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Six Austin mayoral candidates debated issues such as water conservation, transportation and emergency protocol at an on-campus event Wednesday night. The forum, hosted by KUT at the Belo Center for New Media as part of its “Ballot Boxing” series, was limited to candidates with a website. The candidates discussed the low water supply in Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan.
Candidate Randall Stephens said there was a simple solution to address Austin’s water crisis: Quit wasting water. “We need to make sure we address our infrastructure needs and that we’re not losing water through leaking or breaking pipes,” Stephens said. “We need to move to a southwestern mode of landscaping. We need to make smart choices and inspire other Austinites to work with us and conserve water — not waste water.” Current Austin City
Council member Mike Martinez said conservation was most important in solving Austin’s decreasing water supply. “Our community has embraced conservation like no one would ever would,” Martinez said. “The first thing we need to do is implement a rule that everyone drawing from the same source needs to abide by the same conservation methods.” If Proposition 1, which allocates bond money toward
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Austin mayoral candidates debate issues concerning the city Wednesday evening in a forum at the Belo Center for New Media.
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Children visit prehistoric past at fossil event By Josh Willis @joshwillis35
Families, children and students viewed and touched various rocks and fossils Wednesday at the Texas Memorial Museum’s National Fossil Day celebration. National Fossil Day was started in 2010 by the National Park Service in an effort to engage the public. Wednesday’s event at the museum was co-hosted by the Paleontological Society of Austin. Pamela Owen, Texas Memorial Museum associate director, said the annual event is a great way to reach people in Central Texas. “It’s a way to get the public interested and informed about our fossil heritage and the fossil’s importance in terms of scientific value and how fossils tell us about what life was like in the past,” Owen
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Cara Baily, 2, points at the fossilized skeleton of a rabbit in the Texas Memorial Museum on Wednesday afternoon. National Fossil Day was started in 2010 by the National Parks Department to get the public interested in fossil heritage.
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Mark Strama, city manager for Google, explains the much-anticipated “fiberhood,” which will start to be installed in December. Google Fiber’s goal is to produce an extraordinarily fast Internet that can reach as many people as possible.
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Students study in the lobby of the School of Information on Wednesday afternoon.
We’re not kidding.’” The school is an interdisciplinary graduate school that studies the role of information in society and makes information accessible. “We try to understand the role and uses of information in modern society and how to help people manage, create and organize information,” said Matthew Lease,
an assistant professor at the school. Information school dean Andrew Dillon said in an email that the lack of knowledge about the iSchool, particularly by undergraduate students, is a result of the program’s small size and graduate focus.
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Residents in South and Southeast Austin will be able to sign up for Google Fiber in December after waiting almost two years since the service was first announced. Google held a briefing Wednesday at its Austin office about the Internet service the company will offer to its customers. “Think about how many things you don’t want to
click due to speed,” said Mark Strama, city manager for Google Fiber. “Speed is really important to us as a company, and we want to bring that to Austin.” In November 2012, Kansas City became the only city to have the network. Google announced in April 2013 that Austin would be the next city to get Google Fiber. David Anthony, technical program manager for Google Fiber, said the project goal is to install thou-
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Little-known iSchool provides five-year information degrees Located off campus on Guadalupe sits the School of Information. With its vague name and small enrollment, many students, particularly undergraduates, are left wondering what the program is, if they’re aware of the school at all. “I have never heard of it,” computer science senior Daniel Cheng said. Jeremy Selvidge, a graduate student in the school, said he often has to explain to his friends and people he meets what a “school of information” is. “A lot of the time we refer to it as ‘iSchool,’ and they think I’m saying ‘high school,’” said Selvidge, who is also a co-director of the Student Association of the School of Information. “So we have to explain to them, ‘No, it’s a master’s program.
While two UT researchers say the Ebola disease could be immunizing people, a second health care worker has tested positive for Ebola, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday. The nurse is the third person to be diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the U.S. The nurse has since been identified by local media outlets in Dallas as Amber Vinson and is the second person to have contracted the disease in the U.S. At a press conference Wednesday, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said the nurse reported a fever Tuesday and has been placed in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, along with Nina Pham, another nurse who tested positive for the virus Sunday. Both nurses were involved in the care of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from Ebola last week. At a press conference Wednesday, Tom Frieden, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, said the new patient was transferred to Emory hospital in Atlanta later Wednesday. Jenkins said Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is preparing for more cases of Ebola. “We are preparing contingencies for more, and that is a very real possibility,” Jenkins said.
