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Regents deny reps access to interviews

Displaced residents at Pointe expect more delays

By Alex Wilts @alexwilts

The UT System Board of Regents unanimously voted Monday to deny requests from two state legislators to monitor interviews relating to the external investigation of UT’s admissions process.

At a special meeting over telephone conference call, the board discussed a Sept.

8 letter from state Reps. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, and Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, announcing their intention to attend or monitor all interviews conducted

by Kroll Associates, Inc., the risk mitigation response firm leading the investigation.

In August, the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations announced Martinez Fischer

and Larson would be tasked with monitoring the System.

At the board meeting Monday, Regent Gene Powell read a motion rejecting Martinez Fischer and Larson’s request to be involved in the interviews conducted by the firm.

“The Chancellor expressly charged that the investigation be independent, and to

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By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman

Lyle Larson

State Representative

Trey Martinez Fischer State representative

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Faculty votes to extend Thanksgiving break

By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman

Thanksgiving break took a step closer to being one day longer.

The Faculty Council voted to extend Thanksgiving break at a specially called meeting Monday. The new schedule is expected to be implemented in 2016, once approved by President William Powers Jr. and Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost, according to University spokesman Gary Susswein.

The Faculty Council previously approved extending the break in May, moving the proposal to a general faculty vote.

Because too few general faculty members were in attendance at Monday’s meeting for a quorum to be present, the Faculty Council took the vote instead.

To make up for the missed Wednesday, the Faculty Council approved

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Mechanical engineering professor Raymond Orbach states his argument against the extension of the Thanksgiving holiday at a Faculty Council meeting Monday afternoon.

After being unsure about their housing situation, some Pointe on Rio leaseholders say they have been told they will be without housing after Oct. 15.

Before the start of the fall semester, future residents found their complex, located at the intersection of Rio Grande Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, still under construction.

According to an email sent on July 24, the building was supposed to be completed

by Aug. 16, but construction was delayed. In the email, the future residents were told the building would be ready for move in

by Oct. 15.

Future residents were offered two options for living arrangements: They could opt to stay at Dobie Center with rent covered by the Pointe on Rio, or they could stay in self-funded outside housing.

Former UT student Sam Antonio, who purchased a lease at the complex and is now staying at a friend’s apartment, said Pointe leasing agents began contacting residents last week informing them that construction will most likely not be complete

by October.

“Finally, last week, a Pointe staff called to

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System police receive military gear

New online video tutorial site offered for students, faculty

By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

Patrol rifles, Humvees and a mine-resistant vehicle are among some of the militarygrade equipment the UT System acquired under a U.S. Department of Defense program. Known as Section 1033, the program allows law enforcement agencies across the country, including the System police, to receive surplus military supplies from the government since 1997.

System spokeswoman Karen Adler said the program helps universities acquire supplies used by police in a cost-effective way.

“The UT System participates in the 1033 program so that we can acquire equipment necessary to protect students and staff at little or no cost to taxpayers,” Adler said.

According to Adler, the System has acquired several forms of military equipment, including rifles, a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle and two Humvees over the past few years. Most of the equipment is used to fulfill policy requirements or protect police and victims in the event

The UT System participates in the 1033 program so that we can acquire equipment necessary to protect students and staff at little or no cost to taxpayers.

—Karen Adler, System spokeswoman

of an emergency, Adler said.

“The rifles acquired by the UT-Tyler police department, for example, fulfill a System policy that requires all System police officers to have access to a patrol rifle,” Adler said.

“The two Humvees acquired

by UT System are used by the System Rapid Response Team in the Rio Grande Valley to protect the UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American campuses and would also be deployed elsewhere in the System, if needed.”

While one of the most intimidating pieces of equipment acquired does not carry weapons, it could also be used for either police or civilian protection in an emergency or natural disaster, Adler said.

“The Mine Resistant

Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, was acquired this past spring and is located at UT System’s police academy,” Adler said. “It doesn’t carry any weapons, but it would be used to provide protection to officers or victims in the event of a catastrophic armed intruder or active shooter. The vehicle also would be used to access areas devastated by a natural disaster to locate and rescue survivors.”

UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said UTPD had not received any equipment from the 1033 program, although it is part of the System.

Adler said universities are required to provide

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By Christina Noriega @crismnoriega

University officials announced in a Universitywide email the online video tutorial site Lynda.com is now available to all students and faculty at no cost.

According to Lynda. com, the site provides more than 115,000 tutorials and more than 2,400 expert-led courses on topics ranging from leadership skills to video editing.

Erika Frahm, a senior program coordinator for Human Resources, said the University originally implemented a trial run of the Lynda.com services for staff member training.

After a successful pilot program, Frahm said the Staff Council worked with Human Resources and the Office of the President to make Lynda.com accessible to students and faculty.

“This tool can help students in any major explore new topics, get immediate answers about a technology

Photo courtesy of Lynda.com

The University announced Thursday that Lynda.com will be available to students and faculty.

What Lynda offers is a better option for them because you can slow it down and rewind it – some of things you can’t do in a classroom.

—Benjamin Bays, Radio-television-film lecturer

question simply by searching for their question, write a résumé, and learn presentation, time management and research skills,” Frahm said in an email.

Before making the

announcement Thursday, the University agreed on a contract with Lynda.com to pay $435,600, or $2.20 per student per year, for the

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Councilman seeks to legalize ride-shaing.

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We should re-evaluate our involvement in wars.

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Texas looks to rest and improve during bye week.

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“Basetrack Live” provides accurate, heartwrenching glance into military life.

UT professor discusses global inequality.

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With President William Powers Jr. set to resign June 2015, the UT System announced Monday the full list of members on the search committee to find candidates to replace him.

Headed by Pedro Reyes, the System’s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Larry Faulkner, former president of UT, the committee also consists of regents, alumni, University faculty and student representative Geetika Jerath, president of the Senate of College Councils.

The three faculty members — music professor Martha Hilley, integrative biology professor David Hillis and philosophy professor Ernest Sosa — were voted to be on the committee by other faculty in late August and approved by the regents earlier in September.

All members of the committee will be responsible for helping propose candidates who will succeed Powers as University president.

Once the candidates have been selected, the committee will present their recommendations to the regents, who will then make the final decision.

The System also hired Spencer Stuart, an executive search consulting firm, to aid the committee in the search process.

“Finding a new leader who will continue the work of positioning UTAustin to be America’s top public research university is a priority for the Board of Regents,” said Paul Foster, System Board of Regents chairman, in a statement.

“The distinguished individuals who will serve on this advisory committee bring a broad perspective, varied experience and sound judgment to this important selection process. The board is grateful for their willingness to serve and looks forward to receiving their recommendations.”

—Alex Wilts

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continues from page 1 justification for why they need certain pieces of equipment.

“The process requires law enforcement agencies to apply through the Texas Department of Public Safety and submit justification,” Adler said.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety website, participating agencies in the program are given equipment free of charge and are prohibited from reselling or leasing the gear. They also must provide updates on the location of “tactical” gear, such as armored vehicles and weaponry.

APD Lt. Kurt Rothert said APD has also received several items through the program, particularly military helmets and helicopter parts.

“We probably get around 400 to 500 helmets a year,” Rothert said. “They’re useful for crowd control situations, and being able to reuse items is a good use of money because, otherwise, we’d have to pay hundreds of dollars for them on the civilian market.”

Rothert said items are either transferred to other agencies or returned to the government after they have outlived their usefulness.

Adler said all UT System officers go through a minimum of 833 hours of basic training, which reduces the possibility of any equipment misuse.

“Through training and policy, we bring to an absolute minimum any possibility that mistaken or inappropriate use of equipment could occur,” Adler said.

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continues from page 1 include one or more members of the Legislature in these interviews would compromise the independence and integrity of the interviews and of the investigation,” the motion said.

