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SG moves forward with voter ID resolution By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
Student Government is continuing its effort to make University IDs an acceptable form of voter identification for federal, state and local elections. SG representatives submitted an issue brief to the
UT System Board of Regents concerning their resolution, voicing student support for University IDs as voter identification in May, according to Chris Jordan, SG chief of staff. Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, UT System’s executive director of public affairs, said the brief was received by the University System and
approved as legislative priority at the University. The brief was not sent for regent approval, but, rather, to inform the system that University IDs used as voter identification is something UT-Austin students are in favor of. “The Office of Governmental Relations essentially
signed off on it and said they favored UT-Austin making it a legislative priority if they chose to do so, which I believe they have,” LaCosteCaputo said. LaCoste-Caputo said the regents have seen the brief but did not comment on it. According to Jordan, SG normally does not share their
resolutions with the System. SG President Kori Rady, who proposed the idea when running for his current position, said this policy could apply to other UT campuses, making it necessary to inform the System. “I think any legislation that can apply to multiplesystem schools — the Board
of Regents and System have interests in,” Rady said. Even though the issue brief has been sent to the System, Jordan said SG will work on lobbying the Texas Legislature to discuss the issue. Jordan said the timeline for this project is unknown
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Ash reflects on start, end of career Former quarterback looks ahead to life after football
Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff
Because of concussion injuries, former junior quarterback David Ash makes the hard decision to retire from football, choosing to focus on life outside of football.
By Garrett Callahan @CallahanGarrett
Outside of the 15th Street Church of Christ in Temple, there is an old bush with a small hole in the middle. Every Sunday, before church, a young David Ash started his morning by hiding his football in the center of that bush, and, when church was let out, it was the first place he ran. Slinging off his church
clothes to reveal his play clothes underneath, he and his brother, along with a few of his cousins and friends, ran routes, pretending they were future stars. While these times wouldn’t be the first or last they played football, it was likely the most memorable. “Those times really meant a lot to us,” said Stephen Ash, David’s younger cousin who lined up with him on 15th Street. “It just meant a lot that
we were together playing, and football just happened to be something we all loved.” Even back then, David knew football was only a game. He knew he couldn’t play it forever, so he realized the importance of family and spirituality in his life, which has guided him since and, most recently, helped him make the tough decision to retire from football. “The biggest joy I’ve had in football was doing it all for my
dad,” David said. “And I dedicated my career to Jesus when I was in eighth grade, and it’s really incredible to see how far I’ve come. But my football period is ending.” Ash grew up in a conservative home in Belton, 60 miles north of Austin, with five other siblings. Growing up, his family never watched television and only watched movies on the weekend — his favorites were “The Fox and the Hound” and
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“The Grinch” — so he spent most of his time outdoors. “Instead of watching TV, we spent our time on sports,” Stephen said. “It just gave us the time to just do and learn other things. We always played football. He would make me run routes all the time with him, and even sometimes, though rarely, I got to throw it to him.” Outside of his comfort zone, Ash is reserved around most people, but his demeanor
flips around close family and friends, showing off his goofy, fun-loving side. Friends know him best for his compassion and commitment to others. “He is a great example of caring for others,” Stephen said. “A lot of college football players are arrogant, but not David. He’s a servant at heart. He always tried to make
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UTPD interacts with students at Cop Day Scholarships to increase By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
Wednesday, as part of Cop Day on Speedway plaza, students climbed into a SWAT vehicle, practiced their Taser skills and learned about fingerprinting. As a part of UT’s Safety Week, UTPD, the Division of Recreational Sports and Student Government hosted Cop Day. The event brings law enforcement agencies from Central Texas together to help students get to know law enforcement and learn what they do on a day-to-day basis. “Our goal is to allow students to come out and interact with the officers and … get to know them a little bit so they understand we’re not just out there to get them — we’re actually here to help the community and be a part of the community,” said William Pieper, UTPD
Crime Prevention specialist and author of Campus Watch. Students had the chance to view equipment from UTPD’s Criminal Investigation Unit and see a Taser demonstration put on by UTPD officers. While using training Tasers, students fired at a cardboard target of a suspect and tried to hit certain body regions. Detective Michael Riojas said the Tasers work best in close range when officers have a wider area of a suspect’s body to aim at. “On the inside, there’s some probes, and it’s like a little, tiny harpoon to catch onto the body or the clothing,” Riojas said. “If some people aren’t affected by it, it means you didn’t get a good spread on it, and it didn’t stick onto the clothing.” Deputies from the Travis County SWAT response team also attended the
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Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff
Lieutenant Charles Bonnet gives students insights on gun equipment during safety week on Cop Day..
event and explained their job to students. Deputy Joseph Zahn said the SWAT vehicle, which carries 10 to 14 officers and goes on 60 to 80 operations per year, is used in search warrants, barricades and other highrisk situations. “It pretty much goes out for everything, unless it’s too big of a vehicle to get out in
certain areas,” Zahn said. Undeclared sophomore Anggie Atocha said seeing the SWAT truck allowed her to learn about something she would not normally experience. “It’s something that you only see on TV, but when you see it for real, and all the
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Starting next fall, the University will award highperforming, socioeconomically disadvantaged incoming freshman in 2015 with $15 million-worth of scholarships through a new initiative titled “Texas Advance.” The program will also admit students to the college of their choice and give them exclusive access to organizations that aim to help them succeed at the University. The funds for the scholarship come from both the Pell and TEXAS Grants. According to an office at the U.S. Department of Education, the maximum Pell Grant that can be awarded in the 2014-2015 school year is $5,730. “Texas Advance” will be awarding up to $15,000 per year to students who
have earned the scholarship. Gregory Vincent, vice president of the Division for Diversity and Community Engagement, said one of the greatest barriers to access of higher education is the cost. He said his department does not only want students to pass their courses, but to excel. “I think we are taking a giant step, and I commend President [William Powers Jr.] and Senior Vice Provost [David] Laude for their leadership — the BDCE is proud to partner with them,” Vincent said. “Making campuses affordable is always an issue.” Vincent said an important aspect of the program is to ensure that marginalized students, especially those from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, feel comfortable once
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continues from page 1 equipment that they have, and what they do, it’s pretty cool,” Atocha said. Kinesiology graduate student Donald Robinson said he was surprised by how relaxed and open the officers were compared to his previous experiences around police. “At my old school, I worked as an RA, and … calling the police there, I always just felt kind of edgy and uncomfortable, but here, people seemed a little bit more friendly than I would expect,” Robinson said. Atocha said the event made her more aware of what UTPD and other law enforcement agencies do on campus. “I think it’s a good thing to see the security on campus, even though you don’t see them all the time,” Atocha said. “It’s nice to know that they’re watching out for students.”
