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UT SHORT 3,900 BEDS
Administrators still reviewing report that finds demand exists for additional beds on campus
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The University is falling short of a demand for on-campus student housing by 3,900 beds, according to a previously unreleased report obtained by The Daily Texan. The report, called the Residence Halls Needs Assessment, is an examination of student housing at UT and concludes that the University needs to expand on-campus housing options to meet student demand and remain competitive with peer institutions. Administrators say they are still reviewing the assessment, which was completed in September 2013 for $150,000 by two architecture firms. The assessment identified a net-demand of 3,900 additional beds on-campus — more than the total number of beds in Jester. Since the report was completed, the only action University administrators have taken in regards to housing was increasing oncampus housing rates by an average of five percent for the 20142015 school year. Gage Paine, vice president of student affairs, said the University increased rates in part to prepare for future dorm construction costs, though, Paine said, construction plans are not in the preliminary stage of planning yet. “We did a little bit of a jump this year, so we could be prepared for the next step,” Paine said. “There was some increase based on future plans.” The assessment noted UT could raise rates by 10-16 percent across campus and not upset the housing market in Austin. UT houses around 7,400 students every year in its 14 dorms on campus — more than half the number of students who apply for on-campus housing. Laurie Mackey, director of administrative services at the Division of Housing and Food Services, said more than
HOUSING page 3 WHO LIVES ON CAMPUS
61%
of freshmen, 4,708 students, live on campus
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of sophomores, 1,640 students, live on campus
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The Commission of 125 recommended adding 2,300 new beds to campus. UT has added about 600 beds since then.
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UT launches the "Campaign for Texas," a $3 billion fundraising campaign. The Division of Student Affairs did not include new construction as a fundraising priority.
A report from the task force on undergraduate rates recommends UT require all freshmen to live on campus.
WHAT’S IT COST TO LIVE HERE? ’12-’13 RATES
UNIT TYPE Double with community bath Double with connecting or private bath Basic single with community bath Basic single with connecting or private bath Premium single with community bath Premium single with connecting bath Suite Studio Two bed, two bath apartment Four bed, two bath apartment Four bed, four bath apartment
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Capacity: 132 Capacity: 274 Capacity: 128 Capacity: 131 Capacity: 190 GPA: 3.60 GPA: 3.55 GPA: N/A GPA: 3.21 GPA: 3.60 Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: 83% 57% 89% 83% 44% Capacity: 572 Capacity: 2,963 Capacity: 735 Capacity: 152 Capacity: 386 GPA: 3.21 GPA: 3.03 GPA: 3.18 GPA: 3.30 GPA: 3.60 Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: 85% 66% 57% 55% 66% Capacity: 158 Capacity: 127 Capacity: 811 Capacity: 197 GPA: 3.60 GPA: 3.28 GPA: 3.29 GPA: 3.01 Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: Satisfaction rate: 76% 61% 86% 87% *Capacity numbers are from the DHFS website. UT typically operates above capacity.
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Source: Residence Halls Needs Assessment, a report conducted by Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Arcitects with Brailsford & Dunlavey. The Daily Texan obtained this report with an open records request.
A new government plan aiming at reducing sexual assault on college campuses will raise awareness and promote a more coordinated approach against violence and sexual assault at UT, according to a University health official. A White House task force committee formed the plan after surveying college administrators, assault survivors and other interested groups. The plan includes voluntary steps colleges can take to prevent sexual assault, assist survivors and increase transparency by making information about sexual assault more widely available. Erin Burrows, prevention and outreach specialist at Voices Against Violence, said the new plan will increase attention toward the problem of sexual violence. “Most people don’t want to talk about violence and harm, so this is a step in the right direction,” Burrows said. The plan includes such steps as conducting campus climate surveys, increasing bystander and intervention programs, and providing resources for victims of sexual assault to get help. Although campus climate surveys are voluntary this year, there are goals to make them mandatory by 2016. As part of its recommendations, the White House also launched a new website, NotAlone.gov, that allows students to look up sexual assault data on specific campuses and file Title IX complaints. According to the task force, one in five female college students has been sexually assaulted, but only 12 percent of them report the attack. Jane Bost, associate
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SG cannot recommend loans Driverless cars may raise efficiency By Nicole Cobler
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Student Government’s initial decision to inform students about the B-OnTime loan has been halted because, according to federal law, the organization is too closely affiliated to the University. The B-On-Time program is a no-interest state loan that is fully forgiven if a student graduates on time with a GPA of at least 3.0. Currently, the University is not allowed to recommend private loans to students, including state loans, unless the student asks about the specific program. In early April, SG Chief
According to UT researchers, driverless cars, or shared autonomous vehicles, could start driving people around the country in fewer than 10 years. Civil engineering professor Kara Kockelman and graduate student Daniel Fagnant have worked with the Center for Transportation Research in the Cockrell School of Engineering to research the impacts these vehicles would have when implemented as a fleet car sharing program, similar to the ZipCar and Car2Go programs operating in Austin. “Automated vehicles are coming, and our society needs to be ready,” Kockelman said. “Early research is critical in
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Student Government discusses the inability to inform students about the B-On-Time Loan at the general meeting Tuesday.
