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SG supports Prop 1, more study hours

UT prepares for possible outbreak of diseases

By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman

The Student Government Assembly approved resolutions at a meeting on Tuesday regarding the city’s proposed urban rail route and opening the Flawn Academic Center on a 24/7 schedule.

The assembly also passed a resolution in support of the city’s Proposition 1. If approved by voters, the proposition would dedicate $600 million in bond money to an urban rail route, which would run from

East Riverside to ACC-Highland. The route would stop three times on campus along San Jacinto and Trinity streets.

The proposition also requires to city to acquire $400 million toward road projects and corridor studies.

University-wide representative Taral Patel said the rail would give students who live off campus more transportation options. SG passed resolutions in April and October 2013 in support of the line running by campus on Guadalupe Street.

“By bringing this infrastructure, we have the option to reach out and explore the routes that we do want,” Patel said.

The assembly unanimously passed a resolution in support of the University operating the FAC on a 24/7 basis.

Patel said the plan to implement the change is ahead of schedule and the project may be funded sooner than originally anticipated.

“It’s really important that

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By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94

Chris Foxx | Daily Texan Staff

Student Government President Kori Rady speaks about extending the FAC’s hours at a meeting Tuesday.

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By Evan Berkowitz @Evan_Berkowtiz

Editor’s Note: This is part of a weekly series looking back at past Texas athletes and where they are now. This week features former men’s basketball point guard Terrence Rencher, who played for Texas from 1991-1995.

Since he was a kid, Terrence Rencher has been checking off the boxes on his to-do list.

Be Mr. New York Basketball: Check.

Play college basketball: Check.

Become Texas’ all-time leading scorer: Check.

Make the NBA: Check.

“I am a big dreamer,” said Rencher, a point guard. “I see myself doing things before I get to that point.”

Growing up in the Bronx borough of New York City, Rencher knew more about college basketball than other kids. He knew the programs, the players and the

coaches. It wasn’t until he was in 11th grade, after seeing the “Runnin’ Horns” beat DePaul on national television, that Rencher began to consider Texas.

“I enjoyed watching them play,” Rencher said. “The guards were having fun and had free reign to make plays.”

So, when it came time to be recruited, Rencher reached out to then-Texas head coach Tom Penders, and, before he knew it, he was playing in Austin. After starting all four years at Texas, he quietly became Texas’ all-time leading scorer with 2,306 points and 440 assists.

“The NBA was just another step in my progression,” Rencher said. “I didn’t think of it as a big deal or a one-ina-billion situation. I just felt I’d have that opportunity at some point.”

He was taken 32nd overall by the Washington Bullets before a draft-day trade sent

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Former Texas point guard Terrence Rencher racked up 2,306 points and 440 assists in his four years with the Longhorns.

Although Gov. Rick Perry established an infectious diseases task force to handle the state’s response to Ebola, the University also has its own Infectious Disease Plan Annex in place to implement precautions and decide what to do in case of a possible Ebola outbreak on campus.

Coordinating responses from several campus organizations, the plan provides guidelines for the University to reduce the spread of an infectious disease and its social and economic effects on campus. The plan is designed to be easily changed depending on which disease it is in response to and the possible effects that disease could have. According to James Tai, interim co-medical director with University Health Services, University officials met Monday to discuss how the plan would adapt to a possible Ebola outbreak on campus.

Tai said UHS began implementing precautions when Ebola first started affecting people in West Africa, including conducting screening surveys and changing its internal policies to make staff aware of certain symptoms of the virus. UHS has also developed fact sheets about Ebola, screened students coming from West Africa for possible risk factors and changed its telephone triage policies to ask more questions about recent travel, Tai said.

“The first thing we would do is put information out about health care, hand washing and general conditions,” Tai said. “If the illness spread in Texas, we would look at how we handle triage and phone calls related to the disease. If it moved to the city, we would look at making sure first responders have appropriate protective equipment, satellite clinics and that kind of stuff.”

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UT Center for Identity launches new free program

By Josh Willis

The UT Center for Identity launched a new program at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Tuesday intended to combat the growing threat of identity theft.

Brenda Berkelaar, communication studies assistant professor, said the center and the program, called IDWise, provide tools for consumers to protect themselves from identity theft, a crime of which 20 percent of Americans are victims.

“What we want to do is make

sure the research and the teaching and the things that are happening at the University actually make it out to the consumers who are impacted by [identity theft],” Berkelaar said.

Anna Griffin, communications coordinator at the Center for Identity, said the project is meant to help the groups that are most susceptible to identity theft — including older adults, children, small businesses, veterans and active-service men and women.

State Comptroller Susan Combs said, as the chief financial officer of the state,

she understands how serious a problem identity theft is to the average consumer. According to Combs, the average consumer will pay $1,409 every time their identity is stolen. Together, she said, the total economic impact is in the billions.

“The Department of Justice tried to add up and figure what the financial losses were, and they said, if you aggregate direct and indirect costs of identity theft, you’re looking at about $24.7 billion,” Combs said.

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Two UT psychologists ranked on top 200-list.

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Regents shouldn’t be surprised by disappointing numbers in fixed tuition plan.

Strong ushers in new Red River Showdown era.

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McCombs alumna owns production company.

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Texas volleyball stays hot with win over Baylor.

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Sierra Club interns fight carbon emissions.

