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Hall fights to access student files By Jordan Rudner & Josh Willis @thedailytexan
UT System Regent Wallace Hall is appealing to the attorney general to review student information, despite UT System Chancellor William McRaven’s admonition that Hall’s requests go “well beyond any reasonable desire to be better informed as a regent.” In a letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office earlier this week, Hall’s attorney asked Paxton to intervene
after McRaven denied Hall access to requested material. Hall is seeking files used in an independent investigation into admission practices at the University. In early March, Hall asked to be provided with the documents Kroll Associates, Inc. used to review admissions. The results of the investigation, released in February, found that UT President William Powers Jr. had exerted influence in the admission of a handful of students but concluded that no formal rules were broken.
Three regents voted to support Hall’s requests, but the Chancellor said Hall would not be given the records unless the Board authorized such access by majority vote, according to the letter Hall’s lawyer sent Paxton, first obtained by the Texas Tribune. “The Chancellor asserted that giving Regent Hall access to the Kroll records constituted reopening the investigation of student admissions practices or involved FERPA-pro-
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As search goes on, Bernhardt named Moody interim dean By Samantha Ketterer @sam_kett
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UT System Regent Wallace Hall is continuing his investigation into the University’s admission practices.
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Undeclared freshman Kenzie Harrison takes care of a rabbit as part of Chi Kappa Phi service society’s Pet-a-Bunny Day on the SAC lawn Thursday afternoon. For the second year in a row, KPhi partnered with local animal shelter House Rabbit Resource Network to give students a chance to relax and socialize with bunnies.
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After a months-long search for a new dean of the Moody College of Communication yielded no results, UT Provost and Presidentelect Gregory Fenves named Jay Bernhardt as interim dean Thursday. Bernhardt is currently a professor in the Department of Communication Studies and the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations. He helped launch the Center for Health Communication and serves as its director. Bernhardt will begin his position as interim dean on Sept. 1. Bernhardt said although he has been at UT for about a year, he is impressed with the talent of the students and faculty at the Moody College. “As interim dean, I plan to use my academic, government, and industry experience to make sure that Moody College continues on the path of excellence and leadership in all aspects of our teaching, research, practice, and production,” Bernhardt said in an email. The dean search committee initially brought three finalists to campus to interview for the position and also planned on interviewing a fourth candidate. According to an email Fenves sent in March, the fourth candidate, whose name administrators declined to provide, dropped from the search process. Fenves announced last week that he would continue the search for a permanent Moody dean. Barry Brummett, co-chair of the dean search committee and communica-
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Goat project aims to Pop goes the artist at annual Push4Art help Valley families By Rebecca Fu
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Business senior Samuel Garcia had an idea. What he needed was goats. Garcia, who is from the Rio Grande Valley, wanted to help families living in colonias — communities along the border that often lack basic living necessities, such as potable water. To help improve families’ living conditions, Garcia launched the Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative, a business plan that he hoped would allow people to make a profit from donated dairy goats. The University awarded
the Initiative with the University Union’s Pal—Make A Difference Award, an annual honor given to a student who significantly impacts lives either on campus or in the broader community, last week. Garcia said he was driven to found the initiative out of a desire to help families in the colonias the ability to send their children. As a native of the Valley, Garcia said he directly witnessed first-hand what it’s like to be without a source of stable income. “[People living in
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With the push of a button, students wandering campus this weekend can summon a sudden performance from a string quartet, a guitar-strumming vocalist or a magician lying nearby in wait. The artists are performing as part of Push4Art, an annual, campus-wide series of pop-up performances that feature student talent and aim to be a accessible way for students to appreciate art in a casual setting. Hook’em Arts, an organization that aims to increase engagement with and awareness of Texas
Performing Arts, hosts the event and will celebrate its two-year anniversary Friday. Theatre and dance senior Sean Tecson, who helped create last year’s Push4Art, said the pop-up performances provide students with any special talents to perform. “The Texas Performing Arts tours professional artists, but, for me, there’s a lot of merit in young artists,” Tecson said. “It’s a fun way to engage in performing arts, and it’s a fun way to explore young talent.” For the event, members of Hook’em Arts constructed and painted a wooden
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When you look at people’s purchasing behavior for solar systems in California, it actually skews to older people, and it is not because of the availability of money. —Douglas Arent, Executive director
