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Council hopefuls discuss resources By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng
The three candidates vying to be the first District 9 representative in the newly restructured Austin City Council discussed public transportation, affordability and Sixth Street safety at a forum Thursday hosted by the city’s Ethics Review Commission and the League of Women Voters. In 2013, Austin voters approved reformatting the council from six citywide elected
members to a district representation system made up of 10 members. The mayor will continue to be elected citywide. Under the new system, much of the University, downtown Austin, West Campus and Hyde Park are located in District 9. The new council will be elected in November and take office in January. Council members Kathie Tovo and Chris Riley, and Erin McGann, a program supervisor in the Department of Criminal Justice, are competing for the first
District 9 council seat. At Thursday’s forum, held at the Palmer Events Center, McGann said she was running because the council had become out of touch with the city and criticized its approval of the urban rail. McGann also said the proposed urban rail would not actually decrease traffic, and suggested more parking lots would help alleviate the growing traffic problem. “The proposed rail will
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By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff
District 9 candidates Erin McGann, Kathie Tovo and Chris Riley discuss transportation issues at an Austin City Council forum Thursday evening.
BUSINESS
Student favorite closing after 13 years By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
Next week, the owner of JP’s Java, JP Hogan, will close the business he started 13 years ago. JP’s Java, a coffee shop on San Jacinto Boulevard, is set to close Sept. 24. According to Hogan, he and his co-investors put the shop on the market due to a lack of profit. Hogan said the property has a potential buyer, but he has not been told what the real estate will be used for once the shop is gone. The purchase will not be official until Oct. 3, but Hogan said he expects the deal to go through and is shutting down the shop early to prepare. If the deal does not go through, there is a chance JP Java’s could stay open for a while longer.
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Ethan Oblak | Daily Texan Staff
Math professor Zachary Miner chats with graduate student Roberta Guadagni at JP’s Java on Thursday afternoon. Despite its popularity among students, JP’s is set to close down due to a lack of profit.
CAMPUS
Greek protest over new city sound rules rescheduled Students from UT’s Greek community planned a march to the Tower on Thursday in protest of a new plan by city officials to reduce West Campus event and sound ordinance violations, but the protest was rescheduled hours before its start for Sept. 25. According to Austin Fire Department Lt. Brad Price, the plan requires organizations that want to hold events to apply for a permit through the Austin Center for Events at least 21 days in advance, as well as submit a site plan detailing the makeup of the property and a map of the event site or household. Price said the 21-day notice requirement will go into effect on Oct. 1. The new plan would also put limits on live music events in West Campus. Price said he was unsure how the plan would affect Round Up, a Greek community event held in the spring. According to Price, the new application process is being implemented in response to the department’s increased workload and issues it sees in upholding safety codes. He said the new plan will allow for more coordination between city agencies. APD and AFD officials held a meeting with representatives from fraternities, sororities and co-ops in West Campus on Sept. 3 to inform students of the new plan. According to a Facebook event page for the protest, the event was moved to next week
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Texas juggling society practices new skills By Jeremy Thomas @jeremyobthomas
Cristina Fernandez | Daily Texan Staff
Claire Sembera is the project head of a group developing biodiesel fuel for the University’s own use.
Student engineers create biodiesel fuel By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
UT students are using oil from University buildings to create their own biodiesel fuel that will eventually be used in University vehicles. In 2013, a group of students from Engineers for a Sustainable World were awarded $15,000 by the Green Fee Committee — a University funded grant for projects
related to sustainability — to purchase a biodiesel reactor. UT graduate Kendall Ernst, author of the proposal and former project head, said the group will use the reactor to convert leftover grease from University dining halls and buildings into biodiesel for UT transportation vehicles. Claire Sembera, current project head and civil
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The first lesson of juggling is learning how to become comfortable throwing and catching a bean bag or soft ball from one’s dominant hand to their non-dominant hand. This step may sound simple, but it’s where every beginner starts in the Texas Juggling Society. Psychology graduate student Nathaniel Blanco said he joined the organization two years ago with relatively few juggling skills. But Blanco, now president of the society, said his persistence in going to weekly meetings helped him improve and learn that juggling, for all its challenges, is rewarding. “Even as you increase in skill and master new tricks, there are always a large number of other tricks to work on or even invent at so that it never gets boring,” Blanco said. “A lot of other skills I’ve acquired in the past become boring once
Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff
Ian Bethany and David Nayer, members of the Texas Juggling Society, perform a “4-count run-around hat steal” juggling trick Thursday afternoon.
you get too good at them, but juggling allows for endless complexity.” Blanco, who can now juggle multiple balls and clubs and even combine those props to juggle them all together, said expanding upon tricks requires patience and perseverance.
“A large part of learning quickly is practicing in a way that supports effective muscle memory learning,” Blanco said. “But patience is key because even as it seems like you are not making progress, your muscle memory is building, and it will eventually pay off.”
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Two costumed men arrested in the PCL. PAGE 2
Students debate proposed history textbooks. PAGE 4
The Nebraska volleyball rivalry continues Satuday. PAGE 7
UT sophmore creates and sells candy. PAGE 8
Energy panelists discuss solar energy options. PAGE 5
Stop Patriarchy disrespects rights of unborn. PAGE 4
Women’s soccer welcomes No. 1 UCLA to town. PAGE 7
Free Art Fridays takes place across Austin. PAGE 8
“The Maze Runner” shoots for young adult acclaim but gets lost in its own labyrinth. dailytexanonline.com
Jim Maxwell, adviser to the Texas Juggling Society, said that when building muscle memory and reaction time, calculated thought processes are of minor importance. “Yes, there are decisions
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