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Court declines to hear Fisher v. UT By Alex Wilts @alexwilts
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined Abigail Fisher’s request Wednesday for a full panel of judges to hear her affirmative action case against the University. Of the court’s 15 judges, five voted in favor of
rehearing the case while 10 voted against it, according to the official decision released by the 5th Circuit. Fisher, a rejected UT applicant, petitioned for an en banc hearing in July following a 2-1 decision from a three-judge 5th Circuit Court panel, which ruled in favor of the University’s
race-conscious admissions process. This is the second time the court has denied Fisher’s petition for an en banc. “Abby Fisher and her family are disappointed with the court’s denial for a rehearing, but remember that they have been in this posture before,” said Edward Blum,
director of the Project on Fair Representation, in a statement. The Project on Fair Representation has provided funding for Fisher’s case. Fisher, a Sugar Land resident, sued the University in 2008 when she was denied acceptance to the University because her grades were not
high enough to guarantee her admission under the top-10 percent rule. Her defense argued UT’s admissions policy violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment since minority students were accepted with lower grades
August 2013
Moody Foundation awards $50 million to the College of Communication, officially becoming the college's namesake.
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The Belo Foundation makes the first pledge for $15 million toward the Belo Center, which initially included a sky bridge.
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Dean Hart requests $50 million from the Moody Foundation to fund sky bridge, among other initiatives.
December 2015 Bridge is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.
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Faculty Building Advisory Committee recommends Miguel Rosales to design the bridge.
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the CMA and CMB. Since the college expanded across Dean Keeton Street — creating a physical division — Hart said his goal has been to maintain the collegial bond between the college’s various departments. “My concern was that we would lose that sense of connection with one another,”
Hart said. “The departments have always gotten along really well.” Of the $50 million donated by the Moody Foundation, $5 million is going toward construction of the sky bridge and other renovations. The $5 million budget was a challenge for both Hart
and bridge architect Miguel Rosales, who was selected by the Faculty Building Advisory Committee to design the structure. “I frankly didn’t think we could get something this beautiful for that amount of money, so I’m delighted,” Hart said. “That’s the great value of having someone like Miguel,
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Sky bridge to see completion within the year The Board of Regents approved the design development and decreased the total project cost to $50,660,000.
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who can make something look quite elegant and grand yet not have it cost an excessive amount of money.” Rosales, based in Boston, said the bridge is his first project located in Austin. A main feature of the bridge is its towering center columns, which
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Moody sky bridge plans becoming reality For Roderick Hart, dean of the Moody College of Communication, the sky bridge that will connect the Belo Center for New Media to the Jones Communication Center will serve both functional and symbolic purposes. The funding for the pedestrian bridge came as part of the Moody Foundation of Galveston’s $50 million donation to the college in October 2013, when the college became its namesake. Slated for completion by December 2015, the bridge will stretch across Dean Keeton Street, connecting the second floor of the Belo Center to the fourth floor of Communication Buildings A and B. Hart said the structure will serve as a gateway to the campus and as a visual connector for the college. “The bridge has always been important to me,” Hart said. “My main concern was to kind of pull the College of Communication back together physically and visually.” Before the Belo Center opened in November 2012, the college’s faculty shared cramped quarters in the two Jones Communication Center buildings, known as
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People with psychiatric disorders smoke over 44 percent of all cigarettes smoked in the nation, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness. Researchers at the University received a $3 million grant to help them quit. The grant was awarded to nursing research professor Richard Brown by the National Institute of Mental Health to create a project to work with psychiatric patients who smoke. The project, titled “Extended Care for Smoking Cessation Following Psychiatric Hospitalization,” will use a series of motivational tactics and interventions to help the subjects quit smoking. Brown and his team will work with a total of 422 subjects from the Seton Shoal Creek Hospital in Austin over the course of five years. The concept was inspired by a former study at the Massachusetts General Hospital, which showed patients who followed through with intervention tactics after leaving medical facilities were more likely to decrease cigarette dependency. According to Brown, there is a common misconception that without their cigarette addictions, people with psychiatric disorders will see their conditions worsen. “A lot of mental health professionals got the message that, ‘I don’t want to let my patients quit smoking because that will make them worse,’” Brown said. “The evidence now is pretty clear that they’re either not going to get worse, but may even get better.”
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Candy Crowley, chief political correspondent at CNN, delivers the Mary Alice Davis Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday at the Belo Center for New Media. Crowley discussed the challenges of journalism and the importance of diversity.
UT sponsors event to study play By Paige Atkinson @PaigeAtkinson
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In the midst of exams and final projects, the UT Department of American Studies invites students, faculty and members of the Austin community to take a break and play this Friday. The “Practices of Play” is a day-long symposium organized by Harrington Faculty Fellowship recipient, Patrick Jagoda. Jagoda, assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, concentrates on new media in video games and television. He runs a gaming lab in Chicago, where he conducts research on the topic of play. During his time at UT, he researches experimental games. “There is some massive cultural fascination in games that is taking place right now,” Jagoda said. “I am interested in how the kinds of games we play in 2014 often times preclude play.”