Justice Philip Wiseman and other SG members planned to raise awareness about the B-OnTime loan to make up for the University’s inability to recommend private
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loans. The SG members were later informed by Tom Melecki, student financial services director, that they would be
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Civil engineering professor Kara Kockelman and graduate student Daniel Fangant research on driverless cars.
anticipating their impacts.” Today, the automated vehicles would cost approximately $100,000 more than the average car, Kockelman said. If these cars were used
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unable to tell students about the loan because of the federal restriction. “Under the federal law, SG is too closely affiliated as an institution-affiliated organization, and, as a result, any kinds of prohibitions that are placed on the University, by extension, are also placed on SG,” Wiseman said. The University does have the option to promote these loans if they advertise a list of approved lenders to students, though the University does not use this method because it cannot guarantee the trustworthiness of independent lenders, according to Melecki. According to Wiseman, a resolution in support of the bill, H.R. 3371, would provide students an opportunity to bring up the B-On-Time loans without SG recommending them. The bill would amend the Higher Education Act so state institutions could provide information about state loans and allow universities to renew students’ loans without them having to reapply.
Wiseman said SG would begin a yearlong, strategic push to work with state representatives and raise awareness about the bill. “We’re going to set the groundwork for something that could develop into a much larger, statewide campaign,” Wiseman said. “This is a minor setback at most.” According to Melecki, there are currently more than 100 students on the waitlist for the B-On-Time program, and the University is obligated to reward the loan to students
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expenditures by as much as 15 percent, according to Kockelman. “They would have access to a very smart car, allowing them to work or sleep en route — in the longer term,” Kockelman said. Kockelman expects these vehicles to be fuel efficient and able to hold up to two passengers, while also providing transportation to those who might not be able to provide it for themselves. “Smart vehicles allow for persons with driving disabilities to continue accessing key services and important social activities,” Kockelman said. Kockelman said in the early years of the program another person would likely need to be in the car to troubleshoot any issues. To see how the shared program would function in Austin, Fagnant said he and Kockelman are simulating how the cars would get around Austin to pick people up and drop them off at request. “Currently, we are simulating around 60,000 trips served by approximately 2,000 SAVs that travel around Austin picking travelers up, dropping them off and relocation to more favorable locations when not in use,” Fagnant said. “From these simulations, we examine resulting changes in travel patterns, implications for household vehicle ownership and life-cycle pollutant emissions impacts.” Communication studies senior Victoria Collatos said she used ZipCar frequently when she studied at Univeristy of California-Los Angeles and needed a way to get off campus. Collatos said she would enjoy using a shared autonomous vehicle, especially if she could use the travel time to work. “If it is proven to be safe, then I think that is awesome,” Collatos said. “I feel that traveling definitely cuts into productivity time.”
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director at UT Counseling and Mental Health Services, said a campus climate survey would be helpful to collect more data on sexual violence incidents on campus, even though the University has already implemented many of the committee’s recommendations. “One of the things we don’t have that the plan recommended is a campus climate survey looking at just those issues, so that would help a lot with learning more about general student attitudes and how we can improve our programs,” Bost said. The task force committee found bystander intervention programs, in which students who witness violence or harmful relationships on campus can take action, were one of the most beneficial ways to prevent sexual assault. Bost said the University launched a new program in April, called BeVocal, to address this issue. “One of our goals is to improve the way we mobilize men and bystanders to be aware of and prevent sexual assault,” Bost said. “I think it’s an area we can be more aware of and address it in a more focused way.” Marilyn Russell, deputy advisor to the Dean of Students, works with the BeVocal program and said the plan was part of a coordinated effort to streamline access to resources for students. “It’s about all of the different issue areas working together to reduce harm here at UT,” Russell said. Bost said the University will continue its efforts to improve access to resources for assault survivors. “It’s always an ongoing effort,” Bost said. “We can always improve.”
