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CFO Hegarty to depart for Michigan By Josh Willis @joshwillis35

Kevin Hegarty, UT’s vice president and chief financial officer, will step down from his position to become executive vice president and CFO at the University of Michigan. Mary Knight, associate vice president for finance, will serve as interim CFO

until Hegarty’s position is filled. Hegarty will make the transition from Texas to Michigan during this semester, pending approval from Michigan’s Board of Regents. His last day working on campus will be Feb. 26. Since 2001, Hegarty has overseen finance, budget, real estate, information technology, open records, payroll

and purchasing at UT. Mark Schlissel, president of the University of Michigan, spoke about Hegarty in a speech to Michigan’s Board of Regents. “Mr. Hegarty is strongly committed to the role of public universities and brings a valuable combination of private sector and public higher education experience to the appointment,” Schlissel said.

“I am confident he will serve our university well in meeting the challenges ahead.” President William Powers Jr. said Hegarty has been a valuable resource to the University with regards to improvements in efficiency. “Few people in our University’s history have served the campus with as much

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Michael Robberson, a Texas Union employee and musician, has worked at the Union since 1985. While working, he has met a variety of celebrties and toured with Tom Petty.

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When he decided he needed a stable job in 1985, Robberson took a position as a media support technician. During his workdays, he sets up sound equipment in the Cactus Cafe, wheels in projection screens and amps for lectures in the Union ballroom and puts on

movies for students in the Texas Union Theatre. Robberson has seen all types of celebrities come through the Union, and he often chats with them while hooking up their microphones. He’s met Maya Angelou, the Dalai Lama and

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Technician shares background in music

with various other bands in Europe, New York and Los Angeles. He’s played with the Austin Symphony and currently plays bass for the Mid-Texas Symphony. He still gets freelance calls to play with bands and performs with a tribute band called The Bee Gees Songbook.

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Since moving to Austin 35 years ago, Michael Robberson has performed with The Rolling Stones, met Spike Lee and set up the Dalai Lama’s mic. Robberson, a UT media support technician, started out at Texas Tech, where he received his undergraduate degree in music education and his master’s degree in double bass performance. He moved to Austin in 1980 to play bass for The Joe Ely Band, a country and rock group from Lubbock. Robberson traveled with the band for three years. They toured with musicians like Tom Petty and Linda Ronstadt. The band opened for The Rolling Stones in front of a crowd of 80,000 people. “I’m basically on a little adventure in this slice-of-life existence,” Robberson said. Throughout his music career, Robberson has toured

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Gene Kranz, who directed the Mission Control efforts that saved the Apollo 13 crew. He’s spoken with film stars such as George Takei, Richard Dreyfuss and Spike Lee. “No two days are the same,” Robberson said. “That’s one of the reasons I love this job.”

The Texas Legislature is working to redefine the student regent application process, requiring student regents to apply through student government before applying to the governor’s office. If passed, the bills, SB 42 and HB 1256, will prevent students who apply for the student regent position from applying directly to the governor’s office at their respective institution without input from student government. In 2014, System student regent Max Richards was appointed to his position by the governor’s office. Richards did not apply through UT’s student government. Richards’ predecessor, Nash Horne, also applied directly to the governor’s office. After multiple attempts, Richards could not be reached for comment on the bills. The legislature passed a bill creating the student regent position in 2005. The bill states student governments within the system should nominate students each year for a one-year term at the student regent position. These nominees are then pooled with others across the system and submitted to the governor’s office for consideration. According to Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo), who filed SB 42 in November, The University of Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech systems have all had student regents appointed who applied directly to the governor. “Despite the clarity of the existing statutory language, there have been reports of student regents being appointed after applying not to their student governments, as required by statute,

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City Council approves Texas mayors oppose property tax caps bike detection funding By Jackie Wang

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Cyclists in Austin will soon be able to use their smartphones to optimize travel time on busy intersections. Austin City Council voted Thursday 83 to accept $200,000 from a Texas Department of Transportation grant for the installation of 12 bicycle signals and bicycle detection equipment at 20 intersections around the city. The City Council will provide an additional $50,000 to the project, which was proposed in the 2013 Bicycle Advisory Committee. Two bicycle detection systems will be located near the University campus, including one at Rio Grande St. and Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to a 2013 proposal by the Bicycle

Advisory Committee. Bicycles are difficult to sense at intersections because they are much smaller than cars, according to Director of Transportation Robert Spillar. The proposed bicycle detection equipment would involve an app on a cyclist’s smartphone, which notifies the traffic light a cyclist is waiting for the light to change. “There is a separate project that we have to build: a bicycle application for smartphones that would … communicate to our signal system, but it would not prioritize bicycles to the system,” Spillar said at the Council meeting Thursday. “It would just send a signal to the traffic signal: ‘hey, I’m here and waiting.’” Computer science senior

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Mayor Steve Adler speaks at a press conference Monday after meeting with eight other Texas mayors. The mayors met at the Headliner’s club to discuss SB 182 and HB 365, both of which place caps on the property taxes that Texas homeowners pay.