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Children from Kirby Hall Elementary School are the first to try out “Beat the Thief,” the new IDWise interactive cyber security simulator that was released Tuesday morning.

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continues from page 1 vice president for Campus Safety and Security, said the University has created previous plans for diseases such as SARS, influenza and mumps, and would follow state and federal recommendations in the event of an Ebola outbreak.

“We’ll meet and look at Ebola, and the main question is: If it comes to Austin, what would we do?”

Harkins said. “We’d follow what the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the state lays out as a good Ebola plan and say, ‘How does that fit into our stages?’ There’s no vaccine for it — it’s not like you can get a flu shot — so we could only react to it.”

Harkins said a response to Ebola would depend on where and how students were affected.

“If a case was reported, say, for students in a class, we’d interview and monitor students in that class,” Harkins said. “If it was in a residence hall, the circumstances would differ — we’d have to disinfect the hall and move students out.”

Tai said UHS’ response to an outbreak of Ebola

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CORRECTION In a column that ran Monday, the relationship of one of Charles Whitman's victims to the shooter was misstated. The person who was said to be his sister was actually his wife.

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would depend on the number of people affected by the virus and its severity.

“It would depend on whether it’s a new infection and if people have immunity to it or not and what the effects of the virus are,” Tai said. “Obviously, if it has a higher mortality rate and affects more people, that’s going to be more alarming.”

The University’s approach to Ebola would be slightly different from previous plans because the virus is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids, not through respiratory contact, Tai said.

“We’d use personal protective equipment, which involves goggles, face shields, gowns and gloves, which are the same precautions they would follow for a virus like this in a hospital,” Tai said.

Harkins said the plan coordinates responses from Environmental Health and Safety, the UT Police Department, University Health Services and the Division of Housing and Food Services, along with other campus organizations.

“We’re a group of organizations that plans infectious disease response and monitors things — if we need to meet, we’ll meet,” Harkins said. “A lot of what we do is dictated by the feds and state, and then there’s an independent response on campus to figure out, ‘What does Facilities have to do?’ There’s a response with [the Division of Housing and Food Services], with global response and with the state. We try and monitor what’s going on campus and with the System.”

The plan divides responses into five stages numbered zero through four, with each stage implementing increased precautions as the disease spreads and gets geographically closer to campus. Level 0 involves the identification of a new virus that has not been transmitted between humans. Level 1 happens with the first confirmed case of human-to-human transmission of the virus worldwide, Level 2 is when the disease is passed between humans in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, and Level 3 when the disease is passed between humans in Texas. Level 4, the last stage, occurs with the first confirmed case of humanto-human transmission of the virus in Austin, Travis County or Central Texas.

University spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said the University would follow state health department guidelines in informing students of an Ebola outbreak on campus. “[The state department] would direct the University as to what we should communicate to students,” Weldon said. “They’re going to be very prescriptive in who we communicate with and what we say.”

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continues from page 1 this happen so we have a solid 24/7 study space on campus like a lot of universities do,” Patel said. “I have a lot of friends at other universities [with] exams going on right now, and they are very happy that they get to stay on campus all night. Well, I mean they are not happy about the tests, but at least they have a place to study for it.”

SG President Kori Rady said he anticipates the new FAC hours may start by next month.

“I don’t want to get too much into detail or make any promises too early on — but potentially before November,” Rady said.

The Perry–Castañeda Library will begin operating on its 24/5 schedule Sunday at noon.

Also at the meeting, Melysa Barth, Rules and Regulations Committee chair, said the SG’s code of rules and procedures was still under review in committee. The code is being formatted into a single, detailed

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document that clarifies SG rules, removing contradictions and adding compliance with the Dean of Students’ office.

“We recalled the vote per a few requests, and it is still in committee, which is why we are not hearing it tonight,” Barth said. “There were a few edits that were brought to our attention that were not brought to the last meeting, which is why we recalled the vote.”

In a fast-track vote, SG members also approved a resolution standing by Relationship Violence Prevention Month, hosted by Voices Against Violence.

“It’s finally becoming a mainstream conversation where people are coming together and saying that we will not stand for sexual assault or domestic violence,” Patel said.

A new resolution was proposed at the meeting that called for equal access to all course materials. The resolution proposed that students registered with Services for Students with Disabilities have access to course materials that accommodate their needs.

U.S. Rep. John Carter said he has been working to combat identity theft since his first days in Washington D.C., when he was a member of the House Judiciary Committee. He said even though members of the committee knew that identity theft was a growing problem, there was nothing they could do about it.

“I heard a statistic in one of my hearings that the fastest rising crime in America was identity theft,” Carter said. “It’s the fastest rising crime because it’s kind of like a Class A misdemeanor. It’s not quite a felony.”

Carter passed a bill in 2004 that made punishment for identity theft harsher.

He said in order to get prosecutors to bring more cases against people accused of identity theft, the punishment would need to be higher because prosecutors want to spend their time on more serious crime.

Joe McGlynn, communication studies graduate student, said there are many ways to protect your identity, and they should be taken seriously. “[You should] change the way you think about your identity,” McGlynn said. “Anytime anyone asks you for a personal piece of information, understand that you’re giving away an important, valuable asset.”

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Two psychology proe fessors at the University t were listed among the n top-200 most influens tial psychologists of the f post-World War II era, acd cording to a University of n Virginia study.

