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Powers gives final State of UT address
‘It’s On Us’ effort urges students to take action
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During his ninth and final State of the University Address on Monday, President William Powers Jr. said one of the keys to making UT the best public university in America involves being able to take specific program designs and use them to focus on the University’s large-scale mission of achieving excellence. Powers, who will step
down from his post in June, said one example is the Freshman Research Initiative, a program intended to teach students to solve problems and find new solutions, therefore creating innovative thinkers. “Lectures by faculty who create the knowledge are good experiences for our students, but they just give our students the product of research,” Powers said. “They don’t expose our students to the process of
research with all of its dead ends, failures and frustrations. The Freshman Research Initiative does. So we get more bang for our buck by designing the FRI the way we do.” Powers praised the signature courses of the School of Undergraduate Studies for their ability to expose students to the thought processes of disciplines outside their chosen major. Powers said more classes should be
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UT President William Powers Jr. gives his last State of the University address Monday afternoon.
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Varied trends may affect intramural registration By Alex Wilts @alexwilts
A losing Texas Longhorns football team may not only affect game attendance but also registration for intramural flag football, according to a Division of Recreational Sports official. Between 2011 and 2013, the number of total registered teams for intramural flag football in the fall decreased 12.9 percent, from 387 to 337, according to Rec Sports. As of Monday, there are 284 teams registered for this season. Darci Doll, senior assistant director for Rec Sports, said the registration deadline has been extended to Friday to give teams more time to sign up. Doll said the highest number of flag football teams in recent years was 416 in fall 2006, a few months after Texas’ national championship win at the Rose Bowl.
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Scott Jermain, Plan II and pharmacy senior, runs down the field, ball in hand, Monday night during an intramural flag football game at Whitaker Fields.
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The launch of a national campaign Friday addressing sexual assault prevention on college campuses highlights University efforts to tackle sexual violence, according to a University health official. President Barack Obama announced the “It’s On Us” campaign, the latest effort from an ongoing White House initiative to reduce the number of sexual assaults among college students. The campaign encourages bystander intervention, particularly from men, through public service announcements featured nationwide. According to Obama, about one in five women is sexually assaulted during college, but only 12 percent of victims report the assault. Erin Burrows, health education coordinator at the Counseling and Mental Health Center, or CMHC, said the “It’s On Us” campaign can start conversations about the role of students in sexual assault prevention. “This campaign is really about what students can do at the grassroots level to take action,” Burrows said. The University program BeVocal, which launched in April, addresses tactics students can use to prevent violence, such as sexual assault, suicide and domestic violence. Jane Morgan Bost, the associate director of Prevention and Outreach Services
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UTPD offers rape aggression defense courses By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
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The Counseling and Mental Health Center showcases signs discussing Suicide Prevention Week.
Suicide Prevention Week starts, spreads awareness By Adam Hamze @adamhamz
The Counseling and Mental Health Center began its annual “Suicide Prevention Week” on Monday to combat death by suicide, which, according to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, is the second leading cause of death among college students. Suicide Prevention Week first took place at the University
in 2009 and primarily focuses on spreading awareness and promoting self-care. Monday’s event aimed to inform students on the importance of listening to those who are struggling with mental health. Marian Trattner, suicide prevention coordinator for the Counseling and Mental Health Center, or CMHC, said it is important to show
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A group of 25 women learned how to perform choke holds, kicks, punches and eye gouges in UTPD’s training room Monday night. The women were participating in a UTPD-offered 12-hour rape aggression defense course, which is designed to teach women selfdefense techniques they can use against attackers. UTPD officer Carolina Villarreal, who teaches the rape aggression defense course, or RAD classes, said it aims to provide women with information about what to do in dangerous situations. “We focus on awareness — how women can be attacked, different targets that attackers look for, how attackers think,” Villarreal said. “In case of an attack, we want women to know how to defend themselves and survive.” Villarreal said the course
Griffin Smith | Daily Texan Staff
UTPD holds a three-day class to educate women in self defense. The class aims to teach women techniques to defend themselves against assaults.
is broken into three separate sessions, which typically run about four hours each. “First, we talk about how to minimize risk, awareness, date rape and how to avoid unsafe situations,” Villarreal said. “Then we practice offensive and defensive
tactics, and participants get the chance to practice with equipment.” According to Villarreal, the classes provide a safe environment for women to practice real-life situations. “At the end of the course, we do an optional simulation
where women face off against a supposed attacker,” Villarreal said. “Everybody’s in protective gear — pads, headgear, and extremities — so it provides a controlled environment where women can practice these
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“When the campus community is excited about a certain sport, they want to be involved in it as more than just a fan,” Doll said in an email. In an interview, Doll said, while fall flag football registrants have been declining, the popularity of intramural soccer has been increasing over the past four to five years. The number of total registered fall soccer teams has increased 5.2 percent, from 232 in 2013 to 244 this season, and is still rising, according to Doll. Doll said the growth in soccer registrants could be a result of both the popularity of the summer’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the increase in prevalence of the sport across the state. “We see more students who have enrolled in UT who have played recreational soccer all their lives,” Doll said. Men and women are
exposed to soccer more equally, Doll said, unlike football, which is primarily played by men. Doll also said the decline in number of flag football teams could stem from the addition of a spring intramural football league. Since the league was first piloted in spring 2013, registration expanded from 64 teams to 96 teams by spring 2014, according to Doll. “Since students [know] they could play again in the spring, they may be playing on fewer fall teams,” Doll said. Chad Zimmerman, a Rec Sports graduate assistant, said the number of flag football registrants could also be affected by this year’s increase in registration fee from $100 to $120, but, since the fee increase applies to all sports, it should be affecting more than just flag football. “If it were really a decrease because of the fee, then you would think it would be even spread across all sports,”
Zimmerman said. Nicholas Hodges, an intramural supervisor and flag football referee, said the fee increase could have a larger effect on students who play on multiple teams. He said this may cause students to opt to play on only one team to avoid paying more money. Hodges said he also thinks changes to parking could be affecting flag football team registration this semester. People who park at Whitaker Fields, where students play intramural football and soccer, are now required to have a University parking pass at all times, whereas, in previous years, parking was free after 5 p.m. “For me, I have a car, but I don’t have a parking pass,” Hodges said. “I don’t want to buy a parking pass just so I can ref. If I want to have a team, I have to think about, ‘Oh, can my whole team get there? Do we all have parking passes?’ And so that’s my main issue.”
