link to a video of Perry during the Republican Presidential Debate in 2011 when he forgot the name of the third agency he would eliminate if he were to become president.

—Associated Press

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media after meeting with business owners Wednesday in New York.

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to kind of the mystification going around: That it’s not so bad, that we’ve listened to people, that we’ve adjusted according to input,” said Cloud, who is also a member of the Save Our Community Coalition. “I think [the protesters’] presence here today shows that’s pretty much bullshit.”

In an interview with The Daily Texan last month, Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, said he believes opponents of the plan do not understand that the University’s current business model is unsustainable.

“We’re getting starved on the academic end for dollars to hire teachers and retain people,” Hegarty said.

Protestors also referenced the University’s involvement with Accenture, a consulting firm the University paid more than $4 million to collect data for the Shared Services Steering Committee.

Accenture’s contract with UT ended in February.

More than 100 faculty members signed a letter opposing Shared Services and submitted it to Powers earlier this month.

In April 2012, a nearly identical incident, involving members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition, also led to 18 arrests.

The members hosted a sitin outside of Powers’ office, were told to leave by 5 p.m., declined to do so and were charged with criminal trespassing. In this case, members — some of whom were also arrested Wednesday, including Hinz-Foley — wanted the University to cooperate with the Worker Rights Consortium, an independent monitoring organization, when producing apparel.

Additional reporting by Julia Brouillette.

By Hayden Clark @HaydenS_Clark

Panelists discussed the future of Texas politics at a forum hosted by the Polymathic Scholars Student Leadership Panel on Wednesday.

Matt Glazer, founder of the Glazer Group — a political organization in Travis County — said the values of Texans, whom he says are uninformed about their elected officials, differ from opinions held by the Democratic and Republican parties.

“The Texas value system, from my personal belief, is about community and getting together to make solutions,” Glazer said. “I think that’s what a failure of the Texas Legislature has been. If you were to poll Texans, what they would say [is that] they don’t know their elected official, that the governor doesn’t speak for them or they don’t know how to trust that civics [has] made a difference in their life.”

Harris Media CEO Vincent Harris, who also ran the online operations for Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign, said the advent of the Internet has significantly altered the financial cost of campaigning in Texas.

“People always say you have to have money to win

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continues from page 1 concerns in several different conversations with several different members of the executive board and the none of the legislation changed.

That’s where I drew the line and said progress isn’t being made and I can’t support it.”

Claire Trammel / Daily Texan Staff

Political consultant Matt Mackowiak (center) speaks about Texas’ likelihood of becoming a blue state in the Union Ballroom on Wednesday afternoon.

Texas because it’s a state of 26 million people, and it costs more than a million dollars a week to be on state-wide television,” Harris said. “I think that is changing. With the Internet, candidates like Wendy Davis, candidates like Ted Cruz, will be able to level the playing field in what has traditionally been a sort of insider game in the state when you have to have deep pockets.”

Harris said he thinks the Internet will help potential voters become more engaged in the candidates’ platforms.

Matt Mackowiak, who worked on the

Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004, said the Medicaid program holds local and national governments to different standards.

“The problem is states have to balance their budget, and the federal government doesn’t,” Mackowiak said. “If the cost ... for the state is not guaranteed for the future, then the current legislature, the current governor, are taking on a long-term cost for the state.”

Emmanuel Garcia, communications director for the Texas Democratic Party, said the party supports the Medicaid expansion because it improves

health care.

“Medicaid expansion was going to bring 230,000 jobs around $50,000 average salary, incredible movement in the health care issue,” Garcia said.

Garcia said Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Latino outreach program isn’t as effective as it should be. “[Abbott] was going to Mexican restaurants and he went [to] one Mexican restaurant and you know who he showed up with?

Ted Nugent.” Garcia said.

“That was Austin Latino outreach — a guy who said he would shoot people at the border. Awesome Latino outreach program.”

The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations has investigated Hall since July 2013 for potentially overstepping his duties as a regent. Earlier this month, the final report from the special counsel to the committee indicated Hall likely committed impeachable

offenses during his time as regent.

Cavazos said he would consider supporting the legislation again if it were reworded.

