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City Council approves land code rewrite

Dell Medical School hires first heads of departments

By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng

In looking at the land development code rewrite Thursday, the Austin City Council voted 6-1 to approve Approach 2, known as “The Deep Clean,” which reformats the code with a medium amount of rewriting. Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted against it and said he supported the more extensive option of Approach 3, “The Complete Makeover.”

The initiative, known as CodeNEXT, had three op-

tions to approach revising Austin’s land development code. Opticos, the city planning consultant hired by Austin to aid in the code rewrite, recommended “The Deep Clean” because it would take less time to execute than “The Complete Makeover” but would still hit many goals the city had in rewriting city code.

Council member Bill Spelman said he was concerned about the symbolism each option held after so much discussion.

“It seems to me the issue

has been clouded to some extent,” Spelman said. “The way the issue has been framed — to take Approach 1, Approach 2, Approach 3 — very early became symbolic and political. We lost sight of the fact that we were talking about a scope of work for a particular contract, and it was not necessarily the same as, ‘Will this work better?’”

Spelman moved to adopt the second approach with a few amendments. He proposed to allow consultants

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yond the three-point arc, and, despite limiting the Hawkeyes to 25 percent

The University hired its first two department chairs for the upcoming Dell Medical School earlier this week.

Kevin Bozic will be the new chair of the medical school’s surgery department, and Amy Young was hired as the new chair of the obstetrics and gynecology department. Bozic said he plans to build his departments in such a way as to help make the Dell Medical School a nationally recognized institution.

“I am very excited about the opportunity,” Bozic said. “Austin has a very vibrant community who embraces innovation and change. I am looking forward into capitalizing the entrepreneurial, innovating spirit and improving the value of health care.”

Bozic said he has held leadership positions at institutions across the nation. He previously worked with Clay Johnston, Dell Medical School dean, at the University of California-San Francisco, where he is a professor and vice chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School.

He graduated from the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco School of Medicine and the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program.

“A new way of teaching medicine in the new Dell school is to first understand the needs of the patient and organize a system to optimize the help to the patient,” Bozic said.

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City Council member Kathie Tovo speaks at Thursday’s Council meeting. The Council voted 6-1 in favor of “The Deep Clean” approach. Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted against the approach.

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HOLMES HOMES IN

By Peter Sblendorio @petersblendorio

NEW YORK CITY — Senior forward Jonathan Holmes accepted much of the blame for the Longhorns’ first-half struggles against Iowa.

But he also deserved most of the credit for the team’s second-half turnaround.

Holmes opened the second half with a dunk, a three-pointer and an andone lay-in on Texas’ first three possessions to overcome a shaky first half and lead the Longhorns to a 71-57 victory over Iowa at Madison Square Garden.

After scoring just two points on 1-for-4 shooting in the first half, Holmes went 6-for-8 from the field, including 3-for-5 from behind the arc, after halftime to finish with a team-high 19 points.

“My teammates were looking for me and doing the things we did in practice,” Holmes said. “We started executing, and we were able to get a lead.”

This didn’t stop Holmes from being disappointed in the way he started the game,

Shelby Tauber | Daily Texan Staff

Senior forward Jonathan Holmes drives to the net during Texas’ win against Iowa in New York City. Holmes and the Longhorns produced a dominant second half to claim their third-straight win of the season.

however, and he said the team’s first-half issues began with him.

“I think it starts with me,” Holmes said. “Being the old-

est guy on the team, I wasn’t as aggressive as I should’ve been.

I was a little tentative, and I started slow, and, as a result, I think we all started slow.”

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The Longhorns connected on just 10-of-31 shots while turning the ball over nine times in the first half. They were just 2-for-10 from be-

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Panelists compare contemporary social upheaval to past revolution

Carolyn Seepersad, mechanical engineering assistant professor, spoke about the science and innovation of 3-D printing at the second Research Symposium in Welch Hall on Thursday evening.

By Nidia Cavazos @NCnidia

Editor’s Note: The quotes in this article were originally delivered in Spanish and were translated after the event.

In reflecting on both the anniversary of the Mexican revolution and the recent outcry over the disappearance of 43 Mexican students, UT students and faculty formed part of a panel comparing the time of the Mexican revolution to the current social “revolution.”

The discussion, hosted offcampus at Monkeywrench Books, included Hector Dominguez and Gabriela Polit, associate professors in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Alejan-

dro Velez, computer science adjunct assistant professor.

According to the panelists, the disappearance of the 43 students in Ayotzinapa,

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Hector Dominguez, associate professor in the Spanish and Portuguese department, leads the debate that explores the realities that led to the disappearance of 43 Mexican students.

Mexico, in September, and the lack of action from the government have led Mexico to

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UT faculty members showcased their research at the Research Symposium hosted by the UT Student Engineering Council in Welch Hall.

Speakers included business professor Prabhudev

Konana, engineering associate professor Carolyn Seepersad, engineering assistant professor Neal Hall and psychology professor Art Markman.

The lecturers talked about the topic they are researching or their specific research findings.

Konana’s research focuses on global sourcing, or when a business moves the manufacturing of a product based on strategic reasons.

“Companies then were thinking about cost,” Konana said. “Today they go

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to be more far-reaching when they decide how to rewrite the code.

“Coming up with new material is going to be more difficult for us than for Opticos,” Spelman said.

Spelman added that the medium ground of “The Deep Clean” does not mean city staff cannot extensively rewrite where they see the need.

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According to Dominguez, the current main problems in Mexico are due to the drug cartels and the lack of action from the government.

“The cartels were once controlled by the government, but now they control the government,” Dominguez said.

Dominguez also said a major step society must take is to identify the drug cartels

“They should not feel constrained to some moderate level of review just because it said so in ‘The Deep Clean,’” Spelman said. “If they believe there needs to be more extensive review in a section of the code, they should do so.”

Council member Kathie Tovo said she appreciated Spelman’s focus on giving more rewriting responsibilities to staff as consultants phase their contract out.

“It’s very useful to have a

discussion about where the consultants begin to hand over the reins to the staff and empower them,” Tovo said.

“That’s what I see is the main piece that you’re adding here.”

Council member Laura Morrison said she supported Spelman’s revised version of “The Deep Clean” but asked to add a few things to the motion.

“In terms of the rewrite being extensively rewritten, we’ve had a lot of input from landscape architects that

we’re leaving the sustainability as a focus on the wayside,” Morrison said. “I would like the rewrite to have a focus including green infrastructure and sustainable water management. I think with the extensive rewriting, you need to get some of these things in there.”

Leffingwell said while he understood Spelman’s amendments to “The Deep Clean,” it was not enough.

“I am persuaded by

Spelman’s comments made yesterday at a public forum,” Leffingwell said. “He recounted a situation a number of years ago when there was an attempt to clean up the code, and, as they went through it, that people suggested to change this, modify that. And the end result is very little got done at the end of the day. And I think that’s what will happen with option 2. I still support that, so I’m going to vote no.”

as the enemy and then solutions can be sought. Polit also agreed that there is a major confusion in terms of what should be done in Mexico and agreed that the drug cartels present the central problem is a just assessment.

Velez said the Untied Nations has repeatedly given Mexico recommendations on aiding the war against drug cartels and gaining rights for the citizens, and that none of the rulings have been implemented.