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continues from page 1 students the issue exists and empower them to gain the skills and knowledge to combat the problem. According to Trattner, 18 percent of undergraduate students have seriously considered suicide, and 8 percent of them have made a suicide attempt. “While those numbers are really hard to hear, the good news is that we can prevent suicide by talking about it and by letting students know, who are suffering in silence, that they are not alone, that people care about them and that there are resources on campus to help,” Trattner said. The CMHC will hold events through Thursday, addressing ways to reduce the risk of suicide, promote selfcare, highlight firearm safety and inform students on how they can be support systems for their peers. Jane Morgan Bost, associate director for the CMHC, said the department aims to detach any shame that is associated with suicide. “We’re trying to raise awareness for an issue that, a lot of times, has shame connected to it,” Bost said. “We’re trying to bring it out of the shadows and into the light.” Bost said, since she started working at the University 23 years ago, she has noticed a paradigm shift away from the stigma associated with going to the CMHC for aid. “I find that more and more people are feeling … less reluctant about coming to get help,” Bost said. “However, we still have
We’re trying to raise awareness for an issue that, a lot of times, has shame connected to it. We’re trying to bring it out of the shadows and into the light. —Jane Morgan Bost, CMHC associate director
students who have told me the hardest thing they’ve ever done is coming to the counseling center.” The CMHC offers individual counseling as well as a 24/7 “crisis line” for students to call to speak with trained staff about urgent concerns. Trattner said students can get involved by volunteering to help spread awareness, even though the counseling center is staffed by mental health clinicians. Neurobiology senior Maisha Rumman has been volunteering to help plan the week since the early summer and said she is involved with the CMHC because she believes everyone is susceptible to struggling with mental health. “I have friends and family who have mental health problems, and I’ve experienced firsthand how damaging it can be to your family and your life,” Rumman said. “I feel strongly that, at some time in your life, you’re going to encounter someone with these problems. That’s the reason I got involved.”
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continues from page 1 techniques and know they’ll be successful.” UTPD Sgt. Brian Dillenberger, who teaches the class along with Villarreal, said sexual assaults are especially prevalent among women in their early 20s. “One in three college women will be victims of sexual assault or attempted assault in their lifetimes,” Dillenberger said. “Most of the sexual assaults UTPD records are among victims who knew their attackers.” Dillenberger said, although 2.3 million women reported attempted sexual assaults in the U.S. last year, 71 percent of women who took a self-defense course, like RAD, were able to avoid rape. Nutrition senior Genesis Valdes said she came to the classes after feeling unprotected while traveling abroad. “I was in Costa Rica this summer, and, sometimes, when you’re alone, you feel kind of defenseless,” Valdes said. “By taking this class, hopefully, I’ll at least be able to do something or be able to protect myself in an
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continues from page 1 designed to give students a variety of experiences beyond their chosen field. “We need to push our debate about how to teach our students into every nook and cranny of our curriculum, and we need to be relentless about that,” Powers said. “We also need to remember that our outputs come not from just one class but from a fouryear experience in an entire ecosystem of learning.” Powers also called for increased flexibility for faculty to promote more innovation. “They can’t innovate if our rules are so inflexible that degree requirements and rules about faculty teaching loads stifle them,” Powers said. Robert Svoboda, urban studies and advertising senior, said he agreed with Powers’ thoughts on curriculum creation. “It’s not for administrators to design courses,” Powers said. “Faculty does that. Administrators shouldn’t direct how individual faculty structure their research or the questions they ask. But [administrators] do need to make broad-brush decisions about what areas to support and how our
unsafe situation.” Villarreal said UTPD started offering the classes in 2001, and holds two RAD sessions each year, one in September and the other in October. Classes are open free of charge to both students and faculty and staff. Dillenberger said the classes are designed so that the techniques are easy to learn. “You don’t need a black belt to be able to use these techniques,” Dillenberger said. “We just want women to realize what they can do with what they have available to them.” Psychology sophomore Anissa Garcia, who attended the class, said, while teaching women to protect themselves is beneficial, she still thinks men should be taught not to assault or rape women. “In today’s society, I feel like people always blame the victim, so I feel like women should learn how to protect themselves,” Garcia said. “But to teach men not to rape — that aspect is going to take a while, so I think, in the meantime, doing something like this is a good idea.”
research effort aligns with our teaching method.” In one of the final portions of his speech, Powers highlighted the University’s need for adequate resources to fund both recurring operations and for capital projects. Student Government President Kori Rady said Powers — who discussed topics spanning from technology advances to the positives and negatives of faculty tenure — covered everything he anticipated. “It was a remarkable event in terms of the atmosphere,” Rady said in reference to the large amount of alumni who came to support the University. Rady said the students, faculty and alumni in attendance believe in Powers’ goal for UT to become the best public university in the country. “I think and hope we can do exactly that,” Rady said. COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK
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Lovell Jones, professor emeritus at both UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, speaks about the different factors that affect the health care system in America at Townes Hall on Monday evening.
