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Dean of Students investigates Fiji

By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou

The Office of the Dean of Students opened an investigation Monday into a party hosted by the Texas Fiji fraternity Saturday night that guests said was “border patrol” theme.

Many party attendees wore ponchos, sombreros and construction gear. Other guests wore army camouflage outfits, construction hard hats with the names “Jefe” and “Pablo Sanchez” written on them, reflective

vests and work gloves.

Marilyn Russell, director of sorority and fraternity life in the Office of the Dean of Students, said the administration was aware of the insensitive party theme but did not provide a timeline for the investigation.

“We’re working with the leadership of the organization as we speak and have prioritized that today,” Russell said. “We’re moving quickly to gather information and assess the situation … It’s of utmost importance.”

The organization brings

fraternity and sorority leaders together several times per year to discuss cultural sensitivity as it relates to themed parties, according to Russell.

“It’s not as though this is the first time we’ve had these conversations — our organization is well aware [of this issue],” Russell said.

Fiji fraternity president Andrew Campbell said the party was a “Westernthemed party which focuses on the traditional old west,”

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The Texas Fiji fraternity house hosted a party Saturday night guests said was “border patrol” theme. The Office of the Dean of Students has opened an investigation into the party’s theme.

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DHFS Environmental Specialist Hunter Mangrum explains how food gets from the table to the trash at J2 Dining Hall on Monday afternoon.

DHFS uses smart sustainability practices to achieve their Zero Waste project as part of the University’s movement to reduce waste.

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Campus, city focus on dating violence @jclqnwng

DHFS eliminating food waste on campus

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The Division of Housing and Food Services disposed of about 330 tons of compostable material in its dining halls and markets in 2014, and DHFS is working to decrease the number each year, according to Hunter Mangrum, environmental specialist with DHFS. DHFS serves an average of 28,000 meals a day, Mangrum said. DHFS found that hundreds of pounds of excess food are thrown out every day in the dining halls.

“In a perfect world, everyone is going to eat all of the food on their plate, but that’s not where we live,” Mangrum said. “By operating a food service unit operation on the scale that we do, waste is going to be a by-product. We want that to be as minimal as possible, but it’s going to be there.”

To collect data for the biannual study, DHFS and nu-

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As Austin City Council plans to declare February Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month on Thursday, the University and Austin organizations are working to raise awareness about domestic violence and provide resources for victims.

Barri Rosenbluth, SafePlace’s Expect Respect program director, said she will be there to accept the proclamation from City Council.

SafePlace, a resource center for victims of sexual and domestic violence, has worked to raise awareness about dating violence every February since 2010.

At the University, Voices Against Violence will continue to be a resource for students in abusive relationships, according to Erin Burrows, Voices Against Violence’s prevention and outreach specialist.

“Voices Against Violence supports people whether they choose to report and can also help [people] make that decision with [an] advocacy meeting,” Burrows said. “We support students where they’re at from a counseling perspective and raise awareness and prevent the issue on campus.”

University officials reported 21 instances of dating violence, 25 instances of domestic violence and 44 instances of stalking in the 2014 Annual Campus Security Report. The report defines dating violence as “violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic

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Sexual harassment bill Student finds new method of diagnosis aims to protect interns

By Sherry Tucci

By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman

In Texas, unpaid interns do not have legal protection against sexual harassment in the workplace.

Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) filed HB1151, which would work to provide unpaid interns with sexual harassment benefits equal to that of their paid counterparts.

The bill allows unpaid interns who face an “unwelcome sexual advance, a request for sexual favor, or any other physical conduct of sexual nature” to press charges with Texas Workforce Commission or internal resources, like any other employee.

After reading about a case in New York regarding an intern who was sexually harassed with no legal protections, Colleen Tran, communications director and policy

analyst for Rep. Thompson, said she and the representative decided to look up unpaid intern rights in Texas.

They found unpaid interns in Texas do not have rights set in the labor code against sexual harassment.

“If you’re an employee, and you’re sexually harassed, you have recourse,” Tran said. “You have options, a plan. You can do something about it. An intern, because you’re not an employee by definition standards — it didn’t seem right that you really didn’t have an option to do anything.”

Although the bill is aimed at protecting unpaid interns of all ages, Tran said it would especially apply to college students. She said the bill will give interns the peace of mind that they are protected in their workplace.

“If you’re going to work in

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Courtney Koepke, biomedical engineering and Plan II junior, conducts research on molecular imprinted polymers and plastic antibodies. Her research could lead to an improved method of detecting diseases.

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One UT undergraduate’s research could lead to a cheaper, quicker way to detect diseases, such as leukemia and multiple sclerosis, especially in developing countries.

“The reason that we’re doing this work is to create a diagnostic device,” Courtney Koepke, biomedical engineering and Plan II senior, said.

“You could do a blood test, or, depending on the fluid the protein is overrepresented in — like cerebral or spinal fluid — you could test that fluid with this device and be able to tell if a person has this certain disease or not.”

The research proposed a technique to detect diseases by recognizing elevated levels of protein that occur during diseases, similar to the way antibodies target foreign objects in the body, Koepke said.

University researchers created a device that has the potential to analyze these proteins and

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determine if a disease is likely to be present. Koepke said she deals with molecular imprint polymers, or plastic antibodies, developed in a lab to seek out excess proteins, which are abundant when a person is infected.

Developing countries could benefit most from the research, Koepke said, because they often fight diseases with naturally occurring imported antibodies, which are unstable

and expensive.

“That’s what really attracted me to this research — the kind of component that it could really help people that have less resources available to them, especially in medical and healthcare respects,” Koepke said.

The research could lead to easier access for people in developing countries, according to Heidi Culver, thirdyear biomedical engineering PhD student and Koepke’s

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graduate supervisor.

