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Senate approves campus carry bill By Eleanor Dearman @EllyDearman
Over spring break, the Texas Senate gave final approval to SB 11, a campus carry bill for public universities. In response, members of the UT Student Government said they will intensify lobbying efforts to make sure a comparable bill is not passed in the
Texas House. Campus carry, in its current state, would allow licensed concealed handgun carriers who are 21 or older to bring their handguns on college campuses, including in most buildings. For it to become law, the bill must pass in the House and obtain Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature. Sports games, residence
halls, hospitals, preschools and grade schools would be exempt from campus carry laws. Sens. Judith Zaffirni (D-Laredo), Royce West (D-Dallas) and José Rodríguez (D-El Paso) proposed that the bill clarify the list of areas on campus where guns could be banned and said it is not clear whether universities
could ban guns from bars, houses of worship, laboratories and medical clinics. Their amendments did not pass. SG President-elect Xavier Rotnofsky, who has not yet been sworn into office, said he was not surprised to see the bill pass in the Senate and said SG will continue to oppose the bill and lobby to prevent its
SG will take an official position on Davis statue
passage in the House. “I guess a lot of proponents say that it’s our Godgiven right to self-defense, but, I think also by that same argument, we also need to defend ourselves against such legislation because it could potentially be more harmful than good,” Rotnofsky said.
By Samantha Ketterer @sam_kett
The Student Government Assembly will vote Tuesday on legislation supporting the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue on campus. The Student Affairs Committee passed the amended resolution, which will now head to the full Assembly for a vote, Sunday night. SG President-elect Xavier Rotnofsky and Vice Presidentelect Rohit Mandalapu coauthored the resolution with Plan II senior Ciaran DeanJones and Chris Gilman, Texas Travesty editor-in-chief and radio-television-film senior. The statue’s removal was one of Rotnofsky and Mandalapu’s campaign platform points, and the two presented the resolution to the Assembly before they were elected. “Students approached us after they saw the platform point,” said Rotnofsky, linguistics and Plan II junior. “As president and vice president-elect, we fully intend on getting this done.” In the resolution, the authors said the statue’s presence on campus is not consistent with the values of the University. Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The statue’s presence has been debated in the past, but no action has been taken to remove the statue. Attendees of the committee meeting inquired as to whether Rotnofsky and Mandalapu would push for the removal of other Confederate images
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Rapper, record producer and songwriter Timbaland makes a surprise appearance before introducing hip-hop artist Tink at The FADER FORT presented by Converse during South By Southwest on Saturday evening. Timbaland played a DJ set that included his biggest hits such as “Headsprung” and “Holy Grail.”
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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft operated out of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) under temporary permits during this year’s South By Southwest, although ABIA had originally said only Lyft would be allowed to operate. The two companies signed an agreement with ABIA on March 13, allowing them to pick up and drop off passengers there for 45 days. While Lyft signed a yearlong agreement ABIA offered to the two companies on March 6, Uber did not. The agreement on March 13, just a week later, nullified Lyft’s yearlong arrangement. “The airport granted Uber a temporary permit, so we could have more time to negotiate a permanent solution,” Uber spokeswoman Debbee Hancock said. The terms of the agreements
required the companies to give the airport 10 percent of their gross revenue, a common standard for concessions operating at the airport, ABIA spokesman Jason Zielinski said. “We’re a City department, but we’re one of the few that doesn’t receive tax dollars,” Zielinski said. “Every business that operates at the airport provides a portion of their gross earnings to the airport.” According to Zielinski, after Uber did not sign the yearlong agreement by the March 6 deadline, the company’s drivers faced consequences for operating at the airport without a formal permit. “Lyft began operating under that agreement and Uber was not,” Zielinski said. “So on March 9, their drivers began receiving warnings. On the 10th, they started receiving citations. Under City code, operating without a permit is up to a $500 fine —
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With four players scoring double digits and the Longhorns shooting nearly 48 percent all game, No. 5-seeded Texas hung on in the final minutes to defeat No. 4 seed California, 73–70, on Sunday. Texas stuck with its experienced lineup in its secondround game in the NCAA Tournament in Berkeley, California. Similar to its first round matchup against Western Kentucky, Texas struggled with turnovers early. The Longhorns’ 11 first-half turnovers kept the game close throughout the first half. Tied at 27 at the break, Texas came out of halftime on a 6–0 run. It led by as many as 12 points in the second half, but California began to cut into its deficit, scoring key field goals and making seven 3-pointers. “[When we have trouble], we talk about attacking the basket, not standing around
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Junior guard Empress Davenport stuffed the stat sheet in the win over California. Davenport finished with 11 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals.