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sands of miles of fiber optic cable that will run right to people’s homes. The cables are made of hair-thin fibers of glass that transmit information close to the speed of light. “This is the next step of the Internet,” Anthony said. According to Anthony, the network delivers Internet speed at one gigabit per second, which is a hundred times faster than the current
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an urban rail line, fails on the ballot, Martinez said that would not affect the efficiency or purpose of City Council. “On Nov. 5, we have to go back to work, dealing with the gridlock and congestion we face,” Martinez said. “We go back to adding bus rapid transit lines and working on road infrastructure. We don’t have an option to sit and not do anything. I realize it’s ultimately up to the voters. If that means adding more bus lines, Capital Metro is capable of handling that next step.” Candidate David Orshalick referred back to his sixstep plan to save Austin, including three tenets, he said, are directed toward Austin’s transportation problem. “We currently don’t do very good transportation planning,” Orshalick said. “It is amazing to me that
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I-35 is failing, and we have no plans to fix it.” Orshalick also said the decreasing African-American population in Austin is exacerbated by the city’s rapid growth and gentrification. “We have a critical mass of African-Americans in Austin that is missing,” Orshalick said. “We have a very small African-American population; other cities have a much larger population. We need to grow jobs internally and focus on more than just high tech.” Cole said maintaining equal quality of life for everyone was crucial for keeping African-Americans in Austin. “I think many AfricanAmericans are leaving in concern for the opportunities for their children, educational opportunities [and] economic opportunities,” Cole said. The candidates also spoke about how they would deal with a health crisis in Austin in light of the third diagnosis of Ebola in Dallas. Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole said she would ask for help from experts and emphasized the importance of communicating with Austin residents. “I think it would be central to the mayor’s job to make sure we are having communication with the public and collaboration with governmental entities,” Cole said. “I would make a call immediately to other cities who have faced this crisis to see what they have done and what they would recommend and stay in constant contact with federal authorities.” According to candidate Steve Adler, a mayor’s job is to rally and support the public. “If something happened in the city, there is a pre-existing protocol to deal with it, and the mayor needs to make sure it’s being implemented,” Adler said. “It would be his responsibility to communicate with the public because the lack of knowledge can create fear and panic. I would probably also say a prayer.”
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continues from page 1 said. “Specifically, here for us in Texas, we’ve got this beautiful fossil record that we can [use] to demonstrate a snapshot of millions of years of evolution.” Suzanne Galigher, vice president and show chair of the Paleontological Society, said National Fossil Day serves to promote education and exploration for those of all ages. “It’s all about educating the public about fossils and stewardship, conservation and things like that,” Galigher said. “We do kids’ activities; there are speakers and hands-on stuff, anything to get the kids and the public excited about the natural treasures in their backyard.” Noting that children are often drawn toward playing with dinosaurs, Galigher said kids are often fascinated with the life-size artifacts on display. “For young kids, they are
naturally curious, and one of the things that they have found is that paleontology is often considered to be the gateway to science because kids are naturally drawn to dinosaurs,” Galigher said. “It’s one of the first natural science things they are introduced to.” Galigher said introducing kids to paleontology is important because it opens doors for additional paths of scientific interest. She said this introduction could lead them toward studies that could influence their career paths. “If you get them excited when they’re young, then as they get older, they build, and then they start branching out into the other sciences,” Galigher said. “Paleontology is biology and geology kind of put together,
and then they might start discovering chemistry, or they might discover physics.” In addition to showcasing artifacts, the society had volunteers on hand to examine items that guests brought in. “We had a guy bring in something that had been in his family for a really long time from the 1930s when they owned some land, which became part of Big Bend National Park,” said Michael Smith, Paleontology Society membership chair. “It was at least one whole skeleton of something that looked like a little rodent of some sort, which is something you just don’t find. Particularly, as amateurs, it’s just incredibly rare to find something like that, in Texas anyway.”
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CAMPUS Lauren Wagner, biology senior and secretary for Texas Forensics, lies on the ground while another student outlines her body with tape for a murder mystery party Wednesday evening. Texas Forensics is a club for students who are interested in the field of forensic science.
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Steven Bellan, postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, co-wrote a letter advocating for the study of non-contagious, asymptomatic Ebola infections.
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continues from page 1 Daniel Varga, chief clinical officer and senior vice president for Texas Health Resources, the hospital’s parent company, said the nurses contracted the virus after being exposed to Duncan, even though they were wearing protective equipment. “There was an exposure somewhere, sometime in the treatment of Mr. Duncan,” Varga said. “Let’s be clear: We’re a hospital that may have done some things different with the benefit of what we know today. But make no mistake; no one wants to get this right more than our hospital.” The CDC and Frontier Airlines confirmed in a statement that the new patient took a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Cleveland on Friday and returned to Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday evening, the day before she reported symptoms. The CDC is monitoring passengers who flew on the flight, even though the health care worker exhibited no signs or symptoms of illness while on the plane. Frieden said the new patient should not have traveled on a commercial airline and that workers having contact with an Ebola patient will not be allowed to travel. The CDC also said it has sent a team to the hospital in Dallas to oversee infection control and monitor its use of protective equipment. At the University, a UT professor and a postdoctoral fellow said in a letter published in The Lancet medical journal Tuesday that Ebola could be silently infecting people through contact with bodily fluids without displaying any symptoms. Steven Bellan, postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, and integrative biology professor Lauren Meyers hypothesized in their letter that, while the disease may be infecting people silently, it is not enough to be harmful. Furthermore, they reported that it could potentially render anyone affected immune to future infection. “This is a hypothesis that, if true, could help us improve our projection for what is going to happen in the outbreak,” Meyers said. “It also might help us improve the control effort to help save more lives
Let’s be clear: We’re a hospital that may have done some things different with the benefit of what we know today. But make no mistake; no one wants to get this right more than our hospital. the treatment of Mr. Duncan. —Daniel Varga, Texas Health Resources chief clinical officer and senior vice president
with the limited resources.” Other diseases have shown that infection can result in immunity, but research has not confirmed whether this is true for Ebola as well, according to Bellan. “Immunity is very complicated and varies a lot between different diseases,” Bellan said. “What is known from previous outbreaks is that people do get infected with Ebola without ever getting sick. … What we don’t know is if the immune response will result in protective immunity.” The CDC reports, since the beginning of the outbreak, which started in West Africa, there have been a total of 8,997 confirmed cases and 4,493 deaths. Bellan said this outbreak is bigger than all previous Ebola outbreaks combined. “The question is, ‘Why did this one get so big?’” Bellan said. “The hypothesis that most people think is most possible is the fact that it’s spread to more dense populations than it ever has before, in an area that there is a lot more movement between cities.” Meyers hopes her and Bellan’s published letter will bring light to their hypothesis, which she says can help contain the disease in all regions of the world. “The reason for the publication is to call the hypothesis to the attention of the public health community and discuss what can be done to test these ideas,” Meyers said. “To determine if silent infection is actually immunizing, we’ll have to do studies on the ground in the midst of an outbreak.”