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Professor to receive neuroscience grant By Kylie Fitzpatrick
James Booth, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute of Health.
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The National Institute of Health awarded a $3.3 million grant to professor James Booth to study the neural basis of language impairment in the developing brain. Booth, who became chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the Moody College of Communication in July, will use brain-imaging technology to better treat children with learning impairments such as dyslexia. Booth, who holds the John T. Jones, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Communication, said while there are good behavioral measures for determining which children struggle with language impairments versus those who do not, the neuroscience causing those behaviors is not well understood. “In terms of predicting who’s going to kind of continue to struggle with language in the future, or get better or fall further behind, we don’t really have the tools,” Booth said. “Using kind of neuro-imaging in addition to behavioral measures could be kind of quite helpful for making
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continues from page 1 admitted to the University. “I think one of the things we are very concerned about in the community is that we make sure college is accepting of students who come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds,” Vincent said. There is still much work to be done to make campus inviting to all students, according to Vincent, but he says the University has done a great job at identifying which students need aid. “Being a first generation, low-socioeconomic student of color presents many challenges,” Vincent said. “I think [‘Texas Advance’] will serve as a model for other universities.” The “Texas Advance” application is designed to provide a holistic review of each student’s credentials, according to Associate Vice Provost Carolyn Connerat. She said it focuses on students with the highest performances and greatest needs for financial aid. “There are always limited funds available to help all the students who have financial need in the state of Texas,” Connerat said. “We want to
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this prediction.” The study, which began in September, will follow about 250 children between ages 5 and 9 for five years. It is the largest of its kind and will take place in the Brain Development Laboratory, which came to the Moody College this summer when Booth left Northwestern University. “The lab existed there and was a pretty big operation, and then part of the lab has moved here,” said Stephanie Herrin, the project coordinator for the lab. Herrin said that this research project will include both typically developing children
and those who have a language impairment. Margaret Gullick, a postdoctoral fellow in the department, said that language development is a complicated process, involving numerous distinct sub-skills. While researchers know something about the brain areas that language skills rely on, not much is known about the causal relationships between them. “This research will help us get a better idea of the interactive relationships between these skills and for children who have difficulties with language,” Gullick said. “They’re a very understudied group in general,
increase the number of students who apply to UT that come from economically disadvantaged areas, who otherwise would not have come to the University.” Connerat said she believes financial need is an additional form of anxiety that can overwhelm students, and, in order to encourage them, “Texas Advance” aims to reduce that stress as much as possible. Student Government President Kori
Rady said he believes the University is currently offering enough scholarship opportunities for students who deserve or need them. “I’m sure we’re very competitive, or we wouldn’t attract so many students from different backgrounds,” Rady said. “There’s a reason we have such a diverse student body, and that obviously comes with opportunities for financial aid and scholarships.”
and, when it comes to brain imaging, we don’t know very much about what might be different about their brains.” Booth said in a press release that at least 6 percent of U.S. children have developmental language impairments, and those with learning impairments struggle academically, limiting their potential as adults. “Obviously, it has critical relevance because, if we know who’s going to struggle with language when they’re older, then perhaps we could get them involved in a language intervention program to enhance their language skills,” Booth said.
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Tuition breakdown shows where money goes By Alex Wilts @alexwilts
According to University documents, UT expects to receive $596 million in tuition for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, which is 0.34 percent higher than the $594 million it budgeted to receive last year. In May, the UT System Board of Regents voted to freeze in-state undergraduate tuition while out-of-state tuition rose 2.6 percent. The regents will meet again in May to discuss more potential tuition increases. The money the University receives from tuition is channeled into the “Academic Core” budget, which totals about $1.3 billion. Gary Susswein,university spokesman, said it is difficult to determine the exact amount of funds that are allocated toward UT’s different colleges and expenses. “It’s impossible to say — either university-wide or by college — which dollar in the Academic Core came from tuition, general revenue, etc.
It’s all one pool of money, since it receives contributions from the different sources.” The following is a breakdown of the “Academic Core” budget: 1. Faculty and staff salaries — $805 million or 60 percent 2. Maintenance and operations — $128 million or 9 percent 3. Scholarships — $101 million or 7 percent 4. Utilities — $62 million or 5 percent 5. Transfer for debt service* — $53 million or 4 percent 6. Transfer to capital* — $22 million or 2 percent 7. Other expenses — $178 million or 13 percent The $805 million of the “Academic Core” budget that goes toward supporting faculty and staff salaries is broken down as follows: 1. Staff salaries — $276 million or 34 percent 2. Faculty salaries —
For a more in-depth breakdown of tuition, check out our online video at dailytexanonline.com $273 million or 34 percent 3. Fringe benefits* —$209 million or 26 percent 4. Teaching assistants —$30 million or 4 percent 5. Wages — $17 million or 2 percent
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Nutritional sciences professor discusses student diet, health By Josh Willis @joshwillis35
While students snacked on pizza, Jaimie Davis, nutritional sciences assistant professor, discussed the difference between counting carbs and measuring fat intake at the Perry-Castañeda Library on Wednesday. As part of UT Libraries’ “Research and Pizza” series, Davis said weight loss is often in the forefront of the minds of college students, as many are subject to weight gain within their first year. “It’s actually not the freshman 15. Research actually shows it’s more like 3 to 8 pounds that freshmen gain when they go to college,” Davis said. “A lot of that has to do with a decrease in activity, and, also, you’re eating differently. You have access to cafeterias and, of course, alcohol consumption does play a role in that.” Davis spoke about the differences between diets that focus on reduction of carbohydrates versus fat intake. “In the last 10 years, we’ve seen a big debate on whether it’s low carb or low fat and which diet is better for weight loss,” Davis said. “I don’t know that I’m going to 100 percent answer that question.” Davis said the pizza served at the event contained between 30 and 40 grams of carbohydrates per slice, making it a food that
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Jaimie Davis, nutritional sciences assistant proffessor speaks, at the Perry-Castañeda Library on Wednesday afternoon.
should be enjoyed rarely. She showed slides from a recent study from the School of Health at Tulane University. She said the study involved innovative tactics to study weight loss between diets reducing fat and carb intake. “They did 24-hour diet recalls, which is the state-ofthe-art way to measure diet.” Davis said. “Measuring diet is actually fairly challenging in our field, but diet recalls are the best way to do it. You call and ask everything they ate the previous day.” University librarian Roxanne Bogucka said Davis’ research for weight loss applies to more than just college students. “Her research focuses on designing and disseminating nutrition, physical activity and [behavior] to reduce obesity and related metabolic disorders in overweight
minority children and adolescents,” Bogucka said. Davis said her conclusion on the difference between diets is miniscule but warns that starving yourself will not lead to a lasting diet. “Both diets respond with very similar weight loss, and any diet that you do where you cut calories down, you’ll see very similar reductions in weight loss,” Davis said. “Obviously, if you’re on a diet, and you’re always hungry, I guarantee you’re not going to stay on that diet for long.” Pharmacy senior Andrea Laguado said Davis’ argument about a lasting diet makes sense to her. “I agree with what she said, that you just have to make [eating healthy] a lifetime thing, versus using a diet,” Laguado said. “I don’t use diets ever, and I was a nutrition major.”