David Buss was ranked number 143 on the list, and James Pennebaker was ranked number 153.

The study, published in late September, ranked psychologists according to their work’s eminence, or the long-lasting impacts of their work in the psychology community. This was determined by the impact of research citations, the number of textbook citations and scientific awards received. According to a statement issued by the

University of Virginia, the study serves as a reference point for people interested in influential psychologists and understanding what types of ideas are valued.

Randy Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and a former psychology professor, said the rankings reflected the University’s commitment to research. “[These rankings] confirm what we have been saying all along: that The University of Texas at Austin is home to some of the world’s top researchers in the field of psychology, and that our department is among the best in the nation,” Diehl said in an email. “These rankings are also important because they help us attract the very best faculty and

graduate students to the department, and that benefits all students who take psychology courses.”

Diehl said he was pleased, but not surprised, to discover Buss and Pennebaker had made the list.

“Both … are longtime colleagues of mine in the Department of Psychology, and for many years I have admired the creativity and innovation they have brought to the field,” Diehl said.

For more than 40 years, Buss has researched evolutionary psychology, specifically focusing on mating strategies among humans.

Buss said he did not know the long-term value of the study, but appreciated the recognition.

“Science is an ongoing process,” Buss said.

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overturned and replaced by new theories, and you hope that, as a scientist, you make some contribution that will stand the test of time.”

Pennebaker has researched how people perceive symptoms of illness and the use of writing as post-traumatic stress treatment and language use.

He said the list represented the impact of ideas — not researchers.

“I don’t want to sound jaded, but you can’t take these things seriously,” Pennebaker said. “They’re flattering and they’re nice, but they’re one of many different types of beauty pageants. … It’s flattering for both [Buss] and for me because it means the ideas that we are driving are having an impact on the culture.”

Author Jordana Moore Saggese discussed the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat and his style of art appropriation at a lecture at the Doty Fine Arts Building on Tuesday.

According to Saggese, Basquiat was a neo-expressionist artist in the 1980s. He became known for his graffiti artwork in New York City and his fusion of media, words, symbols and inclusion of Jazz into his artwork, as well as his collaboration with artist Andy Warhol.

Saggese, associate professor and chair of visual studies at the California College of the Arts, said Basquiat’s art was primarily appropriation, meaning he used original pieces from other artists as the backdrop for his own work.

“Appropriateness from imitation and copying was used to negotiate a type of originality by Basquiat,” Saggese said.

Basquiat tended to incorporate works from prominent artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso, to create his own work, according to Saggese.

Saggese said Basquiat’s incorporation of reproduced art was likely influenced by his limited access to various pieces of art beside those

found in textbooks. According to Saggese, once Basquiat was able to reproduce art through photocopying, he started to combine so many elements and media into his work that it was often hard to look at the work as several different pieces.

“The lines are indistinguishable within the media he used in his work,” Saggese said.

Studio art senior Sean Lomba said Basquiat’s work can help people develop a stronger interest in artists and the shared history across their works.

“Basquiat is a prominent figure that can help inspire others’ interest for black artists and their history in art since he took so much time in referencing other artists,” Lomba said.

Saggese is the author of “Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art,” which explores Basquiat’s art and his overall influence in art history. She said she has dedicated years to the research of Basquiat’s artwork.

Art history associate professor Ann Reynolds said she thinks Saggese’s expertise is beneficial for students.

“It was an excellent lecture, and she has a wide range of scholarly expertise for our students to see,” Reynolds said.

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff

Jordana Moore Saggese, associate professor and chair of visual studies at the California College of the Arts, lectures about the artwork of Jean Michel Basquiat on Tuesday afternoon.

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CEO discusses lessons of failures

By Sebastian Vega @sebantoniovega

Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger spoke to McCombs students at the SAC Auditorium on Tuesday about his experiences in business and their application to students’ futures and careers.

Bettinger discussed his views on failure, which he said he learned when he started his business career.

“We fail as human beings, but failure is not permanent. Failure is temporary.

We’re not failures,” Bettinger said. “Through my experience, failure is about what we can do to get out of it and what lesson we can take away from it to turn it into good.”

During his senior year of college, Bettinger said he failed a final exam that asked him the name of the woman who cleaned the building. Bettinger said the test taught him what his

professor said was the single most important lesson in business.

“It’s not about how smart you are,” Bettinger said. “It’s not about how strategic you are. It’s not about your ability to design what-if scenarios or war games versus competitors. Business is ultimately about people.”

Bettinger said he was able to take this lesson from his professor and realize that business is an interaction between people based on trust, respect and an honorable serving to someone else.

In order to be successful with others, Bettinger said, one must prioritize between work and personal life.

When he was asked to be CEO, Bettinger said he told then-CEO Charles Schwab he would not be able to move because of his family.

“Where you spend your time is what matters to you,” Bettinger said. “Know your priorities and live your

priorities. Understand what your priorities are and [the] work-life balance solves itself because you’re living life doing things that matter.”

Nick Sajatovic, supply chain management and geography sophomore, said Bettinger’s approach to handling business and life will stay with him as he moves further into his career.

“Priorities are something that you decide for yourself,” Sajatovic said. “Going on into my future, I will assess what I do in my daily routine as well, and set my priorities [for] each day and for the week and for the month to see what really needs to be done.”

Business freshman Abhishek Ramchandani said the lecture helped him understand concepts not taught in class.

