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Mayoral candidates debate city issues
APD takes preventative measures to control Ebola
By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng
With early voting underway, three major mayoral candidates stressed the importance of students affecting change with the Austin City Council’s first election under its 10-ONE structure, which divides the city’s representation into 10 geographic districts. With the mayor now the only citywide elected official, the candidates — attorney
Steve Adler, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and City Council member Mike Martinez — debated transportation, housing during a forum hosted by Student Government and The Daily Texan on campus at Gearing Hall. Adler emphasized the benefit of changing the City Council entirely during the upcoming election. “The biggest challenge we have is doing things we are comfortable with,” Adler said. “We have the opportunity to do things
a new way. Every piece of gravity and inertia is going to pull us back to how we’ve done things in the past, and we need to move forward.” The candidates touched on public transportation options, including Proposition 1. Cole said, if Prop. 1, which allocates $600 million in bond money toward an urban rail line and requires the city to spend $400 million in road improvements, fails at the ballot, she would ask the
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By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
Sarah Montgomery | Daily Texan Staff
Mayoral candidates Sheryl Cole, Steve Adler and Mike Martinez sit during a debate hosted by The Daily Texan and Student Government on Monday night.
CAMPUS
Maker Studio opens in engineering school By Ariana Guerra @ariewar08
The Longhorn Maker Studio had its official grand opening Monday afternoon, welcoming all students and faculty in the Cockrell School of Engineering. According to mechanical engineering professor Desiderio Kovar, the studio has unofficially been open since Sept. 2 and has since been a place where students can come in and work on school projects or create prototypes for personal inventions. “This is really a pilot,” Kovar said. “We are going to try out a whole lot of ideas here. Our plan is ultimately to move this [studio] to the new [Engineering Education and Research Center] building and hopefully will be the center piece of the
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Griffin Smith | Daily Texan Staff
Electrical engineering senior Kapil Gowru explains his prototype part as he waits to use a 3-D printer. Other students and faculty explored the Maker Studio after its grand opening Monday afternoon.
CAMPUS
The Austin Police Department has ordered protective equipment and outlined a quarantine response in case of an Ebola outbreak in Austin, according to a training announcement sent to officers. The announcement, which was sent out Oct. 6, outlines officers’ responsibilities at the scene of a quarantine and specifies how they can access personal protective equipment. According to the announcement, the Travis County Health and Human Services Department or the Texas Department of State Health Services is responsible for declaring a quarantine in case of an Ebola outbreak. Both organizations can declare a quarantine of any person or area. Anyone who tries to enter or exit a quarantine area faces a third-degree felony charge, and an officer may use “reasonable force” to secure the area and prevent people from accessing or leaving it, the announcement said. The announcement does not say whether officers are allowed inside the home of an Ebola patient, but Assistant Chief Brian Manley said they may be called to the scene in the event of a quarantine. Manley said if APD were called to enforce a quarantine order, officers would
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CAMPUS
‘Snapchat’ introduces Michael Shaw reaches outside the box new university feature By Christina Noriega @c_mnoriega
The mobile phone app “Snapchat” launched a new feature called “Our Campus Story” on UT’s campus Friday. According to a statement released by Snapchat on Oct. 17, Snapchat users on and around campus can view a regular feed of images and videos uploaded by users on the campus. For its first trial of this feature, Snapchat selected UT, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Southern California and Pennsylvania State University. Snapchat launched similar features at Austin City Limits Music Festival, the Electric Daisy Carnival, New York Fashion Week and college football games. “Our Campus Story was the natural evolution of the Our Story product that we launched at [Electronic Daisy Carnival] this year,” Snapchat said in statement. “Our team heard tons of requests for Our Story at college campuses — so
we just had to make it happen.” Mike Horn, director of digital strategy at UT, said Snapchat did not consult with or alert the University prior to the launch of the feature, but so far the University has reacted positively. “Our first reaction was kind of curiosity,” Horn said. “It’s so new to us that we haven’t developed a formal strategy around it, but it seems like a great tool for students to get a feel for whatever is going on on campus.” Officials from Penn State’s and USC’s social media teams said they had not been contacted by Snapchat about the new feature either. Horn said Snapchat may have selected the four campuses because of their large base of Snapchat users. The Snapchat team filters all uploaded content and removes inappropriate material. The recent feed has included videos of pranks
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By Marisa Charpentier @marisacharp21
Michael Shaw spends five days a week in a box. He arrives at the 100 W. 21st St. kiosk at 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, sets up his equipment and waits for the cars and students to roll in. But Shaw, a parking enforcement attendant, loves his job. He’s the first person many visitors and students see each day. The guy who yells “hook ’em” to students crossing the street; the guy who encourages people to smile and stay motivated; the guy whose coworkers call him “hyperactive.” “I don’t have a medium level,” Shaw said. He gets complaints from the occasional angry driver or passerby but endures the day with a smile on his face. Maybe it’s because he
Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff
Parking enforcement attendant Mike Shaw stops visitors at his security booth on 100 W. 21st St. on Friday afternoon. Shaw encourages people to stay motivated and smile while
loves being surrounded by students getting a college education — something he never received. Maybe it’s because he loves sharing the wisdom he’s gained in his 51 years. Maybe it’s because he is eager to spread the encouragement he received
when he was once in a tough place. In 2001, Shaw lost his job and $197,000. He tore his knee after working 13 years as a police officer and couldn’t pass the physical to continue in that line of work. Then, the stock market crashed.
His wife and four kids all had to adjust. Shaw stopped using credit cards. Jobs turned him away for being overqualified. He was without work for a year and a half. He went from a salary of $44 an hour to
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Professor to teach course on Beyoncé, Rihanna. PAGE 3
New Mopac lanes are a step in the right direction. PAGE 4
Excitement builds for men’s basketball. PAGE 6
Austin publishing company releases latest book. PAGE 8
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