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Council addresses ride-sharing apps

US Court of Appeals puts HB2 into effect

By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng

The Austin City Council continued to discuss an interim ordinance allowing transportation network companies to legally operate in Austin and passed a resolution to revise the city’s sound ordinance at a meeting Thursday.

The TNC ordinance passed 6-1 on its second reading, and the Council will revisit the ordinance for the final time at its next meeting.

Council member Chris Ri-

ley, who sponsored the resolution, proposed passing the TNC ordinance immediately, on an emergency basis. Riley said the ordinance addresses a number of issues regarding ride-sharing services.

“With respect to the issue about accessible service, and I thought that was the biggest issue we needed to address in real detail,” Riley said. “There is new language that clarifies that the goal is to have successful rides with wait time equivalent to other TNC times.”

Council member Laura

Morrison, who gave the only “no” vote on the ordinance, said the Council ought to look at the plan more closely.

“I don’t think it’s an emergency and would much prefer to see the whole issue go forward,” Morrison said. “If we are going to pass this, I do want a few things clarified and make sure we have the language right.”

Morrison expressed concern about language issues in the ordinance, including the

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Austin City Council member Chris Riley talks about the transportation networking companies ordinance Thursday night.

By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng

CAMPUS

Open roofs mix nature with academics

By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

Although they may be some of the lesser-explored places on campus, the rooftops of several University buildings are home to a variety of features, including gardens, telescopes and even a bee colony.

UT Facilities Services spokeswoman Laurie Lentz said some students go on top of buildings because of class requirements.

“Several buildings allow student and faculty access to the roof due to class experiments or class projects,” Lentz said in an email. “For example, a faculty member maintains a bee colony on the roof of the [J. T. Patterson Laboratories Building], and a telescope is maintained on the roof of RLM.” Some buildings at

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Sarah Montgomery | Daily Texan Staff

Marketing sophomore Laura Bowman and accounting sophomore Archie Agarwal share a meal on the rooftop of the SAC. The SAC is one of several buildings on campus in which students can access the roof.

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Only seven abortion clinics in Texas will remain open after Texas was given the authority to enforce all provisions of House Bill 2.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that all provisions of HB2, specifically the one requiring abortion clinics to be hospital-grade, are constitutional.

The provision that requires abortion clinics to have hospital-grade surgical and ambulatory services was originally deemed unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel on Aug. 29. Other provisions of the bill, including the requirement that doctors at abortion clinics have admittance privileges within 30 miles of their clinics, forced many abortion clinics to shut down this past year.

The court called Yeakel’s decision to include all of Texas in his ruling “inappropriate.”

“Though Plaintiffs sought only as-applied relief from the admitting privileges requirement, limited to two abortion clinics — one in El Paso and one in McAllen — the district court, in its final judgment, appears to have facially invalidated the admitting privileges requirement throughout Texas,” the decision reads.

The decision stated that the plaintiffs have not proven the provisions of HB2 cause “undue burden” on women seeking reproductive services. Alexander Parker, communications director of

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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

ACL to showcase handmade journals

By Briana Zamora @whateverwillbri

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Ana Marie Cox, journalist and political satirist, speaks in the Joynes Reading Room on Thursday evening.

Writer speaks openly about political satire

By Nidia Cavazos @NCnidia

Ana Marie Cox, Washington D.C. correspondent for GQ Magazine and a reporter for The Guardian, discussed the merits of satirical writing and her experiences as an outspoken writer at a lecture in the Joynes Reading Room on Thursday.

Cox is well-known for her inclusion of humor in her writings on political issues.

She is also the founder of “Wonkette,” an award-winning blog that uses humor to analyze ongoing political issues.

Cox said it is important to know the difference between humor and satire.

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The sounds of tearing, ripping and hammering echoed throughout a small studio hidden behind an old bread factory off of Tillery Street. Surrounded by haphazardly-thrown scraps, leather bits and rusted metal door hinges, Mychal Mitchell artfullytooled leather, wielding her X-ACTO knife in quick, decisive strokes.

Mitchell is the pioneer behind Iona Handcrafted Books, a bookbinding studio that specializes in centuries-old Italian binding techniques. She creates journals, sketchbooks and photo albums using leather and hand-ripped archival paper. Mitchell will run a booth at the Austin City Limits Music Festival both weekends.

After graduating from Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in 1992, Mitchell had every

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff

Mychal Mitchell is the owner of Iona Handcrafted Books, a bookbinding studio specializing in Italian binding. Mitchell will run a booth at Austin City Limits Music Festival on both weekends.

intention of pursuing architecture. Five months into her post-graduate European backpacking expedition, her sketchbook was stolen.

This prompted Mitchell to buy a replacement from an Italian bookbinder, a man she said would eventually

alter the course of her life.

After befriending the bookbinder, Mitchell became his apprentice.

“At the time, it just seemed like an interesting experience to tell my grandchildren about someday,” Mitchell said. “I was

just having fun hanging out and learning from an old Italian dude.”

What began as a hobby twenty years ago has now flourished into Mitchell’s passion and full-time trade.

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U.S. DOD awards grant to UT to study brain injuries.

