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NEWS The Dobie Center changes management and its theater will become a study space, and abortion clinics close as state prepares to implement the fourth stipulation of HB 2 in September. PAGE 5 UT researchers invent directional hearing mechanism inspired by the hearing of flies. PAGE 6 University regents plan to discuss search for next System chancellor to replace Cigarroa on Tuesday. PAGE 7
OPINION Football players accused of sexual assault must be prosecuted, and sending troops to the border won’t solve problems. PAGE 4 Protest for Palestine represents attitudes on campus. PAGE 5
SPORTS We consider what the lineup for the 2014 football season might look like, and Mack Brown accepts a sports analyst position at ESPN. PAGE 12
-30Senior photographer reminisces on discovering her community of weirdos at the Texan. PAGE 13 Photographer says the Texan wasn’t part of her plan, but shes’s OK with that, and special ventures writer reflects on her time as a reporter. PAGE 14
COVER PHOTO BY JENNA VONHOFE Texas football coach Charlie Strong speaks with media at the Big 12 Conference NCAA college football media days on July 22.
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Industry Night: Enjoy your night off at the North Door’s Industry Night, an oldfashioned variety show put on by local entertainers for industry workers around the city, starting at 7 p.m.
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers: Steve Martin blends his iconic silly humor with folk music in a performance with The Steep Canyon Rangers at the Long Center at 8 p.m.
West Lynn Wednesdays: Explore shops and businesses around the Clarksville Historic District on the last Wednesday of the month starting at 3 p.m.
Paramount Theatre Summer Classics: Catch a showing of cult classic “Back to the Future Part II” at the Paramount’s summer classic film series. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7:00 p.m.
Gallery Black Lagoon art opening: Gallery Black Lagoon on Guadalupe hosts a reception for Austin-based artists E.S. Olsen and David Lujan’s joint exhibit, “Awkward Youth.” Reception begins at 7 p.m.
East Austin Handmade Arts Market: Stop by the Vortex Theater between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to browse the outdoor art market, featuring the work of local entrepreneurs and artisans.
Bob Bullock Museum Family Film Series: The Bob Bullock screening of the Spielberg classic “Hook” starts at 3 p.m. Screenwriter James V. Hart and actor Dante Basco will be in attendance.
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CAMPUS
Dobie Center Theater to be converted to study, work space By Claire Ricke @clairericke
Change is coming to the Dobie Center and its former theater. Months after announcing the off-campus residence hall would undergo a $4 million renovation for the fall semester, the Carlton Group, which owns Dobie, announced Campus Evolution Villages will now manage the offcampus residence hall in July. “Dobie Center is ideally located at the edge of the campus and has always been the go-to property for students from around the country and the world attending
UT-Austin and the renovations have catapulted the property back to the forefront,” Andrew Stark, Campus Evolution Villages CEO, said in a statement. The Carlton Group also announced the former Dobie Center Theater space will be reconfigured by Regus, a company that creates workspaces, into a study and collaboration space for students, faculty and business professionals. The new center will offer updated furnishings, high-speed Internet, printing centers, meeting areas and a 24-hour accessible concierge. The space will be open to
various companies, firms and industries affiliated with the University. The budget for the new center is over $100 per foot in renovations to be invested by the new tenant. The theater closed in 2010 and has been inactive ever since. Howard Michaels, Carlton Group CEO, said although he is sad to see any potential of its revivial come to an end, he is excited for Regus Center to come to a location across from the UT campus. “Our first priority at Dobie is to provide our students
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Study: Some abortion clinics close, abortion rates decline since HB 2 By Eunice Ali @euniceali
Since stricter abortion regulations went into effect in Texas in September, 46 percent of clinics have closed, and legal abortions have decreased by 13 percent, according to a study from the University’s Texas Policy Evaluation Project released in July. House Bill 2, signed into law in July 2013, requires abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles of their practices, bans abortions starting at 20 weeks after fertilization, places stricter policies on medical abortion — including the abortion pill — and adds ambulatory
surgical center standards in all facilities. The first three parts went into effect in November 2013, while the last part will be effective in September 2014. “We thought we would see more decline in the abortion number,” lead researcher Daniel Grossman said. According to the study, one reason for the lowerthan-expected decline is that the admitting privileges requirement disproportionately affected clinics in smaller cities, which may have fewer hospitals and where hospital-based physicians may be reluctant to publicly endorse privileges to abortion providers because of stigmas associated with abortion. Grossman said 25 percent of
Texas clinics are located in small cities. Grossman, who is also vice president for research at Ibis Reproductive Health, expressed concern over the impact of the bill. “As a practicing physician, I agree with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association that there is no medical evidence to support HB 2,” Grossman said. Grossman said now that so many clinics have closed, more women may begin to self-induce abortions. Amy Nabozny, president of the University’s College Republicans chapter, said the
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The Carlton Group, owners of Dobie, have said they plan to turn the Dobie Theater into a study space for students, faculty and business professionals.
