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University parking rates are likely to increase over the next five years, according to the draft of a report by the Committee on Parking Strategies, which will present recommendations on how to increase parking revenue to the UT community next week. Bob Harkins, chair of the committee and
associate vice president for campus safety and security, said an increase in the cost of daily parking rates and faculty and student permits will be used to support the expenses of Parking and Transportation Services, or PTS, and the construction of new parking garages. “We haven’t raised parking rates a lot — less than 2 percent per year over the last 10 years,” Harkins said. He said PTS wanted
to keep parking fees down since faculty salaries were not rising and the cost of attendance for students is increasing. The Committee on Parking Strategies — made up of faculty, staff and students — was created in 2013 after the University’s Committee on Business Productivity published a report titled “Smarter Systems for a
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When Greg Abbott laid out his higher education plan in September, he said affordability would be key. With Abbott now set to become governor in January, Barry McBee, UT System vice chancellor and chief governmental relations officer, said he thinks Abbott will work toward that goal. “Affordability is going to be on the mind of any Texas governor,” McBee said. “My sense is that he sees affordability as ensuring students can move through college and attain a high quality education in as quick a time as possible.” According to State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, Abbott will need to balance affordability and efficiency with providing high-quality education in his new term. “I believe that Governorelect Abbott will prioritize research, that he understands the value and is committed to excellence,” Zaffirini said. “He shares the enthusiasm about issues like affordability and accessibility and cost efficiency and productivity. We all support all of those concepts but not at the expense of excellence, and I hope Abbott shares that perspective.” In his higher education plan, Abbott, a UT alumnus, focused on using online courses and accepting community college credits at four-year institutions as a
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A plan approved in 2013 to construct more buildings on current parking lots will cause the University to build more parking garages to meet demand.
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Ripe with hype, basketball season begins By Peter Sblendorio @petersblendorio
The men’s basketball team heard the hype all offseason. After being ranked No. 10 to start the season, expectations are much higher than in recent memory for a Texas team that surprised many last year by qualifying for the NCAA tournament and advancing to the second round. The Longhorns know they won’t sneak up on anyone this year; they return virtually their entire roster from last year. They also brought in ESPN’s No. 2-ranked prospect for the class of 2014, 6-foot-11 center Myles Turner, to be the anchor of a roster that has already boasted one of the nation’s top frontcourts. Texas gets the opportunity to start living up to expectations Friday when it opens the season at home against
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With the addition of five-star recruit Myles Turner and the return of nearly the entire roster, the men’s basketball team has high expectations to meet. The No. 10 Longhorns’ first game is Friday night.
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Little Rock Nine review race, education By Chris Mendez @thedailytexan
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Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch, disease detectives from the UT-Brownsville School of Public Health, held a lecture in Welch Hall on Thursday evening on Ebola.
Disease experts debunk Ebola misconceptions By Sebastian Vega @sebantoniovega
Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch, husband-and-wife disease detectives from the UTBrownsville School of Public Health, lectured Thursday at Welch Hall to dissect the facts of the West African Ebola epidemic and its misconceptions. “Recently, many people
who are on television have said all sort of things about Ebola — some correct and some incorrect,” McCormick said. “One of the most blatantly incorrect was that we don’t know much about Ebola. I have to tell you we know a lot about Ebola.” According to FisherHoch, the U.S. wasn’t interested in Ebola
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Three members of the Little Rock Nine spoke on campus Thursday and recalled their experience entering the halls of Central High School while being escorted by the 101st Army Division. In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that “separate was inherently unequal,” which led to the integration of public schools. The Little Rock Nine were the first nine students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, following the Supreme Court’s decision. Three members — Ernest Green, Terrence Roberts and Carlotta Walls LaNier — spoke Thursday at the LBJ Presidential Library. “I remembered Brown v. Board of Education,” LaNier said. “A week after [this decision], it was discussed at my home.” The three all agreed that gaining an education is what motivated them to
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Ernest Green, Carlotta Walls LaNier, and Terrence Roberts — members of the Little Rock Nine — speak at the LBJ Presidential Library about their experiences integrating into a white high school.
endure the retaliation from white students. “Without the presence of the army, we’ve might have been killed,” Roberts said. “I didn’t think the opposition would be as it was.” LaNier said she experienced the harassment each day when she went to school. “I needed to carry my
books with me all day,” LaNier said. “I had a different guard every Monday morning.” LaNier also stressed the importance of getting an education. “It was about an access to an opportunity,” LaNier said. “I wanted a piece of that American Dream.”