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Mayor Steve Adler and eight other Texas mayors met with representatives of the state legislature Monday to discuss property tax revenue caps across Texas. Mayors from Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Corpus Christi, Arlington and Plano lined up at the Headliner’s Club to voice their concern about SB 182 and HB 365. Both bills place caps on the property taxes Texas homeowners pay. Adler said property tax caps from the state legislature take away city governments’ ability to decide where to collect revenue, how much to collect, obliterating the control of local governments over their communities. “It’s the ordinances that a local city adopts that reflects its

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values [and] is something we hope will be honored by the rest of the state,” Adler said. The real issue of SB 182 and HB 365 is self-determination, according to Adler. “We really only have a few ways to raise revenue in our local economy — property taxes, sales tax and fees,” Adler

said. “If we are limited or capped in one area, it logically follows that we have to raise it in another area. Students could feel this pinch, even if they are not property owners.” Adler also said the property tax caps could extend into other areas of local control that may need specific protections,

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such as Barton Springs Pool. “This uniqueness of how we live in Austin should be determined at the local level,” Adler said. “Students come to UT not just for the education, but to enjoy this Austin lifestyle. The environment and creative culture

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are very valuable to us here, and we need to be able to govern these things in our own way.” Corpus Christi Mayor Nelda Martinez said the state legislature needs to understand that the strong economic growth of the state comes from local government managing their cities the way they choose. “What we need to do is make sure our hands are not tied,” Martinez said. “We know our cities, and we know our legislators have been able to experience the wonderful Texas growth that we’ve had, so we want to be able to collaborate and work in that manner. But revenue caps is not the answer. It would set us back.” Martinez said different cities prioritize different items on their budgets. She said the Texas legislature may not take issues such as emergency preparedness into consideration. “[In] every city in the state of Texas, you have unique services, unique reactions, also de-

pending if you live on the gulf coast,” Martinez said. “What happens when you go through the hurricane season, and you have to respond to emergency preparedness as well? Because we’re all unique, we know how to deal with budgets that are unique to our citizens.” El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser also stressed the main idea of the day: local control. “We came to kind of work together … to talk about how we can continue to unite,” Leeser said. “We talk together and have the same voice but understand every city has a unique need and we want to make sure we continue to have the ability to represent the people that elected us.”

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continues from page 1 dedication and honor as Kevin,” Powers said. “He will be sorely missed and will always be a great friend. Kevin’s love for the Longhorns is exceeded only by his accomplishments improving the university, making us one of the most productive and efficient campuses in the nation and leading us through very challenging budget years.” Hegarty has contributed to large-scale projects at UT, such as information technology, finance and procurement services and Shared Services, a plan to centralize the University’s

human resources. “If you look at any of the main initiatives that have happened at the University — things as big as the creation of the Dell Medical School — Kevin and his expertise [have] really been central to that,” UT spokesman Gary Susswein said. “This is a big loss for the university, but we wish Kevin well.” Susswein said the search for Hegarty’s replacement will not begin until after the next UT president is in office. Knight, who worked with Hegarty for the duration of his 13 years at UT, said she will continue to expand Shared Services while

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serving as interim CFO. “We’ll continue to move forward with the Shared Services Initiative,” Knight said. “It’s currently in a pilot phase, so it has a relatively small impact on the campus as a whole.” Knight commended Hegarty for his ability to work closely with faculty and administrators on campus. “He’s got fabulous working relationships with the deans and the vice presidents and really has the attitude of ‘we are here to help with the academic and research mission, and we want to do our jobs well so that the mission of the University can be accomplished,’” Knight said.

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continues from page 1 but directly to the governor,” Zaffirini said in an email. Rep. J.D. Sheffield (R-Gatesville), author of HB 1256, said the 2005 version of the bill intended students to apply through student government. Sheffield said he filed the bill last week because he thinks student regents who apply through student government will be more beneficial to their university system. “The contribution is dependent upon the regent themselves,” Sheffield said in an email. “Thus, when students are well-qualified and have followed the intended process at the university level, it seems to me that they would be more likely to positively contribute to the mission of their respective university.” Cameron Crane, biology senior and 2014 finalist for the student regent position, said he thinks the SG phasing process limits the student regent application pool. Crane did not make it through the first round of the University search, but was a finalist when he applied directly to the governor’s office. Crane said that if an applicant does not know the SG members on the selection committee, they might be at a disadvantage against those who do. “They didn’t know me, so I think that’s why I wasn’t selected, not so much based on my resume and credentials,” said Crane, who is now a natural science representative for SG. “I feel like it’s important to open it up to people and allow everyone who wants to apply directly to [do so].” SG President Kori Rady said it is important for student regent applicants to gain SG approval because he thinks it adds student input to the student regent selection process. “I think it’s definitely a good thing to go through the student government process and that it furthers your understanding of what students are interested in.” Rady said.

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Faculty Council reaffirms ban on firearms By Wynne Davis & Josh Willis

UTPD chief David Carter assured the UT Faculty Council on Monday afternoon that the police department is prepared to adapt to any change in firearm legislation. In response to Senate Bill 11, the Council unanimously passed a resolution against the concealed carry of firearms on campus.

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The UT Faculty Council passed a resolution Monday reaffirming the ban of firearms on campus. The Council unanimously approved the resolution in response to SB 11, which would allow concealed carry of firearms on campus and within campus buildings. “The Faculty Council at The University of Texas at Austin reaffirms its belief that carrying firearms, including concealed weapons, on the University campus by anyone other than law enforcement officers is detrimental to the safety of the students, faculty, and staff,” the resolution said. “We endorse Chancellor McRaven’s position on this matter.” William Beckner, Faculty Council chair and math professor, said administrators at other universities have also spoken out against firearms on campus. “We and many other campuses in Texas have passed, since 2009, similar statements,” Beckner said. “I think it was very important that Chancellor McRaven articulated a good argument for why this is not good for our campus.”

