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Property tax drop may not lower rent
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By Christina Breitbeil @christinabreit
Despite city officials’ proposal for a significant drop in Austin’s property tax rate for the coming year in the Austin City Council meeting Thursday, many expect rent prices in West Campus to continue their steady rise. According to city council documents, the forecast presented by city council financial staff in the meeting projected a 0.70 percent
decrease in the property tax rate for fiscal year 20142015, with “an emphasis on maintaining affordability.” This year there was a 0.20 percent drop from the tax rate of the previous year, after the rate had increased each year since 2007. Austin City Manager Marc Ott said the increase in the city’s property value has allowed the budget to account for the decreased property tax rate. “The departments were, by me, instructed to develop
an expenditure and revenue forecast with focus toward keeping the property tax rate flat,” Ott said. “I can tell you that they have done a very good job in that regard. That, in combination with some benefits that we’ve experienced in terms of property value, has not only enabled us to look at keeping the property tax rate flat, but to do better than that.” Government sophomore Ryan Rafols, who is
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The sun sets in West Campus on Monday evening. Although Austin will lower property taxes, rent may continue to rise.
CITY
The evolution of Austin music culture ‘Live Music Capital of the World’ not best for local artists By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
A mob of people stumble from bar to bar, their faces illuminated by neon lights. DJs blare their newest playlist, testing it on the crowds. Bands turn up their amps, drawing from the crowd’s energy and hoping to someday make it big. This is a surface level view of the “Live Music Capital of the World,” but few know the history behind the phrase. Now, with the slogan prompting more music tourism and concerts than ever before, and with the next season of music festivals about to start, a new era of music in
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Musician Brian Pounds prepares to perform at Cactus Cafe on Saturday evening. Since 1979, Austin has grown from just a few music venues on Sixth Street to “The Live Music Capital of the World.”
CAMPUS
Philanthropy class teaches evaluation before donation
Austin Police Department Police Chief Art Acevedo called for a group of public transportation, law enforcement and criminal justice officials to discuss ways to reduce DWI incidents after a drunk driver killed a pedestrian in South Austin on Saturday, according to police. In a press conference Monday, Acevedo said the department has reported 22 fatal crashes this year, 12 of which involved alcohol or other drugs. “As we continue to have more bars in our city, we continue to be the No. 1 drinking city in the state of Texas, despite the fact that we are not the largest city in the state of Texas,” Acevedo said. “I’m calling for the state, the county, the city and all of our partners in transportation and in criminal justice to come together and talk about how we can do better.” Acevedo said the city needs to explore new and improved modes of transportation, including expanded bus routes, additional taxis and overnight parking. Acevedo said he believes people who are arrested for DWI are often treated too leniently. “If you look around Austin, Texas, and you see how many people are killing people drunk driving, they get probation and slaps on the wrist,” Acevedo said. “Enough is enough.” Acevedo said he hopes to hold the summit during the first two weeks of May.
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By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler
Students distributed $100,000 among five charities Monday to mark the end of their semester in the UGS class “Philanthropy: The Power of Giving.” In its third semester, the course allows 41 students to research nonprofit organizations and give away the money after in-class debates and discussions. Sustainable Harvest, which teaches families of rural villages in Central America how to use sustainable farming techniques, will receive $10,000, Caring For Cambodia will receive $20,000, and $30,000 will go toward building two wells in Ethiopia through the nonprofit organization Charity Water. KIPP Austin, an Austin-based
Michelle Toussaint / Daily Texan Staff
Sociology and public affairs professor Pamela Paxton’s “Philanthropy: The Power of Giving” UGS class is distributing $100,000 among five charities as part of its last project for the semester.
nonprofit that sends underserved students to charter schools, will receive $20,000, and another $20,000 will go to Common Hope, a charity that works to send kids to secondary school in Guatemala. Each spring semester,
$50,000 is given by a foundation outside the University called the Philanthropy Lab to the course’s donation fund, and the rest of the money is raised by the
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Disabled students share experiences, defy expectations The University’s Office for Services for Students with Disabilities has about 2,100 students registered, which represents about 4.2 percent of the University’s student population. Despite their small population, many of these student are working hard to make their presence and influence known around campus. They all face various challenges and roadblocks every day,
but they work tirelessly to improve the University for themselves and for those after them. Visit www.dailytexanonline. com/disabilities to view videos with stories from students and staff about disabilities on campus, and how these students refuse to allow themselves be defined by their limitation. —Jackie Kuenstler
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continues from page 1 a member of Austin Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, the group that drew Austin’s 10 new district boundaries in November 2013, said he does not think the drop in the property tax rate is the best method to foster affordability for students in West Campus. “You can’t really control property value,” Rafols said. “[City council] can do their best to lower the tax rate, but … as long as there is a demand and limited supply, the value will go up. I think the bigger issue is just regulation of apartment costs for students.” Chris Lanier, a real-estate agent for Longhorn Central Leasing, said he thinks the combined factors of the increased property value and decreased tax rate will result in a continuation of rising prices of rent for West
Campus apartments. “If they did [raise rent prices], it might be to a lesser extent,” Rafols said. “[Property tax rate] is only one of the factors of increasing rent. I think, if that’s the status quo, it’ll pretty much stay the same.” Rafols believes there is still room for improvement within city policies
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just keeping the status quo. … I think city council could do more for affordable student housing.”
