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Dean to resign, return to teaching

By Alex Wilts @alexwilts

After a decade of administrative service, Roderick Hart, Moody College of Communication dean, announced in an email sent to faculty Monday that he will resign from his post in May 2015.

Hart said after he completes his tenure as dean he would most likely spend a year researching and writing before returning to teach at the University.

“I think it’s time for me

personally,” Hart said. “I have not been able to teach as much [as dean], and I love teaching.”

Stephen Reese, an associate dean of the Moody college, said serving 10 years in an administrative position is a lot for any dean.

“We’re thankful to have gotten him for more than one [year],” Reese said. “It’s a lot of pressure. It’s a lot of difficult decisions to make. He’s probably been our most successful dean to date.”

Hart has worked at the University since 1979 after

serving as a professor at Purdue University for nine years.

During Hart’s tenure as dean, The Moody Foundation donated $50 million to the college in 2013, placing its name on the college.

In Hart’s email announcing his resignation, he listed the opening of the Belo Center for New Media in 2012 and the college launching UT3D, the nation’s first comprehensive 3-D production program, as other highlights during his deanship.

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CITY

Construction commences on new Seton health center

By Alex Wilts @alexwilts

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff

Roderick Hart, dean of the Moody College of Communication, announced Monday that he will resign from his post in May 2015.

University welcomes the Class of 2018

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff

With the assistance of Texas mascot Hook ‘em and former Texas quarterback Vince Young, President William Powers Jr. accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at Gone to Texas on Tuesday night. Gone to Texas is a yearly ceremony welcoming new students to the University’s campus.

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Tuesday, construction crews broke ground on the Seton Medical Center at UT, a $295 million teaching hospital.

Located on the site of the Dell Medical School on Red River and 15th streets, the 211-bed teaching hospital is scheduled to open in 2017. The Dell Medical School is already under construction and is set to open in 2016.

Both buildings will be part of a new medical campus that will include state-of-the-art facilities as part of an initiative to improve community health infrastructure.

“This project will have a positive impact on the delivery of health care in Central Texas for generations to come,” said Anthony Tersigni, Ascension president and CEO, in a statement.

Ascension is the nonprofit health system that operates the Seton Healthcare Family, a health care system which manages several hospitals in Central Texas.

Despite being built on University land, the new teaching hospital will continue to be managed by Seton. Central Health, Travis County’s health care district, intends to sublease the land from the University to Seton.

According to Seton, the new hospital will replace University Medical Center Brackenridge, which was built in the 1970s and is not designed to meet the operational needs of a 21st century teaching hospital. Seton expects the combination of a new teaching hospital and medical school on the University campus to create 15,000 new jobs, not including construction positions.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Safe Ride, uTexas app experience setbacks

SG to form new code to accompany constitution

By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman

The Safe Ride and UTexas app initiatives launched by Student Government President Kori Rady are being delayed by at least a week.

In an email to The Daily Texan on Aug. 4, Rady said both projects would be released for the first week of school, but now their release dates are uncertain. Rady said both initiatives are having problems at a contractual level. Safe Ride’s insurance is being reviewed, and the UTexas app’s contract is still

being written.

Safe Ride is a program proposed by Rady, which will provide students transportation home after going out on the weekends. UT is partnering with uRide, a driving service for students that began in College Station, to launch the program.

Robert Dick, CEO of uRide, said uRide’s insurance provider is talking with their underwriter to clarify specifics of the program. “[The insurance provider] thought that they had a

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Braydon Jones, Student Government assembly speaker, discusses combining and changing SG governing documents at a meeting Tuesday.

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Student Government representatives and advisers, including representatives from the Office of the Dean of Students, reviewed the tentative SG governing document at a meeting Tuesday.

SG assembly speaker Braydon Jones said SG has used its constitution, bylaws and internal rules and procedures as its governing documents in the past.

Now, SG will combine its bylaws with its internal rules and procedures to form one detailed document — “The Code of Rules and

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Procedures.” Jones said this code will accompany SG’s constitution, which was

simplified last spring.

All of the information discussed at the meeting,

including the code of rules

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pretty good understanding of it, but they are basically going back with more questions,” Dick said.

Dick said he asked Rady to push back Safe Ride’s start while the insurance issues are solved.

“I know that insurance people — they move kind of slow — and so I didn’t want to depend on them for the time of the program,” Dick said. “These things typically take a couple of days, and I wanted to make sure we had everything correct before the program started. It might be ironed out by the end of the week, but I didn’t want to take that chance.”

According to Rady, the Safe Ride program was funded by The Office of the President and will provide students another option to get to their

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apartments safely.

Rady said Safe Ride will service St. David’s parking lot on Eighth Street and San Jacinto Boulevard, Riverside, campus and West Campus and will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.

“It’s a huge program, and we’re starting small to make sure we figure out the logistics,” Rady said.

The UTexas app, an Android version of the iOS UT app, is also running behind schedule.

The app has the same design as the original iOS UTexas app but has the same functions as the updated version — including menus, schedules and maps, among other features.

Michael Horn, director of digital strategy for University Communications, said that over the summer

the University decided to buy the Android app’s code from its creators — electrical engineering senior Anurag Banerjee and computer science seniors Mark Fulbright, Max Wade and Jacob Williamson.

“As we got close to the completion of the app itself, I started to ask around questions about intellectual property and ownership rights with our legal team and contract team,” Horn said. “They suggested that we actually go and purchase this app from our students that built this for us and have them sign a contract, so UT owns the code outright.”

Horn said the decision to buy the app eliminates the risk of the students trying to make a business out of it later and provides many other benefits to the University.

According to Horn, UT legal has all the necessary information and is in the process of writing a contract.

“They’ve never done anything specifically like this before,” Horn said. “So, they’re doing a lot of internal discussing to figure out the right way to word the contract, so it protects the students and protects the University both.”

Horn said the contract could be ready any day now, but the app’s release is dependent on whether the students sign the contract and how long it takes them to sign it if they do.

Rady said he anticipates the contract being signed by next week.

“I honestly think it might be done by Friday — but at the latest next Friday,” Rady said.

only a steady hand in a time of rapidly changing media environments and economic challenge, but an active leader who has transformed the college for the better,” Powers and Fenves said.

Hart said he plans to spend his last year as dean teaching a communication and government course, “Voices of Citizenship,” in the fall and continuing to raise money for new programs, such as the Texas Program in Sports and Media and the new Center for Health Communication.

“They’ve gotten started, but they still need more help in raising the sails,” Hart said.