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UT System has no business owning military vehicles.

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A senior fencer reflects on his championship run.

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Volleyball heads to Kansas for Big 12 road test.

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Two UT alumni will perform at ACL Music Fest.

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continues from page 1 “Satire is a really powerful form of critique,” Cox said. “Humor is someone slipping on a banana, and satire is someone powerful slipping on a banana.”

Cox said her motivation behind being funny is to tell the truth.

“The goal is not to be funny; it’s to tell the truth, and the truth is often funny,” Cox said. “Humor is often based on surprise, and what I have to say is surprising.”

Cox, who has covered controversial topics, such as gay marriage and political campaigns, said what drove her to become a blogger is her desire to know the truth behind events.

“My reason for writing is truth-telling,” Cox said. “I say the things that other people are thinking but not saying.”

Plan II senior Garrison Land, who attended the lecture, said it was a good opportunity to hear Cox share her experiences.

“I’m in the writing class that she visited today, and it’s great to be able to talk to someone like her who has the experience and can share how her career has been as a writer,” Land said.

Cox also talked about receiving criticism from comments on her blog posts and Twitter account.

“When I think about mistakes I’ve made, there’s no joke I regret,” Cox said. “It makes you more credible to express your feelings than pretend you don’t have any.”

Sneha Jain, Plan II and chemical engineering freshman, said she enjoys the type of humor Cox uses in her blogs and articles.

“I enjoy seeing humor being used, as I see it as a more accessible way for people to understand the news,” Jain said. “It’s a way to feel more connected to the stories, and, yes, there are stories that you don’t want humor associated with, but humor also brings in light into those stories.”

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requirement that TNCs provide outreach to underserved communities.

“I do think handing it over to the TNCs to do their best is not adequate,” Morrison said. “I think there should be some requirement in the law that allows us to evaluate it and put new requirements in their agreements if they’re not doing it adequately.”

While Riley said a task force would continue to work on a more long-term solution beyond the temporary ordinance, Morrison said she thought addressing all aspects of the ordinance, temporary or not, was necessary.

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continues from page 1 College Republicans, said in an email that he agrees with the decision.

“The opinion of the panel articulated the important balance between making sure this law doesn’t impose too undue a burden, and the very real issue of ensuring that abortion clinics are a safe environment on par with other medical institutions,” Parker said.

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Mayor Lee Leffingwell said legalizing ride-sharing transportation is the next necessary step in Austin transportation.

“I realize that something needs to be done about our transportation system,” Leffingwell said. “I want to make sure we provide a level playing field for all kinds of transportation agencies, including cab companies. It’s silly to put a restriction on the number of cabs in service. The best approach is to deregulate — not totally, but still have requirements for insurance and vetting drivers.”

Council member Kathie Tovo expressed concern with surge pricing and proposed capping the level where pricing could rise. After a

representative from the Lyft ride-sharing service explained surge pricing is explicitly posted on the app during prime time, Council member Bill Spelman said he did not agree with the practice.

Chris Johnson, a senior policy associate with ride-sharing app Uber, said Uber is working to ensure that everyone has access to their agency.

“We do have a staff here, and we’re learning the nuances of the city,” Johnson said. “We are looking to continue to build relationships with the community.”

The council also passed a resolution to look at the city’s existing sound ordinance.

After Austin police and fire

department officers informed students the current city sound ordinance would be enforced more strictly, students became concerned that the rules would hinder West Campus events and parties.

Leah Bojo, policy aide for Riley, said the procedures to obtain a permit would be almost impossible for students.

“The cops have said you’re not going to be able to get these permits,” Bojo said. “It’s reasonable to think that students want to have parties, and they need to be safe and respect the quality of life of other residents.”

Under the resolution, City Manager Marc Ott will present city code amendments defining a “private party” to the Council on Nov. 20.

Democrats communications director, said in an email that the organization was “saddened” by the ruling.

“For far too long, Texas has had a climate of ignoring women’s autonomy for the sake of purely partisan politics; this is merely the newest iteration of the Republican war on women in Texas,” Adams said. “Out-oftouch conservative lawmakers, who would put blind ideology over the health of their constituents, need to be voted out of office in November.”

Lauren Bean, Deputy Communications Director for the Texas Attorney General’s Office, which defended the state law before the court, praised the decision.

“This decision is a vindication of the careful deliberation by the Texas Legislature to craft a law to protect the health and safety of Texas women,” Bean said.

Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, an organization that challenged

the law on behalf of the state’s abortion clinics, said in a statement that the ruling was a pretense for politicians to say they were protecting women.

“It is an endorsement of politicians’ disingenuous tactic of undermining women’s safety under the false pretext of protecting it and of their unconstitutional intrusions into the personal, private decisions of every woman and family facing an unintended pregnancy,” Northrup said.

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the University also have “green roofs,” an environmentally-friendly designation indicating that at least part of the roof is covered with vegetation. According to the Austin Green Roof Advisory Group’s website, green roofs can provide aesthetic value and insulation and reduce storm water runoff.