“We hope that this work will contribute to lower-cost diagnostic tests,” Culver said.

In April, Koepke will attend the Society for Biomaterials Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, to give an oral presentation on her research.

“The conference will be almost solely grad students and professors,” Koepke said.

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continues from page 1 or intimate nature with the victim.”

The report, filed in October of last year, is the first annual report to specifically list dating violence, domestic violence and stalking offenses, as required by a federal law passed in 2013.

Seventy-five percent of 16–24-year-olds have either experienced dating violence or known someone who has, according to a survey the Texas Council on Family Violence conducted in 2006.

“We all know someone whose life has been touched

FIJI

continues from page 1 although several attendees said the party’s theme was communicated as “border patrol.”

News of the party prompted a wide range of reactions on social media.

“It’s fun playing dress up when you don’t have to deal with the real issues that come from being Mexican in America,” Mayté Salazar, a UT alumna, wrote on Facebook.

Journalism senior Rebecca Salazar expressed a similar

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by an unhealthy relationship,” Burrows said. “It’s something we know happens frequently in society, but it’s not something we talk about all the time.

[Voices Against Violence’s] definition of a healthy relationship is one in which everyone feels safe to be themselves.”

Nutrition sophomore Riddhi Patodia said dating violence is a major societal issue that often goes unnoticed.

“When you’re in a relationship, you don’t want people to know your problems,” Patodia said. “But what happens behind closed doors could be detrimental or even deadly or harmful.

It happens all the time. I’ve

never been a victim, [but] I know friends who have been through stuff like that, and they’re not themselves.”

A 2011 survey conducted by a German-based research firm, Knowledge Networks, found that 43 percent of “dating” college women experience some form of dating abuse. Burrows emphasized that violence can even happen outside of the term “dating.”

“We’re here for dating violence or even hook-ups,” Burrows said. “Dating can be an antiquated term. Some people don’t even call what they’re doing dating. We want to make sure all our resources

sentiment on Twitter.

“No respect, no common sense, no growth,” she said.

One widely-circulated Internet post was a flyer titled “Fiji Pledge Rules — Confidential,” which listed rules including “no interracial dating” and “no Mexicans.” Though the viral image sparked outrage, its source was actually a 2007 post on Flickr, a photo sharing website. No Fiji member ever confirmed the authenticity of the eightyear-old image.

The party’s theme undermined the goals and

purpose of the University, according to Angela Valenzuela, a professor in the Center for Mexican American Studies.

Valenzuela said she hopes the controversy generated by the party will help bring attention to current issues at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I think an appropriate University response, in my humble opinion, would be to use this opportunity to pay serious attention to the crisis at our border,” Valenzuela said.

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are really relevant for whatever someone’s situation is.”

Rosenbluth said it is difficult to define an abusive relationship.

“What is it that makes you feel good, feel strong, helps you feel supported and reach your goals?” Rosenbluth said.

“It’s important that everyone finds that for themselves and looks for relationships that meet that standard.”

Citizens and Latino Community Affairs also cosigned and launched a letter of concern to the University community on Monday that urged administrators to implement “proper repercussions” for groups that “promote the ridicule of different cultures.”

“We have created this petition in order to express our concern at the reoccurrence of these themed parties and to ask for your support in denouncing these parties,” the letter stated.

“There has to be an end to these parties.”

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continues from page 1 “I’ll be one of few undergrads there. It’s a little intimidating, but I’m really excited.”

Sadie Witkowski, neuroscience and Plan II alumna, said she had similar feelings as an

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continues from page 1 a working environment, and you have to be an intern, you should be getting experience,” Tran said. “You should be working and not have to worry about [sexual harassment].”

Lauren Velez, communication studies and human relations senior, who has worked unpaid internships for the past two semesters, said she has not personally experienced sexual harassment but thinks the added precaution would benefit unpaid interns.

“I think, definitely, at a bigger company where I’m not going to know the name of every person in my office, I would definitely feel more comfortable knowing I have that protection,” Velez said.

Mehrzad Sabzevari, physical culture and sports sophomore and an unpaid film specialist intern for the University, said, although the protection is a step in the right direction, unpaid college interns might not feel comfortable speaking out about harassment because of fear of limiting future job opportunities.

“They need this internship to actually move forward with their career and job

continues from page 1 trition students sort through compost in the Kinsolving and J2 dining halls over a two-week period and weigh the amount of waste.

DHFS’ efforts are part of the University’s Zero Waste project, a plan to divert 90 percent of waste from the University by 2020. Zero Waste coordinator Jennifer Hobson said six percent of the University’s waste comes from recycling, trash and compost, which includes food.

“I think food is definitely a big part of [Zero Waste efforts],” Hobson said. “Even if you don’t buy food on campus, a lot of students are on campus all day, so they’re probably eating at least one [University] meal a day.”

DHFS officials have started several initiatives to curb food waste, including take-home food trays, food sampling and a promotional effort called the Clean Plate Club.

DHFS removed trays from its dining halls in 2008, almost halving their excess food waste, according to Mangrum. Kinsolving and J2 disposed of a estimated 111.94 tons of excess food waste in fall 2008. After banning trays, the same facilities disposed of 58.44 tons of food waste in fall 2009. In fall 2014, Kinsolving and J2 produced an estimated 43.59 tons of excess food waste.

Students often serve themselves large portion sizes in self-serve locations or are unsatisfied with the food’s taste, Mangrum said.

“I feel like I leave more food sometimes,” civil engineering freshman Christine Cheng said. “Sometimes it’ll look good, and I’ll take it and I’ll be like, ‘This doesn’t taste as good as I thought it would.’”