According to Velez, many

Mexican citizens besides the 43 students have disappeared but how many more cannot be determined. He said Mexico has a set of priorities, and none of them deal with the rights of citizens or the formulation of protocol for disappeared students.

“We don’t know how many have disappeared because the government is too busy keeping track of how many oil barrels are exported on a daily basis,” Velez said.

Velez also said the situation

with the 43 missing students provoked a social reaction throughout the Mexican nation and that this is something that could possibly define history.

“It is the social response that is shocking to everyone, and it goes to show how upset the Mexican citizens have been for years,” Velez said.

Yoalli Rodriguez, Latin American studies graduate student and event coordinator, said the social response from the international community is critical in keeping

the movement alive.

“We cannot let the holiday season take attention away from the movement in Mexico,” Rodriguez said. “We are terrified that the media will stop reporting, such as it’s done before, and the government will get away with it again.”

Rodriguez, along with other UT graduate students, coordinated the event and is planning more events to involve the UT and Austin community with the Ayotzinapa social movement.

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change it up a little bit tomorrow — no sweat,” Seepersad said. “There [is no] more cost to building a unique item than there is to building mass manufacturing identical items [with 3-D printing]. “ According to Seepersad, 3-D printing is leading to advances in biological applications. She described research done at Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University, where researchers have 3-D-printed ear cartilage to be used in the future.

Hall’s collaborative research has led to a directional microphone based on the ears

of the Ormia ochracea fly.

“The fly does not have two independent ears; it has this hearing organ which is effectively coupled,” Hall said.

“The essence of this hearing structure is that it behaves like a teeter totter. … It’s tuned to detect only minute differences in sound pressure coming from one side … to another.”

The directional microphone hearing aid could be used in a restaurant-type setting in which an individual needs to raise the volume of one person’s voice and not the ambient noise, according to Hall.

Markman said in order to

learn something you have to teach it.

“If you want to maximize the quality of your knowledge, you need to get in the habit of explaining things to yourself,” Markman said.

Once the quality of knowledge is maximized, an individual needs to learn how to use it when they need it, according to Markman.

“Often, the really difficult solutions to problems lie from another domain of your experience,” Markman said.

“When you get stuck solving a problem, all that means is you’re being reminded of anything.”

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for capabilities. … That’s the kind of world we are entering in.”

Konana’s research shows new global sourcing techniques can lead to job loss in America.

“This has huge implications for you,” Konana said.

“If you don’t add value, if you don’t innovate, you don’t create something new for the company, in a few years you job will be in India or China somewhere because they are not going to invest in you if you’re not going to create additional value.”

Seepersad said 3-D printing could be the next industrial revolution because of additive manufacturing, or moldless manufacturing that makes products layer by layer.

“You want to build one part today; you want to

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Alex & Ani Bangles are delicate gold or silver bangles with a charm attached. These chic accessories are growing in popularity for their high-quality and transitional style. These bracelets go with virtually anything, including everyday apparel, and can accent an outfit for a night out. The charms give the bangles an individual touch to go with any personality. These high-quality bracelets start at just $28 and are the perfect gift for anyone with a great sense of style!

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Monogrammed items

Personalized gifts are a great way to show someone you care about them, and anything and everything monogrammed is in right now. With a simple online search, you will find virtually every item available with a monogrammed accent from t-shirts to tumblers and more. Give your favorite coffee drinker a monogrammed mug with a bag of his or her favorite coffee. Give your bookworm bestie a monogrammed bookmark and a good book. There are endless possibilities for finding just the right monogrammed gift for the right person. Certain vendors produce monogrammed items at high prices, but by sifting through sites like Etsy or Ebay, one can find high-quality monogrammed items at reasonable prices.

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Portable Cell Phone Charger

Portable cell phone chargers are an essential item for any traveller. If you have a friend studying abroad next semester or know someone who’s taking a trip over the holiday break, a portable charger is an item that always seems to come in handy on the road or in an airplane. You can find these items at any electronics retailor, and their growing popularity means many are reasonably priced. They come in a vast range of prices, but it’s important to be aware that they come in varying qualities as well. It’s a good idea to read reviews on a specific one before purchasing.

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Moleskine Notebooks

Moleskine notebooks and journals are the ideal gift for your thoughtful friend.

They come in a vast array of sizes, so you can find some for your friends with big ideas, or for your friends that need a pocket-sized notebook to go anywhere. They come in multiple colors and styles to satisfy creative and professional needs. Moleskine also makes a variety of day and month planners as well as stationary. With the vast variation of Moleskin products, a gift can be found to please everyone on your list.

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HMDX Jam Wireless Speaker

If you need a great gift for a music lover, the HMDX Jam Wireless Speaker is a Bluetooth-operated speaker that can go anywhere. It comes in several different colors, so you can pick one that appeals specifically to your loved one’s taste. In some stores this item may be up to $40, but at the right place, you can find them for just $30.

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Holiday Guide

ATX holiday traditions to light up your winter Warm up this holiday season with lights, song, celebration Victoria Garabedian Staff Writer

Chuy’s Christmas Parade (Nov. 29) Congress Ave. Starting at the State Capitol at 11 a.m., the hour-long parade features several marching bands, balloons, floats and even Santa himself down one of the most popular streets in Austin.

The parade benefits Operation Blue Santa, a program that collects toys

for children in Central Texas. The charity was initially a small-scale toy drive organized by Chuy’s co-owner Mike Young in 1987 and has since blossomed into the parade Austinites know and love today.

Mozart’s Light Show (Dec. 1 – Jan. 1) Mozart’s Coffee Mozart’s Coffee hosts a grand light show overlooking Lake Austin, set to classic holiday songs.

The 12-minute show consists of more than 150,000 lights and a few UT Austin-inspired surprises. The show begins at the top of every hour from 6 p.m. to midnight every night. Make the night even more special by ordering coffee or hot chocolate.

Holiday Sing-Along & Downtown Stroll (Dec. 6) Downtown The event begins with crowds meeting at the

south steps of the Capitol to sing along to holiday songs played by KUTX 98.9 at 6 p.m. before lighting the Capitol tree an hour later.

A light show to local musicians’ holiday songs starts every half hour of each hour along with other activities, like live music, a farmer’s market and pictures with Santa.

Non-perishable food or cash donations are also accepted for the Capitol Area Food Bank throughout the night.

Trail of Lights (Dec. 7 – Dec. 21) Zilker Park

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Mozart’s Light Show • Mozart’s Cafe hosts a 12-minute light show consisting of more than 150,000 lights and a few university-inspired surprises. The show begins at the top of every hour from 6 p.m. to midnight, every night.

Austin’s most iconic holiday tradition, the Trail of Lights is the ultimate event to see amazing holiday displays, eat local food and partake in fun family activities. It began in 1965 as the “Yule Fest” in honor of the giant Yule Log that was burned at the event every year. The 155-foot tree was introduced in 1967.

After being closed in 2010 due to limited city funds, the Trail of Lights Foundation, created in 2012, helped bring the tradition back. General admission is free on weekdays and $3 on weekends. You can even celebrate the University at the trail’s special “UT Night” Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 7-10 p.m.

ATX Holiday Contests Priyanka Deshpande Senior Writer

Here’s to holiday cheer… and competition! We’ve compiled a list of some of Austin’s most exciting holiday contests. See if you’ve got what it takes to win!