Lentz said green roofs are not new at the University, although newer buildings — such as the SAC, Hackerman Building and the College of Liberal Arts Building — tend to have more green space.

“UT has a long association with green roofs, dating back to the 1930s when areas of lawn and shrubs were planted on the roofs flanking either side of the Office of the President,” Lentz said. “In more recent times, the largest amount of green roofs has been installed at the Student Activity Center, and a portion of the LBJ plaza — which is also a roof above the space below the plaza — is planted.”

Green roofs are incorporated into new buildings if it’s important to the building’s program and is supportable within a project’s budget, according to Lentz.

Students frequent the roof of the SAC, which has a rooftop garden and Skyspace, a structure by artist James Turrell that

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illuminates colored light sequences at sunrise and sunset.

Graduate student Taylor Bradley, who works as an attendant at Skyspace, said the roof of the SAC is a popular spot for students to sit and relax during the afternoon.

“Usually, we get more students around lunchtime, and people just kind of nap or relax,” Bradley said. “Occasionally, we get a class or some tourists.”

According to Lentz, most green roofs on campus are accessible to the public, although about 80 percent of campus buildings require a campus utility machine room key to gain rooftop access.

Lentz said the Roof Safety Working Group partners with Project Management and Construction Services and the Environmental Health and Safety department to determine parameters for roof access and safety.

“When roofs are accessible to the public, building code dictates the height and type of barrier required for fall protection,” Lentz said. “Project Management and Construction Services is in the process of selecting a contractor to install passive safety devices for fall protection, such as railings and warning lines. The first group of buildings were selected, and a structural engineering firm has completed the design and load requirements for these systems.”

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Texas schools, System have no Action against pro-Palestinian business owning military vehicles professor limits faculty freedom

By Claire Smith

Daily Texan Columnist @claireseysmith

Before the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, two months ago, many Americans were unaware of the U.S. Department of Defense’s 1033 Program. Shocking photographs of police officers launching military-grade tear gas into crowds and riding through the streets of Ferguson in armored vehicles flooded news outlets. These images were made more shocking by the subsequent realization that the 1033 Program, which is currently under review in Congress, has distributed surplus military supplies to more than 10,000 American communities and has armed several Central Texas agencies with military-grade vehicles and weaponry. Included in these state agencies are Central Texas school districts, as well as the UT System.

Ten Texas public school districts have acquired 18 M-14 rifles, 25 automatic pistols and 4,500 rounds of ammunition in total. The UT System (not the University of Texas Police Department) has also acquired one mineresistant, armored-protective vehicle and two other military trucks. The subject of providing schools with the materials some believe are needed to protect Texas’ youth is colored by gray areas, but it comes down to one question: Should we draw a line when it comes to the protection of our community’s campuses and youth?

I cannot argue that Central Texas campuses and public school systems do not deserve the best protection that can be afforded to them.

As any police officer would state, and as two police officers told me while I was writing my first column on militarization, the chief role of the police is to be prepared for any threat against communities.

The problem is that arming Texas school districts is not the best protection for anyone.

The 1033 Program does not enforce standard orders or procedures for the use of military weapons and materials or designate training for their operation. Therefore, allowing such materials to be used by communities, especially school districts, is vulnerable to misuse. And of course, because the armored vehicles and weapons granted to law enforcement agencies by the 1033 Program were created for combat zones, the misuse of such materials is incredibly dangerous.

Some communities are beginning to forsake the materials granted to them by the Department of Defense. Central Texas school districts would do well to follow that lead.

The city council of the college town Davis, California, ordered the police department to return the $700,000 mine-resistant, ambushprotected vehicle, known colloquially as an MRAP, which was given free of charge to the Davis Police Department. Despite the police chief ’s statement that the vehicle was “perfect” for rescues and active shooter situations, the Davis City Council decided that its community is better served without it. This decision is unique, as it is the first community reported to have made a distinction between community interests and a law enforcement agency’s desire for such a machine. This is also a groundbreaking development in the militarization of local police forces because it highlights how little public outreach was attempted before the acquisition of the machine to gauge the community’s response.

Congress may decide soon that all communities are better off without surplus military equipment and the 1033 Program, which remains under review at President Barack Obama’s behest, but a line must be drawn now, especially with communities made vulnerable because of their young members. Fortunately, school shootings are so rare that they don’t warrant the attainment of so many weapons by Texas school districts. The reality is the campuses that have acquired these materials have no use for them. In the event of an emergency on one of the nine university campuses in the UT System, it could take hours for the UT System’s armored vehicle to reach the campus, and it could very well be too late for anything to be accomplished by its use. The risk that such materials pose to campuses outweighs the probability of their usefulness.

We must draw a line when it comes to protecting our communities: a line that separates the interests of communities and the wants of law enforcement agencies. Increased weaponry does not equate to safety. The 1033 Program only gives police officers the opportunity to misuse combat vehicles and weapons when the materials are not also accompanied by standard orders and protocols for officer training and use of the objects. Any misuse of combat materials is unacceptable and a true danger to us all.

Smith is a history junior from Austin.