Hart also said he intends to take up men’s basketball head coach Rick Barnes on an offer made 10 years ago,when Barnes personally invited Hart to play point guard in a Longhorn basketball game. Barnes issued the invitation after Hart announced that the only thing

that would make him happier than being dean was playing for the University’s basketball team.

“In spite of your lack of speed and agility, we believe you still possess qualities that may be an asset to us,” Barnes wrote to Hart in 2005. “Our players have a lot of pride in what they do, and we are confident that your presence on the team will increase that spirit and energy.”

In an interview with The Daily Texan, Fenves said the University will start looking for the Moody college’s new dean in the next month. According to Fenves, the University will establish a search committee of faculty, staff, alumni and students to conduct the search.

“It’s an exciting time in communications and [for] so many successful programs,” Fenves said. “I know we’ll be able to identify a great leader for the school.”

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schedule by requesting transitional funding from President William Powers Jr. to prevent TSM bankruptcy.

Hart said when he took the position of dean of the college of communication in 2005, the college was lacking in discretionary income to create new programs and construct a new building to provide enough space for the large amount of communication students.

“I set my mind on trying to raise money for a new building, which we were able to do, and to refurbish the Jesse Jones Complex,” Hart said. “It’s just really satisfying that we were able to get all that work done.”

In a joint statement, Powers and Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost, said Hart will go down in the college’s history as a pivotal leader and a favorite with students, faculty, staff and alumni. “[Hart] has been not

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itself, will serve as a rough draft that will be subject to change as the review process continues, Jones said.

In the code of rules, Article 5 Section 5.8 says all interview notes must be made public. Liberal arts representative Sergio Cavazos said he thinks the sections should be removed and presented to the SG assembly as a resolution.

“It’s a little more official,” Cavazos said. “That way, we can properly vet the situation and talk about federal privacy.”

In May, the SG Judicial Court released a ruling invalidating appointments to internal and external positions in the organization and required interview notes made by the SG Executive Board in the spring for those positions to be released to the SG assembly. However, the release of the notes was prevented when the Office of Legal Affairs determined in August that releasing the notes would be a violation of federal student privacy laws.

SG representatives opted to discuss the section in greater detail at a later date. Until then, the sections will remain in the code. During the meeting, SG representatives went line by line reviewing and discussing the rules. Jones said many of them were left in their original form, but other sections were added.

One of the proposed additions to the code is a 2.5 minimum GPA requirement for all agency members — the same requirement held for officers.

“If you put it in here, then you have to make sure every application you put out there gives [the dean of students] permission to check and verify that information on a regular basis,” said Cheryl Pyle, administrative services officer for the Office of the Dean of Students.

The representatives decided not to add the section to the code for the time being but planned to review it at a later date.

Another topic of discussion was the enforcement of agency rules. Jones said agencies, which are smaller organizations within SG, should be required to host two events per year and host meetings at a consistent time and location every week. Jones said these policies were added to encourage student involvement.

“I really believe agencies are the vehicles that can be used — and should be used — to reach students on campus,” Jones said.

To make sure agencies are in good standing, Jones said there should be an agency evaluation process added to the code.

Jones said the details of the process have not been solidified, but it would involve a standardized review of SG agencies every two years. Jones’ addition to the code would give agencies an “under review” period to meet the set standards before being removed.

Cavazos said he plans to update the governing document with revisions from the meeting. SG representatives will meet again to discuss policy before releasing the code for assembly approval.

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Circus experiences multiple thefts

By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

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Bags of cotton candy, circus hats and a circus uniform disappeared from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in one of two thefts last week at the Frank Erwin Center.

According to Erwin Center director John Graham, UTPD reports numerous thefts at the Erwin Center each year. Graham said no particular special precautions are taken to prevent thefts at large events, such as the circus, despite the large number of people in attendance.

The Ringling Bros. Circus performed at the center from Aug. 17-24. The circus

comes several times a year to Austin and holds several different shows.

Sunday, circus staff reported seeing a man trying to take a souvenir cup and a stuffed animal from some displays. The man also tried to take a camera from one of the tripods available for event photographs, according to UTPD records. Police stopped the man after seeing him try to return the stuffed animal without a sales receipt. The man’s stepdaughter then gave the police the items the man had stolen, including a bag of cotton candy. UTPD let him leave after the encounter.

Thursday, a staff member

at the circus reported that another theft had occurred. This time a circus uniform, circus hats and bags of cotton candy were stolen.

According to UTPD records, the staff member did not see the theft take place but told police the items were taken sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.

UTPD officials placed the estimated loss value of the items around $65.

Erin Burgy, regional communications director for the circus, said she did not have any information on why the hats and uniform were stolen or how often thefts typically occur at the circus.

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In Mexico, welfare programs fall short

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From top left: 1. Victor Alfonso Perez asks for money after juggling fire in the streets of Ocotlan, Jalisco. 2. Patricio Alvarez and friends take a break from wiping windshields. These young men are among the many boys and girls who make up the “Crucero” in Ocotlan, Jalisco, where every traffic light is busy with child workers. 3. Patricio Alvarez wipes down a car windshield during a red light. According to the Mexican Constitution, children under the age of 14 are not allowed to work. 4. Rosalie and Juana Meninos are two cousins who do acrobatic tricks and beg for money along a street named Reforma in Mexico City. 5. Francisco Gomez, Jesus Ramirez, Luis Ramirez and Antonio Ruiz are four of the kids working in the streets of Ocotlan, Jalisco.

They work in groups, washing windshields and juggling in the streets. Photos by Helen Fernandez Under the Mexican Constitution, it is illegal for children under the age of 14 to work. And children between the ages of 14 and 16 can only work for a maximum of six hours a day.

However, it isn’t out of the ordinary to encounter children selling gum in the streets, wiping windshields during red lights and earning less than the equivalent of $10 after working eight hours a day.

As a child I would come to Mexico every summer, but I wasn’t aware of the violence, corruption and poverty. All I saw was the beauty in this country’s culture and its people. Now that I’m older I want to explore different aspects of Mexico in order to gain a better sense of politics, its economy and its relationship with the U.S. I decided to travel to Mexico this summer to do some reporting on children’s education, child labor laws and immigration. I believe that one of the reasons for our distant relationship with this neighboring country is our lack of knowledge when it comes to trying to understand why people migrate to the U.S. Oportunidades and The National System for Integral Family Development, DIF, are two programs fighting the exploitation of children through different approaches.

DIF is a state-run family services program.

It provides assistance to families living in poverty and it works on family development, while Oportunidades is a cash transfer program in Mexico that was founded in 2002 in an attempt to end poverty. The program gives cash to lowincome families who qualify based on a socioeconomic evaluation.