Holiday Magic Baking Contest By: Faraday’s Kitchen Store Who: Anyone ages 16 and up can participate What: Enter your best holiday cookie recipe in one of three categories: chocolate cookies, decorated cookies and other.

Prizes: $25 gift certificates to Faraday’s for winners in each category, $100 for Best in Show cookie chosen by store, $50 for People’s Choice cookie, chosen by customers Deadline: Nov. 24, in-store judging on Dec. 1 Candy Cain Holiday Lights Contest By: Travis County Who: Travis County residents What: Enter online to win free, custom outdoor holiday lighting from Cain and Company at http:// www.traviscountryonline.com/meet-our-team/ candy-cain/ Prizes: Free holiday lighting Deadline: End of November Armadillo Christmas Bazaar (Dec. 16 – Dec. 24) Palmer Events Center This art fair and musical festival presents Austin’s best talent from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, as well as wonderful local food.

A variety of styles are included, providing every visitor with a new artist to fall in love with.

Anyone looking for a sophisticated night out will enjoy the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. Singleday passes are $7 and

kids ages 12 and under get in free.

Austin’s New Year (Dec. 31) Butler Park Austin’s New Year (ANY) is a free, family event that rings in the New Year by celebrating the creativity of Austin through film, art and, of course, live music.

Also, be on the look out for local Austin food and fun family activities. The event starts at 5 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m., with a holiday finale of a fireworks show that’s sure to leave every visitor in awe.

Favorite holiday recipes will leave you eager for more Jasmine Barnes Stafff Writer

Cooking is an important part of my family and my favorite element of the holiday season. In the words of my father, “No one in our family ever wrote these recipes down. Everyone just knew them.”

Whether you’re looking for a last-minute dish to bring to a holiday dinner or a delicious recipe to make for friends, here are some special secret family recipes that will add excitement to your holiday meal.

Grandma’s Roast Beef Perhaps the most unique and tasty of all my family’s recipes, this mushroom-infused roast beef will make you rethink what a tradition chuck roast should taste like.

Serves 4 to 6 people Ingredients:

1 8lb boneless (or bonein) chuck roast 1 can of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup 1 envelope of dry onion soup, preferably Mrs. Grass Onion Soup Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Line a two-inch deep pan with aluminum foil.

3. Place the defrosted chuck roast in the middle of the aluminum foillined pan.

4. Spoon over the uncooked Campbell Cream of Mushroom Soup, and spread it all over the top of the roast with the back of the spoon.

5. Fill the empty soup can to the top with cold water and pour it over the roast and soup.

6. Shake the envelope of dry onion soup on top of the roast, covering the entire top of the roast.

7. Cover the pan with

more aluminum foil, and curl the edges of the foil under to securely seal the pan.

8. Cook the roast in the oven for three hours.

9. While still covered, let the roast rest on top of the oven for 15 minutes before serving.

‘Mazing Mac and Cheese This delicious side dish is the hit of every family get-together. What makes this family recipe stand out is the perfect mix of three different cheeses coming together in one delectable bite.

Serves 4 to 5 people Ingredients: 1 stick butter pinch of salt ground black pepper 2 cups of elbow macaroni 4 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese (about 1 cup) 4 ounces shredded Colby/Jack cheese (about

1 cup) 1 cup Pet evaporated milk (12 ounce) 2 large eggs, beaten Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

2. Non-stick spray a 9-by13-inch ovenproof casserole dish. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the pinch of salt.

3. Add the macaroni and cook until tender (about 12 minutes), drain well in a colander, and place hot macaroni in a large casserole dish.

4. Stir in 1 stick of sliced butter, salt and pepper.

5. In a large bowl, beat in both eggs and half the can of Pet milk.

6. Pour the egg mixture evenly over the macaroni.

7. Begin adding and folding in the three cheeses (save some cheese to cover the top).

8. Add the rest of the can of milk.

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and hardware reclaimed from old bakeries and pizzerias.

In addition to pizza, Brick Oven also offers a variety of soups, classic appetizers and alwayspopular pastas. And for our non-wheat-eating peers, the restaurant also makes a point to offer almost everything on their menu in gluten-free form.

“One of the reasons that we make sure to provide gluten-free options is that Red River general manager Christine Moore, who has been with us since the very beginning in 1982, is a fellow celiac.

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Pizza has stood the test of time as a go-to favorite for college students.

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Brick Oven has a daily Happy Hour from 3-6 p.m. that features $2 off draft beers and $2 off glasses of wine as well as half-priced garlic bread, meatball appetizers and pomodoro bruschetta.

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Alfonso Gonzales, assistant professor in the Department of Mexican-American and Latina/o Studies, answers questions in the College of Liberal Arts Building on Thursday about obstacles faced by Latin Americans seeking asylum.

Professors discuss immigration

By Josh Willis @joshwillis35

On the same night President Obama announced an executive action to address illegal immigration, Alfonso Gonzales and Michael Rivera, assistant professors in the Department of Mexican-American and Latina/o Studies, spoke in the George I. Sánchez Memorial Lecture in the Social Sciences and Education about different issues surrounding immigration.

Speaking at the College of Liberal Arts Building, Gonzales talked about immigrants seeking asylum.

Gonzales said he found that the U.S. refuses asylum requests for a majority of applicants from Mexico and Central America, whereas granting them at a higher rate to refugees from other nations.

“I don’t assume that this just happens naturally and by accident because, if we look at Venezuelan asylum claims, almost 40 percent of Venezuelans won their claims,” Gonzales said.

“Almost 100 percent of Cubans win their claims, so there’s something going on in particular with Mexican and Central

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American cases that we need to look at.”

Gonzales said this inequality led him to question the quality of modern democracy in the U.S. “What does it mean to deny people asylum when you hold yourself to be the bastion of democracy worldwide and you criticize other countries for their human rights practices?” Gonzales said.

“What does that say about our democracy?”

Gonzales said he would study the trials and proceedings of immigrants who go to court to seek asylum.

“I plan to go to immigration courtrooms, and I have been in many immigration courtrooms as an expert witness in asylum claims and as a consultant,” Gonzales said. “I want [to] look at the type of ideological rationale, or legal reasoning, that judges give about these cases.”

Rivera, who is also an assistant professor in the government department, spoke about his studies regarding the types of bills that state legislatures pass with regard to immigration.

Rivera said the Texas Legislature passed a measure in 2013 that would honor the “Improving women’s health is an essential part of the Dell Medical School’s mission,” Young said in a statement. “We can reshape health and health care delivery that improves outcomes for women here and helps catalyze positive change across the country.”

Johnston said the school is founded on a partnership that will help resolve the evolvement of health care.

“This is an exciting time,” Johnston said in a

What does it mean to deny people asylum when you hold yourself to be the bastion of democracy worldwide and you criticize other countries for their human rights practices?

—Alfonso Gonzales, Assistant professor, Department of MexicanAmerican and Latina/o Studies

life of Cesar Chavez, who was a farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist.

“Yes, this is important to recognize the cultural contributions of this group and of this individual, but this policy, you could say, does not have any teeth,” Rivera said.

Rivera examined the difference between bills that actually benefit immigrants and bills that merely appear to benefit immigrants.

“Pro-immigrant bills are those bills that expand access to public benefits or services for immigrants, assist with incorporation into society and those policies that help facilitate commerce,” Rivera said.

Domino Perez, director

of the Center for Mexican American Studies, said the center has made the memorial lecture into a tradition as a way of celebrating the faculty.