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Two health advocates discussed the main factors of health disparity at the Rapoport Center’s Fall 2014 Health and Human Rights Colloquium on Monday. Lovell Jones and Mitchell Katz both spoke in Townes Hall during the free, public event about the importance of improving national health and eliminating disparities in health care provisions. Jones, professor emeritus at both UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, talked about the lack of discussion in health disparities and the silence of racism in today’s society. “The real issue stems around the disconnect between discovery and delivery,” Jones said. “Despite all the money that’s been used for health disparities, not
much has been done but [it’s] gotten worse.” Referencing The Journal of the American Medical Association to support his claims, Jones said AfricanAmerican women are 45 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women in Houston, although it is home of the largest medical centers in the world. “The racial disparity gap in breast cancer mortality rate in Houston is higher than national average … and is worsening,” Jones said. “You would think this article would launch an effort, and I’m still waiting.” Jones said he does not want to play “the blame game,” but, rather, he wants to have an open dialogue between respected leaders to discuss long term solutions for improving health care distribution. Katz, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, discussed political
intervention options, including zoning and tax incentives, for addressing chronic health problems. “The idea is [for government] to make it easy for people to make a positive choice in their life,” Katz said. According to Katz, to see a real difference in health, the initiatives need to be geared toward the people who need it most. He said those in the lowest income bracket live in areas where it is unsafe or inconvenient to exercise, and zoning policies can make a difference in social structure. Rhiannon Hamam, a second-year law student, was pleased with the outcome of the seminar and impressed with both speakers. “The statistics about health disparities were really surprising,” Hamam said. “I realized they existed objectively, but delving into why they exist was really important.”
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Author and professor Charles Walker discussed his new book, “The Tupac Amaru Rebellion” at an event Monday in Garrison Hall. Walker’s book is a nonfiction account of a Spanish and Inca man who led a rebellion against the Spanish empire. Walker, professor of history and director of the Hemispheric Institutes of America at University of California-Davis, spoke at the event hosted by The Institute for Historical Studies, the Atlantic World Speakers Series and the Teresa Lonzano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. “Walker is a renowned scholar of the late colonial Andes whose new book covers one of the most important rebellions to shake the Spanish in the Americas,” history professor Seth Garfield said in introducing Walker. Walker’s new book,
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continues from page 1 at the CMHC, said the BeVocal program was created to promote a student culture that stands against violence. “We want to create culture change and say Longhorns care for Longhorns,” Bost said. “We don’t just stand by and watch something happen to another Longhorn.” Burrows said BeVocal provides student organizations with intervention training that presents direct and indirect ways students can engage a high-risk situation. “There is no hierarchy in intervention,” Burrows said. “Depending on what the circumstances are in the
published in April 2014, was published years after his first book, “Smoldering Ashes.” His first book was published in 1999 and briefly mentioned Túpac Amaru. Walker said he started his research on “The Tupac Amaru Rebellion” in 2007 in Seville, Spain. According to Walker, the story of Túpac Amaru takes place in Cuzco, Peru. A half-Spanish and half-Incan man named José Gabriel Condorcanqui worked for the Spanish crown as a representative of the indigenous population. After seeing the Spanish oppression toward the indigenous people firsthand, Condorcanqui took the Inca royal name, Túpac Amaru, and began leading a rebellion against the Spanish empire. After Amaru’s death in 1781, his second son, a cousin and another family member continued to carry out the rebellion. More than 100,000 fatalities occurred. Although Amaru became a mythical figure, he would become a part of Peruvian
history and is now seen as an icon around the world, according to Walker. For the present generation, Amaru’s first name is commonly associated with the rapper, Tupac Shakur. “There have been other good books written on the Túpac Amaru Rebellion,” Walker said. “What I wanted to avoid with my book was focusing on just one aspect of Amaru’s life. I wanted to build upon what others had done and try to show the whole story. I hope that, from my research, more people will reach out and find more details on Túpac Amaru.” History associate professor Susan Deans-Smith said she liked that the book gives the reader more of an insight into the life of Amaru. “This book really shows us how little we know about this rebellion,” Deans-Smith said. “It shows all the phases, from the beginning with Túpac Amaru, the middle with family taking over and the overall impact it had.”
situation, you really need to figure out how to best use the tools that you have.” Bost said students often will not act in a case of sexual assault because of “groupthink” mentality. “If a person sees there’s a problem going on, but no one is doing anything about it, that person might think, ‘I must be wrong. No one here is responding.’” Bost said. Burrows said indirect methods of intervention can be an effective way for individuals to counteract the pressure of intervening. “For example, if there’s a stranger-based situation down on Sixth Street, and you don’t know what the deal is, then it might be
your best bet to get other people involved like the bouncer or the bartender,” Burrows said. Public health junior Liliana Vasquez said she hopes to see more men take responsibility for sexual assault prevention because, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice, almost 99 percent of sexual assault offenders are male. “If you look at a lot of the violence prevention work, it’s mostly headed by women, which, in fact, it shouldn’t be,” Vazquez said. “It should be the other way around or a lot more balanced so that people are working together to shift culture.”