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continues from page 1 Clay Smalley said he thinks bike infrastructure is a good use of city funding. “It’s making Austin livable without requiring everyone to have a car,” Smalley said. “That’s a huge thing that I really like — being able to go places without a car.” District 1 Representative Ora Houston voted against the resolution. The lack of sidewalks in her district worried her and took first priority over bicycle

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President Powers said, at this time, it is not possible to know what safety preparations would be necessary should the bill pass in the Texas legislature. “The safety on the campus in all kinds of ways is something that we spend a lot of time on,” Powers said. “We don’t know exactly what form this legislation could take or whether it will pass, but I can assure you we will take very seriously preparing for whatever the way of the land is to make the campus

as safe as possible.” UTPD chief David Carter said, following adjustments to the law, the police will change how students, staff and faculty are protected. “In my 31 years as a police officer, I’ve seen many changes in the laws over the years, and we simply have to address and adjust to whatever those are,” Carter said. “I want to assure you that we’re monitoring and will look if there is some sort of a change when laws pass. Then the police department will adjust as

it must do so.” Carter said campus attacks, despite heavy media coverage, are rare. He said students, faculty and staff, however, must always be aware of their surroundings. “When you look at it, statistically speaking, the odds are very remote that an incident will occur at any one place,” Carter said. “Of course, at the same time here in Austin, we’ve experienced instances just like that.” Electrical engineering senior Jessica Nguyen, who

signals, according to Houston. “It seems to me that with all of the congestion in the city, there needs to be some prioritization of the bicycle master plan,” Houston said. “The reason I asked if there was a law against bicycles riding on sidewalks is to point out the fact if we can work together, we can make sure people using a cane or electric chair or walking have someplace to navigate besides the bike lanes, which is where they are now.” Houston also said the price tag on the bicycle

signals and detection was heftier than advertised. “There was a $200,000 grant and $50,000 of bond money to leverage that grant,” Houston said. “There was language talking about design standards, and there was no money attached to that. This is an additional $45,000, so it turned out to be $95,000 from the bond and $200,000 from the grant. I wanted to have a conversation about if this made sense to people.” Despite the cost, Smalley sees the $250,000 as an investment

in mobility of all kinds. “Over time, as you make a thoroughfare more friendly for people riding their bikes, it allows them to travel places without a car, and because of that, there is a lower barrier of entry just to getting around the city,” Smalley said. “Transportation around the city is essential for economic mobility, social mobility. You hear all the time about people taking three buses for two hours just to get to work. This is something that would help them a lot.”

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works as an undergraduate teaching assistant, said she received brief training on how to react in the event of an active shooter on campus and other emergency situations, but said she would like more instruction if the bill passes. “I think if there was a practice session that would have been better than giving us a video,” Nguyen said. “[It is] like giving CPR. You don’t really know how to do it correctly unless you are trained hands on.”

NEWS BRIEFLY Committee to examine admissions policies

UT System Chancellor William McRaven announced the formation of a committee to examine the recommendations made by Kroll Associates in response to the recent investigation into admissions at UT. The report, released at the UT System Board of Regents meeting Thursday, found that, while no legitimate rules were broken, the University could be compelled to take action to improve the admissions process for UT colleges. McRaven said he wants the committee to review the recommendations from the report as well as reconsider a review done last year that was compiled by former chancellor Francisco Cigarroa. Committee members include former University presidents and chancellors and a current vice chancellor. “My goal is to ensure full and open transparency to the public with respect to how admissions decisions are made at UT Austin,” McRaven said. “I realize that admissions practices are complicated and nuanced processes, but we must clearly define a policy that determines the degree of appropriate discretion at the institution level, while ensuring a fair and transparent process for applicants.” —Josh Willis

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State needs to address funding shortfall without tuition increases By Jordan Shenhar Senior Columnist @jshenhar

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Our universities need support from legislators, students, faculty By Jeremi Suri

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With all the recent attacks on higher education in the United States, perhaps most noticeably in funding cuts to public universities, one has to wonder how Americans created and supported our great universities in the first place. How was it that settlers in a state like Texas, who were profoundly skeptical of government and intellectual elitism, committed their land and treasure to creating a “university of the first class”? How was it that a generation of Americans who generally did not have a college education decided to give unprecedented funding to public and private universities after the Second World War? Why did high-quality research and teaching universities appeal to veterans of the frontier, the Great Depression and the Second World War? We can eliminate one possible answer. The founders and supporters of our great universities did not want trade schools. That was the purpose of the public high school – another innovation of American reformers after the Civil War. Public high schools were designed, particularly in growing cities, to provide young citizens with the skills and the discipline to work in factories, farms, stores and offices. They emphasized basic math, literacy and work with one’s hands. They took kids off the streets and trained them to be punctual, orderly and patriotic. The public high school created a large and reliable industrial American working class that also won two world wars. Universities were always about something different. The settlers in Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and other states who created these institutions on the frontier wanted to better themselves and later generations. They aspired for freedom, for profit and for “civilization.” The early public universities taught Shakespeare to farmers who wanted to speak and write as well as the most sophisticated thinkers of their time. And they did just that. You can see it in their correspondence and their laws. The early public universities also taught history to immigrant workers who wanted to understand the origins of their