“The idea was that new faculty to the department or to the center would share their work with a larger, wider community as a way of welcoming them to the intellectual community of UT,” Perez said. “We also invite faculty who are newly promoted either to the rank of associate professor or full professor to share their work through these lecture series as a way of informing the larger community of new projects they’ve initiated and new ideas that they’ve been working on.”

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statement. “The decisions we make now will help make Austin a healthier place and a model for the

world. The vital, inclusive health ecosystem we want to create is starting to shape.”

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Gov. Rick Perry and Governor-elect Greg Abbott both expressed disapproval about President Barack Obama’s executive action to reform the United States’ immigration system.

Calling the country’s immigration system “broken,” Obama said he plans to make the immigration system more fair using executive action. In a speech Thursday, Obama announced the U.S. would improve efforts to stop illegal immigration and take steps to deal with people who have already immigrated to the U.S. illegally, including allowing immigrants who meet certain criteria the opportunity to temporarily remain in the U.S. Obama said criminals

who crossed the border illegally must be held accountable. Law enforcement would focus on those threats instead of children.

“We’ll prioritize, just like law enforcement does every day,” Obama said. “But even as we focus on deporting criminals, the fact is, millions of immigrants in every state, of every race and nationality, still live here illegally. And let’s be honest — tracking down, rounding up, and deporting millions of people isn’t realistic.”

Obama said he intends to work on passing a more permanent solution with the help of both parties. He criticized those using the term “amnesty,” saying it does not apply to his plan.

“Amnesty is the immigration system we have today — millions of people who live here without paying their

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Sociology assistant professor Tatyana Pudrovska recently co-authored a study on women’s mental health in the workplace.

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While the number of women in top managerial positions has increased in the last 30 years, women with leadership roles suffer more from depression and stress than their male counterparts, according to a recent UT study.

The study, co-authored by sociology assistant professor Tatyana Pudrovska and Amelia Karraker, an assistant professor at Iowa State University, compared women’s experiences in managerial positions to their male counterparts’ experiences for 11 years. The study focused on more than 1,500 women and more than 1,300 men who had the authority to hire and fire employees and determine their salary and work activities.

According to the study, women and men without a leadership position in the workplace faced similar incidents of depression symptoms such as “feeling sad, feeling depressed, thinking one’s life has been a failure, and feeling that people were unfriendly.”

Differences in mental health were only noticeable among women and men in top managerial positions, Pudrovska said in an email.

“Our most interesting finding is that job authority decreases men’s depression but increases women’s depression,” Pudrovska said. “More specifically, women with the authority to hire, fire and influence pay have significantly higher depression than women without job authority. In contrast, men with job authority have lower depression than men without job authority.”

Pudrovska said this disparity in mental health

could be attributed to various challenges women face in the workplace when exhibiting leadership skills, such as negative social interactions, negative stereotypes and resistance from subordinates, colleagues and superiors.

“Higher-status women are evaluated more stringently compared to male coworkers and are often exposed to overt and subtle gender discrimination and harassment,” Pudrovska said. “This contributes to chronic stress that can undermine or even reverse the health benefits of job authority.”

While past studies have examined the wage gap between women and men in managerial positions, few researchers have looked at the psychological differences among women and men in these positions, Pudrovska said.

“Focusing on how women fare in positions of authority — on their well-being in positions of authority — is crucial and timely because women leaders are key players in changing the landscape of organizations and the work context for other women,” Pudrovska said. “It is important not only to increase women’s access to leadership positions but also to make sure that women stay there. Retention should also be a priority.”

David Ochsner, College of Liberal Arts spokesman, said he had seen more departments across colleges cover gender equity issues at the University.

He said recently various sociology professors had covered the topic, garnering positive national attention.

“When they do these kind of studies, they’re noticed and they’re talked about nationally,” Ochsner said.

taxes or playing by the rules while politicians use the issue to scare people and whip up votes at election time,” Obama said. “That’s the real amnesty — leaving this broken system the way it is.”

After the speech, Abbott, who is currently the state’s attorney general, criticized Obama’s decision to work around Congress. In a statement, Abbott promised to challenge the president in court.

“President Obama has circumvented Congress and deliberately bypassed the will of the American people, eroding the very foundation of our nation’s Constitution and bestowing a legacy of lawlessness,” Abbott said.

“Texans have witnessed firsthand the costs and consequences caused by President Obama’s

dictatorial immigration policy, and now, we must work together toward a solution in fixing our broken immigration system.”

Perry was also critical of Obama’s speech, saying his plan would only serve to exacerbate the problem of illegal immigration.

“In Texas, we know firsthand the problems brought by illegal immigration and bad federal policy,” Perry said in a statement. “As we saw with the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who came across the border, a bad policy led to children being put at risk. The president’s decision tonight will lead to more illegal immigration, not less. It is time for the president and Congress to secure our border, followed by meaningful reforms.”

One person is dead and one injured after a shooting that occurred in East Riverside early Thursday morning.

APD officers received a call about shots being fired at the City View apartment complex at 4900 E. Oltorf St. around 12:44 a.m. Thursday morning, according to a press release from APD public information specialist Lisa Cortinas.

When officers arrived at the apartment, they found two people with injuries from gunshot wounds, one of whom later died. One of the injured individuals was transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge for treatment.

APD is still investigating the incident.

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Don’t ignore Mexican plight, as it is ours as much as theirs

Parking committee suggestions should not be given green light

On Sept. 26, 43 students training to become teachers went missing in Guerreros, Mexico because they were doing what students do: resisting the reduced funding of their state-funded school. While stories vary slightly from source to source, the general timeline has the students being detained by police at the behest of the local mayor and subsequently handed over to the town’s Guerreros Unidos gang. More than a month and a half later, despite authorities having discovered several graves, which early DNA tests suggest are not the missing students, there is still no closure for the students’ families or the nation as a whole. We grieve with the communities affected and demand justice for the families of the victims, but in the longer term, this tragedy signals the need for cooperation and collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico to alleviate the troubles that span both nations.

Javier Sicilia, a Mexican writer and peace activist, told UT students at an event Monday that Mexico is in a crisis. This abduction revealed to students what the locals already knew about the collusion between local politicians and gangs. But what is almost more disturbing than the mass disappearance is the subsequent unrelated graves found by

authorities during their search for the students, suggesting this violence is not isolated.

At the event, Sicilia suggested the violence is fueled in part by the U.S.’s war on drugs.

While other factors certainly exist, the sentiment reflects an often-overlooked reality: The fates of the U.S. and Mexico are inextricably linked. We cannot afford to ignore our neighbors to the south. As the world has seen with the Iron Curtain and the contemporary West Bank separation barrier, building a wall, or a fence, in the more local iteration, will not solve conflict; on the contrary, it often fuels it.

It is no surprise that so many flee these situations. Beyond immigration reform, activists should look to solve the problem at its source, which in the case of Mexico lies in its continued and woefully combated drug violence. With no hope of political recourse, just imagine what UT students would do, where they would flee, if they knew the multitude of protests held on campus each year were violently threatened by local police and consequently by local gangs? UT students need to stand in solidarity with their fellows in academic pursuits around the world. The U.S. must aid this state in crisis, because Mexico’s fate is tied to our own.