Although the resolution was tabled, the SG executive board signed a letter calling for Hall’s resignation.

SG President Kori Rady said he thinks Hall’s actions

have disrupted the daily operations of the University.

Seven former student leaders, including former Senate presidents, issued a similar letter Wednesday.

“It is time to end the ‘witch hunt’ against President Powers and UT-Austin,” the letter said. “It is time you step down from your position as regent.”

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Given David Holiner’s obvious passion for tennis and the senior’s illustrious career at Texas, it’s hard to believe that when he first picked up a racket he wanted nothing to do with the sport.

Holiner first started playing at the age of 6, when his mother would drive him to his local Jewish community center in Dallas and force him onto the court.

“I hated tennis at first,” Holiner said. “But my mom made me keep playing.”

In a sport where many kids start competing before they even enter preK, Holiner’s detest for the game at an early age could have put him at a major disadvantage.

After struggling for years to enjoy playing singles, Holiner found his

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For senior David Holiner, tennis wasn’t always fun. His mother had to force him onto the court at the Jewish Community Center in Dallas. Now, he is excelling at Texas in his final season. He has already played in an NCAA final and is an All-American.

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Overlooked safety recruit could be key

By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman

Those glancing through Texas’ 2014 class may be quick to dismiss South Grand Prairie’s Jason Hall. After all, ESPN has him as only the 85th best safety in his class, and at the bottom of the list for Texas’ 2014 signees.

Despite being under the radar in his ratings, Hall began

receiving significant interest in the spring of 2013, just a few months after his first season on varsity.

“I think Jason was a little surprised when he got his first offer, quite honestly, because he was under the radar,” said Brent Whitson, South Grand Prairie’s head coach. “He was a seven- or eight-game starter his junior year after playing junior varsity as a sophomore, so

it all happened so fast for him.”

Hall’s first offer came in April 2013, and it’s a moment Whitson said he will always remember.

“I’ll never forget when I got to tell him the news that Nebraska offered him a scholarship,” Whitson said. “He gave me a big old hug, tears in his eyes, and here you saw that dream come true for him.”

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Hall committed to Nebraska that May. But as his offer list grew larger to include Baylor, Oklahoma and Iowa, he became increasingly unsure of where he would end up. In June, Hall visited Texas’ mini-camp where he received an offer.

Hall decommitted from the Huskers in July and spent most

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SPORTS BRIEFLY Tracy McGrady makes the Sugarland Skeeters Mary Kang / Daily Texan Staff file photo

Fans look on in a game against Rice in 2011 with Garret Gilbert at the helm. They would win the game, but go on to lose five

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Freshman outfielder Stephanie Wong contributed to an 11-run sixth inning Wednesday night in San Marcos, scoring the second run of the inning. Texas won the game 15-6.

Trailing late, an 11-run sixth boosts Texas in San Marcos

By Scarlett Smith @ScarlettRSmith1

Texas trailed 6-4 in the sixth inning of Wednesday night’s game against Texas State in San Marcos.

But then the offense delivered. Then delivered again. Then delivered some more.

The Longhorns poured in 11 runs in the inning to take a commanding 15-6 lead, leading to a six-inning run rule.

Texas, in its seventh straight road game, improved to 28-18 on the season following the win.

With the loss, Texas State fell to 22-27 on the season, having lost five of its last six matchups.

Texas jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the second inning off two hits and one Bobcat error. Texas State responded with five runs of its own in the following frame to take the lead, 5-3. Each team added a run in the fourth inning

before Texas broke it open in the top of the sixth with 11 runs on eight hits to secure the victory.

Senior catcher Mandy Ogle doubled to right field to score freshman outfielder Stephanie Wong and even the game at six apiece. Freshman shortstop Devon Tunning followed up with a single to score sophomore first baseman Holly Kern before senior outfielder Brejae Washington tripled down the right field line to put the game out of reach. She would later come around to score on an illegal pitch — one of several unearned runs for the Longhorns.

Kern had a stellar performance at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI. She led the Longhorns offensively. Washington continued what has been an impressive season thus far, adding two more RBIs and two more runs scored to stay atop the team

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Head coach Connie Clark elected to go to the bullpen early with freshman Tiarra Davis struggling. She gave up four earned runs in 2.1 innings.