My first stop on this trip to Mexico was Ocotlan, Jalisco. Last month I visited a small industrial town called Ocotlan, Jalisco, population approximately 90,000 people. I approached a group of kids who looked to be between the ages of 8 and 14 and asked if they would be willing to talk to me about their lives as child workers. One of the kids replied, “We’re not working. We’re just playing with marbles,” and in a split second all of the children who had been washing windshields dropped their buckets and joined their friends on the sidewalk.

I had a lengthy talk with the eight kids as I tried to convince them that I wasn’t with the government. Before turning away, one of the oldest girls in the group approached me. She mentioned that the kids had already made the mistake of speaking with DIF representatives and that they weren’t going to do it again.

Representatives from DIF had managed to investigate futher and ended up separating the child from his parents, according to the young girl. So understandably these children kept their guard up when I approached them.

One of the younger boys in the group came up to me and we began to talk. He told me that he went to school, but had to work in the afternoons. He admitted that he gave half of the money to his father and kept the other half because he was saving for a new pair of sneakers. On a good day the boy said he could make 150 pesos, the equivalent of $11. He makes this money by washing windshields and juggling in the streets.

Thankfully, there has been a decrease in the number of children working in Mexico, according to a study done by the World Bank, UNICEF and the International Labor Organization. Part of this decrease is due to a welfare program called Oportunidades (Opportunities). One of the program’s requirements is that the parent receiving the cash, in most cases the mother, ensures their children visit the doctors and attend school.

Oportunidades’ infrastructure is innovative in the way it makes the families’ children the breadwinners. However, the program’s cashhandout system is one of the issues holding it back from actually addressing the underlying causes of poverty.

The chair of economic development in the municipality of Ocotlan, Monica Tapia Villarruel, said that one could see the shops set up outside the cash-handout center where people would spend the money they had just received on clothes and shoes, instead of milk, bread and the basics.

Villarruel said that families would continue receiving money as long as they can get their children to school and prove that they are relatively healthy. However, as much as the government wanted this money to go toward improving people’s way of life, there is no way to monitor where the money is going.

Therefore the children keep spending their afternoons out on the streets, begging, washing windshields and juggling fire.

Maria Elisabeth Sanchez Aguirre, an ex-coordinator for Oportunidades, said she believes that children in Mexico lack the motivation to stay in school.

“The children don’t know how much scholarship money they receive” through Oportunidades, Aguirre said. “The mother knows how much money is supposed to be saved for education, but the child never knows.”

Parents and a lack of education play a big part in Mexico’s inability to progress financially. Aguirre emphasized that Oportunidades isn’t reaching the people who truly need it.

“Lots of times the people who need it don’t inquire about the program,” said Aguirre. “And the people who don’t need it are the ones always asking for it.”

One of the program’s downfalls is that it has created a bit of a hold on people.

“People are becoming very dependent,” Aguirre said. The program is about “giving you the opportunity to move forward.

“But the people don’t do it. Why? Because they are dependent on the government sustaining them for the rest of their lives,” Aguirre said.

As much as I’d like to focus on the positive things Oportunidades has brought to Mexico, I can’t ignore the errors in the system. I would push for the government to spend more time fixing the cash handout system and not leav-

ing the program to be just a catalog of low-income populations for politicians and elections.

Oportunidades could create a new form that evaluated families based on income, household size, and other expenses. And to ensure the money was being used correctly, the program could implement home visits to keep track of how the money was helping people out of poverty, as well as monitor families who no longer required financial assistance.

Oportunidades and DIF could learn a thing or two from a foundation called Fundación Enrique Jacob. It’s a non-federal program set up to help the city and municipality of Naucalpan in the state of Mexico. Naucalpan was a municipality known for its economic prosperity. It recently fell from first to 30th most prosperous municipality in Mexico.

The foundation began working in March and has already reached over 42 small communities around Naucalpan, giving information sessions and handing out paperwork. One way the foundation is setting out to make changes in the community is with a program called Mayores Oportunidades de Crecimiento.

Given the lack of job opportunities in Mexico, this program is helping people start their own small business. Through classes lasting two days, fours hours each, the foundation sets out to guide people through the process of starting a business. If a person has a business plan in mind the foundation helps them push the project until it’s done.

“I am convinced that in order to really create structural change, or changes that can modify a municipality, you have to work from within the community,” said Jacob, the foundation’s namesake. Jacob points out the lack of jobs as one of the reasons for Mexico’s inability to progress. Also, he said he believes the main issue with Mexico’s education system is the lack of qualified teachers.

“What we are doing is proposing a new educational system through an organization called Redes de Tutoria,” Jacob said. The foundation is collaborating with schools in the community so that students arrive to class with their own lesson plan. Not only are they learning to be more independent, they’re also teaching their peers and teachers.

Mexico is one of the leading countries with bullying being a serious issue. Jacob and his foundation plans to tackle bullying through free classes held at public schools throughout

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Victor Garcia is 12 years old and spends his days at a busy intersection where he juggles lemons and washes windshields.

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You have to start working with children and young people in order to create change that lasts. And unlike federal programs that change every time a new mayor and president are elected, the foundation plans to be around for 25 years.

—Enrique Jacob, Fundación Enrique Jacob

Naucalpan, where teachers, students and parents will be able to learn more about this social issue.

“Everything is interlaced,” Jacob said. “You have to start working with children and young people in order to create change that lasts. And unlike federal programs that change every time a new mayor and president are elected, the foundation plans to be around for 25 years.

“The idea is to generate change in the short, medium and long run,” Jacob said.

DIF and Oportunidades work independently from each other. However, the accidental partnership between the two programs ends up benefiting families in need.

A study called Education in Mexico by InterAmerican Dialogue highlights the issue behind Mexico’s education system as it was bettering in 2012. Enrollment in all grades has increased drastically since 2010. However, “poor students have no option to attending low-quality public primary and secondary schools that do little to raise their productivity or prepare them for the university.” Students going to public universities do not pay tuition. Instead of spending more money on university students, Mexico could use funds to improve the quality of education and enrollment in primary and secondary school.

DIF could enlist more support from the government if it wanted to put a stop to underage children working the streets of Mexico.

This would benefit the children and increase the time they could be spending studying for school and doing homework. As long as Mexico is working toward better education for all, it should spend more time on the things preventing children from staying in school.

DIF social worker and lawyer Alma Carolina Cerón Alvarado said that when the Public Ministry sends parents to the DIF offices for a mental health assessment, the DIF social workers inform them about the programs they qualify for.

“We say ‘Look, if your child is in school and you need help paying tuition, there’s a program called Oportunidades, you can go to this lawyer,’ and we call them,” said Alvarado. “We give them the option, so that they can do better with their children. From there it’s up to each person.”