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Student Government has lost sight of its primary mission

By Terry-Ann Wellington Guest Columnist

UT’s Student Government prides itself on being a voice for students; its mission, according to its website, is “to earnestly represent the interests of students, to preserve and protect the traditions and legends of the University, and to support students and student organizations in their academic and community endeavors.” Recently, however, it appears that Student Government’s leadership is more concerned with its exertion of power and internal conflicts than representing “the interests of students.”

I joined Student Government as a freshman. It was the place where I met my closest friends; it was where I found my place in the University, and most of all it was a place where I felt I could have a positive impact on the student body. As a freshman I was shown the possibilities of SG, what had been done and what could be accomplished with team effort and student support. Naively, I believed that everyone was committed to the same goals and people felt a responsibility to their constituents. During my sophomore year I served as the assistant director for the Federal Relations Agency. I started out my term excited for the ways I could show students how laws in Washington, D.C., affected them and how they could effect change. Early in my term I realized that I was essentially a figurehead, someone to fill a spot. My agency director did not work with me, and the individual who oversaw the agencies never addressed my concerns, as I was continuously told to wait a bit longer. I contemplated stepping down from my position at the end of the semester because of my frustration, but I stayed on until the end of my term in hopes of seeing improvements; there were none.

After the end of my term, during my junior year, I stepped away from SG. I did not want to hate the organization that I loved and had devoted two years of my college career to. Seeing SG from the outside, as a student, has led me to write this. I was able to look at SG from an unaffiliated student’s point of view, and I began to understand why students do not take SG seriously or put much stock in legislation. This year, more than any other year that I’ve been a student, there has been internal fighting and what appears to be a lack of respect among the members, as evidenced most recently by an attempt to remove Chief of Staff Chris Jordan from office. Legislation has been passed that I, as a student, have not seen followed through on.

Instead, it appears as though many SG members have forgotten their purpose, to serve the needs of students and to be their voice.

Student Government has the resources, the support and the drive to create real change around campus. That is evident through the programs that have already been accomplished. During my freshman year the PCL became a 24-hour facility during midterms and finals, and recently, the FAC followed suit. There have been programs implemented to assure students safety, such as Sure Walk, an initiative that helps students safely get home from campus, and this year URide has been implemented to give students a safe ride home from downtown.

Agencies such as Longhorn Run, State and City Relations and Diversity and Inclusion have reached out to students about issues that greatly affect them, such as voting in local elections and fostering discussion on appropriate Halloween costumes. In the past, legislation has been passed to support undocumented students, to support Sexual Violence Prevention Month and, more recently, to update student IDs so that they qualify as voter IDs. But these pieces of legislation are merely words and suggestions.

It is important to show support for different events and groups of students, but one more step needs to be taken to create spaces where students can come together and discuss problems, to learn more about each other.

Student Government has the ability to create change and impact students’ lives, but more steps need to be taken to focus on students, to follow through on legislation and sustain and grow already existing programs.

This is not a call to dismantle Student Government, to remove people from office or to single out individuals. This is a plea for student leaders to come together and serve the University and students. Student Government has the ability to impact student life.

It is supposed to be the voice of students, an advocate. Student Government should not be just a line on a resume, a tool for getting into law school or a way to gain power. The success of a representative is not in being elected, but in fulfilling his or her platform and making a tangible change on campus.

The members of Student Government need to take the time to look at the platforms they ran on, reflect and return next semester with goals that will positively affect the student body and complete the tasks they were elected to do. They need to leave the office and the Legislative Assembly Room, meet their constituents, hear their issues, be seen and be vocal. Student Government can do better, and its members should be held to a higher standard by the student body.

Wellington is a Plan II junior from Dallas.

In Student Government, she served as a Longhorn Legislative Aide and Federal Relations assistant director.

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By Mukund Rathi Guest Columnist

The Parking Strategies Committee recently announced its report and recommendations for University parking, which include permit rate hikes for at least the next five years. These hikes were solicited in January 2013, when a group of 13 businesspeople released the Committee on Business Productivity’s report for UT. This report called for various rate hikes, privatization plans and budget cuts. The University administration has been faithfully implementing these recommendations despite campus opposition.

The Shared Services plan, which called for eliminating 500 staff positions and centralizing the remaining workers (removing them from their home departments), was met with a rally, mass faculty letter, staff speak-outs and a student sitin, all of which decried the plan as an undue step toward corporatization of the University. Corporatization is an openly stated goal of President William Powers Jr., who endorsed the Business Productivity recommendations and stated that the University ought to follow the “best business practices.”

On Tuesday, the parking committee presented its report at a campus-wide town hall meeting, at the Graduate Student Assembly meeting and at the Student Government meeting. The committee presented on Thursday at a Staff Council meeting. The permit rate hikes are not intended to fill in budget gaps, but simply to increase University revenue. This revenue will not return to the campus community, through employee wage increases or otherwise, and thus this move can only be understood as a business operation that seeks to increase profit from customers.

(Bob Harkins, chair of the committee and associate vice president for campus safety and security, told the Texan it is to fund the construction of new parking garages, but this is not the same information that was presented at the town hall.)

Indeed, Parking and Transportation Services is designed as a business to begin with, as its sole revenue stream is from paying customers. In FY 2013 - 2014, for example, PTS made about $1.1 million from citations, $2.7 million from permits and $11.7 million from parking facility fees — that is $15.5 million in total.

This economic model leads to an antagonistic relationship between PTS and the University community it serves, as PTS can only increase revenue by charging the community more. The alternative would be to bring PTS into the public sphere by appropriating University funds to it — in FY 2013 - 2014, however, PTS received a whopping $0 from this coffer. So rather than abide by the cooperative mission of a public university, UT’s proposed permit rate hikes push PTS in a privatized direction. This is an openly stated goal, as the Parking Committee’s report states that the primary motivation is to tack toward market-level rates, which are higher than the University’s. For a public university concerned with affordability, this lesser cost is appropriate — for a business, it is simply lost revenue.

In fact, $0 is a misleading figure. To be more exact, PTS actually receives negative dollar amounts from the University coffer. In FY 2013 - 2014, it had $8 million in excess income over budgeted expenses, and this was returned to the

So rather than abide by the cooperative mission of a public university, UT’s proposed permit rate hikes push PTS in a privatized direction. ... For a public university concerned with affordability ... [lower costs] are appropriate.

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University in its entirety, through debt service and transfers to various departments (such as UTPD) and reserves. PTS has had steadily increasing excess income since at least FY 2009 - 2010, when it was $6.7 million. Every year, however, this surplus has been drained by the University administration — the Parking Committee recommends intensifying this policy, and

by Year 4 it has PTS in the red for over $200,000.

This is not an unprecedented move by the corporatized administration. For FY 2013 - 2014, PTS had requested additional funds to prevent UT shuttle bus cuts but was denied even though there was a reserve fund of $800,000 from past PTS surpluses. As a result, Capital Metro announced cuts to shuttle routes in the fall of 2013, and these cuts especially impacted financially precarious graduate students.

However, the corporatized University administrators have outright contempt for the idea of affordability. In a Daily Texan news article, the Parking Committee’s chair, Bob Harkins, cited the 2012 Campus Master Plan’s recommendations as another motivation for the permit rate hikes. Harkins notes that these recommendations included the replacement of surface parking lots with more expensive garage structures.