Junior Gabby Smith came in and picked up her 12th win of the season, allowing just one earned run on two hits while striking out five over 3.2 innings of work. Texas State’s senior pitcher Rayn House took the loss after surrendering 10 hits and five earned runs and fanning only two.

Texas improved its record in road games this season to 11-2 and hopes to carry the momentum into Friday’s matchup against conference opponent Oklahoma State.

For the class of 2014, Texas sports fell short

By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Columnist @Chris_Hummer

You’re almost there, class of 2014.

In less than a month you’ll stand in front of the Tower and watch the building light up with the most spectacular “2014” you’ll ever see.

It’s a time to celebrate and reflect back on your best college moments: weekend nights spewing into mornings, evenings spent talking about nothing with friends and maybe even a class or two.

But it’s a safe bet neither you nor I, a fellow 2014 graduate, will give much pause to Texas athletics — those memories are too painful.

Hopes were so high when we came to the 40 Acres. The football team had just lost in the national championship game.

But a laser-armed quarterback, Garrett Gilbert, had almost toppled Alabama in place of Colt McCoy and was expected to continue Texas’ recent sterling quarterback tradition.

Instead, Gilbert led the Longhorns to a 5-7 record in 2010, the team’s worst finish since 1997 and the only losing record in the Mack Brown era. It’s hard to place all of the blame on Gilbert; entitlement had a lot to do with the struggles, but he became the symbol

of Texas’ issues.

The next three seasons didn’t improve much for Longhorn football. Texas maxed out at nine wins and Brown stepped down after the 2013 season.

There were a few highs — the Longhorns upsetting Oklahoma last season was a triumphant moment for seniors, as was sending A&M off with a loss in 2011. But defensive meltdowns and Case McCoy’s interceptions far outweigh the fleeting positives.

Heartbreak defines our fall experience.

The men’s basketball team didn’t provide much relief in the spring. Freshman year, Texas reached No. 1 in the country, only to nosedive to a second-round exit in the NCAA tournament. And that season still serves as the peak of our basketball experience.

Potential program stars Myck Kabongo, Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson all left early, spurning the possibility of extended success. Texas even missed the tournament in 2013 for the first time under Rick Barnes in his 15 years at Texas.

Other sports have found success during our time in Austin. Men’s swimming and diving, volleyball and men’s golf all won a national championship over the last four years. Both

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SUGAR LAND, Texas — Former NBA star Tracy McGrady signed Wednesday to pitch for the Sugar Land Skeeters in the independent Atlantic League.

“It’s an honor to be a part of this club,” McGrady said in a statement released by the team. “To be a part of the team means everything to me, and it’s a dream come true. I look forward to coming to the ballpark not only to play the game but to be in the clubhouse building camaraderie with these guys.

I am excited to start the journey we’re going to take this season.”

The 6-foot-8-inch righthander officially reported to spring camp last week and made his first scrimmage game appearance against Alvin Community College on April 16.

In an inning of work, McGrady allowed one run on three hits with no walks and no strikeouts.

“We are excited about our team this season and having Tracy McGrady as a part of it,” Skeeters manager Gary Gaetti said.

“We’re also excited to see what unique opportunities this could present for us in putting a good product on the field, and we look forward to Tracy helping us win some ball games.”

The 34-year-old McGrady spent 16 years in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks. The seven-time All-Star won two scoring titles.

—Associated Press

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Texas looks to build on recent momentum

By Grant Gordon & Daniel Clay @texansports

Since the Texas Relays, the Longhorns have dominated their competition, with the men and women winning their respective divisions at the Texas Invitational and taking home 16 individual titles at the Michael Johnson Classic.

The Penn Relays, which take place from Thursday to Saturday of this week, will provide elite competition to challenge the Longhorns’ recent string of dominance.

The women already have a strong contingent of runners virtually guaranteed spots in the NCAA West Regional meet, but the competition at the Penn Relays could drive some of the fringe athletes over the threshold and place more athletes in the qualifying meet.