Education can reshape Mexico and its people, who are more than capable of improving their own way of life if provided with the tools to learn, not just buy.

Oportunidades and DIF are two programs with the ability to bring education to the children.

The money should be regulated and aimed at getting kids through the school doors. And DIF could enforce children’s attendance in school by putting more responsibility on the parents.

Fernandez is a journalism senior from San Antonio.

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From an extended Thanksgiving break to a new chancellor, get caught up on all the UT news that occurred since school ended last spring.

May 14 — Student Government Judicial Court ruling invalidates appointees to SG’s internal and external positions and requests interview notes for the positions to be released.

May 5 — Faculty Council approves proposal to extend Thanksgiving break. The decision moves to all faculty for a vote.

May 14 — The Board of Regents increase out-of-state undergraduate tuition at the University by 2.6 percent.

May 19 — Travis County grand jury indicts Rashad Owens on one count of capital murder, four counts of felony murder and 24 counts of aggravated assault.

May 19 — Regent Wallace Hall says in a letter to Chairman Paul Foster that he will not resign.

May 15 — UT System report on legislative influence over University admissions finds no system of wrongdoing but finds letters of recommendation from legislators likely influenced the admissions process.

May May 15 — Chairman Paul Foster publicly asks Regent Wallace Hall to resign.

July 7 — In a statement, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa cites “breakdown” in communication and trust as his reasons for asking President William Powers Jr. to resign.

July 9 — Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and President William Powers Jr. agree to set Powers’ resignation for June 2, 2015.

July 4 — In a letter to Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, President William Powers Jr. requests to resign after the 2015 legislative session.

May 17 — Naval Adm. William McRaven delivers commencement address at the University.

July 2 — Rahatul Khan pleads guilty to conspiring and attempting to support terrorists.

July 1 — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is named president of the Texas Exes alumni association.

July 2 — Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa asks President William Powers Jr. to resign by October.

July 15 — The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals determines that the University’s holistic review admissions policy meets the strict scrutiny standard.

July 10 — Citing “insulting and disparaging comments” sent to Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa over his request for President William Powers Jr. to resign, Chairman Paul Foster calls on the UT System and the University to close an “unfortunate chapter in the history of this great state.”

July 16 — The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations questions Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and Chairman Paul Foster about President William Powers Jr.’s resignation and Regent Wallace Hall.

July 21 — Gov. Rick Perry announces surge of 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border.

August

July 24 — UT football players Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander are arrested and each charged with sexual assault.

July 29 — The Board of Regents names Naval Adm. William McRaven sole finalist to replace Francisco Cigarroa as chancellor.

July 30 — The University announces a plan requiring all students to purchase bandwidth in order to access the faster wireless network.

July 29 — Abigail Fisher requests 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the case against the University en banc.

Aug. 1 — In an email to Student Government representatives, the SG assembly speaker announces the Office of Legal Affairs determined that releasing interview notes for internal and external positions would violate federal student privacy laws.

Aug. 7 — The Austin City Council places the urban rail bond proposal on November ballot.

Aug. 8 — The University decides to continue providing 500 MB of free bandwidth to students because of negative feedback.

Aug. 15 — Travis County grand jury indicts Gov. Rick Perry on two felony charges.

Aug. 21 — The Board of Regents elects Naval Adm. William McRaven as the UT System’s next chancellor and approves plan that offsets lack of in-state tuition increases.

Aug. 11 — The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations censures Regent Wallace Hall.

Aug. 19 — University announces it has passed its goal of raising $3 billion in eight years with a $50 million donation from the Livestrong Foundation.

June 18 — UT student Rahatul Khan is charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

June 26 — The Austin City Council approves the urban rail plan with three proposed stations on campus.

July July 10 — President Barack Obama gives speech in Austin on economic progress since the 2008-2009 recession.

May 27 — State Sen. Dan Patrick, RHouston, defeats Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary run-off for lieutenant governor.

June

May 12 — The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations determines grounds for Regent Wallace Hall’s impeachment.

May 20 — The Board of Regents approves guaranteed tuition plan and decides not to increase in-state undergraduate tuition at the University.

May 21 — Gov. Rick Perry expresses support for Regent Wallace Hall during a house transparency committee meeting.

June 16 — Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost, announces Kedra Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, will leave the University for a position at the University of MichiganAnn Arbor.

June 20 — Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announces the UT System will launch an external investigation into University admissions.

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Whataburger employee contracted hepatitis A

By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

Ethan Oblak | Daily Texan Staff

A fire early Monday morning forced 32 residents to evacuate the Walnut Run apartment complex in North Campus.

Apartment fire forces evacuation

By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

After a fire Monday morning at a North Campus apartment complex forced 32 people to evacuate from their housing, the American Red Cross set up a temporary shelter.

The shelter was located at the Recreational Sports Center on campus and opened around 6 a.m.

Monday, according to Red Cross volunteer Bob Stephens. Stephens said the shelter provided sleeping cots and blankets, a comfort kit, snacks and access to showers. Stephens said he expected more students to come by that night, but only three students registered to use the shelter’s services, so the shelter officially shut down around 3:30 p.m. Monday.

According to Michelle

Tanzola, Austin Fire Department spokeswoman, the fire started in a second floor apartment around 2:30 a.m. at the Walnut Run complex on 3202 Helms St., near Speedway and 32nd Street.

A total of 18 apartment units in the building were affected, but no one was injured in the fire. The firefighters extinguished the fire around 3 a.m. after evacuating both the main apartment complex and the two buildings next door.

Management graduate student Suho Han said he was in the apartment right below where the fire started.

“I woke up around 2:30, and it sounded like popcorn popping, so I looked out the window … and [there was] fire on the roof of the balcony and embers

An employee at the Whataburger on Guadalupe Street near campus was diagnosed with hepatitis A, public health officials reported Thursday.

Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services officials said transmission of the infection to customers was unlikely, but they still caution anyone who ate at the restaurant between Aug. 7-19 to seek medical help if they experience any symptoms such as fever, nausea or stomach discomfort.

Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease resulting from the hepatitis A virus and is usually spread by ingesting fecal matter or through contact with objects, food or drinks contaminated by the feces of an infected person,

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

In a statement released Aug. 21., Whataburger said food safety is a top priority for the restaurant and employees were working with Travis County health officials to ensure proper health and safety measures are in effect.

“We remain committed to a safe and clean dining experience for our employees and customers, and we have taken several precautionary measures, including providing all of our team members who work at this restaurant a hepatitis A vaccine at Whataburger’s expense,” Whataburger representatives said in a statement.

Anyone with questions related to the incident can contact the restaurant at 844-569-5555.