However, the plan also states that this will “eliminate spaces that currently provide relatively low-cost options for faculty and staff” — Harkins doesn’t mention this, which is curious given that he was on the committee for the Master Plan as well. The permit rate hikes will obviously exacerbate this affordability gap, but the Parking Committee’s report does not include any discussion on these issues. Whether this is contempt or simply negligence, it is clear that affordability is not a priority of the University administration.

For students, it’s worth noting that “student leaders” like Student Government President Kori Rady match the administration’s priorities – Rady recently told the Texan that “there’s nothing [they] can do” to prevent PTS from raising parking rates. This blasé attitude is consistent from student leaders on affordability issues, such as tuition hikes. Rather than take initiative to discuss tuition, they consistently wait for UT System intervention, whenever that may happen.

Last year, an ad hoc tuition committee pushed through tuition hikes within a three-week time frame, and then-Senate of College Councils President Andrew Clark stated that hikes were inevitable because “we are at the mercy of the UT System.” This failure of leadership continues, as Rady told the Texan he is unconcerned that the student leaders haven’t formed a new tuition committee this semester, and Senate of College Councils President Geetika Jerath said they may simply repeat the ad hoc process.

This contempt for affordability — whether about Shared Services, tuition hikes or parking rates — is particularly outrageous because the administrators have alternative and direct ways of increasing revenue. The most obvious is to request additional funds from the UT System’s massive Permanent University Fund, which currently holds over $17 billion — this is the largest public university endowment in the country.

Alternatively, an in-house solution could address the fact that UT has some of the highest rates of executive pay in the country — over 100 (and increasing) University administrators earn more than $200,000. An administrative salary cap at $200,000, an amount that is still excessive compared to the average staff worker salary of $52,000, would annually save $20 million in revenue. The Parking Committee projects that its recommendations will generate $40 million in 10 years — the salary cap, which puts a minor dent in inequality at a public university, would generate $200 million in that same time. Those who want to fight for a public university can sign the petition against the hikes.

Those who want to fight for a public university can sign the petition against the hikes, a link to which can be found in the online version of this column.

Rathi is a computer science honors junior from Austin.

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“The Theory of Everything” explores the relationship between physicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and his first wife, Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). The film premieres Friday.

Film explores Hawking hardships

By Alex Pelham @TalkingofPelham

“The Theory of Everything” is a film about both failure and success. On one hand, it pays tribute to the achievements and hardships of Stephen Hawking — one of the most celebrated scientific minds of all time.

On the other, it explores the slow deterioration of his romantic relationship with his first wife and greatest friend. The balance between the narratives is in favor of the romanticized account of their relationship, which ultimately displays Hawking’s life as an engaging and emotional journey.

While studying at Cambridge, young Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) meets Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). The two bond instantly, around the time Hawking begins to develop

an intricate theory about black hole radiation. Tragically, Hawking discovers his body is deteriorating because of a motor neuron disease, which shuts down his body over the course of several years and leaves him nearly paralyzed. Despite this, Stephen marries Jane and becomes world famous for his research. As he becomes more renowned, and his body continues to shut down, Stephen and Jane’s marriage begins to disintegrate. This leaves the couple wondering whether their relationship can survive both the destruction of Stephen’s body and the fame thrust upon the physicist.

The focus on Hawking’s relationship with Jane bodes well for the film because the true emotion of the movie relies on the bond between the two. It’s interesting to see the marriage develop, which

makes it more devastating when it becomes inevitably clear it will not survive.

Anthony McCarten’s script details both the humor and tragedy that defined the duo’s time together.

It is indeed jarring to watch the breakdown of his body. Director James Marsh does not gloss over how agonizing the disease is to Hawking. The gradual impact of the disease is subtle and disturbing. Every limp and failed attempt to create motion are painful to witness, but they make his journey feel more inspiring.

Redmayne is great at portraying the awkward yet clever demeanor Hawking possesses. The character becomes more enjoyable as he struggles with and adapts to the disease. Redmayne underplays some of the arrogance that the real-life Hawking has been

accused of possessing and spends more time playingup Hawking’s charismatic side. Jones wonderfully displays the patient struggle with her husband’s disability and success. She accurately showcases the kindness of the character, along with the sorrow she feels as she recognizes the marriage is slowly collapsing.

“The Theory of Everything” is heavily romanticized yet remains an intriguing look into Hawking’s accomplished life. The film explores the more emotional side of his legacy and does so with brilliant acting from the leads. It examines a relationship that is wonderful to watch and heartbreaking to see collapse. The combination of McCarten’s screenplay and Marsh’s direction creates a stellar look at both Hawking’s accomplishments and failures.

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“You see a lot of artists out there today, and you realize that it’s not even about the music anymore, it’s about so much more,” Schindler said.

“We’re trying to make music the most important thing again. We want to create music that’s so good people will be willing to pay for it, even if they don’t have to.”

The growing popularity of music streaming is something that labels like Avenue F and InfiniD Music have to take into consideration because they believe many people now turn toward streaming services like Spotify rather than actually purchasing their music.

Music recording technology sophomore Dashon Moore, who later teamed up with classmate and fellow music recording senior

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“I hope that we have a clear vision of what we want the group to be as a whole because, right now, we are really fresh and new, and our vision for the group is still kind of blurred,” Penry said.

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“Singing and entertainment is really important, but we really like to inspire with our music, especially being the first all-female a cappella group at UT,” Grosenbacher said. “We want to send out a big message of female empowerment — going with what you want.”

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“Sometimes the artists that come in need help with music videos or promotional videos,” Cardwell said. “We’re kind of all encompassing in what we provide them. We want to help build their vision with them instead of just outsourcing it to other people like other record labels might.”

The group prides itself on providing a collaborative space that will help artists create as freely as possible.

“Our mission statement is helping people make the music that they want to make,” Moore said. “We just want to have an honest and open space for them to create. I don’t think music should just be a business, but it should be something that lets artists develop and get their message out.”

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Horns better in second half at the Garden

By Evan Berkowitz @Evan_Berkowitz

NEW YORK CITY — It was a tale of two halves at Madison Square Garden. Iowa came out ready, opening up a double-digit first-half lead.

But the Longhorns dominated the second half, outscoring the Hawkeyes by 20 en route to a big win. Here are five things that stood out for Texas — both good and bad: Offensive adjustments In the first half, the Texas offense became predictable against the zone, as it looked to “run its offense.” While the bigs were jockeying for position in the post, the guards seemed to enjoy the meaningless passes around the perimeter. Even worse, they were neither ready to shoot nor ready to drive.

Because of this, Iowa was able to come up with seven steals in the first half. But the second half was a different story. Head coach Rick Barnes pushed for more drives, and that’s what he got, as sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor and the Texas offense became more aggressive.

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Longhorns talked about the confidence and improvement in this team’s outside shooting. That confidence showed, as the Longhorns let 17 shots fly from downtown. Iowa packed in its zone and dared the Longhorns to shoot. Instead, junior center Cameron Ridley attempted just four shots. Freshman forward Myles Turner got few touches down low and in the high post.

“We got to put it in there,” Barnes said after the contest.

Dominant defense The Hawkeyes came in as a fast-paced, offensive team that averaged 88.5 points through their first two games. But Texas shut them down, using seven blocks to hold Iowa to a 29.6 shooting percentage.

In the second half, when stops were a must, the Longhorns clamped down.