Graduate student Olivia Mickle, a distance runner, is one of the athletes who could benefit from a strong showing in Pennsylvania.

Mickle has been on head coach Mario Sategna’s radar all season, and currently sits with the seventh best 10,000-meter time in the nation. A strong performance in the 5,000

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Graduate student distance runner Olivia Mickle will lead the Longhorns into the Penn Relays on Thursday with the seventh best 10,000-meter time in the nation. This will be the last competition against strong competition for Texas before the postseason.

meter could land her in another event and provide some more competition for senior middle distance runner Marielle Hall, who leads the 5,000-meter field.

On the men’s side, the athletes to watch are a pair of freshmen jumpers hoping to make it to the

Mavericks rout Spurs, even the series at one SAN ANTONIO — Monta Ellis scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks rolled to a 113-92 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday night, snapping a 10-game skid against the Spurs and evening their firstround series at a game apiece.

Shawn Marion scored 20 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 16, Devin Harris had 18 and Jose Calderon 12 for Dallas, which never trailed after the opening minutes of the second quarter.

Manu Ginobili had 27 points, Tony Parker added 12 and Tim Duncan 11 for the Spurs.

Dallas didn’t relent in Game 2 after blowing a 10-point lead in the final eight minutes of the series opener. San Antonio’s ineptness had as much to do with tying the series, however. The

Spurs averaged 14.4 turnovers during the regular season, but had 15 with 3 minutes left in the first half. They finished with 22 turnovers, which resulted in 33 points for the Mavericks.

Dallas was extremely physical in the first half whenever Parker and Ginobili drove the lane, much to San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich’s dismay when no fouls were called — not that it mattered when they were. San Antonio finished 18 for 29 on free throws.

The Mavericks attacked the basket with the same intensity, finishing with 44 points. San Antonio pulled within 61-56 with 8:38 remaining in the third quarter, but it was the closest it would get in the half.

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Freshman jumper Nick Phynn is competing in both the triple jump and the long jump this weekend. He is ranked 58th in the nation in the long jump with a mark of 49-6 1/2, and he is ranked 87th in the long jump with a leap of 23-10 3/4. Phynn will have a chance to move

both marks into qualifying range this weekend.

The Penn Relays will be the last time for the Longhorns to compete against strong competition before the postseason, as only one home meet remains between Texas and the Big 12 Championships.

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Having a teammate was just the motivation he needed. The Dallas native began to finally enjoy playing the game.

Little did Holiner know that his time at Texas would follow a very similar trend.

As a freshman, Holiner struggled to find a balance between tennis, academics and a social life, and he found himself struggling to enjoy the sport once again.

But, just as he had grown to love the game in his early years, Holiner grew more comfortable with college life and developed strong relationships with several of his teammates.

“Although it took a while to adjust, these guys have become my best friends,” Holiner said. “I cherish every moment, and, looking back, it’s sad

because I wont be here, but I know I will keep in contact with all of them. They are a big part of my life.”

And his greatest memory at Texas? The same thing that revived his tennis career as a youngster: playing doubles.

Holiner and his doubles partner, Chris Cammillone, beat the numberone team in the country last season. They made it to the finals in the NCAA tournament and were named All-Americans.

Now, as the team captain in his final season, Holiner says what he has learned as a student-athlete at the University of Texas will stick with him forever.

“Being the team captain and a student-athlete, you basically have a job and lots of responsibility,” Holiner said. “With every decision you make, you

have to keep in mind that you are representing [Texas] at all times. It’s made me mature.”

Just like so many other college students, Holiner isn’t exactly sure what he wants to do after he graduates. After graduation, he plans to get his real estate license and travel the world. But, as an elite athlete, he still has aspirations of going pro and pursuing a career in tennis.

“I have many options,” Holiner said. “I am not quite sure of where the sport will take me.”

No matter what he chooses to do, Holiner knows that he’s going to miss the experiences he’s had at Texas.

“I’m going to miss the group of guys and being with all my friends every day,” Holiner said. “The family atmosphere that UT provides and the many relationships and friendships I’ve made will all be missed.”