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continues from page 1 course instructor, Pamela Paxton. Paxton said none of the money that is raised comes from the University. Paxton, who taught the class for the first time last spring, sees the course as a way for students to evaluate the relative effectiveness of various charities. “I think it’s different from an undergraduate course in a sense that the students feel how important the learning in the class is because they go ahead and use it immediately,” Paxton said. The course requires an application process to get in, but Paxton said there is hardly a waitlist because the class is relatively new. Undeclared sophomore Nathalia Rojas, who began the semester researching Sustainable Harvest International, said she was excited her charity was selected to receive the money. Rojas said she wanted the nonprofit to receive the money because it would make a direct impact for a community of people in Honduras. “You really get invested in your charity and realize how much of an impact you can make on the people’s lives,” Rojas said. “The fact that you have the money and the opportunity to do that — you want to do what you can.” Although some students’ charities end up being selected to receive the money, many do not receive the support of the whole class. Mathematics and actuarial studies sophomore Austin Nguyen researched a charity called Autism Trust, which did not end up being selected to receive the money. “It hurts because you spend all your time researching, and you want money donated to it, but, on the other hand, you’re still donating to five other great charities,” Nguyen said. According to Nguyen, the final charities were selected after intense in-class debates. He said the most interesting part of the course was realizing it’s not always best to just give your money away without examining the foundation. The ceremony in which the donations are presented will be held Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Tower.
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LGBTQ community puts UT ahead of competition By Kent Kasischke Daily Texan Columnist
Editor’s Note: In anticipation of the May 1 deadline for admitted high-school students to choose to attend the University, we asked student leaders on campus to tell us why they came to UT. Their responses will appear on this page through Thursday. Coming to UT-Austin was not something I had planned. Many of my friends were born and raised with either burnt orange or maroon coursing through their veins; however, I was transplanted to Texas in high school and had no clue what amazing opportunities Texas could have. I took the logical route: What’s cheapest? What has the most prestige? What is far enough away yet not too far from family? But, most importantly, where will I be most comfortable? The latter’s answer was my true deciding factor in enrolling at UT. Near the end of high school, I had come out as a gay male and knew I needed to be
in a place where I could foster and grow my identify. UT seemed like the hub of a more accepting and tolerant Texas. That blue dot in a sea of red. That was everything I wanted and wished for as I graduate of high school. I took a chance because I wasn’t top-10 percent, and I got rejected. I reluctantly participated in the now-discontinued Coordinated Application Program and went to UTSA for a year with another 15 students from my high school. We all pushed ourselves to maintain high GPAs, support each other through the struggles of freshman year and make sure we all kept our goal in mind. The best thing I ever did was to discuss the decision and pathway to UT with my fellow classmates. Hearing everyone’s unique decision and reasoning really helped me solidify my choice and to take a chance no matter what. Kasischke is a biology and psychology senior from New Orleans. Kasischke was director of the Queer Students Alliance from 2011 to 2013. He will be graduating in May.
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Austin Ferguson, student director of the UT Guild of Carillonneurs and Student Government fine arts representative, plays the bells in the Tower.
Tough choice for student carillonneur has paid off By Austin Ferguson
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Editor’s Note: In anticipation of the May 1 deadline for admitted high-school students to choose to attend the University, we asked student leaders on campus to tell us why they came to UT. Their responses will appear on this page through Thursday. I’m not going to lie; picking between my two top college choices, Baylor and UT, was one of the most difficult decisions of my life. Each of the two schools offered different aspects of what I thought the “college experience” should be like – Baylor offered a small-town feel, while UT offered an active social scene and a more liberal atmosphere that were the exact opposite of what I would find at Baylor. Regardless, picking between the two was no easy task. I’ve often been asked what is the one deciding factor that made me pick UT, and I always find myself coming back to one thing that stands out in my mind: the students. Every
UT student I’ve ever spoken to (even now, as a senior!) has been so welcoming, polite and, frankly, grateful to be a Longhorn. Fast forward, and I’m about to start my final year here at UT (though even thinking about it makes me slightly sick to my stomach). Currently, I’m the student director of the UT Guild of Carillonneurs, where it is my job to play and teach other students to play the carillon in the Tower — also known as the “Tower Bells.” In addition, I have recently started my third term as the fine arts representative in UT’s Student Government. Long story short, as I wrap up my time here on the 40 Acres, I know I’ve made a difference. That, I suppose, is what brought me to UT – the ability to get involved, voice my opinions, and make a difference in both my own experience and that of thousands of other students. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Hook ‘em, and I hope to see you around campus next year. Ferguson is a music senior from White Oak. He will be graduating next May.