the 3-point line and not turning the ball over,” junior guard Empress Davenport said. “That is just a conversation we have between the guards.” The team eventually started to limit its turnovers, only giving up the ball three times in the final 20 min-
utes. The Longhorns shot 50 percent in the final stanza and made 10-of-12 freethrow attempts to capture the victory. Freshman guard Brooke McCarty played only 17 minutes but hit crucial late free throws, just as she did
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in the first-round game, to seal the win for Texas. Outside of her strong performance from the charity stripe, McCarty shot 5-of-7 from the field and combined for 16 points with
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of the bill at public hearings and with legislators. Additionally, SG passed a resolution formally opposing campus carry. SG Vice President-elect Rohit Mandalapu attended a public hearing Tuesday to speak against the House equivalent of SB 11. He said UT students have an uphill battle in preventing the bill’s passage. “Especially for a lot of the representatives, I feel that they have their minds made
up already,” Mandalapu said. “So it’s really [about which way] the swings are going to go. I do think it’s very much possible to get campus carry overturned in the House. Like I said, it will be very hard, I think. … We have to get a lot of support behind it.” Rotnofsky and Mandalapu said there is not yet a plan for what SG will do if the campus carry measure does become law. “We’d have to develop
I do think it’s very much possible to get campus carry overturned in the House. Like I said, it will be very hard, … We have to get a lot of support behind it. —Rohit Mandalapu SG vice president-elect
some sort of strategy with the president and [University of Texas Police Department] and all the groups involved,” Rotnofsky said. “For the most part, no,
we haven’t sat down and thought about that — but if we see that these bills have a likelihood of passing, yeah, we’re going to come up with some stuff.”
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continues from page 1 a class C misdemeanor.” After Uber was banned from the airport, many people were unable to use the transportation options they had expected to use, Zielinski said. “We experienced a large number of warnings and citations, and that was leaving passengers without a ride,” Zielinski said. Airports around the country are struggling with how to regulate ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, Zielinski said. While taxicabs have been part of airport transportation for years, ride-hailing companies are a different animal. “Cabs work on $1 per trip fee,” Zielinski said. “Cabs have different regulations within the city. … Every airport is struggling with [ridehailing companies] because they’re unlike other transportation operators.” ABIA’s proposal would have also required ride-hailing companies to follow all the same rules as taxicabs. Zielinski said Uber’s financial records would not have been made public with this proposal. “The information we receive is private — it’s something we look at and don’t publish,” Zielinski said. “If we were to look at anyone’s books, it wouldn’t be public information [because] we would not publish.” Lyft spokeswoman Mary Caroline Pruitt said Lyft was happy to be the official ridehailing partner of SXSW. “Austin is a city that embraces creative, innovative industries, and we were excited to be the first ridesharing partner authorized at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport,” Pruitt said. “We’d like to thank the ABIA staff for their leadership and commitment to preserving Lyft’s affordable, welcoming rides for Austin visitors and residents.”
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Sixth Alamo Drafthouse set to open in Mueller By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng
Alamo Drafthouse will open a new location in the Mueller community in East Austin. Austin’s sixth Alamo Drafthouse will be located on Aldrich Street, the community development’s town center. “Ever since Mueller was first announced many years ago, we have loved the idea of opening up a theater there,” Alamo founder and CEO Tim League said in a press release earlier this month. “Mueller is a groundbreaking development and a really cool neighborhood. We are excited to be working with Catellus here and honored to be a part of it.” The new Drafthouse will have six screens and 600 seats with a bar adjacent to the theater. Radio-televisionfilm junior Jake Palmer said he thinks another Drafthouse will be great for students living off campus. “I live on 46th and Airport, so I’d benefit greatly from this one,” Palmer said. “I know most students that live off campus live in West Campus, but the cool kids who live in North Campus will love it. A lot of the ones that students go to are pretty far away from campus — going all the way west to Anderson Lane. It’s a bit of a hike, and I think the bus service to Mueller is a lot better.”
We had a master plan for the whole site, and they find the third parties. They found the Thinkery, they helped get Seton and they find home builders to build housing. —Pam Hefner, Redevelopment project manager
The Mueller community, a development that replaced the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport when it closed in 1999, is a project of the city mixing affordable housing, regular market price housing and other businesses, said Pam Hefner, the redevelopment project manager with the City of Austin’s Economic Development department. “We have the children’s hospital, the Thinkery, [and] tons of retail,” Hefner said. “So far there’s 100,000 square feet of institutional uses. We have a Dell Pediatric Institute [and] Seton Medical Center [as well].” The development is 700 acres and about 40 percent complete, Hefner said. The City is in a private partnership with Catellus, a development corporation, to oversee the
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On March 9, Alamo Drafthouse announced plans to open a sixth location in the Mueller community in East Austin. Construction will start either this year or early next year, with an anticipated opening in 2016.
implementation of the Mueller Council’s design book. “Their job is to do the development part, and we have a master development agreement with them,” Hefner said. “They build a huge amount of infrastructure, they had to do all the planning, sign third parties to build buildings on it.