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Forensics club stages fake crime scene By Chris Mendez @thedailytexan
Yellow tape surrounded the crime scene at the Texas Forensics club’s “Murder Mystery Party” on Wednesday in Welch Hall. Held as a part of the club’s meeting, the club’s officers had students split up into groups of three or four to discover the culprit. Each group looked at evidence around the room and collected information by taking notes and pictures to link the evidence to one of the officers, who commit-
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continues from page 1 broadband speeds in the U.S. At this speed, a digital movie can be downloaded in less than two minutes, and high definition video can be streamed with little to no buffering. “There will be no more waiting for the gray bar to fill up on the screen,” Strama said. “No more friction.”
ted the crime. The officers also provided how-to guides on analyzing hair samples, DNA and fingerprints. “Most of the evidence points to one person,” said Lauren Wagner, biology senior and club secretary. Each meeting, the club also hosts different speakers with particular expertise in the field of forensics. Wagner also said the club takes two field trips each semester, with students examining an autopsy during one of them. Madeline Childs, club president and chemistry
senior, discussed some of the speakers the club has invited, such as Houston detective Grace Das and Travis County medical examiner Satish Chundru. “[Chundru] will come in and talk about the different cases he has, like natural death and suicide,” Childs said. “We also have an entomologist [come talk].” “We’re a group that has different professionals come in different areas of forensic science,” club vice president Katelyn Bobbitt said. “It’s a good way to make connections with
professionals.” Bobbitt also revealed how hearing some of the speakers discouraged her from pursuing certain careers in forensics. “After hearing the speakers, I knew that that was not the right stuff for me,” Bobbitt said. According to Childs, when she started the club four years ago, it only had about six people at each meeting and has since doubled in size. “Our membership has grown in the last couple of years,” Bobbitt said.
conjunction with the Department of Computer Science. “What the five-year program is going to do is create a new breed of very employable graduates, who will not only have very strong backend skills but also people who have the skills and experience to do very effective front in design in terms of user experience and usability,” said Lease, who has been helping to develop the program. Dillon said the program is funded completely by the information school and the computer science department. Lease said the duality of the program will make students more appealing to potential employers. “They don’t want people who can just measure user experience,” Lease said. “They want people who can also build and improve the systems to be more usable.”
The program’s focus on digital information processing and presentation relates to the changing model information studies. The University’s iSchool in its current form was created as an adaptation of the traditional school of library science model, Lease said. He said ,in the digital age, it became necessary to look at information in a way other than the standard physical sense. “What’s happened with the digital age is we have a lot more information that is located online or in other kinds of digital repositories,” Lease said. “So now, we need to not only help people find physical information in physical places, but also help people find digital information in digital places.” The school also offers non-digital-based courses.
Lease said it has facilities for all areas of information studies from digital work to document preservation. According to Lease, the school received its current building in 2005. “In our space, we have everything from new computer labs to organic chemistry labs for restoring and treating old books and manuscripts to restore them,” Lease said. Selvidge said it can be difficult being so far away from other University facilities but that the isolated building also has its benefits. “Being kind of removed from campus and self-contained in this building helps to foster a sense of community and helps people get to know each other more intimately and understand each other’s area of concentration,” Selvidge said.
Parisa Fatehi-Weeks, community impact manager for Fiber, said it is too soon to determine when student neighborhoods, such as West Campus and Hyde Park, will be able to sign up for Fiber. Strama said that a “fiberhood” has to have a certain number of people to sign up in order to receive the service for their respective neighborhood. Fatehi-Weeks also talked
about the Community Leaders program that aims to build greater digital literacy for underprivileged communities in Austin. Fatehi-Weeks said that the program involves students helping people in the areas of Austin that have lower levels of Internet access. She said students teach skills, such as how to setup an email or how to use a computer. According to Fathehi-
Weeks, 30 UT students take part in the program, as well as 20 others from both Huston-Tillotson University and St. Edward’s University. All 50 of the students work with employees called “Google Mentors” and will act as ambassadors for Fiber in underprivileged communities. “Not every part of Austin will get Fiber,” Strama said. “But every area will get an opportunity to get it.”
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The Counseling and Mental Health Center showcases signs discussing Suicide Prevention Week. The initiative, which started in 2009, aims to promote awareness and self-care.
