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Concussions sideline Ash's career By Jori Epstein @JoriEpstein
Texas head coach Charlie Strong announced Wednesday evening that junior quarterback David Ash will no longer play football after suffering his third concussion earlier this season. “We just decided because of his health, which was always critical and the number one
concern for us, that he’s no longer going to play,” Strong said. “But he’s still going to be around the team, because he deserves to be on this team and around this program.” Ash, who earned a medical redshirt in 2013 after missing 10 games because of concussions, returned this summer to his team and was named the starter for the
2014 season. In the season opener against North Texas, he completed 19-of-34 passes for 190 yards. He recorded both a passing and rushing touchdown, playing the entire game despite taking a hard hit in the first quarter. Later that night, Ash called the trainers with concussion-like symptoms, which sidelined him for Texas’ next two games.
“We’re always concerned about a young man’s health and will never jeopardize his health for the good of a football team,” said Strong in a Sept. 1 press conference after announcing Ash as out “indefinitely.” Though few believed Ash would return, his decision was not official until Wednesday. Strong said there was “no way” they were going to let
Walker gets second arrest for trespass on campus
Ash back on the field after his history of injuries, but he thinks it’s important Ash remains a part of the team. “It’s a very tough call for him,” Strong said. “He’s very emotional — done a lot for this program, been a major part of this University. Any player you’d like to finish his
By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
Former sophomore basketball guard Martez Walker was charged with criminal trespassing on the UT campus Tuesday, according to a Travis County affidavit. After Walker was charged with assault with injury in the San Jacinto Residence Hall last week, he received a letter from Soncia Reagins-Lilly, dean of students and senior associate vice president for student affairs, prohibiting him from returning to campus without permission from the vice president of student affairs, according to the affidavit. In the letter, which went into effect Thursday, ReaginsLilly said, “If you violate the terms of this letter, you will be arrested for criminal trespass, in accordance with Texas’ Criminal Trespass statute.” Despite the letter, Travis County records report he was seen entering the dormitory at 10:08 a.m. Monday. Once an officer arrived at the dorm, Walker was taken into custody for criminal trespass and transported to the Travis County Jail. After Walker’s first arrest Friday for the alleged assault, men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes suspended Walker from the team indefinitely last Friday. UT athletics declined to comment on Walker’s second arrest, and calls to his attorney were not returned. While UTPD said the incident happened Monday, the affidavit reports Walker was booked Tuesday. If convicted, Walker faces a Class A misdemeanor charge, which carries a penalty of up to $4,000 and/or a year in jail. Additional reporting by Garrett Callahan.
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Rundberg photo project gives youth voice By Kylie Fitzpatrick @mllekyky
Students in the School of Social Work assisted a group of Northeast Austin middle school students with a photography project depicting life in the Rundberg community through the eyes of the youth. The photography project was completed by students enrolled in a summer program, designed for at risk youth at Dobie Middle School as part of Restore Rundberg, an Austin Police Department initiative that aims to reduce crime in the neighborhood. The project developed out of a UT class taught this summer by social work professor Cal Streeter. According to Streeter, much of the course content focused on the real-world question of how to engage a community like Rundberg, such as giving students an opportunity for hands-on experience. “They get to see first-hand how empowering that is for, in this case, the group of students,” Streeter said. “One of the projects we decided to do was to learn more about the community through the eyes of young people in the community, and photo-voice is one methodology that you can use to do that.” Angela Baucom, social
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Social work graduate students Angela Baucom and Shubhada Saxena were two of four students to help with the Rundberg photo-voice project at Dobie Middle School this past summer.
work graduate student, was one of four UT students who walked the middle school students through the process of taking photographs that captured life in their community and how to explain what made their pictures meaningful. She said she had a slightly different perspective than some of her
fellow social work students because she used to work as a teacher in the public schools. “I came at it from that point of view, of reaching out to kids and trying to get them involved in their community, which is something that I’ve done in the past,” Baucom said. Baucom said the project was not something originally
outlined in the APD initiative, which receives federal funding from the Obama administration's Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. “This is kind of a next step beyond just the actions that have been taken to try and kind of approach some of the crime in the area,” Baucom said. “This is more about
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incorporating the youth perspective to enhance the relationship not only between the APD and the community, but also just the project in general and the community. David Contreras, executive director and founder of LaunchPad the Center, a
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Centralized office now Diplomat pushes for South American unity part of Shared Services By Josh Willis By Alex Wilts @alexwilts
After receiving harsh criticism from some students, faculty and staff members during the 2013-2014 school year, Shared Services has made some changes. Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, said the pilot programs in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the College of Education look vastly different than the original Shared Services Plan first introduced to the UT community almost a year ago. The original Shared Services Plan, presented by the Shared Services Committee in October 2013, called for the elimination of 500 jobs and the centralization of University services such as finance, human resources and information
technology services. “The initial concept that we presented to campus was, ‘Let’s build a center, and, eventually, it’s going to have 500 people to provide all those services, and it’s probably going to be offcampus,’” Hegarty said. “That’s no longer the vision.” The Shared Services Committee held open forums on campus after releasing its plan for faculty and students to discuss and ask questions about the implementation of the program. Hegarty said after engaging in these discussions, the committee decided to study different versions of Shared Services already being implemented by the McCombs School of Business and the College of Liberal Arts.
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Agustín Rossi, the Argentinian minister of defense, discussed foreign affairs and peace in Latin America at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday. Rossi, who spoke with a translator during the event, brought documents dated from the 1970s and 1980s to give to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection. Introducing Rossi, James Galbraith, government/ business relations chair and government professor, said Rossi has had a major impact on various social movements in Argentina. “Rossi was the prime mover behind significant social reforms in Argentina,” Galbraith said. “He is a great friend to many of the causes
we believe in.” Rossi said that, for the first time in history, the Latin American countries have been brought together by an organization called UNASUR, the Union of South American Nations. “The establishment of UNASUR, which was born out of the effort of the Brazilian president, was the first time we were able to have all 12 nations of Latin America become member states,” Rossi said. “This promoted the possibility of more cooperation.” Rossi said that soon after the creation of UNASUR, the organization was able to keep conflicting countries from going to war. “The first secretary general of UNASUR was ex-president Kirchner,” Rossi said. “The first challenge that this organization took on
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Argentinian Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi visits the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday afternoon.
was to avoid a diplomatic conflict that existed between Colombia and Venezuela.” Peter Cleaves, president of DRG International, an international business advisory firm, said that he understands why it was necessary to create organizations such as UNASUR.
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“The Argentine military and other militaries in the Latin American region are engaging in international cooperation [and] new kinds of projects, which, in effect, deflect their previous interest in watching the civilian politicians,” Cleaves
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