We had a master plan for the whole site, and they find the third parties. They found the Thinkery, they helped get Seton and they find home builders to build housing.” Catellus has been in communication with Alamo Drafthouse for years to help orchestrate the deal,
Front-runner for UT presidency heads to NYU
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By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou
Two finalists are left in the andsearch for President William but ifPowers Jr.’s replacement after ave aNew York University adminyeah,istrators announced that Oxwithford University Vice Chancellor Andrew Hamilton would be their next president. Hamilton, whom many considered to be the frontrunner for the UT presidency, will succeed NYU president John Sexton in January 2016, NYU administrators announced last week. The UT System Board of Regents interviewed Hamilton earlier this month, as did a small search committee. At this point, Greg Fenves, executive vice president and provost of the University, and UT-Dallas President David Daniel are the remaining finalists in the search for the next UT president, according to sources directly involved with the search committee. Fenves, who has held his provost position since October 2013, served five years as dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering. As the University’s chief academic officer, Fenves is closely connected to Powers, whose relationship with the Board of Regents has been tumultuous at times. Daniel, who earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doc-
Crime never rests: busy spring break for UTPD By Wynne Davis @wynneellyn
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Oxford University Vice Chancellor Andrew Hamilton, previously considered the front-runner for the UT presidency, will become New York University’s president in January 2016.
torate in engineering from UT, became UT-Dallas’ president in 2005. During his tenure there, UT-Dallas’ enrollment has grown from 13,000 to 23,000 students, and the university has raised more than $360 million in private funds. Before joining Oxford in 2009, Hamilton worked as a chemistry assistant professor at Princeton University and then as chemistry professor and department chair at the University of Pittsburgh. He also served as provost of Yale University from 2004 until 2008. Hamilton said he has been a
“keen observer” of NYU over the years and was honored to have been considered in the NYU presidential search. “I am delighted to be selected as NYU’s 16th president,” Hamilton said in a statement. “I am looking forward with great eagerness to working with NYU’s faculty, students, administrators, and staff, and to joining a university that is so manifestly energetic, innovative, and successful.” Hamilton is the second to drop from the System’s handful of prospective candidates. The list had previously in-
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cluded Joseph Steinmetz, the executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, but he withdrew his candidacy in February. Following the Board of Regents’ interviews with Daniel, Fenves and Hamilton, UT System Chancellor William McRaven recommended the board defer naming a finalist or list of finalists until later this month. The Board must vote to name one or more finalists and then wait 21 days before making an official appointment.
Although the student population on campus dwindled this week, officers from the UTPD responded to many incidents involving non-UT subjects on and near campus. During spring break, UTPD officers found multiple people trespassing on University property and found many people in possession of marijuana and other illegal substances. Here are some of the highlights and trends that occurred during spring break: March 13 — Officers responded to a call from Carothers Hall, where they found a student lying in the hallway outside her room. The student, who was not of drinking age, was severely intoxicated and had two open bottles of alcohol. Officers made no arrest but issued a citation for consumption of alcohol by a minor. March 14 — A bus driver requested an officer’s assistance for criminal activity on the bus. The officer found two non-UT subjects on the bus snorting cocaine. Each subject had two valid driver’s licenses in their possession. Under Texas state law, individuals are only allowed to have one valid driver’s license in their
possession at any given time. March 18 — After stopping a car driving the wrong way on San Jacinto Boulevard, an officer found three non-UT subjects in possession of cigars full of marijuana. March 18 — An officer stopped a non-UT student after he noticed the man rolling a green substance into a cigarette. The man told the officer he had obtained the material to create a “nice aroma” around himself. After looking at the substance, the officer confiscated the bag to test if it was synthetic marijuana, otherwise known as K2. March 19 — Officers patrolling the Drag found two non-UT subjects with a glass pipe sitting inside a truck. The passengers admitted they had burned methamphetamines. In addition to the methamphetamines, officers found acetaminophen and hydrocodone pills inside a brown bag in the vehicle. Officers also responded to reports of theft that included bicycles, freshly dried clothes from laundry facilities on campus and other small items. Additionally, one UT student reported unauthorized charges made to her credit card that totaled around $535.