Editor’s Note: We’ve chosen to publish this op-ed anonymously, at the author’s request, due to the sensitive nature of its subject matter. It originally ran on our website on Monday. Last Friday, I watched as hundreds of students flooded out of the confines of campus, loaded onto buses and into cars, and began their 200-mile trek to Dallas for the Texas/ OU football game. It’s an exciting weekend, and for many, Friday likely marked the beginning of a weekend-long release of stress from
midterms and class projects. However, Friday also marked a significant day around the globe: World Mental Health Day. An educational campaign, World Mental Health Day aims to promote and advocate mental health to the global community. The first Mental Health Day, which comes toward the end of a longer, Congressionally-approved Mental Illness Awareness Week, took place in 1992, the year I was born, actually. So for my entire life, there has been an annual
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global celebration of mental health awareness and prevention. Growing up, especially throughout my teenage years, I saw a shift toward open conversation about mental health. I have witnessed successful movements to chip away at the stigma against mental illness and, on a smaller scale, safe places or forums for individuals to discuss their experiences. But there is still so much more to be done. I know this because I’ve faced the struggles of mental illness personally. When I was forced to confront my own affliction, I was unsure of how to access the resources available to me, apply the information I had been equipped with or navigate various counseling or treatment centers. I never felt comfortable enough to confide in a friend, or even a family member, to share my “secret.” The feelings of despair and helplessness crept in so deeply that I thought no one could truly understand my pain. I held onto the misconception that people would judge me, no longer treat me with kindness or respect or perceive me as weak. I let misunderstandings about mental health paralyze me from getting the help I so desperately needed. I chose to comply with the culture of silence that still surrounds mental health, despite the positive efforts and services, even with the educational tools and resources. Friday was World Mental Health Day, and also a reminder that we aren’t devoting adequate time to exchanging dialogue on mental health treatment and prevention. Mental health doesn’t affect just one portion of the population. We have all dealt with
mental health issues in some capacity and on some point of the spectrum. I have been a successful student at UT, involved in student leadership and immersed in academic enrichment opportunities such as research and internships. Hiding my internal battles did not make me a better student or leader. It did not make me more successful but rather hindered me from maintaining my high level of achievement. I believe it takes greater strength and courage to talk about these issues, particularly if you have a close, firsthand experience. I believe we need to make a collective effort to become more supportive of and concerned about student mental health. As friends, peers and Longhorns, we can play a crucial role in prevention and outreach initiatives. Together, we can achieve a campus climate where each student will engage thoughtfully as an active member and help their fellow students with problems they may face. I wish someone had done the same for me, and I wish I had been able to talk about mental health. We are a network of supporters. Now that students are back, I hope some will read and perhaps share this article with friends and classmates. Putting the focus on mental health doesn’t end after World Mental Health Day. The conversations need to continue, and we can be there for each other. So, please, let’s break our culture of silence. Let’s research; let’s educate; let’s talk. To learn more about World Mental Health Day or mental health in general, please visit http://www.nami.org/ or http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml.
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Historical perspective gives insight Students discuss political views, into likely outcome of elections choices for gubernatorial election By Dolph Briscoe IV Daily Texan Columnist
Another election season is upon us. On Nov. 4, Americans will go to the polls to cast ballots for U.S. senators and representatives. Early voting in the Lone Star State begins Oct. 20, and Texans will also elect a new governor, lieutenant governor and host of other state officials. What can we expect in these upcoming elections? Looking back at similar elections in the past can provide us with clues as to what the country and state might decide on Election Day. First, let us examine the national political scene. These contests are called “midterm” or “off-year” elections because they are taking place during the middle of a presidential term. This year is the sixth year of President Barack Obama’s administration. Historically, the party that controls the White House usually suffers losses in midterm elections. Voters often like to have a check on the party in power and can also use midterm elections to voice displeasure with the president’s policies. This happened most recently in 2010, when Republicans captured a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and won a multitude of contests down the ballot as voters expressed concern with President Obama’s handling of the economy and signing of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Recent elections in the sixth year of a presidency typically benefit the party out of power. In 1986, Democrats won control of the Senate and retained a strong majority in the House during the second term of Republican President Ronald Reagan. In 2006, Democrats secured both houses of Congress for the first time in more than a decade as voters expressed displeasure with President George W. Bush’s handling of the Iraq War and response to Hurricane Katrina. The 1998 midterms proved an exception, however, as Democrats actually gained seats in the House of Representatives, largely because of voter opposition to Republicans’ impeachment of President Bill Clinton. This year looks more likely to be a repeat of 1986 and 2006, rather than 1998. President
Recent elections in the sixth year of a presidency typically benefit the party out of power. In 1986, Democrats won control of the Senate and retained a strong majority in the House...