“The advice he gave you cannot get in the classes,” Ramchandani said. “I came today for his insight.”

Mike McGraw | Daily Texan Staff

Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger spoke at the SAC Auditorium on Tuesday about his business experiences. Bettinger offered many pieces of advice, including how to deal with failure.

Xintong Guo | Daily Texan Staff

Alejandro Cartagena spoke at the Harry Ransom Center about his photo project on homeownership in a suburban area of Mexico.

Speaker documents landscape

By Aimée Santillán @thedailytexan

Mexican photographer Alejandro Cartagena spoke Tuesday at the Harry Ransom Center about his photographic documentary chronicling the growth of suburbs in Monterrey, Mexico, titled “Small Guide to Homeownership.”

Cartagena said he focused his project on the growth of Monterrey’s suburban area, starting with the construction of residential houses. According to Cartagena, the starting point of his project was based on the excitement people experience when buying new homes.

“I was aware that there was going to be a big change in the landscape of the city,” Cartagena said. “So I was trying to record the visible process that makes the landscape change because, otherwise, it would disappear from history.”

Cartagena said he decided to take the construction photos in black and white

because there was no emotion involved.

After the residential houses were completed, Cartagena said he moved to photographing the houses.

These pictures, now in color, showed a bigger landscape.

“This landscape had a sense of dreaminess to [it],” Cartagena said. “It showed the new homes of people that possibly did not have a home before.”

As people started moving into houses, Cartagena said his photography shifted to pictures of the surrounding rivers and dams, which those people contaminated.

“I tried to show the way people can change a natural landscape with pollution,” Cartagena said. “The landscape becomes a tragedy. You are able to see it is something beautiful but something’s wrong.”

According to Cartagena, he also portrayed the way people humanized the residential houses as they started living in them. In his photos, he showed families, people talking on public

phones, gardens and birthday parties.

“In these pictures, I tried to show that these people were building a new life,” Cartagena said. “When they start to live there, the whole landscape changes.”

With the mixture of landscape and human interest in his project, Cartagena said he was trying to mix the different layers that come with building new residential houses.

“I saw in Cartagena’s photography how photography reflects public space,” said Ana Fernandez, Mexican American studies graduate student. “He shows a reality without criticizing it or promoting it.”

Cartagena also said his work showed how people can adapt to become successful at creating a new life.

“He created a visual essay,” Asian studies sophomore Alina Tonu said. “With this project, he was a person from the outside looking in, but he was also interacting with the city and making himself part of it.”

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As a result of System inaction, Davis’ education proposals numbers for tuition plan low unrealistic for Texas schools This semester was the first one during which the University offered students a guaranteed four-year tuition plan, and the number of people who signed up was far lower than the UT System projected. The plan titled “Longhorn Fixed Tuition” offers students a fixed tuition rate for four years, as well as a $3,500 rebate if the student graduates in four years. The current guaranteed tuition rate is eight percent higher than the tuition most in-state students pay, which the UT System Board of Regents has the option to change each year, and next year’s traditional rate is four percent lower than the guaranteed rate. UT tuition has remained constant since 2011.

The regents projected that between 2,000 and 3,000 students would sign up for the guaranteed rate, but only 1,094 did. Students would probably see this plan as a better choice if in-state tuition hadn’t remained constant for the past three years, which is a long time compared to the four or five years the average student spends studying at the University. The only students who would have noticed the tuition increase between 2010 and 2011 are students who are currently enrolled in their fifth year at the University, so when advertising the plan, administrators

should consider the fact that many current students haven’t seen an increase in tuition. Students might assume that if tuition hasn’t risen during the time here, they don’t need to worry about the cost increasing during the rest of their time at the University.

Also, Gov. Rick Perry said in 2013 that this plan would probably help increase four-year graduation rates, but this doesn’t seem likely because under the plan, the rate students pay for an extra year is equivalent to the fixed rate for students who enrolled a year after those students. In 2013, the last time fixed tuition increased for undergraduates at UT Dallas, it only increased by $162, so if UTAustin’s fixed tuition for full-time undergraduate Texas residents were to increase by a similar amount next year, this would probably not create much incentive for students to avoid taking an extra year to graduate.

The Longhorn Fixed Tuition plan makes perfect sense for students worried about possible tuition increases. But the regents did not have a reasonable expectation for high enrollment in the program considering the board’s recent action regarding instate tuition.

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Cultural appropriations as fashion statements offend certain groups

Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff

Two festivalgoers don Native American headdresses at Austin City Limits Festival weekend one, on Oct. 4.

By Jazmyn Griffin

Daily Texan Columnist @JazmynAlynn

Fall music festivals and Halloween bring opportunities to dress in ways outside of the norm. The boho style is donned at almost every indie music event while the Oct. 31 holiday allows individuals to be whomever they wish for the night: a superhero, celebrity or even a culture thief.

Recent years have turned cultures and customs that many hold dear into a costume.

“Fashion” apparently now means making cultural traditions, steeped in history and faith, a fashion statement. But since when is turning a tradition into a costume acceptable?