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continues from page 1 ate images on campus, such as the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee also on the South Mall. Mandalapu, economics and Plan II senior, said the removal of the Davis statue is their current priority, but taking action on the other images is something he and Rotnofsky will consider. “It’s a premier statue of the University facing the South Mall,” Mandalapu said. “What we aim to do with this legislation is put this forward first.” Rotnofsky said one option the University might consider is moving the statue to a museum instead of destroying it. The committee also amended the original draft of the resolution, removing the title “Bump the Chump” and removing a clause stating that the Nickelodeon show “Drake and Josh” would not support having the statue on campus. The legislation addition-
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The Student Affairs Committee discussed the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue on campus Sunday night.
ally noted a precedent from 2010, when, at the request of UT President William Powers Jr., the UT System Board of Regents unanimously voted to rename Simkins Residence Hall to Creekside Residence Hall. The hall was originally named for William Simkins, a UT law professor and Confederate soldier who was also a Florida Ku Klux Klan leader. The statue’s presence received much attention follow-
ing Rotnofsky and Mandalapu’s release of their platform points. In early March, the statue was temporarily defaced with the word “CHUMP” written on the statue’s base in blue chalk. Amber Magee, public health sophomore and chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Agency, said the statue is a problem but is often overlooked. “This is a recurring issue, and this [resolution] is a really awesome first step,” Magee said.
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UT must foster a welcoming community to attract black students By Jazmyn Griffin
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As of 2014 our school's freshman class reported a racial breakdown of 45 percent white and 23 percent Asian, with American Indian and Pacific Islander making up the smallest percentages. Just above that, though, lies the meager black population of approximately 4 percent. Historically, the University denied admission to colored people, yet the door has stood open to undergraduates since 1956. Fifty years after the Bloody Sunday events and famous civil rights march in Selma, reflection on the current state of black America is necessary to facilitate progress. In the post-civil rights movement age of integration and newfound opportunity, the percentage of black students at UT increased drastically, but it has since peaked and begun to decline. The disproportionately low number of black students on campus in comparison to the black population of Texas is alarming and should be examined to further the diversity our school already boasts and to advance the socioeconomic status of black Americans. Sources of Fear Although it it cannot be measured definitively, many students say the primary source of fear for students of color comes from disturbing incidents in social settings, most notably and recently the culturally insensitive Fiji party, which was followed by overwhelming backlash from various students and organizations. Unfortunately, events and attitudes like these aren’t isolated — cultural stereotypes are donned quite often at parties. While there lies an issue in itself, the way the Uni-
versity handles happenings like reports of bleach bombs, racist parties and discrimination gives the entire school a negative reputation. No one wants to go somewhere they don’t feel welcome. Aerospace engineering freshman Cameron Rose understands the harmful effects that a few students’ actions can have on the demographics of the school. “Before I came to UT, I read [the reports of] bleach balloons being thrown at students,” Rose said. “If people are reading about that as they’re applying, it causes a seed of doubt in minority students.” Like the bleach bombing incident Rose refers to, the University responded to the more recent Fiji event with nothing but a statement. This lack of action could make minority students feel excluded from the University. Black government senior and Society for Cultural Unity member Bryan Davis has felt this exclusion before. "Unfortunately, people are tired and would rather go somewhere where being treated with dignity and respect is the norm (non-predominantly white institutes)," Davis said. A secondary source of fear for students of color is a more systematic issue. UT students are accepted through the top 7 percent rule, while a smaller percentage go through the holistic review process. For a variety of reasons, the achievement gap specifically between black students and their white counterparts has left black students who go to predominantly white high schools outside the top 7 percent, and they may be persuaded by societal and cultural expectations to find a career in a field without delayed income — often in jobs not requiring a degree. Continuing the cycle, minority students who make up large proportions of lower-income areas receive subpar high school teaching, also lacking guidance and resources to advance to rigorous schools like UT. Tuition
In the post-civil rights movement age of integration and newfound opportunity, the percentage of black students at UT increased drastically, but it has since peaked and begun to decline.