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ge 1 continues from page 1 14,000 students applied for oncampus housing for the 20132014 school year. The University houses around 15 percent of its students, a smaller percentage than peer institutions who can house 20-30 percent of their student bodies, according to the assessment. For decades, committees and reports have suggested the University increase on-campus housing. In 1983, UT’s Centennial Commission recommended the University add housing and encourage undergraduates to live on campus. UT added around 800 beds before 2004, when the Commission of 125, a group of UT community members and stakeholders who compiled a set of recommendations to improve the University in the following 25 years, recommended UT add 2,300 beds to campus. Ten years later, the University remains more than 1,700 beds short of that goal. The newest on-campus dormitory, Duren, was constructed in 2007. In 2012, a report from the task force on undergraduate graduation rates recommended UT require all first-year students to live on campus. During the 2011-2012 school year, just 61 percent of
freshmen lived on campus, according to the Residence Halls Needs Assessment. “Right now, people are just thinking out loud, trying to put as many options on the table so we can figure out what makes the most sense for the campus in the next five years,” Paine said. “I would like us to know what we’re doing by next fall. Then there are a whole lot of other steps, but I would like us to have an answer.” The Residence Hall Needs Assessment, which included a survey, reported students would prefer the University build future dorms near the center of campus, an area that is largely already developed. Paine said University administrators are considering constructing future dorms on the east side of campus, in accordance with the goals of UT’s most recent master plan, which aims to shift the center of campus eastward. Students prefer East Campus less than any other area for future dorms, according to the assessment. No matter what the next dorm looks like or where it is located, University administrators will not likely build another dorm the size of Jester. “The best residence halls are smaller, like Moore-Hill,” Paine said. “Nobody wants
to hear this, but some of the best residence halls are places with community baths because that’s where communities happen. Could we build something new like that? That would be pretty radical.” Randall Porter, UT’s director of residential facilities, said the University prefers to build residence halls with 600 beds or fewer. In order to reach the 3,900-bed need laid out in the assessment, the University would have to add six-and-ahalf dorms of that size. “To get to 3,900 beds would be multiple construction projects, and even one construction project is going to be at least a four-year process,” Porter said. “It’s not likely we would be doing multiple ones at one time. My advice would be: Build one and make sure we can fill it because that 3,900 number is just an analysis. That doesn’t necessarily mean it reflects what we think the market is.” Porter said the claim that there is a demand for 3,900 additional beds on campus surprised him, and he is not sure whether there is space to add that many additional beds. “It would be challenging [to add that many beds],” Porter said. “We’d maybe have to build a little farther away. It’s hard to say, but there are a few possibilities.”
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Governor undermined role of student regent Last Wednesday, Gov. Rick Perry appointed UT-Austin government junior Max Richards as the UT System’s newest student regent. Though the student member of the board of regents is not granted a vote, they still have the ability to provide valuable student perspectives on System policies and actions. Unfortunately, because Richards did not go through the prescribed vetting process, which Perry ignored completely, it’s hard to know what exactly Richards’ perspective is, or how it might match up with other students’. What’s easy to see, however, is that for the second year in a row, Perry has disadvantaged the students of the UT System by choosing a candidate who will best suit his interests as opposed to one who will best represent those of students. Richards applied for the position through the governor’s office directly. Normally, students apply through their campus’ student government organizations, which then pass on their top applicants to the respective campus president who must approve them and pass them along to the System chancellor who recommends students to governor. This process results in only the most qualified and involved students — selected by their peers to represent the student voice of the System — being appointed. Although applying to the governor’s office is not against the rules, it allows for applicants that have not been properly vetted to reach the governor’s desk. Not only is this the second year in a row Perry has selected the student regent from the
candidates that applied directly to his office, it is the second year in a row he has selected a UT-Austin student — even though this goes against the System’s own rules for the student regent selection process that the student regent not be from the same campus two years in a row. Because of Perry’s decision to go against the established policy for selecting a student regent, he has wasted the time of students who applied to their campus’ student governments and also left out qualified students who didn’t realize they were eligible to apply directly to his office. What is the point of having this system to present Perry with the cream of the crop candidates if he is going to ignore anyone who didn’t apply to him directly? When this board spoke to the current student regent UT-Austin’s Nash Horne, who was also appointed directly by Perry, about his plans for his role and how to tackle issues facing students, his overwhelming answer was that he wasn’t informed and didn’t know how to resolve them. Maybe if Perry had picked another applicant who was recommended by a student government organization, the regent would have been more informed on the problems facing the System. Because the flagship campus tends to be at the forefront of regent debate, it easily could be seen as a positive that another Longhorn, Richards, will again have a seat at the table. But Perry’s appointment of another UT-Austin student to this position only alienates the
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Gov. Rick Perry appointed UT-Austin government junior Max Richards as the UT-System student regent for the next year. He will begin his term in June.
students from the System’s other campuses. Their voices and concerns deserve to be heard just as loudly as our own. Granted no one student alone, no matter how well qualified, will be able to effect change within the system, especially considering the fact that the student regent is a nonvoting member. Despite its shortcomings,
however, the role is important — it is the closest any one student can be to the regents who chart the course for UT and the 14 other institutions in the System. That Perry’s appointees are routinely not vetted by their own institutions is a testament to how little he believes students should be a part of their University’s governance.