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COLUMN
Meander, Sanders need to be prosecuted to fullest extent of law By Noah M. Horwitz Associate Editor @NmHorwitz
In April, the White House announced an ambitious plan to combat sexual assault on college campuses: the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. This followed the development of a task force to examine certain colleges and universities with the worst epidemics of these deplorable acts. Fortunately, of the 55 schools highlighted by the report, UT-Austin was not counted among them. Two Texas schools, however, UT Pan-American and Southern Methodist University, were. And this University, despite not being listed in the so-called worst of the worst, still struggles with an uncomfortable reality of sexual violence on campus directed at both men and women. An example of this hideous underbelly was on full display this past week, when two prominent members of the UT football team, wide receivers Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander, were arrested by UTPD and charged with sexual assault, a second-degree felony in Texas, as well as with improper photography. The two allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman whom Meander had met the night of June 20 on Sixth Street. The Daily Texan respects the anonymity of victims of sexual assault. The two will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for the sexual assault, as well as a further two years for the improper photography charge, a lesser felony. However, UT has already taken steps within its athletic department to punish these offenders. Football coach Charlie Strong has suspended both individuals from the team and barred them from access to the practice facility in the interim.
He has also promised more serious action in the future, such as permanent removal from the team, if circumstances warrant such action. But the incident should also prompt a conversation about how the University should respond to such sexual violence on campus. With the assault occurring June 21, over a month before arrests were made, serious questions must be asked of both UTPD and the University’s internal mechanism for investigating these crimes. Sexual assault and violence is a catastrophic problem on college campuses across the country. Recent statistics suggest that as many as one in four female students will be assaulted during her time in college. When it comes to prevention strategies or other discussions on mitigating sexual assault on college campuses, one thing should be abundantly clear: The blame for sexual assault lies completely with the offender. It does not matter what the victim was wearing, how much she had to drink or how many of the perpetrator’s friends had committed the same heinous act, thus normalizing the tendency. In all of these scenarios, a common denominator is that the perpetrator is 100 percent responsible. Education and extensive public awareness campaigns are the ideal solutions to this problem, as a way to prevent tragedies from ever occurring. But unfortunately, prevention is not sufficient in the real world, and sometimes punishment is the only tool we have to deter such abominable behavior. Accordingly, I believe a good step was taken in launching a heavy-handed response, not only by the UT football team, but by the proper authorities. I look forward to seeing a grand jury indict these men — if the evidence against them is sufficient — and a trial to determine their guilt or innocence. If found guilty, I sincerely hope the full weight of the law is thrust upon them as a sentence to set an example. Horwitz is a government junior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @NmHorwitz.
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Troops won’t help border crisis Thousands of refugee children from Central America have shown up at our border. For any rational individual, the expected response would be to send the Red Cross and other humanitarian entities to provide aid and comfort to the children, almost unanimously fleeing violence in their home countries and facing some form of abandonment by their parents. Lamentably, rational individuals are not making decisions on this issue in Texas government. Gov. Rick Perry has dispatched the Texas National Guard to the border area. For what, this board is not exactly sure. The Border Patrol, an arm of the Federal Department of Homeland Security, has the unchallenged power not only to enforce the border laws but also to make arrests. Perry has specifically prevented the guard from having explicit arresting privileges. This board would much prefer substantive solutions to this humanitarian problem rather than empty political posturing from a future presidential candidate. Photo ops of Perry leaning on a machine gun in a helicopter or posing with Sean Hannity in military gear might curry favor with the primary vot-
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ers in Iowa or South Carolina, but it does very little to solve the actual problem at hand. We believe that these children should be treated for what they are: refugees. Whether they have been from Europe, Asia or even Cuba, the United States has always accepted desperate, young refugees with open arms. The current situation — holding these young people in deplorable, subhuman conditions while they await possible deportation — is truly sickening. Furthermore, attempts to politicize this crisis by casting the refugee children as some type of disease-ridden infiltrators, hellbent on destroying this country, merely elucidate the absurdity of the Tea Party’s positions on the matter. Politicians such as Perry talk a big game about wanting to live by so-called Christian values, which coincidentally align with his ideology and the status quo. The real test of these values is when they challenge a deeplyheld conviction. Perry, Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and many others all fall notoriously quiet on this subject now that it has broached the topic of unaccompanied refugee children at the border.