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Crowley calls for media equality By Josh Willis @joshwillis35
Candy Crowley, chief political correspondent at CNN, said in a lecture at the Belo Center for New Media on Wednesday that the climate for women in the media still needs improvement. “There’s a ways to go,” Crowley said. “I thought
we would be further along as females in journalism — certainly more toward the end of my career than the beginning.” Crowley said she is surprised her career in television has lasted so long when aging women are typically less valued than older men. “I think there is still a preponderance or a feeling
that older males are experienced, and older females are old,” Crowley said. Jokingly, Crowley said equality would come when women show their age in unique ways on the air. “I’ve always said the day that my hair can turn as
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Patrick Jagoda, assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, organized the “Practices of Play.”cv
According to Jagoda, American culture is captivated by sensations such as “The Hunger Games”, “Game of Thrones”, “World of Warcraft and reality shows. Despite these gaming outlets, Jagoda said playfulness may be diminishing in society. “I’m exploring what practices and spaces still encourage experimental play in our cul-
ture,” Jagoda said. “My hope is to use the symposium to think together about how play gets used as a method, a practice and an object of study across various disciplines.” Jagoda has invited experts in various disciplines from UT, but also academics from Pratt, UCLA, Carnegie Mel-
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than hers. In 2009, a district court upheld the University’s admission policy as constitutional, a decision that was affirmed by a three-judge 5th Circuit Court panel in 2011. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court in 2012, but it was sent back to the 5th Circuit Court in 2013. The Supreme Court decided the case did not meet strict scrutiny, meaning the lower courts still needed to determine the actual constitutionality of the University’s race-conscious policy. Even after the court’s ruling Wednesday, Blum said Fisher’s case would be appealed back to the Supreme Court. “The justices had to correct the 5th Circuit’s errors the first time Abby Fisher took her case to the high court, and we look forward to making our arguments to
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The National Institute of Mental Health awarded research professor Richard Brown a $3 million grant. Brown will use the grant to start a project that will help psychiatric patients who smoke as a means of selfmedication.
Abby Fisher and her family are disappointed with the court’s denial for a rehearing, but remember that they have been in this posture before. —Edward Blum Director of Project on Fair Representation,
them once again,” Blum said. President William Powers Jr. said the University is pleased with the appeals court’s ruling. “The University of Texas at Austin is committed to maintaining a student body that provides the educational benefits of diversity while respecting the rights of all students,” Powers said in a statement. “The exchange of ideas and cultural richness that occurs when students from diverse backgrounds come together on our campus prepares all our students for life in a global society.”
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continues from page 1 Brown said, although there are many reasons for why people smoke cigarettes, there is mixed evidence around people with mental illnesses who use nicotine to self-regulate their own moods. “Ironically, often times when people quit smoking, they feel more relaxed,” Brown said. “When you smoke cigarettes, you’re in a constant state of withdrawal … you’re on a constant cycle of dosing yourself and then withdrawing, which actually creates stress.” Ashleigh Smith, research coordinator at
Seton Healthcare Family, said the subjects’ diagnoses will range from a number of mental illnesses. “A lot of people smoke, especially in those serious diagnoses,” Smith said. “They have life spans that are significantly shorter than the general population, and we’re trying to see if this approach will help them stop.” The University officially became a smoke-free campus in April 2012. Sherry Bell, senior program coordinator of University Health Services, said UHS implements the National College Health Assessment on a biennial basis. “Our latest results, which was in the fall of 2013, showed that over 64 percent
of our students have never smoked cigarettes, and only 2.4 percent have used them every day in the last month,” Bell said. Brown said the highstress environment of college could make students more susceptible to picking up smoking habits, but he said the University’s ban makes it easier for them to quit. “Not being able to smoke in the workplace or [on] campus is one of the factors that people often cite for their reasons of quitting,” Brown said. “The other thing is that people often find it easier, once they adjust to the restrictions … to quit smoking [as a result].”
York Times, 90 percent nonerror rating,’ or whatever they found.” Despite her concerns, Crowley said the journalism industry is changing for the better, with more people from different
backgrounds joining the workforce that can contribute to better understanding. “There is still work to be done, and it’s to be done for the good of journalism, not for the good of women,” Crowley said.
CROWLEY continues from page 1 gray as Wolf Blitzer’s, and I’m still on the air — that’s equality,” Crowley said. Attendee Rinnie Lind said she admires Crowley’s work and her ability to keep balanced reporting at the forefront. “It’s cliché, but she doesn’t have an axe to grind,” Lind said. “She is measured, and she is broad-minded in her work.” In analyzing how people reflect on stories and facts from the Internet, Crowley said the journalism field faces a problem when confronted with the spread of inaccurate information. “It’s kind of a wild West out there on the Internet, and people don’t know what’s true and what’s not true,” Crowley said. “They assume that when they go to their preferred sites that reflect their opinion, that they have arrived at the truth, and it’s not so.” Crowley said she thinks there should be a “Good
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$1 million Blanton fund named for UT alumni By Kylie Fitzpatrick
Chemistry freshman Michael Tatalovich looks at a sculpture in Blanton Museum of Art’s Latin American Art collection Wednesday. Judy and Charles Tate, who donated the collection, are establishing a Director’s Excellence Fund to bring new art to the museum’s permanent collection.
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The Blanton Museum of Art is creating a fund to pay for reinstallation of the museum’s nearly 18,000 works of art. The fund, called Judy and Charles Tate Director’s Excellence Fund, is named in honor of two UT alumni who donated their collection of contemporary Latin American art to the museum earlier this year. The fund will be supported by earnings from the Longhorn Network, which also supports seven academic chairs on campus. “The Tates, as a couple, are fantastic supporters of the University, and they have a tradition of really going above and beyond in finding creative ways to support UT,” University spokesman J.B. Bird said. “They’ve given us not just their financial support, but their wisdom and counsel in working with a number of organizations across campus.” The fund will go toward
They will be hung in different galleries; there will be new interpretation vis-à-vis gallery labels, and there very likely will be new technology integrated into the galleries. —Kathleen Stimpert Blanton Museum media contact
re-hanging and rearranging the museum’s holdings and adding new materials to enhance visitor experience and appreciation, in addition to projects aiming to raise the profile of the Blanton on a national scale. The project will also include the installation of several never-before-seen or rarely seen works of art. “The Blanton’s holdings serve as a vital resource for students, scholars and
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members of the Austin community, and we are thrilled to have the museum’s curators and educators reinterpret our collection, giving it the spotlight it deserves,” Blanton Director Simone Wicha said in a press release.