Obama holds an approval rating percentage in the low forties, which poses difficulties for Democratic candidates this year. Americans are concerned about the administration’s handling of a plethora of issues. A slow economic recovery and the inability to pass immigration reform pose problems on the domestic front, while abroad the crisis in Iraq with ISIS threatens another war for the U.S. in the Middle East. One positive for Democrats is that the Republican Party possesses even lower approval numbers than the president. While both parties hold blame for the political gridlock traumatizing Washington, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been especially intransigent, from sparking a government shutdown last fall to refusing to pass any type of immigration reform proposal. What the Republican Party has in its favor this year, though, is voter turnout and political maps. Historically, fewer people vote in midterm than presidential elections, and these voters tend to be older and more conservative. The Republican Party benefits from gerrymandered districts drawn after its impressive victories in 2010 that make it virtually impossible for Democrats to take the House of Representatives until the next census. The real political battle will be for control of the U.S. Senate, currently held by Democrats with a 55 to 45 majority. Democrats this year have the disadvantage of defending seats held by their members in so-called “red” or more Republican-leaning states, such as Alaska, Arkansas and Louisiana, because these seats last came up for election in 2008, a heavily Democratic election year. Most pundits predict that the odds are in favor of the GOP gaining at least six seats, and thereby the Senate majority. On the Texas political scene, Republicans remain favored to retain control of state government, although Democrats have launched their strongest ticket in recent years. In the governor’s race, Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee, polls ahead of Democrat Wendy Davis. In the campaign for lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick similarly is favored against Leticia Van de Putte. The nominations of Abbott and Patrick represent one of the most conservative tickets in recent Texas political history, which may cause some more moderate voters to look toward Davis and Van de Putte. However, most Texas voters are conservative and President Obama holds high disapproval ratings in the Lone Star State. The combination of statewide Republican strength and it being the sixth year in office for an unpopular president make Democratic prospects for victory in Texas very challenging in 2014. Indeed, if historic trends continue, Nov. 4 will be a Republican election night, in both Texas and the United States. However, surprises and political upsets do occur each cycle. This is one of the many things that make politics so fascinating. On a final note, regardless of political persuasion, I urge all Longhorns to exercise their right to vote in 2014. Briscoe is a history graduate student from Carrizo Springs.
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Biology and theater junior Andrew Aaron Valdez offers his thoughts on liberalism on the West Mall.
tarianism is social liberalism, so we’re all for gay marriage and marijuana legalization or decriminalization.
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This transcription of a student Q&A is the final part of a series on campus conservatism. We asked students on the West Mall to describe their political ideologies. To see more of their responses, check out the full video at dailytexanonline.com. Daily Texan: Do you identify more with liberal or conservative political ideology? Adrienne Carter, international relations and global studies junior: I grew up in Utah, which is extremely conservative, but my family was always very liberal. I agree with all the liberal, I guess you could say civil rights issues of the day, and as a woman, I feel like that’s the only way to go. Hannah Kang, Plan II and business honors senior: I honestly don’t feel like I identify with either. Honestly because I don’t know enough about either to really stick to one on a regular basis. Michael Gonzales, exercise science and government senior: Conservative. It’s my traditional … way my parents brought me up. My personal ideals and morality. Andrew Aaron Valdez, biology and theater junior: Liberal. I feel like liberal suits my lifestyle choices and things that I feel guide my humanitarian ethics. Nicholas Virden, international business senior: Libertarian is actually a little bit of conservative ideology and a little bit of liberal ideology, so as far as elections go, I vote for conservatives just for economic reasons, but again, liber-
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DT: How do you think college influences political beliefs? Valdez: At college, you’re exposed to a whole range of different political views, and you are molded by all your professors who, whether they like it or not, influence you greatly when they discuss their views on certain issues and topics. Gonzalez: College is definitely a time to explore your beliefs and try out different things, but still, you have your own personal opinions. DT: Who will you vote for in the upcoming election? Virden: Neither of them. I honestly think Kathie Glass, who’s the Libertarian Party of Texas’ gubernatorial candidate, should be [governor], but if I had to pick one of the two major parties, I would pick Greg Abbott only because again, the fiscal issues. Carter: Definitely Wendy Davis. I saw her with the filibuster, and that’s the first time I ever saw her, and I was like, “Wow, I love this lady,” and I’ve just kind of followed her. She stands for women’s rights, education, equality. Those are the things that I look for. Gonzalez: I believe [Greg Abbott] represents the majority of what the Texas voting population needs or desires to have in office as governor. Valdez: Part of me just wants to throw out the name Wendy Davis because I mean, just because she’s been in all the news lately, but I don’t know enough about her opponent or any other opponents to really fully support her.
Davis is a French and international relations junior from Houston.
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Niccoló Muti, Andy Liang, Matthew Kufchak and Blake Turner make up the Cordova Quartet, who will be performing Friday as a part of the Butler School of Music Centennial Concert.
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When the Cordova Quartet was asked to play at the Butler School of Music’s 100th Anniversary concert, they knew that it would be the perfect opportunity for their first performance in Austin. The Cordova Quartet, composed of violinist Andy Liang, violinist Niccoló Muti, violinist Blake Turner and cellist Matthew Kufchak, all graduate students at the Butler School, will perform Friday at the “Centennial Concert: A Taste of Texas,” a concert featuring several ensembles from the Butler School of Music to mark the school’s 100 years of operation. While obtaining graduate degrees at Rice University, the four played together for a couple of years before deciding to officially form the Cordova Quartet in fall 2013. “[Rice] is where we all met, where we became friends and really formed a passion for playing chamber music together,” Turner said. “Really, just last fall … we decided that this is something that we’d like to pursue professionally.” After auditions with three different programs, the quartet decided to attend the Butler School of Music for the opportunity to study under the Miró Quartet, the quartet-inresidence at the school. “They are one of the top string quartets in the world, so the opportunity to study with them was a big draw to come here,” Turner said. “Also, the Butler School of Music is a program that is really on the rise, so that was one of the several factors that influenced our decision.” Liang, Muti and Kufchak are working on artist diplomas, or post-masters degrees focused on performance, while Turner is obtaining his masters in viola performance. The four are the graduate quartet-in-
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what the school is doing and what they’ve accomplished in the last 100 years.” The quartet hopes that the concert will allow students and faculty to recognize the music school’s level of skill and importance on the campus. “I’m not sure that the UT community realizes what a hidden gem it is,” Turner said. “I feel like that what the audience can look forward to is seeing the high level of musicianship that’s here on the UT campus.”