The founders and supporters of our great universities did not want trade schools. That was the purpose of the public high school — another innovation of American reformers after the Civil War. Public high schools were designed, particularly in growing cities, to provide young citizens with the skills and the discipline to work in factories, farms, stores and offices.

new society and devote themselves to its future growth and prosperity. And they did just that. You can see it in the ways they named their new towns and streets after presidents and how they revered inherited documents, especially the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The purpose of the university was always to make citizens much more than workers. It was to help them become leaders, creators and full participants in a vibrant democracy. That is why during the two most difficult wars in American history, the Civil War and the Second World War, the United States passed legislation (the Morrill Act and the GI Bill) to give returning veterans more college opportunities. Those who served in war had jobs waiting for them, but they had fought for something beyond a good wage. They fought to make a new future for themselves — something repressive governments would never allow. A free society encouraged loyal and talented people to define meaning beyond a job. Democracy is about the pursuit of happiness, in Thomas Jefferson’s words, and the deep learning at universities offered veterans, farmers, laborers, immigrants and former slaves the opportunity to define their own voices and find their own passions. The voices and passions formed in universities inspired the ideas, the discoveries and the technologies – from civil rights to antibiotics to social media – that contributed so much to American greatness. The humanists and scientists who pioneered these innovations pursued much more than just a job. If a job was all they wanted, and all that American universities allowed, they would have simply collected their paychecks and left the world as it is. America has been different because our scholars and students have consistently changed the world through our universities. The pursuit of deep learning, original research and personal discovery has made us a society of innovators like none other the world has ever seen. There have always been less free and less prosperous places with lots of jobs. With less ambitious universities we can become just like everyone else. Of course, we do not want to be like everyone else. We want to continue our unique history of leadership and innovation. And that requires universities that emphasize those qualities above all else. If we devalue deeper inquiry and convert our universities into vocational high schools, then we will have jobs that contribute to a stagnant society, not a growing democracy. Beyond the support universities need from the public, they require their students and faculty to keep faith with their larger purpose. We are fortunate to have access to the incredible knowledge available on our campus, and we jeopardize that legacy if we do not further its continued growth and expansion. Everything we do at the University must prioritize research to create new knowledge and teaching to transfer that knowledge to new generations. That is why we are here. We are indeed the repository of the best in American civilization. We must make sure we live up to that legacy, otherwise no one else will. Suri is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Department of History.

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This Valentine’s season, there’s been no love lost between Chancellor William McRaven and the Texas state legislature. Ever since the state of Texas dissociated itself from setting tuition prices in 2003, the cost of attending UT has risen exponentially, falling in line with a worrisome national trend. As a response, former Gov. Rick Perry began to champion a $10,000 bachelor’s degree. In keeping with Perry’s line of reasoning, a number of bills under the Dome this session seek to restore the legislature’s power to set tuition costs, on the grounds that elected representatives will represent student interests better than university bureaucrats. Most school officials, as well as McRaven, fear that such an arrangement would prevent Texas schools from maintaining their top-tier faculty and facilities. Perry and his lackeys are correct about one important point — college educations are expensive. So are hospital visits, plane tickets and entrees from Franklin’s BBQ. But no one’s demanding price cuts on those goods without first securing other sources of funding. That would require turning MD Anderson into the M*A*S*H tent and St. Louis ribs into McRibs. And any politician pushing such an agenda would get run out of the Capitol so fast that they’d qualify for an NCAA track scholarship, which means that they could at least guarantee themselves the cheap education they’d like to foist on everyone else. At the same time, high tuition at state universities is completely antithetical to the original purpose of public education. Before Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia, effectively establishing the concept of the state school, he wrote that “by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people,” because “no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom and happiness.” But as it currently stands, the public university system is a major barrier against upward mobility and

Perry and his lackeys are correct about one important point — college educations are expensive. So are hospital visits, plane tickets and entrees from Franklin’s BBQ. But no one’s demanding price cuts on those goods without first securing other sources of funding.

an affront to America’s equal-opportunity ethos. And even though he was a slaveowner whose agrarian ideals probably would’ve made him an A&M fan, Jefferson wasn’t wrong that anyone who wants a college education deserves access to one. There are a number of federal programs that help the very poor in that regard, but families sputtering along right above the cutoff point for federal aid are sunk, and even middleclass parents find themselves stuck between sending their kids to college and saving for retirement. In its most recent price increase, approved by the UT System Board of Regents last year, UT attempted to mitigate that problem by only raising costs for out-ofstate students, jacking up their already exorbitant tuition by 2.6 percent. While that’s an understandable approach toward keeping UT competitive without hurting Texas citizens, it jeopardizes the University’s commitment to maintaining a diverse student body. As far as the admissions office is concerned, Texas might as well be a Lone Star — only 10 percent of students come from outside the state. Given Texas’ exceptional ethnic and cultural diversity, that’s not such a terrible number. But if it drops any lower as a result of the price increase, Texas natives might wind up graduating from college without ever encountering a good bagel or a moderate Republican. Enrolling students from a wide variety of backgrounds is an easy way for a school to mold an educated citizenry, and disincentivizing non-Texan applications will diminish UT’s ability to do so. It’s admirable for Texas to look for ways to keep costs down. But instead of turning its universities into degree factories or cutting into its vaunted diversity, the state should target the underlying causes of tuition hikes. According to UT’s donation webpage, state funding for the school’s budget has declined from 47 percent to 12 percent over the past 30 years. That puts us at a stark disadvantage relative to peer institutions. For instance, the flagship University of California gets 28 percent of its funding from Sacramento. Given that the UC System would likely serve as a model for the UT System under Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to get five Texas schools ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities, the governor must consider some sort of increase in public funding. Even small-government Jefferson understood the value of a truly public university. Abbott wouldn’t have to abandon his Republican ideals to do the same. Without stronger state support, Texas universities will have to scrounge for cash in order to meet his lofty goals, either by cajoling donors for Christian Grey levels of financial support or by raising tuition. Unfortunately, the latter scenario is more likely, if only because Texas’s sadomasochistic billionaires typically pour their fortunes into anti-education political campaigns like Perry’s. Shenhar is a Plan II, government and economics sophomore from Westport, Conn. He writes about campus and education issues.