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‘School choice’ raises concerns over future of Texas education
Scottish independence affirms need for good government
At the Texas Tribune Festival this weekend, cifically, the chain faced vivid criticism from Republican politicians galore touted the mer- Tennessee for allegedly operating their schools its of so-called “school choice.” Better known exclusively in rich neighborhoods. as vouchers, a serious campaign to allow public Though Patrick and others may shed crocofunds to go toward more charter and private dile tears over arguments such as school choice schools will undoubtedly be underway next year for children and free markets for families, their when the Legislature true intentions are somemeets. State Sen. Dan what murky. The destrucPatrick, R-Houston, tion of the urban school the overwhelming district, in their plan, favorite in the lieuten- But despite what [Dan] Patrick ultimately leads to a full ant governor race, has voucher system, wherein been a particularly vo- and many others may have to students are compelled to ciferous proponent of attend private schools of say, charter schools are not the charter schools. Given their choosing. the lieutenant gover- panacea they are all too often But, unsurprisingly, nor’s almost dictatorial when this voucher sysmade out to be. control over the state tem was tested some years Senate, significant acback in Cleveland, the tion on this topic will state of Ohio gave parlikely occur in the next session. ents a meager $2,250 a year, a pittance compared But despite what Patrick and many others may to the tuition and fees of most private schools, have to say, charter schools are not the panacea which often exceeds the cost of in-state universithey are all too often made out to be. Charter ty tuition. Except for the independently affluent, schools, which are subject to less governmental students overwhelmingly were routed into paroregulation, directly compete with public schools. chial schools affiliated with the local archdiocese, Nationwide, many have an ugly history of “cher- where they received religious instruction on the ry picking” students from wealthier families in an state’s dime. effort to inflate test scores. The public school system was created to proThis is precisely what has occurred recently in vide a neutral, secular and rigorous environment Texas. Education Commissioner Michael Wil- where all students, irrespective of class or culture, liams received a thorough rebuke from the State would have equal opportunity to succeed. Today, Board of Education, nobody’s idea of a liberal some tough challenges are facing these schools board, for going around the board to bring in a within Texas’ major cities. But the solution is chain of charter schools infamously renowned surely not to abandon them and go back to the for the aforementioned “cherry-picking.” Spe- dark ages.
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Computers, technology distract, should stay outside of classroom
Albert Lee / Daily Texan Staff
By Denise Weisz Guest Columnist
It has been said for years that the pen is mightier than the sword, but in a time when technology and education are merging together more and more each year, a new question arises: is the pen mightier than the laptop? Upon coming to the University of Texas this fall, I was wary about my own answer to that question. Though I have always used pen and paper to take notes, I knew I might be in a slight minority among my peers. I made the assumption that most college classrooms would be dotted with glowing apples, and that technology was the most popular source of learning for students and professors alike. What I did not assume was that many professors at the University of Texas prohibit electronics of any kind in the classroom. I believe this decision is beneficial to students’ learning, and furthermore believe that a professor is well within his or her right to decide how their classroom environment will be structured. As it turns out, professors who ban electronics have the right idea. In this age, students tend to think that technology is good and a lack of technology is bad. When looking at studies on the topic, however, the truth of electronic learning comes out. Researchers have concluded that students who take notes on laptops simply don’t process the information like students who take notes by hand. Longhand note-takers are usually slower at note-taking than their classmates, but this is hardly a disadvantage; writing down important parts of the lecture allows these students to absorb, sort, and understand the information better than those that are typing every word. Bringing a laptop to class also provides
a screen for students to hide behind, in an institution where classes are meant to engage students in discussion and foster active participation in intellectual pursuits. In all likelihood, the chances of being able to actively defend an argument while checking Facebook are slim. Furthermore, laptop screens distract not just the student on the laptop, but anyone who can see their screen. In a study conducted in 2010, researchers determined that students using laptops were on “distracting” screens (including email, games, and general web surfing) for at least 42 percent of the lecture. Studies of this type are numerous and substantial. Despite the disadvantages of using technology in the classroom, students argue that they should have the right to choose how they will take notes and participate in class. While student activism definitely has an important role in the UT community, this is not a necessary place to take such activism. Professors who prohibit electronics in their class do not do so because they don’t understand technology, or for any other proposed generation gap in understanding. Rather, they usually just want to lecture in a studious, distraction-free environment, a wish that students should be respectful of. We trust our professors for their knowledge on difficult and extensive subjects- we should be able to trust their judgment on matters like this as well. It is time to take a step back from the screens and give thought to the concrete, expansive learning environment available at the University of Texas. If students truly wish to have a great experience in their classes, and a solid GPA along with that, we need to reconsider the electronic approach to classroom learning. Weisz is an English freshman from Houston.