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New UTPD bike patrols combine efficiency with approachability

By John Daywalt Senior Columnist @JohnDaywalt

During my time in Austin, I have seen many police bicycle patrols near campus, both Downtown and around the Capitol grounds, by the Austin Police Department and state troopers respectively, but I was surprised that there was not a bike patrol on campus. Many students ride bicycles, and it can be the quickest way around campus, so why not? Last month, the University Police Department launched a new bike patrol.

These bike patrols have been used across the nation in other cities and on campuses such as the University of Texas at San Antonio and are an excellent choice for UT Austin because they provide the most efficient means of getting around campus, are more cost effective and environmentally friendly than vehicles and make officers more approachable to students.

While their data may be slightly skewed, Trulia listed the 78712 zip code, which covers most of the UT campus, as one of the five worst zip codes in Austin for crime earlier this year. Their rankings look only at raw numbers of crimes, and as a result, they do not really look into types

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of crimes. Some of these so-called crimes counted could even be a couple of lunatics dressed as a cat and mouse interrupting classes in Mezes Hall — yes, this happened last month — who were charged with criminal trespassing.

Regardless of the actual crimes being committed on campus, cities such as Chicago have implemented bike patrols with great success. After bike patrols had been active for 14 months in 20 high crime areas, crime dropped by 26 percent throughout the city. Plus, violent crimes such as murders and shootings dropped 50 and 43 percent respectively. The fact that a simple bike patrol works so well elsewhere is a positive sign of the decision to add bike patrols to the 40 Acres.

UTPD Police Chief David Carter says the bike patrol will have the flexibility to be deployed to areas of campus and areas west of campus that need extra attention.

A study conducted at Roger Williams University in the mid-2000s compared bike patrols to vehicular patrols. The study found that bike patrols perform just as effectively in most dimensions of patrolling and are even more effective in some dimensions. A few of the highlights of the study are that bike patrol officers are more approachable and build a stronger relationship with the community. This would definitely benefit a college campus where essentially none of us are driving on campus. Also, bike patrol officers are more likely to randomly roll up on illicit activities because they are able to hear their surroundings better than officers inside of cars. It is important to also note the lesser fiscal and environmental impacts bike patrols have compared to vehicles.

While the new bike patrol is made up of only five officers, I have already seen these officers around campus and on the Drag on multiple occasions. As the study suggested, these officers were extremely approachable as I spoke with two officers on one occasion just to hear their thoughts on the new patrol. UTPD does an excellent job both on and off campus, and I look forward to seeing how the bike patrol will provide a safer campus.

Daywalt is a government senior from Copperas Cove.

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By Mukund Rathi Guest Columnist

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Over the summer, Steven Salaita resigned from his tenured position at Virginia Tech to take up a faculty position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After Salaita readied himself to move with his family, ordered course books and had even been invited to the faculty welcome luncheon, he was informed by UIUC Chancellor Phyllis Wise that his appointment would not be submitted for what was supposed to be a symbolic confirmation by the Board of Trustees. Weeks later, Wise finally released a statement explaining the sudden rejection — her objection was to unspecified “personal and disrespectful words” that Salaita allegedly used, which contradict traditions of “civility.”

In August, Inside Higher Ed published its findings from an open records request for communications regarding the Salaita appointment, and they “show that Wise was lobbied on the decision not only by pro-Israel students, parents and alumni, but also by the fund-raising arm of the university.” The emails sent to Wise object to Salaita’s outraged tweets during the recent Israeli military invasion of Gaza — the invasion destroyed much of the occupied territory and killed over 2,000 Palestinians (disproportionately more children than adults). Tweets cited in the emails include: “Zionists, take responsibility: if your dream of an ethnocratic Israel is worth the murder of children, just fucking own it already.”

The criterion of “civility” that drove Wise’s decision has never been an accepted scholarly norm, as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has long held that such a criterion is used to “[ensure] homogeneity” and “threaten academic freedom.” The UIUC faculty search committee that hired Salaita, unlike Wise, included legitimate criteria such as peer and student evaluations from his eight years at Virginia Tech. These evaluations consistently (over 90 percent) attest not only to Salaita’s “knowledge of subject,” but also “concern and respect” for students, pre-emptively addressing Wise’s (illegitimate) concerns about “civility.” In a statement of support for Salaita, AAUP noted that Wise’s overriding decision may also violate the academic freedom of those “Illinois faculty members who recommended hiring him.”

The anti-Salaita campaign was a concerted effort, as “most of the emails [to Wise] … are nearly identical, suggesting the use of talking points or shared drafts.” One email from a longtime donor states, “Having been a multiple 6 figure donor to Illinois over the years I know our support is ending,” and that “this is doubly unfortunate for the school” as he has “accumulated quite a balance sheet over [his] 35 year career.” The senior director of development for the University of Illinois Foundation, which handles fundraising and donor relations, for-

warded to Wise “a letter complaining about the Salaita hire.” Moreover, a cover-up by UIUC is becoming increasingly apparent, as documents about the decision-making process are being withheld. Wise sent an email to the Foundation which noted that during a meeting with a major donor, “he gave me a two-pager filled with information on Steven Salaita and said how we handle this situation will be very telling.” The Electronic Intifada, a nonprofit news source on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Palestinian perspective, FOIA’d this document, and was rejected with the dubious reason that “no records responsive to [the] request could be located.”