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Protest in support of Palestinians can help channel grief into action By Jauzey Imam Guest Columnist
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Technology brings world to UT By Jan Ross Piedad Daily Texan Columnist
Editor’s Note: This is the last in a summer series of short columns from UT students studying abroad. VIENNA — Here I am, tapping away on my smart phone screen in an apartment in Vienna, Austria. I’m couch-surfing for the weekend and exploring a new city two hours away by train from my study abroad home base in Salzburg. The wonders of technology give me comfort in being able to share this experience with my fellow Longhorns, no matter where we happen to be. I came to my study abroad program as the only student from UT-Austin this summer, and in truth, single representation provided the freedom to be myself in a crowd of 72 other students from a dozen other universities around the world. Connectedness, as I’m growing to learn, describes the human interaction we covet underneath the business of digital networks and applications. This is the kind of phenomenon
we try to explain in the academy I’m attending until mid-August, hosted by the Salzburg Global Seminar. The academy teaches working professionals, educators and students of media, seeking to create positive change in the world through greater understanding of the influence of art, print, radio, television and news across borders. Learning from other perspectives and backgrounds, I find it more and more interesting how face-to-face interaction can augment online correspondence. After researching accommodations just for one evening in Vienna, we got to know a few young people working and studying to be teachers who were kind enough to share their space. Just this evening, we wandered into the Popfest music festival and asked an endless number of Austrians their recommendations for places around Vienna. It’s one week into this study abroad experience, and I can already tell that by the time I head home, it will seem as if time hadn’t passed by at all. Piedad is a journalism junior from San Antonio.
Editor’s Note: Imam is a member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, which helped to organize last week’s protest in support of the Palestinian victims of the fighting between Hamas and Israel. On July 23 at 5 p.m., more than 300 UT students and Austin residents gathered before the Texas Capitol. On the front line stood a woman holding two pictures, one captioned “My sister,” the other “Her kids.” All had been recently killed by Israeli forces. This was a gathering of grievers. It was the fourth such protest in Austin — a joint effort between Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights, Muslim American Society and the University of Texas at Austin’s Palestine Solidarity Committee — since the start of Israel’s air and ground assault on Gaza. Gaza is composed of generations of refugees, produced by what Israeli historian Ilan Pappe calls “an ethnic cleansing” of more than 750,000 Palestinians in 1948. Now, its borders sealed, destroyed by years of economic blockades and repeated Israeli assaults, Gaza crumbles under the latest installment of Israeli collective punishment. More than 800 Palestinians are dead, 75 percent of whom, according to the UN, are civilians. One hundred and ninety children have been murdered, all in the name of “defense.” By the time you read this, that number will be dated. Grief at the loss of these children, often killed with their entire families, spurred the protests. Zainab Haider-Zaidi, a community and regional planning graduate student, explained that “it is really frustrating for most of us to sit here in our relatively privileged lives and watch helplessly as the massacres in Gaza continue.” And the knowledge that we, as American taxpayers, are complicit in the slaughter, only adds to the frustration. As the signs displayed by the protesters explained, the United States gives Israel more than $8 million in defense spending daily, totaling $3 billion annually. And American politicians’ unconditional support for Israeli policies allows the slaughter to continue. But the frustration and grief gave way to hope at the protest. The protesters did not stand alone. Palestine solidarity movements around the world, from Chile to London to South Korea to Kashmir, now demand an end to the occupation, the killing, the siege, the embargo and the apartheid state that treats Palestinians as targets, not humans. As journalism student Jake Web-
ber said, “We have to continue pushing from our end. Solidarity is our most important tool.” Three words were repeated throughout the evening: “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions.” Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, or BDS, is a global nonviolent movement initiated by the Palestinian Civil Society and modeled after the South African anti-Apartheid movement. With support from many leaders, such as Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu, and academics from around the world, such as Stephen Hawking, the BDS movement focuses on establishing a just peace in Palestine-Israel. According to assistant English professor Snehal Shingavi, the BDS campaign “hopes to draw attention to the apartheid-like conditions in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — conditions which include checkpoints, separate roads, housing and employment discrimination, collective punishment and a system of separate laws for Jews and non-Jews” while also organizing resistance to such policies through academic and cultural boycotts, institutional divestments and governmental and diplomatic sanctions. Shingavi also pointed out that our University “has substantial ties to Israel — through investments it makes through its endowment, controlled by [the University of Texas Investment Management Company], through weapons research it conducts, through exchange programs it organizes and through partnerships it has with specific Israeli academic institutions.” These investments and partnerships allow Israel to “normalize its apartheid-like practices” by focusing public attention on its corporate and academic relationships and away from its human rights violations. Shingavi suggested that UT students and faculty force Israel to abandon its apartheidlike practices by pressuring UT and UTIMCO to divest from such institutions, thereby joining other universities such as the University of California, Berkeley and religious organizations such as the U.S. Presbyterian Church. The protests will continue. As Haithem ElZabri, an organizer with ICPR, said, “Our hearts grieve for the people of Gaza, but we know we need to keep standing up for their rights.” And on Aug. 2, in front of the Capitol building, thousands of people from across Texas will gather for Palestinian rights, voice their sorrow at the deaths of the children of Gaza and demand an end to US complicity in Israeli war crimes. The rally is aptly named “Texas Stands with Gaza.” Imam is a Plan II and computer engineering senior from Austin.