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Students protest violence in Mexico By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13
Students and members of the UT community held a protest in front of the Tower on Wednesday to call for justice for 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, who disappeared after police and civilian gunmen fired upon them in the neighboring town of Iguala. Latin American studies graduate students organized the protest and held a brief moment of silence in honor of the Mexican students. All 43 names of the missing people were read. After each name, the leaders of the protest in unison with the protesters said “Lo queremos vivo,” or “We want him alive.” Manuel Galaviz, a Latin American studies graduate student who took part in the protest, said freedom of assembly is often taken for granted in the United States, while protesting in Mexico could mean death. “Being a student in the U.S., we often take for granted that we can hold assemblies and
actually protest,” Galaviz said. “We can do it without the fear of being prosecuted by the state or other authorities.” According to the event’s Facebook page, the 43 students missing from the Normal Rural School in Mexico gathered to raise funds on Sept. 26 for an Oct. 2 protest in the capital. These students, training to be elementary school teachers, were planning to hold a protest against the cutting of funds at their state university. Six students were killed while collecting funds and others were presumably taken away in police cars. Mass graves with bodies were found in Iguala on Oct. 6, and the Mexican government is currently investigating the possible link between the bodies and the disappearances. Since the disappearances, relatives and human rights organizations have called for the return of these students and justice from the Mexican government. Yoalli Rodriguez, Latin American studies graduate student and protest
leader, said she wants to raise awareness about the current situation in Mexico. “I’m really sad and angry about what’s happening in Mexico and the constant violence and state of repression in my country,” Rodriguez said. “These missing students are also the symbol of how bad the situation is in Mexico, and the repression against citizen voices. These students were fighting for their rights, and the message that the government gave them was ‘You just have to shut up.’” Rebecca Jackson, Latin American studies graduate student and one of the protestors, said the protest is a call to put an end to the Mexican government’s lack of action. “There is a history of disappearances and murders of which the Mexican government doesn’t answer or blames it on narco forces, and they claim that there is no way of finding out what happened,” Jackson said. “We are here to take a stand on this long line of history, as it is simply out of control.”
*Select categories explaination: · Debt service and “transfer to capital” are expenses allocated toward University information technology core services, infrastructure repair/replacement and critical instructional
and administrative projects. Debt service expenses are also associated with providing recreational, health and student activities and instructional and administrative projects. · Fringe benefits are expenses
related to providing health insurance and retirement benefits for all University employees. · “Other expenses” refer to other miscellaneous costs such as non-institutional service costs.
VOTING continues from page 1 because it is such a big task to take on. “We can go ahead and begin talking to members of the legislature about this issue and seeing what the possibilities are, whether or not the regents approve of this, or not,” Jordan said. In order to see this resolution through, SG members working on the project must find legislative sponsors to write a bill proposing a change in the current law. Jordan said the process starts with SG members forming relationships with state legislators. “It’s not something you can ask on the first meeting, so it’s really important to have those relationships before we move forward with
this in order for it to be successful,” Jordan said. Currently, public university IDs are considered stateissued IDs, but they are not considered voter IDs. Jordan said SG members must work out details on how to change the IDs so they can function for voting. Historically in Texas, state officials have been against student IDs as voter identification — as seen in the debates over the topic when passing Senate Bill 14 in 2011, government lecturer James Henson said. “The fact that state-issued universities IDs were not on the list of allowed voting identifications when the bill was written was controversial at the time,” Henson
said. “Many Democrats wanted that, and it was left out of the bill.” Henson said he thinks it is unlikely the state legislature will open up this issue again in its current political state. Jordan said SG members are more optimistic than they were in May, now that they have University and student support. Jordan also said that representatives in the Office of Governmental Relations at UT, who have been serving as advisers on the resolution, told him there are legislators interested in hearing the proposal. “There are people at all levels who are interested in seeing this to completion,” Jordan said.
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Proposition 1 rail is expensive white elephant By Clay Smalley Guest Columnist
By Amil Malik Forum Editor @amil_malik94
Those of you who have lived in Austin for a while have probably noticed our city’s recent growth. It’s no hidden fact. Austin frequently tops lists tracking America’s fastest growing cities. In fact, according to Austin Demographer Ryan Robinson, an average of 110 people move into our city per day (net arrivals per day). This growth has not yet leveled off. From 2011-2016, Austin is projected to have 6.1 percent economic growth and 2.8 percent projected population growth rate. It currently ranks as the 11th largest city in the U.S., moving up from 13th place in 2012. Granted, this popularity should not come as a surprise — with sunny weather, clear skies, and the best live music, who wouldn’t want to live in Austin. Although many welcome Austin’s transformation into a larger metropolis, the recent trajectory of growth in the city brings to light questions regarding infrastructure and urban planning. Does Austin have the infrastructure to support the current population inflow? Will the city’s growth be sustainable? And how can Austin plan for a continued influx of residents moving in? The answer is not so clear, particularly considering Austin’s relative lack of public transport. To shed some light on the issue, this week’s Forum page focuses on the Texas Transportation Funding Amendment, Proposition 1, which will be on the ballot on November 4, 2014. If passed, the measure would not only authorize the city to borrow $600 million for a 9.5-mile Highland Mall-to-East Riverside light rail route, but would also give the city authority to spend $400 million for road projects. The rail has been proposed with the hope of taking some cars off of the city’s clogged roads, but it will cost our city automobile lanes and hundreds of parking spaces downtown. Below you will find a point/counterpoint focusing on the Austin rail. One piece argues in support of the Proposition 1 rail and another argues against the measure. Regardless of where your opinion on the issue lies, be sure cast your ballot on the issue in the upcoming election. Early voting starts on Oct. 20 and ends on Oct. 31. Malik is a business honors, Plan II and finance senior from Austin.
