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SYSTEM
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Chancellor appoints two new leaders
Bill to renew green fee considered in Legislature
By Wynne Davis @wyneellyn
As a part of his plan to increase the UT System’s influence and excellence in higher education, System Chancellor William McRaven hired two leaders from within the System to join his staff. David Daniel, the current president of UT-Dallas and
previous candidate for president of UT-Austin, will start in the newly created roles of deputy chancellor and chief operating officer. “David Daniel possesses skills that are transferable across the system in managing and leading people, operations, new construction and technology,” McRaven said in a statement. “He is a respected voice on the needs
and benefits of higher education to the state of Texas, and he has demonstrated that he knows how to propel an institution forward on a magnificent trajectory. Everything he has done as president of UT Dallas prepares him for this new role, and now the entire UT System will be a beneficiary of
APPOINTEES page 2
By Elly Dearman @ellydearman
Steven Leslie
Former executive vice president
David Daniel
UT-Dallas President
CAMPUS
UTUnrated exposes graphic content By Jackie Wang & Elly Dearman @thedailytexan
UTUnrated, a Snapchat account that receives hundreds of submissions from University students, publishes a daily Snapchat “story” that includes, on an average day, nude photos, videos of people snorting lines of cocaine and the occasional puppy picture. Kevin Douglass, founder, moderator and philosophy sophomore, started the Snapchat account “utunrated” on April 5 and said the account has been removed twice for violating Snapchat’s policy on thirdparty apps. Snapchat users submit photos and videos to the account, and Douglass uses a thirdparty app to collect and post the submissions on Snapchat. The account is on its third handle — “utu n r at ed3.”
UTUnrated often features illegal activities, particularly drug use, happening on and near campus. UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said UTPD does not usually investigate illegal activities shared on Snapchat or any social media platforms. “UTPD does not routinely monitor social media,” Posey said in an email. “However, if something is brought to our attention that warrants an investigation, we will
pursue it within the limits of the law.” Snapchat, popularized by its ephemeral quality of disappearing photos and videos, is currently ranked sixth on Apple’s “free apps” list. Douglass said he selects which of the thousands of submitted photos and videos make the cut. “[I select] whatever makes me laugh personally [and] whatever I find enjoyable,” Douglass said. “That’s not to say at all that if I don’t enjoy it, I won’t post it.
Since I’m running this account so that however many thousand people can see things, I know the rest of those 10,000 people don’t want to see … just what my preferences are.” There have been instances of creepy submissions, Douglass said. “I won’t engage in anything that promotes violence, physically or sexually, [or] anything unconsensual [sic],” Douglass said. “People will send pictures of someone following a girl in public, and that’s really
creepy and really wrong.” The no-holds-barred approach of UTUnrated is exactly what turned corporate communications freshman Megan Adler away from adding the account to her Snapchat. “I don’t have it because I’ve seen it, and it’s terrible,” Adler said. “It’s just inappropriate and not right. It’s just trashy.” Psychology professor Samuel Gosling, who has conducted research regarding social media, said Snapchat permits people to post without accountability.
SNAPCHAT page 2
Illustration by Connor Murphy | Daily Texan Staff
Hundreds of students across campus working on green fee-funded projects have helped reroute over 27,000 pounds of UT’s compost from landfills, plant over 75,000 seedlings and grow about 250 pounds of produce. The $5 student fee, the green fee, that makes these environmental projects, along with other University environmental initiatives, possible is at risk for removal this legislative session. Green fee-funded programs include projects such as the Microfarm, Longhorn Lights Out and the solar-powered charging stations. In order for the green fee to be renewed past summer 2016, lawmakers must approve one of two bills filed in the House and Senate that would allow the fee to continue with student approval. Sen. José Rodríguez (D-El Paso), author of the Senate version of the bill, placed his bill on Thursday’s intent calendar but said he doesn’t think there is enough support to renew the green fee. “Right now the bill is stuck, unless more members of the Senate have a change of heart,” Rodríguez said in an email. The House version of the bill remains pending in committee after an April 22 hearing. All students pay the green fee, and it costs $5 during long semesters and $2.50 each summer semester. Karen Blaney, program coordinator in the Office
GREEN FEE page 3
UNIVERSITY
SPORTS
VP of research to step down from position
Larry Robinson paved the way for the rest
By Rund Khayyat @rundkhayyat
Juan Sanchez, vice president for research, will step down from his position in August of this year. “It has been a pleasure and a privilege for me to serve this great university of ours as VP for research,” Sanchez said. Before he started at UT in 1989 in the mechanical engineering department, Sanchez was a materials science professor at Columbia University from 1987–1989 and a renowned researcher worldwide. During his service as vice president of research,
Sanchez established the Office of Research Support to increase faculty research support, extended the University’s research collaboration with the private sector and contributed to the tenfold increase in revenues for technological commercialization, according to the Office of the Provost. “Dr. Sanchez has led the research enterprise at UT with distinction, and I am grateful for his leadership,” said Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost and next UT president, in a statement. “UT Austin has developed a worldwide
RESEARCH page 2
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part series about the racial integration of Texas’ men’s basketball team. Part one, which was published Wednesday, told the story of the first AfricanAmerican basketball players to come to Texas.
Larry Robinson chose to become a Longhorn despite Texas’ reputation as a white, football school and set the standard for future AfricanAmerican basketball players at the University. He played a key part in the integration of the program.
By Garrett Callahan @CallahanGarrett
At Hobbs High School in 1970 in Hobbs, New Mexico, Larry Robinson was expecting royalty. As a standout basketball athlete his senior year, a variety of colleges recruited Robinson. But Leon Black, Texas’ then-head coach, and
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