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Fiji partygoers’ actions offended even if that wasn’t their intention During Texas Fiji’s “Marshalls” party Feb. 7, some attendees wore stereotypical Latino garb. As a result, the party has been the subject of much controversy this past week, including a protest on Friday. Many students on campus claimed that the costumes worn at the party, and certain aspects of the decoration at the event, were offensive to the Latino community. Some students demanded that parties with themes that potentially offend groups of people be barred permanently. I, as a member of Texas SigEp, have had a hard realization stemming from the reaction of those who were offended. I realize that there is a fundamental misunderstanding between the predominantly white Greek community and the minority groups on campus. Texas Fiji, and other fraternities that have similar themed parties, dress as they do for fun and with no intent of offending anyone. I know that because I have done so myself. We don’t mean to offend anyone. But, as I have learned this week, the truth is, we do. Many people who defend Fiji make claims like one commenter’s in a previous Daily Texan article on this situation: “How in the world is a tequila bar offensive?” This type of argument misses an important issue though — what should or should not be offensive does not mat-

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ter; what matters is what is offensive. The reality is that most members of the fraternities and sororities who throw these types of parties have never had to deal with the issues such parties lampoon. Thus, they have no right to say what should or should not be offensive to people who have. The good news is this problem can be solved through open discussion. The conversation of what is and is not offensive needs to be had. The issue, as I see it, boils down to a misunderstanding — a misunderstanding that is widening the divide between the fraternities and sororities on campus and the rest of the campus community. That is why the Interfraternity Council leadership has reached out to the leadership team at the Multicultural Engagement Center in hopes that we can work together to make guidelines on party themes for our member fraternities. We, as the leadership team of the IFC, see this as the best way to initiate the dialogue, end this problem and ultimately lead to a more unified campus community. — Lee Lueder, a Plan II, business honors, finance and philosophy junior and president of the Interfraternity Council, in response to the Feb. 9 news article titled “Guests wear ponchos, sombreros and construction gear at ‘border patrol’ fraternity party.”

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Junior pitcher Travis Duke and the Longhorn pitching staff had a good opening weekend against Rice. Duke and his fellow left-handed relievers shined against the Owls.

12 in scoring, has scored in double figures in 19 consecutive games. He’s been especially good in conference play, scoring at least 20 points in six of his 13 games against Big 12 opponents. Hield is setting career-bests this season with 17.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and he’s been the biggest reason behind the Sooners’ climb to third place in the Big 12 standings.

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BASEBALL continues from page 6 for them, and we very much need them.” Garrido was also impressed with freshman closing pitcher Kyle Johnston, who closed out Sunday’s 4–3 win. “He looked really relaxed, and the mature sign of his relaxation and his confidence in himself was, first of all, even recognizing the pickoff sign, and then executing it to almost perfection,” Garrido said. “He was

really aggressive but still under control. That might be the highlight of the whole weekend.” Against the Roadrunners, Texas will look for continued performance from their hitters. Senior outfielder Collin Shaw, sophomore catcher Tres Barrera and junior outfielder Ben Johnson had productive weekends at the plate. Shaw hit two two-run doubles in the opening series

BARNES continues from page 6 ire of North Carolina fans. He then guided two Longhorns, T.J. Ford and Kevin Durant, to National Player of the Year honors while taking Texas to 15 NCAA tournaments in 16 years. Nearly everyone around him likes playing for him. If his players ever want to talk, he is available. He spent hours on the phone with Ford. Recently, he has mentioned long late-night conversations with senior forward Jonathan Holmes and freshman Myles Turner. “He treats us like we were men,” said junior center Cam Ridley. “[He] talks to us about more than basketball; talks to us about life.” “He teaches us how to

grow up and be men — helps us grow both on and off the court,” junior guard Javan Felix added. But while the regular season wins keep piling up, the big ones still elude him. He’s 20–20 in the NCAA tournament, making just one Final Four appearance in 2003. He’s won just one post-season conference tournament championship at Providence in 1994. For him, 600 isn’t a goal, but a part of the path. And Tuesday night, that path leads him to Norman, Oklahoma, to take on the No. 17 Sooners to start a brutal stretch of five straight games against ranked opponents.