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In politics, parties shouldn’t How to get from orientation demonize opponents’ views to graduation in one piece By David Davis
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In Texas, where extremely conservative Republicans are ubiquitous in elected positions, Democrats often counter conservative ideology by running toward the opposite end of the political spectrum. Democrats set themselves apart from the Republican Party by calling themselves progressive, thereby labeling conservative viewpoints as backward. In doing so, Democrats use the same tactics that their counterparts do in order to delegitimize the opponent — which stymies open, healthy political discussion. Since Republicans hold majorities in both houses of the legislature and essentially dominate state politics, Democrats face the challenge of pulling conservatives closer to the middle. Insulting their beliefs is not an effective method of gaining political traction. The political landscape of Texas definitely needs a change toward a more open dialogue on both sides. It is a known fact that conservatives often attack the liberal agenda, which includes same-sex marriage and reproductive rights, by claiming that it ruins the traditional fabric of society. When these viewpoints enter into the realm of politics, unfortunately, they do not work to better society. Instead, they are used to oppress and marginalize certain groups of people. While faith should never be the sole reason behind a law or political agenda, those who label themselves as progressive should never ignore or deride fundamental beliefs by regarding them as the opposite of progressive thought, especially when both parties appeal to morality as the reason behind a certain political movement. We often assume that if an idea isn’t progressive, it is considered to be regressive or stagnant — and both of these
labels have severe negative connotations. But the reality is that ideology is not so black and white. One such example of contention between conservatives and progressives is the death penalty. The party platform of the Texas Democrats calls for the abolition of the death penalty, detailing that our Republican governor has overseen the executions of over 200 people. Although I could probably be the poster boy for progressive politics, I am unapologetically in favor of the death penalty in certain instances. The criminal justice system should work to keep the innocent from being executed; with even the slightest amount of doubt, the death penalty is an inappropriate punishment. However, I do believe that with sufficient evidence inculpating a murderer, the death penalty is apt. As many progressives consider the death penalty to be an antiquated, cruel form of punishment, I am sure that my viewpoint on the matter is considered to be regressive. Like many of the other divisive social issues that polarize the parties in Texas, politics surrounding the death penalty involve ethical, religious and emotional arguments that can’t be disregarded by one party or the other regardless of a logical need for justice. People who label themselves as progressive often vilify those who do not completely jump on the bandwagon of progressive politics in the same manner that conservatives attack liberal political viewpoints. Discounting conservative views as the opposite of progression implies that those ideas are unintelligent. With the largest municipalities in Texas being in blue counties, there is great potential for Texas to become a battleground, or “purple” state. However, a shift in political power should not come at the risk of demeaning those who hold conservative points of view — continued attacks on moral beliefs will only further polarize state politics. Davis is a French and international relations junior from Houston.
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Graduate third in your high school class. Listen bitterly to the bro roll call speech of your high school salutatorian and pop culture references of your valedictorian’s speech. Blame them for the missed opportunity to impart your wisdom to a class you feel desperately needs it. Spend the summer switching time between burying your nose in a book and holding your nose up in the air. Start college in the fall. Join a career-oriented FIG and feel on track to graduate with prestigious offers within the field. Take your first microeconomics exam in a room of 500 people. Receive a grade two points fewer than average. Cry in your dorm and wonder about your selfworth. Flip through many, many flashcards. Meet an older boy smarter than anyone in your high school. Have a conversation with him about the book you were burying your nose in all summer. Feel smarter and more special than you have all semester. Fall stupidly, desperately in love. Get into your first argument. Cry when he tells you your argument style is indicative of your lack of competence in your desired career. Soul-search everywhere but inside your own head. Feel devastated when a year later, he breaks up with you because he can’t fall in love with you. Wonder about what you could do to change his mind.
Get into your first argument. Cry when he tells you your argument style is indicative of your lack of competence in your desired career.
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Add another major and immerse yourself in student organizations that allow you to keep your options open. Apply to study abroad the following semester and to another program that will allow you to explore other career interests and live outside of Austin the semester after that. Unintentionally develop interest in another boy too soon after. Recognize the chemistry, but realize some level of incompatibility. Break it off after realizing you can’t fall in love with him. Hope he understands later, like you did. Reclaim responsibility for your own self-worth. Start the following year abroad. Post pictures of the Louvre, beautiful beaches and schnitzel. Do not post pictures of the time you got lost in Italy or the seedy hostel you stayed at in Prague. Feel offended that people expect you to apologize on behalf of your country for Sandy Hook. Have a conversation about the arrogance behind the phrase “greatest country on earth.” Develop a better understanding of what it is like to be an outsider. Spend a semester in Washington, D.C. Feel jaded about politics in light of your experience abroad. Look for answers about your career, your identity as an American, your role as a citizen. Wonder how you could possibly be in the same program as these accomplished people. Return home with more questions than answers. Reunite with your old friends your senior year. Exhaust them with stories of your year away from Austin. Realize the realities of the job market. Attempt to balance recruiting with actual studying and your desire to say ‘yes’ to every last senior hurrah. Watch the days rush by until it’s time to write your last column. Feel a resurgence of bitterness from your senior year of high school and feel a thrill at the opportunity to redeem yourself. Attempt to impart the wisdom you wished you could share four years ago. Realize the cliche of general advice. Wonder at how anyone can be so prescriptive about something so personal. Realize all you have are 22 years of personal anecdotes. Almeda is a marketing senior from Seattle. This is her last column for The Daily Texan.
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Chris Sullivan, molecular genetics and microbiology associate professor, stated a variety of genetic and environmental factors, including stress, contribute to the shingles virus. Since September, UHS has diagnosed 50 cases of shingles.
Academic stress may cause shingles By Kate Dannenmaier & Amanda Voeller @thedailytexan
The last week of school is often the most stressful for students, and a potential side effect of that stress is shingles, according to Theresa Spalding, University Health Services medical director. Shingles, a skin rash caused by the same virus responsible for chicken pox that affects approximately 1 million people in the U.S. each year, is most common in adults older than 60, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website.
“[Shingles is] unusual in the younger-aged population, but we actually do see it a fair amount,” Spalding said. “We see it a lot with stress. That tends to bring it out.” Since September, UHS has diagnosed 50 cases of shingles, which is near its average of 63 to 70 yearly cases since 2010, Spalding said. She said physical, illness or mental stress can lower the body’s resistance to viruses. Chris Sullivan, molecular biosciences associate professor, said a variety of genetic and environmental factors such as stress, diet or other infections can contribute to the virus.