According to Arent, older people tend to invest more in clean, renewable sources of energy because of their desire to create a sustainable earth for younger generations. “The older people get, the more they care about their children and grandchildren,” Arent said. “When you look at people’s purchasing behavior for solar systems in California, it actually skews to older people, and it is not because of the availability of money.” Finance sophomore Trong Nguyen said he believes that carbon productivity could rise to the levels necessary to
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sustain the world’s energy demand in the future. “I wouldn’t be surprised if future technological innovation allows society to easily reach the carbon productivity levels that would meet the world’s demand for energy,” Nguyen said. With the decarbonizing initiative gaining more traction, energy investments are being increasingly allocated
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tion studies professor, said the provost made the ultimate decision to continue the search. “The considerations for the new dean continue to be what they were — that we want the best candidate in the country,” Brummett said. “We are actively recruiting applications.” Bernhardt will temporarily replace current Moody Dean Roderick Hart, who has spent more than 10 years in the position. Hart announced his resignation in August 2014 and will step down from his position in May. Hart said he was influential in recruiting Bernhardt from his position of chair of the Department of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida. “This is someone I have great, great regard for,” Hart said. “I’m glad we were able to get someone of his caliber.”
tected records,” the email said. “The Chancellor decided that Regent Hall did not have an ‘educational purpose’ for reviewing the Kroll records that was sufficient in the Chancellor’s opinion.” In the email, Hall’s lawyer, Bill Aleshire, asked the attorney general to consider two questions: whether the Board of Regents can prohibit a regent from obtaining access to records the regent believes are “necessary to review to fulfill his duties as a regent,” and whether the chancellor can do to the same. Aleshire invoked Regent Rule 19801, “Policy on Transparency, Accountability, and Access to Information,” which says that UT System employees must respond to requests for information “without undue delay.” “For the purpose of a Board vote on this issue, the vote of any two or more Regents in support of the request is suffi-
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The head of a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable energy discussed the challenges and opportunities the energy sector faces as a result of impending climate change. In order to help the U.S. combat the effects of climate change, the energy sector must reduce its carbon footprint and reduce the amount of energy needed to power the domestic economy, according to Douglas Arent, executive director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis. “Carbon productivity must rise three times as fast as labor productivity did during the Industrial Revolution in order to reach the world’s demand for energy,” Arent said. The Department of Energy asked Arent’s team to conduct research, and the team found the United States could meet the bulk of its 2050 projected electricity demand using renewable energy, meaning that renewable energy will represent anywhere from 30 to 90 percent of energy consumption, Arent said.
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Jay M. Bernhardt Interim dean
Bernhardt said he was honored the provost selected him to be interim dean and said he is going to work to that standard. “My main goal is to be a great listener and spend time with people at every level and from every unit throughout the college and do what I can to help them to be successful in their work and their studies,” Bernhardt said. Fenves said the search committee will continue looking for a new dean of the Moody College during Bernhardt’s term.
to clean and sustainable energy, Arent said. “Bloomberg Energy Finance forecasts a decrease in fossil fuel investment globally for the next 20 years and a continued and relatively significant increase in investment in clean energy technologies,” Arent said. Public health freshman Jonathan Tran said that he
cient to direct that the request will be filled without delay,” the policy says. Barbara Holthaus, UT System assistant general counsel, said there is an exception to FERPA rules called the university official exception. Under this exception, anyone employed by the University who needs access to the confidential information to perform a job may have access. Holthaus said any University official seeking access must have an educational purpose, and a person’s position or title does not immediately justify a request for confidential student information. “In the case of a regent or a chancellor or president, as long as the access they are requiring is pursuant to a legitimate educational purpose and it’s part of their duties, then they can have access to information that is subject to FERPA,” Holthaus said. “What we know under FERPA, though, is the mere fact that you have a position such as a chancellor or a president doesn’t mean
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that you get access to any information that you need.” In another email to Hall, McRaven further attempted to explain why he did not feel Hall’s requests met those criteria. “I have no concerns about giving you information that is consistent with your regental needs to be better informed, i.e. how the admissions process works … that is what the board approved,” McRaven wrote. “However, your twelve requests for information lead any reader to believe that you are further investigating the Kroll report, the Fisher litigation, Legislative compliance, all of which are perfectly acceptable for a board, if procedurally the majority of the board wants to undertake these new inquiries. I remain willing to meet with you and provide you information as long as that information isn’t part of an additional inquiry. If it is, I have no problem with that, as long as the majority of the board approves.” Business senior Samuel Garcia is the founder of the Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative, a business plan that helps people living in colonias profit from donated dairy goats.