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UT language programs discourage class learning By Alexandra Triolo Daily Texan Columnist @allytriolo_06
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Bored, dissatisfied transfer students should look to UT By Joshua Tang Guest 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 the opinion page through Thursday. My path to the 40 Acres was a winding, but rewarding, one. I made the mistake of not starting my college career as a Longhorn. Instead, I moved from Houston to Ohio to study at a small liberal arts college. I felt limited by the opportunities that were available to me and knew that I was missing out on the chance to use college as an avenue for personal growth. So I decided to transfer. I did not originally intend to transfer to The University of Texas at Austin. In fact, I thought that I would end up finishing my college career in our nation’s capital. The fall of my sophomore year I visited family in the Washington, D.C., area. It was then that I was convinced that Washington was the place I needed to be. No other area, I reasoned, could give me the same opportunities to engage in meaningful work than Foggy Bottom. I applied to study foreign affairs in a school located blocks from the State Department. Fortunately, I also applied to be a Longhorn. I was admitted to the university in Washington, D.C. and to Texas. I took most of the summer to decide where I would enroll in the fall. Going to school in Foggy Bottom definitely carried much allure. Texas, however, grew more majestic as the days went on. UT struck me as a complete University driven by pride and the pursuit of excellence. UT seemed to require its students to strive to be
the best from the classroom to the football field and to making a lasting difference. I decided to join the UT community and take part in this historic institution. Becoming a Longhorn has been the best decision that I have made. I have been able to take advantage of matchless opportunities that reflect only a small part of what this University has to offer. I once walked into the Multicultural Engagement Center, known as MEC, because the center’s name intrigued me. A year later, the MEC gave me the chance to work with civil rights organizations to help defend equal access to higher education. I knew I wanted to do more with my time when I was in Ohio. I didn’t know that more would mean speaking on the steps of the Supreme Court with civil rights legends. I once wanted to attend a school of international affairs. UT gave me the chance to be mentored by some of the sharpest minds in public policy as a Next Generation Scholar at the LBJ School’s Strauss Center for International Security and Law. I thought that I would have to give up studying the great books when I transferred. Instead, I have been able to ponder some of the West’s most important works as a scholar with the Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas. Just as important, I have made lifelong friends while working with an incredible Student Government Executive Board. You will give yourself boundless opportunities if you decide to join the Longhorn community. What you will learn and experience on the 40 Acres can be the basis of deep personal change that doesn’t end with you. As Longhorns are accustomed to saying: What Starts Here Changes the World. Tang is a history and government senior from Houston with a May 2014 graduation date.
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Many UT students are required to take a foreign language as part of their degree. To fulfill this requirement, students must participate in language courses either at UT or a community college. Many students opt for the community college and take online courses during the summer because of assumptions that fulfilling the requirement at UT is a GPA obliterator. While taking language classes at UT may be harder than taking them online, the best things in life do not come easy. By limiting your opportunity of in-person language exposure and practice, you may be shortchanging yourself out of truly learning a language that could broaden your personal depth and professional appeal. According to French lecturer Robin Benzrihem, students do not allow themselves the “real experience” with the language when they take a course online. Benzrihem said, if you are a beginner in a language, it is better to take it at a university over the course of a semester while using an online summer class as an aid for maintaining proficiency. Benzrihem does agree that online language practice is important, however, and said that UT’s online component to its foreign language courses allows students “unlimited access to grammar practice, phrases, words and sounds.” Benzrihem believes online supplementation is a quality component and attribute to in-person lecture. However, in-person lecture is the most crucial aspect to truly learning the language. Carson Modrall, Plan II, religious studies and government junior, took Spanish at UT during the summer and explained that, although it is an intensive learning experience, her positive educational encounter didn’t carry over into the fall. “I got a lot out of the class because I was in the classroom three hours a day, every day, speaking and listening to exclusively Spanish; my professors did not use English,”
It is clear that many students and professors alike believe that taking a foreign language course online is not beneficial to actually learning the language.