Kathleen Stimpert, media contact for the Blanton, said it is customary for museums to reinstall their collections of art every few years to keep things fresh. “The way that the works are interpreted and, ultimately, experienced by the
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Speaker discusses political polarization Toby Stock, managing director of the American Enterprise Institute, spoke about issues concerning America’s future decline in the Main Building on Wednesday evening.
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Toby Stock, vice president of development and academic programs at the American Enterprise Institute, spoke at the Main Building on Wednesday about issues he believes are directing America’s future toward a decline. American Enterprise Institute is a conservative, nonprofit institution created to research political issues. Stock is also the former assistant dean for Harvard Law School admissions and an associate at McKinsey & Company. Stock said he thinks the conflict between Republicans and Democrats stems from both parties being more focused on their own opinions rather than what is going on in America. “I think today’s gridlock is caused by the fact that today’s parties are less regional and more ideological,” Stock said. He said the reason there is always a standstill on Capitol Hill is because of the constant antithesis of America’s bipartisan nature. “When one party wants to decrease the size of government, and the other wants to
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the ntrib-continues from page 1 ing. will serve as the primary supto beport for the walkway. ne for “I had to try to work within , notthe budget, and I did my best men,”to balance the engineering and aesthetic concerns with the cost,” Rosales said. “I think we achieved a good balance in designing something the school can afford, but, in the same way, something that’s going to be an exciting structure that the students will like to see and cross.” In August, Hart announced that he will resign from his post in May 2015 after a decade as dean. Hart said securing funding for the sky bridge, along with the construction of the Belo Center, have been high points of his tenure as dean. Hart’s push for funding took nearly seven years to come to fruition. The sky bridge idea bloomed in 2007, when Hart secured funding for the Belo Center, and the Board of Regents approved the project. “The bridge has always been something that’s been in the back of my head, and we would’ve built it if we had had an extra $3 million when we built Belo,” Hart said. Severine Halls, senior project manager in UT System’s Office of Facilities Planning & Construction, said the original building plans incor-
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increase the size of government, it’s hard to find a compromise,” Stock said. According to Stock, liberals are more likely to unfriend those who do not share their political views on Facebook than conservatives. He also said 43 percent of Republicans say they have a “very unfavorable” view of the liberal opinion while over half of liberals share a similar dislike for conservative opinion. Stock said he is worried about the increasing polarization of the political parties and what that might to do for American success. “One of the biggest risks to face is the unwillingness porated the sky bridge. “We completed design for the Belo Center and the KUT facility with the engineering necessary to ensure that if the dean was successful in securing funding, we knew exactly where the bridge would connect the two complexes of buildings as was his original intent,” Halls said. It took several months for Hart to negotiate the Moody Foundation donation, beginning with a February 2013 conversation over dinner with foundation trustee Ross Moody. The college received the funds for the bridge, scholarships and renovations to the Jones Communication Center. Completed in 1972, the Jones Communication Center is marked by the prominent cement grid design of CMA. Nearly 40 years later, the Belo Center architects aimed to construct a complementary structure, according to architecture professor Larry Speck. “In the design of the new building, they did a good job of having some dialogue back with the old one but not feeling that they had to slavishly replicate something from before,” Speck said. “Dean Keeton [Street] is a big street, and it’s kind of a divider, but I think the bridge will be helpful in knitting the two buildings together both functionally
to accept that the other side has a legitimate answer,” Stock said. “Somehow, we need to help our policy makers understand the other side.” Stock said if people were working at the rates that they were during the Eisenhower administration, America would have 20 million more people in the workforce today. He also said that the employment to population rate stands at 59 percent, which is nearly the lowest rate in the past 30 to 40 years. Adam Blum, a member of the American Enterprise Institute chapter in Austin, said it was important that America has a free
enterprise system to encourage success. “Whatever the environment presents, whether it is super partisan, highly regulated, or even if we disagree with [an opinion], there are new opportunities that conflict creates,” Blum said. Stock concluded his lecture with a story about him and an unnamed senator in Washington D.C. The senator asked him to come by his office to talk after an election. Stock said the senator asked him what the Republicans wanted. “The next office over is a Republican office,” Stock said. “All he has to do is walk down the hall and talk to one of his colleagues.”
visitor will be very different,” Stimpert said. “They will be hung in different galleries; there will be new interpretation vis-à-vis gallery labels, and there very likely will be new technology integrated into the galleries.”
The newly reinstalled galleries will reopen in spring 2017. Part of the museum’s permanent exhibitions on the second floor will be closed until then, but, in the meantime, temporary exhibitions will still be open to the public.