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Amaree Austin, the grandniece of Little Rock Nine member Thelma MothershedWair, said she still notices kids at her school who tend to separate themselves according to race and ethnicity. “You can’t move forward unless you know where
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performance-based budget and funding in higher education,” Sáenz said. One of Abbott’s early responsibilities as governor will be appointing three new members to the UT System Board of Regents. Zaffirini said those decisions play a huge part in shaping higher education in Texas. “The appointments are certainly some of the most important,” Zaffirini said. “Higher education is so important to the future of our state. It defines excellence. It defines our future goals.” Citing regents Steve Hicks and Robert Stillwell, Zaffirini also said, if Abbott appoints regents of the same caliber as some of Gov. Rick Perry’s appointees higher education will benefit. She said she does hope to see a change in the board’s methods of operation. “The people typically appointed are passionate about their alma maters, and they should be,” Zaffirini said. “You have people
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until the virus came to the country. She said if aid isn’t given to West Africa, the Ebola virus will continue to spread. “It doesn’t matter how many places there are in Africa [with Ebola], but it will not bring attention here until, unfortunately … a ‘white face’ gets it,” FisherHoch said. “If we don’t control Ebola in West Africa, it will continue to come to the United States.” Fisher-Hoch reminded students that Ebola will
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Governor-elect Greg Abbott will be tasked with appointing three new UT System regents to replace outgoing members when he becomes governor in 2015.
enthusiastic about serving, and what’s important is that every appointee understands the standards of governance.” McBee said he looks forward to working with the not mutate if a vaccine is made. “There is no antigenic pressure to make it mutate,” Fisher-Hoch said. “This is not like HIV. It’s not adaptive. … We don’t really have to worry too much about the vaccine becoming ineffective.” Symptoms of Ebola include fever, vomiting, diarrhea and muscle pain. Fisher-Hoch said hosts don’t die from bleeding but from hypotensive shock, otherwise known as low blood pressure. “The virus does not kill directly,” Fisher-Hoch
governor-elect. “We were encouraged by a number of elements of Governor-elect Abbott’s plan,” McBee said. “First, the desire to elevate research
institutions like UT-Austin as the flagship for the UT system and for emerging UT institutions. We look forward to working for him in that regard.”
said. “The virus’ effect on the immune system kills the host.” Vaccines such as ZMapp, Brincidofovir and Hyperimmune plasma have been effective for Ebola suppression, according Fisher-Hoch. McCormick said one can only transmit Ebola through the exchange of body fluids, such as blood, vomit and diarrhea — but not urine, perspiration or saliva. He said the virus will spread but will not be as disruptive in other countries. “With thousands of cases … it’s totally inevitable that
other countries are going to see some cases,” McCormick said. “I want to emphasize we are not going to have an outbreak from Ebola.” Biology sophomore Victoria Ramirez said global awareness is key to subsiding panic and outbreak. “Ebola was scary for a few weeks because we thought it was going to get to us,” Ramirez said. “[We need to] pay more attention to undeveloped countries that have these outbreaks … because, even though they are not affecting us, that doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.”
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At a panel in the O’Donnell building on Thursday evening, biosciences professor David Herrin argues that the benefits of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, ultimately outweigh the potential health risks.
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A panel of four professors and a greenhouse and food industry employee debated Thursday the health effects of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. The panel, hosted by the Polymathic Scholars Student Leadership Panel at the O’Donnell Building, was divided in to two groups — those who believe GMOs affect human health, and those who believe GMOs have no critical effect. Panelist Mona Mehdy, molecular biosciences associate professor, said relying on genetic engineering is helpful because the planet is
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currently undergoing many changes, such as the accumulation of carbon dioxide, a growing population and the scarcity of water. “Genetic engineering is a tool to improve our agriculture, and we’re going to need all the tools that we need,” Mehdy said. According to Jason Avent, a member of the greenhouse and food industry, the problem with risk within the general public is having too much reliance on corporations for information. He said corporations have the power to design the studies strategically to test the effects of GMOs on human health. “We don’t want to worry about the side effects, and
we simply trust the corporations,” Avent said. Mehdy also said other scientists often reviewed the studies conducted on the effects of GMOs, and researchers concluded the data did not correlate to the conclusions made. While all panelists agreed there are unknown risks, molecular biosciences professor David Herrin said there are no health risk factors associated with genetic engineering. “There aren’t any health causes, and the benefit is lower food prices,” Herrin said. “Benefits far outweigh the cost.” According to Mehdy, the public is often misled about the truths concerning genetic engineering. As a solution to the issues
around GMOs, Mehdy said more educational and financial investment in agriculture is needed. “A greater investment for agriculture is certainly needed,” Mehdy said. “One idea is to begin to diversify our crops. Second, there needs to be more public support for the economic livelihoods of farm workers.” Panelist Randy Linder, integrative biology associate professor, said he agreed education can serve as a remedy to help the general public learn more about GMOs and their potential side effects. “One important thing to get out of education is to learn what you don’t know,” Linder said.
educated about the lives that African-Americans are living, according to Roberts. “[We need to] recognize it so that more can understand it,” Roberts said. The Little Rock Nine
started the Little Rock Nine Foundation, in which each of the nine gives a scholarship to a disadvantaged student and becomes a mentor to the recipient. “It seemed to be
appropriate for us, who were so very keen on education, that we should make certain that other kids who wanted to pursue higher education who didn’t have the funds could do so,” Roberts said.