Sullivan said people often don’t get shingles until later in life because many of them have had chicken pox, so their bodies have already developed an adaptive immune response. Sullivan said, after someone has chicken pox, the virus remains dormant in that person’s body. “It kind of crawls back into a neuron, and it’ll stay there the rest of your life, but, for some people, later in life … it crawls back out,” Sullivan said. Devin Tayne, a history and art history senior who currently has shingles on her arm, said a doctor diagnosed her with the disease
on Thursday, forcing her to take time off work to recover. “Taking off so much work — that’s like $200-plus that I won’t be getting, so that’s stressful,” Tayne said. “Being the last week of school and not being able to work for such a long time is just adding stress. It’s funny — stress is what opened up the opportunity for me to get the shingles.” Tayne said the virus has also made it difficult for her to type and drive. “It kind of feels … like I pulled my muscles,” Tayne said. “It’s more of a really irritating pain more than anything.”
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Students remember Holocaust victims By Alex Wilts @alexwilts
Throughout Sunday night and for most of the next day, volunteers read the names of thousands of Holocaust victims in recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aaron Liener, Hebrew language and literature senior and one of the main event organizers, said the goal was to read at least 20,000 names continuously from Sunday at 5 p.m. to Monday at 5 p.m. According to Liener, it would be impossible for anyone to read all of the names of the six million victims of the Holocaust in less than nine months. “If we did that, [it would be] 277 consecutive days of reading these names,” Liener said. “It helps people grasp the concept of six million people.” Liener said the biggest issue organizers faced when planning the event was recruiting people to sign up to read names. According to Liener, many did not fill the early morning time slots until 48 hours before the event, and Meital Boim, journalism and nutrition junior, said some people read without signing up at all. “People who thought they weren’t going to have time
Edmund T. Gordon, chair of the African and African diaspora studies department, said he hopes being recognized with a Presidential Citation will further legitimize his goal of expanding the presence and acknowledgement of people of African descent at the University. Issued earlier this month, the honor recognizes the extraordinary contributions of individuals who personify the University’s commitment to the task of transforming lives, according to the Office of the President. The Presidential Citation is awarded in the place of honorary degrees, which the University does not give out. “It means, to me, the kind of work I’ve attempted to do over the past 25 years at the University is valued,” Gordon said. “I think the major work that I have done that is being recognized is trying to help institutionalize racial and gender equality in the University.” Gordon said his work helped create the African diaspora program in the anthropology department, lead a push for the Center for African and African American studies to be named after former professor John Warfield and helped to create the African and African diaspora studies department. Gordon was one of five to receive the recognition. Others recipients include Charles Matthews, president of the Texas Exes and former vice president and general counsel at ExxonMobil; James Mulva, former president, chairman and CEO of Conoco Phillips; his wife Miriam Mulva, director of the Mulva Family Foundation, which donated approximately $75 million for the new Liberal Arts Building and to support a new engineering building and
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graduate school of business; and Shannon Ratliff, former member of the UT System Board of Regents and owner of Ratliff Law Firm. The African and African diaspora studies department is housed under the College of Liberal Arts. Randy Diehl, College of Liberal Arts dean, said Gordon is extremely deserving of the Presidential Citation. “Over the past several decades, no one has worked more diligently — and more successfully — to recruit and retain a diverse faculty and to build black studies on this campus,” Diehl said. Cherise Smith, art and art history associate professor and center for African and African American studies director, said Gordon’s advocacy for social justice extends past UT. “I think of him as a very strong voice of reason and of advocacy for black people on campus — faculty and students,” Smith said. “He has been a very good mentor to students and faculty on campus, and that’s hard to come by.” Mitchell Faust, African and African diaspora studies graduate student, whom Gordon mentored in the past, said Gordon continues to impact his life. “He has given me great advice,” Faust said. “He is a man of a great deal of knowledge. He wants to engage in the betterment of students and faculty, especially of color, and how they are progressing.”
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History junior Emily Rosenfield reads names of Holocaust victims during Holocaust Remembrance Day on the West Mall on Monday afternoon.
to read would drop by in the middle of the day and say, ‘Hey, I have five minutes. Do you mind if I read a sheet even though I didn’t sign up?’” Boim said. “Lots of people were interested.” Boim, who had three of her four grandparents affected by the Holocaust, said many people may not have understood the importance of the event unless they heard the name of a concentration camp as it accompanied one of the names of the victims.
“I think when people were walking by, they probably heard a word like Auschwitz or Treblinka and realize that this was something to commemorate the Holocaust,” Boim said. “I think just realizing for one minute that this day has a greater significance than just what classes they’re going to and what homework they need to do and what they’re having for lunch … that they could step out of their bubble for the two seconds that they walk by here is
really good enough for me.” Tomer Maron, an Israel fellow for Texas Hillel, said he participated in the event to remember the people who lost their lives. “I read maybe 50 names or so, but those 50 names will not be forgotten,” Maron said. “I read them. I will remember some of them, and hopefully every student who passed remembered a name, or heard one name, even. Make sure those people are never forgotten.”
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Laurie Green, history associate professor and published author, discusses her new book project about hunger in America in the 1960s at Garrison Hall on Monday afternoon.