continues from page 1 colonias] are genuine, hard-working, good people — that’s why I wanted to help them,” Garcia said. “I have a lot of friends from colonias who had the same dreams and wants that we did. They just didn’t have any of the funds.” His initiative, which began in January, uses money donated by students and sponsors to provide three goats and supplies to each family in need. Once families in the colonias have a combined 30 to 40 goats, they will form a dairy cooperative, which Garcia said he hopes will help give them a stable income through milk and cheese sales. So far, the Initiative has raised about $3,000, and two families in farmingbased colonias have been provided goats, with seven
believes increasing research should be devoted to finding more feasible sources of renewable energy. “Adopting an increasing amount of renewable sources of energy will help us address both the long-term problem of energy sources, as well as limit nonrenewable energy’s harmful impact on the environment,” Tran said.
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more families planning to receive goats this summer, according to Garcia. The group is preparing to make their organization into a full nonprofit and hopes to gain support from interested investors, according to Tom Jackson, an Initiative member and supply chain management junior. The ultimate goal is to expand the
initiative to other impoverished communities. “Five to 10 years from now is when this can really be [a high-impact], actual secure source of income for these people, but funding will be critical,” Jackson said. Those in charge of distributing the award appreciated that Garcia tailored
his project to the community, according to Megan McMillin, UT director of alumni relations. “He created a very innovative project,” McMillin said. “He saw a need in his community, thought outside of the box and had an idea to improve that community and to make a true difference.”
cifically requesting a performance,” Rogers said. “When you go to a concert hall, you’re in a certain mindset, and you’ll behave a certain way. Push4Art is all about trying to break the norms and just to have fun.” Last year, pop-up performers included string instrumentalists, dancers, singers and magicians. Tecson said he remembers a couple of faculty members walking indecisively around the podium before finally pressing the button. “Once they did push it, a cellist came out to set up, and the reaction and surprise to that was really cool,” Tecson said. “It’s fun to see their en-
joyment when they see it’s a pop-up performance.” Marina Martinez, anthropology junior and Hook’em Arts special events chair, performed on the violin during last year’s Push4Art event. Martinez said audience members were grateful for the performances. “People came up to thank me,” Martinez said. “The songs I played were something they haven’t heard in a while, and they were happy to hear it randomly on campus,” Roger said. While artists also perform showcases in traditional artistic settings, they received considerable positive attention for their flexibility
during Push4Art — and got especially good feedback for the magic acts. “Many people think that doing a magic trick wouldn’t be the same as going to see someone sing a song,” Rogers said. “They don’t necessarily think of it as a performing art, but it is.” Martinez said artists are no longer limited to traditional ideas of what art is. “It’s not just boring chamber music or a dead guy’s paintings,” Martinez said. “It’s new and modern and exciting. Push4Art is going into public spaces and shoving art onto people. We don’t expect them to clap when it’s over — we just want them to live it.”