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By Jeremi Suri
Daily Texan Columnist @JeremiSuri
We live in a time when everything seems too big or too small. We are told that the federal government is too big, too bureaucratic and too threatening to individual liberties. The same critics say that our military is too small, our oil pipelines are too limited and our economic growth is too constrained. People want houses that are bigger than ever before, but they want them to feel small and cozy. They drive hulking trucks while demanding the fuel efficiency and light carbon footprint of small cars. The same contradictions characterize international politics today. The majority of citizens in Scotland voted last week to remain part of Great Britain, but 45 percent said they wished to secede. Many of those who voted to stay in the union agreed that the political institutions based in London were too big and too threatening to Scottish freedom. The fact that Scots receive more money from London than they pay in did not deter this argument about alleged repression. At the same time, many advocates of independence believe that Scotland should join an even larger set of institutions: the European Union. They like the trade and currency benefits that could come from integrating their economy more closely with the continent. Many Scots want to be small and big simultaneously. The Middle East has more tragic examples of the same phenomenon. Sunni extremists in Syria and Iraq want to free themselves from these big, oppressive states, but they call for an even bigger state (a “caliphate”), and they are killing thousands of people who want neither the old states nor the new caliphate. The Kurds show similar, although far less violent, inclinations. They want to free themselves from Iraq, Iran and Turkey, but they are intent on creating a larger Kurdistan. They want to be smaller and bigger, too. So what is the correct size for political authority? How can we build institutions that ensure local freedoms but still nurture the strength and diversity of large numbers? How do we preserve the specificity of small with the benefits of big? The founders of the United States thought about these precise issues. Their innovative solution was what we call “federalism”: the belief that big and small powers should be mixed in the same government. According to this system, the United States was to have a series of nested political institutions — nation, state, county and town — that would exercise overlapping authorities for taxation, infrastructure
Sunni extremists in Syria and Iraq want to free themselves from... big, oppressive states, but they call for an even bigger state (a ‘caliphate’), and they are killing thousands of people who want neither the old states nor the new caliphate. The Kurds show similar, although far less violent, inclinations.
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[Great Britain, many states in Europe and most regimes in the Middle East] have unchallenged national powers that make governing simpler, but also less responsive to local needs. In an age when media often magnify ethnic and cultural cleavages, they would benefit from implementing the kinds of federal reforms that empower more local governance... and security. From Congress to the county board, representative bodies of different sizes would share power, working together at times, checking each other more often. The founders believed that this kind of mixed system would allow big and small to coexist for the sake of building a strong nation that protected local freedoms. Great Britain, many states in Europe and most regimes in the Middle East are highly centralized. They have unchallenged national powers that make governing simpler, but also less responsive to local needs. In an age when media often magnify ethnic and cultural cleavages, they would benefit from implementing the kinds of federal reforms that empower more local governance, on the model of the United States, as well as Germany, Mexico and India. Messy, divided federalist authorities have a better historical track record for national unity and citizen freedom than other alternatives, especially secession. Federalist systems, like the United States, would also do well to re-examine the other side of the equation. Politicians spend so much time condemning national leadership these days, especially in Texas, that we forget how important central authority remains in a government of mixed powers. Washington, D.C., protects our national safety, it regulates our financial system and it provides the funding for basic research, emergency relief and social security, among many other things. We would be a less prosperous and peaceful society without a strong national government. Big government, balanced by local authorities, has historically contributed to American freedom. The appropriate debate, then, is not between big and small. Secession for Scotland would not make things better for the Scots. Nor would bigger states in the Middle East solve the problems of factional warfare. Good politics balance big and small, central and local. The correct balance is not formulaic. It changes over time. The task we face today — at home and abroad — is to rethink how we can get the most from national, state and local authorities. Instead of recrimination and name-calling, we need more creative mixing. Effective politics are about building institutions that are neither too big nor too small. Democracy needs many young Goldilocks-inspired thinkers to help us find the sizes and shapes that are “just right.” Suri is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Department of History.
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“I love to be designing objects and spaces that give back more to the Earth than they take away. It’s an honor to be a part of the beginning of this movement.
continues from page 8 aspect of a tiny home should have two purposes in order to preserve space. “You have to think, ‘How can I make a bookshelf a ladder?’” Weber said. “How can I make windows vents as well?” Weber said small objects often inspire his design. He turned a bowl from World Market into a sink and used items he found in the trash. He recently found tree branches that he plans to use as a railing for the loft bed. The building process has not been without obstacles. Weber has to make sure the home meets living regulations and register the home with the city. He said, each time he has had his doubts about the project, people encourage him to keep working.
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continues from page 8 to be a musician. Dominguez said he wanted to attend UT because he was impressed with the music professors. He said most music majors choose programs based on the students in the program, and UT’s flute program was what he wanted. When he was accepted into
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Before coming to UT, Weber worked as a lifeguard and nanny for friend Julie Riekse. Riekse is one of several people who donated to Weber’s project. “The tiny house reflects who Joel is,” Riekse said. “He is taking care of his own basic needs in a creative way while caring for the environment.” According to Weber, his passion for design spurs from his desire to leave places better than he found them. “I love to be designing objects and spaces that give
back more to the Earth than they take away,” Weber said. “It’s an honor to be a part of the beginning of this movement. I feel like it’s going to leave lasting effects on us as a society.”
UT, he started to collaborate with music students in the wind ensemble. “UT’s program is so small, and everyone is professional,” Dominguez said. “We have to work together, but I love it. I love collaborating. It’s fun.” Holly Roper, another flutist at UT, has played with Dominguez in ensembles and in the studio. “[UT students] have a
special bond with each other,” Roper said. “We are always competing but always building up each other.” Last year, music school alumna Nicole Routhier told Dominguez about a job opportunity teaching elementary school students at the Clavier-Werke School of Music. “I knew he would be an excellent candidate to teach because of his passion for every aspect of
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continues from page 8 and businesses are better trained with more energy into it and to try to shape what’s going on. And that’s their job, but it’s not always the truth, so reporters have to dig.” Woodward emphasized that it is important for journalists to pick the “hard topics.” “We may be going through one of those
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continues from page 8 to accept. “I have not worn it for the past few weeks because I’ve wanted to acclimate myself and make new friends before they realize how strange I am,” Maset said. music,” Routhier said. “His passions for music theory, music history, conducting, performance and in-depth knowledge of scores have driven him to explore these disciplines with zeal.” When Routhier first proposed this to him, Dominguez did not know whether he was right for the job. “I feel like, if you can teach elementary school kids, you can teach
hinges in history where big decisions have been made that set the country on a path that is defining,” Woodward said. According to Wanda Cash, the associate director of the journalism school, the event is timely in light of Obama’s decision to send strike forces to defeat the Islamic State group. Citing Woodward’s extensive knowledge on how Bush handled the war in Iraq and Nixon’s
ending of the war in Vietnam, Cash said that Woodward’s perspective provides an arc in the story. “Woodward is important to us because [his] and Carl Bernstein’s reporting on Watergate inspired a whole generation of investigative reporters and set so many people on the path to reporting because they were inspired to learn what a couple of intrepid rookies could do,” Cash said.