Greater UT,” stating that PTS could earn $96 million in revenue over the next 10 years by increasing parking prices. “Currently, there is an annual gap of $9.2 million between market rates and what UT charges for parking,” the report said. “A rate increase of 7.5 percent per year for 15 years would put UT equal to the market.” According to Harkins, after the Committee on Parking Strategies did its own research, it determined PTS could more realistically earn about $38 million in 10 years in revenue. The draft of the committee’s report shows the cost of Class C and Brazos Garage resident parking permits are expected to increase $6 and $23.60 per year, respectively. Resident permit costs in Manor Garage are not anticipated to rise. Harkins said, even if the Committee on Business Productivity had not published its findings about University parking, PTS still needed to look into increasing parking rates. In 2013, the UT System Board of Regents approved the 2012 Campus Master Plan, which outlines development of the University campus for the next 30 years. Harkins said, according to this plan, the University intends to build buildings on current surface parking lots, creating the need for the construction of more parking garages. PTS director Bobby Stone said the number of parking spaces in surface lots is presently equal to the number of spaces in parking garages. Once new buildings begin replacing surface lots, Stone said he expects 75 percent of parking spots
The impact that will have on the community at large is it costs me a lot more money to build a parking garage space than it does a surface space. And it costs me a lot more money for me to maintain that space. —Bobby Stone, PTS director
to be garage spaces. “The impact that will have on the community at large is it costs me a lot more money to build a parking garage space than it does a surface space,” Stone said. “And it costs me a lot more money for me to maintain that space.” Stone said, since PTS is an auxiliary department — meaning no faculty or staff salaries or tuition dollars go toward supporting the parking system — it needed to find a way to pay for new parking garages to be able to provide about the same number of spaces the University has now. The Committee on Parking Strategies will present its recommendations to Student Government, and the Graduate Student Assembly and at a campus-wide town hall meeting Tuesday, along with the Staff Council on Thursday. SG President Kori Rady said it makes sense that PTS plans to increase parking rates. “Obviously, we don’t want the money to come from students, but there’s nothing we can really do about it, unfortunately,” Rady said. “The money has to come from somewhere.”
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Chances of Medicaid expansion may have new life under Abbott By Noah M. Horwitz Associate Editor @NmHorwitz
If you turned on a television in the immediate lead-up to this year’s general elections, chances are that you may have seen one of many attack ads involving Medicaid expansion. Since the Affordable Care Act (colloquially known as Obamacare) expands eligibility for Medicaid, the federal healthcare program for low-income Americans started by former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society program, Republicans have been particularly quick to connect the popular Medicaid program with the unpopular health care reform heralded by President Barack Obama. “[Wendy Davis] even wants to expand Obamacare in Texas by executive order,” spouted a commercial by Greg Abbott, who was decidedly elected governor over Davis last week, referencing Davis’ support for the expansion of Medicaid. It expands eligibility to families making less than 138 percent of the federal poverty line, up from 100 percent now. While many states with Republican governors such as Arizona, Michigan, North Dakota and Pennsylvania have chosen to expand Medicaid, thus being eligible for big federal benefits they are paying for anyway, Texas has confidently chosen to walk the other way. Gov. Rick Perry ruled out any Medicaid expansion last legislative session, and common sense would assume that Abbott will continue in such a tradition. But the evidence points that there is a chance, however minor, of a change in fortunes. Earlier this week, Abbott — in his first major decision as the governor-elect — chose Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos as his secretary of state, a powerful position that not only carries out the governor’s foreign policy agenda with Mexico, but manage over an impressive legal and election bureaucracy. Cascos, a Republican elected in one of the most Democratic and most Hispanic counties in the state, disagrees with Abbott on Medicaid expansion. And he has strongly insinuated he will not just sit quiet about them. “It’s contrary to what the leadership in Austin is recommending, but we thought it was important enough to take a position,” Cascos told National Public Radio regarding his position.
When the Texas Tribune pressed Cascos on how his opinion would differ from that of his boss, he calmly retorted that he was planning on “not just going to go along to get along.” But the news for Medicaid expansion gets even better. On Wednesday, the board of the Texas Institute of Healthcare Quality and Efficiency voted to back the expansion of the program. The 15 board members, all appointees of Perry, noted to the Tribune that “We’re trying to take the politics out of it,” but admitted that Medicaid expansion would effectively maximize “available federal funds through the Medicaid program to improve health care for all Texans.” Cascos and this state board of Republicanleaning professionals join an already diverse choir of folks from both political parties in this state in backing Medicaid expansion. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, who represents more than 4.3 million constituents, has been a particularly vocal advocate. Medicaid expansion is a rather straightforward idea that has been unfairly maligned by partisan one-upmanship. Contrary to common misconception, it does not involve any new government healthcare schemes. Rather, it merely expands the eligibility of an existing government program, one that is rather efficient, successful and popular. Originally under the Affordable Care Act, the expansion of Medicaid was mandatory. If states did not participate, then all of their Medicaid funding would have been revoked. However, when the Supreme Court largely upheld the act in 2012, they ruled 6-3 against what they called the “coercion of states” implicit in the rules governing Medicaid expansion. Thus, the decision to accept 90 percent free federal funds in order to help poor sick people became voluntary. But even though the program was only expanded through Obamacare, it should not be confused for the still uncertain results of the government subsidies and exchanges behind that program. If anything it should be called “LBJcare.” Abbott is in a special position with regard to the future of healthcare in Texas. He can continue following his party’s small-minded ideology, pathologically opposing anything with the president’s name on it despite how little they have to do with his original policies. Or he can follow mavericks in his party such as pertinent professionals and his own choice for secretary of state. On behalf of the 6.3 million Texans without health insurance, the choice is remarkably clear. Horwitz is a government junior from Houston.