I woke up around 2:30, and it sounded like popcorn popping, so I looked out the window ... and [there was ] fire on the roof of the balcony and embers coming down.

—Suho Han, Management graduate student

coming down,” Han said. “I got up, put on my shorts … and grabbed my keys and my wallet. We got outside, and the fire was going up the wall.”

Han said the fire department arrived fairly quickly.

“Once the fire department came, they told us to get across the street,” Han said.

“It took about 20 minutes for the firefighters to put out the fire, but then it came back a little bit.”

Han said his apartment was severely damaged, but

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“It’s all trash now,” Han said. “I’m probably going to stay at my friend’s house until I can find somewhere else.”

Christa Lopez, associate director of Student Emergency Services, said her organization was working to provide emergency funds and other basic necessities for students affected by the fire.

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An employee at the Whataburger near campus was diagnosed with hepatitis A. Health officials said it was unlikely the infection was transmitted to customers.

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Roles, backgrounds of major players in UT System explained

Francisco Cigarroa Chancellor

Chancellor The chancellor acts as the CEO of the System, which is made up of nine academic institutions and six health institutions.

Directly overseeing the System’s operations, the chancellor is elected by and reports to the Board of Regents The current chancellor is Francisco Cigarroa. Be-

Chairman Paul Foster

— Appointed in November 2007 and reappointed in February 2013 — Elected chairman in August 2013 — Founder and executive chairman of Western Refining, Inc. — Chairman of Northern Tier Energy LP

Regent Wallace Hall, Jr.

— Appointed in February 2011 — Founder and president of Wetland Partners LP

fore becoming chancellor, Cigarroa worked as president of UT Health Science Center at San Antonio from 2000-2009. In February, Cigarroa announced his resignation to return to practicing pediatric surgery. Cigarroa will finish his tenure as chancellor in December.

Thursday, the Board of Regents elected Naval Adm.

Vice Chairman Steven Hicks

— Appointed in February 2009 and reappointed in February 2011 — Elected vice chairman in February 2011 and reelected in August 2013 — Owner and executive chairman of Capstar Partners LLC

Regent Jeffery Hildebrand

— Appointed in February 2013 — Founder, chairman and CEO of Hilcorp Energy Company

Vice Chairman Gene Powell

— Appointed in February 2009 — Served as chairman from February 2011 through August 2013 — Co-founder of Airstrip Technologies — President of The Quincy Lee Company — Founder of The Powell Companies real estate brokerage company — Founder of Bitterblue Inc.

Regent Brenda Pejovich

— Appointed in July 2010 and reappointed in February 2011 — President of Brenda Pejovich Group LLC

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Each regent serves a sixyear term, except the stu-

Regent Ernest Aliseda

— Appointed in February 2013 — Managing attorney for the Loya Insurance Group — Municipal court judge for the city of McAllen — Major in the U.S. Army Reserves, Judge Advocate General Corps

Regent Robert Stillwell

— Appointed in February 2009 — Retired partner of Baker Botts LLP — Retired director of Mesa Petroleum Co. — Retired principal with TBP Investments Management — Board of directors of EXCO Resources Inc.

dent regent, who serves a one-year term.

One of the board’s regents, Wallace Hall, was the subject of a House transparency committee investigation for more than a year. Since the 2013 legislative session, Hall has been accused by state legislators of overstepping his authority as a regent by filing large records requests to the University, working to remove Powers from his position and violating federal student privacy laws.

Regent Alex Cranberg

— Appointed in February 2011 — Chairman of Aspect Holdings LLC

Student Regent Max Richards

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President William Powers Jr. discusses his June 2015 resignation at a Faculty Council meeting in July. Powers has served as president since 2006.

Meet the upper echelons of University leadership President: The president oversees the entire institution. The president sets the University’s plans and policies and works to implement System policy at the institution. Other duties include managing the University’s business affairs.

President William Powers Jr. has served as the leader of UT for the past eight years, preceding his tenure as dean of UT’s Law School. During his time as president, Powers has focused on elevating UT’s standing in Texas and in

national rankings, reforming undergraduate core curriculum and establishing a diverse student body and faculty.

Following years of tension between Powers and the UT System Board of Regents, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa asked Powers to resign by October 2014. In mid-July, Powers and Cigarroa agreed to set his resignation date for June 2, 2015, with the intention of giving Powers enough time to complete his remaining goals for the University.

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Gregory Fenves became the University’s executive vice president and provost in October 2013 after previously serving as dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering.

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The official University welcome event “Gone to Texas” brought together more than 8,000 students and members from the University community for a celebration in front of the Tower on Tuesday evening. President William Powers Jr. opened the ceremony by welcoming students to the University the night before classes began for the fall semester.

“What an impressive sight to look out over the Main Mall and see this assembly of new Texas Longhorns,” Powers said.

Powers said students will face challenges in their time at the University. Powers said he was confident the new students would rise to meet those challenges, before announcing his participation in one himself: the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

“A few days ago I was given a challenge when I was nominated for the ice bucket challenge,” Powers said. “Part of the challenge is passing on this wonderful opportunity, and tonight I pass along [the Ice Bucket Challenge] to one of the newest members of the UT administrative team and one of the greatest Longhorns ever, Vince Young.”

The Gone to Texas program, a tradition of over 20 years, introduced new students to the traditions and

core values at the University with various performances introduced by speakers from a wide variety of University schools and organizations, including Student Government President Kori Rady and Vice President Taylor Strickland.

“There’s been a lot of coordinating between the different groups so we’ve been working really hard,” Strickland said. “Personally, I had two rehearsals and I know there have been at least five run-throughs, so it’s been a lot of work, but it’s really nice that we think it went well.”

The ceremony also featured submissions from incoming freshmen who created videos about what a “Longhorn State of Mind” means to them. Gage Paine, vice president of student affairs, announced business freshman Steven Nguyen the winner before the Longhorn Band closed the event with “The Eyes of Texas” and “Texas Fight.”

Engineering freshman Katie Moore said hearing the band play “The Eyes of Texas” was her favorite part of the event.

“It’s really cool looking forward to seeing this again in four years,” Moore said.

“We’re going to have worked very hard to get through the next four years.”

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1. At the end of the “Gone to Texas” ceremony, the Tower

glows orange with the number “18” to represent the class of 2018. Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff

2. Students from the College of Liberal Arts stand and cheer as their college is announced during “Gone to Texas.” Sarah Montgomery | Daily Texan Staff 3. Freshman acting major Cosme Flores hits a beach ball

among fellow fine arts students before the start of “Gone to Texas.” Sarah Montgomery | Daily Texan Staff

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4. UT’s baton twirler performs in front of the Tower for “Gone To Texas” on Tuesday evening. Jonathan Garza | Daily Texan Staff

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For the first time in nearly 17 years, Mack Brown won’t lead the Longhorns out of the tunnel at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the season opener. New head coach Charlie Strong will.

