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CITY
CAMPUS
Mayor candidates prepare for runoff
Retired army general talks to veterans about service
Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng
Despite last week’s elections, many of the Austin City Council races remain undecided. Eight City Council races will be decided Dec. 16, including the mayor’s race, as only three candidates have secured their seats on the City’s new districtbased City Council since Election Day. Attorney Steve Adler
and City Council member Mike Martinez will vie to be the Austin’s next mayor over the next month. Adler led the eight-man race on Election Day with 37 percent of the vote. Martinez claimed the second runoff spot with 30 percent, beating out Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole. Since last week’s election, Martinez has challenged Adler to three debates, which
are currently being scheduled between the two campaigns. Both candidates insist they will fight for the whole of Austin, but with different approaches. Martinez said he would better represent Austin’s middle class, citing the labor unions that endorsed his campaign. “I am the champion of middle-class, hardworking
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By Josh Willis @joshwillis35
Mike Martinez
Steve Adler
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG rejects bill combining bylaws, rules By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
After over two hours of discussion and debate at a meeting Tuesday, Student Government did not approve a bill combining its bylaws and internal rules into one document. The SG Rules and Regulations Committee had been reviewing the new governing document since September. After SG assembly members debated on the inclusion of the organization’s agencies in the committee’s revision process, the bill was sent back to the Rules and Regulation Committee for further review. The document, known as the Code of Rules and Procedures, details the daily operations and bylaws of SG and complements a more general constitution, which was revised in the spring. The code was previously under review for contradictions between the Office of the Dean of Students and SG policy after controversy arose in the organization during the spring over the release of interview notes for its external and internal positions. The Office
Chris Foxx | Daily Texan Staff
Braydon Jones, Student Government assembly speaker, talks at an SG meeting on Tuesday about a bill combining SG’s bylaws and internal rules into one document, the Code of Rules and Procedures.
of the Vice President of Legal Affairs ruled in August that releasing interview notes for the appointments would be a
violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The organization has not since addressed the handling of in-
terview notes. At Tuesday’s meeting, the main area of concern was a point in the doctrine requir-
ing agencies to go through a review process by
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Retired Gen. Montgomery Meigs spoke Tuesday at Westminster, a retirement community, about his service and the future of the United States. Meigs delivered his speech to a room full of retired military personnel — many of whom were UT alumni — in honor of Veterans Day. He said those who serve make a decision to fight for something larger and more important than themselves. “The important thing about veterans is the decision that you make en route to harm’s way,” Meigs said. “Most of the time, you make an intellectual decision that your interests and survival are subordinate to the success or failure of your organization.” Cmrd. Miller Hicks said Veterans Day and Memorial Day go hand in hand. He said while it is important to never forget those who served, it is even more important to give mind to those who were wounded or killed in the line of duty. “On the 26th of May, we celebrated Memorial Day, and that was the day we honored all who had paid the ultimate price in defending our freedoms,” Hicks said. “I wear on my lapel a ribbon for the wounded warriors. They were men and women who came back wounded in body or spirit.” Hicks said veterans have historically stepped up in times of need to protect the country — despite the cost to themselves and their families.
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RESEARCH
POLICE
Nicholas Estep is a doctoral student in the Department of Electrical Engineering who serves in the Air Force. The device his team has developed can transmit and receive signals on the same frequency at the same time.
In response to two robberies, UTPD advises on earbud use By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
Mike McGraw Daily Texan Staff
Researchers develop new radio circulator By Aimée Santillán @aimeesan17
UT researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering recently developed a smaller and more efficient radio wave circulator, which they say could significantly improve telecommunication. According to Nicholas Estep, electrical and computer engineering graduate student and lead researcher for the project, this new device can transmit and receive signals
on the same frequency band at the same time. The research, which was published in Nature Physics in November, found that the device is practical and inexpensive. Estep said the device could improve the efficiency of wireless communication. “The biggest advantage of this device is that it is comprised of passive components that are conductive to CMOS fabrication techniques, instead of bulky, expensive magnetic materials,” Estep
said. “We can potentially incorporate our design in a larger, more complex integrated circuit at minimal cost.” Estep said the project — funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research — started with a magnetic-free circulator theory from Dimitrios Sounas, a postdoctoral fellow in the engineering school who worked on the research.
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Students walk around campus every day with wires coming out of their ears, holding an iPhone or iPod as they walk to class. But, after two unrelated robberies near campus this past weekend, this scene may not be as common. In a Tuesday Campus Watch report, William Pieper, UTPD officer and crime prevention specialist, urged students to be aware of sounds they hear while walking around campus and to wear only one earbud while listening to music. “You can’t hear [certain] sounds if you’re wearing both ear buds — that’s why we call earphones ‘mugger magnets,’” Pieper said in the report. “Let one ear bud dangle; you will be much safer that way.”
According to the report, one of the robberies happened near Fifth and Colorado streets. A pedestrian was approached from behind by a subject who grabbed the victim’s wallet and ran away. In the other robbery, a UT student was walking near his apartment in West Campus when he was approached by a subject who displayed a weapon and demanded money. The report said the suspect then fled the area in a gold-colored Nissan Altima with silver rims in the shape of a fivepointed star. The report recommended students take certain precautions to be aware of their surroundings, such as not looking at their phones while walking and looking directly at people when they pass. “Don’t be looking at your cell phone screen or book
while you are walking,” the report said. “Robbers love to attack those that do not see them coming.” History sophomore Brianna Wilcox said she does not think earbuds impair her ability to be aware of surroundings as she walks to class. “I turn the volume down low, so I’m pretty aware of what’s going on,” Wilcox said. “I don’t think there’s really that much of a risk that you’re going to be robbed or something.” If students do fall victim to a robbery, they should let the robber have their property without resisting and then make a mental description of the person and report it to the police, the report said. The Annual Security Report shows one robbery occurred on adjacent public property to the University last year.
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REASON TO PARTY
Deck at West Campus fraternity catches fire. PAGE 3
Abbott could change Texas education for the better. PAGE 4
Joe Wickline returns to OSU amid controversy. PAGE 6
Leading Lady: An alumna’s passion for surgery. PAGE 8
Medical school names chair after alumnus. PAGE 3
Texas at center of marijuana-based medicine issue. PAGE 4
Texas volleyball takes on West Virginia tonight. PAGE 6
UT freshman breaks down character stereotypes. PAGE 8
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