Professor’s book emphasizes role of hunger in ’60s politics By Nicole Stiles @nicolestiles42
According to Laurie Green, associate history professor and published author, hunger played a much larger role in the politics of the 1960s than previously believed. As part of the Institute for Historical Studies’ workshop series, Green discussed a newly drafted chapter of her book project, revealing political attitudes and injustices in relation to hunger in America in the 1960s. Green’s new book, to be titled “The Discovery of Hunger in America: The Politics of Malnutrition, Poverty and Race from 1967-1977,” examines many aspects of the issue of poverty. The chapter
she discussed during her lecture today focused on photojournalism as a means of making the public aware of hunger in the U.S. “Coming off of my last book … it was a surprise to me that [hunger during this period] had not been discussed much in literature,” Green said. “There was this incredible explosion of hunger and the politics of hunger in 1967.” Seth Garfield, history associate professor and director of the Institute for Historical Studies, said Green’s research poses unprecedented questions about hunger in America. “Green seeks to historicize the politics and technologies that converged on the mass taboo of hunger in
the United States,” Garfield said. “It raises provocative questions about the formation of subjectivities linked to historical injustices and bodily deprivation.” According to Green, the work of photojournalist and activist Al Clayton in the 1960s played a large role in the portrayal of hunger through photography. “His photos were used in civil rights hearings and television documentaries,” Green said. “But I didn’t want to examine the actual impact of the pictures but why contemporaries perceived these photos as having such a large impact.” Green said one challenging aspect of the chapter on photojournalism was trying to understand how
suffering is perceived through photography. “It may seem self-evident when you look at a photo, ‘Oh, that person is suffering,’ but it’s not,” Green said. “Photos are constructions. It’s hard to make visible the invisible qualities of life, like pain and suffering.” Randy Lewis, professor of American studies and lead responder during the discussion, said research such as Green’s can be relevant to today’s political and social issues. “Without question, there is a need for this sort of research, which implicitly speaks to the ongoing cultural amnesia about food, race and suffering in the United States,” Lewis said. “America keeps discovering poverty and its appetites.”
Major cities should not rely on renewable sources of energy but should, instead, focus on maximizing energy efficiency, according to Arnulf Grubler, researcher at Yale University and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. In an energy symposium Monday, Grubler said renewable sources of energy are sufficient for rural areas because they require large amounts of open space to produce enough energy. Because of the limited space available in cities, however, renewables are not sufficient enough to prioritize. “The largest improvements are when we change systems instead of individual components in systems,” Grubler said. “Locally generated renewables can, at best, provide 1 percent of the energy of cities. … Even if you were to use all the area of London, you could, at maximum, provide 15 percent of the energy used in London.” Varun Rai, event organizer and assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, said the complexity of cities causes their energy needs to be much more demanding.
“In the city, it’s not only that you’re running the building,” Rai said. “You’re also doing management and industrial processes, and that uses a lot of energy. It’s not that renewables cannot do the job; it’s that they can’t when confined. We need to focus on building efficiency. We have to think about things like public transport and urban forming.” Grubler said there is great room for improvement in the development of systems that are more efficient, such as Vienna, Austria, which has a system with 50-percent efficiency. Thomas Anderson, a firstyear MBA student who attended the symposium, said he believes more should be done to encourage a focus on energy efficiency. “People need to come up with more clever financial measures to push energy efficiency,” Anderson said. Carson Stones, global policy studies graduate student and an organizer of the energy symposium, said he agrees with Grubler’s notion that focusing on efficiency in cities is the most important step forward in the urbanization of energy. “It’s astounding how much more you can get from efficiency than anything else,” Stones said.
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Arnulf Grubler, researcher at Yale University and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, talks about maximizing energy efficiency at an energy symposium Monday.
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Grant to allow investigation into student mind-set results By Hayden Clark @HaydenS_Clark
After receiving a $350,000 research grant, psychology associate professor David Yeager will begin investigating whether students with positive mind-sets about their intelligence tend to perform better in school and actively seek out opportunities to learn. On Thursday, Yeager was chosen to be a William T. Grant Scholar, allowing him to further research socialpsychological interventions among schools and students. Over the next five years, Yeager will study differing mindsets of students throughout various schools and communities to deduce how viewing intelligence as something not finite is beneficial to a student’s academic success. “We’re interested in how adolescents transition successfully to new school settings,” Yeager said in an email. “Sometimes, the belief
is that [students] have developed — about their belonging or about their ability — can get in the way of taking risks and being resilient when school is hard.” Yeager said the aim of his research is to help students recognize their struggles and improve their academic performance. “We try to help them see early difficulties as things that can improve, under the right conditions and with the right support,” Yeager said. “When that is done, then adolescents can be more socially integrated at school and ultimately perform better.” Sociology professor Chandra Muller believes the research has the potential to become a cost-effective way of aiding under-preforming students. “It’s an intervention where they try to teach people about mind-set, and, if it’s successful, and it seems like it would be, then it’s a lowcost way to help [students]
who, otherwise, might be a little bit more disadvantaged in school,” Muller said. Muller and fellow sociology professor Robert Crosnoe will mentor Yeager in regards to the sociological aspects of the research, and public affairs professor Uri Treisman will help apply its conclusions to education policy. “The sociological part that Dr. Muller and I are there to help him with is to think about how the interventions change the way people think might work better for some groups of people than others and might work better in some schools than others, so we’re really trying to bring the social context,” Crosnoe said. Muller believes the relationship will be beneficial to both her and Yeager. “He’s a psychologist, and I’m a sociologist, so it’s always interesting to have multi-disciplinary perspectives,” Muller said. “You learn a lot from that.”
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Psychology professor David Yeager was chosen as a William T. Grant Scholar to further research the relationship between a student’s positive mind-set and academic performance.
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AUGIE continues from page 8 Patterson was hired on because of his accomplishments at Arizona State, where he improved the Sun Devils’ athletic program by leaps and bounds in just two years. Much of this started with him cleaning house and bringing in many new coaches, something that has Texas fans wondering whether former football head coach Mack Brown’s firing was just the tip of the iceberg. Consequently, the upcoming month is an important one for Garrido and the Longhorns. Sitting
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at No. 12 nationally and boasting some of the best arms in the country, Texas has a legitimate shot at returning to its first College World Series in four years. If this were to happen, one has to wonder whether Garrido would deem it an appropriate end to his illustrious career. With his legacy now cemented in college baseball history and the Longhorns back among the country’s elite, we’ll have to wait and see whether Texas will do enough this season to let him ride off into the sunset.