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Palestine, Israel advocates can coexist Many people at the University of Texas, including both students and faculty, believe in the “zero-sum game” regarding Israelis and Palestinians. Essentially, they believe that Israeli success equals Palestinian failure and vice versa. As a member of Texans for Israel, the pro-Israel organization at UT, I can say that this could not be further from the truth. As an advocate for Israel, I want nothing more for the Palestinian people than for them to live in peace and prosperity alongside Israelis. The very essence of Zionism, the movement that calls for the Jewish people to have a state in our historic homeland, requires coexistence with Israel’s neighbors. In Syed Rizvi’s recent article, he argues that support for the Palestinian people is not a religious issue, but a humanitarian issue. We cannot agree more. To achieve peace, Israel advocates and Palestinian activists must come together in open dialogue and finally bring an end to the cycle of hatred. This can start today on UT’s campus. Undoubtedly, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza suffer. Checkpoints can cause journeys of short distances to take hours; unemployment has reached 25 percent; and wars have decimated major cities, killing many civilians. No knowledgeable person denies these facts, and no compassionate person ignores them. Yet many people forget the cause of the Palestinians’ suffering. According to CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Yasser Arafat, the beloved leader of the Palestinians for over 40 years and founder of the Fatah party, diverted “over $1 billion in public funds to insure his political survival, [and] a lot more is unaccounted for.” He literally stole money from his impoverished people. This blatant corruption has plagued the Palestinian leadership ever since they received autonomy in the historic Oslo Accords of 1993. When Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005, the people, tired of Fatah’s corruption, elected Hamas to power. Hamas’ charter calls for the destruction of the state of Israel as well as the murder of every Jew on the planet. Corruption caused the civilian population to get desperate, giving a terrorist group the ability to take over Gaza. Hamas, like Fatah, has neglected the Palestinian people and, instead, has spent
millions of the dollars given for aid on weapons and tunnels to murder Israeli civilians. The only reason Israel established the checkpoint system is to prevent terrorists from attacking Israeli civilians. In fact, as the number of terror attacks has declined, so too has the number of checkpoints. However, the recent wave of terror attacks has escalated tension and can possibly lead to an increase in security. Unfortunately, the pro-Palestinian movement on college campuses has been manipulated into becoming a crusade against the state of Israel. Pro-Palestinian student leaders should relish the opportunity to meet with Israel advocates and find common ground. We, at Texans for Israel, resent the accusation that we see the Palestinian people as “collateral damage that is executed by Israel for security reasons,” as Rizvi wrote, and we reach out our metaphorical hand to anyone who wishes to promote the coexistence between Palestinian and Israeli people. The next time there is an event promoting the Palestinian cause, we ask that Rizvi or another Muslim student leader invite a representative of Texans for Israel. I promise we will make the utmost effort to help. On campus, advocates have a moral obligation to promote human decency throughout the world, but we must remember that the prosperity of one people does not impede the success of another and that corrupt leadership will not stand. Both peoples have suffered long enough. It is time for advocates of Israel and Palestinians to, as Rizvi said, “break bread” as we call for an end to the corrupt leadership and the beginning of peaceful times between Israeli and Palestinian people. Finally, Rizvi’s accusation that Zionism equals racism is extremely offensive. I truly hope that it came out of ignorance and not malice because to say that Jews, a long-persecuted minority, have no right to a homeland would mean we are destined to live as minorities in lands that have historically discriminated against us. — Kevin Lefkowitz, a history freshman from Houston, in response to Syed Rizvi’s Monday column titled “Palestine issues are humanitarian.”
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Austin Ehlinger from Devine helps hold a “Come and Take It” banner during the Guns Across America Pro-gun rally in January 2013 at the Texas State Capitol.
In session, fight over gun rights needs to be treated as safety issue By Claire Smith
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Governor-elect Greg Abbott has made no secret of his support of gun rights in Texas. In December 2013, Abbott created a “We the People” petition, proposing legislation that would allow Concealed Handgun Licensing (CHL) holders to, at a minimum, openly carry holstered weapons, as well as allow concealed weapons on college campuses. He also made the protection and expansion of gun rights a cornerstone of his gubernatorial campaign, stating on his campaign website that he is currently preparing to challenge federal legislation that would restrict Americans’ ability to own and carry weapons. Though a controversial topic, to Abbott, the issue of gun rights was settled in 1791 with the penning of the Bill of Rights. But that is an oversimplification if I’ve ever heard one, and not coincidentally, the crux of the battle for gun ownership in America. If you’re not worried about Abbott expanding laws regarding guns in Texas, you should be. While it is not within his constitutional powers as governor to expand the Second Amendment, which was part of his platform, nor to contest federal legislation in Congress, he can support bills that would make it easier for people to obtain and carry weapons. Additionally, his success in fighting restrictions of the Second Amendment suggests he may succeed in passing legislation to the same effect. In 2008, Abbott successfully argued for an individual’s right to bear arms before the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, a victory that struck down a handgun ban in Washington, D.C. But if you are anti-gun, your problem isn’t men like Abbott or the gun lobby, two things that most people blame for ongoing contention over gun rights. It’s that the Constitution protects such rights. The Constitution states the American people have the right to keep and bear arms, plain and simple. For many people, including Governorelect Abbott and the most powerful lobby in America, the story of gun rights begins and ends with that statement. But it doesn’t for me. Although the Constitution is without a doubt one of the most stunning documents ever to have been written from a philosophical and historical perspective, it has left significant leeway for bitter debate throughout American history, from equal freedoms for all in the abolitionist movement to the fight over the Second Amendment today. Luckily, the Constitution allows for corrections to be made in the case that lawmakers vote to amend it, as Congress did when the wrongs of slavery and civil inequality were righted by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Therefore, saying that gun rights should