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UT researchers create device that mimics hearing of flies By Clinton Jones @clintjones7
Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering have designed and built a new sound-receiving device that imitates the hearing of a fly and could improve the lives of millions of people with hearing loss, according to the researchers. This device can vastly improve the function of hearing aids. Current hearing aids work like conventional sound-receiving devices, indiscriminately converting all received sounds into electrical signals that are then heard by the wearer. This can be very loud and annoying when the wearer is trying to listen to a particular person in a crowded public place, said Neal Hall, project leader and assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The device would allow the wearer to only receive sound coming from a certain direction and cancel out all other background noise. “What the fly teaches us to do is create a microphone that is inherently directional, and this is a big advantage in hearing aids,” Hall said. The 2-millimeter device is made of silicon electromechanical materials and resembles a tiny seesaw. This “seesaw” works by responding to differences in sound pressure, said Hall. “As sound travels across this seesaw mechanism, it hits one side a split second before the other,” Hall said. ”That small difference is able to put the seesaw
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into motion.” The tilt of the “seesaw” is then converted into electrical signals that tell researchers which direction the sound is coming from. This is the same technique used by flies to locate crickets. Twenty years ago, researchers at Binghamton University and Cornell University, seeking to solve the mystery of flies’ fine-tuned directional hearing, discovered the technique. Hall’s research was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a branch of the United States Department of Defense. The agency is interested in using the research to determine the direction of sniper fire in combat zones, according to Hall. The small size of the device would allow it to be
law benefits women’s health in Texas. “College Republicans whole-heartedly supports HB 2 because it increases the standards for women’s healthcare in Texas,” said Nabonzy, who is also a history junior. “It’s tragic that abortion supporters would want to compromise quality for accessibility in women’s healthcare.” Faith Sandberg, co-chair of Feminist Policy Alliance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, said she opposes
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student lounges for working on group projects or hosting study groups. Expected to be completed by the end of the year, the Regus facility will be open to all students. The center is aimed to reach completion by the end of 2014. “We are looking forward to providing their wonderful services for all of University of Texas to enjoy,” Michaels said. Machelle Ralls, Dobie
Center general manager, said the new Regus Center will include presentation areas, business hotspots and video conferencing. “The Regus Center will be a great amenity for the Dobie students and UT students and faculty who live off campus and need a place to work or study in between classes,” Ralls said. The new Regus Center will be accessible from street level and will overlook Guadalupe Street.
the law because she does not think the state should interfere with women’s health decisions. “It’s lowering the ability for women to access perfectly legal abortion, which is not the state’s business,” said Sandberg, who is also a public affairs and social work graduate student. Whole Woman’s Health, an abortion facility with three Texas clinics currently open, experienced the impact of HB 2. After closing their McAllen and Beaumont clinics earlier this year, they are also on the verge of closing their
Austin and Fort Worth clinics come September 1. The only Whole Woman’s Health clinic in Texas will be the San Antonio clinic since it is the company’s only facility with a surgical center. With the closures, Fatimah Gifford, marketing and public relations director at Whole Woman’s Health, said women from across Texas would drive to Austin or San Antonio for abortion procedures where there are only a few physicians available, causing waiting times to increase and appointment availabilities to decrease.
What the fly teaches us to do is create a microphone that is inherently directional, and this is a big advantage in hearing aids. —Neal Hall, Assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
carried easily on the battlefield, Hall said. This project was a collaboration between Hall and graduate engineering students Michael Kuntzman, Donghwan Kim and Nishshanka Hewa-Kasakarage.
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A University study has found that since House Bill 2 went into effect in November 2013, 46 percent of abortion clinics in Texas have closed and legal abortions in Texas have decreased by 13 percent.