DHFS has calculated the correct amounts of food to make and serve, and the cooks and servers in DHFS’ units are trained to serve the correct amounts on each plate, Mangrum said.

If food is left over, the chefs look at what food can be repurposed or used again in the coming days. The food that cannot be repurposed is given to Angel House Soup Kitchen in Austin, which usually occurs on a weekly basis.

“We can count on having some amount of food to give to homeless shelters and other organizations in Austin,” Mangrum said. “But we can be progressive and proactive in how we not only cut [out] our waste — whether prepping and serving — but [in how] we can purchase less.”

undergraduate researcher.

“As an undergrad, you feel uncertain and insecure, and suddenly you’re supposed to be on the level of established professionals,” she said. “But as long as you can talk about your research and its potential impacts, you’re right up there.” plan,” Sabzevari said.

According to Jennifer Hammat, associate vice president and Title IX coordinator of University Compliance Services, it is the responsibility of the University and the business to protect student interns.

For University-placed internships, Hammat said students are encouraged to report any misconduct to the student’s college.

“For programs that offer or require internships as part of the degree program, the students are instructed to report to their college any concerns of mistreatment, including sexual harassment, for reassignment or new placement,” Hammat said in an email.

If a sexual harassment case occurs, the college in question can decide to no longer place students in the internship involved and report the misconduct to the business’s Human Resources department. She said there is currently no set protocol for individual colleges to handle sexual harassment cases.

“Because field internships happen in a variety of settings and locations, in any number of programs, there currently isn’t a uniform method for remedy because the internship experiences vary so widely,” Hammat said in an email.

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Attorney speaks on criminal justice reform

By Rund Khayyat @rundkhayyat

Wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system is a structural barrier for U.S. racial equality, according to Nina Morrison, senior staff attorney for The Innocence Project.

The Innocence Project, developed in 1992, works to reform the criminal justice system and exonerate wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing.

Morrison, who gave a lecture at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Monday, said her exonerated clients inspire her with their courage.

“These people have been wrongly imprisoned for 20, 30, even 40 years, yet they faced their struggles with grace and fortitude,” Morrison said. “I am privileged to walk them out of the courtroom as free men.”

According to Morrison, she has assisted in the representation of 21 individuals who have been freed

from death row or lengthy prison sentences based on new DNA evidence.

Blacks are grossly overrepresented in the U.S. prison population and are more commonly involved with DNA exoneration, Morrison said.

“Of the 325 people I exonerated through DNA evidence, 70 percent were non-white, and 63 percent were African American,” Morrison said.

In the civil rights era, Morrison said, the black minority passed legal acts by appealing to the hearts and minds of the majority. According to Morrison, The Innocence Project applies a similar strategy today to try and pass bills.

“Our clients have no political or financial power, but we’ve had success because we appeal to the empathy, outrage and humanity in everyone,” Morrison said.

The first DNA exoneration in the U.S. took place in 1989. Today, every state in the U.S. has passed a

Nina Morrison, senior staff attorney for The Innocence Project, speaks about wrongful convictions at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on Monday night.

The Innocence Project has exonerated 325 people through post-conviction DNA testing.

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DNA exoneration bill.

Morrison spoke about past instances of bias in the criminal justice system, such as when Dallas prosecutors were given explicit instructions not to pick blacks, Jews or overweight jurors.

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The grand jury system is biased and subjective, according to Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston), who also spoke at the lecture.

“The secrecy in our court process is like a Klan meeting,” Ellis said.

Although she said the criminal justice system is imperfect, the lecture inspired Chloe Sikes, curriculum and instruction graduate student, to believe legislation is a way to spark change.

“Ellis confirmed the DNA exoneration bills have flaws, but they are a step in the right direction.”

Sykes said, “[We must] focus on short term goals and work towards longterm wide changes.”

HEALTH

UT houses bacteria capable of Ebola crisis sparks discussion lowering greenhouse emissions about West African health care

By Nashwa Bawab

By Vinesh Kovelamudi

@thedailytexan

A strain of cyanobacteria, a bacteria typically found in freshwater, could potentially help lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to postdoctoral researcher and graduate student Jingjie Yu. According to Yu, researchers in 1955 found a strain of cyanobacteria, called Synechococcus UTEX 2973, that can grow very quickly. The strain could potentially be planted outside of factories to counterbalance the effects of CO2 emissions, said Yu. “The ability of cyanobacteria to use sunlight and CO2 to generate desired chemicals makes them the ideal biofactories for sustainable carbon negative production,” Yu said.

A biofactory is a type of natural incubator that uses plant matter or bacteria to give cells new functions, such as absorbing CO2.

According to Yu, cyanobacteria also have advantages as a biofuel, a type of fuel produced from natural organisms, when compared to other energy sources, such as ethanol or biodiesel.

“Cyanobacteria grow in various environments, and they are not food for humans, therefore, growing cyanobacteria and using them to produce biofuels will not create a debit

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between food and fuels,” Yu said in an email.

The cyanobacteria could accelerate the development of commercial applications in medicine or fertilizer of photosynthetic microbes, tiny organisms that use light to generate energy, according to molecular biosciences professor Jerry Brand.

Brand, who helped discover the strain, said the University is the only public source of this specific strain of cyanobacteria, and multiple scientists and technologists have shown interest in using it for their research.

“Another strain of cyanobacteria from this culture collection, Spirulina platensis, has been extensively exploited commercially for decades, although it grows much more slowly than the

recently discovered strain,” Brand said. “Thus, we have every hope that thousands of acres of [the new strain] will be cultivated.”

Cyanobacteria is important because it started the Great Oxygenation Event, a major environmental change that started the production of oxygen in the atmosphere, neuroscience junior Viet Le said.