Only about eight months into the job, Strong isn’t too keen on making predictions about the upcoming season, but Texas players have noticed obvious differences in the way Strong handles the program.

“I just think the whole energy is different,” senior linebacker Jordan Hicks said. “It’s hard to look at this team and say that we are the same team that we were.

The entire coaching staff and the whole philosophy has changed. Coach Strong is such a defensive-minded coach. Coach Brown was an [offensive-minded coach].”

Coming off the program’s two worst seasons in terms of yards allowed, a defensive-minded coach should be a welcome change for Texas.

“If the offense was having a bad day, it was a bad day.

Now, if the defense is having a bad day, it’s a bad day. It’s

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Senior defensive end Cedric Reed should be among the most important players on new head coach Charlie Strong’s defense.

Texas has high hopes this year for Reed, who finished third in the Big 12 with 10.0 sacks in 2013.

just so opposite from what it used to be, and I’m not saying that’s a bad thing,” Hicks said. “I’m not saying that’s a good thing — we won a lot of games with Coach Brown.

We’ve had a lot of great coaches come through here,

but to say it’s not different would be crazy because everything about this program is different.”

Strong’s track record on defense, both at Louisville and as a defensive coordinator at Florida,

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suggests that he should be able to transform an underproducing unit from a weakness to an asset.

“He’s big on defense. He thinks defense is key to any championship,” senior defensive end Cedric Reed

said. “We started a practice over one day because we came out there just slow on defense, and [he] made us start all the way back over. He’s real passionate

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When the Longhorns hit the field Saturday, a few things will be different for junior defensive tackle Malcom Brown.

Starting time and playing time are nothing new; the junior has played in 26 career games, starting in all 13 last season. The heat and hits won’t faze him either, thanks to a series of brutal two-a-days head coach Charlie Strong has instituted. But the standard to which Brown will be held Junior defensive tackle Malcom Brown hopes to increase his leadership role and continue to improve this year after a promising 2013 season.

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will likely be at a much higher level.

“The leaders on defense: They start leading by example, and they become more vocal because that’s what the coaches wanted,” Brown said. “You can’t do anything wrong because, if you mess up, the younger ones are going to follow you.”

Brown knows he, senior linebacker Jordan Hicks and senior cornerback Quandre Diggs need to step up as defensive leaders. He’s taken the initiative to bring his own game

to the next level, finishing 2013 as third on the team with passes broken up, tackles for loss and QB pressures. His accomplishments didn’t go unnoticed when he shared the team’s Joseph W. Moore Tenacity Award for Defense with former Longhorns Jackson Jeffcoat and Chris Whaley. But, as an upperclassman, he now hopes to pass on his strategies to younger players.

“We always back up each other,” Brown said. “You

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By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox

Since winning the national championship in 2012, the Texas’ men’s golf team has found that hoisting the trophy for a second time is just as hard as it was to win it once.

In their attempt to return as champs in 2013, the Longhorns fell to Illinois in the first round of match play at the NCAA Championships. Last year, Texas failed to qualify for the match play portion of the championship, finishing 13th.

But with standout sophomores Beau Hossler and Gavin Hall returning to the team and incoming freshmen Taylor Funk, Doug Ghim and Scottie Scheffler providing solid depth, the Longhorns are ready to get back to the top of the college golf world.

“Our team is going to be one of the best in the country this year,” Hossler said in an interview with Longhorn Network.

While the Longhorns struggled in the NCAA

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Senior cornerback Quandre Diggs appears ready to lead the Longhorns as one of the key veterans on the Texas defense. After tallying 58 tackles and 10 pass breakups in 2013, Diggs enters 2014 on the Thorpe Award watch list.

Diggs primed for final year

By Peter Sblendorio @petersblendorio

Senior cornerback Quandre Diggs isn’t afraid to speak his mind.

Whether it’s giving advice to teammates or talking smack to opponents, Diggs rarely misses a chance to say what he’s thinking. It’s one of the biggest reasons he’s regarded as one of the most prominent leaders in the Texas locker room.

It’s also one of the biggest reasons why he has quickly bonded with his new coaching staff.

“It’s helped me because I can relate to [head coach Charlie Strong],” Diggs said. “I relate to him a lot.

I can talk to those guys, all of our coaches, for 45

minutes. I can just go up there and speak my mind to tell them what I like and what I don’t like. Most of the time they don’t listen to the stuff I don’t like, but, oh well, I’m still going to tell them.”

Diggs believes that this regular communication with Strong benefits the whole roster, as he frequently relays his coach’s messages to his teammates.

“I can get something from Coach Strong and go back down into the locker room and tell those guys,” Diggs said. “The guys know that I’m not going to lie to them. They know I’ll tell them exactly what he said, and it’s up to me to help them get something done or they get in trouble by him.”

Of course, Diggs serves

as far more than just the team’s vocal leader. He’s one of Texas’ most accomplished and dynamic players, and now, entering his senior season, the cornerback appears primed for another stellar campaign.

Diggs enters the season on the watch list for the 2014 Thorpe Award, which is awarded to the nation’s best defensive back each season. He’s coming off of an impressive 2013 season that saw him record 58 tackles while leading Texas with 10 pass breakups.

Right now, though, the senior cornerback is far more concerned with Saturday’s season opener against North Texas than he is with postseason awards. Diggs said his first offseason under

Strong was physically demanding, and he’s ready to finally put everything he’s accomplished since the end of last season to the test.

“It’s going to be fun,” Diggs said. “Camp was grueling; camp was tough.

It was waking up each and every morning and knowing you’re going in for a grind each and every day when you wake up. … It’ll be fun on Saturday, and I’m just ready to go out there and compete.”

While Diggs believes the Longhorns should be a tougher bunch after the recent offseason, he thinks the biggest thing that Strong has taught the Longhorn players is how to combine hard work with having fun

in practice.

“I think we’re just having more fun,” Diggs said.

“You know, a lot of guys being themselves, just going out and competing each and every day. When you make plays at practice, you can celebrate; you can talk trash; you can do all that. That’s important for a team just to be able to be themselves, loosen up all the time, just go run around, have fun and play football.”

For Diggs, the new season is likely to give him plenty of opportunity to speak his mind, to rally his teammates and disrupt his opponents. Of course, the senior cornerback hopes that it’s his play on the field that speaks the loudest.

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about his defense. That’s one thing that will be improved.”