In 2000, there was a ballot proposition for a light rail line in Austin. If the measure had passed the vote, Austin would have a robust light rail system running from downtown all the way out to 183 along the Drag and North Lamar Boulevard. It was, and still is, the most heavily traveled bus corridor in Austin, at the time carrying the 1L, 1M, 101 and bits and pieces of other routes that happened to pass by UT and downtown. And with good reason: The corridor has the highest population density and job density of any in the city. If built, the line would carry 40,000 passengers each day and cost $300 million — numbers very similar to the successful Houston MetroRail, which happened to begin construction the following year. The 2000 vote in Austin, however, failed by a very thin margin — eight tenths of a percent. As a result, Capital Metro substituted the MetroRapid buses for the light rail, and built the completely separate Red Line commuter rail. Fast forward to now — Project Connect, a partnership between the City of Austin, Cap Metro and other transit agencies, will be putting a questionable light rail plan to the vote in November. Phase One of the construction would consist of light rail starting at the Austin Convention Center downtown, running north along San Jacinto Boulevard and Trinity Street to pass by the east side of UT, then jogging over to Red River to the Hancock Center, crossing the existing Red Line with an expensive bridge or tunnel and following Airport Boulevard to the derelict Highland Mall. This line would carry half the passengers per day that the 2000 proposal would. At a hefty price tag of $1.4 billion in taxpayer dollars, though, it’s not much more than a shiny, expensive version of the bus route 10, and it’s such an awful plan that even former Cap Metro transit planner Lyndon Henry is against it. What happened? Why did Project Connect choose this a route, instead of retrying the Guadalupe-Lamar route? While the 2000 vote failed, it still passed within the city limits of Austin, whose residents are the only ones voting on the bond initiative this time around. Has anything significantly changed about the city that makes this corridor better? Smooth Ride, or Bumpy Start? Let’s look at some real-life examples of light rail systems around the country. The aforementioned Houston MetroRail was planned as an upgrade to the most heavily traveled bus corridor and designed to be a backbone to the transit network of the city. The initial segment followed a near-straight line from downtown Houston to an outlying park-and-ride near the former Astroworld amusement park, tying together popular destinations and job centers such as the Texas Medical Center, the Museum District, Rice University, and the Reliant Stadium complex. This was the north-south axis
of job density across the center of Houston. In other words, light rail just made sense there. And it saw packed trains from Day One. By the end of 2004, the year the Houston MetroRail opened, it saw 33,000 boardings on a typical day. The line has since been extended on the opposite side of downtown, and two more lines are being built as I write. They plan on expanding the system even further to stitch together all the employment centers of the city as well as beefing up the bus system to serve all the Houstonians farther away from the rail system. For such a car-oriented city, Houston is doing a fantastic job of balancing out its modes of transportation. But an equally car-oriented city, San Jose, has been struggling to make its light rail system work since its inception. In the late ‘80s, when everyone was scrambling to buy a Macintosh or a PC with Windows 3.0, the local governments of the booming Silicon Valley wanted to complement the growth with a light rail system. With the Santa Clara bare-bones VTA’s bus network to build off of, they were taking a huge gamble. The plan they came up with was one linking the downtown of San Jose, some neighborhoods of single-family homes, and vast expanses of parking lot with small office buildings peppered throughout. They crossed their fingers, expecting the rail line to induce growth, with tightly-packed office buildings and homes replacing the scarcely populated parking lots, driveways and front yards. This was the only way the light rail system could score enough riders to keep it financially stable. Today, the Santa Clara VTA Light Rail has failed to live up to its projections, carrying 30 percent fewer passengers at an operating cost 30 percent higher than the average light rail system in the United States. It costs taxpayers in the rest of the region $10 to subsidize every round trip, and less than 1 percent of the county’s residents even ride the trains regularly. It’s important to note: There is such a thing as bad light rail. How does this compare with the plan here in Austin? If the 2000 Guadalupe-Lamar plan had passed, our city would have a light rail system similar to the one in Houston. It would serve all the existing walking-oriented parts of the city, including Downtown, UT, the Drag and West Campus as well as some other areas that would be more conducive to walking if they were given a little push, like the Triangle and the area around Lamar and Airport Boulevard. Trains would have been packed from the day the line opened. And all it takes to make a San-Jose-style light rail line is to move a good line a mile east. The Project Connect line still passes through Downtown and UT but eschews state office buildings to instead serve downtown parking garages and follows San Jacinto Boulevard, an incredibly inconvenient route for the cash-cow West Campus riders. North of the University, Red River is full of low-density residential areas, with vociferous neighborhood associations that will fight tooth and nail to prevent the neighborhood from getting denser. The closest this line gets to a dense business district is near the
This November, don’t repeat mistake of 2000 By David Chincanchan Guest Columnist
You don’t need a statistic to know that Austin traffic is getting out of hand.But just in case you’ve been cooped up in the PCL for too long, let’s start with two simple facts: Austin traffic congestion is ranked as the fourth worst in America, and Austinites now waste an average of 40 hours per year stuck in traffic. Anyone who has been in Austin for longer than an ACL weekend knows we have something special here. Despite the Austin metro area being the fastest-growing in the nation, we have been able to maintain a casual, laidback culture and a spectacular quality of life. However, our traffic crisis is changing all of that. It’s likely stifling our economy, harming our environment and fundamentally changing who we are as a city. And unless we take action now, it will only continue to get worse. Thankfully, the Austin City Council voted unanimously to bring a well-thought out and data-driven plan to Austin voters this November in the form of Proposition 1. Prop. 1 will start addressing our traffic problem by funding major road improvements and building the first phase of an electric-powered, energy-efficient urban rail system that will eventually connect the entire city and take tens of thousands of cars off our roads. The Prop. 1 road improvements include major projects on Interstate 35, at Riverside, Oltorf, Stassney, William Cannon and elsewhere, as well as funds to engineer and design future projects on 360, 2222, 620 and Parmer. Most people agree that these projects will make a big difference. But what’s been most discussed and debated is the urban rail investment. The first phase of urban rail will service the East Riverside Corridor, downtown, the State Capitol, the Medical School complex, UT and the new ACC Highland job-training campus. The initial route was carefully selected and analyzed by local and national transit experts to serve the greatest need in the city and be the most competitive for federal funds. As a result, every single dollar Austin vot-
ers approve for the construction of this route will be matched one-for-one by the federal government. That’s as much as $700 million that would go to another city or even another state if we fail to approve Prop. 1. The initial route was also selected in part because of its proximity to student housing and the highest number of affordable housing units and transit-dependent riders. This route will be a huge boon to the UT community. The rail line will have stations that are safe and well lit and will include four parkand-rides with thousands of parking spaces. Additionally, all rail cars will have Wi-Fi capability so riders can read, check email, Facebook or play games during their commutes. The urban rail line is also planned to run mostly in dedicated lanes. That means that arrival and departure times will be consistent because, unlike buses, rail cars will not have to sit in traffic. This will allow students and other riders to confidently plan ahead. Despite the clear benefits of this plan, there is opposition. The leaders of the antiProp 1 campaign include tea party activists who oppose any kind of public spending, and longtime anti-rail activists who only support building more roads. But that’s the approach that got us into this mess to begin with. Sadly, there’s also a fringe group of “transit activists” who have decided to side with the tea party and “road warriors” during this election. Their d i s agreeme nt stems f rom a my-
opic view that this plan doesn’t do enough and thus should be voted down. But the reality is that it is impossible to serve all parts of the city at once. We’ve got to start somewhere, and Prop. 1 is the best first step we can take, serving those who need it most. That’s why over 30 community organizations, ranging from the Austin Sierra Club to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, are all supporting Prop. 1. That includes campus groups like the University Democrats and UT Student Government. This moment in Austin’s history calls for us to think beyond the four walls of our apartments, dorms or houses and beyond the city blocks that make up our neighborhoods. We have to think about what’s best for Austin as a whole and in the long term. I am among the younger transit advocates frustrated by the fact that the generation of Austinites that came before us voted down urban rail 14 years ago. But instead of looking back, students who didn’t get a say then should do the right thing for UT and for Austin now by voting for Prop. 1. Chincanchan is a field director at Let’s Go Austin. He graduated from UT in 2014 with degrees in government and communication studies.