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Dell Medical School dean talks recruitment, health care access Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series of Q-and-A’s with UT’s deans. Dr. Clay Johnston is dean of the Dell Medical School. He was appointed dean in January 2014. The interview has been edited for clarity. The McCombs School of Business declined our requests for an interview. The Daily Texan: What sorts of things have happened in the medical school since the Texan last spoke to you? Clay Johnston: We’ve been hiring a lot of people. Hiring people is one of the most important things we do. We are almost entirely focused on [hiring] leaders. Now we have three department chairs, with another four to recruit. We had a visit from the accrediting body in February. And that visit went really well. We will hear about accreditation for sure in June. If that goes well, we will start accepting applications for July 2016. DT: What kind of relationship do you foresee between the medical school and the rest of UT? Johnston: We have started the first program that cuts across schools, called the Design Institute for Health. It’s us and the College of Fine Arts. We will announce another program like this that will include LBJ, McCombs and the Law School within a month. In addition we will start programs that reflect how we hope to find solutions to health problems. DT: What has the recruiting process been like so far? Johnston: For us, the most logical way to recruit is to recruit the leaders and have the leaders recruit their people. There are some urgent needs we have to fill, so we are recruiting a small number of faculty along the way. In terms of staff, we met those needs
right away. We did inherit clinical faculty from UT Southwestern. DT: Recently, the University announced a partnership between the medical school and Huston-Tillotson University. Can you tell us about that, and what are the things you look at when it comes to working together with other organizations, such as Seton? Johnston: We have a bunch of partnerships, and we will always rely on those. As opposed to our own stuff, we are trying to work as a coordination and creativity engine to move other entities forward. Seton is a key one because they are a primary in-patient partner. The other major partner for us is Central Health, the Travis County health care district. They make sure that poor people get health care and they do that through contracting with different providers. A lot of teaching will happen there. ... HustonTillotson is brand new. We are focused on how we deal with mental health disparities in Travis County. Huston-Tillotson is great partner to help us think about that. DT: How can the medical school address disparities in health care access? How could it work to alleviate some of the problems? Johnston: I see that as one of the critical roles for us. Right now, too much money is being spent on the emergency room and stuff that happens in the hospital, whereas if we shift the dollars and spending more to promoting health, creating a better environment for people, encouraging them to make better choices and identifying conditions early, we could save tons of money and people would be happier and healthier. That’s particularly true in neighborhoods where there’s more poverty. What we are interested in is shifting the payer model. Our
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role is to help these populations to identify the things that could be effective, potentially to coordinate different practitioners that are acquired to create those plans, directing payers toward wiser investment to their dollar. It will be more effective by bringing good ideas and promoting smart policies and the infrastructure.
is important, ultimately, to have physicians look like the patients they are treating. Unfortunately, we’re nowhere close to that in the U.S. health care system. We, as a single school, cannot solve that problem, but we are trying to look at the entire pipeline to interest students in medicine as early as middle school.
DT: How do you plan to help with students’ tuition and also increase diversity?
DT: What role do you think the Dell Medical School will play in relation to the other medical schools in the UT System?
Johnston: Our goal is to have no tuition for a third of our students and to keep tuition low for the other two-thirds. We have scholarships for people who plan to go into primary care — it’s probably going to be a forgivable loan program as the way to encourage it. The diversity issue is complicated, and it’s going to be a long-term issue for us. It
Johnston: We have some fabulous [medical] schools in the UT System. They have been honed through years of tradition. We have this opportunity, and responsibility, to be more representative of where the health care system is going. So the other schools are looking to us to succeed and fail because we are definitely taking some of the risks so they can learn from both.
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Congratulations to Texas Quidditch
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Three in a row for the world (not national) championship in quidditch. A world dynasty indeed and let’s go for it again in 2016! Hopefully, the games will be in Austin because we deserve and have earned it.
All the teams are to be congratulated for helping to pioneer and get interest in our young sport, but especially our Horns. Well done, Horns! — Bill Telford, Texas Quidditch fan.