Finally, a continuing barrier for prospective black UT students and middle- to lowerclass ones alike continues to be funding and fear of debt. The rising cost of tuition paired with a high cost of living in Austin and fear of debt pushes many to go to less expensive schools for a higher education, if they decide to pursue it at all. The cost of living in close proximity to campus pushes many to live in cheaper, less convenient locations, like Riverside, limiting the full experience and advan-
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tages a higher education has to offer. Solutions In addition to fighting increased tuition, we should seek out prospective students in disadvantaged areas. Leonard Moore, the University's associate vice president for academic diversity, pioneered a recruiting program beginning this past year to target disadvantaged and low-income students, bringing together outreach centers, recent graduates, the Admissions Office and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. "We have outreach and recruitment efforts underway to address both of those issues," Gregory Vincent, vice president of diversity and community engagement, said in an email. "And even though UT Austin represents an excellent educational value for the money, economic factors are often the reason students decide not to attend UT Austin." Rose believes strongly that in addition to the administration's new efforts, current black students should actively recruit high
schoolers of color from their own individual cities, acting as ambassadors for the University. Black professionals and students have a responsibility to their communities. Everyone who comes out of a marginalized group or low socioeconomic status ought to serve as a beacon of hope for those like them. Moving Forward If the black community as a whole can benefit from social mobility and the American Dream, fear of discrimination or endless debt must not be an obstacle. The best thing we as students and as an institution can do to foster an environment where everyone feels they have a chance to be accepted and thrive is to be proactive about the image we portray and welcoming in the message we send out. By establishing a base of student recruiters and continuing to foster a protective and inclusive environment, the school will inevitably increase its black enrollment. Griffin is a journalism freshman from Houston.
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Dean Dillon sheds light on the School of Information Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of Q-andA’s with UT’s deans. Andrew Dillon has served as dean of the School of Information, formerly the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, since 2002. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. DT: The majority of people probably are not familiar with what this School of Information actually does. In your own words, can you explain what the school does and what it is centered around? Dillon: We are centered around understanding the role of information in all human endeavors, but we are particularly concerned with examining that from a human and social aspect…We are very concerned with what’s being created in terms of a world infrastructure built around practices, orientation, behaviors, habits, people in effect and what they’re doing to the world in creating this new infrastructure. The Daily Texan: What are the most exciting things going on at the iSchool right now? Andrew Dillon: I would say generally it’s the faculty. We’ve assembled a very di-
We’ve got people from anthropology, psychology, computer science, engineering, library information sciences, the humanities, philosophy. So put all these people together and it’s a very unusual mix of talent.
verse intellectual group. There’s 22 faculty. You’ve got 13 different Ph.D.s. We’ve got people from anthropology, psychology, computer science, engineering, library information sciences, the humanities, philosophy. So you put all these people together and it’s a very unusual mix of talent…
incredibly long tail. Lots of people have these odd job titles that are unique to them… these sorts of titles were created by the organization that’s hired them in. In essence, what most of those people are doing is serving as some sort of information broker and organizer within a company.
DT: You were formerly dean of what was then called the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Since then, obviously, the school has undergone a number of transformations in terms of its focus. How have you managed that transition?
DT: What benefits come from being the smallest school on campus? And then also, what challenges arise?
Dillon: Gently, I’d like to think. It’s part of a broader, now international sweep that you saw happen in the late ‘90s and early part of the century. Professional schools, particularly in the librarianship and information science area, traditionally understood and recognized that the world was changing rapidly… Schools started to recognize that there was a potential for thinking about information differently, so Michigan, ourselves and Washington all changed our names to School of Information and we have traditionally [been called] graduate schools of library information sciences… It’s grown now to more than 50 of us around the world under the Information School banner. DT: What sort of careers do graduates go into? Dillon: Historically, it would have been librarianship, archives, museum education. That percentage has dropped considerably. Looking at our current employment information, less than 50 percent is in the more traditional, what we call the collection agencies. That employment sector is still there but it’s a smaller space for our students now. Industry, the commercial sector, the research organizations, the other 50 percent… we have this
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Dillon: There are some advantages to small, which are very tangible. We have faculty meetings once a month… I have tea with the students every semester. I know all of the students… In that sense, the camaraderie and the sense of community is great. There is an informality that comes with the size that is tremendously advantageous…When you ask for the other side of it… by being small, we feel that we are not as well known… student recognition of us as an entity on campus is a lot lower because there are fewer of us going around. Budgetarily, especially as a specialized graduate program, we don’t have a role to play in the predominantly undergraduate-driven agenda. DT: How do you keep students from feeling isolated from the rest of the University? Dillon: If you come to the iSchool, you are physically present with people regularly in a confined space. If we were distributed around campus, I’m not sure we would have the same sense of identity in that way…We bring a lot of professionals in, we have a lot of open forums. There’s a commitment generally to creating that sense of partnership and community. DT: Can you explain the importance of the capstone project here?