HEB at Hancock Center, which is still an island in the middle of an ocean of parking lots. We shouldn’t put rail where we think density may be at some point in the future — rail should go where density already is. The Consequences of Building the Wrong Route “Won’t it take another ten to fifteen years for another light rail proposal to be put to a vote? Austin needs rail now to fix congestion!” This is an argument I’ve unfortunately heard quite a lot. Despite what any politician says, public transit doesn’t do anything to relieve car congestion — it simply provides an alternative to it. Consider New York City: Driving around Manhattan is hell, and will likely be that way for the foreseeable future. But fortunately, there’s a cheap, quick way of getting around that is immune to car congestion, and that is the New York Subway. You may end up on a crowded train with your face in someone’s armpit for a while, but at least you’ll get to where you’re going on time. The only way to reduce car congestion is to make it less convenient to drive. But few people want more toll roads or a higher gas taxes — unpopular ideas. So, Austin will see congestion for as long as people drive cars. As for the lengthy waiting period, it isn’t as lengthy as it seems. It happened to be 14 years between this light rail proposal and the previous, but the average turnaround time is about 3.8 years - and grassroots organizations like AURA are working to make it even shorter. We shouldn’t rush into a bad, expensive plan if it won’t take us that long to wait for a good one. So what if this rail line isn’t perfect? Why should we let the perfect be the enemy of the good? As it turns out, this rail route can’t even be considered good — it’s worse than building nothing. CapMetro’s Red Line commuter rail is running at full capacity, but still needs a whopping $18 subsidy for every boarding, or in other words, CapMetro loses $18 every time someone rides the Red Line. The commuter buses it replaced only needed a $3 subsidy for every boarding. So what did CapMetro do to compensate for this hefty loss? They diverted money from serving the bus system, resulting in route removals (anyone remember the Cameron Road and Wickersham Lane shuttles?) service cuts and fare hikes (or as Cap Metro calls it, fare restructuring). This rail is something Austin can’t afford to screw up. No matter what, this proposition will only make transit worse if it passes. The resulting reduction in bus service will only encourage us, and everyone around us, to drive more - the exact opposite effect of what a transit project should do. If you feel that cutting more bus routes will help Austin grow and develop, go ahead and vote “yes” on Proposition 1. At least Austin will get a shiny choo-choo. Smalley is a computer science senior from Katy and a member of Austinites for Urban Rail Action. Illustration by Isabella Palacios / Daily Texan Staff
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continues from page 8 made by Stradivari and one made by another wellregarded, 18th century craftsman Guarneri, del Gesù. The owners of these antiques loaned them out under the stipulation that their names may not be revealed in the paper. Additionally, the researchers had to promise to be extremely careful with the three instruments, which were valued at a combined total of $10 million. The scientists chose three other violins that were between several days and
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continues from page 8 It’s given me more confidence, as well as a sense of pride for the company I work for.” Snap Kitchen, an Austin business that partners with The Campus Job, has used the website to hire UT students for several different positions. Katie Barnes, senior human resource generalist at Snap Kitchen, said that the majority of the students they attract are in nutrition-related majors. “The Campus Job has helped us out a lot with hir-
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continues from page 8 He started painting watercolors after buying a novice paint kit at Walgreens. He uses watercolors exclusively and develops depth in his paintings through layers of paint and a technique of pouring water straight on top of the paper. “I am considered a master watercolor artist,” he said. “And no one in the world paints like I do — you know why? Because I taught myself how to paint.” Stidham is known mostly for his series of Sacred Heart paintings. According to Stidham, the Sacred Heart series draws people to his ACL booth. In his booth, there are portraits of
years old to put against the antique instruments. In order to prevent the violinists from identifying the age of the violins by sight, the researchers covered their eyes with modified welding goggles. In order to prevent them from identifying the age of the instruments by smell, the researchers masked the odors with a scent placed on the chinrest of each violin. The researchers gave the blinded players 10 different pairs of violins to compare — each pair consisted of a classic and a newer violin — and, on the whole, the players preferred the newer
instruments, though this result wasn’t statistically significant and most likely the result of chance. In order to test the consistency of the decisions, the researchers occasionally gave the players pairs of violins that they had already rated, presenting them as a different pair. When they did, the players would pick the same violin about half the time. In the end, the biggest factor in the way a violin sounds is the person playing it. There might be something cool about playing a legendary instrument made by a master, but it’s not nearly as brilliant as the musician holding it.
ing great UT students,” Barnes said. “There’s a large amount of responsibility in the positions [we hire for]. In a way, the students are kind of running their own business.” Barnes said she thinks that through these part-time jobs, the students are gaining skills that will attract employers later. “We want the students to learn from these experiences,” Barnes said. “They can leverage the skills [they] learn at Snap Kitchen for when [they’re] looking for a fulltime job.”