against the Owls. Johnson had a solid Saturday. He went 4-for5 with three runs and three RBIs in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader. Barrera hit a two-run home run in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader. Barrera finished the weekend with three hits and two RBIs. The first-pitch between Texas and UTSA is scheduled for 6 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Iowa State a different team on the road No. 14 Iowa State, along with No. 8 Kansas, has been one of the two best teams in the Big 12 all season long. But the Cyclones haven’t been nearly as good on the road this season as they have been at home. The Cyclones are just 2–4 on the road this season, including 1–4 against Big 12 teams. They’ve lost four consecutive games against conference opponents, including one

MLS continues from page 6 The second and bigger issue is the limit MLS commissioner Don Garber has placed on the current round of expansion. In 2013, Garber stated that the goal for the league was to expand to 24 teams by 2020. Currently, the league has 20 teams. Atlanta and Los Angeles

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Barnes reflects on 600th win, career By Evan Berkowitz

Fresh off a thrilling 4–3 extra-inning win, the Longhorns will play their home-opener Tuesday as they take on the UTSA Roadrunners at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The Roadrunners (2–1) are coming off of a weekend-series win over Louisiana-Lafayette, while No. 6 Texas (2–2) split its four-game opening series

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helped him. He praised the athletic directors he worked with. He praised his players. He praised his coaching staff — even going on a bit of rant about watching the children of Todd Wright, his assistant of 21 years, grow up. “I truly love what I do,” Barnes said. “But the best part really has always been the relationships and the interaction every

day with people you enjoy being with.” Growing up in Hickory, North Carolina, Barnes wasn’t a big-time player. He stayed in his hometown, playing at smalltime Lenoir-Rhyne College before transitioning into coaching. At 33-years-old, he became a head coach at George Mason. “Obviously, I’ve been for-

tunate and blessed,” Barnes said. “I became a head coach at a very young age, and I’ve worked for great institutions.” Barnes has seen and done a lot in his career. He watched as future Hallof-Famer Tim Duncan slipped right through his grasp at Providence, as the school’s president wouldn’t let Barnes sign the big man from the Virgin Islands

without a scholarship open, despite the fact two of his players were in the process of transferring. He confronted the late, legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith faceto-face in the ACC tournament about Clemson’s hard, physical play — an interaction that still draws the

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against Rice. The Longhorns will look to build off of their series against the Owls. While the Longhorns struggled in Saturday’s doubleheader, Texas’ hitters and pitchers performed well. Aside from sophomore pitcher Kacy Clemens, the Longhorn starting pitchers had good outings against the Owls. Clemens struggled in his first collegiate start, only completing three innings in which he gave

up eight runs on eight hits. While the starting rotation had a solid weekend, head coach Augie Garrido hopes to get more innings from his starters. “[The starters] can go five innings in a practice environment,” Garrido said. “But, when you add the adrenaline rushes they get when they’re competing in games, it does take innings away from them. That’s what I think happened. They’re

just pumped.” Additionally, the Longhorns hope to continue to get help from their relievers. During their first appearances this season, left-handed relief pitchers senior Kirby Bellow, juniors Travis Duke and Ty Culbreth and sophomore Jon Malmin had great performances. The lefty relievers threw a combined 12.2 innings against Rice, allowing only two runs and striking out eight

batters. The strong outing from the left-handed relievers, especially Bellow and Culbreth, caught Garrido’s attention. “I think [Bellow and Culbreth] really field their positions well, have good makeup, and they can pick guys off at first and still throw strikes,” Garrido said. “Situations don’t rattle them much. They have been through a lot. We have high hopes

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Baylor beaten down in back-to-back games By Peter Sbeldnorio @petersblendorio

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The Austin Aztex hosted the inaugural ATX Pro Challenge this weekend at Mike A. Myers Stadium. The tournament hosted 12,000 fans over the weekend.

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Sunday afternoon, D.C. United hoisted an armadillo trophy in the air in the middle of the pitch at Mike A. Myers stadium after winning the inaugural ATX Pro Challenge. But the biggest winner this weekend might just be the city of Austin. During two-day tournament, 12,000 fans watched MLS teams compete in Austin for the first time and, as the organizers of the event hoped, showed there is certainly support for soccer in the hill country. While Austin’s hopes of getting an MLS expansion team is still a

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For the past few weeks, head coach Rick Barnes has faced questions about his job security. His team, which many picked to unseat Kansas as the Big 12 champion, has struggled mightily on offense and finds themselves near the bottom of the conference. But Wednesday, after defeating TCU to earn his 600th Division I victory, Barnes was all smiles. Instead of asking questions about what’s wrong with Texas’ offense or whether the expectations for Myles Turner are too high, all anybody wanted to know was how Barnes felt after reaching a milestone — one only 30 other coaches have reached. But he didn’t want to talk about himself. “I’m not just saying this, but winning the game tonight was more important than that,” Barnes said after the game. “Because I still have a lot of faith and confidence in this group of guys, and they deserve it.” Then he went on to mention everybody else that

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challenging one, the large turnout is a big feather in the cap for those looking to bring big-time soccer to the area. Before this weekend, many were skeptical about the tournament, especially when the early ticket numbers were announced last week. Some thought fans traveling from the Dallas area to support FC Dallas and the Austin Aztex supporters would be out in force. The number of “neutral” fans who attended the event surprised everyone. The mix of hard-core supporter groups, such as the Dallas Beer Guardians, Screaming Eagles and Eberly’s Army, and the neutral fans there to see good matches created an interesting

and exciting environment no matter who eventually won. But, there are still two obstacles that form a formidable wall in front of Austin’s goal to net an MLS team. First, one of the “unofficial” requirements for MLS expansion teams these days is to have a downtown stadium. It’s what has kept soccer legend David Beckham’s Miami franchise from getting off the ground. Any Austinite knows that downtown real estate is hard to come by, so any group working on getting an MLS team to the City is going to have to work that out before a bid goes any further.