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UNIVERSITY The UT System Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss possible replacements for Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa on Tuesday.
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Regents search for next chancellor By Jacob Kerr
Earlier in July, an unnamed receiving more than 2 million source close to the System views on YouTube. confirmed that Naval Adm. Fisher, who unsuccessThe UT System Board William McRaven and Rich- fully ran for a U.S. Senate of Regents has scheduled a ard Fisher, president and seat in 1993, has served on meeting via telephone on CEO of the Federal Reserve the UT Investment ManTuesday to discuss the search Bank of Dallas, were among agement Company Board for Chancellor Francisco the finalists. of Directors. Cigarroa’s replacement. McRaven, who oversaw In February, Cigarroa anAccording to the meet- the operation resulting in nounced his resignation and ing agenda, the regents the death of Osama bin plans to return to practicing will discuss “individual Laden, is scheduled to leave medicine at UT Health Scipersonnel matters related his position as U.S. special ence Center at San Antonio, to the Chancellor search, operations commander in but said he would remain including possible naming August. Fisher has said he chancellor until the regents of finalist or finalists” in is planning on retiring in select his replacement. Afclosed session. April 2015. ter Cigarroa’s announceReporting to the regents, A UT graduate, McRaven ment, board Chairman Paul the chancellor works as the was on campus in May to de- Foster said he planned for head executive of the System liver the spring commence- Cigarroa’s successor to be seand is responsible for all of ment address, which has lected before the start of the PPGT Daily Texan Summer garnered Edition ad.pdf 1 6/6/14 its operations. attention online,11:50 fallAM semester. @jacobrkerr
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Monday, July 28, 2014 undeclared freshman and was redshirted last season. In the affidavits for their arrests, UTPD officers said they found the victim crying underneath a desk. The victim said she had consented to having sex with Meander after coming home from Sixth Street. According to the documents, Sanders then knocked on the door, and Meander let him in before going to the bathroom. The victim said Sanders then removed his clothing while she said she did not want to have sex with him. According to the affidavit, Sanders then ignored her and proceeded to get in bed and force himself onto her. The affidavit states that the victim protested, but “Sanders told the victim she would like it and that it is going to feel good.” When Meander came back into the room, the victim said she withdrew her consent to have sex with him, but both Sanders and Meander continued to assault her. Sanders, Meander and the victim all knew each other previously.
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During the incident, the victim said she saw a flash, but did not receive an answer when she asked about a photo or recording. UTPD officers later found at least one photo of the victim on Sanders’ phone. Calls to players’ attorneys have not been returned. Athletic Director Steve Patterson released a statement stating that the athletic department holds its student-athletes to a high standard, but as this is a legal matter they cannot provide more information.
defensive back Josh Turner, who was expected to start at safety this season. Bergeron’s dismissal was the most surprising of the bunch, as Strong had stated he was “back in the mix” at Big 12 media days. Bergeron, a senior, has been in and out of trouble throughout his career at Texas and had been Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan file photo held out of spring practice Senior defensive back Josh Turner was dismissed from the this offseason for aca- football team July 24 for violating team rules. Turner was demic reasons. Just when expected to start as safety for the Longhorns in 2014. it seemed as though the Mesquite, Texas native had to have a big impact this at the safety position. worked his way back into season, likely as a starting Amidst all the dismissStrong’s good books, it ap- safety in Vance Bedford’s als, senior linebacker Kenpears his latest mistake has defense. The Oklahoma dall Thompson also left cost him a chance to fin- City native saw ample play- the team for health reaish off his final season as ing time over the last two sons related to a history of a Longhorn. seasons, starting five con- concussions. Bergeron had amassed tests and playing as a reWe had all heard Strong 1,392 yards and scored 25 serve defensive back most talk about his core values touchdowns in his first of the time. He has regis- and the importance of adthree seasons at Texas and tered 93 tackles, two in- hering to them, but we’ve was expected to continue to terceptions and recovered now seen him take action on get plenty of reps alongside two fumbles over the past those words. The message Johnathan Gray and Mal- two seasons. With Bedford for Texas players is clear: colm Brown in the Long- and Collins gone from the Don’t mess around with horn backfield in 2014. team, the Longhorn depth the rules, you may not get a Turner was also poised chart now has a major hole second chance.
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Redshirt freshman wide receiver Montrel Meander (left) and junior wide receiver Kendall Sanders were charged with sexual assault stemming from an incident reported at San Jacinto Residence Hall in June. The two players have been suspended from the team indefinitely as they await trial.