Wessel said she knows that the fuller the résumé, the better chance a potential employee has of being hired. But while a high GPA and any amount of work experience was good enough to land a job 20 years ago, times have changed, according to Wessel. “Employers are increasingly looking at previous work experience when hiring students,” Wessel said. “It’s incredible how difficult it is for students fresh out of college to find work. We’re excited to help change that.”
musicians from many different genres, but in each portrait, there’s a heart emblem on the chest. “The heart represents that heart energy — that emotional milestone that we experience when we hear our favorite musicians,” Stidham said. According to Stidham, a music festival is an appropriate venue for his work because of the communal aspect of experiencing music. “There are people who come back year after year; there’s friends,” Stidham said. “Me being here for so long — everybody comes by the booth.” He painted for a few years, mastering his technique before debuting his first Sacred Heart portrait of Willie Nelson. In the
portrait, Stidham uses red, black, gold and white. His concert was Stidham’s first concert and also the first of many musicians that Stidham has painted. “My passion for rock ’n’ roll, my passion for the music, my passion for the people I was painting were really exhibited in these paintings,” he said. Stidham’s studio is full of paintings, but not all of them are portraits of musicians. People commission Stidham to paint other popular figures who exist within the collective unconscious — Andy Worhol and Robin Williams, for example. “I’m all about thriving,” Stidham said. “There’s no starving artist here; I don’t believe in it.”
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GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Thursday, October 9, 2014
FOOTBALL
Harris ready to live long-awaited dream By Jori Epstein
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continues from page 1 people feel important, and it really meant a lot to you when he took time like that.” Ash always had a knack for football. His electric blend of talents impressed coaches at a young age and propelled him to the top of the pack. When he scored his first touchdown as a running back in Little League football, he came back to the sideline and told his cousin, “That was too easy.”
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even as he grows and improves in Austin, he still looks forward to returning home to Dallas this weekend. “It’s going to be fun getting to go back home in front of that crowd, in front of the state and in front of my town,” Harris said. “I’m just excited to be out there on the field and be part of the game.” Harris is far from the only Longhorn to hold that special connection with the Red River Rivalry. More than 30 Longhorns hail from the Dallas Ash attended Academy High School until his sophomore year when he transferred to Belton. When his coach Rodney Southern first saw him, he knew Ash was talented. “The first day he walked in the school, we happened to be outside playing football during our athletic period,” Southern said. “He warmed up, and, when I first saw him throw the ball, I turned to our offensive coordinator and said, ‘That’s our starting quarterback for
area, excited to play before friends and family this weekend and relive traditions from their childhoods. Sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes has his fair share of memories from the Texas State Fair and the Cotton Bowl, although his initial recollections pertain to the fair rather than the rivalry. “I liked to ride all the roller coasters, so, when I was young, and I’d go, I’d always get on them,” Swoopes said. “I never really was into the stuff they fried — it was not for me.” the next three years.’” Over the past month, Ash has realized his football career had to end. He knows his health comes before the game, and, once again, he realized there was more to life than football. “I had a lot of goals … [and] had I remained healthy, I would have gotten to accomplish [them],” Ash said. “But there’s so much still; there’s so much good life out there besides football. I’m really excited to put time in those things now.”
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Longhorns dominate at home behind deep roster Senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman stepped back to serve in the middle of the first set against Baylor. She threw the ball into the air and slapped it ferociously across the net for a service ace. While it only counted as one point in the first set, it’s just one example of how dominant No. 2 Texas (12-0, 4-0 Big 12) has been in Gregory Gym this season. The Longhorns have played five games at home and have yet to drop a set. Texas has been able to maintain a perfect record at home because it’s playing well as a team and using its depth and balance to its advantage. “We’re very balanced, and we’re very deep,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “I can only play so many players at a time, but we are very fortunate because we have great chemistry.” The Longhorns have
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Sophomore setter Chloe Collins hit three of the Longhorns’ 11 aces in the win against Baylor on Tuesday, upping Texas’ home record to 5-0 this season.
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Senior wide receiver John Harris will get the chance to live out a childhood dream Saturday against Oklahoma. This season, Harris has caught 26 passes for 370 yards and four touchdowns.
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For years, in Garland, just 25 miles from Cotton Bowl Stadium, a Longhorn football hopeful watched the emblematic Red River Rivalry matchup with elation. For half the game each year, he was glued to the TV screen inside; for the other half, he spent his time outdoors in his backyard. Imagining himself as part of the game while simulating plays with his friends, a young John Harris fantasized about scoring a touchdown in this iconic game. And, now, the senior wide receiver hopes his dream will come true Saturday. “This is a game that, as a kid, I’ve always waited to play for,” Harris said. “I used to go out in my backyard, imagining myself being out there on the field … so I’m going to take this real personally.” Harris said his earliest memories from the Texas-OU game days date back to when Major Applewhite was the quarterback. Applewhite, who led Texas behind center from 19982001, has held coaching positions at Texas, Syracuse, Rice and Alabama in the 13 years since his eligibility expired. Harris has grown in those 13 years as well — from a ball of energy in his backyard to a powerhouse on the college football field. But
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been able to win every set at home this season because of their defense. In its five games at Gregory Gym this season, Texas has held its opponents to a .130 hitting average. “Our blocking has been getting better,” Elliott said. “It’s a big part of our practice. We are doing the same thing every single day in the gym, getting good in those areas, and we are starting to see some results from it.” While Texas is undefeated at home, Elliott said that the team is still working to improve. “We’ve got a really good group of girls that understands what it takes to be great, and they want that,” Elliott said. “They have pretty high goals and expectations, so it’s about us getting better … But it’s really about focusing. It’s about improving and getting our continuity and getting better in the areas that we are working on practice.”
Sophomore setter Chloe Collins echoed Elliott’s belief, as she says that the team’s ability to get gel and improve will help them throughout the season. “I think it’s just going through practice and the same routines,” Collins said. “Over time, we are just starting to gel together. … That translates over into the match what you do in practice, so [we] try to execute that.” Thursday’s game against Texas Tech will present a challenge, as it will be their third game in five days. While it may be challenging, Elliott said that this will be the only opportunity Texas has to replicate a tournament scenario. “We don’t get to play back-to-back, so this is the only opportunity, the closest we can, to replicate that and get them use to that and know what that turnaround time is,” Elliott said. The Longhorns and Red Raiders square off Thursday at 7 p.m.
Swoopes didn’t just miss out on the fried food. Unlike Harris, Swoopes didn’t realize the importance of the Red River Rivalry to fans and players until high school. It was then when he sat behind Texas’ bench at the 50-yard line and first experienced the hype. “Sitting between both fans, I got to see how they all interacted during the game, so that was fun,” Swoopes said. “It’s really loud the whole time; nothing gets quiet or settles down — it’s always electric and going.”
