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UTPD responds to campus trespassing
Runoff debate focuses on affordability, transportation
By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
UTPD officers arrested a non-UT subject earlier this week found sleeping on a couch on the fifth floor of the Gates-Dell Complex. According to the UTPD crime log, the subject had previously been issued a written criminal trespass warning. Criminal trespass
incidents like this one are common on campus, especially when colder temperatures drive homeless individuals to seek warmth in campus buildings, according to UTPD. UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said the topthree buildings for criminal trespass on campus are Walter Webb Hall, the Union and San Antonio Garage. Posey said criminal
trespass incidents increase at varying rates throughout the year, but the most active months are during the fall. UTPD has reported nine additional criminal trespass incidents so far this month, four of which involved individuals sleeping in campus buildings. Posey said UTPD follows a specific protocol through the county attorney’s office
to determine whether to arrest individuals who trespass on campus. “UTPD will warn a person in writing the first time they are found in a criminal trespass situation,” Posey said in an email. “The written notice serves as notification that entry is forbidden to non-UT affiliated persons who do not have legitimate business to conduct in the
building or the building is closed. “The [criminal trespass] warning is for all UT buildings and is valid for two years,” Posey said. “The officer will assess the situation to determine the facts and make the decision to arrest if the situation warrants.” Posey said UTPD
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SPORTS
After tough first set, Texas beats Baylor 3-1 By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox
WACO — For the third time in the last four matches, the No. 3 Longhorns found themselves in trouble after the first set. The upset-minded Baylor Bears (14-15, 4-10) held the Longhorns to a .136 hitting percentage while drilling 16 kills in the process. But, as they had at Oklahoma and at home against Kansas State, Texas took the momentum back with a big second set and held off the Bears in a 3-1 win at the Ferrell Center on Wednesday night. “We came out sluggish,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “I thought we did a good job blocking and giving ourselves a chance and had some players really step up tonight.” The Longhorns (21-1, 13-1 Big 12) came out flat in the first set. After tying the match at 9, Texas allowed Baylor to
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Daulton Venglar| Daily Texan Staff
Senior outside hitter Khat Bell and the No. 3 Longhorns beared down on upset-minded Baylor. Texas defeated the Bears 3-1 after struggling in the first set. Bell finished with 14 kills.
By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng
The first of eight Austin mayoral runoff debates grew heated as the candidates discussed property taxes Wednesday at the Time Warner Cable News studio. On Election Day, Steve Adler and Mike Martinez led the eight-person race in the general election with 37 and 31 percent of the vote, respectively. With neither receiving more than 50 percent of the vote, the two will face each other again in a Dec. 16 runoff election. Adler defended his 20-percent homestead exemption plan, and he said Dallas and Fort Worth have successfully used a similar policy. “We’re losing people and communities,” Adler said. “People can’t afford to live here because they can’t pay the property tax. The property tax is a regressive tax, and the burden on lower-income families is four times greater than property taxes on the top 1 percent.” The 20-percent homestead exemption Adler supports would bring down a property’s value and, therefore, reduce property taxes. He argued that the lower-income citizens of Austin would benefit more, but Martinez disagreed. “The reality of the 20-percent homestead exemption is that it benefits the wealthy the most,”
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CAMPUS
SG chief of staff at risk for removal
Civil Rights Act turns 50, equality still not reality
By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
After a group of Student Government representatives sought his removal, Chris Jordan, SG chief of staff, will be monitored by assembly members for compliance with SG policy and behavior. At the SG meeting Tuesday, Jessica Sherman, external affairs committee chair, announced that there would be a new code of conduct and expectations implemented as a zero-tolerance policy to address the responsibilities and behavior of an executive member. The announcement came after members of the assembly attempted to remove Jordan from office. A draft of a document, titled “In Support of Chris Jordan’s Removal From Office,” was obtained by The Daily Texan and called for his removal, listing reasons behind the assembly’s decision. According to Cameron Crane, College of Natural Sciences representative, the anonymously written document was supported by over 20 assembly members and was
By Nidia Cavazos @NCnidia
Mariana Muñoz | Daily Texan Staff
Chris Jordan, Student Government chief of staff, is under scrutiny after accusations of noncompliance with SG policy.
intended for internal sharing. Currently, no formal document is required to remove an individual from an appointment. According to Crane, who said he did not contribute to the document, assembly members had been sharing and contributing to it over the past week. The document outlines claims of Jordan’s alleged
misconduct, which include Jordan’s supposed failure to release interview notes for external and internal positions in April. The document claims his actions were intentional and that he was aware of the rules requiring the notes to be released. According to the document, Jordan has also “exhibited patterns of bullying
and physical aggression.” In addition, it stated Jordan failed to communicate with his agency directors and other UT-related entities, claiming he did not file impact reports and poorly handled a proposed Austin City Council debate. “I don’t think that he
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Historians, curators and political leaders discussed the current status of the African-American population within the U.S. 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 during a panel on Wednesday. The panel, titled “The Civil Rights Act at Fifty” and hosted by the Department of History at Garrison Hall, included Gonzalo Barrientos, Jr., former Texas state senator, Alison Beck, director for special projects at the Briscoe Center for American History, and UT history professors Laurie Green, Leonard Moore and Juliet Walker. Each panelist agreed that the U.S. is not at an ideal state in terms of African-Americans’ development. Walker, the founder and director of the Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneurship, and Technology, said the business model in the U.S.
is one key example where evidence demonstrates that African-Americans are not as well off as it was foreseen when the civil rights legislation was signed. According to Walker, there are very few black businesses in the U.S., and the white population continues to be the leading force in businesses. “In 2007, it was determined that there were only 1.9 million black businesses in America, of which only five had business receipts over a billion dollars,” Walker said. Moore said the existing model of athletic departments demonstrates how AfricanAmericans remain “under” the white population, as many university athletic departments rely on the talent of African-American players to elevate their teams and, in turn, generate larger profits.
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UT student balances engineering with politics. PAGE 8
Guest lecturer talks about “Gone with the Wind.” PAGE 3
The Challenger offers economic opportunity. PAGE 4
Women’s basketball faces challenge against Stanford. PAGE 7
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