The rejection of Salaita is part of a wider campaign in academia against Palestinian solidarity. In March 2014, for example, Northeastern University suspended the university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for their activism. SJP had been distributing “mock eviction” leaflets to raise awareness about Israeli expansion into the occupied Palestinian territories.

Moreover, the administration launched a police investigation and threatened to expel involved students. However, students are fighting back against these anti-Palestinian politics. The SJP chapter was reinstated after, as The Electronic Intifada puts it, “an outpouring of condemnation by Northeastern SJP activists and supporters across the US.” TV news and syndicated radio program “Democracy Now!” reported that “thousands of academics have signed petitions calling for Salaita’s reinstatement, and several lecturers have canceled appearances in protest.”

The Texas State Employees Union passed a resolution, submitted by UT communication studies professor Dana Cloud, in support of Salaita.

The resolution notes that “all public employees should be able to speak their mind without fear of losing their jobs” and “labor should not abstain from movements for social justice.”

Students, staff and faculty at UT should be particularly concerned about donor-corporatization of the University and its effect on our community’s free expression. President William Powers Jr. has been touting the importance of the recently completed Campaign for Texas, a fundraising program that successfully raised $3 billion from donors. Infographics on the campaign’s website emphasize “the need for philanthropy,” and Powers has stated that this undergirds core academic projects such as “[helping] our faculty change the world through their research and scholarship.” Powers has long pushed for commercializing faculty, having advocated the January 2013 “Business Productivity” report which recommended restricting recruiting and funding to “commercially relevant activity among faculty.” That report was authored by 13 businesspeople, led by Accenture executive Steve Rohleder, who were given $1 million by the University for these recommendations. As Palestine solidarity activism continues on our campus, we must be vigilant of attempts by the increasingly corporatized UT administration to follow in UIUC’s censoring footsteps.

Rathi is a computer science honors junior from Austin.

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Ad school’s namesake a lion in field

By David Fowler Guest Columnist

Congratulations to Stan Richards, for whom I worked long ago at The Richards Group in Dallas. He’s now the namesake of the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Texas. It’s a terrific honor for him, and it makes everyone who worked for him feel proud. Stan is a famous designer, but he also taught me a lot about the craft of writing.

He banned the word “plus” from our lexicon, as in “Free hot dogs plus lots more!” It’s a weak and ad-dy word that I still won’t use in copy. He detested ellipses … because they implied disconnected thinking and left bare holes in a layout. He insisted on good English. You were your own proofreader and your signature on the final art meant it was right. I signed with trembling hands after checking the copy a dozen times.

You were responsible.

We called him “The Chief.” It was like the city room at a newspaper and he was Ben Bradlee. He touched everything. He saw every piece of work. There was no hiding. In that era before computers, he insisted art directors sketch the ad in pencil. You put your thinking into the idea, not the trappings.

He said “I trust you” a lot, even though he had very little reason to have confidence in a scrum of 20-something rookies, many graduates of UT. It was indicative, most likely, of his incurable optimism. There was nothing we could screw up that he couldn’t fix.

He was honest in his assessment of work.

When I screened my first television commer-

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cial for him (made while he was away on vacation) he politely told me that while it was indeed clever, it looked like something “made for Carpet Warehouse.” (As I recall, it had a man jumping out of a newspaper box and screaming. Lots of screaming.) As I stood in his office, he called the client at The Denver Post and told him he felt it wasn’t quite right for the brand (no joke). He then shot a new commercial on his own dime. He didn’t fire me or humiliate me. He trusted me. (I made sure never to shoot another commercial while he was out of town.)

He had rules. You signed in every morning.

You did your timesheet promptly. Discussing salary was a firing offense (as some found out). You also got the distinct hint that taking up running would improve your career, as he was, and still is, an avid runner. I was a smoker when I went to work for him. Not for long.

The result of all this (besides the usual eyerolling) was that Stan created a distinct point of view about advertising and ad agencies. He built the most successful independent agency in America. There’s a lot to learn from him. He didn’t just own the place. Or run it. He led it.

Creative people, at least in the business of advertising, need leadership. They don’t really like anarchy. Creating advertising is a timesensitive discipline, not an endless art project.

It’s a craft that can be learned, if you have a good teacher.

I had one of the best.

Fowler is an advertising writer in New York City. He worked at The Richards Group from 1983-87. Follow Fowler on Twitter @dfowlernyc.

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Former UT students’ band to make ACL debut

By Courtney Runn @courtney_t_runn

UT alumni Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke first started playing music together when they were college roommates. What started off as a hobby soon became a full-time job in 2014 after the release of their second album, Struggle Pretty. And now, their band, Penny and Sparrow, will perform on the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Friday.

The transition from dorm-room serenaders to ACL newcomers took a number of years. It was not until Jahnke received a recording set from his family that the duo finished their first EP, Creature, in 2011.