Following a near shutout against Baylor last weekend, Texas’ offense knows it will need to produce more against a powerful Oklahoma team. A win against Oklahoma would be huge for the Longhorns’ momentum, Harris said. It’d build their confidence and their reputation. “If you can beat Oklahoma, everything’s good,” Harris said. If Harris can score his dream touchdown along the way, things would be even better for him.
SOCCER
Freshman makes big impact for Horns early By Daniel Clay @dclay567
The Longhorns were lucky to stumble through the first 90 minutes of last month’s conference opener against No. 10 Texas Tech without conceding a goal. But Texas was unable to maintain a consistent threat on the Raider net, and Texas Tech sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Watson repelled any serious chances. Neither team had scored when the clock struck 90. Most teams would look to their veteran players to clutch an overtime game against such an important opponent, but not this year’s Texas team. Seven minutes into the first sudden death period, freshman forward Olivia Brook charged down the right side, received a pass from sophomore forward Jasmine Hart and floated a beautiful shot into the top-left corner of the net for a gamewinning goal and a huge upset win. But Brook’s heroics were no fluke. The youngster is leading the team with six goals through 13 games, making her one of the Longhorns’ keys to success this season. “She doesn’t even know how great she’s been doing for us,” senior midfielder Sharis Lachappelle said. “She just goes out there and makes unbelievable shots and goals. She brings energy in every single practice.” Brook has thrived in the Longhorns’ possession-based attack, which requires incredible patience; trigger-happy freshmen can often waste shots, which leads to squandered possessions. However, Brook appears immune to that stigma. Twelve of the freshman’s 20
shots have landed on goal for a .600 shots on goal average that eclipses the team’s .441 number. Brook has been a constant contributor since she stepped onto the field, but the confident freshman expected nothing less from herself in her first year of college soccer. “I hold myself to pretty high standards,” Brook said. “[Being the leading scorer] is a great feeling, but I don’t really think about that. It’s not about me; it’s how we do as a whole.” Most college coaches can only dream of getting the chance to work with a player who can contribute in her first months on a college campus. Kelly, though, has not fallen into the trap of pampering her young phenomenon and, instead, believes athletes of any classification should be treated the same. “As soon as you walk on this campus, I say that you’re no longer a freshman — you’re a Texas Longhorn,” Kelly said. “It’s baptism by fire. If you’re ready to go, and you’re getting the job done, you’re on the field.” Very few upperclassmen have the talent to upset the elite of college soccer and light up the scoreboard on a regular basis. But Brook has done all of that as a freshman, and, true to her form, the young attacker is still concerned about getting better. “I am working on my striking; I’m working on my movement,” Brook said. “I’m learning how to get in good positions for my fellow teammates and just working to get in the best spots to score … or just all the movements I need to do to get the team to win.”
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Freshman forward Olivia Brook has already made her prescence felt on the 40 Acres, scoring six goals this season, including a game-winner agaist Texas Tech on Sept. 26.
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Art Shell becomes the first African-American to be a head coach in modern NFL. Shell’s Los Angeles Raiders defeated the New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Longhorn women’s basketball picked to finish first in Big 12
After years of domination by Baylor in the Big 12, the Longhorns have been tabbed as the team most likely to end Baylor’s run, according to the conference coaches Wednesday. Texas was selected as the preseason favorite in the Big 12 for the third time in conference history, accumulating five first-place votes in the process. The selection comes after the Longhorns finished third in the conference last year, a second round exit in the NCAA tournament and brought in the 11th-ranked recruiting class, which includes freshman guard Ariel Atkins. Baylor, who has won at least a share of the conference regular season title each of the past four seasons, was picked second, receiving two first-place votes. West Virginia and Oklahoma State rounded out the top four with each school receiving a firstplace vote. In total, the top four teams were separated by only 10 points. Texas was also picked to win the conference before the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 seasons. The Longhorns went on to split the regular season title with Kansas State in 2003-2004 and finishing second in 2004-2005. The Longhorns open up their season on Nov. 9 against Oklahoma City University and begin their conference schedule Jan. 3 against Kansas. —Jacob Martella
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THEATER & DANCE
Uh Theatre Company produces interactive play By Vanessa Sliva @VanessaSliva
In an effort to challenge the typical theater format, UT’s Uh Theatre Company is capitalizing on audience participation in a new-immersive experience. In their production of “For Sale by Owner,” audience members are guided through an estate in groups by the lead actress. The play follows Charley, who inherits a house from her deceased father and is trying to sell the property to the audience. As she walks through each room, memories of the house resurface, and the audience watches as Charley’s attitude completely transforms. Uh Theatre Company was founded by a group of UT students last summer. Since then, they have produced five shows, including their latest piece, “For Sale by Owner.” During September, the company set up an Indiegogo fundraising account for the play and was able to raise over $1,000 within a month. Matt Hill, radio-television-film and theatre and dance senior, is currently the co-artistic director. “It’s one thing to be able to
write the piece, rehearse the piece and perform the piece,” Hill said. “All those elements truly make theater as lovable as it is, but, for this project in particular, unlike other projects we’ve done, it was crowdsourced by members of the community and people we’ve encountered through our theatrical journeys.” “For Sale by Owner” will be performed out of a house in the Brentwood area. Hill explained that the idea for this play was inspired by the memories made within the house, and that many of the cast members have lived or are currently living there. “Audiences are exposed to experience art in the very narrow mindset of, ‘I’m going to sit down and watch what’s in front of me and take it for what it is,’” Hill said. “But performance art can be creative and exhibited in any number of ways.” Theatre and dance senior Kenny Chilton is the producer of the play and personally requested the play to be performed in the house. Chilton hopes to redeem any personal connections he may have missed within the house while
Theatre and dance senior Alex Villarreal (left) directs mechanical engineering sophomore Graham McCain (right) and other actors of the Uh Theatre Company on Wednesday night.
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he lived there. “We really love the house,” Chilton said. “I lived in this house for a year, and a lot of what the play has to do with is memories and how you deal with your past and the things you regret in your past.” Theatre and dance senior Callie Hacker said that Uh Theatre Company relies on making
progress with their productions by having a tight-knit cast. The “For Sale by Owner” cast is made up of about 10 people, most of whom have previously worked together. “This is definitely the group I have the most hope in for theater,” Hacker said. “The world of theater is changing, especially in Broadway.
Corporations are trying to get their hands on theater, and it’s so nice knowing that there are some people out there that want to do theater because they’re artistic and creative.” Hacker explained that the company attracts different kinds of interests, from engineers to radio-televisionfilm students, but everyone
is brought together by a passion for theater. Even the audiences are made up of diverse backgrounds. “There are those who want to do theater as a hobby and those who have to do [theater] — it’s a part of them in one shape, way or form,” Hacker said. “This group has the best combination of the two.”