be allowed on the singular basis that our founders wrote it into the Constitution is overly simplistic. The founders didn’t believe in their irrefutable correctness. Why should we? The Second Amendment is out-of-date. It was written soon after the start of the American Revolution when the memory was still fresh of quartered British soldiers confiscating any weapons that could be used against them in colonial homes. But more importantly, categorical gun rights are irresponsible and dangerous. Scholarship is bursting with empirical studies proving how harmful weapons in the home are. Besides, some people really are crazy. We cannot trust all gun owners not to take advantage of their constitutional right to own a gun, and then use it to harm others. If you don’t believe me, ask the families of any of the 467,321 people the Office of Justice found to be victims of crimes committed with a gun in 2011. Or better yet, look at your own campus with a discerning eye: The pockmarked stonework around the South Mall is a daily reminder of the bullets that rained down on students in 1966, and this campus has yet to forget the 2010 shooter in the Perry-Castañeda Library. First and foremost, gun rights are a public safety issue. The right of Americans to be safe from violent crime is greater than the right of practically anyone to own and carry a gun. If it’s not, it should be. But the second half of the Amendment is what really complicates things: “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon.” That is why, as attorney general, Abbott was able to argue against laws that restricted the right to bear arms. And that is why he will be able to propose legislation in Texas that would open the acquisition of guns and the ability to carry them to even more people. But just because the Constitution guarantees a right, doesn’t mean it isn’t lawful to limit a right to protect the whole as opposed to serving the wishes of the individual. For example, the right to freedom of speech is limited when it is in conflict with the good of others, such as in national security incidents and libelous or slanderous verbal assaults. So what is stopping us? Though the Constitution’s direct meaning is contested, the path for increased public safety is clear. It is irresponsible to strip away current restrictions placed on gun holders, as Greg Abbott wishes to do. Though we live in a red state, where support for gun rights is popular, it would be a disservice to Texas residents for our new legislature not to take the needs of the whole into account in the upcoming legislative season. Like laws restricting advertisements for tobacco and the drinking age, the fight over gun rights is a public safety issue and should be treated as such. Smith is a history junior from Austin.
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continues from page 7 Texas (19-1, 11-1 Big 12) can now clinch the Big 12 championship against the Sooners on Saturday night. With a victory against Oklahoma, Texas would win its seventh conference title in eight years. But the task won’t be easy. In the October match against Oklahoma, Texas had a below average .230 hitting percentage, committed 15 attack errors, 14 service errors and two blocking errors. Also in that game, Oklahoma’s kill leader, junior outside hitter Kierra Holst, recorded 16 kills. Despite Texas’ poor performance in its first game against the Sooners and Holst’s dominat-
ing performance, head coach Jerritt Elliott is looking forward to the rematch. “I think it’s something that we need,” Elliott said. “It’s something that’s exciting to be a part of. I think they’re feeling pretty confident about playing us after they beat us 3-0. We feel like we can play at a much different level. I would imagine our girls would come in with a little bit of an edge. It’ll be a chaotic environment for us. It’s everything that we need as we prepare for the tournament.” Elliott will hope to replicate Texas’ performance against West Virginia, as the Longhorns recorded a season high .512 hitting percentage. He will also continue to rely on senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman, who amassed 18 kills against
the Mountaineers. Like Prieto Cerame, Eckerman recognizes that the Longhorns have played much better since suffering their only loss this season. “We’ve obviously gotten better from that match on, and that’s the biggest thing,” Eckerman said. “It’s not like we have to get revenge. We’re just going to go in there the same way we have. We aren’t going to treat it any differently. We’re just going to use it as a target on our backs.” Texas and Oklahoma square off Saturday at 7 p.m. “Hopefully [Oklahoma] can play well, and we can play at our peak, and we can come out with a win,” Elliott said. “We have a chance to clinch on their home court.”
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continues from page 1 North Dakota State at 7:30 p.m. The team has enjoyed the lavish preseason recognition, but none of it matters once the season begins. “It’s always a good thing when your program gets notoriety,” head coach Rick Barnes said. “That’s what we were used to for a long time. When season starts, it doesn’t mean anything. You got to win games.” While the debut of Turner figures to draw the most attention Friday, the projected rise of sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor is also something to look out for. Taylor began receiving considerable acclaim earlier this month when he landed on the Southwestern region’s cover of Sports Illustrated’s annual basketball preview.
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The last time the Longhorns faced Oklahoma, they suffered a defeat in front of their home crowd. This time, when they travel to Norman, they look to clinch the Big 12 crown.