Two Texas receivers charged with sexual assault By Nick Castillo & Wynne Davis @texassports
Texas football players Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander were taken into custody after being arrested and charged with sexual assault, a seconddegree felony, on July 24. If convicted, the accused face a sentence of two to twenty years, and in addition may face a fine up to $10,000. The arrest came a month after an incident was reported at San Jacinto Residence Hall at 3:43 a.m. on June 21. Both players have been charged with sexual assault, and Sanders has also been charged with improper photography after having taken a
picture of the victim during the incident. UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said officers were in the process of arresting the players Thursday morning. Bail was set at $75,000 for both Meander and Sanders for one count of sexual assault. Sanders has an additional bail of $20,000 for the count of improper photography. At a press conference, UTPD Chief David Carter said the players were released on bond because they do not pose a danger to other students. In a statement released July 24, President William Powers Jr. said the University needs to be “free from all sexual assault and violence.” “At The University of Texas at Austin, student safety is our top priority, and we are involved with
the national efforts to prevent a culture of sexual violence from taking root on campuses,” Powers said. “We educate all of our students about preventing sexual assault and vigorously investigate all allegations so we can take the appropriate action.” Powers said the University is carrying out a Student Judicial Services review, which could result in the players’ expulsion from the University. Texas head coach Charlie Strong issued a statement Thursday announcing that both players have been suspended from the team indefinitely and will no longer participate in team functions. “It’s been made clear to everyone on our team
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Senior running back Joe Bergeron, who was just allowed back on the team following a suspension for academic issues, was dismissed from the team July 25 for a violation of team rules.
Four Horns dismissed for violating team rules By Nick Castillo & Stefan Scrafield @texassports
Senior defensive back Josh Turner dismissed for a violation of team rules
July 25 Senior linebacker Kendall Thompson dismissed form the team for health reasons related to past concussions
Mere hours after Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander were suspended indefinitely after being charged with sexual assault July 24, Texas head coach Charlie Strong removed two more players from the football program before dismissing another two on Friday morning. Sophomore running back Jalen Overstreet and redshirt freshman defensive back Chevoski Collins were dismissed from the team Thursday evening for a violation of team rules. According to reports, the two players were among the four athletes banned from Moncrief-Neuhaus Athletics Center after violating the team’s core values. Strong said that the players would have to earn their right to regain access to the facility at Big 12 media days. Overstreet came to Texas as a quarterback but was moved to running back prior to the 2013 season. The Tatum, Texas native played in nine games last year, mostly in a special teams role. He had the best game of his career against New
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Honesty Treat women with respect No drugs No stealing No weapons Mexico State in the season opener, rushing for 92 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries. Collins hadn’t seen any playing time at Texas as he redshirted in his first year, but was expected to add depth to the Longhorn secondary this season as a safety. Losing Overstreet and Collins certainly hurt, but the big news came Friday morning when reports surfaced that Strong had dismissed star running back Joe Bergeron and senior
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FOOTBALL Texas head coach Charlie Strong addresses the media at the 2014 Big 12 media days in Dallas. Strong will rely on his younger players to fill the holes left by all the veteran players he dismissed last week.
Mack Brown to do TV work for ESPN, ABC Former Texas coach Mack Brown has inked a deal with ESPN to become a college football studio analyst starting this season. Brown joins ESPN after spending 16 years as head coach of the Longhorns. Brown will appear on ESPN’s “College Football Countdown.” The countdown show will feature pregame, halftime and postgame commentary for games on ABC as well as “Saturday Night Football.” Brown will work with John Saunders and former Florida State quarterback Danny Kanell. “I’m so excited and grateful to be joining ESPN’s college football coverage team,” Brown said in a news release. “We’ve been talking about it for a few months, and I think it’s a great opportunity to continue to be an active part of a game I love so much. People who know me know I’m a football junkie, so I’m really looking forward to watching and studying teams, sharing thoughts and talking football with all of the passionate college football fans across the country each and every week.” Joining ESPN alongside Brown is former North Carolina coach Butch Davis who will be an analyst for ESPN2’s college football studio coverage on Saturdays. —Nick Castillo
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Youth to replace dismissed Longhorns By Drew Lieberman @twitterhandle
The Longhorns’ loss of seven players, a few of whom were expected to have important roles in 2014, over a 48-hour span last week poses an obvious question for Texas football fans: How will Charlie Strong and his staff fill the void left by the dismissed athletes? While none of these dismissals have been officially confirmed by the program, it appears an announcement is merely a formality. OrangeBloods has reported that the dismissed Texas players will all get a chance to meet with Strong on Monday, where the dismissals are expected to become official. Kendall Sanders and Josh Turner were both expected to start for Texas, Joe Bergeron was likely to continue to play an important role in the Longhorn
backfield, and Jalen Overstreet, Chevoski Collins and Montrel Meander were each poised to add necessary depth at their respective positions. The Longhorns also lost senior linebacker Kendall Thompson, who is leaving for medical reasons. In addition to those who have already been given the boot, ESPN’s Max Olson has reported that as many as five more players may soon be facing dismissals for violating team rules. But even without additional departures, Texas is already looking thin at some key positions. Turner was likely slated to be one of the starting safeties for the Longhorns while Collins was set to be his backup, but with both off the team, Texas will likely start sophomore Adrian Colbert at one of the safety spots. True freshmen such as Edwin Freeman or John
Even without additional departures, Texas is already looking thin at some key positions.