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Logan Brittain is currently ranked 53rd in the nation for the high jump with a mark of 6-10 3/4 inches, and he could jump his way into the regional meet with a good showing this week.

OAKLAND, Calif. — With the Texas rotation ravaged by injuries early in the season, Martin Perez has more than filled the void.

Perez pitched his second consecutive shutout to extend his scoreless innings streak to 26, and the Texas Rangers wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 3-0 victory Wednesday.

“He’s been the glue,” manager Ron Washington said. “He’s held it together. He’s the one guy in that rotation who’s been in it from last year who hasn’t had a blip yet.”

The Rangers have been without Yu Darvish, Matt Harrison and Colby Lewis at times this season but find themselves in first place, thanks to strong play from fill-ins and major improvement from Perez.

Perez (4-0) outpitched Sonny Gray (3-1) in a heralded matchup of emerging stars, allowing just three hits and two walks in his first start since throwing a three-hitter against the White Sox for his first career shutout.

“I don’t want to think too much about my ERA and the games that I’ve thrown before,” Perez said. “I’m going to focus on my game today. We had a great game.”

Perez, who also threw eight scoreless innings against Houston on April 13, is the first Rangers pitcher to have three straight scoreless starts since Kenny Rogers had four

straight over 30 innings in 2005. Perez also joined Charlie Hough in 1983 as the only Texas pitchers to have three straight starts of at least eight scoreless innings.

“He knows how to pitch,” Washington said. “He has weapons, and he can throw them all for strikes and he has poise. He does a great job of staying with the game plan, and that’s something that he’s learned from last year — how to study, how to go out there and just execute his pitches.”

Donnie Murphy homered and Michael Choice scored one run and drove in another for the Rangers, who moved a halfgame ahead of Oakland in the AL West with their first sweep of the A’s since August 2011.

The A’s never even threatened Perez on their way to getting swept at home for the first time since September 2012 against the Angels, ending a streak of 32 straight home series with at least one win.

“You’re going to have your little lumps in the road,” A’s third baseman Josh Donaldson said.

“Everybody knows that here.

We just have to come back.”

Oakland got leadoff singles from Jed Lowrie in the fourth and Derek Norris in the fifth for its first two hits off Perez. But Perez followed each of those hits by getting the next batter to hit into a double play, giving him a major league-leading 11 groundball double plays.

Donaldson doubled with

one out in the seventh but was stranded there when Alberto Callaspo grounded out with runners on first and second to end the inning.

“He keeps the ball off the barrel of the bat,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “He’s pitched really well this year. The reason he can get deep in games is he’s not striking a lot of guys out. He’s just keeping it off the barrel of the bat.”

Gray allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings to end a six-game winning streak in the regular season dating to last September.

He fell behind when Choice led the game off with a walk and scored on Alex Rios’ triple.

The Rangers were poised for a possible big inning when Rios was originally ruled safe at home on a grounder Lowrie at shortstop. But Melvin challenged the call, and Rios was ruled out on instant replay.

Choice, traded from Oakland to Texas in the offseason, added an RBI single in the fifth, and Murphy hit his first homer of the season in the sixth to make it 3-0.

NOTES: Rangers 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff was held out with a sore back. … Scott Kazmir (2-0) will take the mound against Brett Oberholtzer (0-3) on Thursday when Oakland opens a four-game series in Houston. … Texas begins a three-game series in Seattle on Friday.

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continues from page 7 baseball and softball have appeared in the College World Series.

None of those sports can cure the insufferable misery caused by football, though.

And, sure, the Eyes of Texas is great fun, school spirit all around.

Going to games is always enjoyable, yelling for three hours with 100,000 of your closest friends. And, of course, “OU still sucks.”

But mostly, it’s been painful.

Texas will be back to national prominence, soon, I’m sure. But, for the current crop of seniors, sports success proved more problematic than going to a Friday afternoon class.

The Class of 2014 will forever remain loyal to the Longhorns. We just wish there had been a few more wins.

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continues from page 1 “And it’s hard, it is. It’s hard on everybody. It’s hard on my family. But the support that I’ve had in the last two days is unbelievable,” Santos said.