Defense isn’t the only thing changing. Since replacing Brown, Strong has sought to “put the ‘T’ back in Texas” and alter the perception of the Longhorns being a “soft team.”

“Everybody has been

With games against three top-10 teams on the schedule this season, Texas will have plenty of opportunities to prove its changed for the better.

“It’s just going to be a tougher team,” Reed said.

“We are tired of just talking about it and are going to walk the walk.”

working — that’s all I can say,” junior defensive tackle Malcom Brown said. “Everybody has been working hard. Everybody has got [more] mature, and you are going to see a lot of stuff you’ve never seen before, as in physicalness, and everybody is just driven, wanting to be back on top.”

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Senior defender Whitney Jaynes runs downfield against TCU last season. Jaynes tallied Texas’ winning goal Monday against Hawaii to give the Longhorns their first win of the season.

Jaynes’ late goal guides Texas to win over Hawaii in opener Texas fell behind early as Hawaii’s senior midfielder Krystal Pascua opened up the game with a goal in the fifth minute.

By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74

Texas women’s soccer scored a late goal Monday night, securing a 2-1 victory against Hawaii at Waipi’o Peninsula Stadium in the Outrigger Resorts Shootout.

Texas fell behind early as Hawaii’s senior midfielder Krystal Pascua opened up the game with a goal in the fifth minute.

But the Rainbow Wahine’s lead didn’t last long as Longhorn junior midfielder Lindsey Meyer scored the equalizer in the 22nd minute.

After Meyer’s goal, the game stayed even through the rest of the first half.

The Longhorns were finally able to break through in the 73rd minute when senior defender Whitney Jaynes scored an unassisted goal to give Texas a 2-1 lead. This was Jaynes’ first goal of the season and her second career goal.

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Four Longhorns were named to the Outrigger Resorts Shootout All-Tournament team: senior defender Brooke Gilbert, senior midfielder Sharis Lachappelle, junior midfielder Lindsey Meyer and junior goalkeeper Abby Smith.

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have players that can follow what you do, always come up to you and ask you when they don’t know what to do.

That’s when you become a leader — because they respect you enough they know you know what you’re talking about.”

Among those players whom Brown has under his wing is freshman defensive back Jason Hall. Strong said Hall, an AP All-State 5A honorable-mention, will likely see playing time in his first career game Saturday. Strong attributes Hall’s readiness to impressive performances in fall camp, but Brown thinks it’s more than just skill that Hall offers.

“He gets in. He’ll learn.

He’ll listen to everybody else,” Brown said. “He’s not one of those guys who will be like, ‘I’m good enough.

I can do whatever I want.

You can talk to me, but I’m not going to listen to

you.’ He’ll talk to us about what he has to do and just make sure he knows everything. When you have a player like that, who’s willing to learn everything, that’s real good out there on the field.”

It doesn’t hurt that Hall has strong mentors, such as Brown, to approach.

With years of experience battling the hype before season openers, Brown keeps a steady head. He said it’s easy to get tired both physically and mentally when coaches repeat themselves, and players take repeated hard hits in practice. That’s why keeping everything in perspective is crucial.

“We’ve been hitting a lot,” Brown said. “Just how everybody is — they’ve just changed, and they’re real focused on what they need to do: learning everybody else’s position and

He’s not one of those guys who will be like, ‘I’m good enough. I can do whatever I want. You can talk to me, but I’m not going to listen to you.’

—Malcom Brown, Junior defensive tackle

why they’re doing it and everything. They want us to put so much into it before practice that, when we get inside a game, you already know what to do.”

Come Saturday, the defensive line will have the chance to show its improvement, and Brown will be right in front to lead them.

GOLF continues from page 11 also bring back all but two players from last year’s squad. Senior Kramer Hickok returns after finishing in the top 10 in four tournaments last year, and Hall will look to improve after a disappointing freshman campaign.

Hossler will likely be the leader for Texas on the course, though. He led the team with 24 rounds at or below par last year and was Texas’ highest finisher in three of the last

four tournaments, including a season-best third place finish in the Big 12 Championships.

And he’s only gotten better this summer.

Since the NCAA tournament, Hossler made the final of the California State Amateur and won both the Southern California Amateur and the Western Amateur.

The three incoming freshmen will also provide strength. Scheffler, ranked

No. 1 in the junior rankings when signed with the Longhorns, was a three-time 4A state champion in Texas and won the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, while both Funk and Ghim are likely to be key pieces for the Longhorns for the next four years as well.

Texas will be ready to get off to a strong start when it tees off for the first time in the OFCC/ Fighting Illinois Invitational on Sept. 12.

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Jam to the sound of democracy

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Live music, drinks and friends are not typically associated with voter registration. But United We Jam, Austin Music People’s second annual event, aims to give Austin’s music industry a political voice.

Thirty venues on the 600-900 blocks of Red River Street, encompassing the area known as the Red River Cultural District, will host the two-night music event. Starting at 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, each venue will host local bands.

Venues such as Stubb’s, Mohawk and Empire Control Room & Garage will charge a maximum $5 cover fee to shows including Mother Falcon, Residual Kid and Mrs. Glass. While bands perform, Austin Music People’s team will roam the streets, registering

audiences to vote in this year’s local elections.

Since 2011, Austin Music People has advocated for the “brands, bands and fans” that make Austin the live music capital of the world. The organization pays attention to policies and changes occurring in the city while surveying the impact they will have on the music industry.

“Anything that touches music touches us in one way or another, so it’s our job to kind of be a watchdog over laws and ordinances and make sure they’re music friendly,” said Jennifer Houlihan, executive director of Austin Music People.

Austin Music People and the club owners in the Red River Cultural District created United We Jam last year to promote local bands and increase voter registration.

“It was an experiment, and what we wanted to do was have a music event that wasn’t a festival,” Houlihan said. “We didn’t want wristbands.

We didn’t want street closures. We just wanted local clubs and bands to get business without big out-of-town sponsors.”

Despite having only 12 participating venues last year, Austin Music People felt that the event was a success. The team registered 150 voters and also received thousands of signatures on a petition that officially declared the area a cultural district.

“We’ve made voting the main focus to involve Austin in the political process and awareness of issues that effect the musicians around town,” said Denis O’Donnell, owner of the White Horse club.

The event requires

each participating venue find and pay its own local talent. In addition, all proceeds from the cover fees go directly to Austin Music People to support the research of civic issues.

“We wanted to do something with locals because we all remember when things were cheap,” Houlihan said. “And now, locals can’t go anymore. They can’t have any fun, so we thought, ‘Let’s do something as inexpensive as we can make it.’”