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COLUMN
AR 3 failure will increase debate By Katie Pace
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I am writing as a UT graduate, a Jew and a member of the Austin chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace to express my admiration for the Palestinian and Palestinian solidarity activists who introduced the divestment resolution, AR 3, to UT’s Student Government. I am also writing to express my frustration with the claims made by AR 3 opponents. Rather than focus on the resolution’s content, opponents argued that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement of which AR 3 was part seeks to destroy the state of Israel. This is not true. BDS seeks to ensure the human rights of and a peaceful existence for Palestinians by making three demands of Israel: End the occupation of Arab lands, which for almost 50 years has displaced and traumatized Palestinians as well as Syrians and Bedouins; ensure that non-Jewish and Jewish citizens of Israel have equal rights, which coincides with basic principles of democracy; and allow Palestinian refugees, who were forced to flee their homes in 1948, to return. At no point does BDS discuss Israel’s fu-
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ture. Rather, Israel’s supporters and apologists have decided that, if Israel were to meet BDS’ demands, it would cease to be a Jewish state. Perhaps they are correct, but they ignore one crucial point: BDS’ demands are good. If Israel cannot do right by Palestinians and still maintain its integrity as a Jewish state — if Israel must oppress an entire people in order to survive — then Jews and non-Jews alike must question Israel’s right to exist. Opponents of AR 3 also sidestepped the resolution’s content by arguing that the resolution’s passage would create disunity on UT’s campus. In so doing, they asked the University to unite around injustice. This is a false union, for injustice always divides and generates discord. AR 3 supporters sought a different sort of unity, one grounded in compassion and peace. I pray that, though AR 3 did not pass, it will motivate UT students to educate themselves about Israel’s occupation of Palestine and cultivate in themselves an enlightened sense of compassion for oppressed people so that this vision of a just unity can become reality. Until then, Palestinians and their supporters will keep fighting the good fight. Pace is a UT alumna and member of the Austin chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.
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GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Friday, April 24, 2015
BASEBALL
Longhorns look to keep momentum
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Texas hit rock bottom Saturday night when Kansas outfielder Connor McKay hit a walk-off home run. After losing their 19th game of the season, the full weight of all the losses finally set in. “As baseball players and competitors, when you get the win on Friday night, we’re feeling good — but, to hit that walk-off home run, it changed all of us,” sophomore center fielder Zane Gurwitz said. “You can only take so much to where you have to fight back and get back to just being out there and being aggressive.” Maybe the Longhorns just got tired of losing. Maybe it was watching a walk-off home run by Kansas sail over the left field wall. One way or another, Texas has snapped out of its funk. In its past two games, the team has scored 23 runs off 31 hits. “It was just a last straw sort of thing,” junior left fielder Ben Johnson said. “We were fed up with all the losses we’ve taken. To lose on a walk-off home run like that was pretty tough. We came out Sunday being really aggressive, and it carried over to Tuesday, and, hopefully, it’ll carry over this weekend.” The Longhorn offense is surging at the perfect moment as they prepare to face their toughest challenge this weekend. Texas (22–19, 8–7 Big 12) will travel to Fort Worth to take on No. 7 TCU (31–8, 7–5).
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After struggling for the past month, sophomore center fielder Zane Gurwitz has rebounded with five runs scored and five RBIs in the past four games.
The Horned Frogs have one of the best pitching staffs in the nation. TCU leads the nation at a 2.15 ERA, has only allowed 6.97 hits per nine innings and averages nine strikeouts per nine innings. Although TCU presents a difficult challenge, the Longhorns will look to continue attack the ball and fight to score runs. “We’re not necessarily looking at it as they’re going to have better pitching … [we’ll] just play against the baseball,”
Ben said. “Just play the game and just find a way to manufacture runs. That’s what we’re going to keep on doing.” While the Horned Frogs have a solid pitching staff, Texas’ starting pitchers have been bitten by the injury bug. Sophomore pitcher Kacy Clemens has been ruled out for this weekend’s series because of shoulder soreness. Junior pitcher Chad Hollingsworth might return to the mound Sunday afternoon. Despite the Longhorns’
pitching issues, associate head coach Skip Johnson said the pitching staff will grind its way through the weekend. “No game is bigger than any other game,” Skip said. “Every game is important. … TCU’s got a good club. We’ve dealt with a lot of adversity all year long, and we’ll probably have to deal with some this weekend.” After all the losses Texas has suffered this season, a series win against the Horned Frogs this weekend is important.
The Longhorns are fifth in the Big 12 standings but are within two games of leading the conference. With so much on the line, the team is fully aware of what lies ahead of them in Fort Worth. “It’s going to be a huge challenge,” Ben said. “Going to a place like Fort Worth, it’s kind of an environment like [Texas] — a pretty big stadium and a very passionate fan base. But if we want to get back to Omaha, then we’re going to have to find ways to win series like this.”