Let’s start with the most obvious insult — the Native American headdress. Sure, you can purchase one at most costume stores, but even vendors aren’t sensitive to the meanings behind them. A quick look at an American history textbook shows many tribe members, but this elaborate head piece is reserved for only the most courageous warriors. Although trivialized in trends, it’s the most honorable piece a Native American can wear. After a brave act, the tribe rewards the warrior with a single feather to add. As their status and admiration in the tribe rise the headdress

‘Fashion’ apparently now means making cultural traditions, steeped in history and faith, a fashion statement. But since when is turning a tradition into a costume acceptable?”

grows larger. It’s meant to be earned, not bought. Not only did Americans essentially wipe out the race, but now, almost as a trophy for the conquer, we wear their sacred pieces to play dress-up.

Many see the red dot gracing the face of an Indian woman either around campus or in the media. Some find the bindi aesthetically pleasing and used face paint to create their own. Few take the time to research the significance of the dot bindi in Indian culture. While in modern times it can be used as a face decoration for females of all ages in the culture, the bindi originated as a symbol of marriage and status. It is often regarded as a “third eye” as an individual reaches an enlightened spirituality or used as a visual reminder of the goal. Yet again, festivalgoers and costume shops stole this element unique to a specific culture and made it a trivial fashion statement.

The least recognizable cultural appropriation is taken from contemporary black culture. Although the other two examples are more likely to receive a sideways glance from even the most socially unconscious, black culture is seen as the most acceptable to mock and claim for the use of others. Popular magazines and high fashion reintroduced hairdos and accessories such as cornrows, braids, dreads, “baby hairs” and do-rags as innovative and new, even though they originate from black culture.

To those clamoring to justify their offenses, this isn’t meant to attack or divide anyone. You don’t have to throw away your henna kit or tribal print clothes. Simply take the initiative to research the history, the symbolism, the tradition behind the piece, then give credit where credit is due.

Have the respect to admire and appreciate another’s culture instead of appropriating it in the name of fashion or dress-up.

Griffin is a journalism freshman from Houston.

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State Sen. Wendy Davis speaks with with Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune CEO and editor-inchief, at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20.

By Claire Smith

Daily Texan Columnist @claireseysmith

State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, the Democratic candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election, first received attention when she filibustered $5.4 billion in cuts to the Texas education system during the 2011 legislative session. Since announcing her bid for governor, Davis has structured her campaign around the improvement of the Texas education system, and Texas liberals have branded her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott, as an anti-education “insider.” But if Davis’ proposals seem too good to be true, it’s because they are.

While both candidates aim to expand existing opportunities for high school students to gain college credit and increase high school and college graduation rates, Davis and Abbott diverge on other issues.

Abbott’s education plan focuses on improving pre-kindergarten through third grade by implementing what he termed “gold standard” programs with incentivized funding based on standardized testing and increasing state support of research universities for a combined cost to the state of a modest $198 million — $158 million for pre-K and $40 million in research grants. By comparison, Davis proposes introducing universal full-day prekindergarten, raising teacher pay, reducing standardized testing, fully funding the college educations of an unknown number of students through state grants and pushing Texas colleges to attain Tier One status, all while becoming more affordable. These proposals won Davis the endorsement of the Texas State Teachers Association at the end of August. While Davis’ ambition is both evident and commendable regarding the improvement of education in Texas, the feasibility and practicality of implementation remains unspecified.

Davis would have Texas voters believe that the reason these measures are not already in place is because of “insiders” working against the Texas education system. Davis even asserted that Abbott was one such insider via Twitter on Aug. 28.

The reason that Davis’ proposals, revolutionary as they are, are not already in place is simple: The state cannot afford them.

Although Davis has repeatedly failed to put a price tag on her proposals, despite the urgings of her constituents and

opponent, independent researchers have not. W. Steven Barnett, the director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, said a conservative estimate for Davis’ universal pre-K program alone is $2 billion. Davis has stated on the record that she plans to pay for her proposals with the $4 billion she believes the state could gain by cutting corporate tax loopholes or with Texas’ Economic Stabilization Fund, colloquially known as the ESF or rainy day fund, which Davis projects to contain $8.6 billion by the end of the 2015 fiscal year. Half of the funds directly at Davis’ fingertips would be depleted through the execution of only one of her proposals.

Once Davis spends the rest of the money, the execution of her other proposals lies in the hands of another lawmaking body entirely: the Texas State Legislature.

Access to the ESF can only be secured by a two-thirds vote in the Texas House of Representatives. To further complicate matters, Davis’ plan to fund her proposals operates on projections for the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The Legislature doesn’t meet in 2016, delaying the House vote on this issue until three years into Davis’ term, unless Davis plans to call an emergency legislative session for a nonemergency. Even then, it is unlikely that a Democratic governor could secure the votes needed to access the ESF or raise taxes, her only other option for funding in an overwhelmingly “red” state. To be blunt, Davis’ ideas are impossibilities, at least for the present. And nobody knows this more than Davis. The Davis campaign remained either unwilling or unable to answer questions regarding the details of executing her proposals after five days of ongoing communication.

As a Texan, it is irresponsible to vote for something that can never be a reality, simply because it’s a good idea. Let me be clear on one thing: Davis’ education proposals cannot become a reality. The money is not there and neither is the will of the legislature. But this should not be news, and I should not be the person telling Texas voters this. Senator Davis has repeatedly refused to put a price tag on her proposals, and she has misdirected her constituents to believe the impossible. Senator Davis’ proposals are excellent ideas, but she lied to Texas voters when she said she could execute them, and that is not the governor Texans need.

Smith is a history junior from Austin.