The strain of cyanobacteria could potentially become more important in science if it can grow fast enough and has the potential to lead to further innovations in the study of sustainability, according to Le. “I think it’s pretty amazing, especially considering that this bacteria is why life is able to thrive,” Le said. “It will be interesting to see how we can use nature as this kind of tool.”

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The 2014 Ebola outbreak should not be a reason to isolate infected regions, such as West Africa, according to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who spoke at the University on Monday. “[The outbreak] is a wakeup call to eliminate disparities in health-care resources across the world,” Fauci said.

There have been more than 22,000 total cases of Ebola in West Africa, with approximately 9,000 of them resulting in death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fauci said the outbreak can be attributed to the limited health care structure in West Africa.

There is one physician for every 70,000 people in West Africa, according to Fauci.

“There are more doctors in one building in Washington

D.C., than in the entire region of West Africa,” Fauci said.

Ebola is spread through bodily fluids, such as vomit or blood. The history of regional conflict in West Africa and lack of trust between citizens and public officials contributed significantly to the outbreak, Fauci said.

“How do you control the Ebola outbreak when no one trusts anybody?” Fauci said.

People do not have to be alive to spread the Ebola virus, according to Fauci.

“Many of the Ebola infections were spread through burial procedures, since they involve a lot of touching and caressing from family members,” said Fauci.

Native B-cells, which are responsible for developing antibodies, are one of the body’s first lines of defense, according to engineering professor George Georgiou.

In response to infectious diseases, such as Ebola, antibodies can adapt to match

a specific strain of the virus, according to Georgiou.

“The miracle happens when the presence of infectious agents allows the antibodies to evolve,” Georgiou said.

The University’s Center for Infectious Disease held the lecture. Center director Dr. Marvin Whiteley said the Center aims to address and conduct research on infectious diseases, including Ebola.

“Infectious disease is the second leading cause of death around the world,” Whiteley said.

Fauci said better treatments are needed to deal with the Ebola virus.

“None of [the treatments] have been proven to work since the treatments are not occurring in a controlled environment,” said Fauci.

Ebola has potential to remain an infectious disease, according to Fauci.

“It ain’t over till it’s over,” Fauci said.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives a lecture Monday afternoon at the Touchdown Club in Darrell K RoyalTexas Memorial Stadium.

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Committee’s parking rate increases necessary evil Headline on women’s health story concerns UT writer

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this editorial was mistakenly posted online last week. It has since been updated.

Parking is a substantial source of income for the University of Texas. In 2014, parking lots and garages brought in $8,015,402 from students, faculty and visitors. With the beginning construction of the new medical school, 3,610 parking spaces will be removed. UT plans on replacing those spots in the future, and the Parking Strategies Committee has endorsed a plan to increase parking fees.

Every car owner at the University of Texas is aware of the terrible parking in Austin. As carcentric a city as Austin is, it might make sense to have widespread available parking options. However, parking lots require space, and space in central Austin is in high demand.

The construction of the new medical school will be a great addition to the University, but will temporarily debilitate our already troublesome parking setup around campus. Until 2016, the forecast for commuters isn’t looking too great.

Commuters are just going to have to wait on the new spaces by parking in the lots across I-35 and budgeting more time into their commute to factor in public transportation to campus.

With the medical complex, garages will be opened around campus providing anywhere from 3,114 to 4,410 spots. With this increase in garage spots, the overall parking rates around campus will rise in order to accommodate services to the new garage facilities and a market that is growing annually. In fact, UT faculty and students pay less for parking than those from other Texas universities. In the recently released “Analysis of Smarter Systems for a Greater UT,”

the Parking Strategies Committee concluded that action needs to be taken in order to maintain facilities and level with the market.

After considering two options, the committee settled on an average fee increase of $6 a year for student and staff surface permits and an average of $23 a year for most resident garage permits and commuter garage permits over the next five years as a solution. The Committee looks to reconvene in 2018 to assess the results and posGraeme Hamilton| Daily Texan File Photo sibly adjust or maintain these rates The Parking Strategies Committee has endorsed an of increase. In the report, the comincrease in parking fees on campus. mittee outlined two proposals they have rejected in favor of the modest A major issue with the option of concession (possibly temporary) solution. would be the turning over of a substantial amount The radical option of the two suggested rais- of area on campus to private companies. “Land ing parking fees by 7.5 percent annually in order use will be a very important issue for the future of to level with the market in 15 years. This drastic UT, and losing control of parcels by turning over an increase would shock and anger students and the surface parking lots to a concessionaire would faculty accustomed to lower rates of increase in not be in the University’s best interest,” the report the past. A $96 million gain would have been concludes. Drastically raising parking fees over observed in 15 years if this option were chosen. the next 15 years isn’t in the University’s best interThe second plan of action was to concede est either, and the Parking Strategies Committee campus parking to a private entity. The Univer- recognizes that. sity would issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to As painful as increasing fees are for students, open bidding for the parking concession. Previ- it’s important to remember that these actions are ous systems to concede to privatization include necessary in order to facilitate a lot of what the Ohio State University (for $483 million) and University is trying to improve, including buildthe city of Chicago. The concession in Chicago ing more garages and adding more parking spacproved troublesome at the start with widespread es overall to a currently cramped system. Student machine glitches, vandalism and a slow service budgets are tight, but parking a car on campus is response. not and cannot be cheap.

I am concerned about the accuracy of a front-page headline in Friday’s paper: “Texas Senate threatens to cut women’s health budget.”

My question is not a political one, and not based on my politics.

However, as I read the article I am left with the question: Are they threatening to cut the budget? Or merely threatening to target established funds toward certain purposes? If the total amount invested in women’s health would not change, then they are not threatening to cut the budget.