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Engineering construction continues Construction crews began knocking down the north tower of the Engineering-Science Building this week to make way for a new Cockrell School of Engineering building. The demolition is part of the University’s plan to start the Engineering Education and Research Center, a modern engineering building with new technology and resources for student use. Since the summer, the interior of the building has been torn down, but Tuesday marked the start of exterior demolition. “The north building should be down within a week or two,” said John Ekerdt, associate dean for research, in an email. “And they will begin tearing down the main building right after they clear away the rubble.” The 430,000 square-foot
building cost $310 million and is expected to be completed by the summer of 2017. Construction of the EERC is set to start around April 2015 — once the main tower is cleared out, Ekerdt said. “It’s an exciting time because it’s going to pave the way to start the new building and get it going,” University spokesman J.B. Bird said. The new building will provide student collaboration space, new teaching facilities, labs and a new library once complete. “I think a lot of that building is supposed to be research space,” mechanical engineering senior Amy Hooper said. “They’re also supposed to move all of the student orgs to one place, so that’s really good. I just wish it were going to be done before I graduate.” —Eleanor Dearman
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and visually.” Speck said the bridge might help alleviate both vehicular and pedestrian traffic at Dean Keeton Street and Guadalupe, as well as Dean Keeton Street and Whitis Avenue, two of the busiest intersections on campus. “Hart would like to make it as easy and convenient as possible for people within those two separate complexes to interact with each other, and he’s smart to do that,” Speck said. Bridge construction will result in detours for both drivers and pedestrians on Dean Keeton Street. For street closures, Christopher Johnson, development assistance center manager for the City of Austin, said the city
requires project engineers to provide a detailed traffic control plan that is then reviewed by the Texas Department of Transportation. “Obviously, they’d want to minimize the construction to either as few lanes or as short a time as possible,” Johnson said. “But for something like that, there’s no way around it. You cannot safely build something like this and still have a road functioning.” With a semester left as dean and a year until the bridge is to be completed, Hart said he looks forward to using the bridge as a member of the faculty. “I will love walking across it and looking at it, even though I won’t be the dean at that time,” Hart said.
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University needs to re-examine cost of attendance breakdown Situated just north of the urban core in an increasingly centralized city, the UT campus boasts some of the most valuable property in Austin, and it is only increasing in worth. But with this growth comes a rising cost of living. Beyond tuition payments, it is the cost of living in a growing city that makes the University financially inaccessible to some students. Though students and legislators alike often call for the lowering of tuition, which would also lower the quality of academics at UT, this energy is misplaced in the fight for a University accessible to all Texans. The cost of attendance breakdown created by the Office of Student Financial Services is important for students because it is often used to determine how much financial aid a student needs. But it provides some curious figures: The transportation costs for commuter and non-commuter students are both $745. Some creative assumptions are used to account for this equivalency. First, the University defines a commuter student as someone who lives at home, thereby incurring minimal room and board expenses or other expenses associated with living independently. Fair enough. However, this figure necessitates the assumption that students only use public transportation, which is free to UT students, when moving in and around the city. This implies that all commuter students, who don’t usually have a choice in the location of their parents’ house, live in an area where public transportation is accessible. Anyone familiar with the mess that is Austin’s public transportation system will know this is a ludicrous assumption. A personal, or even a shared, vehicle is often necessary for these students, but is not seen as a necessary expense by the University. The meager $745 per semester the University allocates for transportation expenses would hardly cover parking and gas, much less vehi-
cle maintenance, insurance and other expenses that come with owning a vehicle. A second assumption is that the expenses outlined in the OSFS breakdown are all incurred during the academic semester, about a four-month period. This initially makes sense: The University should only have to account for expenses accumulated over the period that a student is actually attending, or two-thirds of the year. Where this assumption breaks down is in the expenses that are not so easily segmented, such as apartment rent. Leases in the Austin area are mostly year-to-year. Students are sometimes able to find others willing to sub-lease during the three-month summer, but that still leaves a month in the winter where students must absorb costs, not considered by the University, if they go home. Students may work during these times to buffer the costs, but it is rarely enough to cover all living expenses. Some students may pursue unpaid internships instead during these “off ” months that are just as important as academic success in professional pursuits. Essentially, the University is out of touch with the true cost of living for a student in Austin and needs to re-evaluate the cost of attendance breakdown. Tuition costs for undergraduate Texas residents average around $5,000 per semester. According to the financial services office, the cost of attendance for commuter students is about $9,500, though after taking into account the fact that commuters must spend more on transportation than non-commuters, this can be a serious underestimate. As living expenses increase, lowering tuition would have little real impact on the true cost of attendance for students. If the University is serious about improving accessibility to students from diverse economic backgrounds, it needs to more accurately calculate the cost of living for the average UT student.
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In wake of midterm elections, both parties should take note
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Communication bridge will aid student travel between buildings
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Governor-elect Greg Abbott waves to supporters at his Election Night night party Nov. 4.
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Last month, the Moody College of Communication announced the designs for a new bridge to connect the CMA, CMB and the Belo Center for New Media. The costs of the bridge will be paid by a portion of an endowment of $50 million provided by the Moody Foundation last year. This endowment is the largest given to a public university for the study of communication in the nation. In addition to helping pay for the bridge, it will also establish a fund for departmental development ideas, as well as help pay for graduate student recruitment and retention, and department endowments. While I am not a student of the college and will have graduated by the completion of the bridge next fall, I believe the connecting of the three communication buildings is an excellent idea. During the cold winter months and blazing hot summer months, standing at the red light waiting to cross Dean Keeton isn’t fun, but it is necessary. Being able to simply cross a bridge above street level makes for a safer and faster alternative. Pedestrians walking or bicycling are normally safe, but being hit by a vehicle does occur around our campus. I’ve looked at the location that the bridge
will span, and it almost appears the designers of the Belo Center planned for this bridge from its inception. The buildings align perfectly, and are high enough for traffic to pass through. Some have argued the bridge will not be visually appealing, but in all honesty, nearly any bridge will look more appealing than the one down the road near Dean Keeton and Speedway currently connecting two engineering buildings. I do agree, however, that an enclosed walkway similar to the one connecting CMA and CMB would better suit this bridge, and be a more visually appealing design than the open-air design currently slated. At this point, campus is gridlocked on all sides, leaving little room for additional development. Additionally, buildings on campus are already closely concentrated. There simply is very little room for new construction of any sort, and money is constantly a topic of discussion. Regardless, with the completion of the new bridge, students will have a safer, quicker and more efficient route between the communications buildings. Unfortunately, the only students who will really benefit from this construction are communication students. Perhaps there is another place on campus that can be connected via bridge to make crossing the street safer and quicker. While it may be impossible, I would love to see a bridge crossing the Drag for students coming from West Campus. Daywalt is a government senior from Copperas Cove.