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Dillon: Aye! That’s part of our master’s program requirements. The goal of the capstone is to say to employers and to allow students to say to employers, “Look, I’ve got a workable, real-world example of what I can do.” The idea of the capstone is to culminate the coursework you’ve done to date in a project… It becomes a very tangible, demonstrable quality to their education. DT: Is there anything else you would like students to know about the iSchool? Dillon: Know that if you have a skill set in the humanities or liberal arts and you feel overwhelmed by technology but are interested in it at the same time, this is absolutely the program for you. We take people with almost zero computational skill and turn them into information professionals. If you are willing to work, we can do it.
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Students share themed stories each month By Marisa Charpentier @marisacharp21
Hava Kane, Plan II and psychology sophomore, loves hearing stories. When she came to college, she spent hours having late-night conversations with new friends and quickly got addicted to listening to storytelling podcasts such as “This American Life.” Kane wanted more — at a university with so many students, she knew there were thousands of stories waiting to be told. With this idea in mind, Kane formed the student organization UTter earlier this year. “I think we crave stories as people,” Kane said. “I’ve noticed a trend in social media like with Snap Stories. Why do we all care about what people on the UT campus are doing? I feel like we are naturally driven toward learning about people.” UTter hosts a live show each month in which five students recall a personal experience in keeping with the night’s theme.
Before each show, UTter accepts volunteers who want to share a story. The directors meet with the speakers to help them shape their stories before the performance. After each story, speakers provide further commentary on what they learned from the experiences they described. Speakers talk for about 15 minutes, but the directors say there is not a strict time limit. For next month’s theme, “TBH,” or To Be Honest, students will rehearse and share stories about honesty. The organization hosted its first showcase on campus March 12 with the theme “Firsts.” After rehearsing their stories, five students took turns stepping in front of the microphone in a dimly lit auditorium to talk about various first experiences. The stories ranged from one student’s first crush to another student’s first time dealing with failure and depression. Devon Rooks, psychology junior and one of UTter’s directors, said the goal is to
establish an intimate atmosphere for every show they host. “The goal is to make it as living-room-feeling as possible,” Rooks said. “The emotional connection to some stories are a little deeper than others. We didn’t want people to be crying the whole time, and we didn’t want it all to be lighthearted.” French sophomore Calvin Clites spoke during the showcase about being the first person in his family to attend college. Clites said UTter allows people to talk about difficult subjects they would not be able to discuss otherwise. “It can be a way to open up a dialogue that wouldn’t normally happen on campus,” Clites said. “A lot of these stories are being told in front of an audience for the first time. A lot of people aren’t ready to tell their friends what it’s like going through depression, but doing it in this format allows people to talk about it.” As the organization grows, Kane said she would like to work with other
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groups on campus. If one organization raises awareness about suicide or sexual abuse during a given month, UTter could have a showcase with a related theme, Kane said. “We can really make a difference in people’s lives by getting people to tell their stories,” Kane said. Kane said she believes storytelling benefits both the storyteller and audience by
introducing people to new perspectives — about themselves and about each other. “As the speaker, your perspective changes each time you tell your story, and I think you learn a lot about yourself,” Kane said. “What the audience gets out of the story is perspective. You learn something new. You gain insight into that person, and you find that you can relate to
that person.” For the first showcase, Rooks helped produce the show and also told a story. He said he found telling his story aloud to be a therapeutic experience. “That’s what therapy is — you just sit there and tell your story,” Rooks said. “I think if we can get people to be as honest as they would be in therapy, this will be something that lasts.”
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Kendrick Lamar delivers powerful, jazzy beats By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
Waiting another week for Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly would have been torture. Whether Interscope Records accidentally released the album early on iTunes, or the album was somehow leaked and Top Dawg Entertainment responded by releasing it properly, the most anticipated record of 2015 is in our hands. Over the course of the album, Lamar insists it is horrible to characterize innocent black men as hustlers rather than human beings. That theme — the unjustified persecution of black
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it feels oddly simple; the beat is a straightforward drum loop, and there’s a fairly standard verse-chorus structure. It really says something about the adventurous spirit of the entire album when this song feels predictable. Although the entire album is quite heavy, it’s not the emotional lyrics, but rather the beats and production, that stand out and set the entire feeling of the record. To Pimp a Butterfly is far from the style you’ll hear in most hip-hop records created today. “Hood Politics” is a fascinating breakdown of how people communicate. Lamar returns
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Shaw helps Longhorns trample Wildcats By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74
In the fifth inning Sunday, Collin Shaw launched a ball onto Comal Street for a two-run home run. After breaking a 1–1 tie in the same inning, the senior right fielder’s second home run of the season at UFCU Disch-Falk Field gave Texas a 4-1 lead over No. 14 Kansas State. “[I’ve just been] going [to the plate] with the approach of helping the team win no matter the situation,” Shaw said. Texas eventually took a 6–1 win and secured a three-game sweep over the Wildcats. The Longhorns jumped on Kansas State early in the game. After the Wildcats retired the first two Longhorns in the first, junior shortstop C.J Hinojosa lined a ball into right for a single. Sophomore catcher Tres Barrera then brought Hinojosa home with a double off the left-field wall. Texas had a chance to add to its 1–0 lead in the second when redshirt freshman Bret Boswell hit a lead-off single and freshman catcher Michael Cantu followed with a walk. Sophomore pitcher Kacy Clemens batted in the designated hitter’s spot and bunted the two runners into scoring position, but Texas left them stranded. The Wildcats took advantage of the Longhorns’ misfortune in the third, as Kansas State tied the game
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Junior left fielder Ben Johnson hit an RBI double that was the starting point for the Longhorns’ five-run beatdown of the Wildcats.