The System conducted its own inquiry into legislative influence over the University’s admissions in July 2013, after Regent Wallace Hall brought up issues with two emails he uncovered from one of his record requests to the University. In May, the System announced the inquiry found no evidence of a structured system of favoritism or wrongdoing but determined letters of recommendation sent by legislators to President William Powers Jr. or a dean likely influence the admissions process.

Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announced in June that the System would launch a full external investigation of University admissions because of remaining concerns about the process.

Prior to the reading of the motion during the open session of the meeting, the regents also discussed the potential ramifications of continuing to invest System money into Russia, which has recently become overwhelmed with sanctions because of international political and social issues.

“Divesting from Russia, in and of itself, would not necessarily be an overly significant event,” said Bruce Zimmerman, CEO and CIO of the University of Texas Investment Management Company. “We have about $200 million dollars invested in Russia currently. The larger concern I think would be if we did begin putting in changes to the investment policies related to political and or social issues, then there could very well be a substantial domino effect.”

The regents agreed to continue discussing the issue at future board meetings.

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continues from page 1 next three years of service, said Frahm. A basic membership to Lynda.com costs $25 a month, according to the website.

R a d i o - tel e v is i on - f i l m lecturer Benjamin Bays said he plans to use Lynda.com tutorial videos as coursework for his classes on visual effects and motion in video, rather than standard textbooks.

“In the past, when I’ve tried to use a textbook, it gets outdated really quickly,” Bays said.

Bays said Lynda.com can help students who may need more time to learn software programs.

“What Lynda offers is a better option for them because you can slow it down and rewind it — some of things you can’t do in a classroom,” Bays said.

Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, a Latin American studies graduate student, said she hopes to use video editing tutorials available at Lynda. com for her thesis.

Although she does not have a background in video production, she said she hopes the video tutori-

als will help her produce a short documentary.

“I don’t have the skills, but I have the ideas,” DiazHurtado said. “These programs hopefully can help me communicate my ideas through video.”

Bays said Lynda.com can help all students who are presenting their work online.

“It is a digital world,” Bays said. “Regardless of whether you’re producing digital content or you’re producing something completely different, we still present ourselves online in a variety of different ways.”

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Government and public affairs professor discusses inequality

By Adam Hamze @adamhamz

The current rate of economic inequality in the United States, as well as the rest of the world, is higher than it has been in the past several decades and is continuing to grow, according to James Galbraith, a government and public affairs professor, at a lecture Monday.

At the seminar, called “Capital and Inequality: Up from Piketty,” Galbraith discussed his review of a book by Thomas Piketty about inequality, titled “Capital in the TwentyFirst Century.” Galbraith said Piketty misleads readers mainly because he takes their attention away from important questions that should be asked about the issue.

“In the wake of the crisis, [the important questions are] the dysfunction of the financial system, the actual character of technological change, the continuing deterioration of the world economic order, and a fourth one is the instability

[This] means that the people who hold claims to capital will naturally be getting a larger and larger share of the national wealth.

—James Galbraith, Government and public affairs professor

of the resource situation,” Galbraith said.

Galbraith said he defines “capital” as more than just monetary value. According to Galbraith, anything that allows an entity to make controlling decisions can be referred to as capital.

Mark Metzler, Asian studies and history professor, attended the talk and said he believes the current height of inequality across the world is a result of those with higher status rapidly accumulating more wealth and power.

“The rate of return of capital normally runs at a much higher rate than the rate of economic growth,” Metzler said. “[This] means

that the people who hold claims to capital will naturally be getting a larger and larger share of the national wealth.”

Dashiell Daniels, Asian studies and history junior, said he believes that corporate institutions and financial sectors play an important role in the growing inequality across the globe, especially in the postWWII era.

“Institutional and financial rigidity and accumulating the incomes into a very small sector of the population, where you have almost a monopolistic control of finance and production [are driving forces],” Daniels said.

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By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng

City Council member Chris Riley announced his plan to move toward legalizing ride-sharing apps in Austin. According to local laws, the only way ridesharing companies, such as Lyft and Uber, are legal in Austin is if they operate under ground-permitted transportation services.