“It kind of breaks me up inside to see how many people really, really care, and how what I do on Saturdays and everything makes a difference.”

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continues from page 7 of the month weighting his options. It wasn’t clear which school would land him until he made another trip to Austin for the ‘Texas Stampede” in late July. Hall seemed to fall in love with the city of Austin during the visit, and he made his commitment that weekend.

“Being around the football program and actually seeing the social life of Austin area was pretty good,” Hall said. “And I just loved it, and I said to myself, ‘This is something I want to be a part of.’”

Texas’ tumultuous 2013 campaign ended with the resignation of coach Mack Brown on Dec. 14, 2013, which, coincidently, was in the midst of Hall’s official Texas visit. Rumors swirled about Texas’ next coach, which may have put Hall’s future in Austin in jeopardy. But, when Texas hired head coach Charlie Strong, Hall didn’t waver on his commitment.

“I was a fan of Louisville and Florida in the [Sugar] Bowl game because I love both teams and how they played,” Hall said. “So, when I found out that coach Strong came to Texas, I was more committed than I was with Mack Brown.”

With Strong came a list of changes in the coaching staff, including bringing in former Texas AllSouthwest defensive back Vance Bedford as defensive coordinator. Hall said it’s exciting to be able to learn from Bedford.

“It gives us that much more of an advantage,” Hall said. “He knows what expectations should be brought to the University of Texas, so we know not to settle for anything less than greatness.”

Whitson sees Hall as a football player who could make a difference early for the Longhorns, despite his low ratings.

“I think Jason is very undervalued,” Whitson said, “Because of his maturity, he is a developed, six-threeand-a-half, 195-pound kid that can run, [and] that’s why I think he can contribute this fall.”

Regardless of his immediate impact, Hall provides Texas with needed depth at the safety position and could develop into a valuable player.

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The dragon boat races will be held this Saturday at Lady Bird Lake.

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continues from page 12 The Asian American Cultural Center, in collaboration with the Asian American Community Partnership, has organized the races in Austin for 16 years now.

“Austin has a growing Asian-American population and we wanted to make our contribution to Austin’s diversity and showcase our cultural heritage,” said Amy Wong Mok, president and CEO of the Asian American Cultural Center.

Before the races, a traditional ceremony known as “Dotting the Eyes of the Dragon” is performed to commemorate the occasion.

“Traditionally, the dragon boats are buried under the sand,” Mok said. “Before the start of the race, we take out the boat and decorate it. The dignitaries will put the ‘eyes,’ using ink, some water and even earth, on the dragon.

We believe the dragon was sleeping all this time, and when you give them the eyes, they have the eyes to fly on the water.”

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Tiger Wu, electrical engineering junior and captain of the Chinese Students Association dragon boat team, said winning the 500-meter race is all about endurance, technique and synchronization.

“Not a lot of people like to paddle or row when they have spare time,” Wu said.

“It’s different when you are paddling and there’s a lot of stress on your back and your shoulders.”

Wu’s team has been practicing for an hour every Sunday at Lady Bird Lake for the past five weeks. One missed beat can make or break the team’s chances of winning a race.

“If someone in the front is getting tired and is not doing what they should be doing, it makes the timing go wrong for everyone on the boat,” Wu said.

For Wu, the adrenaline rush makes all the effort worth it.

“It’s most rewarding for me when I see families come together to celebrate this festival,” Mok said. ”I feel proud to see the children from different Asian countries promoting and showcasing their heritage and culture.”

had no business sense. I was terrible with money,” Kelland said.

Kelland kept motorcycles his full -time hobby.

After he moved to Austin, he started working on bikes out of his home, and, when customer demand grew too high, he decided to open up a shop.

“It’s sort of a battle, the older these bikes get,” Kelland said. “To repair these things properly you would have to spend

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continues from page 12 McClintock Effect would have profound implications.

Unfortunately, attempts to replicate her results have been inconsistent and, also, a bit strange. Several studies used protocol that involved placing auxiliary extract, or a donor’s armpit sweat, underneath subjects’ noses. One study looked at female basketball players, noting the exciting notion of studying “not only a group of women but a group of perspiring women.”