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Modrall said. “During the fall, I feel I got less out of it because my professor did not speak exclusively Spanish, and I was only there three times a week. I strongly believe that the lower-division courses are designed more for the Ph.D. student to learn to teach than for the undergrad student to learn the language.” Modrall’s issue with lower division language courses may be a significant factor that attributes to UT students choosing to fulfill their language requirement off campus. Many students may actually want to learn the language,but they do not want to be guinea pigs for grad students simply to receive a poor grade from a teacher who doesn’t know how to teach and walking away from the class with little to no knowledge of the language at all. Despite her frustrations with the system, however, Modrall agrees with Benzrihem that “students definitely get more out of taking foreign language at UT because [they] are held to an in-person standard.” Kristen Schiele, Spanish language teaching and public health sophomore, agrees with Modrall, explaining that “it’s a disservice to yourself to take foreign language online because the whole point of language is interacting with others and using it in practice.” Richard Flores, senior associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Liberal Arts, agrees, “I would definitely advise students who wish to acquire functional proficiency in a foreign language to choose the classroom model, specifically the intensive model as offered by some language departments at UT.” He said. “The classroom experience is particularly critical for beginners.” It is clear that many students and professors alike believe that taking a foreign language course online is not beneficial to actually learning the language. Yet, a great deal of students opt to fulfill their foreign language requirement online. This is mainly because of the frustrations inherent in taking a language course at UT: being taught by inexperienced graduate students, for example, or having inconsistently beneficial class experiences over the summer and fall semesters. If UT were to fix these problems, students might be more inclined in spending time in the classroom speaking Spanish than answering multiplechoice quizzes in Spanish online. However, students who choose the online route may regret it, despite UT’s language downfalls. In a professional world where bilingualism, or simply working knowledge of another language, is practically expected, not being able to claim foreign language proficiency immediately sets you back as opposed to your peers who can. Triolo is a journalism freshman from Hollister, California.
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Internal and external Student Government positions were not officially sworn in by the SG Judicial Court on Tuesday night because of controversies surrounding external appointments nominations. All internal positions were confirmed by the assembly during Tuesday’s meeting but won’t be officially sworn in until the court issues a decision next week, according to SG Chief Justice Philip Wiseman. As of press time, no external positions were confirmed. Andrew Wilson, outgoing president of the Liberal Arts Council, submitted a petition claiming three external positions did not have applications filed for them and asked that all interview notes be made public. Originally, executive board members were nominated in three positions: SG President Kori Rady as the chair of the Spirit and Traditions Council, Internal Financial Director Rachel Miller as the chair of Faculty Council Student Life Committee and Vice President Taylor Strickland as Faculty Council Rec Sports Committee chair. According to Chris Jordan, SG chief of staff, using an executive board member in an unfilled position is not an
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names were not allowed to be put on the agenda. “For transparency purposes, I didn’t have all the interviews done 48 hours before the meeting,” Jordan said. Wilson said, without interview notes, the assembly would not be able to effectively evaluate the appointments. “You can increase the legitimacy of the representative nature of SG by reopening the applications to other students, and they can fill them out over the summer, rather than just filing students in those positions who didn’t even fill out an application or probably even do an interview,” Wilson said. Jordan said although Wilson has raised these concerns, he has not received a request from any member of the assembly for interview notes. “The feeling of the assembly is that it’s kind of irrelevant,” Jordan said. “The internal rules says all interview questions and answers shall be made public by the staff, but it does not mention transcripts.”
UT System Regent Alex Cranberg recorded a closed session meeting of the Board of Regents in August, without the knowledge of System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, who was present for the meeting. System spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo said all members of the board have been asked not to record meetings held in executive session, which are closed to the public. “There is no specific rule saying that you couldn’t record an executive session, although the board attorney would have never thought someone would record it,” LaCosteCaputo said. In a statement, Cranberg said he recorded the meeting in order to preserve Cigarroa’s remarks for future discussions with members of the board. “I believed that it was very important that I understand exactly what the chancellor said and how he said it, both for my own guidance and to be better able to discuss these remarks later with my fellow regents,” Cranberg said. According to Cranberg, he has kept the recording private and only released it to the house transparency committee investigating Regent Wallace Hall after they issued
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UT System Regent Alex Cranberg says he recorded System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa’s remarks during a closed meeting of the Board of Regents to correct his notes.