BASEBALL continues from page 8 runs and 10 hits to the Cowboys, the Longhorn pitching staff still holds a conference best 2.21 ERA. The Panthers’ offense should be able to challenge the staff, however, boasting a combined .267 average with four plays hitting more than .300. With just two conference
series following Tuesday’s matchup, the Longhorns will have to establish some kind of momentum if they hope to be competitive in the Big 12 tournament. Like the last few Tuesday night games, this one should tell a lot about the mindset of the Longhorns moving forward.
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It’s no secret that Texas is considered more of a football school than a basketball school. But, while the Longhorns have produced many NFL stars, they have also started the careers of multiple NBA personalities, six of whom are currently playing in the NBA playoffs. The two most well known Texas Exes in the big leagues are Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge, both of whom can be considered among the current top 10 players in the NBA. Durant, with the Oklahoma City Thunder, sits among the top three leading scorers in the league during these 2014 playoffs. While he’s had a few shooting problems in his first four games against the Grizzlies, Durant is still averaging 28.5 points per game with
a 39.6 shooting percentage. Durant is also a frontrunner to claim a welldeserved Most Valuable Player honor this season after averaging a leaguebest 32 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game in the regular season. He captured his fourth career scoring title and is currently in the lead for the MVP title above two-time winner LeBron James. But Aldridge, who left Texas the same year Durant came to Texas, has taken the spotlight in the playoffs. Aldridge, a Dallas native, sits atop the playoff leaderboard with an average of 35.3 points per game during the Trail Blazers’ first series with Houston. Aldridge is having what might be his best season during his seven-year NBA career after finishing the regular season with a careerhigh 23.2 PPG and a careerhigh 11.1 RPG. He has led his team to a 3-1 series lead
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against the Houston Rockets with a 52.9 shooting percentage during the playoffs. Aldridge’s interior offense, combined with his jump shot skills, has propelled him as one of the best power forwards in the league. Other Longhorns have also shone in the postseason this year. While the Bulls have gone down three games to one against the Wizards, D.J. Augustin has
tallied 15.5 points per game during these playoffs. While basketball continues to grow in popularity in the state, Longhorns are making their own basketball stance in the NBA. While veterans like Durant and Aldridge continue to shine, young stars such as Augustin and Cory Joseph are still growing and will soon make their own spotlight in the NBA postseason.
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the visit with Louisville as his top choice. “I think Strong just has a way of putting guys at ease, almost that father figure where they open up,” said Hilton Head defensive line coach Joey Maddox, who took Ford to visit Louisville. “He just gave that family feel, and that’s one thing Poona’s always been around — his family.” “He’s an all-around great person, a good motivator, and there’s just something about him that makes me want to play for him,” Ford said about Strong. When Strong left for Texas, Ford worried that he wouldn’t be asked to follow him, but that concern didn’t
last too long. A week after declining the Cardinals, Ford visited Austin, and following trips to Missouri and Purdue, signed with the Longhorns on National Signing Day. “At the end, I picked the right school that fit me,” Ford stated. Ford’s decision to sign with Texas gave it a player whom Payne described as “a freak show, [who] just does things that people just shouldn’t be able to do.” Undersized at 6-feet tall, Ford’s 80-inch wingspan allows him to swat down balls with ease. His 4.8 40 time and 600-pound max squat are a nightmare combination for offensive lines to block.
Ford’s game should fit perfectly into Strong’s defensive scheme. Maddox believes the system he’s played in high school should prepare him for playing in Texas’ defensive line under coach Chris Rumph. “With the techniques that coach Rumph coaches are a lot of the techniques that I mirror, so it’s not a lot of new stuff,” Maddox said. “The only thing new is going to be the language, some of the jargon may be different from here to there. But, once he gets in line and puts two and two together, the techniques will be the same for him.” It may be a while before Ford sees the field because
of returning upperclassmen, such as senior Desmond Jackson and junior Malcom Brown. But, if he fails to play a significant role early, Payne believes that would be a tribute to the quality of Texas’ depth at defensive tackle. “If there’s enough guys on Texas or any university in the country to keep that kid off the field his freshman year, I’ll tip my hat to them. He’s that good,” Payne said. While Ford embraced the media — which he seemed to avoid over the recent years as he rose into an elite Division-1 prospect — on that one day in February, expect the quiet star to return to his business as usual.
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Junior outfielder Collin Shaw walks back to the dugout after striking out this past Saturday against OSU. The Longhorns’ offense has struggled to be consistent so far this season.