Despite these numerous attempts, there’s no strong sense of consistency in the research. In fact, several studies provide completely contradictory results. A search of the literature reveals one paper, “Menstrual Synchrony in Female Couples,” and another titled “No Evidence for Menstrual Synchrony in Female Couples.”

This inconsistency supports the null hypothesis that the McClintock Effect is a statistical artifact, a

a fortune, so we try and just make them run as best as they can without replacing everything.”

Elijah Reese works alongside Kelland at Limey’s, and the two spend six days a week in the small lime green space.

“When Chris first opened, I had him cleaning carbs for me, and then I started doing frames and welding for him, and it kind of progressed from there,” Reese said.

Limey’s has been in business for four years now and serves customers that range from

longtime motorcycle collectors to young college students who purchased their first bikes through Craigslist.

Le Brown started coming to Limey’s three years ago and has had two of his Hondas repaired and maintained

by Kelland.

“He’s a know-it-all that happens to, in fact, know it all. Even his competitors admire him,” Brown said.

“He brought my bikes back to life.”

Kelland’s interest in working exclusively on

older bikes has some emotional ties.

“I think, honestly, if the desire for vintage motorcycles disappeared completely, I think I’d be finished,” Kelland said. “I just have no passion for new motorcycles.”

Kelland is not much of a rider, and instead focuses on repairs, or what he calls “turd-polishing.”

“It’s a feeling. It’s really hard to explain,” Kelland said. “I’m just a mechanic.

I like making these old machines live again, and that’s really why I do it.”

result of experimental bias or poor protocol and not a real phenomenon. If the average menstrual cycle is 30 days with menses lasting for five of them, there’s a 33 percent chance that any two women could have periods that would overlap during any given month. McClintock didn’t look for overlap to confirm her effect but, rather, simply looked for the dates between onsets to reduce over several months.

A paper published in 1992 looked at the multiple replication studies, in addition to McClintock’s original, and pointed out several errors.

Among the most egregious was that, in the experiments with positive results, some subjects left the experiment early because of irregular cycles. With the small sample sizes involved in the trials, a few people dropping out could make a huge difference in the end result, especially if they left for reasons directly related to their periods.

McClintock still stands behind her pet theory, but

with a few changes. She admits that menstrual synchrony is certainly a myth and described several misconceptions in a 1998 paper.

In picking apart the myth, however, she clouds the definition of what it is that she’s defending and notes that synchrony is not the only possible outcome of women living together.

“Some groups did indeed increase synchrony level,” McClintock said. “Other groups actually became more asynchronous.

Moreover, some groups maintained exactly the same phase relationship over many cycles.”

In other words, any possible outcome potentially supports the McClintock Effect.

McClintock hasn’t met the burden of proof required to accept menstrual synchrony or even produced a falsifiable hypothesis describing it.

As for the bigger question of human pheromones, research suggests that their existence is likely, but not quite verifiable.

There are studies supporting

the idea, except many of them aren’t well controlled and some of them are very odd.

In one study, researchers gave men a urine sample and asked them to guess the gender using their sense of smell. They found that men were better able to do so when the woman who produced the sample was closer to ovulation, although there are plenty of reasons to question the reliability of this study.

Human sexuality is complicated, and pheromones do probably play a role in it, but so do visual, audio and tactile stimuli, as well as fantasy and imagination.

Hormones are very much affected by the environment we’re living in and so, too, are menstrual cycles, which can be delayed as a result of breast-feeding, stress or weight loss, among other factors. It’s not completely implausible that the people we surround ourselves with can also affect when periods occur. But, as of right now, the evidence doesn’t support that conclusion.

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Austin mechanic revs up old motorcycles

By Sarah Montgomery @withalittlejazz

The sound of revving motorcyle engines can be heard in a small alley off of Old Koenig Lane. Old Yamahas, Hondas and other twowheeled vehicles are often seen trailing up and down the street after coming out of a small motorcycle shop called Limey’s, where owner Chris Kelland specializes in repairing and building old vintage ’60s and ’70s Japanese motorcycles.

“We stick rigidly to the ‘nothing after 1980’ thing for the simple reason that, when you try to do everything, you’ll never be good at anything,” Kelland said.