at 1–1. The game went into a stalemate until the fifth inning, when junior left fielder Ben Johnson hit an RBI double to give Texas a 2–1 lead. The Longhorns continued their onslaught with Shaw’s two-run blast. Texas added a run in the seventh inning and its final run in the eighth, when Boswell hit an RBI single down the middle to score Barrera and extend the lead to 6–1. After a disappointing midweek loss to UT-Arlington, Johnson said coming back
and the hitting the ball well this weekend helped Texas’ momentum. “You got to give credit to [UT-Arlington]. They played a great game,” Johnson said. “It’s just something we had to learn from. We have a great, mature team, and if something like that happens, we got to learn from it. And I think we did that this weekend.” In addition to Texas’ hitting Sunday, the Longhorns turned in solid performance from Clemens. He pitched five innings,
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Junior center Imani Mcgee-Stafford performed well in Texas’ win over California. McGee-Stafford registered 20 points and also snatched 11 rebounds in the victory.
two steals. Junior center Imani McGeeStafford, who has struggled this season due to injuries, captured her second-consecutive double-double performance in this year’s NCAA Tournament with 20 points and 11 boards. After limited playing time during the regular season, she has been a focal point of Texas’ postseason play. “This has been a really long season,” McGee-Stafford said. “Coach has brought me along slow and made sure I
All of [my] teammates have been really helpful, waiting for me to get everything back and trusting me when I was ready —Imani McGee-Stafford Junior center
got my legs back. All of [my] teammates have been really helpful, waiting for me to get everything back and trusting me when I was ready.” With a slew of injuries and adversities this season, head coach Karen Aston focused on using her veteran players to help the Longhorns make a deep postseason run in the weeks
leading up to the tournament. “Because we have experience, we know what to expect when the NCAA Tournament comes,” Davenport said when the seeds were announced. “I think it’s just a feel for the game and when the freshmen and sophomores see us on the court, it just makes them more comfortable.”
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allowing two hits and one run and striking out one. “[Clemens’] outing was good,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “Each time, he’s progressed. That’s what winners do. That’s only the seventh time he’s pitched in two years. He’s quite an improvement and quite an addition to the pitching staff.” Although Garrido said he liked what he saw from Clemens, Clemens said he still felt he had room to improve. “I think my changeup and slider has been
better,” Clemens said. “I think I had the best stuff against UT-Arlington. Today, I really couldn’t locate my off-speed as well as I wanted to.” Junior pitcher Travis Duke replaced Clemens in the sixth and freshman Connor Mayes closed the final 2 2–3 innings of play with two strikeouts and zero hits allowed. Texas (16–8) will look to build off its sweep when it plays Texas State (10–12–1, 6–3 Sun Belt) at 6 p.m. Tuesday in San Marcos.
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every tournament. For the fifth-straight time this season, the Longhorns will feature a lineup with junior Tezira Abe, sophomore Julia Beck, sophomore Anne Hakula, junior Natalie Karcher and senior Bertine Strauss. The group will try to put the Longhorns on the top of the leaderboard. Sophomore Lara Weinstein will also be competing as an individual at the tournament. The Longhorns will be one of 16 teams participating on the par-72 course. In a season in which the Longhorns have
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already produced strong results, they hope to put it all together and earn their first team win this season at the 54-hole tournament.