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Texas fell three games behind Oklahoma State in the Big 12 after two losses this weekend, but its lack of runs was the bigger story. The Longhorns (32-13, 10-8 Big 12) came into last weekend fully aware that the series with the Cowboys could determine a Big 12 champion. But, after scoring just seven runs to 10 for the Cowboys, Texas has to wonder when its consistency will return. “They are not quitting,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “They are not getting frustrated, not getting their heads down. Their body language is right, and they are showing their mental toughness. Yes, it is tough, but that is how this game goes, and you come out the other side a better team as a
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When he first heard that ESPNU wanted to feature ESPN Top-300 defensive tackle Poona Ford’s college announcement on National Signing Day, Hilton Head (S.C.) head coach B.J. Payne thought there was no way Ford would want to proceed with it. But Ford, much to his coach’s chagrin, agreed. “I said, ‘Poona, that’s not you,’” Payne said. “‘You’re a quiet kid. That goes against everything that you are about. You know I’m not a fan of that.’ He goes, ‘Coach, when else does our high school have a chance be on the stage on national television and let me give a thank you back to the teachers and the school that made me who I am?’” Taken aback by this gesture, Payne allowed Ford — who committed to Texas in February — to proceed and watched as the shy student, who usually avoids media attention, soaked it in as a tribute to those around him. It was a genuine motive but not at all surprising for a kid who once received 40 references by his teachers within an hour of them being requested and, during summer practices, ate lunch with Payne’s children because he’s their favorite player. Ford’s arrival in Austin is a direct result of his bond with head coach Charlie Strong, which is why he originally committed to Louisville in August 2013. Ford visited the Cardinals that summer for a 13-hour visit, during which Strong didn’t leave Ford’s side. It seemed that Strong had broken through to the quiet Ford, who left
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result of it, fighting your way through it.” It’s true that the Longhorns have battled through minor adversity all season, particularly after being swept by TCU a few weekends ago, but their bats continued to disappear even when their pitchers keep them in the game. Excepting Game 3 of the Oklahoma State series, Texas has not allowed more than three runs in its last four losses in conference play. But the Longhorns have only managed to score five total runs in their last five Big 12 losses. Senior center fielder Mark Payton, who still easily leads the team with a .342 batting average, has to step up and produce more at the plate to help the Longhorns’ lack of consistency. Payton has recorded just seven hits
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in his last seven games, which won’t be enough if Texas wants to finish the season strong. The pitchers of Texas’ Tuesday night opponent, Prairie View A&M (1823), have combined for a 4.95 ERA this season while allowing just under six runs per game. The Texas offense is averaging about 4.5 runs per game, despite its inconsistency lately, which should make this essentially a tune-up game for the Longhorns. Despite being nicked a bit Sunday, allowing eight
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After a couple of embarrassing seasons, 2014 has been better for head coach Augie Garrido. In the past three months, he has become the winningest college baseball coach of all-time and instilled a renewed optimism around UFCU DischFalk Field. Coming off the program’s worst consecutive seasons since Garrido arrived in Austin, the Longhorns entered this spring as a major question mark in college baseball. Things have turned around dramatically for Texas, though, as the team has ridden its elite pitching staff to a 32-13 record and a No. 12 ranking in national polls. Prior to this season, these struggles had led some to question how much gas Garrido had left in the tank. But Garrido has let it be known that he is not ready to retire. When asked about his job status last year, he told the Austin American-Statesmen, “I know when I’m done, and this isn’t it.”
That posits the question as to when he will be ready to finally throw in the towel. He made things clear in that same interview when he said, “I’m sure as hell not going out a loser.” But does that mean that this could be Garrido’s last season? It’s certainly possible. At 75, Garrido has to at least been thinking about retirement. Although he has vehemently denied this being a factor, it would naive to ignore its impact. The second — and most important — is his legacy. Garrido insisted he wants to go out on a high note. Considering he became the winningest coach in all of college baseball and has revitalized his program, it’s conceivable that he could end 2014 satisfied enough to go out on his own terms. Of course, there are more factors at play. With a new men’s head athletic director in Steve Patterson, there is added pressure on all personnel. This is especially true for coaches of the University’s major programs, including Garrido.
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Former UT star Vince Young has received an invite to tryout with the Cleveland Browns at the team’s three-day minicamp, the team announced Monday. The camp will start Tuesday, and Young will be joined by fellow veteran quarterback Tyler Thigpen at the tryouts. The last time Young played in the NFL was in 2011 with the Eagles. He played the preseason last year with the Packers but was released before the season started. Brown’s general manager Ray Farmer believes that the minicamp tryout will be the best way to see Young and for him to get another shot to continue his NFL career. “He’s had success in the NFL,” Farmer told ESPN. “We wanted to take the opportunity to get the chance to see where he was. We’d been kind of watching him through the offseason.” —Garrett Callahan
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UT alum to bring retail festival to Austin By Danielle Lopez @ldlopz
After leaving her career at Google in San Francisco, UT alum Brit Morin’s is returning to Austin to host a variety of Texas’ small, do-it-yourself business vendors at “Re:Make.” A variety of local artisans are setting up shop at the Palmer Events Center on Saturday and Sunday for Re:Make, a festival that emphasizes how technology is revolutionizing the creative community. The convention will display about 70 of Texas’ small businesses that sell handcrafted merchandise. Re:Make first took place last year in San Francisco, where Morin’s company, Brit Co., is based. Brit Co. is an online media and e-commerce business that educates people on how to complete DIY projects and support makers. It developed Re:Make in efforts to expand and reach people offline. “The website is about the community of people who get together and learn how to make things and do things,” Morin said. “Re:Make is about bringing together the thought leaders and influencers of the maker community.” In search of a creative outlet, Morin left her career and created Brit Co. She realized that various digital tools were making it easier for people to make and distribute their creative productions. After a turnout of about 5,000 people last year, Re:Make will return to San