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continues from page 7 “Our zone is bigger than some NBA teams,” Holmes said of a lineup that could possibly include him being paired with the 6-foot-9 Ridley, the 6-foot-11 Turner and the 6-foot-9 Lammert. Holmes’ switch encapsulates everything he stands for on the team. As the lone remaining member of the seven-man 2011 recruiting class, the quiet and reserved senior is the leader
of a not-so-young-anymore Texas team. “He is able to communicate better and lead more verbally than he has in the past,” assistant coach Chris Ogden said. “More importantly, what he says has a lot of meaning.” He doesn’t just lead verbally — but also by action. He’s one of the hardest workers Barnes has ever coached, and it rubs off on the rest of the team. “Jon’s work ethic is ridiculous,” junior guard Javan Felix said. “He’s always in the
gym working, and he takes different steps to make himself better. He’s improving as a leader, and he’s talking more. Jon’s not the type to open his mouth up and say a lot, but he’s starting to learn how to do that.” When asked about sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor’s spot on the regional cover for Sports Illustrated, Barnes was happy for his floor general, but he couldn’t help but add, “I would have [liked to see] Jon Holmes on the cover for everything he stands for.”
Texas basketball. It shows there is once again excitement surrounding the program, and, for the first time in years, the student body is excited for head coach Rick Barnes’ team. After last season, when the Longhorns won their first NCAA tournament game since 2011, students started gaining interest again. And when Texas signed Myles Turner, ESPN’s No. 2 recruit, a real shift began. Now, the Longhorns sit No. 10 in the preseason rankings and are predicted to be a No. 4 seed in the
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continues from page 7 midfielder Sharis Lachappelle said. “We came out with what was to be called two ties against two top-15 programs, and so, for our program, that’s just incredible.” If the Longhorn defense and its stalwart junior goalkeeper Abby Smith, who conceded just one goal in two matches last weekend, can play like it did in Kansas City, Texas could find itself mak-
Taylor was second on the team in scoring last year with 12.7 points per game, while also leading Texas with four assists per game. He appears poised for an even bigger season this year, and junior forward Connor Lammert believes the point guard could be the Longhorns’ most important player. “Our team will go as far as [Taylor] takes us,” Lammert said. Another major story line focuses on how well senior Jonathan Holmes can transition to the small forward position. Holmes, who led the Longhorns with 12.8 points per game last season, has played power forward throughout his career but is moving to the three to accommodate the addition of Turner. “I work at it every day in practice,” Holmes said. “I feel comfortable playing the whole NCAA tournament. However, the real excitement this season for Texas fans will be Turner, a 6-foot-11 freshman from Bedford, Texas, who has been compared to former Longhorn star Kevin Durant. He is known for his elite shot blocking, in addition to his ability to make shots from the perimeter. With a team returning all of its starting players from last season, Turner is expected to do big things on the court. Furthermore, with the addition of Turner and the return of starters such as junior center Cameron Ridley and senior forward Jonathan Holmes,
Texas fans should expect more wins this season. Last season, the Longhorns built a team that was able to work together, and, instead of having individual superstars, each player produced points and added to each game. And, as Texas players mentioned during media days this season, over the last few months, Texas has created a chemistry with its new players that should easily transfer to the court. Although the Frank Erwin Center was mostly empty burnt orange seats in previous years, expect more excitement and anticipation surrounding Texas this season.
ing a deeper run than many expected at the beginning of the year. However, Texas will need all 11 of its players to mesh if it wants to knock off the Owls. Rice finished the season with a 14-3-3 record and played well against opponents from the top conferences, tieing Arkansas and losing by a goal in overtime to a strong Baylor team. The Rice offense — led by junior forward Lauren Hughes and her 14 goals — has lit up the scoreboard all
season. The Owls also boast the Midfielder of the Year in senior Quinny Truong. Rice will pose a challenge for the Longhorns, but a strong end to the season and an ever-improving crop of young talent should put the team in good position to make a tournament run. “We can do this,” freshman midfielder Morgan Murphy said. “We can hang with anyone, and I don’t even think we think we’ve played our best soccer yet.”
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Senior forward Jonathan Holmes needed to move from the four to the three. In simpler terms, he is moving positions from the power forward to the small forward because the addition of freshman forward Myles Turner created a logjam in the frontcourt. From an individual perspective, the move will improve Holmes’ chances of playing at the next level — 6-foot-8 power forwards typically don’t make it in the NBA. But, at 254 pounds, Holmes wasn’t in the right shape for the change. “Coach said to lose weight if I was serious about moving out to the wing,” Holmes said. “On the inside, it’s a lot more physical. On wing, it’s a lot more agility.” So, with that, Holmes began the shift. He gave his Tiff ’s Treats to junior center Cameron Ridley, stopped eating pizza and started working out more. “It felt like prison,” Holmes said. By the time fall practices started, Holmes had trimmed down to 232, shedding more than 20 pounds.
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For his first three years in burnt orange, senior forward Jonathan Holmes was producing from the four, or power forward postition. Now, after dropping more than 20 pounds, he will be making the change to the three, or small forward postition
“He’s at the weight he needs to be if he wants to play some three,” junior forward Connor Lammert said. But playing the position takes more than just having the right physical shape. Holmes has to be able to run with
the other teams’ wings, and he needs to be able to defend the smaller, quicker guys. “Whether or not he plays, there will be [results] if he’s able to defend on the wing,” head coach Rick Barnes said a few weeks ago.