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A few weeks ago, I wrote that looking back at past midterm elections could provide clues as to possible outcomes in the 2014 contests, in both Texas and the United States. Historically, a president’s party loses seats in Congress during the sixth year of an administration, and this proved to be the case this year, as Republicans rode a national wave of voter discontent to capture control of the Senate and increase their majority in the House. In Texas, I suggested that President Barack Obama’s low approval rating and the state’s strong Republican bent would be very challenging for Democrats, and indeed, Republicans swept the Lone Star State. Why did this happen, and what does this mean for the next couple of years? Republicans experienced an election night of triumph. In addition to reclaiming the Senate, the GOP won its largest majority in the House of Representatives since the 1930s, and gained several governorships in typically Democratic states. Voters nationwide were in a pessimistic mood and took their frustrations out on the president’s party, as is common in midterm elections, despite low job performance ratings for Republican congressional leaders. Democrats faced the added disadvantage that midterm voters tend to be older, whiter, and more conservative, which occurred again in 2014. The Democratic coalition of younger voters, minorities and women that propelled and re-elected Obama to the presidency did not turn out to the polls in full force this year. Additionally, the political map favored Republicans this cycle, as Democrats had to defend Senate seats in “red” states. The electorate, voicing anti-incumbency, punished Democratic officeholders in both “purple” and “blue” states, again illustrating the difficulties presidents historically have in off-year elections. Republicans this year also managed to avoid mistakes from past elections and nominated gifted politicians instead of bizarre candidates prone to verbal gaffes. In Texas, the Republican Party won all statewide offices, again illustrating its dominance of the Lone Star State. Although the Democratic Party ran potentially its strongest ticket in years, led by Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte, the conservative electorate and Obama’s deep unpopularity in Texas made Democrats’ chances for victory almost impossible. Greg Abbott defeated Davis for the governorship 59 to 39 percent, while Dan Patrick won the lieutenant governor’s race over Van
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Yet voters clearly are weary of partisan gridlock in Washington, and since Democrats control the presidency, the citizenry decided to reward Republicans... de Putte by only a slightly smaller margin. Battleground Texas’ efforts to turn out more Democratic voters to the polls proved unsuccessful. The fact is, at least for the time being, that Texas voters remain staunchly Republican and hostile to Obama and his Democratic supporters’ political agenda. What do these election results mean for the final two years of the Obama presidency and for the state of Texas? Interestingly, national exit polls showed that voters’ primary concern is the economy. Ironically, this should have benefited the president and his party, as the country’s economy has shown steady, if slow, improvement in recent months. Yet voters clearly are weary of partisan gridlock in Washington, and since Democrats control the presidency, the citizenry decided to reward Republicans, in yet another example of midterm elections historically benefiting the party outside of the White House. Republicans, now in full control of Congress, must show that they can govern. Make no mistake, voters do not find either party particularly appealing right now. While Republicans had a great election night nationally, the GOP would be mistaken to take it as a mandate for right-wing policies. The past few election cycles have shown that voters want leaders from both parties to compromise and find common ground to strengthen the economy and provide good governance. And while the majority of Texans unmistakably favor Republican initiatives, Abbott, Patrick and the Texas GOP similarly should resist the temptation to govern in a hyperpartisan manner. Although Democrats suffered through a depressing election night in Texas this year, one of the party’s few bright spots is that it won the majority of Hispanic, African-American and younger voters. For their long-term electoral prospects, Texas Republicans should not ignore this fact. The 2014 midterms had not even finished when news outlets began speculating about 2016, which will be a presidential year and therefore bring even more voter attention and turnout. In today’s media and technologically-driven political world, the next election is never very far away. Republicans, Democrats, independents and all voters should stay tuned. Briscoe is a history graduate student from Carrizo Springs.
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Low temperatures further Alumnus to perform one-man play prove global climate change By Alejandra Martinez @ahl3h
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As cold weather descends on Austin, UT students break out UGG boots, The North Face jackets and trendy scarves. Along with near-freezing temperatures, the arctic cold front may bring out skepticism regarding climate change. In fact, some people may be quick to point to frigid weather as evidence contrary to global warming. While low temperatures are a break from the record highs that scorch Austin every year, they don’t change the scientific evidence of an upward trend in global temperatures. Extensive data from NASA and the NOAA shows the most recent decade of Earth’s history has been the warmest since the 1880s, when temperature data was first recorded. So, how is it so cold outside today if global warming is truly happening? In order to answer that question, it’s critical to understand the distinction between climate and weather. Climate is a description of long-term atmospheric conditions, measured on a 10-year basis or longer. Weather, on the other hand,
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continues from page 8 the challenge of dating multiple people at once is not an easy task. In the chat room, courting multiple men or women at once was as easy as opening another chat window. “In real life, a guy would be hard pressed to date Stephanie, Melissa and Kimberly all at once,” the article said. “Online, however, a guy can talk to Ecstasy524, Passion4U and
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is what happens in the atmosphere from day to day. If it’s cold and cloudy when you go outside today, you’re experiencing cold weather — not cold climate. In fact, colder temperatures in a local area could be caused by the same activities that cause global warming. People are throwing off the balance of Earth’s entire climate system, which can lead to erratic consequences beyond just temperature change. According to the world’s top climate science experts, today’s shift in climate is overwhelmingly attributed to human beings, which is called anthropogenic climate change. To understand why Earth’s overall temperatures shift naturally, it’s critical to look at Earth’s relationship with the sun. The seasons
we experience each year exist because of Earth’s tilt, which affects how much of the sun’s energy reaches the planet. The United States is in the Northern Hemisphere, so, during the winter, our hemisphere tilts away from the sun, and less heat is absorbed. The difference between the natural climate variability and human-induced climate change is exactly what climate scientists distinguish with increasing accuracy each year. Today, the IPCC reports over 97 percent of climate scientists agree climate change is attributed to human activity. While it may seem like global warming is incompatible with abnormal weather, it’s actually further evidence that climate change is happening.