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Austin is beginning. Festivals, including South By Southwest and Austin City Limits, feature mostly national and corporate acts — not local musicians. This means the money from the festivals go to local business but not local musicians. “The title Live Music Capital of the World is a catalyst to tourism and a hindrance to music and musicians,” said Freddie Krc, president of the Austin branch of the American Federation of Musicians. This pattern is seen in other aspects of the Austin music scene as well. Matt Munoz, booking agent at the Cactus Cafe, said larger venues, such as Stubbs and the Frank Erwin
Francisco in September. Inspired by her company’s success, Morin decided to reach out to other areas, specifically, Austin. “I knew Austin, my hometown, was a great place to start,” Morin said. “I knew the community there and how creative of a city it was and that people would really respect what Re:Make is all about.” The event will take place over the course of two days, during which vendors will sell their handcrafted merchandise. The guests of Re:Make will be able to shop and be given the opportunity to learn how to create their own products at interactive stands called “Make Stations.” “You can learn how to make everything from different types of DIY crafts to technology projects,” Morin said. “[From] robotics to how to properly decorate cupcakes.” Brit Co. worked to recruit vendors who sell what people of Austin want to see. “We got involved with a lot of local organizations, like TechShop Austin, and organizations at UT, like in engineering, communications and art, to get the right people there that would have that Austin local vibe,” Morin said. Although the artisans come from all around Texas, the majority comes directly from Austin. Morgana Lamson, co-owner of Satchel and Sage, a printed goods and textiles business from Austin, heard about the San
Francisco Re:Make through friends who attended the event and decided to participate in Austin this year. “They said it was curated really well and everything was just really well-made,” Morin said. “I think it’s good because our city has such a huge maker community and lots of people investing in the arts.” Kelley and Kris Denby, owners of an Austin-based custom furniture business named Hemlock and
Heather, are looking forward to being a part of Re:Make because it gives them a chance to sell directly to the public instead of through retailers. “We have never done an event like this before” Kelley Denby said. “They basically gave us this 10x10 booth for free, and I think that’s a really big deal because you normally have to buy in to these kinds of events.” The couple said they find it important to interact with
other makers and are excited that Re:Make will give them the opportunity. “It’s really such a tight-knit, supportive community,” Kelley Denby said. “You would think that it would be really competitive, but we’re all just kind of trying to make a living.” Re:Make’s technologybased theme is geared toward a 20- to 30-year-old audience. “The combination of being able to learn how to make things and take them
Center, tend to host nationally known artists, leaving local bands to perform in smaller spaces that often pay less. John Kunz, owner of Waterloo Records, feared the title Live Music Capital of the World would increase commercialism in the city when the decision was first made, but he has seen the slogan attract people who embrace music. “Having a slogan like that is really a linchpin for someone to take that first step,” Kunz said. “Someone hearing the hype about Austin might say, ‘Oh, maybe we should go check out this live music or buy this new record.’” The slogan was proposed by The Austin Music Commission, a branch of the
governor’s office established in 1988 to give a voice to Austin musicians, but there is speculation as to who used the phrase first. Donald McLeese, a music writer for the Austin AmericanStatesman, said he facetiously used the phrase several times in his articles in the early ’90s before it was adopted by the city. But others claim to have coined the slogan before him. Nancy Coplin, the first chair of the Austin Music Commission, said the commission was in favor of the slogan and conducted research that proved Austin had more live music per capita than anywhere else in the nation. They presented the slogan to the then-Mayor Pro Tem Max Nofziger, who then pushed
for its acceptance by Austin City Council. “[Nofziger] was sitting beside me,” former city councilman Ronney Reynolds said. “I was in place one. He was in place two. When he heard them say they wanted to use ‘The Live Music Capital of Texas,’ he said, ‘No, we’re the Live Music Capital of the World.’”
is an issue nationwide but especially in Austin. He said bands often perform without payment, an increasing trend as more musicians compete for limited stage time. Others pay to play, a controversial policy where bands pay a fee to be considered for a festival slot for which they may not be compensated. The U.S. Department of Labor found that Austin musicians make on average $20.94 per hour, a sum lower than most other musically driven cities, such as Los Angeles, New York City and Seattle. This value does not include venues where bands pay for tips or for free. Jennifer Houlihan, executive director of Austin Music People, said musician’s wages have changed very little in the past few decades. The music industry annually brings in about $1.6 billion to Austin’s economy. ACL and SXSW alone produce about $190 million and $300 million, respectively. AngelouEconomics reports that this impact is growing at a rate of 5-10 percent per year.
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, there were 720 working musicians in the greater Austin area in 2013, but the report did not include musicians who are self-employed. The city predicts the number of working musicians to actually be 7,957. The number of musicians in the market makes getting gigs — especially well-paying ones — difficult. “The excessive supply of talent drives the demand down and makes it harder and more competitive to actually make a name for yourself,” said Jimmy Stewart, founder of do512 — a site dedicated to advertising different entertainment events around the city. Krc, local president of the American Federation of Musicians, said a lack of proper compensation
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home with you as well as the curation is much different than your traditional craft fair,” Morin said. “It’s not your grandma’s craft fair.” musicians who play upbeat music. “For the first few years that we were here, we were writing songs that were geared towards getting people to dance,” said James Mason, member of local band The Roosevelts. “Bluesy rock kind of stuff that made people want to raise a beer rather than sit and listen to some poignant lyrics.” There are a few big record companies based in Austin. This keeps the music scene more local than those of other similar cities, such as Los Angeles or Nashville. This lack of national labels requires Austin musicians to travel and tour to find success nationally. These tours are often on the band’s own dime. Most musicians agree Austin is one of the best places to be for performers. The number of musicians working in Austin increases competition for gigs, but it also pushes musicians to improve and encourages collaboration. “I think the thing that appealed to me about Austin, even before I moved there, was that it had this reputation of cultivating artists,” local musician Emily Bell said. “In different areas, it’s not really like that. Austin seemed like so much of a community.” The Cactus Cafe is a 35-yearold venue on campus that has hosted many local bands over the years.
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