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“This happened when I was overcoming a shyness about shooting people,” Galang said.

“I just wandered out of the car and asked if they would mind if I took their photo.”

The confidence of an individual often attracts Galang, who tries to keep her camera on her at all times, to their fashion.

“I see people wearing plenty of trendy things, but the combination of accessories and clothes — I really look for the way they carry it,” Galang said.

According to Brandenburg, style encompasses personal identity.

“It’s supposed to be more of an exemplification of their personality rather than, ‘Look how cute their clothes are,’” Brandenburg said.

Brandenburg said the popularity of the site is exciting for the duo.

“We wanted to give a voice to the diverse styles here in Austin,” Brandenburg said. “There is so much going on and we wanted to provide a platform.”

Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan Staff

Journalism senior Kayla Galang takes a photo of an Austinite for the street fashion blog Saint Vincent on Monday evening. Galang says her work on the blog has helped her overcome her shyness toward photographing strangers.

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Longhorns top Baylor to stay perfect

By Jacob Martella

Sophomore middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu helped lead Texas to a .473 hitting percentage against Baylor on Tuesday.

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Texas’ match against Baylor on Tuesday night could be summed up with one stat: hitting percentage.

The Longhorns came out swinging and finished with a .473 hitting percentage while Baylor only managed a .047 hitting percentage.

In the end, Texas breezed past Baylor with a 3-0 win, with neither set being closer than 25-17.

“We’re pleased with what we did and the things we talked about with our routines and the level of play that we’ve got to maintain,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “We hit that mark.”

The match started as well as the Longhorns could have hoped for, with Amy Neal, junior outside hitter and libero, opening up the first set on a 6-0 run that included a service ace and two blocks from sophomore middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu.

From there, it was all Texas.

The Longhorns went on a pair of runs of 4-0 and a 5-0 run to take the first set 2512, with the majority of the Bears’ points coming from mental errors. “[If]what we’re crying about is a couple of reception errors, then we’re in pretty good shape,” Elliott said.

The second set began much tighter, as the Bears

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The No. 2 Longhorns (120, 3-0 Big 12) cruised to victory Tuesday night with a defeat against Baylor (25-12, 25-13, 25-17).

Texas continued to use its depth to its advantage while committing fewer errors against Baylor than in their past several games.

Texas had 28 assists and 30 kills in the match, led by senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman and sophomore middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu with seven kills each. The Longhorns also recorded 27 digs, led by both Amy Neal, junior outside hitter and libero, and freshman libero Cat McCoy with six a piece.

Neal also led Texas in service aces with four, followed by Eckerman and Collins with three.

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continues from page 1 him to Miami. Then, midway through his rookie season, he was dealt to the Suns, where his NBA career came to a halt. His rookie season saw him playing just 11 minutes a game and scoring fewer than 3 points a contest. So, with that, his overseas journey began. He played in Italy, Croatia, Germany, Israel and Greece.

“In a way, it was a step back because it wasn’t the NBA,” Rencher said. “At the same time, my NBA experience wasn’t a whole lot of playing time. I was excited about going to Europe and being a contributor.”

Rencher quickly learned the atmosphere was different abroad than in the states — especially when you’re the star.

When he hit a game-winner in a KK Split Euroleague Playoff game, the Croatian fans began to toss his wife up and down in the stands to celebrate.

“We stopped going out after that because we kept being recognized,” Rencher said.

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seemed to shake off the nerves that plagued them to start the match. Baylor managed to keep the deficit as close as 6-5, but then Neal stepped to the line. Like they did in the first set, the Longhorns took full advantage of Neal at the service line, going on a 9-0 run — with another ace and two kills each from Ogbogu and senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman — to win the second set 25-13.

The third set was the toughest for Texas to get through. After back-to-back aces from Neal to open the

set, Baylor fought back with a 6-4 run to level the set at six. But, with a 9-8 lead, the Longhorns, again behind the serve of Neal, went on a 4-0 run that provided the separation they needed to win the set 25-17.

In total, Texas finished the match with 11 service aces and only three service errors, with Neal accounting for four of those aces. Sophomore setter Chloe Collins, who hit three aces, said success starts with routine.

“You just have to make sure you’re doing the same things

over and over again, and then that transfers over to the match,” Collins said.

The Longhorn defense also had a huge hand in the blowout win, getting 11 blocks and forcing the Bears to hit 25 attack errors. Texas also held Baylor junior outside hitter Andie Malloy, who came into the match second in the Big 12 in kills, to just four kills and a -.118 hitting percentage. Elliott chalked up the great defense to a good scouting report.

“I think the team came out and executed it,” Elliott said.

“They had some tendencies and we were keyed on that, and our block has been getting better.”

The Longhorns return to action Thursday against Texas Tech. While Elliott said he hasn’t been able to watch film on the Red Raiders, he said this is an opportunity for Texas to string together some good games in conference.

“I told the team today at some point we have to take accountability for not only getting though an entire match, but we’ve got to put some matches together,” Elliott said.

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“Ultimately, [getting] more balance has been great,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “I think we’ve had two really great performances from both of our setters in the last two matches. I think we’re getting a better flow and feeling more comfortable about what we’re doing, and, as a result, I thought we were very efficient tonight.”

The Longhorns also were able to keep their errors to a minimum Tuesday. Texas committed 19 attack errors and 12 service errors in its Big 12 opener against West Virginia and struggled to score in the second set against Kansas, only totaling nine kills and a hitting percentage of .081 in that set.