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Strong has faced similar adversity at Louisville By Stefan Scrafield
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Texas opened this season with what appeared to be a convincing win over North Texas but, in hindsight, was likely just the result of the Longhorns taking advantage of a particularly weak Mean Green opponent. Since then, Strong’s team has lost four of five games, with its lone victory coming against Kansas, another feeble foe. The losses, however, have come against some of the top teams in the nation, and Texas has hung around for at least the first two quarters in each of its losses. “I just don’t think [our record] represents who we
are,” senior running back Malcolm Brown said. “We’ve definitely been growing the past couple of weeks and just came up short on those losses that we’ve taken.” For Strong’s 2011 Cardinals team, the halfway point proved also to be the turning point. After the rough start, Louisville bounced back with wins over Rutgers and Syracuse before a statement victory over West Virginia, which was a ranked team at the time. “We were going to West Virginia, not knowing if we even had a chance,” Strong said. “That’s when they had
quarterback Geno [Smith] and the receivers. Then we end up going up there and beating them, and that gave us some juice.” With Bridgewater at the helm, the Cardinals went on to win two of their final three games after beating the Mountaineers and finished the regular season 7-5 — good enough to gain bowl eligibility. Sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes is no Bridgewater, but his performance last Saturday against Oklahoma proved he is capable of leading this team to an equally strong finish this season.
A win at home against a struggling Iowa State team this weekend would give the Longhorns some momentum heading into next week’s matchup with Kansas State — one that could provide Texas with a season-changing victory much like Louisville’s win over West Virginia three years ago. However, that’s all speculative. What is known is that Texas’ first six games have been virtually identical to that of the 2011 Louisville team. Now, it’s up to Strong, his staff and the players, to try and duplicate the second half as well.
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While the power run-game hasn’t worked for the Longhorns this season, an up-tempo offense, led by sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoops, helped them get back in the game against Oklahoma.
Longhorns discover success with new up-tempo offense Through its first six games, Texas has had trouble establishing a consistent offensive identity. At times, it has excelled with moving the ball in the huddle, but, seemingly more often than not, the offense has found success by playing up-tempo. “That [up-tempo] helps definitely,” sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes said. “Because the defense doesn’t have time to get — I guess some of the calls they get before when we huddle up — they don’t have time to set things up, so they give us real simple looks, and it’s easy to go out there and just play.” With a quicker offense, the Longhorns feel they are able to gain an advantage over opposing defenses, giving the defenses less time to get set and recover after each snap. “It’s just easier to operate with simple looks that the defense gives,” Swoopes said. “It’s easier just because they are static and not moving around a lot.”
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While the Longhorns have struggled this season with a 2-4 record, this isn’t unfamilar territory for head coach Charlie Strong, who had the same starting record in his second season at Louisville.
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It was just his second year at Louisville, but Charlie Strong surely had high expectations for his Cardinals in 2011. With a full season under his belt, Strong had already had the chance to instill his values and hard-nosed playing style in a program that included several talented athletes, including quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and safety Calvin Pryor, who both went on to be first round picks in this year’s NFL draft. As expected, the Cardinals beat Murray State, an FCS team, in the season opener in 2011, but the 21-7 victory was less than convincing and proved to be an indication of what was to come. Louisville went on to drop four of its next five games, all by nine points or fewer and found itself at 2-4 by the season’s midway point. Three years later, now in his first season at Texas, the script looks awfully familiar for Strong and his staff, many of whom were with him at Louisville. Strong hasn’t had as much time with the Longhorns as he did with the Cardinals, but the rough start to his inaugural season in Austin is eerily similar to the one he had in his second year at Louisville.
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After falling behind 3113 in the fourth quarter against Oklahoma in last week’s loss, the Lonhorns decided to move up-tempo to try and spur a comeback against the Sooners. “We went up-tempo just because we saw the score, and the clock was running down,” Swoopes said. “So we knew we had to get the ball, get on the ball and get plays run to put ourselves in a position to win.” And it nearly worked for the Longhorns. Texas’ two up-tempo series in the fourth quarter resulted in two touchdowns and brought the Longhorns within striking distance. But while the Longhorns ended up coming short against Oklahoma, many players, such as senior running back Malcolm Brown, saw the benefit of playing at a faster pace. “From what it seems like, we have been moving the ball a whole lot better through the no-huddle offense,” Brown said. However, despite the feelings of his team, assistant head coach for the offense Shawn Wat-
son is not ready to commit to playing up-tempo more often. “It goes back to our style,” Watson said. “You know, what we are trying to do. We’ve been putting together a whole plan [and] helping our defense too; the time of possession is always important to us. There are certain things that we want to run [and] certain styles of play that you can’t run from the nohuddle. We’ve played well in it, but we’ve also had speed bumps in it.” Texas is expected to use both styles of offense as it approaches the midpoint of its season. But as Swoopes and his offense continue to improve inside and out of the huddle, the team believes it will be able to improve on all aspects of its offensive game. “I feel like we execute in up-tempo, but we also have to execute in just our normal huddle stuff,” Swoopes said. “So I feel like we will get better with that as the season goes on, just because it’s a new system. We are still learning as we go, so we’ll get better.”