All indications point to Holmes being the three to start the season. “I work on it every day in practice,” Holmes said. “I feel comfortable playing the three the whole game.” The change will do
wonders for a talented Texas team that boasts a lofty No. 10 ranking. It makes the team more versatile and gives Barnes the option to go with a bigger lineup.
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MAVERICKS
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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Refreshing excitment surrounds basketball By Garrett Callahan Daily Texan Columnist @CallahanGarret
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The Longhorns open the season at No. 9, but will be without junior center Imani McGeeStafford because of an injury. For her career, she has averaged 11 points and 8.3 rebounds.
No. 9 Longhorns ready for opener, despite injury to their star center By Jeremy Thomas @JeremyOBThomas
The preseason pick to win the women’s basketball Big 12 Conference begins its regular season Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Frank Erwin Center when No. 9 Texas opens against UTSA. In preparation for the regular season opener, the Longhorns played an exhibition match Sunday and defeated the Oklahoma City University Stars, 102-56. Heading into Saturday’s game, head coach Karen Aston said she is excited about the team’s speed. “I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can do defensively and in transition with our level of speed,” Aston said. “I think with the older players, we have a lot of consistency with [them]. Now, where are the young players going to plug in and what can they con-
tribute to our team immediately and maybe unexpected.” The Longhorns will be without junior center Imani McGee-Stafford and freshman forward Diani Akigbogun because of injuries. Aston said she has been pleased with how McGee-Stafford, her star center, has handled the injury. “It was interesting to watch how [McGee-Stafford] would react to her injury and whether she would be invested in the team or be a little distant,” Aston said. “She’s been extremely invested — almost taken on a little bit of a coach role all of a sudden.” No timetable is set for either injured players’ return, but, according to Aston, there is a “great possibility” that McGee-Stafford will play this season. “Having a couple of injuries was a setback for our mind-sets to begin with, but it’s exciting,”
Aston said. “It’s exciting the potential of this team, and I’m cautious with the ‘potential’ word because that’s what it is right now. You’re asking [the sophomores] to step forward, and the freshmen not to be freshmen and contribute heavily to our team.” While expectations are high for the team, there is no reason to jump to conclusions after the first couple of games. “But I also think that this team, from a chemistry perspective, is going to take some time to gel, and it’s going to take some time,” Aston said. “But I’m really encouraged by where I think we will be.” Ultimately, Aston believes the team will put a good product on the floor for fans to watch. “Our team is going to be exciting,” Aston said. “It’s going to be one of those teams where the word is going to get out that we’re a fun team to watch.”
Texas athletics sent out a full-blast email to students Wednesday asking them for a favor. The email, with the subject line “Burnt Orange Blowout,” asked students and faculty to wear burnt orange all day Friday in preparation for the Texas men’s basketball home opener against North Dakota State. While it is a typical practice
for schools to ask students to dress up, it is far from a common request in Austin. For the past few season, the Longhorns have struggled to gain any passion or support behind their basketball program. After getting knocked out in the third round of the NCAA tournament in 2011, Texas had trouble filling the burnt orange seats of the Frank Erwin Center. However, Wednesday’s email represents a change in
Texas plays host to Rice in the NCAA tournament @dclay567
After losing a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out against No. 9 West Virginia in the second round of last weekend’s Big 12 tournament, all the Texas women’s soccer team could do was cross its fingers and hope that a late-season surge would be enough to get them back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011. The results exceeded even head coach Angela Kelly’s expectations. Texas ended up getting not just a tournament bid but also the opportunity to host the opening round in Austin against the Conference USA champion Rice
Owls on Friday at 5 p.m. “Its great to have the seniors play in front of the home crowd for another time when you really weren’t expecting it,” Kelly said. “That’s like icing on the cake for our senior class.” The Longhorns will enter their second postseason tournament with a huge boost of confidence following last weekend’s strong showing against two ranked opponents in the Big 12 Championship. “We did everything correct, and it’s just a testament to our program and how much we’ve grown since the beginning of the year,” senior
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VOLLEYBALL
Longhorns hope to clinch Big 12 title By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74
Texas volleyball entered the season with two goals: win the Big 12 title and win a national championship. However, after a loss to Oklahoma on Oct. 25, the first goal was in jeopardy. While the Longhorns’ loss
to the Sooners hurt Texas’ Big 12-title hopes, it helped the team refocus and fueled them to four-straight Big 12 wins. “We are focusing on doing well in the conference,” sophomore outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame. “Our main goal is to win the national championship, but we also
TODAY IN HISTORY
1993 Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history.
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SOCCER
By Daniel Clay
“Is it too ealy for cheez-its? Eh.”