“But it’s really encouraging to see a large group of people who are actually dressed up themselves.” Although walking around dressed in Japanese fashion attracts a lot of stares from people, Elaine Weiss, an international relations and global studies
sophomore and the club’s historian, does not let that get to her. “People aren’t necessarily welcoming to things they don’t understand,” Weiss said. “I feel like that’s their problem, and other people shouldn’t stop you from doing what makes you happy.”
anything,” Dominguez said. “You can’t assume anything with them and cannot not get excited about it.” Dominguez said after feeling clueless during the first two weeks of school, he began to fall in love with teaching. He hopes music education helps change the way people think about music. “I think the future of music is about having a love for music,” Dominguez said.
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“Making music with people without words teaches you how to be vulnerable. I hope kids understand music is another way to express themselves, and that it’s OK.” As for Dominguez’s future, he wants to be a conductor but would not be opposed to teaching. “Music doesn’t seem like a necessity, but people still do it,” Dominguez said. “It must still be important.”
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FOOTBALL
Longhorns grinding toward Kansas By Drew Lieberman
Running back Malcolm Brown and the Texas offense used the much needed bye week to make adjustments that will be key to Texas’ success during the rest of the season.
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While Texas didn’t play an opponent this past weekend, it will now face a slate of eight straight weeks of Big 12 competition starting this Saturday with a trip to Lawrence, Kansas, to face the Jayhawks. Despite having the week off from competition, the Longhorns continued to grind to improve following their disheartening loss to UCLA earlier this month. “We just worked on the little things we didn’t do against UCLA and just really worked on getting better as a team,” sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes said. “It was mainly just executing on third downs, staying on the field, and I think if we want to get better in the future, we have to start doing that — staying on the field after third down.” The emphasis on converting on third downs should benefit the Longhorns as they try to contend for the Big 12 title. Through Texas’ first three games of the season, the Longhorns only converted on 27.3 percent of their third-down attempts, the lowest percentage in the Big 12. In the Longhorns’ two losses, the team recorded eight conversions on 29 third-down attempts to their
opponents 12-of-32 — a more than 10 percent higher conversion rate. To combat their struggling offense, the Longhorns are looking for an increase in “explosive plays”, which, roughly speaking, are plays that go for long gains from scrimmage. Through the team’s first three games, Texas has recorded only 31 plays of 10 yards or more, which is tied for last in the conference with Iowa State. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to go more vertical down the
field,” senior wide receiver John Harris said. “I know we haven’t been able to do that a lot, so, hopefully, we will have a lot more explosive plays than what we’ve had these past two games. And I mean maybe that can be hindering the offense a little bit, but I think that’s something we’ll be able to see a lot different is more explosive plays by the receivers and running backs.” One of the key reasons for Texas’ struggles also lies
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chemistry. I think they are getting better with time. They got better with the UCLA game. As you can see, we were able to run the ball a little bit better. They’re a young group, so they are just growing with time, and they are just growing, as well as Tyrone [Swoopes], as he’s growing. I think they’ll make another big step this week and, hopefully, we will be able to run the ball a little more and give a little more protection to Tyrone to throw the ball down the field.”
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Upsets key for Texas to run the table in Big 12 By Nick Castillo
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Oklahoma wins in Big 12 showdown
Upset in Louisiana In the SEC, Mississippi State downed then-No. 8 LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for the first time since 1991. Junior quarterback Dak Prescott tallied two passing touchdowns and a 56-yard rushing score. The Bulldogs erased a 14-game losing streak against the Tigers, despite being outscored by the Tigers 19-3 in the fourth quarter. “I just stayed true to myself, trusted my teammates,
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While Texas rested its feet this weekend, underdogs around the country gave top10 opponents a run for their money. Jameis Winston, the Heisman-winning redshirt sophomore quarterback who was suspended Saturday night after yelling obscenities on campus, helped underdog Clemson stand a chance against No. 1 Florida State. Behind redshirt sophomore quarterback Sean Maguire, the Seminoles barely escaped with a 23-17 overtime win against Clemson. Maguire threw for 305 yards, including a 74-yard game-tying touchdown pass, in his starting debut. Although he threw two interceptions, he was thrilled to get the victory. “Coach [Jimbo Fisher] always prepares us if one man goes down — it just happened to be our best player this time,” Maguire said. “I can’t thank the coaches and this team enough. It was awesome.” The game was just the Seminoles’ fifth overtime appearance in school history and the first since their tripleovertime loss to Penn State in the 2006 Orange Bowl.