Bonney will likely get a chance to play significantly from day one. The loss of Bergeron and Overstreet will cripple Texas’ depth at running back, especially if junior Johnathan Gray or senior Malcolm Brown get injured, as they have in the past. Other than that, Texas only has true freshmen Donald Catalon and D’Onta Foreman at the position, though Foreman has yet to officially qualify. At receiver, Texas returns its top two options in senior Jaxon Shipley and junior Marcus Johnson, but the loss of Sanders means one of the younger players will have to step up to the position, though Texas has plenty of potential
options from the 2013 or 2014 recruiting classes. Finally, the loss of Thompson means some loss of depth at linebacker but isn’t particularly devastating for the program. Texas returns crucial starters in senior Jordan Hicks and Steve Edmonds, whose health will determine the vitality of the position. Obviously, the final depth chart will depend on who is left on the team at the start of the season, but it is clear that Strong isn’t messing around with the rules. Right now, none of Texas’ losses are particularly brutal, but if they lose more players, especially potential starters, 2014 may be filled with a lot more downs than ups.
SIDELINE This Week in Sports Tuesday: Round Rock Express vs. Oklahoma City RedHawks
VS The Round Rock Express (54-52) begin a three-game series with the Oklahoma City RedHawks (53-56) at the Dell Diamond. The Express are currently three games behind the Nashville Sounds in the American South division of the Pacific Coast League.
Thursday: PGA Golf: Bridgestone Invitational Tiger Woods looks to defend his Bridgestone Invitational title as he and the field compete this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The winner’s purse of $1.5 million is one of the biggest of any tournament on tour.
Sunday: FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA
FC Dallas takes on Chivas USA in MLS regular season play. FC Dallas currently sits in a tie for third place with the Colorado Rapids in the MLS Western Conference.
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Photographer finds community with ‘weirdos’ By Mengwen Cao @mwcao
Editor’s note: A -30- column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to denote the end of a line. I was lying on my sofa sweating from a photo assignment when I got Charlie’s message: “Do you want to write a -30-?” WHAT?! YES and NO. YES because I have words to spill. NO because I am not ready to say goodbye. As an education student from China, I did not know the meaning of photojournalism or understand newspaper terms like “wild art” and “30 column” until I found the obscure basement. Last summer, I picked up an issue of the Texan while waiting for the shuttle, saw the tryouts application and decided to give it a shot. Too timid to open the door of the basement, I was probably stepping back and forth for 10 minutes before I got up the nerve. Thanks to this nerve, I ended up getting to know a bunch of awesome weirdos and finding a community where I belong. Soon, I found myself obsessed with this job. It is almost like a first love. Wanting to get closer but wrapped with anxiety at the same time. Looking forward to being appreciated but surrounded by insecurity. I found within me a desire to improve myself and become a better person. My obsession does worry my academic advisor and my parents because of the “serious business” I should be thinking about, such as my long-overdue graduation
Soon, I found myself obsessed with this job. It is almost like a first love. Wanting to get closer but wrapped with anxiety at the same time. paper and the unfathomable future. But I have no regrets whatsoever. I would not trade anything for the memories of figuring out what angles to frame a speaker, feeling burnt under the sun while shooting demonstrations, biking at night on the Austin streets after photographing South By Southwest and X Games, falling fast asleep on the office sofas, getting to know stories of amazing students and professors, shamefully noticing my stupid face set as the desktop wallpaper, blissfully seeing my photos on the cover of the Texan and just hanging out with wonderful people in the office laughing at whatever. The list could go
on forever. To the first person I talked to at the Texan, Pu: It was interesting to see your name on paper and for you to be an actual person (or not?). To my photo editors, Marisa, Charlie, Sam and Sarah: It is your critiques, trust and support that shaped who I am. To all the photographers and videographers in the multimedia corner: It is your creativity, talent, sometimestoo-loud laughs and toorandom thoughts that propel me to strive for more. I am never a person of words. This is the longest caption I have ever written, but I hope this will not be the last. Thank you. -30-
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Jenna VonHofe, a biology and anthropology senior, has served as a staff photographer and senior photographer at The Daily Texan for three semesters.