want to win our conference. Because we have a loss, that puts a little more pressure on our backs. We embrace that.” With a 3-0 sweep against West Virginia on Nov. 7 and an Oklahoma loss to Iowa State on Wednesday, No. 5
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Senior midfielder Sharis Lachapelle and the Longhorns will host Rice in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Cross Country fights for NCAA bid
Texas heads to Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday to make its final push for an NCAA Championship bid at the NCAA South Central Regional. The top two teams from every region automatically make the championships. The Longhorn men, who have qualified for the championship six-years straight, are currently ranked second in the region. The women are ranked seventh and looking to make it back to the championship after missing the mark last year. With few at-large bids available, a first- or secondplace finish is paramount for the Longhorns. “We are a better team than seventh place in the conference,” assistant coach Brad Herbster said of the women. “I know that, the girls know that, so we just got to step up and do a better job.” Herbster is planning to use the disappointing finishes at the Big 12 Championship two weeks ago as motivation for both teams to excel Friday afternoon. “We cannot go into the region meet on the men’s or the women’s side and expect them to let us into the national meet because we’re Texas.” Herbster said “We’ve got to work. ” —James Grandberry
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SPORTS
THEATER & DANCE
Alumna goes for gold, heads fitness crew Nigerian kidnappings
inspire student’s dance
By Hunter Jekot @Dr_Je_
For Kendra Chambers, life is a constant workout. A former member of the UT track team, Chambers now works as a production assistant for the Longhorn Network, leads her own personal fitness group four days a week and drives to and from San Antonio almost every day to train for the Olympics. Passionate about being the best that she can be in every aspect of her life, Chambers’ drive to compete in the Olympics comes not from the quest for fame — but from an internal want for accomplishment. “When you want to do something the best that you can physically, there’s certain steps you have to take,” Chambers said. “For track and field, it comes with being on the world-class stage. I know if I’m in that setting, it will help push to max out my full potential.” Chambers makes the daily drive to San Antonio in order to be trained by coach Rose Monday, the middle distance chair for USA Track & Field. “It’s great to be around the best of the best at what you do,” Chambers said. “We do a lot of workouts geared toward the 800 [meter] and the 1,500 [meter]. I’m learning a lot, and I’m excited.” With the Olympics constantly on her mind, Chambers’ other dream of working for the
By Logan Herrington @lherrington49
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Kendra Chambers, former UT track team member, is training for the 2016 Olympics alongside former teammate Stacey-Ann Smith.
Longhorn Network keeps her in Austin. A few months after graduating, an adviser suggested Chambers apply for an open position at the Longhorn Network. “[He] remembered that I was really into Longhorn Network, and that’s ultimately what I wanted to do after I graduated,” Chambers said. “A position opened up, and he was like, ‘Would you like to come in and interview for it?’ and I was like, ‘Of course,’ and it kind of just went from there.” It didn’t take long before Chambers realized she could use her own skills to help out fellow Longhorns. Chambers started her own training group, KC’s Fitness Crew, in order to access a larger amount of students and friends asking for her help.
“I created [KC’s Fitness Crew] after spending a month or two with friends [who] wanted me to help them work out,” Chambers said. “It evolved into other people wanting to come work out, and it just kind of snowballed into this.” The fitness program has served as the perfect trial run for a future business venture, according to Chambers. When she is done competing, she plans to get her personal training certificate and pursue training on a more professional level. Courtney Coleman, business and marketing senior and Chambers’ boyfriend, often attends or watches the fitness sessions. Coleman said Chambers’ motivation has made a positive impact on his life.
“Her motivational attitude was definitely one of the main things that attracted me to her,” Coleman said. “It helps me be the best that I can, and we help support each other in any way we can.” Stacey-Ann Smith, former Texas athlete and one of Chambers’ best friends, said Chambers’ attitude helped her pursue her goals, too. Smith ran track at UT and lived with Chambers while they were students. Smith also spends her time pursuing a goal of competing in the Olympics while running her own physical boot camp. “Kendra and I are gogetters,” Smith said. “We’re always trying to help other people, and we’re always trying to do things to better ourselves. I think the camp is something that’s helped us accomplish those things.”
When more than 270 girls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, earlier this year, dance senior Tawny Garcia was shocked to see how quickly the story left the media spotlight. This story, as well as other stories of violence against women, became the inspiration for Garcia’s dance production, “Gone,” which will debut Friday as part of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s annual “Fall for Dance” program. “Initially, I had heard the story on social media,” Garcia said. “It was one of those stories that had a couple days notice, and then everyone was on to the next thing. I had a baby in January; I think that gave me a different outlook on it because, for the first time, I was seeing this as a mother rather than just as something that happened over there.” Garcia said she found inspiration for her choreography from images her professor showed in a history course that covers the Holocaust. “I felt like the isolation and the mistreatment was all very similar as far as the motion behind it,” Garcia said. “I knew I needed to somehow recreate the emotion that I felt when I saw these images in my piece.” One movement Garcia based off these images involves the dancers clustering together while one tries to reach out through them.
Garcia said this reminded her of images of people trapped under rubble, trying to escape. The dancers’ costumes were picked with these themes in mind as well. Rebecca Bagley, a dance senior who is one of the dancers representing the Nigerian girls, said she will wear two costumes during the performance. She will begin dressed in a blue top and gray skirt — similar to that of a schoolgirl in Chibok — but will change into a nude-colored dress to represent being taken and stripped of her identity. Bagley said she enjoyed seeing how the production evolved. “It was cool to be included in the process because, sometimes, a choreographer can come in and give you a movement, and you don’t know where it is coming from,” Bagley said. “We were very informed about everything, so that definitely influences how we perform it because we are so invested in where this piece came from and what it is inspired by.” Garcia said she learned a lot about violence against women during the creation of her dance. “I think [these stories] are in the news,” Garcia said. “But I think we don’t really know how to take it in and change it because the violence is almost too much to expect — that people could do that. But we need to accept it for what it is and make it a larger story.”
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