Limey’s is filled with haphazardly placed spare parts and a general sense of chaos, set against the back drop of the shop’s bright, lime green painted walls.

Kelland’s work is reclusive, and on any given day he can be seen wearing a black T-shirt, black jeans and black boots to accompany his grease-covered fingers.

The next thing to note is Kelland’s accent.

Originally from Southeast London, Kelland has been in Austin for about 10 years. He drinks 12 cups of tea a day and occasionally reverts to British jargon.

He said the name of the shop was inspired by what Americans called the British soldiers sailing to the United States during the Revolutionary War. “I started specializing

in British stuff, and then I discovered the Yamaha 650 twin,” Kelland said. “It was as close as I could get to a British bike, only without all the problems British bikes have.”

Kelland first moved to Austin to work as a prepress consultant. He calibrated printing machines and specialized in making the colors that are printed out match the colors that appeared on the screen.

He calibrated the systems for UT’s print division and gave seminars on color to students at Austin Community College.

After his first year in Austin, Kelland won 12 awards for his work in color printing at the Printing Images Awards.

“It’s rare for an English person to say they’re good at something, but I was really good,” Kelland said.

Although Kelland had been in the printing industry since he was 15 and had become renowned for his work, the general apathy in the field discouraged him from continuing.

“I wanted to do what I do as best as I could, and no one really cared,” Kelland said. “Now I’m just kind of done with it.”

He instead decided to pursue his other longtime passion: motorcycles.

Kelland’s first bike was a small Honda 50cc that he used to get back and forth to work each day as a teenager. He began learning how to fix damages to

Sarah Montgomery / Daily Texan Staff

England-born mechanic Chris Kelland specializes in repairing and building vintage ’60s and ’70s motorcycles. After working in the prepress industry since he was 15, Kelland decided to pursue his love for old engines.

his bikes.

“It was a financial thing, really,” Kelland said. “I started honestly destroying my bike because I didn’t know what I was doing. I just couldn’t afford to get other people to work on my stuff.”

In 1984, Kelland opened a bike shop in England. But, with no experience or direction, the business failed in three years.

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Motorcycle shop owner Chris Kelland works on the wiring in a vintage Honda for a customer.

Kelland fell for motorcycles as a teen when he first invested in a Honda 50cc to ride to and from work.

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In 1971, Martha McClintock published a pilot study in Nature science journal as a sole author. This is an impressive feat, even for

tenured professors, but she pulled it off as an undergraduate. The subject of her research? Menstrual synchrony, or the alleged synchronization of women’s menstrual cycles after living in close proximity to one another.

The “McClintock Effect” suggests that human pheromones are a reality and that hormones can be regulated purely by proximity, potentially leading the way to contraceptives or fertility treatments that work via scent alone. If confirmed, this

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Texas teams, locals race in traditional dragon boats

By Kritika Kulshrestha @kritika88

Illustration by Ploy Buraparate / Daily Texan Staff

Lady Bird Lake is usually filled with paddle boards and canoes on Saturday afternoons. But this Saturday, 40-foot-long boats shaped and painted like dragons will fill the lake for the 16th annual Austin Dragon Boat Festival.

Two teams from UT, one from the Chinese Students Association and one from the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, will participate in the dragon boat races, a 2,000-year-old tradition. Each dragon boat carries 22 people. While 20 people row, one person steers the boat and the other beats a drum to allow the paddlers to keep pace.

“One of the most challenging things about dragon boat racing is teamwork,” said UT alum Sheena Chang, a former Chinese Students Association member who is coaching the UT teams. “All 20 paddlers should be doing the exact same thing at the exact same time, while the person who steers helps keep the boat straight and the drummer helps keep everyone in sync.”

Chang is also the coach for the Austin Coolers Dragon Boat Team, one of the other 17 teams participating in the races. The Austin Coolers team trains year round and also participates in international dragon boat racing competitions.

“What I’ve learned from training different types of teams is that everyone learns differently,” Chang said. “On race day, each team applies it differently, so it’s always very exciting to see who comes out on top from year to year.”

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