Following a season that concluded with a five-game stretch in which he averaged 11.8 points per game, many had high expectations for sophomore guard Martez Walker. However, these high expectations ended earlier this month when Walker withdrew himself from the University following two arrests in the past month. Walker was one of three freshman guards — along with Isaiah Taylor and Kendal Yancy — to play for the Longhorns last season, and many viewed him as one of the anchors of the Texas bench. But, because of Walker’s absence, the Longhorns will have to look to the recruiting class of 2015 to fill the void Walker has left at the guard position. While the class of 2014 was strong — including McDonald’s All-American center Myles Turner, the class did not include the guard position. When looking at the guard position, two prospects stand out — Kerwin Roach from North Shore Senior High School in Houston and Admon Gilder out of James Madison High School in Dallas. Roach, who will be visiting Texas on Oct. 17, plans to make his official decision on Oct. 24, according to Horns247. Currently, the
Longhorns are in competition for Roach with four other schools; however, many consider the Longhorns to be the favorite to land Roach, according to 247 Sports. Roach is currently the No. 34 ranked player in the nation on Rivals.com and has thoroughly impressed scouts with his long wingspan and ability to score in transition. Gilder, the No. 65 ranked player in the nation, is one of the premier three-point shooters in the class of 2015 and has been compared to Eric Davis, the Longhorns’ first basketball play to commit from the class of 2015. However, many suspect Gilder will take his talents to SMU or Oklahoma State, according to 247 Sports, despite taking a visit to Texas earlier this month. Walker’s departure will hamper the progress of a Texas program coming off of an encouraging 2014 season that included an NCAA Tournament win for the first time in two years. The Longhorns may struggle with depth in the backcourt this upcoming season; however, if they are able to secure the commitments of Roach and Gilder, Texas will boast one of the strongest backcourts in the nation in coming seasons.
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With sophomore guard Martez Walker removed from the team, the Longhorns will need to pick up two other guards in the next recruiting class to sure up the backcourt.
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SPORTS BRIEFLY Safety Jason Hall out against Iowa State
The Longhorn defense has played tremendously to start the season, keeping the team in every game through at least half so far, but the task got just a bit tougher. The team announced Wednesday that redshirt freshman Jason Hall will miss Saturday’s game against Iowa State because of a patellar tendon injury suffered in the loss to Oklahoma. Hall played his way on to the starting lineup for Texas, starting each of the past three games. So far this season, Hall has racked up 26 total tackles, including a career-high eight against the Sooners, a pass breakup and a sack in the UCLA game. Sophomore Adrian Colbert and senior Josh Turner are expected to fill Hall’s role while he is out. —Jacob Martella
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Celebrating Argentina to focus on cultural importance of tango By Estefania De Leon @estefaniadeleon
Argentinian music drifts from the Quadrangle room on the third floor of the Texas Union, where Tango In Orange, the University’s tango club, meets each week. The LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collection will host “Celebrating Argentina,” an event to showcase local Argentinian culture, on Thursday. Among the evening events, there will be a lecture on Argentinian tango music, lyrics and dance. Following the lecture, there will be a performance from professional tango dancers Jairehlbi and George Furlong. Attendees can expect a short tango lesson and a reception with Argentinian food and wine. “Through our Argentine programs, we try to educate the community about current political-social-economic events in Argentina but also raise awareness about cultural Argentinian issues,” scholarly programs director Paloma Díaz-Lobos said. “The idea was to have an event that could reach beyond academia, and we know that there are several people who are enthusiastic about Argentinian culture and tango.” The lecture will be led by John Turci-Escobar, Butler School of Music assistant professor of music theory, and guest Julio Schvartzman, professor of literature at the University of Buenos Aires. “They will be talking about the literature of tango to analyze the contents in tango lyrics, the sexisms, the marginality culture and etc. and put light on those issues,” Díaz-Lobos said. “The lyrics, which are extremely hard to understand even sometimes
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Members of Tango in Orange learn movements during their weekly dance lesson in the Texas Union on Tuesday.
for Spanish-speakers, use local dialect called ‘lunfardo,’ which Argentines spoke in areas of Buenos Aires.” According to Turci-Escobar, it is believed that Argentinian tango originated among the Buenos Aires working-class, who were immigrants to Argentina in the 19th century. “Argentine tango is dancing, but, at the same time, it is dancing with a feeling of usually missing a loved one,” said Christopher Tran, mechanical engineering senior and copresident of Tango In Orange. “In historic Argentina, when it was just being colonized, many immigrants left their families in order to come to Argentina. There are a lot of men missing their families, their lives, their children — you really feel that in the music, and you kind of dance to that feeling.” According to geological sciences senior Keri Belcher, the co-president of Tango in Orange, Argentinian tango is a social dance that creates community. “It’s a social outlet,” Belcher said. “You have lessons where you go and learn tango, and then you have ‘practicas’ where you go and
practice tango, and then you have what is called ‘milongas’ where you go and dance to the rhythm, and I enjoy that.” Originally, Argentinian tango was almost exclusive to the working class, but, today, there is a phenomenon known as the “tango craze,” where people have become attracted to the culture. “If you look at any major city in the world, and you look up tango, you will see there are several places to dance,” Turci-Escobar said. “It’s an urban phenomenon.” Turci-Escobar believes one of the biggest misconceptions people have of tango is thinking it is a hyper-sexualized dance. “It is not as highly sexualized like the ‘roses, valentinotype tango,’” Turci-Escobar said. “Tango is a more elegant, refined and highly technical skill; it is more inward than outward. It’s a dance where you are looking for a close connection with your partner.” Argentinian tango became the main topic of the event because Turci-Escobar’s research touched on the subject and because its mystery
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Kash Shaikh, founder of #besomebody, prepares for #besomebody Weekend, an event customized to fit the attendees’ interests. Choosing between artist, athlete, and adventurer specifies the type of experience.