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Lithuanian finds balance in life on, off court By Reanna Zuniga @reannasioux
Lina Padegimaite’s mind is almost always on her academics. In the training room, mid-treatment, Padegimaite peers closely at the notebook on her lap, focusing intently. The senior tennis player said she never imagined playing a college sport and making good grades would be as time-consuming as it is. Padegimaite, a native of Lithuania, learned to juggle school and tennis early on in her life and does not procrastinate as a rule. The discipline she practices in all areas of her life has paid off — Padegimaite has never had to pull an all-nighter for classes. “I’m trying to get my schoolwork done before 11, so I have to make sure I get enough sleep to endure the practice tomorrow — because if you’re sleepless and you come into a Texas weight session or conditioning, that’s not going to last,” Padegimaite said. Padegimaite calls herself “that” front-row student with her hand constantly raised or writing down notes.
“I can’t do the computer thing — I always handwrite,” Padegimaite said. “People still make fun of me because I’m graduating college with all A’s and one A-minus, and I can’t type without looking at the keyboard.” Padegimaite, who will graduate in the spring with a degree in exercise science, was recently named to the Academic All-Big 12 Women’s Tennis Team for the third-consecutive year. Her academic productivity has even transferred to her friends, who have picked up some of her traits. “I used to stay up late [finishing homework], but I haven’t really since I started living with her,” said astronomy senior Sarafina Nance, Padegimaite’s roommate. “Living in that environment inspires me to put more effort into my fitness and classes.” Padegimaite has also found success on the court. Through her four years at Texas, she has earned Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year, All-Big 12 Doubles and even a Big 12 title in No. 5 singles. This season alone, the senior has proved
her leadership on the team. Against Michigan State, in what Padegimaite called the highlight of her senior year, she overcame a huge deficit to bring the only points to Texas’ scoreboard. “I was in this match where I was down in the third-set tiebreaker 9–1, and I came back to win it 11–9,” Padegimaite said. “I had to win 10 points in a row, which is pretty hard in any tennis game. Tennis is a huge mental game more than physical. For me, it’s about relying on my own skills and going for it, instead of holding back.” This weekend, Texas faced its last two opponents of the regular season, Kansas and Kansas State, in Austin. “It’s sad and exciting at the same time because I am an emotional person,” Padegimaite said. “When I step out on that court, knowing it’s my last match, I know I can get emotional, but I still have to do my job and get the win for the team.” For Padegimaite, finishing college doesn’t mean closing the chapter at UT. She will be pursuing physical therapy at Texas State after she graduates but said she wants to stay
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In her time at Texas, senior Lina Padegimaite has made almost all A’s while leading the women’s tennis team.
connected to the community. “I don’t think I’m going to end with this match or end with me graduating,” Padegimaite said. “There is a Texas Exes Association that can keep me involved and be a part of the Texas family forever.” Kinesiology lecturer Michael Sanders described Padegimaite as one of his best students. His wife, Barbara, is a chair in the physical therapy department at Texas State, where Padegimaite plans to study. “I have an insight into all the things that being a physical therapist entails, and Lina
is a unique individual that will excel at it,” Sanders said. Texas recognized Padegimaite on Sunday for Senior Day before the match against Kansas, in which Texas toppled the Jayhawks, 4–0. And this weekend, Texas travels to Waco for the Big 12 Championship, where Padegimaite looks to end her college career with another highlight. “I’m not trying to put a lot of pressure on myself or anything,” Padegimaite said. “[I’ll] perform with pride and know this is an opportunity for me to shine. I’m just going to go all out like I always do.”