Two years later, friends and

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continues from page 1 “When I started doing it in 1994, nobody else in the States was doing it, and that’s why I was making them for myself and for my friends,” Mitchell said. “I started selling them at a little market in Seattle, and after, I just couldn’t stop.”

Mitchell now travels the country displaying and selling her books. She has spent the past three weeks preparing for the booth she will run at ACL. This is the first year Mitchell will be participating at the festival, and she said she is excited to showcase her specialized trade.

“I am selling an heirloom you can trash,” Mitchell said.

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family encouraged them to produce a first album, Tenboom, using the fundraising tool Kickstarter to release their work.

As gigs increased, both Baxter and Jahnke took time off from their fulltime jobs at the nonprofit organizations Young Life and Refugee Services of Texas. “[Our music was] a labor of love that ended up making money on the side,” Baxter said.

Baxter said the two constantly read, watch movies and digest media and art, all of which inspire their lyrics.

He described it as “curating a life” or sifting through experiences and memories, attempting to decide what to showcase in their lyrics. Baxter said, while their religious beliefs influence the lyrics, he does not classify their band as Christian.

Six months ago, the duo and their wives quit their jobs to tour more seriously and concentrate

on music. Baxter said, in the age of free downloads and websites such as Spotify, human contact is the best way to build a fan base.

“There is zero substitute for touring,” Baxter said.

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it with you on all your misadventures, and 150 years from now, your great-greatgrandchildren will be fighting over it.”

Austin resident Jamie Jones has been purchasing Mitchell’s books for years. Jones used her most recent Iona journal to chronicle her own backpacking adventure.

Documenting her six-week trip to Mongolia earlier this summer, Jones filled her book with watercolor paintings, sketches and cryptic notes.

“I wrote every single day,” Jones said. “It was the most important thing in my backpack. It was my faithful companion, and I am going to cherish it forever.”

Celeste Landrum, an Iona assistant bookbinder, said

running the booth at ACL will give Iona Handcrafted Books an opportunity to display their craft to a very different audience.

“We typically exhibit at fine art shows throughout the country, and ACL gives us a chance to have fun and show a hip music audience what we can do,” Landrum said.

Landrum said she loves working with her hands, but the most rewarding aspect of her job is giving others a tangible place to store the intangible.

“One of the great joys of my job is hearing the stories of what our books provide for people,” Landrum said. “We give people a way to remember great life memories and experiences.”

Penny and Sparrow, making their first appearance at ACL, prepared for the festival by writing new songs and perfecting old ones.

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getting up and singing your songs in front of people all over the country.”

The band is touring throughout the fall, making a brief stop in Austin for their ACL debut. Although they played at an ACL afterparty last year, this will be

Penny and Sparrow’s first time playing at the actual festival. The band has been preparing by writing new music and fine-tuning their old songs.

According to Baxter, the two would be thrilled if they were still playing music at the

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We have all learned and grown throughout the years to travel and work with each other in a very positive way, with little to no drama.

continues from page 8 on iHeart Austin, a station that now frequently plays “Swimming Pool Blues” from Miniature Tigers’ newest album. Gaining popularity is exciting for the band, Brand said, but it also reminds them they are in a competitive industry.

“Even though we’re getting played on the radio — which is so cool now, you’re being played on the radio — but there’s other bands being played on the radio that are doing a lot better,” Brand said. “Even if we were in Billboard Top 10, there’s other bands doing better there.”

As close friends, the band has learned how to balance their professional and

—Rick Schaier, Band member

personal lives while maintaining their music as the core focus. On tour, they usually share close quarters and rehearse together for long hours.

“We have all learned and grown throughout the years to travel and work with each other in a very positive way, with little to no drama,” Schaier said. “It’s key to a band’s survival to enjoy one another and to also let them be them.”

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Sporting his white jacket and breeches, along with high, burnt orange Longhorn socks, then-junior Loktao Shing picked up his foil just over five months ago, ready to begin the foil fencing championship match.

After a day of both individual and team events at the United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs National Championship, Shing outlasted 40 teams and nearly 700 fencers to stand just one game, or 15 touches, away from being crowned the 2014 Men’s Foil National Champion.

Born in El Paso, Texas, and fencing since the age of six, now-senior Shing arrived at the 40 Acres three years ago and immediately joined the UT Fencing Club. Majoring in Plan II and civil engineering, Shing captained his foil team of four at the national tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee, this past April. “[Shing] is energetic and sometimes hard to control, but he is absolutely the most understanding teammate,” actuarial sciences senior Nick Franzese said. “He is a great coach and friend.”

The Fencing Club trains four times a week, two days for beginners and two for those more experienced.

While training for the tournament, Shing upped his practice time.

“For the two months leading up to nationals, I would go to the gym three

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Senior Lok tao Shing won the 2014 United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs National Championship. He joined the UT Fencing Club his freshman year and captained his four-member foil team at the national tournament in April.

times a week: one day helping my teammates, another day doing cardio and strengthening, and the third day — I would fence my teammates,” Shing said.

As the competition approached, Shing mentally prepared for his looming opponents.

“I made sure to think everyone was better than they were,” Shing said.

“Since I went into it thinking that, I didn’t have any nasty surprises.”