a subpoena. Cranberg said he used the recording to correct written notes he took of the meeting, cataloging Cigarroa’s performance assessment of President William Powers Jr. and the regents’ discussion on Powers’ future as president. Tensions between Powers and members of the board have been ongoing since 2011. Cranberg’s notes mention Cigarroa’s request for Powers to resign, which Powers refused. At a December board meeting, which some speculated would end in Powers’ termination, Cigarroa recommended Powers remain president of UT, although he issued a warning to Powers, urging him to improve his relationship with the System and the board. Cigarroa announced his resignation as chancellor
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in February and said it was unrelated to the existing tension within the board. Cranberg’s notes on Cigarroa’s performance assessment of Powers include a discussion of Cigarroa’s resignation. “We cannot let this linger any longer,” the notes said. “Defined and well organized exit plan by the end of the semester. (I would resign as catalyst).” The notes also indicate Powers wanted to remain president until his son, a junior at the University, graduated. UT spokesman Gary Susswein said this claim is not accurate. “The chancellor expressed his support for the President in December, and President Powers has been very focused since then on working with the chancellor and the chairman and the other regents to move past this,” Susswein said.
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With two outs in the top of the sixth inning, it looked like the Longhorns were on their way to a blowout victory — then the Panther comeback started. Texas (33-13, 10-8 Big 12) was able to withstand a three-run rally by Prairie View A&M (18-25) to pick up a much needed 6-3 victory Tuesday night. The Longhorns pounded the Panthers early and came away with the win, despite being outhit 8-6 in the ball game. Texas jumped ahead in the bottom of the first with sophomore left fielder Ben Johnson doubling to set up an RBI groundout by freshman catcher Tres Barrera two batters later. Johnson would finish the game with a team-leading two hits. The Longhorns added another run in the second inning and later erupted for three runs in the fourth
behind a two-RBI double by sophomore shortstop C.J Hinojosa, who had two hits to go along with his RBIs. The 5-0 lead would hold up until the sixth inning when the Panthers finally got to junior pitcher Lukas Schiraldi. Schiraldi held the Panthers to just three hits through the first three innings, but back-to-back singles and a walk set up a bases-clearing triple by junior outfielder Jeff Sealy. Schiraldi left after six innings pitched, with six hits and three earned runs allowed. An RBI single by junior second baseman Brooks Marlow put the Longhorns up 6-3, a lead which would last the rest of the game, as the Panthers failed to record a hit in the final three innings. The win left Texas with a solid mind-set heading into its weekend conference series with West Virginia.
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Texas shortstop C.J Hinojosa, pictured (right) in a game against Oklahoma State, led the team at the plate Tuesday night against Prairie View A&M with two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. Despite a late Panther’s rally, the Longhorns won 6-3.
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When Terrell Cuney committed to Texas last year, he not only picked his college destination, but he also fulfilled a dream. “I played with [Texas] on NCAA Football,” Cuney said. “I wore Texas gear even before I thought about going there. I just grew up loving them. It’s just a good place to be. I never
wanted to go play out of state. I never even thought about that. I never wanted to go that far away from my mom.” Cuney — a 6-foot-3-inch center from Jasper, a town barely over 7,500 citizens — said his mom is his biggest supporter. “She’s never missed a game since I started playing football or any other sport I played,” Cuney said. “I can honestly say that. It’s all about grades
with her. She always told me, ‘You don’t have to be the best, but you have to give your best.’ Whatever I did, she wanted me to do to the best of my abilities.” Darrell Barbay, Jasper head football coach, said Cuney gives maximum effort on every task and works hard on and off the field. “He is a great kid and a very studious athlete,” Barbay said. “He’s predominately
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[making] all ‘A’s here. He takes care of business, and I hope he’s a quality football [player] at Texas. Any time you’re a good football player, [then] that helps your team win.” Cuney was recruited by former football head coach Mack Brown and his coaching staff, and he stuck around under new football head coach Charlie Strong because he feels Strong can make a positive change. “Mack was a great coach,” Cuney said. “I thank him for everything. His coaching staff was great too, but everything needs change. I feel like we can
really do something under coach Strong, and I think he’s got a good path going right now.” Earlier this year, Cuney accepted an invitation to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. “I know I’m a little undersized right now, but I give my speed and my explosive power to do the things that I need to do,” Cuney said. “I’m at 276 [pounds] right now, and I’ve gained about 26 pounds since the Army Bowl, so I’m getting there. I know when I get there, they’ll put that weight on me, and, hopefully, I’ll be able to
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carry it and still be able to run and things like that.” Cuney will enroll at Texas in the summer to participate in summer camp. With less than a month until he graduates high school, Cuney said he wants to enjoy Jasper while he can. “I got a lot of emotions right now,” Cuney said. “I am just trying to spend a lot of time with my family and my friends and enjoy the time with what I have while I’m here. I already call Austin home. I mean, Jasper will always be my home, but I call Austin home because, every time I go, I just feel at home.”