Further, the remark about CVS is off-target since CVS is a drug store chain, and not a comprehensive care facility.

Miscommunication and misdirection are not good reporting unless you are working for a disreputable publication. I think that The Daily Texan should follow the advice that it showed on page 2 of Friday’s issue, in bold: “You can’t say false things to sell your product, and that shouldn’t seem controversial or problematic” (Tamara Piety, Law professor at the University of Tulsa).

— Margaret Cotrofeld, technical writer and editor for the IC2 Institute.

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COLUMN

Islamic State tactics threaten global standards of humanity

UT’s decision to implement AAU survey could help curb epidemic

By Jeremi Suri

Daily Texan Columnist @JeremiSuri

One of the great accomplishments of the last century was the rise of international law. Through the League of Nations, the United Nations and other transnational institutions, the majority of the world’s governments agreed to limits on killing, torture and brutality. International agreements (including the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Convention against Torture) bound even the most powerful leaders to disavow forms of violence that had been all too common in the years around the Second World War. International law promised to tame might with the force of right.

Of course, international law has had its challenges. Some Asian and African countries have condemned the Western-centered assumptions at the core of international law.

Others have pointed to the inconsistency of its application. In fact, the United States has promoted and violated international law simultaneously. Americans invoked universal human rights claims in their condemnation of fascist, communist and other tyrannical regimes. At the same time, the United States ignored these claims when made against American military interventions in Vietnam, Nicaragua and Iraq. International law remains a frequent victim of power politics and the prerogatives of dominant states.

Inconsistency and incompleteness, however, do not negate the deep value of global limits on human brutality. Institutions and documents that condemn repression, genocide and torture create a presumption against those behaviors. They encourage alternative routines and expectations. They raise the costs in reputation and respect for doing things that the international community has so strongly condemned.

Strong condemnations are indeed necessary for the brazen brutality of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), operating today in Syria and Iraq. This collection of violent insurgents has seized territory and proceeded to express its power with exhibitionist killings of captured foreigners. The Islamic State has now beheaded more than 10 hostages, and last week it went a step further, burning a captured Jordanian pilot to death in a locked cage. The killings are not acts of Islamic faith, which condemns such brutality, but efforts to shock and frighten viewers.

In this goal, the Islamic State has largely succeeded. The killers have displayed their sadism to the world with slick, cold-blooded videos that threaten more of the same.

These videos make most viewers think twice about going to the region, or sending soldiers there. The videos also recruit a small but significant sub-culture of alienated viewers who feel lost and powerless in their

current societies. Extreme violence offers the image of power to those who lack power; it promises to give the weak a chance to exact revenge against the strong. The Islamic State videos use blood-curdling brutality to manipulate public emotions and promote more of the same. Without the limits of external force and international law, violence is contagious, feeding upon itself.

There are many things that the United States and its allies in various regions, including the Middle East, are doing to contain and ultimately defeat the Islamic State.

Washington has provided military aid, economic assistance and training to numerous groups fighting against the Islamic State.

The United States has also used its aerial drone capabilities to identify and kill Islamic State leaders throughout the region.

The perpetrators of extreme violence have inspired a strong coalition of regional and global actors supporting the destruction of the Islamic State. The United States is only one government in this coalition, and it can rely on help from many others in the immediate region.

What is missing is a strong affirmation of why fighting the Islamic State is a compelling mission for believers in a world of law, not arbitrary power. The greatest threat the beheadings and cage burnings pose is to undo the work of the last century. If this behavior can continue with minimal reprisal, then it becomes normal again, and others will follow. Some evidence of law-erosion is already evident in Russia and other countries where dictators are closely watching events in the Middle East, to see what tools they might also be able to deploy against their opponents. The historical record shows that tyrants are dangerous copy-cats.

Fighting the Islamic State requires a broad and full-throated condemnation of its horrors. This is a battle for law, for progress, and even for “civilization” – defined in this case as the widely accepted limits on violence against individuals. These limits allow space for the flowering of freedom, self-governance and innovation that made the last century such a liberating moment for many groups around the world. Without the strong defense of limits on human brutality, we will all be brutalized again.

The world has not escaped its anarchic and violent characteristics, and the United States is responsible for numerous atrocities of its own, but the sadistic inhumanity of the Islamic State destroys the very foundations for international peace and justice. As citizens, we must demand that our government affirm our core values in this fight, even as our leaders wisely search for the most effective ways to destroy the Islamic State from a distance. Clarity of purpose must accompany prudent military and diplomatic tactics. Everyone must know the stakes for humanity in the recent horrors, and why they cannot continue.

Suri is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Department of History.

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By Jordan Shenhar Senior Columnist @jshenhar

Colleges and universities in every corner of the U.S. are trying to fight the problem of campus sexual assault, but it’s unclear whether any of their efforts are actually working. That’s why it’s so encouraging that UT, along with several other schools, will implement a survey designed by the American Association of Universities to evaluate the scope and nature of the epidemic.

The survey UT bought will probably be more useful to the rest of the country than it is to UT, because our sexual assault policies are already considered very strong.

UT’s Voices Against Violence provides extensive counseling services for victims, and unlike many schools, the University treats sexual assault as a criminal matter that should involve police rather than an internal problem adjudicated by campus officials. If UT’s survey results look good relative to those of the other participating schools, that adds to the burgeoning body of evidence that our system works, which would hopefully lead universities across the country to adopt similar measures.

That being said, a school of roughly 50,000 students almost certainly still has problems with sexual assault. That’s why the administration is correct to commission its own survey in addition to the national one, designed to paint a more accurate picture of how sexual assault manifests itself at UT. That survey should gather information on the locations of assaults, to compare the nature and the frequency of attacks in different residential communities, both on and off campus.