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trusted the coaches, and we got it done,” Prescott said. “Everyone’s happy right now.” Alhough Prescott’s “everyone” didn’t include any of the Baton Rouge locals, LSU head coach Les Miles did compliment Prescott as a “very quality competitor” who “ran their offense very well.” The Tigers fell nine spots to No. 17 in the AP ranking. Oregon escapes narrow upset No. 2 Oregon nearly succumbed to the same fate as LSU when the Ducks allowed Washington State, a 24-point underdog, to score 31 points. Washington State’s primary threat came via its nationwide top passing attack, which this week took the form of redshirt senior quarterback Connor Halliday’s 68 percent completion rate for 436 yards and four touchdowns. Even so, Oregon’s redshirt junior quarterback Marcus Mariota rivaled the playmaker’s threat, completing 84 percent of his passes for 329 yards and five touchdowns. Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich had only one word to desribe Mariota’s performance: “ridiculous.” “He did a great job of rattling the defense in the second half,” Helfrich said. “The guy is special.” Oregon (4-0) pulled off the 38-31 win to remain undefeated. Aggies blow out former SWC rival No. 6 Aggies also maintained their perfect mark, although with much less adversity. Destroying SMU to the tune of a 58-6 blowout in Dallas, the Aggies took advantage of SMU’s instability in its first home game since
the resignation of former head coach June Jones. The Mustangs remain winless following the 52-point loss Saturday, in which A&M sophomore quarterback Kenny Hill recorded 322 yards of offense to secure a 38-3 lead at the half. While Hill and freshman quarterback Kyle Allen split playing time, it was sophomore wide receiver Jeremy Tabuyo who starred on offense, scoring two touchdowns for a total of 80 yards. “Jeremy, he’ll be in my office Monday morning, wanting to start,” A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said. “Two catches, what did you have, 80 yards and two touchdowns? Kind of hard to argue with him.” SMU’s only points came from field goals in the second and fourth quarters. Oklahoma grabs first Big 12 win Texas rivals, Oklahoma and West Virigina, commenced their Big 12 play this weekend as the Mountaineers hosted the Sooners in Morgantown, West Virginia. The No. 4-ranked Sooners claimed their first win of conference play with a 45-33 victory over West Virginia despite a valiant effort by the Mountaineers. Oklahoma freshman running back Samaje Perine ran for 242 yards and four touchdowns to help the Sooners escape from a 2424 halftime tie. He became the first Sooner to surpass 200 yards in a single game since DeMarco Murray completed the feat in 2010. “You know about how powerful and strong he is, but he has great vision,” Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops said. “He has great stamina and is a very conditioned athlete.”
Sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes declared Texas to be college football playoff material Monday, despite already losing two games this season. This came as a bold statement by the sophomore quarterback from Whitewright, Texas, whose confidence has been questioned since he took his first steps on campus. While it’s an almost impossible feat for the Longhorns to make an appearance in college football’s first final four, Texas has a puncher’s chance at running the table for a Big 12 Championship. If the Longhorns want to compete for a Big 12 title, they will have to find the mentality they had last season when they started off the year in the same position after dropping two of their first three games. Much like Texas rallying behind its then-second-string quarterback Case McCoy, it will have to put its faith in Swoopes. “[Swoopes] realizes this is his offense,” Texas head coach Charlie Strong said. “His confidence is just building each and every day, and that’s what you like out of him. … The thing he’s doing now is becoming a student of the game which he didn’t before.” The Longhorns also need their seniors to step up and play the best football of their collegiate careers. “I told the seniors it’s all about their leadership,” Strong said. “Their senior year, you like to see them go play their best football, and some of our seniors
aren’t playing their best football. It’s not going to change until we start developing pride and we have pride within ourselves and pride within the team.” While playoffs may be out of the question, Swoopes said the bare minimum at Texas is becoming bowl-eligible. The road to bowl eligibility begins this weekend when the Longhorns start a tough eight-game stretch against Big 12 opponents with a match against lowly Kansas. Texas should escape Lawrence, Kansas, with a .500 record before facing its two toughest opponents — No. 7 Baylor on Oct. 4 and No. 4 Oklahoma on Oct. 11. If the Longhorns want any chance at contending for a Big 12 Championship, they’ll have to find a way to beat the Bears and Sooners. The only way Texas can beat those teams is if its defense performs at an elite level — something that hasn’t been seen since Will Muschamp was defensive coordinator. Playing elite defense against Baylor will be challenging, as the Bears rank first in total offense, third in the nation in passing offense and 28th in rushing offense. On the offensive side of the ball, the Longhorns will also have to find a way to score points at will as the Bears and Sooners feature explosive offenses. But, if the Longhorns somehow upset the No. 7 and No. 4 teams in the nation, they’ll be in prime position to run the table in the Big 12. “It’s game by game,” Strong said. “I don’t look down the road. I just say let’s take it one at a time.”
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Design student builds his own sustainable home By Marisa Charpentier
Design sophomore Joel Weber is building his own, eco-friendly home. His time abroad in Nicaragua inspired him to seek more sustainable ways to live.
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Wood paneling surrounds the fewer than 150-square-foot home. The unfinished structure sits atop an 18-by-7.5-foot trailer with no roof and no air conditioning. This is just the start of Joel Weber’s new living space, but he has big plans for his tiny home. For Weber, a transfer student and design sophomore, the decision to lead a more sustainable life started with a one-way ticket to Nicaragua. In 2012, Weber moved to Central America — not knowing when he would be back. “I wanted to get away from the culture here because it was weighing me down,” Weber said. “I wanted to experience a new language, a new culture and new perspectives.” While living with people he met on the beaches and local families, Weber gained an appreciation for the culture’s way of life. “They were so happy with so little, and I was so happy with so little,” Weber said. “Modern necessities, that we would just call standard, a lot of people do not have.”