Senior photographer finds unexpected home in Texan By Jenna VonHofe @VonHofee
The first time I wandered into the basement of The Daily Texan, someone asked me, “Can I help you find something?” and I stood there for a short moment and replied, “Well, maybe.” The Daily Texan was not part of the plan. Yet here I was, wide-eyed and hopeful that it might just be exactly what I needed. I grabbed an application and quickly ambled up the stairs, tripping on my way out. The better part of my final college year was spent within this basement, and I soon found a part of myself I hadn’t known was missing. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and true to form, I leave here with more than 10,000 photos and very few words — 400 to be exact
— to sum up my experience. Life in the basement is in a constant state of relentless progression. Down here I learned the truths of unforgiving deadlines, the reality of sleepless nights and the deep appreciation for black coffee. The Texan gave me a home away from home, and in this place I’ve acquired more knowledge than I could have ever hoped to gain in a classroom. I am thankful for the many laughs — and a few tears — that we have shared in this dimly lit workspace. To my editors, Charlie, Pu, Chelsea, and Sam: I cannot thank you enough for the inspiration, the support and the friendships you all have shared with me. I would not be the photographer I am today if it had not been for your patient guidance and unwavering dedication.
To the photo staff: I met most of you as an extremely awkward taco on Halloween, and since then I have been fortunate enough to see eye to eye with you all, and look up to you at the same time. I am beyond humbled to have been alongside you in photo pits, job interviews and basement musings. Thank you for the privilege to consider myself a part of this unlikely family. I appreciate how far we’ve all come, and I look forward to the future. I am unbelievably lucky to have found something that makes saying goodbye so hard. But I suppose you never truly say goodbye to something you can’t leave behind, and leaving the Texan is more of a farewell that doesn’t require too many words. Not everything went as planned, and that’s OK. -30-
Although I’ve spent five semesters and held six positions at The Daily Texan, I can’t help but have a few regrets. As a reporter, I wish I would have appreciated every story a little bit more. As a staffer, I wish I would’ve spent less time complaining and more time cultivating solutions. I wish I would have had the chance to mentor a few kids that have the potential to be really great. I wish I would have replaced the sign to the basement that fell off years ago. But most of all, I wish there were not an “us and them” attitude between the Texan and its audience. Texan readers don’t understand the Texan mechanics, and it can be frustrating for those working late in the basement — but why should they? After all, we only report on things because we expect readers not to know every nook and cranny of
campus. Texan articles, and all news, should be less of a debate on story execution, and more of a conversation starter among readers. Not an easy task. If one person picks up a Texan today, reads something informative and interesting and bothers to mention it to someone else, the Texan has done its job. And it needs to be better about making that connection happen. The Texan spends a lot of time defending itself, and with good reason — online trolls tend to focus on a misspelled word rather than the point of the article. Granted, quality work is absolutely necessary so that a reader’s first response is about the news or the sources and not about the reporter’s failings. The audience shouldn’t be forgiving of the Texan’s mistakes, so the Texan needs to strive to be better tomorrow than it is today. For new reporters, it’s hard to see the big picture perspective of how stories connect and the Texan’s role in
telling them. But I’ve come to my perspective too late to put that to practice in the basement. I leave with a lot of great memories and a few terrible ones. And it’s comforting to know that parts of the Texan have weaved their way into my life outside work. I found and fell for Jacob, my Swedish fish. The Texan, I’m sure, will continue to be the topic of long and nostalgic conversations while we navigate Austin’s creeks. The Texan gave me great friends in Bobby and Alexa, who make me want to be better and more like them. And a set of challenging mentors in Matt, Shabab and Laura. Riley will surely follow in their footsteps as a great leader. Thank you to the cast of TuesTeas. Thank you for the group texts, arguments over the use of queso, fancy maestro and headsets — looking at you Mustafa. The bonus of having a great time makes working at the Texan unforgettable, but try not to forget the point of that work as a staffer or as a reader. -30Christine Ayala, a journlaism senior, reflects on coverage of the maintenance and status of the turtle pond. Ayala has served as general reporter, senior reporter, podcast co-host, associate news editor, special ventures reporter and Editorial Board associate editor. Charlie Pearce Daily Texan Staff
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