RavenZ+3 all on one screen and never have any regrets or remorse.” Although the author does concede that online dating is convenient, he points out the complications in a scenario of two online lovers meeting in person. Many people — whether they’ve met up with a Tinder match or have been “catfished” by a stranger on the Internet — can attest to the fact that people’s online profiles don’t always tell the whole truth. The author explains how easy it is for the
“Christie-Brinkley lookalike” to look very different than the pursuer had expected and suggests that men should return to the golden age of courting a woman in person. “Even the lonely man should quickly realize that love runs much deeper than chatrooms alone,” Levit said. “Maybe he should become a ‘throwback’ man and ask out girls in person. At least then he would know what he was getting himself into.”
Topics ranging from Steven Cadwell’s childhood in rural Vermont in the ’50s to his work as an AIDS activist in the ’80s are focal points in his latest work “Wild & Precious.” The one-man show also touches on his experience coming out as gay. Through Cadwell’s personal experiences, the show manages to explore societal changes over the past 50 years. Cadwell, a UT alumnus, takes the audience through his life in “Wild & Precious,” a performance made up of poetry, songs and stories. Cadwell has brought “Wild & Precious” to the stage in Boston and to universities such as Smith College and Brown University. The next stop on his tour is UT. Bringing the show to life, however, came with a set of issues familiar to any stage show — writing, rehearsing, performing — but, for Cadwell, there were other struggles as well. “[It] was really challenging to go back and relive moments that were traumatic,” Cadwell said. “Now, this is what I ask
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continues from page 1 Chicago to speak Friday. The symposium is split into three parts, beginning at 10 a.m. with a section on the playful humanities. Tanya Clement, assistant professor in the School of Information, will speak about her work curating humanities data and evaluating changing resources and technologies. “I understand play as a situated and social, world-making and world-weary, rule-aware and rule-breaking, real-time act of performing critical interpretation,” Clement wrote on the symposium blog. The second section of the symposium is interactive and focuses on education and play. Symposium participants will
of my clients everyday, [and] it takes courage to go into memories that we would rather avoid and defend against in order to integrate the full range of who we are, not just seal it away in a closet, if you will. And that’s really the whole metaphor of the piece.” As challenging as it was, through confronting and bringing his own struggles to the surface, Cadwell feels that he’s grown through the process. He believes that confronting shame is essential to become “oneself.” “Ultimately, I feel stronger — as everyone does when we go into a safe place and are able to explore the fullness of who we are without judgement,” Cadwell said. Cadwell will bring his story and his show to the School of Social Work’s Utopia Theatre as part of an ongoing week of events exploring LGBT issues. The series of events, which began Wednesday, features panels, discussions and sessions analyzing LGBT issues from the past and present. Bringing “Wild & Precious” to campus has been something he’s wanted to do for a while. “I’m excited to come back
[to UT] and bring more of what I’ve learned, but also bring back home my gratitude,” Cadwell said. According to Jennifer LunaIdunate, director of the DiNitto Center for Career Services, this week of events on campus was built around “Wild & Precious” and began with Cadwell wanting to bring his show to the School of Social Work. Several other alumni are listed as discussion and panel guests on the schedule for the week. “It’s just a really good way to reconnect them back to the school, and alumni love coming back and giving back to the students and to the School,” Luna-Idunate said. Cadwell feels that Austin is a fitting place to bring “Wild & Precious” and hopes the show can leave its own mark on the city. “I mean, the slogan ‘Keep Austin Weird’ is for me, core to that affirmation of difference and diversity, which is core to what I see liberated, social living is,” Cadwell said. “So I’m glad to bring a little more of my weird to Austin’s weird and have a wonderful, wild and precious, weird time!”
be prompted to design a game on a board that speaks to different social and political issues in Austin. The third panel is about art and games. “The final session will feature two amazing art game creators — Eddo Stern from UCLA and Paolo Pedercini from Carnegie Mellon,” Jagoda said. “Paolo creates anticapitalist and critical video games. Eddo makes short films and mixed media digital games that involve theatrical and game components.” Graduate student and doctoral candidate Carrie Anderson is working on a dissertation in American Studies about the cultural impact of drones, including the representation of drone technology in video games. Anderson is most excited for
the group discussion at the end of the symposium. “I think whenever you get a lot of people in a room who do different things in different fields, the kinds of conversations that can emerge from that interdisciplinary mix are always really, really exciting,” Anderson said. “I’m really excited about that cross-pollination and seeing what emerges from the conversation.” Both Anderson and Jagoda encourage attendees from various and diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. “There aren’t a whole lot of events that bring together that kind of weird mix of people,” Anderson said. “My experience is going to be so different from someone who is just a real fan of Halo, for example.”