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After spending three months abroad, Weber returned to the U.S. with a new outlook. He soon stumbled across a community of people building “tiny homes,” or small, sustainable living spaces that can be driven from place to place
on trailers. When Weber got accepted to UT, he thought living small would be the most efficient way to combat housing prices. Weber’s tiny house is still in progress back home in Dallas, but he said he hopes to have it finished and
moved to Austin by the end of the year. According to Weber’s friend, speech/language pathology senior Erika Lovfald, Weber is constantly sketching ideas for the home. “I didn’t know it was possible to make that, and then
he showed me his plans, and I saw how efficient it was,” Lovfald said. “It definitely beats paying so much to live in West Campus.” The tiny home will include such features as a loft, a guest loft, a propane stove and an energy-efficient water
heater. After acquiring the proper funds, Weber plans to add solar panels and possibly a garden on the roof as well. He also plans to harvest rainwater and recycle his own water. Weber said every
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Bob Woodward to speak at Q&A event By Logan Herrington @lherrington49
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Music Studies senior Cesar Domingez is a flutist who teaches music to elementary school children at the Clavier-Werke School of Music.
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Seated at a table in the SAC with a giant backpack full of sheet music and a flute, Cesar Dominguez admitted band kids are weird, and he became one. Growing up, he liked soccer and tailgates but never thought about the arts. Once he was injured and couldn’t play soccer, he began to consider music a hobby. “I went into a music shop by chance,” Dominguez said. “They only had clarinets or flutes. I didn’t want to be like Squidward, so I chose
the flute.” Dominguez, a music studies senior, moved to Houston his freshman year of high school. Soon after, he became involved with youth orchestras in Houston. “I became the weird kid that liked classical music,” Dominguez said. During his time at the Houston Youth Symphony, Dominguez realized how much he connected with musicians. He made most of his friends through the symphony and, after winning several solo competitions, decided
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Few people embody true journalistic intentions more so than Bob Woodward. The impact of his work when covering the infamous Watergate scandal inspired a new era of investigative reporting. This Wednesday, Woodward will participate in a speaking event at the Belo Center for New Media. This event is part of the continuing series of guest speakers celebrating the centennial of the School of Journalism. The discussion will be a Q&A session between Woodward and R.B. Brenner, the director of the School of Journalism. Brenner said, even though much has changed in the American political realm in the last 40 years, Woodward has remained a constant and is able to give a unique perspective on a variety of issues. “Bob Woodward is incredibly high on the list, if not atop it, of the most influential journalists in my lifetime,” Brenner said. “Over the past halfcentury, he’s carried out journalism’s most essential
functions — to find out important information that the public otherwise wouldn’t know and to hold the powerful accountable.” Brenner hopes to discuss a variety of topics — from general questions about changes in journalism and transparency within the presidency to more specific questions about current events. Woodward has been involved off and on with UT’s journalism department over the years. He and Brenner were colleagues at the Washington Post years ago, and he also hired the journalism school’s previous director, Glenn Frankel, to work for the Post. The last time Woodward spoke at UT, he was accompanied by Carl Bernstein, his partner on the Watergate report, and actor Robert Redford, who played Woodward in the film adaptation of his book “All the President’s Men.” Woodward plans to address the lack of transparency between the press and the presidency from his beginnings as a journalist with the Nixon administration to the present.
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Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will speak at the Belo Center for New Media on Wednesday afternoon.
“The bottom line for me is we do not know enough about what is going on,” Woodward said. “We still have to worry about secret
government and that the message managers in Congress and the White House
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Japanese Street Fashion Club embraces subculture, confidence By Estefania de Leon @estefaniadeleon
Sitting down and drinking tea, social work senior Michelle Merritt wears a frilly pink blouse and fluffy skirt while her handmade flower crown sits on top of her pale-colored wig. In the span of 15 minutes, a number of people stop to tell her how beautiful she looks and that they love her style. “For me, it’s not a problem to wear this on campus,” Merritt said. “I’m not afraid of doing this anymore, but I’ve been doing it for years. I’m just used to people staring at me.” Merritt is the creator and president of the newly instated Japanese Street Fashion Club, created
as an outlet for students interested in Japanese street fashion subcultures. “Honestly, people tend to like it more than they tend to mock, but it does happen because walking from our club meeting last week, we did get yelled at,” Merritt said. “I think it’s cool to bring this freedom that I have and create a group so more people are comfortable doing it.” These fashion subcultures include Lolita, mori girl, fairy-kei, decora and gothic. Essentially, everything from lacy pastel blouses and bows to chains and black clothing are incorporated into the cultures. “The one I am most familiar with is Lolita,” Merritt said. “It is basically big puffy petticoats that take
Electrical and computer engineering sophomore Linda Xie, international relations sophomore Elaine Weiss, and psychology freshman Amber Nong pose in Japanese Street fashion on the Drag.
“I’m not afraid of doing this anymore, but I’ve been doing it for years. I’m just used to people staring at me.” —Michelle Merritt Social work senior
inspiration from Victorian eras. Sometimes, people who do it look like a giant cupcake or Marie Antoinette, but it’s very opulent and fun.” The club plans to host social events in order to show these are style choices— not Halloween costumes or fetishes. According to Merritt, events will include things like jewelry classes,
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tea parties and fashion shows for the public. “I feel naked when I’m not [dressed up] — like I’m not the real me,” psychology freshman Amber Nong said. “People who disapprove are pretty
close-minded, and sometimes it’s fun to do something different, even if it surprises people.” One of the main goals of the Japanese Street Fashion Club is to facilitate the interest of members and spread
awareness when it comes to Japanese street fashion. Undeclared freshman Rebecca Maset believes the uniqueness of Japanese street fashion is what makes it hard
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