It should also carefully evaluate whether or not participation in Greek activities correlates with higher rates of assault, which would toss some much-needed evidence into a fiercely ideological nationwide debate.

At the same time, it should avoid seeking to provide quantitative data. Unless the administration mandates participation in the survey, as it does with the AlcoholEdu course, it will have trouble obtaining valid results. Self-reporting bias, especially online, is a powerful force, and there’s no value in a study whose numbers are unreliable.

Instead, UT should offer a completely openended questionnaire and evaluate each individual’s personal narrative. From there, qualified experts can try to identify patterns and draw conclusions. That’ll be a lot more useful than a multiple-choice questionnaire with a skewed sample.

But while surveys can provide some useful diagnostic data, they can’t do anything on their own to reduce the incidence of sexual assault.

That burden falls on policymakers, who, to the detriment of victims, are increasingly diverting their attention toward attempts to implement

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broad cultural reforms.

Such reforms may very well be necessary — I lack both the expertise and the experience to contribute anything useful to that debate — but regulations designed to govern people’s personal lives rarely work as intended, which is why I fear that well-intentioned “affirmative consent” laws like California’s, which requires active approval from both parties during a sexual encounter, may cause more harm than good.

Instead, legislators on all levels — from student governments to the U.S. Congress — should focus on ensuring that young men and women know how to avoid putting themselves in compromising situations and how to properly defend themselves should things go awry.

A lot of activists oppose that strategy, arguing that the promotion of prevention techniques legitimizes rape and that schools should instead focus on teaching potential rapists that their behavior is wrong.

But that’s a dangerous line of reasoning. Acknowledging the possibility of wrongdoing is not the same as condoning illegal or immoral behavior, and teaching self-protection techniques to vulnerable parties doesn’t legitimize a potential crime any more than teaching people how to swim “legitimizes” drowning.

While it makes a lot of sense to incorporate lessons on the nature of consent into highschool health classrooms and college orientation sessions, not everyone will understand or internalize the message, and a malicious few will consciously choose to ignore it.

So in order for that message, tailored to possible attackers, to actually reduce the incidence of rape and sexual assault, it must be supplemented with an equally important message about self-preservation delivered to possible victims. That requires making sure that people know how to fend off predators using self-defense tactics like krav maga, which is taught by campus groups and university police departments all over the world. It also requires that people learn to recognize and avoid danger, especially when they’re too intoxicated to have a great sense of situational awareness.

On that front, a number of different policies could prove effective, depending on how well they respond to the primary causes of sexual assault.

For example, if researchers can establish a link between frat parties and assault, sororities should consider following the lead of Dartmouth’s independent Sigma Delta, which serves alcohol on its premises. That would provide female students with greater control of the college social scene. And if the incidence of assault is lower in public spaces like bars than at covert house parties, the U.S. would be well-served to abandon its puritanical drinking age, which would allow college underclassmen to consume alcohol through safe and legal avenues.

Without a greater body of data, we can’t know if any of those plans will work. UT deserves credit, then, for understanding that the best way to gather information is to simply ask.

Shenhar is a Plan II, government and economics sophomore from Westport, Conn.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 UT architecture professor David Heymann publishes a collection of fictional short stories, “My Beautiful City Austin.” Heymann’s client list includes George and Barbara Bush.

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BOOK continues from page 8 email she believes none of the characters are based off her. The Bushes’ next project for Heymann is the addition of an art studio for the former president.

“We know David is a terrific architect, and now we know he is a wonderful writer as well,” Bush said. “I take David for his word in the afterword of his book: ‘this book is entirely a work of fiction.’”

Throughout the book, the young architect struggles to reconcile his own architectural views with his clients’. These conflicts have shaped Heymann’s views on Austin as a developing city.

“It just seems like Austin doesn’t make active plans,” Heymann said. “That’s what this book talks about. It centers around a young architect who’s trying to figure out what to do in this city that isn’t that sure of itself either.”

Heymann said his book is more than a collection of a few short humorous anecdotes; rather, it’s a platform to discuss the changing landscape of Austin. Heymann said his connection to the city’s infrastructure has grown during his 25-year-long career in Austin.

“When I moved to Austin, I was really shocked about how badly it was being overbuilt,”

Heymann said. “I started to write this academic paper about why that was, and it was so dull. I wanted to reach as many people as I could, so it struck me that I could do that by telling a series of stories.”

Heymann insists the clients are entirely fictionalized. He said he intends for his readers to find the characters in “My Beautiful City” both laughable and frustrating.

“The characters are totally invented,” Heymann said. “My clients seem to be the only people who believe me. The book just doesn’t read false because the motivations behind the houses these people are building are very real and familiar.”

While Heymann’s clients don’t appear in the books, he said the characters are people every architect meets — it’s part of the job.

“People’s motivations for building can be really weird or screwed up,” Heymann said.

“They’re motivated by wealth and consumption or other social issues. The shifting of wealth in Austin is one of the kind of profound agents of change here. It has an effect all throughout the city.”

More than a criticism of Austin, Heymann’s book originated from his appreciation of the city and his

concern for its future.

“The book is meant to be a love song to Austin,” Heymann said. “It’s in this moment when it’s changing from kind of an innocent place to something more. It’s the 11th largest city in the country, but its structure has barely changed since there were 150,000 people here. Austin has some pretty mature decisions to make about how it’s going to grow.”

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Barton Creek Greenbelt Take a turn off the Lady Bird Lake trail into Zilker Park and begin the 7.2-mile trail through diverse foliage and scenic limestone waterfalls. This trail is not for the faint of heart — it can get rocky and hilly, and runners must be alert for mountain bikers — but it’s worth it.