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Eckerman dominates in sweep of Mountaineers By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74
With 18 kills and four aces, senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman propelled No. 5 Texas volleyball (191, 11-1 Big 12) to a sweep against West Virginia (1312, 3-8) on Wednesday night. “The biggest thing [about tonight’s game] is [West Virginia] was playing a different defense every time,” Eckerman said. “So a lot of the time, the sets were great; Chloe [Collins] and Nicole [Dalton] were both on, and they were leading me and giving me a chance to just swing.” Eckerman’s 18 kills were the most kills she had in a three-set game this
season. Alongside Eckerman’s masterful performance, the team finished the game with a .512 hitting percentage, its highest hitting percentage this season. “It was a good result for us,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “We were basically firing on all cylinders. I liked our personality out there today; I thought it was good. I think we got a good rhythm going.” Although it was a sweep, West Virginia challenged the Longhorns. After struggling in their first set against Kansas State on Friday, the Longhorns made it a point to open up the first set hot. Texas set out to an early 3-0 lead, but West Virginia edged its way back into the set, tying it at three. The two teams
battled throughout the opening set, but Texas was able to separate itself late in the match with backto-back aces by Eckerman. The Longhorns took the first set 25-20. The second set played out much like the first set as both West Virginia and Texas refused to give in. But after a tie at 10, the Longhorns were able to pull away from the Mountaineers as they went on a 15-7 run to close out the set and win 25-17. After the intermission, Texas continued to play well as it opened up an early 4-2 lead. But the Mountaineers kept pressing and were able to get themselves within one. In the end, Longhorns were too much for West Virginia to handle. Texas won
Senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman posted 18 kills and four assists as the Longhorns beat West Virginia 3-0. Texas also had a .512 hitting percentage in the win.
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the set 25-18 and claimed the match 3-0. While Eckerman put together a strong performance against West Virginia, junior outside hitter Amy Neal had 16 digs and nine kills, and junior
middle blocker Molly McCage and sophomore outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame each added seven kills to the Texas total. With the win, the Longhorns will now prepare for No. 24 Oklahoma
(17-7, 8-3 Big 12), who swept them earlier this season. Texas and Oklahoma will square off Saturday at 7 p.m. A victory over the Sooners would clench at least a share of the Big 12 title for the Longhorns.
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Horns brace for possibility of cold weather against Oklahoma State By Stefan Scrafield @StefanScrafield
Coming from a school where class has a good probability of getting canceled when temperatures require more than a sweatshirt, this weekend’s trip to Oklahoma State could provide a shock to the system for the Longhorns. Saturday, the forecast in Stillwater, Oklahoma, calls for a high of 40 degrees, a low of 27 degrees and a chance of a “wintry mix” throughout the day. With the kickoff coming at 6:30 p.m., well after sunset, temperatures may drop below freezing before the start of the game. For a team filled mostly with native Texans, the thought of playing football
in such miserable conditions might be a little daunting. “I have not ever played in the snow,” sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes said. “But I think I’ve just got to focus a little bit more and not worry about the cold.” It’s not as if the Cowboys are used to playing in the frigid conditions either, but they certainly have more experience dealing with it in Oklahoma, where the freeze is pretty common. For Texas, the closest thing it’s seen to this kind of weather was last year’s de facto Big 12 championship game in Waco, where the Longhorns lost to Baylor, 30-10, in temperatures that hovered around 25 degrees. While there wasn’t any snow on that December after-
noon, a wicked breeze added to the unusually cold temperatures. The cold weather appeared to have a major impact on former Texas quarterback Case McCoy, who completed just 12 of his 34 pass attempts for a mere 54 yards and threw two interceptions. “I think we kind of got worried about the cold a little bit, and I think that kind of hurt us, too,” senior receiver John Harris said. “You saw it all over the field. You could see it in the run game. You could see it in the pass game.” Head coach Charlie Strong and the Longhorn coaching staff are well aware of the challenges this weekend’s conditions may pose, but they’re insistent upon preparing their team
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Beck finds success transitioning from defense to offense in first year
as if it were any other Saturday. “We’re going to go play the game, so there’s nothing much we can do,” Strong said. “It may be cold, but they’ll be OK. It’s only threeand-a-half hours out there.” Considering its success over the past couple of weeks and the challenge that comes with throwing and catching a frozen football, Texas may rely more heavily on the run than usual. The Longhorn offensive line is finally finding its rhythm as the season winds down, opening holes for junior running back Johnathan Gray and senior running back Malcolm Brown, who, as we saw against Baylor, doesn’t seem to be as bothered by bad weather.
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Texas will have to deal with the cold weather for the first time Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where the high is expected to be only 40 degrees.
Brown had 131 yards on the ground and a receiving touchdown in last year’s Ice Bowl. “Weather is on both sides
of the ball,” Strong said. “We’re going to have to move people out of the way, and we’re going to have to run the football.”