During the two-day

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competition, Shing competed in multiple bouts in his group, fencing his way into the top-16 and direct elimination round for all foil groups.

Defeating his first three opponents by as few as two and as many as ten points, Shing reached the final round, up against Sidney Leung of Boston University.

“Usually I’m a loud and happy-go-lucky, but I remember I had laser focus,” Shing said.

Although Shing took an early lead in the first few

bouts, Leung battled back to tie it up 14-14. It was one bout for the final point and national title.

“I remember thinking that I was really tired from the entire day, but I also knew that I had prepared so long for this last bout, and I was there,” Shing said. “All I needed left was to finish what I started and win.”

In his final bout of the tournament, Shing set up, with foil in hand, scored the final point within moments.

“We were all elated,”

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Texas hits road again, set to take on Kansas

By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74

The Texas volleyball team (10-0, 2-0 Big 12) hasn’t been a stranger to the road this season. Coming off of their first home game in nearly three weeks — a sweep of Iowa State — the No. 2 Longhorns will once again play a road game against the Kansas Jayhawks (12-4, 0-2 Big 12) on Sunday.

The Longhorns, who have played six of their 10 games away from Gregory Gym, have already faced two ranked opponents — No. 8 Nebraska and No. 9 Florida — and were given a stout challenge in a five set match against West Virginia on the road. “[Being on the road] did a lot,” senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman said.

“It showed that even when we are down, we can come back if we do the right things, if we focus in on what we need to focus on, if we don’t let the crowd get into our head, if we play basic volleyball. It showed that we can do what we need to do and that we should start the way we ended up finishing.”

Eckerman and the team hope to use their experiences

Franzese said. “He wiped out almost everyone else along the way but won the last bout in the closest and more interesting bout of the whole tournament.”

In winning the match, Shing earned the title for both himself and the University.

“It was a great feeling,” said Daron Jacob, club president and biology senior. “Especially since we were unable to attend nationals two years prior to last, it was awesome to have our name right back up there in USACFC.”

on the road to help get by a challenging Kansas team that was picked to finish second in the Big 12 preseason coaches’ poll. Head coach Jerritt Elliott believes the team must play better than it did Wednesday if they want to win Sunday.

“Kansas is a big-time match for us,” Elliott said after Wednesday’s game.

“They’re playing at the highest level, along with Kansas State, so we’re going to have to play better than we did tonight to come out with a [win]. I think there’s got be some urgency. I think we can continue to get better. We just got to be more efficient.”

The Longhorns will look to remain undefeated with a win against the Jayhawks.

They will also have an opportunity to extend their Big 12 winning streak to 19 games, a streak that has continued since last season. Most importantly, Texas will try to make improvements from their game against Iowa State.

“For whatever reason, we haven’t been starting games [very well],” Elliott said. “So we need to come out a little stronger and be a little bit more narrowed in.”

The match against Kansas can be seen on Fox Sports Southwest at 1 p.m.

Junior outfielder Lindsey Stephens was named one of the softball team’s three captains and hopes to help the team bounce back after a relatively down year.

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Texas hopes to bounce back

By Aaron Torres @aarontl11

Texas’ softball campaign came to an end last season at the hands of LouisianaLafayette in a 10-1 routing during Regionals.

This season, the Longhorns are looking to bounce back.

“Losing that game — it was heartbreaking,” junior outfielder Lindsey Stephens said. “It was actually hard for me to watch the [College] World Series and the Super Regionals after that because I wasn’t ready to finish the season.”

Because Texas lost four seniors last year and only has two seniors this year, leadership may be a challenge early on. However, Stephens said others on the team will not shy away from the challenge.

“The team as a whole—

we all are great leaders at some point, and we also learn how to follow,” Stephens said. “So I think that’s what is really good about us.”

The three captains this year — outfielder Rachel Scott, second baseman Stephanie Ceo and Stephens — are juniors who went to the College World Series two years ago.

“We have some captains on the team, and I just think that we’re going to try to guide us all back to the World Series,” Stephens said.

Their experience and leadership will be key if the Longhorns want to return to Oklahoma City.

“I thought the team and the staff did a great job of being on the same page on who we would have wanted as captains,” head

coach Connie Clark said.

“Those are three young women that are ready to take on the reign.”

Clark said this year’s group is ready to get another shot at the Worlds Series.

“I think this group is motivated to make to the top eight. We want to be at the Women’s College World Series, and that’s all we’re talking about,” Clark said. “It’s more realistic that we can talk about that this year.”

The players agree that this team feels more motivated.

“Our goal every year is to get back to the World Series and win the World Series,” Ceo said. “So, no matter what, it’s always going to be that motivation. We came up short in Regionals last year, and it’s just an extra push to get even further this year.”

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Women’s golf heads to Norman for Schooner Fall Classic The women’s golf team will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to make its debut in the three-day Schooner Fall Classic that begins Saturday.

Tee times for the outing start at 8:30 a.m. every day of the tournament, held at the Belmar Golf Club (70 par, 6,519 yards).