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Keep running on the lake trail until you get to Exposition Boulevard. Run up Exposition Boulevard until you get to West 35th Street, where you should turn left to find the trails at Mount Bonnell. Pack a camera to capture some of the best views of the City. To get back to UT, continue running down 35th Street until the road turns into 38th Street.

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It was a cloudy, warm morning when the Texas Club Rowing team took to the Brazos River in Waco for its first regatta of the season late September. Freshman Aftab Khan looked toward the sky, reflecting on how after just two weeks on the water, he was competing in his first-ever regatta.

Khan, who had no prior experience rowing, found the competition and teamwork he had always craved on the team.

“What got me into rowing was my drive to stay fit while competing against others,” Khan said. “Even though we were only novices racing other novices in our first regatta, never have I felt a better sense of teamwork and unison.”

Khan, a Corpus Christi native, had never competed in any sort of rowing competition before coming to Texas. He started rowing last semester and was immediately attracted to the competitive nature of the sport. Although rowing is relatively new for the freshman, Khan has become completely engrossed in the sport.

“Since I have joined, I have watched many Olympic races and other pro races just to get a feel for what I was getting myself into,” Khan said.

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At 5 a.m. most mornings the Texas men’s rowing club can be found on the waters of Lady Bird Lake preparing for its upcoming meets. The club has provided freshman Aftab Kahn a place to workout and compete.

Khan to rowing. Waking up before 5 a.m. most mornings, Khan sees a different side of Austin that most others don’t.

“Nothing feels as good as watching the sun rise every morning during practice as we are out there on the water,” said Khan. “It also feels great to say you are part of the University of Texas rowing team, a feat not many can share.”

Khan also enjoys the

opportunity to try something new. As an inexperienced rower, it has been a learning process, but one that he enjoys. At six-foot-one-inch tall, Khan finds confidence in his large frame. He believes there is nothing but an upward trend for his rowing future, as well as the future of his club.

“Hopefully we will do well at our national competitions at the end of the season while representing our great school,” Khan said.

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As Khan and the rest of the team look ahead to their next competition — the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta in Tennessee — the freshman looks forward to the continued growth for not only himself, but also for his team.

“I just cannot wait to see what the future holds,” said Khan. “The whole club rowing experience has been an exciting process for me, one that I cannot wait to enjoy

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Nothing feels as good as watching the sun rise every morning during practice as we are out there on the water.

during the rest of my time at the University of Texas.”

Texas needs wins after early season letdown

By Nick Castillo

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Le’Bryan Nash and the Oklahoma State Cowboys upset conference power Kansas 67—62 on Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State takes down Jayhawks in Big 12 stunner

By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox

In their decade-long dominance of the Big 12, the Kansas Jayhawks have struggled at Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Kansas entered its matchup at Oklahoma State on Saturday, having lost three of the last five games it played in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Jayhawks looked poised to improve their record at Stillwater, with an 11-point lead at halftime.

But the Cowboys came out of the break with a 14–1 run to take a 44–42 lead with 16 minutes left in the game and hung on during the final minutes to pull off the upset.

After drilling 56 percent of its shots in the first half, Kansas struggled to shoot from the floor in the final 20 minutes, making only 27 percent of its attempts.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma State shot 46 percent from the field in its comeback during the second half and made 75 percent of its free throws in the final frame to close out the win.

Trio of Big 12 team rise in AP Poll After posting big wins Saturday, three teams from the Big 12 saw their stock rise in the latest AP Poll.

Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State each jumped at least three spots in the rankings Monday.

Oklahoma State made the biggest leap, moving up from unranked to No. 21 after an upset win at home over Kansas.

The Bears moved up three spots to No. 16 following an 18-point victory at West Virginia, and Oklahoma moved up four spots to No. 17 after a win at TCU. Despite the loss to Oklahoma State, Kansas remained in the top ten at No. 8. Iowa State fell to No. 14 after being trounced by the Jayhawks on Feb. 2.

Texas fell out of the rankings for the first time this season following its overtime loss to Oklahoma State last Wednesday.

Gathers, Hickey take home Big 12 awards As Baylor rises through the Big 12 and the national rankings, junior forward

Rico Gathers is one of its key players. This past week, Gathers dominated the court for the Bears in their wins over TCU and West Virginia, earning the Big 12 Player of the Week award for the second time in three weeks.

Gathers dominated the glass, collecting 17 rebounds in each game. He currently leads the Big 12 in rebounds with 12.5 rebounds per game — four more than the No. 2 player. He also averaged 15.5 points in the two games.

For Oklahoma State, senior guard Anthony Hickey played a key role in its upset over Kansas. Hickey scored 15 points against the Jayhawks — including the last four points for the Cowboys to the seal the win — and took the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week award for the second time this season.

Hickey also posted 15 points in the Cowboys win over Texas earlier in the week and went five-of-nine behind the three-point line. He also snagged six steals and five rebounds during the week.

Despite its four-game losing streak, Texas marched into Kansas State’s lauded “Octagon of Doom” on Saturday and snagged a muchneeded win.

Winning in Manhattan, Kansas, hasn’t come easy for the Longhorns. They lost the past four games at Bramlage Coliseum, which were often followed by chants of “We own Texas” from the stands.

But Texas’ win at Kansas State this past weekend was big.

After a surprisingly successful 2013–2014 campaign and the addition of freshman forward Myles Turner, the Longhorns were slated to dethrone Kansas from the Big 12 perch. Before the season, Texas was considered a national title contender, and the Longhorns lived up to expectations, starting off hot with a 10–1 record — the only loss coming at the hands of No. 1 Kentucky.

But since then, Texas has lost seven of its last 13 games.

And after completing the first half of Big 12 play, Texas is far from the promised land.