But the Longhorns performed much better Tuesday night, only committing four attack errors, three service errors and three blocking errors against Baylor. years left in the tank, but he was itching to rejoin his wife and daughter, who had moved back to the United States.

“I was alone without my family,” Rencher said.

The next chapter of Rencher’s life started with finishing his degree.While in Austin, he began his “natural progression” into coaching. He assisted with the Texas team as a studentmentor and was the head coach and basketball program director at the Regents School of Austin.

Then, after graduating, he found himself on the sidelines as a graduate assistant for Rick Majerus at Saint Louis University.

Rencher has since bounced around, going from Tulsa to Texas State to Sam Houston State and then back to San Marcos as an assistant coach, where he is today.

But there’s still some more check boxes left unmarked.

While the next one is to coach in the NCAA tournament, one is bigger than the rest — to be a head coach.

“I don’t think any good coach gets into the business to be an assistant his whole career,” Rencher said. “I want to have the opportunity to run my own program. That’s the big box left unchecked.”

Amy Neal, junior outside hitter and libero, and Texas swept Baylor 3-0 Tuesday to improve to 12-0 on the season.

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Despite the solid performance, Elliott said the team is still looking to get better each game. “[The players] have pretty high goals and expectations, so it’s about us getting better,” Elliott said. “We know that we’re going to win enough games to

get into the tournament. We know at some point we could lose a game, but, as of right now, it’s about really focusing on us and about improving.”

While Texas played well, Baylor struggled throughout the night, being held to a .047

hitting percentage. Baylor also committed 25 attack errors, eight service errors and three blocking errors.

Texas will look to carry its momentum from its win against Baylor when it takes on Texas Tech on Thursday.

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Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history.

SPORTS BRIEFLY Redding to be inducted to UT Hall of Fame Former Texas defensive end Cory Redding will be inducted into the UT Hall of Fame, according to Texas Sports’ press release Monday.

Redding recorded 211 tackles, 22 sacks, 77 quarterback pressures and 57 tackles for loss in 52 career games at Texas. He was a threeyear starter for the Longhorns, as well as a two-time All-American and two-time All-Big 12 selection.

Redding, currently a member of the Indianapolis Colts, has racked up 388 tackles and 34 sacks in 12 NFL seasons. The induction banquet for this year’s class is scheduled to take place Nov. 7.

—Peter Sblendorio

FOOTBALL

New era dawns as Strong faces Sooners

By Stefan Scrafield

Charlie Strong will face Oklahoma for his first time as Texas head coach this Saturday in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl.

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For the past 15 years, there were a few things to count on at the annual Red River Showdown in Dallas: greasy food, a stadium divided and Mack Brown and Bob Stoops pacing opposite sidelines, leading their teams in one of the greatest rivalries in college sports.

There will still be fried Oreos on Saturday, and there should be an equal sampling of burnt orange and crimson in the stands, but, for the first time since 1999, Brown, former Texas head coach, won’t be opposite Stoops at the Cotton Bowl this weekend.

In Brown’s place will be new Texas head coach Charlie Strong, who is making his debut in the rivalry. While he hasn’t had any experience coaching in this specific one, Strong is no stranger to emotional rivalry games.

“I’ve been involved with Florida-Georgia and FloridaFlorida State,” Strong said.

“The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry is a special rivalry. We know how big it is.”

In his best attempt to get a feel for just what it will be like to run out of the tunnel with Big Tex looking on this weekend, Strong has been talking

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to some of his staff members who have experience representing the Longhorns against Oklahoma.

“Just having a chance to sit down and talk to [defensive coordinator] Vance Bedford and [wide receiver coach] Les [Koenning] and [Marcus] Tubbs as guys that have played in it,” Strong said. “And you have [tight ends coach] Bruce Chambers who coached in it.

They all know how big this game is.”

Strong’s replacement of Brown at the helm of Texas, signifies the beginning of a new era in the historic matchup. In a sport where players change every few years, the

coaches are often the only constant. With Brown and Stoops each having been so successful at Texas and Oklahoma, respectively, their rivalry became almost as big as the one between the schools.

That certainly won’t be the case between Strong and Stoops — at least not for a while — but the two do have some history together and share similar defensive-minded philosophies.

“Bob and I are friends,” Strong said. “When I was at Florida, I was leaving Florida and he was coming in. I respect him and the job he’s done there in Oklahoma. He’s an unbelievable coach and,

not only that, just a really good person.”

Stoops had similar praise for Strong, who has impressed him with what he’s been able to accomplish since arriving in Austin.

“I think a lot of Charlie Strong and the way he coaches.” Stoops said. “I know he is going to continue to work that program and we will see a team that will be motivated and ready to play. They are a team that is capable and again, they beat us just a year ago.”

Saturday’s game will be the first chapter of a new era, but Strong and Co. are hoping to pick up right where last year’s team finished — with a win.

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Film company advocates for women in industry

By Amanda Booth @wordswithamanda

Christine Chen does not want to become the next Michael Bay. She doesn’t want to lose her audience with too obscure of a message either. Instead, when the UT alumna makes films, she tries to find the balance between high production value and indie creativity.

As the owner of filmmaking collective Moth to Flame, Chen is able to pursue these goals with a team of like-minded artists.