Iowa managed to make only 16 field goals in the game. Junior guard Demarcus Holland led the Longhorns on defense, giving fits to Iowa all game — not just with on-the-ball defense but with off-the-ball as well.

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Sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor dribbles toward the hoop during Texas’ contest against Iowa at Madison Square Garden, where the Longhorns overcame first-half struggles.

Holmes leads his team Senior guard Jonathan Holmes’ eight straight points in the second half quickly brought Texas back after a sluggish start.

While Taylor was impressive in the second half, Holmes was the one who stepped up when the team needed to make a shot. He may not be the flashiest player on the team, but his

fundamentals are sound, and he rarely gets fazed by the moment. Even when things are going wrong, he takes responsibility by showing how much calmer and more collected he is than anyone else out there on the floor. And his line showed that, as he went 7-for-12 with 19 points while also hauling in five rebounds.

Too many fouls From day one, Barnes was adamant about his team needing to play good defense without fouling. On Thursday, however, they kept fouling.

The Longhorns committed 22 fouls and allowed Iowa to take 28 free throws. Even though Iowa struggled from the field, making just 16 field goals, it was able to stay in the game from the charity stripe.

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Senior outside hitter Khat Bell and the Longhorns fight off a Baylor attacker during their match in Waco on Wednesday night.

Longhorns set eyes on fixing first-set woes

By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox

At first glance, the Longhorns’ volleyball record shows they’re well on their way to another run at the national championship.

With a 21-1 record — the lone loss coming at home against Oklahoma — and its fourth Big 12 championship already in hand, Texas appears set to contend for its second NCAA title in three years. But on a closer look, specifically the last four matches, there’s a troubling trend the Longhorns are looking to end before the tournament rolls around.

The Longhorns have dropped the first set in three of their last four matches, and, in two of those, the first sets haven’t even been close.

“We’ve got to come out better in game one,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said.

“We’ve got to be able to get everyone playing on the same night.”

In each of those first set losses, the Longhorns have struggled to take control of the match early, posting only a combined .159 hitting percentage. Meanwhile, their opponents in those matches, which include Oklahoma and Kansas State, have posted a hitting percentage of .316 and outscored Texas by an average of five points in the first set.

“I think the dynamics about the first set [have to change] and just coming out strong and just knowing that every team is going to play their best against us no matter who it is,” senior outside hitter Khat Bell said.

Once the first set passes,

however, the Longhorns have returned to their dominant ways. Texas outscored Kansas State and Baylor by an average of 8 points and posted a .253 hitting percentage while holding them to just a .088 hitting percentage.

Still, Elliott knows they have to come out ready to play right from the start, especially against tougher teams.

The Longhorns likely won’t be able to afford a similar start to their match Saturday against a Kansas team that’s looking to solidify itself for an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament.

The Jayhawks come into the match tied for second in the Big 12 and riding a threematch winning streak, which includes a sweep of in-state rival Kansas State. They also received votes in the latest AVCA rankings. Kansas is second in the conference in opponent hitting percentage and first in assists and kills per set.

Kansas also boasts three of the top four hitters in terms of hitting percentages in the conference. Freshman middle blocker Kelsie Payne leads the Jayhawks with a .362 hitting percentage, while fellow freshman middle blocker Kayla Cheadle and sophomore middle blocker Tayler Soucie are right behind with hitting percentages of .354 and .331, respectively.

Following the match against Kansas, Texas will close out the Big 12 season at TCU on Wednesday and then face Florida at Gregory Gym in a nonconference battle on Nov. 29 before the NCAA tournament.

Texas soccer’s first NCAA tournament game since 2011 ended with a comfortable 3-0 win over the Conference USA champion, Rice Owls.

But now the Longhorns will travel to College Station for their next challenge — a matchup against the No. 12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Friday.

The Longhorn attack launched a three-goal barrage last week, but the Texas offense will be hard pressed to replicate that feat against the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame’s stalwart sophomore goalkeeper Kaela Little has been solid behind the Notre Dame backline, shutting out the opposition in 12 of the 19 contests she has played in this season.

“We just know that when we get our opportunities, we will have to put them away,” senior defender Brooke Gilbert said. “We’ve played against many good goalkeepers this season.”

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Luckily for Texas, Holmes broke out of his slump and helped energize the stagnant Texas offense. The Longhorns shot 60.7 percent from the field after halftime and made 4-of-7 three-point attempts.

They cashed in on seven of their first eight shot attempts in the second half, and, after taking a 45-43 lead on sophomore guard Kendal Yancy’s lay-in with 13:40 remaining,

ivia Brook looks ready to lead the Texas offense into a tough stretch of games. The team’s leading goal scorer kicked off her debut campaign by scoring five goals in five games before dropping into obscurity and scoring only one more regular season goal.

Brook, however, has looked as good as advertised her last couple of outings. Brook tapped in a goal against Rice and came very close to scoring two more in the Big 12 Championship tournament.

On the other side of the ball, the veteran Texas backline will be well-equipped to deal with the Notre Dame offense. The Texas defense lived up to challenges against No. 1 UCLA and No. 7 West Virginia and has conceded just one regulation goal in three tough postseason games.

The Longhorn midfield, however, could be the most essential unit in halting the Irish attack Friday. Texas head coach Angela Kelly referred to Morgan Andrews, Notre Dame midfielder and assist leader, as an “engine in the midfield.” Given enough time, the sophomore has the talent

to pick apart the Longhorn defense.

However, Longhorn midfielder Sharis Lachappelle looks like the Longhorn most suited for the challenge. The senior has used her physical play to her advantage this season, even earning a caution or two along the way.

If No. 3 Texas A&M is able to knock off Arizona at 7 p.m. Friday, a potential Sunday matchup between the old Texas foes is an enticing prospect for those who know the history of the rivalry.

“I haven’t played against them since my freshman year, so I’m really excited that there’s the potential that we get to play them again,” Gilbert said. “It’s in our blood, that rivalry. Any time Texas gets to play Texas A&M again, it’s awesome.”

Texas will have to get through another top-15 team in order to face the Aggies, but a pair of wins over a highly ranked Texas Tech team and close games against UCLA and West Virginia have shown that the Longhorns have the ability to compete with the best in the nation.

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Sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor also overcame a rough first half to finish the game with 15 points. After shooting just 1-for-7 in the first half, Taylor connected on each of his four attempts in the second half.

“It was something I had to get over,” Taylor said of his first-half struggles.

“Just maturing as a point guard and maturing as a leader on this team and not letting the first half affect me.”

Freshman forward Myles Turner had the quietest game of his short Texas career, turning in

just 5 points after scoring in double figures in each of his first two games.

Junior guard Javan Felix enjoyed his best game of the season, scoring 11 points while grabbing four rebounds.

Despite their early struggles against Iowa, the Longhorns came away with a win in their first true test of the season and will play for a 2K Classic championship Friday.

“We’ve got a big game tomorrow night that we’re just focusing on,” Holmes said. “That’s the biggest thing on our minds right now.”

WEEKEND PREVIEW CROSS COUNTRY | JAMES GRANDBERRY The culmination of the Texas men’s cross country team’s entire season’s work is set to take place this weekend at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The Texas men, after qualifying in second place at the NCAA South Central

Regional a week ago, find themselves with a lot to prove at their sixth-straight NCAA Championship appearance.