The Longhorns will face several Golfweek top-20 teams, such as No. 1 Arkansas, No. 8 Louisiana State University, No. 10 Mississippi State and No. 20 University of Central Florida. The Longhorns are currently ranked at No. 37.

Most recently, Texas tied for fourth in their first tournament of the season, the Minnesota Invitational, which was held Sept. 16 in Minneapolis.

This will mark the second annual Oklahomahosted tournament, which benefits the Toby Keith Foundation, an organization that encourages the health and happiness of pediatric cancer patients.

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Senior outside hitter Khat Bell blocks Iowa State in Texas’ first Big 12 home game of the season. No. 2 Texas looks to continue its 19-game conference winning streak Saturday.

The women’s soccer team has faced ranked opponents in three of its last four games and will receive a well-deserved respite with a road contest against an unranked Iowa State team Friday at 7 p.m. The Cyclones are 6-6-0 on the season and have already dropped their first two conference games against Baylor and Oklahoma State.

Although Texas has

slowed down since going undefeated through its first six games, Iowa State should be an easier match for the Longhorns compared to the national elites they’ve drawn recently.

Texas (6-4-2) began conference play by facing the two toughest teams in the Big 12. The Longhorns split last weekend’s conference home stand with

an overtime win against then-No. 6 Texas Tech and a 2-0 loss to then-No. 17 West Virginia.

Freshman forward Olivia Brook has been the team’s leading goal scorer despite coming off the bench, but the starting attackers need to make an impact early in games if Texas is to succeed in conference play.

Head coach Angela Kelly expressed concern

about the team’s execution in last weekend’s shutout loss to the Mountaineers.

“I’m disappointed in our decision making — we need to be more eager to receive the ball,” Kelly said.

“We understand our decision making, and we understand that you don’t pick or choose when you show up. This is conference time, and you need to show up every game.”

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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

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Miniature Tigers remain humble while on the rise

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During ACL, Austin resident Jack Armstrong converts his backyard into parking spaces for paying patrons. Armstong can fit about 12 cars in his yard and offers one-day spaces as well as full-weekend spots.

Locals sell parking spots to festival-goers pocket some extra cash.

One example is local food trailer park, The Picnic. During ACL The Picnic will not just cater to hungry mouths, as its Barton Springs Road parking lot will be open to people looking for a place to

By Estefania de Leon leave their cars.

“We have a managing @estefaniadeleon company that handles the Just as New York City res- collection of money, but idents know to leave their the parking lot is built,” said homes by New Year’s Eve Alastair Jenkin, co-owner of to avoid the hectic holiday, The Picnic. “It’s just going to Austin residents know that operate like a normal, paid driving or parking anywhere parking lot — you just pay in the city during the Austin the guy.”

Drivers will be able to get City Limits Music Festival is nearly impossible — espe- one of The Picnic’s 80 parking spots on a first-comecially around Zilker Park.

Local businesses and sur- first-serve basis, with each rounding residents, how- spot costing $30.

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just not many places to park.”

UT alumnus Jack Armstrong is a real estate broker who has lived in Austin for over 20 years. When ACL started, he saw the demand for parking spaces. Since then, he has been renting out his backyard and driveway for people to park in.

“I’m usually filled, but I probably won’t try to max it out this year,” Armstrong said. “I get people from years past that find me, and they come back. [They] always email me like a week or two before.”

Armstrong said about 12 cars can fit in his backyard and driveway, and he gives everyone a reserved spot.

“I print the people’s names, and they have their own spots,” Armstrong said.

9/3/14 5:01 PM “They can come and go, and

their spot will be there the next day.”

As far as pricing goes, Armstrong will charge $40 or $45 per day if a person decides to rent a spot for two or more days.

“It is hard for people to get access to my house because roads are shut down, so that’s always the hard part,” Armstrong said.

For Austin resident Sabrina Sklar, ACL became a chance to make money by renting out her condominium parking space.

“I saw a friend posting on Facebook, so I just said, ‘Eh, I’ll post [an advertisement] on Craigslist,’” Sklar said. “There are thousands of people that walk into the city with limited parking, and I figured I’d make some money.”

For Charlie Brand, the frontman of Brooklyn indie rock/pop band Miniature Tigers, music is an escape.

There was never a backup plan — it was the only thing he felt he could do.

This year, Miniature Tigers will perform for the second time at Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Since being voted one of the 25 best bands on MySpace by Rolling Stone in 2006, Miniature Tigers has produced six albums — their latest titled Cruel Runnings.

The band consists of Brand on lead vocals and guitar, Rick Schaier on vocals and

keyboard, Brandon Lee on bass and Algernon Quashie on guitar. Brand grew up in a suburb outside of Phoenix, Arizona. The intense heat kept him inside growing up, which he said helped shape his creativity, imagination and songwriting skills.

“After high school, I locked myself in my room for two years, and I would just write all day and all night,” Brand said.

Brand said that as a young adult, he never felt college was the place for him. He dropped out of high school, got his GED and moved to L.A., where Schaier lived.

They had been fans of each other’s home recordings on MySpace.

“I wanted to be with people who were also pursuing their art in a major way,” Brand said.

Brand heard his voice on the radio for the first time

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