“Uber and Lyft’s current operations present both a concern and an opportunity,” Riley said. “Austin should be leading the nation in embracing new transportation options. If we can be assured that a company like Uber or Lyft is operating safely, we ought to work cooperatively with them to make this kind of service legal and readily available.”

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“We talked about it, whether we should start earlier,” said Hans Hofmann, integrative biology associate professor and chair of the Universities Calendar Committee. “There was a lot of concern about that because of the summer session. There are a few days that would be available for professors to recover before the fall semester starts.”

Astronomy professor Harriet Dinerstein said she was concerned that shortening the period before finals would negatively impact students because they would have less time to review course content.

“Adding that extra day at the end not only increases the disparity between MondayWednesday-Friday classes and

The Austin Police Department has been impounding ride-sharing drivers’ cars, as well as handing out citations for lacking a proper permit.

The Austin Transportation Department announced in May that APD would cite and impound cars of drivers who do not have a city chauffeur’s permit.

Jahnavi Shriram, a Plan II and public health freshman, said she used Uber for the first time in San Francisco, the birthplace of the app.

“I was visiting [a friend], and she and a couple of her other friends were getting Japanese food, and we thought we would be able to walk home,” Shriram said. “For some reason, we realized the walk was so much longer and really difficult. We called an Uber cab and it was nice and

really convenient.”

Shriram said she thought regulations would be fine but should not be too strict.

“The company should make sure that the people they hire are absolutely safe people,” Shriram said. “The beginning of the implementation of this — there should be a third party that does background checks, make sure its completely safe. But, beyond safety measures, I think it should definitely be legalized.”

Riley was joined at a press conference Monday by several supportive groups, including members of startup incubator Capital Factory, the Austin Technology Council, the Downtown Austin Alliance and Student Government.

Riley is scheduled to speak at Tuesday’s SG meeting.

Tuesday-Thursday classes but basically removes half of the study time that the students have between the end of classes and the beginning of finals because we now have two days for the weekend and two more dead days,” Dinerstein said.

Other professors, such as mechanical engineering professor Raymond Orbach, said they were concerned students would start skipping the Monday before Thanksgiving break instead of Wednesday.

“The change would mean that Wednesday would no longer be taught, and I think, frankly, that the students that normally don’t come on Wednesday would probably not come on Monday,” Orbach said. “And what we would see is an attrition of the class.”

Student Government President Kori Rady spoke at the meeting as a student representative. Rady said having the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off would allow out-of-state students easier and safer travel.

“The out-of-state students are not being put into consid-

eration,” Rady said. “There are a lot of UT students who are not from Texas — roughly 10 percent of our student body.”

According to SG Vice President Taylor Strickland, since many professors cancel class anyway, the change will allow students to be in class more.

“Every year I’ve been here, my teachers have always canceled class,” Strickland said.

“We pay for every class we go to, and the loss of value to us for canceling a class is far greater than getting a day off.”

After faculty members and the student representatives voiced their opinions, the proposition was approved 27 to 19.

Andrew Clark, former Senate of College Councils president and author of the original proposal, said he thinks the extension of Thanksgiving will provide safer travels for students and give them a needed break before finals.

“Since we’re so close to finals at that time, it gives a short mental break for people to relax with their families,” Clark said.

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On eve of new conflicts, time For night owls, hard studiers, to reconsider role of military 24-hour FAC is absolute must

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By Jeremi Suri

Daily Texan Columnist @JeremiSuri

Our nation’s founding fathers disagreed about many issues: slavery, the presidency and foreign policy. They almost universally shared a belief about the military: It was a necessary part of the “common defense,” but it had to remain small and strictly under civilian control. The founders detested the British soldiers forcibly quartered in American homes before the revolution, and they believed that bloated militaries had undermined good governance in Britain and other societies. For the founders, a democratic military had to come from the people, it had to remain subservient to Congress and the president, and it had to disperse as soon as it defeated its foes.