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Recruiting success paramount for Strong to revitalize Horns By Nick Castillo
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The year was 1998, and a new coach had arrived on campus to pull the Texas football program out of the depths of a 4-7 season. Expectations were high for Mack Brown, as they always are at a program as historic as Texas’. Not only did the team need to improve on the field, but Brown also needed to rebuild the Texas brand. Brown, affectionaly called Mr. Football, did just that. After starting the 1998 season 1-2, Brown’s Longhorns finished 9-3 — the first of his 12 consecutive seasons with at least nine wins. On top of a successful season, senior running back Ricky Williams won the Heisman trophy. On the heels of the Texas resurgence, Brown did what he did best: recruit. Brown’s first full recruiting class, 1999, was ranked as the top class in the country. The 28-player class had future All-Americans and NFL players on the roster, including quarterback Chris Simms and defensive end Cory
Redding, among others. The 1999 class saw great success on the field, posting an impressive 40-12 win-loss record and wins in the Holiday Bowl and Cotton Bowl. The class helped Brown gain a stranglehold on future Texas recruits. Brown went on to win three BCS games, make two national championship appearances and win one. Sixteen years after Brown was hired, Texas was in a familiar position — it needed change. Texas got that change in the form of Charlie Strong. Strong inherited a struggling program. The image of Texas football had transformed from a hard-nosed program to one that had softened. If Strong wants to restore the program to its former glory, having a successful first recruiting class, like Brown’s, will be integral to the reconstruction of the Texas brand. When Strong was hired, he only had a month to salvage the 2014 class. He managed well, as he kept key recruits committed, such as incoming quarterback Jerrod Heard and defensive end Derick Roberson. Strong also added some new talent, in-
cluding out-of-state defensive tackles Poona Ford and Chris Nelson. But the class was disappointing by Texas’ standards — it ranked just 17th nationally, according to 24/7 Sports. Now Strong has his opportunity to build the program that he wants. As it stands, Texas has just nine commitments for the 2015 recruiting class. Strong and his staff are pushing hard to reclaim in-state recruits, while also attempting to steal out-of-state talent. In order for the Longhorns to have a top recruiting class in 2015, they will have to make up a substantial amount of ground. But don’t count out Strong. Early reports have indicated that recruits have been impressed by the changes Strong has made so far in Austin. He may not have a DJ at practice or a helicopter to chauffeur recruits, but Strong’s proven ability to develop talent speaks for itself. If Charlie Strong wants his name etched among the Longhorn legends, it’s imperative that Texas’ 2015 recruiting class be one of its best ever.
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Apparel alum founds Haitian collaborative By Sarah Montgomery
Name: Chandler Busby
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UT alum Chandler Busby had to make many adjustments after moving to Haiti, such as leaving the comforts of living in a developed nation behind for daily power outages and unreliable services. Busby relocated to Haiti after graduating in May 2012 with a double major in apparel design and retail merchandising. In December 2013, Busby began running a new business, Fait La Force, which is a collection of goods that are marketed for buyers outside of the country and made by local Haitian artisans. “The physical and emotional challenges into this culture have been so worth it,” Busby said. “It’s challenging, but I feel like it’s a diamond in the rough.” Busby’s relationship with Haiti began when she took a trip to the country as a student with a campus group her sophomore year. Following that first trip, she returned several times to Haiti to work with the local artisans before making her move in September 2012. “My first trip here was a cheesy, typical mission trip,” Busby said. “I think I was blessed with ignorance because that’s what made me fall in love with the country.” After first moving to Haiti, Busby worked with Haitian Creation — a nonprofit sector of Heartline Ministries that supports local artisans. From the nonprofit, Fait La Force was born. The business is broken up into two sectors that include in-house workers and those who make products in
Occupation: CEO and founder of Fait La Force Graduated: 2012 Quote: “Yeah, there is poverty and corruption, but I wanted to be able to spotlight the beautiful things that can come from here.”
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their own workshops. The in-house workers include 60 artisans who focus on sewing and making jewelry products. The outside workers specialize in more traditional crafts, such as working with bone. “Living and working here is just hard,” Busby said. “That’s why I think it is so important — because of the challenges the workers face. They need to participate in economic development since so much is falling down around us here.” Although her company stemmed from a nonprofit, Busby makes sure that customers understand that Fait La Force is a for-profit company now, not a charity service. Fait La Force
makes men’s and women’s accessories, as well as home products. The artisans work with materials such as leather, signature waxed denim, horn, bone, recycled metal and banana and palm leaves. “It’s really important to us that what we’re making is really functional, simple and will last for a long time,” Busby said. “People who buy our products prefer quality over quantity and care more about the process behind the product.” Haitian Fabienne Beblet is the agent manager of Fait La Force and is in charge of taking the orders, running the payroll and working with the in-house artisans.