After this year’s elections, there will be almost an entirely new set of council members. James Taylor, general manager at the Holy Mountain, believes this year’s team will have greater success in registering voters who will help elect a council that is aware of Austin’s culture.

“To have an organization

We didn’t want wristbands. We didn’t want street closures. We just wanted local clubs and bands to get business without big out-of-town sponsors.

—Jennifer Houlihan, Austin Music People executive director

like Austin Music People and someone like Houlihan, who can advocate for the interest of the music community at City Hall, is going to be a huge asset going into this next election cycle,” Taylor said.

O’Donnell said United We Jam is different from the typical music festivals that take place in Austin.

He said it helps to create a voice for business owners in the district.

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Houlihan says Austin Music People plans on making United We Jam an Austin staple.

“We’d love for it [to] be citywide in five years,” Houlihan said. “We started with a few. We weren’t quite sure what was going to happen, but we got some traction, and it’s very exciting.”

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Local Christian group promotes inclusion

By Kate Dannenmaier @kjdannen

When Amelia Fulbright started working as an associate pastor at University Baptist Church in Austin, she discovered that students were searching for a more inclusive ministry.

In turn, she formed the Labyrinth Progressive Student Ministry in August 2013. Labyrinth is a student-run Christian group that meets weekly at University Christian Church to meditate and explore spirituality.

“I thought it was really important to have a louder voice on campus that says, ‘That’s not the only way to be Christian,’” Fulbright said. “We believe in God and try to follow the teachings of Christ, but we actually believe that Jesus was all about liberating people from various forms of oppression.”

Labyrinth worshipped and worked with members of Jewish and Muslim student groups on campus in its first year. This year, the group plans to collaborate with Texas Secular Humanists, a nonreligious stu d e nt

group.

“We’re really LGBTQfriendly — that’s one of our big things,” Fulbright said. “And we are Christian, so we’re coming from that perspective. Interfaith dialog is also really important to us.”

Labyrinth offers weekly meditation, which isn’t necessarily religious. Each week, the group tries different meditation techniques, allowing members to relate to their personal beliefs.

“When we use the image of the mountain, that’s usually something you can find across religious traditions,” Fulbright said. “And you can make it Christian, or, if you’re not particularly religious, you can just think about a mountain. I try to structure it so that you have a lot of options and that you trust your subconscious to find the image or the phrase that you really need the most.”

According to English sophomore Sara Asberry, vice president of Labyrinth, she uses this time to de-stress rather than to pray.

“It’s kind of different,

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Daniel Wei, Philippa Maples and Sara Asberry are members of Labyrinth, a student-run Christian group that meets weekly to meditate. Students walk along the multicolored labyrinth to help ease their worries and anxieties.

person to person,” Asberry said. “A lot of people take it as a time to explore their faith and try to center themselves, but I just use it to take a break for the week.”

During the meditation sessions, students can walk along the group’s rainbowcolored labyrinth.

According to Fulbright, they symbolically take all their worries and anxieties with them to the center, leaving them there, and journey out into their lives less burdened.

“In a labyrinth, there’s only one path, as opposed to a maze where you can get lost and you have to figure out the right way

In a labyrinth, there’s only one path, as opposed to a maze where you can get lost and you have to figure out the right way to go. And, spiritually, the significance of that is, even when you feel like your life is twisting and turning, [if] you just keep going forward you’ll get to the right place in the end.

—Amelia Fulbright, Labyrinth founder

to go,” Fulbright said. “And, spiritually, the significance of that is, even when you feel like your life is twisting and turning, [if ] you just keep going forward you’ll get to the right place in the end.”

For that reason, the group decided to name itself Labyrinth. Many of its members are able to explore their faith through meditation sessions, discussions and activities that help them navigate their own “labyrinths.”

“We felt like [the labyrinth] was a good metaphor, particularly for students,” Fulbright said.

“When you’re asking questions and exploring different directions, it’s

comforting to know that even when you feel lost, you’re not.”

Sarah Wildt, a student at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, joined the group when it was formed and decided to become more involved this year. Beginning this fall as an intern, she plans to organize activities and guide discussions with students.

“For me, Labyrinth is everything I believe in an organization,” Wildt said. “Labyrinth is literally the epitome of what I believe in, and I never really saw myself that interested in college ministry before, but being here and taking on this role is be cause I’m so passionate about what we stand for.”

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Vice president Reece Poth, Jessica Vallejo, and president Olivia Nguyen of the Texas Hammocking Club lounge in hammocks on the Colorado River Tuesday afternoon. The club was created this year as a social and service organization and will be tabling throughout the first few weeks of classes.

Hammocking strings together nature lovers

By Sam Limerick @thedailytexan

Hammocks strung between trees are an increasingly common sight on campus, and, beginning this fall, a new student organization is taking this pastime to the natural areas surrounding Austin.

Founders aerospace engineering junior Olivia Nguyen and marketing junior Jordan Lewis were hiking the Barton Creek Greenbelt together in desperate a search for a place to string up their hammocks

when they realized there was a stark lack of student organizations that allow students to channel interests in hiking and hammocking. Their goal was to cultivate a sense of responsibility for the outdoors they love, so they created Texas Hammocking Club.

The club will focus on environmental causes and plans on volunteering for organizations such as Keep Austin Beautiful. The club is not enforcing any sort of service hour requirement for members, but it wants to

provide students an opportunity to give back to the outdoors.

Students can participate in all aspects of the club as much or as little as they like, both social and service aspects, Vallejo said. Additionally, the club does not collect dues — prerequisites include owning a hammock, showing up and being prepared to hike.

“If you just want to volunteer, you can,” Nguyen said.

“If you just want to hammock, you can do that too.“ The club plans to take

group hikes in close locations, such as Twin Falls and the Barton Creek Greenbelt, and pitch their hammocks in specific locations discovered by the officers and members.

According to officers, the list of hiking destinations is likely to grow and is open to suggestions.

Nguyen emphasized that the environment of the club is open, inclusive and encouraging. Reece Poth, architectural engineering junior and vice president of the club, hopes the organization

fosters a community of people passionate about the outdoors in all its forms and who come out to all of the club’s events.

“I think it’d be cool to have a solid core of people we see at every event,” Poth said.

The club also plans to organize an end-of-year camping trip for all of its members, a fitting alternative to a banquet, the officers said.

Ever since Nguyen and Lewis conceived their idea for the club, they have received a great response from friends and peers all across

the University and have gained a significant following on Facebook. The club is working to gain further exposure in a variety of ways for this upcoming semester — fliers and T-shirts are in the works, and the group plans to table throughout the first few weeks of classes.

Although the group has not set official meeting dates yet, those who are interested in the club will find its members strung up in hammocks all across campus throughout the tabling season.

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