#besomebody pushes people to find passion By Danielle Lopez @ldlopz
When UT alumnus Kash Shaikh travels around the world, he asks people of all different backgrounds two questions: “What you do for a living? What do you love?” The answers to the two questions, he said, never overlap. “I realized that your house, car, jewelry or clothes are not your most valuable assets,” Shaikh said. “What you love to do is by far your most valuable asset, and you should be able to monetize it and make a living off it. The purest way of living is to do what you want.” It took years of traveling for Shaikh to realize this. He founded his organization #besomebody in 2009 when he documented his travels as a social marketer for Proctor and Gamble using the hashtag “#besomebody” on social media. Eventually, he gained a following and created the #besomebody blog. People from all over began sharing their own experiences using the hashtag, inspiring Shaikh’s campaign travels and the development of #besomebody. On Oct. 17 and Oct. 18, close to 100 people from across the country will participate in the #besomebody event, which will include motivational speeches, a dinner and a series of Austin-oriented activities tailored to each per-
son’s interests. “There’s nothing more contagious than the energy around you,” Shaikh said. “So I’d love for people just to come into this city, see amazing people, experience what they love and take that back home with them and not lose that feeling. When you follow that feeling, things start to happen.” Before participants purchase their tickets online, they must choose one of three categories: artist, athlete or adventurer. These categories determine what activities will be included in their weekend. “Austin is the best city in the world for this,” #besomebody social media manager Alex Dorner said. “There’s such a surplus of awesome people in all those categories that it just makes sense.” Four motivational speakers, including Shaikh, will speak to the participants Friday. The other speakers include Jen Bricker, a renowned aerialist born without legs, Henry Cejudo, an Olympic gold medalist, and Jason Harper, a marathon runner who once weighed over 300 pounds. Afterward, there will be a dinner at the #besomebody headquarters. The participants will be separated into their groups Saturday. Those who are athletes will attend a boot camp at Zilker Park led by
Stronghorn Fitness, rock climb with Summit Guides and bike with Barton Springs Bikes. Adventurers will wakeboard with Quest ATX, zipline at Lake Travis and stand-up paddle board at Lady Bird Lake. Artists will cook at HausBar Farms, dance with a dance-fit professional, Grace Marcum, and paint with SprATX. “There will be four artists who lead the experience,” said Molly Maroney, UT alumna and co-owner of SprATX. “They’ll all be creating a collaborative piece, showing the positive power that street art has.” In less than two weeks, #besomebody will launch its app marketed to the community within a hundred miles of Austin. The app will give the businesses and organizations participating in #besomebody Weekend an opportunity to connect with people in Austin who want to pursue their passions. “It’s not rocket science, but it’s definitely revolutionary,” Shaikh said. “If we could create a single platform that could connect people based on shared passion, we’d be building something that doesn’t exist.” Shaikh said he and his team plan to expand the #besomebody event to areas throughout the world. He
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Isotope analysis puts beer on blast
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Austin is a city where smart is sexy, science is cool, and beer is trendy. Present at any South By Southwest event or concert at Stubb’s are hordes of young professionals consuming a considerable amount of craft beer. Deep in intellectual discussions flecked with brew-speak, beer connoisseurs guess the origin and romanticize over color and production method. Fortunately for bored dinner guests and wine afficianados, these guessing games could be made shorter with the help of science. Scientists are currently investigating the purity of different brewski brands through the study of beer chemistry. Beer snobs with “sophisticated palettes” may not know that their favorite lagers and ales are less pure
than microbrewed counterparts, but if beer purity means anything to pretentious 20-somethings, then chemistry could be a game changer. If, for instance, the neutron belonged to the element carbon, there would be six, seven or eight neutrons. These isotopic variations of the same element with different total numbers of neutrons are isotopes 12C, 13C and 14C. These isotopes provide scientists with detailed information about the different plants used to make beer. Plant evolution led to two distinct pathways of photosynthesis, C3 and C4, and, consequently, there are two different ranges of isotope value ratios present in each pathway. Beer is traditionally made from barley and hops that follow a C3 pathway. If a sample of beer has isotope values outside of a typical C3 range, it is a clue that something is affecting the beer’s purity. For instance, corn follows a C4 pathway and is chemically detectable. If some beers are more pure than others, it makes sense that cheap beer would have more fillers with respect to their undiluted counterparts. In a 2002
analysis of 160 beers from around the world, a team of scientists found this to be the case. In the study, Germanbrewed beer was found to contain only C3 carbon, showing no signs of fillers. In the United States, fillers were most commonly added to lagers and ales originating from large breweries. On the other hand, microbrews from the United States contained little to no fillers. The research was proposed as a guideline for detecting impurities in beer in order to hold breweries accountable. In 2014, a different research team investigated substitute products in beer from around the world. In all but one case, 162 beers were pinned down by country of origin using isotope analyses. Though none of the 162 samples violated any purity laws, the 2014 study provided a method for counterfeit beer detection. These studies can benefit the scientific community by drawing attention to current research and offering consumers confidence in their purchases. At the end of a long day, chemistry is pretty cool, but the beer is ice-cold.