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For Stephanie Ceo, softball is the family business By Claire Cruz @claireecruz5
For many great athletes, training starts at a young age. They dedicate their lives to a sport and reap the benefits as they get older. Junior second baseman Stephanie Ceo attributes her success to her early start in softball and to her family’s long history with the sport. Stephanie has three older sisters — Britney, Natalie and Courtney — who all played softball growing up. Her parents, Brad and Kim, played baseball and softball growing up and are still involved with it today. The Ceos work with an 18-and-under program in their home state of California
to help softball players make it to the collegiate level. Stephanie said she never felt too much pressure to continue the family tradition. In fact, she said being coached by her parents and watching her sisters helped her get more prepared than the average freshman to play at the next level. “Sometimes, when freshmen come in, they’re not prepared for the mental side of the game, whereas I came into college, and I was ready to start playing from the beginning,” Stephanie said. “[My family] helped me with my skills of course — but mentally, they prepared me so well to come into collegiate softball and make
a difference.” As a self-proclaimed visual learner, Stephanie said being the youngest sister helped her grown. She said she learned a lot from watching her sisters play and formed some of her own game around her sisters’ struggles and strengths. “It was always a big motivator to be as good or better than they were,” Stephanie said. “Sometimes, sibling rivalry can become kind of a burden more than something that progresses you, but, in our family, it was always more that we wanted the best for each other.” Her efficiency at the plate is one of the things her family helped her develop. Stephanie’s father served
as the hitting coach for Sierra College in 2012 when the Wolverines broke every California junior college hitting record. Her older sister Courtney was a standout hitter for the Oregon program from 2011 to 2014 and finished her career as the leader in three offensive categories. Stephanie currently boasts a .311 batting average and is three RBIs away from reaching 50 in her career. As Texas faces Texas Tech in Lubbock this weekend for a Big 12 Conference series, Stephanie’s .483 road-game batting average will be a nice weapon. Although the win-loss record in this matchup is swayed heavily in Texas’ favor, Stephanie and head
coach Connie Clark are expecting a fight from the Red Raiders. “We’ve played well on the road this year, but playing in Lubbock is always a challenge,” Clark said. “We’ll have our work cut out for us.” The Longhorns (31–12, 6–3 Big 12) are entering this series with momentum from a crucial three-game sweep of Iowa State. Texas Tech (21–24, 5–7) is riding a fourgame win streak after a conference sweep of their own over Oklahoma State. The Red Raiders will look to their leading hitter, junior Jordan Bettiol (.389), to spark their chances defeating Texas. First pitch of the series is set for 6 p.m. on Friday.
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SPORTS BRIEFLY Rowing prepares to compete in Indiana
This weekend, Texas will take to the water in Bloomington, Indiana, to compete in the Dale England Cup. The Longhorns will race against Indiana, Notre Dame and Columbia in a series of dual races, in which two teams race headto-head. Head coach Dave O’Neill said he hopes to use this regatta as an opportunity to improve upon the team’s close second-place finishes at the Clemson Invitational, including several against Indiana. “Basically, what we realized we need to do better is we need to go further per stroke,” O’Neill said. “I think they’re trying hard; they’re rowing relatively well, but, in terms of maximizing that base speed, we just haven’t been able to get that just yet. But we’ve made some big steps forward.” Texas is currently ranked 12th, one spot below host Indiana. After the San Diego Crew Classic, the Longhorns emerged in the national rankings for the first time since 2012. O’Neill said he used the last poll before the San Diego Crew Classic in March, which didn’t rank the Longhorns, as motivation for the team. “I showed everyone the poll, and I’m like, ‘Hey, this is the last time that Texas is not ranked in the top 20,’” O’Neill said. “‘This is the last poll ever.’ And then, sure enough, after the Crew Classic, we were ranked.” O’Neill said one of the top priorities before this weekend’s regatta was figuring out the constantly changing lineups for the top varsity boats. In the days leading up to the regatta, the coaches have spent hours going over possible lineups on whiteboards. “Trying to get everyone flowing and going along on the same page — it’s tough,” O’Neill said. “I think a great mindset change for the team has been thinking about what’s best for the team. I’ve been impressed with the lack of selfishness.” —James Rodriguez
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KAT SAMPSON, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Friday, April 24, 2015
FILM
On location: Austin on screen
Austin’s claim to fame may be its live music scene — but the city’s movie credentials should not be overlooked. The Daily Texan made a map of some of the city’s most iconic cinematic locations. From the retro bowling alley featured in Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” to the Texas State Capitol, featured in “Spy Kids 2,” these locations remain largely unchanged. Looking for something to do this weekend? Hop in your car and follow this map from one Austin landmark to the next. Make sure to check out more sites using our interactive map at www.dailytexanonline.com.
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last July that he used first fell in love with the club’s vibe when he would haunt the area as a high schooler. He made the club the backdrop for the “anti-artist scene” between the club’s bartender and Dairy Queen photographer in “Slacker.”