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By Jori Epstein @JoriEpstein
In the multi-faceted world of Texas football training, coaches hold an all-freshmen practice each preseason to identify young talent. Watching as the newcomers run a series of drills, the coaching staff looks to nail down where each freshman will best contribute to the team. This year, one drill stood Jenna VonHofe| Daily Texan Staff out — the cross-field catch After originally being slated to play as a linebacker, freshman drill, which players also run Andrew Beck has found his role on offense as a tight end. at the NFL combine. “You’ll fire about six balls ute as a tight end. As his rel- his first start on offense at them, and they have to evance on the team skyrock- against West Virginia. rapid-fire catch them,” said eted — so did the breadth of However, while his statisShawn Watson, assistant his responsibilities. tics don’t tell the story of head coach for offense/ With a new and learning Beck’s contributions, his quarterbacks. “They have to offensive line, senior run- quality of play enhances move because they’re flying ning back Malcolm Brown others’ games rather than across the field.” said he and the running helping just himself. Though the drill generally backs rely on Beck and se“The Texas Tech game was caters to receivers and other nior tight end Geoff Swaim where he got his most time — offensive players primed to to open the field. that’s the first time we felt like catch, Andrew Beck, who “Those guys — they’re [he] had an intimate knowlwas recruited to play line- running routes; they’re pass- edge of what we were trying to backer, excelled beyond blocking; they’re run-block- do,” Watson said. “You could the coaches’ expectations. ing. … They’re getting in the see him executing it during the As Beck showed “the best backfield with us sometimes,” week on film. He’s been really hand-eye coordination of Brown said Nov. 4. “They’re good since. His confidence the whole group,” according doing so many things with level has skyrocketed since to Watson, the coaching staff this offense; and they’re so that game.” began to reevaluate. important to this offense; As sophomore quarter“I started politicking right and they know that; and back Tyrone Swoopes conaway,” Watson said. “I ran they’ve been doing a great job tinues to develop and Texas’ up to [head coach] Charlie handling it.” running game offers greater [Strong] and said, ‘Hey, 47 Beck didn’t enter the certainty, the Longhorns has got unbelievable hands, tight end position com- are likely to look for proand he can run.’” pletely blindsided. He duction on the ground. The It was no secret that Texas’ played some tight end his running backs can’t produce offensive line was weak. With senior year at Plant High without solid blocking, but building suspensions and, School in Tampa, Florida, Brown feels confident the later, the season-ending in- but his success at lineback- tight ends will do their part, jury of senior center Domi- er garnered him attention. and he knows the skill their nic Espinosa, the offensive ESPN ranked Beck the No. role requires. line needed far more help 46 outside linebacker in “Those guys have been than the defensive line did. the country, and 247 Sports grinding it out,” Brown said. As the coaches began to piece deemed him the No. 66 “They have a tough job. together their strengths and player in Florida. Those coaches expect a lot weaknesses, they decided Even so, Beck has adapt- out of them, just like the rest that Beck would best contrib- ed to his position, making of us.”
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Creek Show to light up night for nature By Mary Cantrell @mkcant
Dazzling light installations will illuminate walkways along Waller Creek on Thursday in an effort to remind the public of a creek they may have forgotten. In an effort to spread awareness about the city’s plans to develop five parks along the creek, the Waller Creek Conservancy will be holding a free light show Thursday night. There will be a total of five installations, all focused on the concept of illuminating the creek to the public and revealing its potential beauty. Installations can be seen starting at sunset and will range from a floating light bridge to facts about the creek presented directly on walls with phosphorescent paint. The Austin-based architects responsible for the installations will be present to discuss their work. The Waller Creek Conservancy’s district runs from Lady Bird Lake to 15th Street. They are partnered with the city and hope to make the Creek Show an annual event. The conservancy has reached out to businesses that run along the creek. Easy Tiger will host a Happy Hour, and Empire Control Room is planning a show with local bands. Meredith Bossin, graduate student and director of operations and management for the conservancy, said Waller Creek is often overlooked and underappreciated. The conservancy hopes to unveil its potential to be a vibrant public space. “It’s kind of this
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’90s chat rooms signify the death of traditional romance Griffin Smith | Daily Texan Staff
Architecture lecturer Murray Legge is one of several architects who have contributed to a light show to highlight the beauty of Waller Creek.
abandoned, underutilized area,” Bossin said. “The idea with Creek Show is that it will really be experiencing Waller Creek in a way that has never been done before.” Bossin said that sections of the creek that are normally inaccessible to the public will be open in order to travel the full length of the installations without having to go up to the street level. “We are building this project to be an amenity for all of Austin; we want to make sure that people know that we are doing this and that there will be advocates for us as we are in the process of implementation,” Bossin said. Bossin explained the development of the parks could take years, but it is important to gain momentum in the public. Architecture lecturer Murray Legge is one of the
architects contributing at the light show. His project focuses on using electroluminescent wire to create a hanging light bridge. “With public art, you try and create work that has different levels of meaning,” Legge said. “We like it to be really sophisticated and intellectually challenging and engaging, but, at the same time, it has to have a clarity and a simplicity to it.” Legge explained that the transformative power of design will help people imagine the potential of the creek. He said the ephemeral effects of the lights are meant to help people understand how the creek could be an interesting public space. Jason Sowell, associate professor for architecture, has been doing research on the creek to find material for his statistic-based painting. Using
phosphorescent paint to write on the walls surrounding the creek, Sowell said he thought a lot about ambient light and how the public will be interacting with his piece. “The interaction of the public with the work in terms of the shadows that they cast on the graphics will allow for different levels of illumination to occur,” Sowell said. “It’s a subtle project that hopefully, in the end, communicates some significant changes that the infrastructure has imparted.” Legge said Austin has a lot of raw, green spaces that have great potential, and developing them could raise the quality of life in Austin. Legge said forward-thinking projects, such as the Waller Creek Light Show, help citizens embrace growth and have the potential to make Austin a more cosmopolitan city.
By Lauren Velez @laurenvelz
In this day and age, it is not uncommon for students to look for relationships on dating apps, such as Tinder. Some claim the app and others like it mark the end of romance, but the “end of romance” might have actually happened over a decade ago. In 1999, the idea of seeking a relationship over an online forum — rather than face-to-face — was just starting to become normalized. More and more, men were starting to court women with the click of a mouse. Garland Levit, the author of an editorial piece published in The Daily Texan 15 years ago, was determined to point out that this type of “dating” is, as he saw it, rather pathetic.
“The 90’s came around, and some computer genius, who probably couldn’t pick up a girl to save his life, decided to invent a communication medium which took away the pressures of real dialogue,” Levit said. “Suddenly, online chatrooms have become the unofficial singles bars of the 90’s.” The article also explains the dirty truths of online dating, including how easy it is to impersonate someone else or cut off contact without awkwardness. The author offers a suggestion for how to best give that not-so-special girl the hint without explicitly ending things. “[Tell] her your long lost brother from Greenland just called, and you will be right back (or ‘brb’ for all those online junkies out there),” Levit said. With so many modern-day social media outlets, it would be virtually impossible to do a lot of things that were so easily facilitated in these ’90s chatrooms. Today, taking on
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