Seniors Craig Lutz and Mark Pinales look to lead the team to a better finish than last year’s 14th place finish. Lutz and senior Ryan

Dohner won All-American honors in last season’s championships, but the 30thranked Longhorns have never been successful in the last meet of the season. Texas hopes to bring back the team’s first championship trophy Saturday.

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Junior defensive lineman Malcom Brown has been named a finalist for the Bronko Nagurksi Trophy on Monday.

Brown is among four other finalists for the award, given to the nation’s top defensive player, and is the only defensive tackle on the list. He is also the third finalist to come out of Texas in the award’s history.

“I’m really excited. It’s been a lifelong dream to be up for an award like the Nagurski,” Brown said.

“When I first got here, I said I wanted to be remembered and make people proud.

I feel like being up for an award like this helps me do that. Derrick Johnson and Brian Orakpo have both won the Nagurski, and it means a lot to be a finalist like them because they’re two of the greatest to come through here.”

Brown, a native of Brenham, leads the Longhorns with 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles in 11 games this season. He has also tallied 66 tackles, including 14 for loss, which leads the team.

The winner of the award will be announced Dec. 8.

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Student record labels emphasize artists, variety

By Cat Cardenas @crcardenas8

As the first notes of “Stairway to Heaven” play from the speakers at Spider House Cafe, the members of Avenue F Records stop what they’re doing to fully appreciate the Led Zeppelin song. The independent record label’s three founders, all UT students, take a special interest in creating a label that emphasizes personal connections between artists.

InfiniD Music, another UT student-run label, takes a similar approach, with a goal of working closely with artists to develop their brand. Although both labels are small and new to Austin, they hope their shared focus on producing authentic music will give them a break in the industry.

Andrew Schindler, music production senior, Michael Gonzales, drum set performance senior, and Zeke Levine, bass performance junior, run Avenue F. The label is located, not surprisingly, on Avenue F. Schindler was inspired to start the record label after attending a music business convention.

After listening to one of the speakers, Schindler said he realized that, in order to have a chance of making it in today’s industry, he needed to have a more DIY approach.

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Music recording majors Thomas Cardwell and Dashon Moore run InfiniD, their own independent record label. Out of their apartment, Cardwell and Moore record and promote artists, as well as produce original backing tracks and scores.

themselves,” Schindler said.

“Austin is the live music capital, but there really aren’t the kind of labels you’d find in New York or L.A.” The group works with several different types of artists

whose genres span from indie to R&B. The group hopes to build a citywide community by working with multiple artists and making an attempt to become more involved with their careers.

“We’re trying to create a sense of value for music,” Levine said. “Labels used to invest in their artists and see them through albums, but now they make most of their money through commercials

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and licensing, which has completely changed the kind of music labels are willing to produce. We want to make good music and promote it as much as we can.”

The group believes that,

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Lily Amelie Hayes dances at the dress rehearsal for “Fame The Musical,” presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance. The play centers around a group of dedicated performing arts students determined to become famous.

Guest director aids ‘Fame The Musical’

By Amanda Booth @wordswithamanda

In preparation for the opening night of “Fame The Musical,” theatre and dance students worked to perfect a human staircase, a synchronized body-percussion routine and their costume changes.

Adapted from a 1980s movie musical, the narrative follows a group of teenagers selected to attend a public performing arts high school in New York. UT’s Department of Theatre and Dance fall musical will run from Friday through Dec. 6.

The Department of Theatre and Dance chose to put on this musical because it has a multi-protagonist plotline that allows a number of students to showcase their talent.

The characters are also mostly teenagers, which gives the cast a chance to play a type of role they would get cast in professionally.

Jerry Ruiz, a guest director who currently resides in New York, said he thinks the cast is different from most others

because it is composed of mostly underclassmen.

Among these underclassmen, Leslie Leal, theatre and dance freshman, creates a memorable moment during her solo by walking on a human staircase made up of the ascending shoulder levels of her fellow cast members.

Ruiz also said he is excited to be working with a diverse cast. Although he considered that some parts were written for a particular race, Ruiz overlooked this when casting.

Ruiz said a challenge typically faced when putting on musicals is making them feel realistic. His goal as a director is to overcome this challenge as much as possible.

“Even though [musicals are] a heightened expression, I want to find the truth in [‘Fame The Musical’] for the actors and make sure it stays honest,” Ruiz said.

Acting sophomore Max Torrez shares Ruiz’s vision.

Torrez plays Joe, the comic relief, in the musical but does not want to act as a caricature.

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that inspires them to be who they are, it makes it easier to connect to them,” Torrez said.

“What I enjoy about [Ruiz] is that he wants you to make the character your own. It really gives the play a whole other dimension.”

Torrez said singing is his favorite thing as well as his greatest challenge when it comes to musicals. “[The dialogue] builds up to this point to where [the actor] can’t say anything else, so they start singing,” Torrez said.

Acting sophomore Trey Curtis said he drew from his real life romantic relationships and his love of music when developing his character, Schlomo, in the musical.

“I believe if you can connect with the character, you’re already halfway there,”

Curtis said.

“Fame The Musical” particularly interested Curtis, he said, because his mom played the sound track frequently when he was younger.

Curtis said his favorite memory so far on the set of the musical was when a choreographer from Canada came to teach the cast a synchronized body-percussion routine, which entails using the human body to create sound and rhythm.

As far as the plot goes, Ruiz believes the story is universal and relatable.

“Each of [the characters] is trying to find who they are as an artist and a person,” Ruiz said. “It’s really exciting that these young, talented actors are getting a chance to flourish.”

When human relations junior Courtney Penry took the stage during a recent a cappella performance, she was terrified. Her usual singing partner was sick, and she knew she could not do this alone — but she came up with a plan.

“During the key changes, I would just start doing the most outrageous dance moves,” Penry said. “I would just start doing hair flips, and I hopped offstage and got people to sing in the microphone. What they really didn’t know is I was doing that on purpose so the crowd would not notice that I could not sing it on my own.”

Beauties and the Beat is the first all-female a cappella group on campus. Aside from performing at various events, their most recent success is being accepted to compete in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella competition, which will take place this January in Florida.

According to Penry, the founder of Beauties and the Beat, this is a great step forward for the group just three semesters after since its inception.

“We just recently made the ICCA’s — which is the competition in ‘Pitch Perfect’ — so the short term goal is to step up our game,” Penry said. “Choosing songs that

showcase all our voices and making up really great dances for the ICCA’s.”

Heather Grosenbacher, speech pathology sophomore and vice president of the group, said that, although this is a huge accomplishment, there is still work to be done.

“In a cappella, there is always room for improvement,” Grosenbacher said.

“We are always looking to improve our tempo, improve the way we listen to each other and, just in general, get better technically as a group.”

Penry started Beauties and the Beat in fall 2013 after unsuccessful attempts to join a cappella groups on campus.

“I said, ‘If I don’t make this group again for the second time, I’m just going to start my own thing,’” Penry said.

Since there was not an all-girl a cappella group on campus, Penry wanted to establish one.

“The mission is to have a group of girls come together and sing in harmony and just have a good time singing together and spread the message of being strong, independent women,” Penry said.

“We just come together and try to brighten people’s day with our singing, and we just want everyone to smile when we sing.”

Penry said she has seen the group’s evolution since the beginning and believes that

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Photo courtesy of Akisa Yokomizo

UT’s first all-girl a cappella group, Beauties and the Beat, will be competing in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella in January.