Our current arrangements for the U.S. military would be unrecognizable to the founders. Instead of a small military mustered only in extreme moments, we now have one of the largest permanent military establishments in the world, and Americans spend far more on the armed forces than any other nation. Our soldiers are no longer part of society at large; they are a professional force trained and educated differently (and sometimes better) than the rest of the population. The U.S. military is organized in the Department of Defense (created in 1947), with a civilian cabinet secretary and a military chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Although they loyally follow the orders of the president, they are now one of the most powerful political and economic forces in our country, influencing everything from industry and education to basic research and popular culture. The U.S. military is, in fact, one of the few government institutions that is widely revered among citizens.

This shift from the tiny military of the 18th century to the huge behemoth of today was probably unavoidable. As the United States grew, it needed a larger military. As the United States confronted more diverse and technologically sophisticated foes, it needed a more advanced set of defenses — including a wide array of nuclear, intelligence and special operations agencies. We cannot turn back the clock and return to the somewhat simpler world of the founders. Nor would most of us wish to do that. We benefit enormously from the wealth that accompanies modern American power.

A historical perspective on the military is important because it reminds us of two important things. First, American institutions of national defense evolved in response

to specific threats and pressures over time.

These institutions have served our country well, but they will only continue to do that if they adjust to new threats and pressures.

Cheering for the military and thanking our soldiers for their service is appropriate, but it is not nearly enough. In a world filled with multiplying small groups that have the capacity to harm American assets and large states that have more powerful weapons, we must ask if our current military is designed appropriately to protect our current interests.

Why do we build so many large and expensive weapons systems that are outdated before they even hit the battlefield? Why do we continue to send massive amounts of military aid to regimes that support terrorist groups?

Why do we continue to underemphasize the kinds of nation-building activities that our military has found itself doing time and again in Afghanistan, Iraq and other dangerous conflict zones? A historical perspective on the military reminds us that internal changes in institutions, training and expectations are necessary for success, even when you are the biggest and strongest on the planet.

Second, and perhaps more important, the growth of the U.S. military has meant tradeoffs for American democracy. Enhanced security is necessary for freedom, but it can also undermine freedom. This was a core insight from the founders that we are wise to remember. Those of us who believe in a strong but democratic military should be forthright in expressing our concerns about the excesses of surveillance, interrogation and even torture that the U.S. military has perpetrated in the last two decades. The continued existence of a military-run prison for alleged terrorists, denied due process, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, contradicts America’s basic tenets of freedom. And it matters to all of us because the powers used in these ways are not easily controlled by the elected officials who are supposed to manage them. A military that overreaches, out of the best intentions, imperils democracy.

We need to talk about these issues, especially at our universities. As we enter a new set of wars in Iraq and Syria, we owe ourselves a serious analysis of what kind of military we need and what kind we should have in a democracy. Young people should play a vital role in this public discussion. You are the ones who serve in the military, and you are the ones who will live with the consequences.

The founders were correct: Military affairs require vigilant civilian attention.

Suri is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Department of History.

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Recently, Student Government, at the urging of government senior Alexander Dickey, began deliberating a proposal to make the Flawn Academic Center, currently open 18 hours a day Monday through Thursday for most of the semester, a 24hour building. This is not without precedent, as the building — previously known as the Undergraduate Library — once indeed opened its doors 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Back in February, we even ran a letter from Dickey lamenting the apparent decline in student services resulting from the elimination of an all-hours student center. Today, sadly, no building on campus is open to all students throughout the day and night.

Although the Perry-Castañeda Library is open 24 hours on weekdays in the middle of the semester and 24/7 closer to final examinations, a perpetual place for nocturnal and otherwise up-at-4 a.m. students to congregate is absolutely vital. We commend Student Government for bringing renewed attention to this important matter.

A section of the library at the University of Houston already opens its doors around the clock, while Texas A&M at least does

so throughout the academic week. Just in the past few days, Louisiana State University announced plans to make its library 24 hours.