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Club aims to increase acceptance, self-esteem on campus By Emily Gibson @Emgeemtee
Sitting around a table in the Texas Union, the creators of UT’s new self-esteem boosting club try to describe their project in one word. One describes it as “groundbreaking,” another says “community,” but the group comes to a consensus on the word “human.” Undeclared sophomore Micaela Williams, radio-television-film sophomore Elaina Woods, finance sophomore Caio Porciuncula, undeclared sophomore Antonino Cummings and several other students came together to create Esteem, Growth, Optimism, or E.G.O., a club focused on promoting high self-esteem and personal growth. The club meets Thursday nights in Waggener Hall to hold an open forum where members can discuss aspects
of everyday life, including mental health, body issues, gender identity, racial identity, sexuality and religion. Williams explained that by creating a safe space to hang out and talk about these issues, they hope to instill in their members a greater sense of self-esteem and self-worth. “The point is to allow everybody to reach their full potential, which sounds kind of corny, but we are here to provide a place of support and acceptance, so people can grow and love themselves,” Williams said. According to a 2013 survey by the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 20 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from a mental illness, excluding developmental and substance abuse disorders. One in five children either currently suffer or have suffered from a mentally debilitating disorder. According to Cummings, this
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club is the creators’ response to the mental health crisis. “I think we’re starting to realize we can’t just ignore it anymore, and it’s going to take a focused effort,” Cummings said. “In a way, I think this group is a response to that, to our culture. It’s us saying, ‘Hey, let’s do something about this.’” The club began with a Facebook post on the UT transfers page, which all of the founding members liked and commented on. As they began talking, plans for E.G.O. began to form. Woods explained that this club is the first of its kind at UT because of its focus on a broad range of topics. She said the creators’ goal is to bring different perspectives and life experiences into each meeting. By doing this, they hope to fight some of the stigmas associated with mental health issues. “Feeling alone, feeling sad, feeling conflicted is a very
Micaela Williams speaks to the founders of E.G.O at the Waggener Hall on Thursday Oct. 3.
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human thing and a very natural thing,” Porciuncula said. “We all feel like that from time to time. We want to humanize these issues and make sure that people know that they can feel that way, and there are people they can talk to — you know, there is a solution to the problem. We want to be
that solution.” In the future, they plan to have guest speakers at their meetings and host events, such as the Mad Hatter Tea Party and what they call a BeYou-Ty Ball, where they will encourage attendees to come dressed in clothes that are most comfortable for them,
whether they are pajamas or formal wear. For now, the creators are focusing on promoting their club, building membership and reaching out to youth clubs and schools, where, according to Williams, they hope to promote high self-esteem in young children.
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Stradivarius violins not The Campus Job helps students build resumé By Lauren Velez as special as they seem @laurenvelz
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ACL kicked off with a bang last weekend and will conclude this weekend with its raucous embodiment of the “work hard, play hard” UT mentality. In our world of Spotify, earbuds and iPhones, live music is a genuine thrill. It wasn’t too long ago that live music was all there was. There is a belief held by many aficionados that music was better in those “good old days” and that millennials have ruined it with synthesized pop played with mass-produced instruments. These highbrow enthusiasts likely hold the violins made by the Stradivari family in high regard. The Stradivarius violins, made nearly 300 years ago by expert craftsmen, are described by performers and critics alike as instruments unequaled in their sound
quality — even today. That’s why these instruments often sell for millions of dollars when a top-of-the-line modern violin won’t cost much more than $15,000. Many studies have looked into what makes Stradivarius violins special, focusing on aspects such as the specific density and elasticity of the wood, which may be a result of how trees grew during the Maunder Minimum, a time in the late 18th century characterized by slightly cooler-than-average temperatures. One research group claims to have replicated the sound of a Stradivarius violin by using a newer violin treated with a fungus that mimicked the effect of the cooler temperatures on wood. Such a claim should be met with skepticism because there isn’t much research to back up the idea that Stradivarius violins live up to the legend. In fact, there is research that suggests they do not. A study found that experienced violinists could not tell the difference between a Stradivarius and a highend, newer violin. The researchers borrowed three violins — two
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Whether students are looking for a job as the brand ambassador for Red Bull or as a freelance photographer for The New York Times, The Campus Job aims to connect students with real-world opportunities. “The Campus Job is an online, two-way marketplace where students can find parttime jobs during the school year, and employees can find students to hire for parttime jobs,” said Liz Wessel, co-founder and CEO of The Campus Job. Wessel said there is a huge amount of pressure on postcollegiate life. Students are told constantly to “enjoy these four years,” but it’s usually not that simple. They’re expected to
walk the stage after completing senior year with full confidence in what they want to do with their lives. This expectation, however, is becoming a much more distant reality among many college students. “A lot of students graduate college and have no experience doing what they think they want to do,” Wessel said. “[The] Campus Job does two cool things: First, we’re providing the opportunity for students to work and build their resumé while in college; second, we’re providing opportunities for students to try out all different fields.” By offering jobs that range from brand ambassadors and computer design to baristas and freelance photographers, The Campus Job attempts to offer something for everyone.
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Liz Wessel is the co-founder and CEO of The Campus Job. The website was designed to help students find work after graduation.
For human relations senior Hillary Schweitzer, UT’s marketing representative for the organization, her role with The Campus Job has helped her realize what she wants to do after graduation.
“Before this job, words like ‘sales’ and ‘marketing’ meant nothing to me,” Schweitzer said. “Now, I’m getting handson experience in those fields that I’ve never had before.
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Artist paints watercolor portraits of musicians By Paige Atkinson @PaigeAtkinson
Sitting on a large drafting table is a watercolor painting of George Strait. The painting is almost finished, but the artist is concerned about the eyes. “Does this do it for you? Can you feel it in the eyes?” he asked eagerly.
William K. Stidham, a visual artist, has been making original watercolors for the last 13 years. He specializes in portrait paintings of other famous artists. According to Stidham, music festivals are the perfect place for people to discover his work. For the past eight years, he has set up shop within the confines of
the ACL Art Market. “It’s my biggest show, and I do the biggest music festivals in the country,” Stidham said. “It’s like a homecoming for me.” Stidham is from San Antonio and graduated from UT with a degree in radiotelevision-film. He moved to Hollywood after graduation
but did not have the fortitude to succeed at his age, he said. He ended up selling insurance until he quit at age 28. His next five years were spent writing a novel, which was never published. He said his failed attempt at publishing a book left him devastated with a lingering creative energy.
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