“The most important thing that [Busby] is doing right now is giving us jobs and giving us work to do to help our families,” Beblet said. “We can improve what we are doing by learning stuff too.” Since her first trip to Haiti, Busby focused her energy on the goal of one day working in the country. Her senior fashion line was Haitian-inspired and she worked with Haitian Creation in Haiti to fulfill her internship requirement. “I was hoping to bring more attention and awareness to the artisan work in Haiti,” Busby said. “It’s super inspiring to me. Yeah, there is poverty and corruption, but I wanted to be able to spotlight the
It’s really important to us that what we’re making is really functional, simple and will last for a long time. People who buy our products prefer quality over quantity and care more about the process behind the product. —Chandler Busby UT Alum, and founder and CEO of Fait La Force
beautiful things that can come from here.” Retail merchandising professor Nancy Prideaux supported Busby’s decision to intern in Haiti and helped work out her graduation requirements in order make the internship possible. With Prideaux’s support and her own determination,
Busby has already achieved her goal of running her own company. “She has found a way to satisfy her creativity and have it also meet her needs of making a difference in others’ lives,” Prideaux said. “She didn’t pick the glamorous route, but she picked the route that was right for her.”
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Neuroscience, jazz senior translates color to music By Alexandra Dubinsky @DailyTexanArts
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Mason Hankamer experiences dreams in which a full live orchestra is performing and all he can see is a fusion of colors. The more familiar he is with the song, the more vibrant the picture becomes. For Hankamer, a neuroscience and jazz performance senior, these colors don’t just tint his dreams. They exist in his consciousness, infusing his world of music with a strikingly visual experience. As hues intertwine with melodies, Hankamer’s color synesthesia becomes a
driving force in his ability to make music. “It took a me a long time to even realize I had it,” Hankamer said. “I’ll write songs according to certain colors and how they flow into each other. It’s just neat to think of the way the colors work together and then crafting a song out of that.” Color synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which numbers, letters and sounds trigger different colors in the brain. When Hankamer listens to music or reads a novel, any auditory or visual stimuli elicit a specific color in his mind. The stimulation is
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attributed to an overlapping of nerves that infiltrate the brain. “Certain words or sounds look prettier than others, and some look terrible,” Hankamer said. “I like playing bass because it’s dark blue and purple, which makes for an interesting blend. I could never play oboe because it’s yellow and a little more abrasive.” While Hankamer credits his condition with effortless memorization and speed, he said the synesthesia can also create some difficulties. “I don’t really know how to explain it,” Hankamer said. “It definitely makes some things easier, but I
have had trouble distinguishing between similar sounding names because the colors just tend to blend together.” Associate jazz professor John Fremgen works individually with Hankamer and helps to improve his bass performance through a jazz improvisation course. “As far as I know, [color synesthesia] does not affect his musical abilities,” Fremgen said. “He works exceptionally hard to learn this challenging instrument and truly desires to be a professional musician.” Music studies senior Charles Chadwell performs with Hankamer in UT’s Jazz Ensemble. “Every time he performs, he’s always really into the music,” Chadwell said. “There’s never a moment where he’s not engaged. Performing with
him makes it that much easier to play the instrument yourself.” Hankamer studied biology during his freshman year but then had a change of heart and decided to turn his childhood hobby of playing music into a lifelong passion. After switching to neuroscience, Hankamer combined his fascination with the functions of the brain along with his love for jazz. “If anything, synesthesia has driven me more towards music because it’s something that deeply affects me,” Hankamer said. “I feel like, maybe, if I have this strange condition, that I should be doing music because it may be a sign of the direction I should take in my life.” When Hankamer takes a break from his 20hour course schedule, he spends all of his free time
performing in four different bands around Austin. He is often seen playing the tuba for Sunday brunch at Banger’s on Rainey Street or the bass at the White Horse in East Austin. As a member of the Longhorn Band, Hankamer earned the 2012 and 2013 Willie Nelson Endowment Award. When he’s not playing music, Hankamer said he experiences a feeling of emptiness. “[Music] has this ability to connect human beings and communicate thoughts and emotions that no other medium can communicate,” Hankamer said. “You find time if that’s what you really love doing. It hit me recently that I don’t really have to be rich to be happy. If I can communicate and move one person through my music, then I feel like my job is done.”
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Neuroscience and jazz performance senior Mason Hankamer experiences a fusion of colors in his mind when he plays music because of a phenomenon called synesthesia.