No. 8 Texas faced off against unranked Texas PanAmerican on Sunday, winning by a score of 5–2 at the Westwood Country Club in Austin. The match marked the Longhorns’ seventh win in eight matches and was their last match before the start of conference play. Over the course of spring break, the Longhorns also faced off against two Big Ten opponents, No. 2 Illinois and No. 11 Ohio State. Texas fell to Illinois, 4–2, but rebounded against Ohio State, winning by a score of 4–1. The matchup against Texas Pan-American marked a change in the Longhorns’ lineup as head coach Michael Center sat his top-three singles players — seniors
Søren Hess-Olesen, Lloyd Glasspool and Adrien Berkowicz — in order to give them some rest before Big 12 play. Sophomore George Goldhoff took over Hess-Olesen’s No. 1 singles spot. Junior Nick Naumann replaced the No. 2 singles spot, and freshman John Mee replaced the No. 3 singles spot. Goldhoff made the most of his appearance at No. 1 singles, beating Texas Pan– American sophomore Juan Cruz Soria in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3. The win improved Goldhoff’s season record to 13–8. Texas will begin Big 12 play this week, facing off against Oklahoma State on Friday and No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday.
WOMEN’S TENNIS | REANNA ZUNIGA No. 36 Texas finished off its three-game homestand with a 4–2 win against No. 18 Texas Tech on Sunday afternoon. The Red Raiders started off strong with two wins on the doubles court to take the doubles point, but the Longhorns were quick to rally. No. 49 Texas junior Breaunna Addison defeated Texas Tech senior Kenna Kilgo on court one, 6–2, 6–0, to put a point on the board for Texas. Following Addison’s win, freshman Ryann Foster and senior Lina Padegimaite both took command of their own courts and beat out their competitors to strengthen Texas’ lead. The only loss in singles came from freshman Dani Wagland, who struggled against Texas Tech sophomore Lynn Kiro and fell, 6–3, 6–4. The win marked an important shift for the Longhorns.
After facing a series of injuries and a tough schedule, the Longhorns, who also took down two higher-ranked opponents last week, are returning to full power. Over the break, Texas took on its first string of Big 12 dual-match games. It started off with a 4–2 win against No. 23 Oklahoma and then a 4–1 loss to No. 10 Oklahoma State. Texas then came home to Austin to play Yale and TCU before taking on the Red Raiders. The Longhorns took the lead early against Yale by winning the doubles point and then swept the singles for a 4–0 victory. Texas could not get the upper hand against No. 21 TCU and fell to the Horned Frogs, 4–0. Texas is currently 2–2 against Big 12 teams, and its next match will be against Iowa State on Friday.
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By the end of the day Saturday, Texas swimming and diving had climbed to seventh in the final team standings at the 2015 NCAA Championships. The Longhorns’ five AllAmerica performances led to their best NCAA Championship finish under head coach Carol Capitani and their fifth consecutive top-10 NCAA Championship finish. Sophomore diver Murphy Bromberg finished in sixth in the platform diving championship with 297.55 points and also registered her top finish in two NCAA Championship appearances. Senior Kaitlin Pawlowicz placed 12th in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:00.22. In her final swim as a Longhorn, Pawlowicz had her first honorable mention All-America swim. Senior Gretchen Jaques, sophomore Tasija Karosas, freshman Mimi Schneider and senior Kelsey LeNeave finished the evening by placing second in the 400-yard freestyle relay consolation final with a time of 3:15.50. —Aaron Torres
Men’s golf gets thirdconsecutive win
No. 3 Texas men’s golf continued its strong momentum this weekend. The Longhorns returned from the Linger Longer Invitational on Sunday with their third straight team win. The team collectively shot a 283 on the final round to pull ahead and snag the first-place spot. Sophomore Beau Hossler (67-69-68) once again led the charge for the Longhorns, making one eagle and five birdies on the final round to finish second place on the individual leaderboard. This is his third-straight toptwo finish. Senior Kramer Hickok (68-71-72) and sophomore Gavin Hall (69-7369), who tied for eighth place with a 5-under-par 211, also finished in the top 10. “Our upperclassmen did a great job in tough conditions. Beau and Gavin, with 68 and 69, were outstanding. Kramer’s 72 was equally solid. Their combined experience served us well,” head coach John Fields said. Rounding out the Longhorn contingency were freshmen Doug Ghim (69-74-74) and Scottie Scheffler (73-71-75). The team has next weef off and returns to the course April 4 at the Augusta Collegiate Invitational in Augusta, Georgia. —Caroline Hall
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From March 13 to March 21, Daily Texan photographers devoted their efforts and resources to covering South By Southwest. After a long and tiring week, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve compiled some of our favorite photos from the music and interactive aspects of the festival. For more photos, check out our slideshows at dailytexanonline.com.
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