Chen, who went to Rice University for her undergraduate degree, graduated in 2012 from McCombs with a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and marketing. Chen knew she would gain the knowledge and networking skills necessary to be a business owner through the MBA program, but, in order to get the experience in film necessary to start a production company, she also took radiotelevision-film classes and started networking in the Austin film scene.

“You meet people by being on set, so I just started jumping on people’s sets,” Chen said.

Through McCombs, Chen met her partner, Michelle Casanova, who mostly deals with the business side of the company, such as contract development. Chen and Casanova both believe it is important for women to become more involved in the male-dominated film industry.

“We like bringing on females [to our set], which is not very common at all,” Chen said. “It’s always sad when I’m the only girl on set.”

Casanova also believes it is important for young women to make a presence in the business world.

“It’s a really good

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UT alumna Christine Chen is the owner of Moth to Flame, a production company that creates independent films. Chen graduated from McCombs in 2012 with a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and marketing.

turning point and a good time for women to get more involved in what are traditionally gender-stereotyped opportunities,” Casanova said. “The lines are starting to blur.”

Chen said the secret to owning a business is as simple as taking a leap of faith. In the time following Moth to Flame’s inception, Chen was eager to get as much work experience as possible by taking on many different types of projects.

When Whitney Hamnett Pirkle, Girl Scouts of Central Texas board member and UT alumna, asked Moth to Flame to make a promotional video for Girl Scouts, Chen was eager to take on the

project. The video centered around the idea that a Girl Scout cookie is a tool that can teach girls entrepreneurial skills.

Hamnett Pirkle has since asked Chen to make a series of training videos for employees at HewlettPackard, where she works. “[Businesswomen] tend to reinvest in our community and in each other,” Hamnett Pirkle said.

“It’s not competitive. It’s more collaborative.”

As far as future plans for Moth to Flame go, Chen is in the process of finishing her first full-length film, “Funemployment.”

Chen made it a point to keep the film as local as

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CAMPUS

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UT alumna Christine Chen and her business partner Michelle Casanova sit outside of McCombs after filming a project. The business partners met while attending UT through the McCombs school.

CITY

Street style website displays various Austin fashion looks

By Mary Cantrell @mkcant

Illustration by Shannon Butler | Daily Texan Staff

Sierra Club interns push for support of Clean Power Plan

By Brigit Benestante @BBenestante

Bailey Anderson can’t predict how people will respond when she petitions on the street for lower carbon emissions.

Sometimes, people support and encourage her work. Other times, they tell her restrictions on emissions would hurt the economy. And then there are those who tell her what she’s doing is wrong and that climate change is not real.

Anderson, an international relations and global studies junior, is part of a new batch of Sierra Club student interns who are trying to increase support from local politicians to pass the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan in Texas. The Clean Power

Plan, which orders each state in the nation to cut down its carbon emissions, is currently not backed by Texas. The Sierra Club is trying to change that.

The local chapter of the Sierra Club, a national environmental organization, hired student interns this year to work on its new campaign, Austin Beyond Coal. The campaign advocates for the reduction of coal as a main energy source.

According to Jacob Rainey, field organizer for the Sierra Club and overseer of the interns, the students play a huge role in petitioning local politicians to support this campaign.

“We’re trying to get local legislators and local politicians to build a base of support, so that, when they go to the state legislator and say that

they want to push the clean power plan from the EPA, there is a basis for it for that,” Rainey said.

Geography sophomore Michelle Paschall became a Sierra Club intern last month and went to the Shield the People Climate March on Sept. 21. She said interning will give her the hands-on experience in activism that she wouldn’t get otherwise.

“I want to be involved in the real world in taking part in climate action,” Paschall said. “You only learn so much in the classroom and I really wanted to learn about what was going on locally and in the country today. Now is the time to get involved.”

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With so many quirky and unorthodox fashions trends in Austin, street fashion blog Saint Citizen hopes to chronicle the various styles and personalities on the streets.

UT alumnus Adam Brandenburg and journalism senior Kayla Galang, the co-founders of Saint Citizen, said they plan to take portraits that aren’t just focused on thrift and vintage styles.

“Mostly, when you see Austin blogs, it’s like, ‘Oh, we thrifted this or that,’” Galang said. “Although I love that crowd, there’s more diversity than that.”

The pair launched the site early last month and made the design interface simplistic and direct. Each entry features a full-length portrait, the subjects’ name, profession and where the photo was taken. Saint Citizen is looking to expand the variety of the site, adding different types of shots and videos, Brandenburg said.

“We are definitely thinking about branching out,” Brandenburg said.

“Right now, it’s entirely posed portraits.”

Brandenburg graduated from UT last December with a radio-television-film degree and started Double Knot Pictures, a photography and video company

operating in Austin. Brandenburg said Austin is a special community that embraces creativity without being overly commercialized.

“There are huge amounts of talented people here,” Brandenburg said. “The Austin community realized it isn’t a zero-sum game [and] that they need to go help each other succeed.”

Galang will shoot photos for the blog at weekend two of Austin City Limits Music Festival. She said shooting for the site has helped her overcome her fear of taking photos of strangers — she once followed someone in a friend’s car just

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Journalism senior Kayla Galang and UT alumnus Adam Brandenburg co-founded the street fashion blog Saint Vincent last month. The blog aims to feature the unique styles of Austinites.