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After putting together a dominant stretch early this month in which it won three straight games by at least 18 points, No. 20 Baylor has fallen on hard times in the past week. The Bears dropped backto-back games against Oklahoma State and Kansas to slip to 6–6 in conference play. Their biggest issues have come from behind the arc, as they went just 11-of-38 (29 percent) from the perimeter in those two losses after going 24-of-49 (49 percent) from behind the arc during their threegame win streak. Fortunately for the Bears, their remaining schedule isn’t too demanding. Only two of their final six games are against ranked opponents, including two against Texas Tech (2–11 Big 12). Nash, Ellis named Co-Big 12 Player of the Week Oklahoma State senior

forward Le’Bryan Nash and Kansas junior forward Perry Ellis were named CoBig 12 Players of the Week on Monday. Nash, who averaged 20.5 points, 12 rebounds and 4 steals in the Cowboys’ two games last week, is in the midst of his finest season at Oklahoma. He’s averaging career-highs this year with 17.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists. Monday marked the second time in his career, the first this season, that he’s earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors. Ellis averaged 16 points and 7.5 rebounds in Kansas’ two wins last week. He became the 56th player in Kansas history to reach the 1,000 career points mark in Saturday’s win over Baylor. Buddy Hield on red-hot streak Oklahoma junior guard Buddy Hield has been on quite the run lately. Hield, who leads the Big

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SPORTS BRIEFLY Turner named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of Week

Freshman forward Myles Turner was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Co-Newcomer of the Week on Monday. Turner shares this week’s award with Oklahoma senior forward TaShawn Thomas. This is Turner’s first Big 12 weekly award. The honor comes after he averaged 14.5 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in the Longhorns’ games against TCU and Texas Tech. In Saturday’s win over the Red Raiders, Turner scored a game-high 25 points and amassed a career-high 12 rebounds. He also recorded his third doubledouble of the season. Turner currently leads Texas in blocked shots and rebounds. —Nick Castillo

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Faculty exhibit bridges disciplines in fine arts By Rebecca Fu @thedailytexan

When faculty members from the Department of Art and Art History were asked to create art inspired by personal research, the results were questionable. “Inquiry,” the Visual Arts Center’s latest exhibit, features a towering stack of manuscripts, flasks of preserved goldfish and hand-drawn hieroglyphic translations. “Inquiry” allows faculty members to showcase different modes of creative expression in each division of study in the College of Fine Arts: design, studio art, art history and art education. The exhibit features work from 58 of the 70 department faculty members who taught in the fall. Running from Jan. 30 to Feb. 21, “Inquiry” aims to foster unity between the four divisions of study. Elizabeth Welch, a Ph.D. Curatorial Fellow and the cocurator of the exhibit, said the curators hope to give all divisions equal emphasis. Generally, studio art is the focus of the VAC’s time and space, according to Welch. “The theme was a way for us to think about what a studio artist does, what an art historian does, what a design artist does, what an art educator does and what they have in common,” Welch said. “And that’s [the fact] that they all have to read and do research before they create their work.” In order to make the exhibit more inclusive, Welch and VAC director Jade Walker decided to use the term “inquiry” to tie four areas of study together. Gloria Lee, design associate professor and “Inquiry” contributor, said many

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Dan Lothringer looks at a piece created by a faculty member of the Department of Art and Art History on Monday afternoon. The Visual Art Center’s “Inquiry” exhibit features artwork from faculty in all four departments in the College of Fine Arts.

creative types spend time on extended research. “A lot of people believe that people who make things may not actually reference reading,” Lee said. “If you spend some time with them, a lot of the faculty who are makers, artists and designers actually read a lot.” Faculty were encouraged to accompany the art with a list of books — career-related or general — that were important

to them. Gallery manager Emily Kelly said faculty had the option of submitting a bibliography, a biography, a physical piece of artwork or any combination of the three. Lee contributed all three forms. Aside from providing a biography and bibliography, she submitted a series of text messages printed onto blank cards using letterpress printing. She said her

inspiration stemmed from text messages she shared with her children. “I treasure the ordinary moments, and a lot of the texts we send are really kind of precious,” Lee said. “People like to preserve things, and it’s harder to preserve things that are digital. I [began] to realize that if I ever lost or upgraded my phone, some of these really great, fun, sweet or emotional

texts would be gone.” Welch said the faculty aspect is what sets “Inquiry” apart from traditional galleries and exhibits. “I think students tend to forget that faculty members do work other than in the classroom,” Welch said. “When we spend time in the exhibition, it can really remind you that the reason [the professors] teach is because of what they do. They

have their own practice, they make exciting things, they do exciting research.” Lee said the exhibit embodies each faculty member’s research interests and inquisitiveness. “People tend to view things just as pretty,” she said. “But we actually have a question in our mind that we’re answering — not with words necessarily, but with form.”