But the beauty of a 24-hour FAC study space is that the facility can easily accommodate the transition, easing resource requirements for the more expansive PCL. Students merely need a quiet space for preparation, or even just a computer. For the students who lack ownership of our electronic staple, or perhaps have checked it into a repair shop, university facilities can often be the only way to engage with the online world. For all of us who have checked our emails or text messages in the middle of the night, we should be able to empathize.

Keeping a building open for six more hours while the vast majority of us are sleeping or engaged in other nocturnal activities likely will not mean much at all to most. But it will mean the world to those who truly need the expanded service. For the sake of the 3 a.m. studier or for the student who just wants to chat with friends a few minutes after midnight, extending the hours at the FAC would change our University for the better.

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UT community should support movements to end homelessness

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Carl Evans sits in a parking lot near Austin Resource Center for the Homeless in January 2013.

By Clay Olsen Senior Columnist

According to Austin’s Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, tonight there will be over 2,000 homeless men, women and children on the streets of Travis County. We all pass some of these people every day on our way to class or work. Some of us may have a tendency to think to ourselves, “If only they were not so lazy and just got a job instead of asking for my (parents’) money.”

This thought is as useless as it is naïve. People become homeless and fail to escape the trap for a number of reasons: lack of affordable housing, substance abuse, broken families, poverty, disabilities, etc. Tonight there will be 2,000 homeless men, women and children on the streets of this county, and I am here to give you a message: There is a solution; there is hope.

Who is responsible for the health of our community? Who must be called to take on this challenge and assist those in need? Is the answer the government? We do pay the government taxes, right? Isn’t this their responsibility to clean up? Perhaps you don’t want to deal with it because you’re just one person, and you don’t want to live in reality by admitting the problem. But ignorance is the easy way out. Why do we have to wait for government action to help our neighbors? We, as a community, can act together with the joint mission to solve this problem.

This plan has already been acted on by virtuous individuals in Austin. There are many organizations that have answered the call to fight homelessness and have offered a way for us, yes us, to get involved in the mission.

People become homeless and fail to escape the trap for a number of reasons: lack of affordable housing, substance abuse, broken families, poverty, disabilities, etc.

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These include the already-mentioned Ending Community Homelessness Organization, as well as Feed My People, to name just two. Feed My People meets at the First United Methodist Church’s Family Life Center downtown early every Tuesday and Thursday morning to serve breakfast to the homeless. Student volunteers play a vital role in its success.

Another organization I have come to admire is Mobile Loaves and Fishes. Their mission is not only to give food to the homeless, but also to give them a new beginning. One of their programs is called “Community First,” which brings people off the streets and into homes. The homes make up small communities in which they are all given jobs. Those who join the community must work in order to pay rent for living there. The president of MLF, Alan Graham, asserted the belief that what they are doing is “groundbreaking and is going to shift how we think about the community here in the U. S.” Mobile Loaves and Fishes designed and built what are known as “microhomes” for this community. A microhome is a very small but efficient house that can be set up quickly. Some of these homes were designed and built by UT students in Professor Stephen Ross’ architecture class as a project. Mobile Loaves and Fishes has other programs that assist the homeless while also allowing them the opportunity to hold a job themselves.

These are amazing organizations, but I cannot fully explain within this column all the good work that they do. I strongly encourage that you check them out on your own and get involved in the mission to help our community become stronger. Graham also stated that the hope of the Community First program is that it will “truly inspire young people into a lifestyle of service with the homeless. [They] would love a stronger connection with the students at the greatest university in the world!” It is time for us to step up.

This problem cannot be solved by ignoring it. If we continue to ignore, continue to back away from this issue we will see no end; rather, we will only see it get worse. We cannot wait for others to magically fix this problem. Some of your neighbors have begun to lead the way.

It is time for us to rally behind them and serve.

Olsen is a finance senior from Argyle.

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Longhorns look to recover and improve After a heartbreaking 20-17 loss to UCLA, the Longhorns get a chance to recover and make adjustments during their first bye week before they travel to Lawerence, Kansas, to take on the Kansas Jayhawks on Sept 27.