However, the Longhorns should use the win against the Wildcats to as a springboard gain momentum as they head into the second half of conference play.

With a 4–6 record in the Big 12, The Longhorns

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—Aftab Khan, Freshman

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currently rank eighth in the conference. Texas’ next two opponents are TCU and Texas Tech, who both have nine losses in the Big 12.

If the Longhorns find wins against the Horned Frogs and Red Raiders, Texas would be on a three-game winning streak and would have a conference record above .500. With a winning streak in hand, the Longhorns may gain the confidence they need to finish the season strong.

“Confidence is still high,” sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor said. “We are still a good team. We still have good players on this team.”

But in order to turn its season around, Texas will need better play from Taylor. Taylor is averaging 14.5 points per game, but, at times, he still looks hesitant to make a move. The Longhorns got a lot out of Taylor in their win against Kansas State, but Texas needs him to play consistently as the season winds down.

With the next two games against weaker teams, Texas has an opportunity to get its season back on track.

The Longhorns are far from where they hoped to be, but they can get close to their goal if they can build off their win against the Wildcats.

“We put it all together, and we can go on a run,” head coach Rick Barnes said. “It’s not about a run, though. It’s about tomorrow.”

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Judy Ikenberry wins first US women’s marathon.

SPORTS BRIEFLY Texas baseball team to appear on television

The Big 12 released its telecast schedule for the 2015 Big 12 baseball season Monday. The Longhorns will have three of their games broadcast nationally. Texas’ games against West Virginia will be on Fox Sports 1.

Two of its games against Oklahoma State on April 4 and April 5 will be on ESPNU. All but one of the Longhorns’ home games will be broadcast on the Longhorn Network.

Austin prepares to host soccer tournament

Griffin Smith | Daily Texan Staff

Sophomore guard Isaiah Taylor led the Longhorns to victory against Kansas State in its vaunted “Octagon of Doom.”

Mike A. Myers Stadium is preparing to host the inaugural ATX Pro Challenge Feb. 13–15. The tournament will feature the Austin Aztex, the Columbus Crew SC, D.C. United and FC Dallas.

All teams are members of Major League Soccer.

The tournament kicks off with the Columbus Crew SC vs. FC Dallas at 5:45 p.m. Friday.

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UHS stores clerk shares love for traveling Kevin Jones handles equipment and medicine as the University Health Services stores clerk.

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By Marisa Charpentier are blessed. @marisacharp21 The R&B sounds of Barry White and Marvin Gaye echo from a desk in the medical supply room of the Student Services Building. Doctors file in and out to grab their lab coats. Vendors walk through to drop off new equipment. A Baltimore accent reverberates through the halls of the basement.

Kevin Jones, a stores clerk at University Health Services, spends his days in the basement of the Student Services Building. Jones is responsible for organizing the medical equipment that keeps the place running.

“We’re the internal organs of UHS,” Jones said.

Prior to working at UT,

—Kevin Jones, UHS Stores Clerk

Jones attended college in Germany and joined the army. He handled medical supplies and repaired parts for vehicles and weapons. The army stationed him in Texas in 1985.

He settled in Austin, got a job at UT and worked as a member of the reserves until retiring from military work in 2005. He’s lived in Austin ever since.

But Jones loves to travel.

And when he can’t — whether he’s replacing batteries in equipment or marking expiration dates on medical products — Jones is always taking mental trips down

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memory lane.

On Mondays, he’s in Maryland, touring the nation’s capital, exploring the Smithsonian or fishing with his dad.

On Tuesdays, he’s in Tennessee, sitting at Memphis’

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Blues City Café, eating soul food and listening to B.B. King.

Then, on Wednesdays, he works his way down to Atlanta. He passes the day walking the streets where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up.

Thursdays come around, and he’s back in Texas, roaming around the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

By Fridays, he’s back in Austin, ready to be

lazy “like a house cat on the floor.”

“That’s how I get through my work week,” Jones said. “I enjoy life because if you have eyes to see and ears to hear, you are blessed.”

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Hit the ground running on Professor publishes fiction book five convenient Austin trails

By Cat Cardenas @crcardenas8

By Ellen Airhart @ellenairhart

UT students can find a number of well-maintained, safe trails that start or end near campus. Many of the trails are bike-friendly and are often crowded with runners — especially as the Austin Marathon approaches. The five best trails near campus are all reachable by foot. Competitive runners, Saturday morning

joggers and those trying to get through their first mile can enjoy the sweet spring weather on these trails.

Shoal Creek Head down 24th Street across North Lamar Boulevard. Across the overpass, turn left and head down the concrete steps to an oasis that feels far-removed from the surrounding cityscape.

This trail is generally less

crowded than the trails around Lady Bird Lake, but it is not as well kept. Runners may have to skip along the limestone rocks in order to cross muddier parts of the trail. Shoal Creek Trail is about three miles long or six miles round-trip.

Lady Bird Lake From the Shoal Creek Trail, cross West Cesar

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Rene Kinkade (left), and Samantha Mendoua go for an early morning run along Lady Bird Lake. This is one of many scenic, well-maintained trails near UT’s campus.

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What happens when an architect’s client wants a house that looks like it was designed by “a group of super-sized drag queens”?

This is the plot to one of seven short stories featured in UT architecture

professor David Heymann’s first book, “My Beautiful City Austin.”

This past November, Heymann released what started out as a “really dull” academic paper but became his work of fiction, “My Beautiful City Austin.” The book follows a fictional Austin architect as he deals

with his clients’ ludicrous ideas. For example, a pair of grandparents requests that their mansion’s design lure their grandchildren in on weekends.

One of Heymann’s clients, former First Lady Laura Bush, said in an

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