2. 1. evening plans. The 2014 comedy “Chef ” showcased the exterior of Güero’s as one of the destinations Carl (Jon Favreau) and his food truck visit
during their tour across the country. In the scene, Carl serves barbecued brisket to hungry Austinites as they listen to Gary Clark Jr. on Güero’s outdoor patio.
Texas State Capitol 1100 Congress Ave. Film: “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams,” 2002 Director: Robert Rodriguez
Oddly enough, the same building that houses the offices of the Texas Legislature also served as a location for “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams,” written and directed by Austin-based filmmaker and UT alumnus Robert Rodriguez. The Capitol building was the venue for the Organization of Super Spies banquet, where the kids’ father, Gregorio Cortez (Antonio Banderas), is cheated out of his rightful title as the director of the organization. In the same scene, Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) reveals his hidden talent in the art of ballet.
West Show.The removal of street lamps, the addition of several horse buggies and a few carefully angled
cameras transformed the urban center of Austin into a believable, old-fashioned street corner.
Mean Eyed Cat 1621 W. Fifth St. Film: “Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2” Year: 1986 Director: Tobe Hooper
The building that once housed Cut-Rite Chain Saws, the store where Lefty (Dennis Hopper) buys chainsaws in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” has been remodeled into a bar called the Mean Eyed Cat. Although both the building’s exterior and interior have changed and chainsaws are no longer for sale, memorabilia from the film
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Austin Club 110 E. Ninth St. Film: “True Grit,” 2010 Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen
The exterior of the Austin Club was transformed to resemble Memphis in 1903 for the final scene in 2010’s “True Grit,” the Coen brothers’ adaptation of the novel by the same name. At the end of the movie, Mattie (Hailee Steinfeld) gets off a train in Memphis in search of Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), who she believes is working at a traveling Wild
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Güero’s Taco Bar 1412 S. Congress Ave. Films: “Chef” and “Death Proof,” 2014, 2007 Director: Jon Favreau, Quentin Tarantino
Güero’s Taco Bar, a South Congress Avenue taco bar, was the inspiration for a man-made set in Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 thriller, “Death Proof.” Although the restaurant’s interior was not conducive for shooting the film, Tarantino asked for a set that closely resembled Güero’s interior for the scene in which Jungle Julia (Sydney Poitier) and her friends discuss their
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Dart Bowl 5700 Grover Ave. Film: “Boyhood,” 2014 Director: Richard Linklater
hang from the walls of the bar to remind customers of the building’s eerie past. The bar is named after the Johnny
Cash tune, “Mean Eyed Cat,” and has been serving the Austin community since its opening in 2004.
The Oscar-nominated drama “Boyhood” follows Mason Jr. (Ellar Coltrane), a South Texan, as he grows from a six-year-old into a college freshman. The Linklater-directed movie showcases a long list of iconic Texas locations across Austin, Houston and San Marcos. In one scene, Mason Sr. takes his two kids bowling and attempts to teach them life lessons. Although the bowling alley scene is set in Houston, it was shot at Dart Bowl in North Austin. Famous for its retro bowling lanes and enchilada and eggs dish, Dart Bowl has served Austin bowlers’ needs since 1958.
Top Notch 7525 Burnet Rd. Film: “Dazed and Confused,” 1993 Director: Richard Linklater
Matthew McConaughey’s big break happened in the parking lot of Top Notch Hamburgers. In a scene from the 1993 cult classic “Dazed and Confused,” McConaughey plays a stoner who cruises up to a drive-in burger joint in a Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 looking for girls. Located on Burnet Road, Top Notch sports the same 1970s exterior and offers the same burgers they’ve served since opening. A spiritual sequel to the film called “That’s What I’m Talking About,” a baseball drama set at a university in 1980s, is in the works.
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“Slacker” premiered at the Dobie Theatre near UT’s campus in 1991.
Many of the locations featured in the film thrive to this day, and none more so than the Continental Club, the longtime live-music hotspot on South Congress Avenue. Linklater told Texas Monthly in an interview
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Continental Club 1315 S. Congress Ave. Film: “Slacker,” 1991 Director: Richard Linklater