By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman

Following the blowout loss to BYU on Sept. 6, head coach Charlie Strong didn’t hesitate to call the game as he saw it.

“It’s an embarrassment,” Strong said. “It’s an embarrassment to this program.

It’s an embarrassment to this University, and I knew it, and I didn’t do anything about it.”

Before that game, Strong saw that his players weren’t ready to take on BYU, and the 41-7 shellacking proved him right.

In the week leading up to the matchup against UCLA, the coaching staff hung up new signs around the locker room. The signs read PRIDE, an acronym which stands for “Players Respond In Difficult Environments.”

The signs sent a message to the players, as the Longhorns responded with one of their hardest fought losses in recent memory. Texas left AT&T Stadium dejected, having snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the game’s closing minutes.

“I feel for the kids because they fought their butts off,” said defensive coordinator

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Even though both games were losses, Strong saw vast differences in how Texas played against BYU and UCLA. “Well last week, it just wasn’t our football team,” Strong said. “And today was just an indication of how well we just go out and play and play as a team and just stay focused and prepared, how well we can play. But last week, that wasn’t us.”

With conference play looming after the bye week, the Longhorns know it

will be critical that players don’t let this loss hurt the team’s chances to win future ball games.

“We just got to pick ourselves back up, and know how well you are going to handle adversity, and there’s going to be some tough losses,” Strong said. “So we’ll just see what type of team we are and how we bounce back. We bounced back last week, so we can continue to get better and better.”

Redshirt senior linebacker Jordan Hicks knows his team will need to continue to

improve to win games in conference play and thinks they are on the right track to do so.

“We are nowhere close to where we need to be right now, and we’re nowhere close to where we are going to be,” Hicks said. “We will continue to work [and] get back in the lab. Like I said, we got an extra week. We got a great coaching staff that are going to keep us on the right track, and we’ll bounce back.”

Strong believes it will only be a matter of time before his team starts seeing the

results of their hard work.

“The thing is that when we come back up for that bye week, [it’s] conference play again. So now everything counts,” Strong said.

“So we just got to get — it’s only three games now — so we just got to pick ourselves back up, and you just got to know how to handle adversity. And there’s going to be some tough losses. So we’ll just see what type of team we are and how we bounce back.

We bounced back last week, so we can continue to get better and better.”

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Texas men’s basketball was one of the biggest surprise teams last season.

After posting a disappointing 16-18 record during the 2012-2013 campaign, the Longhorns rallied behind a cast of talented underclassmen last season to improve to 2411 and pick up a victory in the NCAA Tournament.

This season, the Longhorns hope to continue improving and contend for a Big 12 title. Now, though, especially with sophomore guard Martez Walker suspended indefinitely, the numbers suggest Texas must improve in several key categories.

Based on recent history, the Longhorns need to boost their scoring output considerably in order to climb up the conference standings. Texas registered just 74.1 points per game last season, which was good for seventh in the

conference and 84th in the nation, in terms of points per game.

Kansas, on the other hand, finished fourth in the conference and 22nd in the nation, in terms of points per game, with 79.6 points per game en route to the outright conference championship. Oklahoma, who finished second in the Big 12 standings despite having the conference’s worst scoring defense, finished, in terms of points per game, second in the Big 12 and seventh in the nation with 82.2 points per game.

The best offensive team in the conference, though, was Iowa State, who averaged 83 points per game — sixth in the nation — and went on to win the Big 12 Tournament.

For the Longhorns to elevate themselves to the level of those three teams this season, they’ll almost certainly need to score at a greater clip. To do that, they’ll need greater individual performances from

several players.

Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa State each had at least one player average 16.5 points per game or more last season and at least two players average 13.5 points or more. The Longhorns, on the other hand, didn’t have any, as leading scorer Johnathan Holmes averaged just 12.7 points per game.

Texas could have a goto scorer in freshman forward/center Myles Turner, who averaged 18.1 points per game as a senior at Trinity High School last season. Still, the Longhorns will likely need someone like Holmes or sophomore guard Isaiah Taylor to boost their scoring output in order to match up offensively with the other top teams in the Big 12.