ALBUM REVIEW | ‘SMOKE + MIRRORS’

Imagine Dragons falls short on sophomore album By Chris Duncan @thedailytexan

Target paid $8 million for a four-minute advertisement that aired during the 2015 Grammy Awards and featured Imagine Dragons performing their new single “Shots” in its entirety. This effort aimed to promote Target’s #MoreMusic campaign and to sell Imagine Dragons’ new album “Smoke + Mirrors,” which they released Tuesday. Based on pre-orders, Imagine Dragons has maintained the momentum from their first album, “Night Visions,” but they have sacrificed the quality of their

material for financial success. Imagine Dragons is an “alternative” rock band from Las Vegas known for its sing-a-long singles. Much like The Killers, Imagine Dragons wears the tag of “alternative” improperly, hence why I put the word in quotes. Imagine Dragons has more in common with Lady Gaga than Radiohead. Although they pass as an “alternative” rock band, Imagine Dragons produces noncommittal rock and hip-hop with a few production flourishes such as whistling every now and then. The anthemlike choruses of Imagine Dragons’ music is void of any offensive material, priming it

to rise to the top of the charts. Imagine Dragons is an absolute dream for a multi-billion dollar company such as Target: the band can zero in on an audience that perceives itself as edgy and alternative without actually being either of those things. I admit, I’m being a little harsh on Imagine Dragons and the direction alternative music is headed. The truth is the music Imagine Dragons creates isn’t horrible — it’s just mislabeled for the purpose of selling more singles. “Smoke + Mirrors” is chock full of singles. “I Bet My Life,” the lead single off the album, is really just a

formulaic pop tune. Rock radio stations will be playing this song for the next year, just like they did to “Radioactive” and “Demons” after “Night Visions” was released. The next two singles from the new album, “Shots” and “Gold,” attempt to impress. Lead singer Dan Reynolds shows off his vocal range on “Shots,” and the opening ten seconds of “Gold” are probably the best part of “Smoke + Mirrors.” Sadly, both of these singles fall flat, with “Shots” containing utterly horrible lyrics and “Gold” never living up to its huge opening. The album continues with the trend “Gold” sets,

hinting at exciting and creative elements but never delivering them. In the press release, the record company is touting how Imagine Dragons has changed their sound by incorporating styles and instruments from around the world, but they still sound like the same band from 2012. “Trouble,” the best song on the album, is the only track that shows off the song-writing skills of Reynolds and the talent of the band. Imagine Dragons would rather be the band with massive albums sales and enormous contracts than the band that alternative rock music fans want them to be. Selling

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out isn’t all bad. Imagine Dragons are doing great for themselves, but they should market their music for what it is. Behind the pop-heavy singles, this album is just a bunch of smoke and mirrors.

CAMPUS

Student group educates bikers, offers tune-ups free of charge By Olivia Lewman @thedailytexan

Flat tires, rusty chains and punctured tubes — a biker’s worst nightmare. UT’s Orange Bike Project is here to help. The Orange Bike Project, a student-run organization, works to educate students on the ins-and-outs of their bikes and to cultivate a more knowledgeable bike community on campus. This fall, OBP’s bike shop moved from its old location in the San Antonio Garage to a more centrally located location in the 27th Street Garage. The new shop offers students a space for free bike tune-ups and repairs as well as daily and semester-long bike rentals. “Everybody knows ‘Oh, I’m sick, let me call [University Health Services,]’” said Lorena Martinez, OBP’s codirector and environmental science junior. “But, not a lot of people know, ‘Oh my chain fell off, should I go to this bike shop and have them charge me all this money?’ We want

everyone to know this service is available for them.” Physics junior Sathvik Aithala, OBP’s coordinator, said their free services provide an educational opportunity for students. “It involves the student more because it’s not like you drop off your bike at shop and get it fixed,” Aithala said. “We help you fix it, so you go through the whole process yourself.” Paul Khermouch, computer science and electrical engineering junior and another OBP coordinator, said bike maintenance can seem confusing, but if students acquire simple bike repair skills, they will feel more confident if problems arise. “I think a big part of it is trying to de-mystify how the bike works and realizing that it’s really simple and not hard to fix,” Khermouch said. OBP offers a bike rental program for students, which helps fund the organization. Students can rent used bikes starting at $30 per semester or new bikes starting at $50 per semester. In addition, OBP receives

funding from Green Fee, a student committee dedicated to granting money to ecofriendly organizations and programs on campus. “We want to grow financially, so we need to get the daily rentals out more because that is what’s going to support us to service the students,” said Nikki Rees, OBP co-director and biology junior. “We are a free service, so it’s not like the more people we get, the more money we make, the more people we get the more money we need to find from somewhere.” Khermouch said OBP aims to create a cohesive bike community on campus. He brings UT bikers together Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. in front of Gregory Gymnasium for a Thursday Night Social Ride. “I am trying to get more UT students to come on the social ride because I think people would bike around more if they knew how much fun it could be,” Khermouch said. Members said they hope to find students to take over

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From left, environmental science junior Lorena Martinez, computer science and electrical engineering junior Paul Khermouch, biology junior Nikki Rees and physics junior Sathvik Aithala are the co-directors for the Orange Bike Project.

the organization once they graduate. They said no prior experience is necessary. “You don’t need to know maintenance to come in, but if you want to work there,

we’ll teach you everything,” Aithala said. “That’s what were all about. By the end of it, you’ll be proficient.” The shop is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2

p.m. to 6 p.m, and members are there to assist students with any bike troubles they may have. “Combined, the four of us can fix any problem,” said Martinez.