The numbers also say the Longhorns must improve their passing game, as they finished eighth in the conference and tied for 161st in the nation, in terms of assists per game,

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with 12.8 assists per game.

Conversely, Iowa State led the nation with 18.4 assists per game, while Kansas and Oklahoma each finished among the top five in the Big 12 in averaging at least 14.9 and 14.6 assists each night, respectively.

Lastly, in order to join the conferences’s elites, last season indicates Texas must improve its field goal percentage. The Longhorns finished ninth in the Big 12 and tied for 236th in the nation,

making just .431 percent of their shots last season. Kansas (.493) and Iowa State (.474) finished first and second in the Big 12, respectively, and Oklahoma finished sixth with a .447 field goal percentage.

Coming off their impressive 2013-2014 campaign, the Longhorns boast the potential to compete with anyone in the Big 12 this season.

But in order to do so, the numbers indicate they must first improve offensively.

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Continuing its domination of college sports and college football, in particular, the SEC placed five of its 14 teams in top-15 range of AP’s ranking this weekend. Highlighted by Alabama at No. 3, Auburn at No. 5, Texas A&M at No. 6 and LSU at No. 8, SEC teams also tallied 10 wins this weekend and just three losses — two of the losses dealt by rivals within the conference. The most poignant loss came Saturday, when Florida beat Kentucky 36-30 in triple overtime. Kentucky redshirt freshman Austin MacGinnis completed consecutive game-tying field goals before the Wildcats fell short.

“We wouldn’t even be in those overtimes if he didn’t make it,” Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops said. “I take my hat off to him. He was clutch. He made some very difficult kicks. I’m proud

of him.”

Stoops said he never expected the team to lose the match.

Sooners spoil SEC fun Oklahoma, who downed Tennessee 34-10, was the lone outsider to beat an SEC team this week. The Sooners maintained their lead throughout the game, allowing the Volunteers just one touchdown in the second quarter and a field goal in the third quarter. Still undefeated, No. 4 Oklahoma faces West Virginia on Saturday. Sophomore running back Keith Ford, Oklahoma’s leading rusher, will miss the game after sustaining a “slight fracture in a non weight-bearing bone in his ankle” against Tennessee, ESPN reported.

Rushing for 194 yards and five touchdowns this season, Ford has dominated the Sooner offense. He also clocks in at No. 3 among receivers on the team with 100 yards.

“You hand the ball off to [Ford], and he’s going to get yards for you,” Sooners quarterback Trevor Knight said.

“He’s such a physical back and just sees the field so well.”

Ford is expected to miss two to three weeks, a timetable that would ensure he’s eligible just in time for the Texas vs OU Red River Rivalry on Oct. 11.

Fan injured at texas game At the Texas-UCLA Advocare Cowboys Showdown, one of the 60,479 fans fell 12-15 feet over a railing in level 100, dropping into a field-level suite at AT&T Stadium. The man was conscious when medical care arrived and transferred him to a Fort Worth Hospital, according to Lt. Lee Tovar, a spokesman for Arlington Fire Department. Sunday, Tovar said the man was reported in critical condition in an intensive care unit, but, by Monday morning, his status improved to “good condition.” The cause of his

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Despite the SEC dominating Saturday, the Oklahoma Sooners spoiled the conference’s fun by beating Tennessee.

fall was unknown.

UCLa staying quiet on Hundley injury Also injured at AT&T Stadium that night, UCLA starting quarterback Brett Hundley left the game in the first quarter with a left elbow injury. In response, UCLA head coach Jim Mora said he’s “not going to tell anybody anything until kickoff versus Arizona State. Nobody. Nothing.”

Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman tweeted Sunday morning that Hundley was diagnosed with slight hyperextension of his left elbow and is expected to be cleared by the end of the week. Hundley should have time to recover, as the Bruins, who rose to No. 10 in the USA Today ranking after the 2017 victory against Texas, take their bye week this week before facing Arizona State in Tempe on Sept. 25.

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