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New faces, familiar places: Year in review The 2014–2015 school year was marked by new faces — a new chancellor, president, governor and basketball coach. The year also featured stranger elements, including a brief Ebola scare, a new 50-foot canoe sculpture and a satirical Student Government campaign that ended in victory. Check out our year in review.

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CITY

City Council approves disease outbreak fund

By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng

As the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department continues to monitor two individuals for signs of the Ebola virus, nearly seven months after the first American patient was diagnosed, the Austin City Council approved supplemental funding Thursday for Ebola preparedness.

The City Council accepted $183,906 from the Texas

Department of State Health Services to fund public health preparedness planning and responsiveness for Ebola and other infectious diseases, according to Janet Pichette, chief epidemiologist at the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department.

“We receive public health preparedness dollars [every year], and this is extra money to help accelerate preparedness planning,” Pichette said.

The health department

works with the University in times of emergency, such as last fall, when a UT student was monitored for Ebola after potentially being exposed. The department is the initiator of all emergency infectious disease response, said Bob Harkins, associate vice president for campus safety and security.

“In any infectious disease scenario, the lead and dictating agency ends up being Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services,” Harkins said. “For

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example, when Ebola situation erupted last fall, they notified us of the person.”

The University’s response protocol is the same for all infectious diseases, including the mumps case diagnosed in a student Wednesday, Harkins said. “[The health department] usually talk about our responses and notifications and precautions and stuff,” Harkins said. “The UHS and the Healthy Horns’ side of

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The Austin City Council approved funding for an Ebola preparedness plan Thursday.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Students protest sweatshops UT creates Chrome extension to clarify privacy agreements

By Sebastian Herrera @SebasAHerrera

For over five hours Thursday, students held a sit-in protest outside administrators’ offices to raise awareness of working conditions in factories that produce University apparel — eventually leading President William Powers Jr. to come down from his office to speak with the group.

Students Against Sweatshops, a UT branch of the nation-wide United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), organized the protest, which focused on the licensing agreement UT approved in March with 289c Apparel. The agreement reduced official apparel suppliers from about 2,000 to 20 but also created a deal between the University and the Dallas Cowboys’ official apparel company. Franchesca Caraballo, USAS member and social work junior, said the

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Members of United Students Against Sweatshops protested at the Main Building on Thursday afternoon.

Cowboys’ apparel company is known for having sweatshops in countries such as Bangladesh and Indonesia.

“The deal essentially means that the Cowboys’ merchandising will have a monopoly over our apparel, and that’s problematic because they have a long

range of labor rights abuses and human rights abuses in some of their factories located around the world,” Caraballo said.

“The deal was made with no student input.”

Caraballo said the organization will fight the 10-year

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Long paragraphs of borderline incomprehensible text in terms of agreement contracts will soon be slightly easier to read, thanks to UT’s Center for Identity.

The Center released PrivacyCheck, a new browser extension created to scan and summarize online privacy policies, earlier this week.

The program, a free extension available on Google Chrome, condenses information in privacy policies for users so they can understand the terms of consent before they click “I Agree.” The extension

summarizes how websites intend to use information such as email addresses, credit cards and social security numbers, according to Suzanne Barber, Center for Identity director and engineering professor.

“These privacy documents are long, and they’re written in legal terminology, so nobody reads them,” Barber said. “[This] isn’t good, because we have to know what we’re agreeing to in order to not get our identity or information stolen. PrivacyCheck gives you a quick synopsis of what’s in the document. You may decide to go ahead and click ‘agree,’ but at least now you can do it as an informed consenter.”

The extension organizes

privacy policies into 10 different-colored categories according to how companies or websites will use visitors’ information. A green icon means the website isn’t collecting information at all; yellow means the website will use information only for internal profit purposes; and red means the website is allowed to share information with external marketing or corporate firms.

Katelyn Holley, English sophomore and Chrome user, said she is hopeful that the browser will help students make better decisions.

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By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13

Students bike around campus in all sorts of conditions — exhausted, focused, when running late for an exam. One condition they might want to avoid is intoxicated — according to the Austin Police Department, biking while drunk could lead to a driving while intoxicated citation.

According to APD officer Nathan Blake, operating a bicycle at or above a blood alcohol content of .08 is a punishable crime. “[Motor vehicle] is one

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Public health junior Angela Yang said she thinks the public health information system at the University is adequate.

“I feel like UHS does a lot about general public health, and what things not to do and how to keep disease

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According to University spokesman Gary Susswein, UT has multiple partnerships with workers’ rights organizations.

“UT-Austin is a member of not just one, but two separate organizations that monitor worker safety in apparel factories — including one that was specifically recommended, backed and endorsed by United Students Against Sweatshops,” Susswein said.

About 15 students occupied the space over the course of the protest. After about four-and-ahalf hours, Powers came down from his office, to tell protesters the new deal bolsters UT’s ability to oversee its shortened list of suppliers as well as protect worker safety.

“We take workers’ rights seriously, whether it’s in the United States or abroad,” Powers said. “We monitor [these issues] through the groups that we’re in. We respond to reports that we get, and we take them seriously.”

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A column originally published online April 26 on a proposal by the Graduate Student Assembly to add a full-time student ombudsperson was mistaken on a few points. The University’s ombuds offices are housed separately, the student ombudsperson position is a professional position and the proposal recommends adding the new full-time professional to the existing staff of the Office of the Student Ombuds.

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of the elements of a DWI,” Blake said. “From a police officer’s perspective, a bicycle is a motor vehicle.”

Section 49.04 of the Texas Penal Code defines the elements of a DWI offense, and section 32.34 defines a motor vehicle as a device that can transport a person on a highway, excluding devices on stationary rails or tracks. The penalty for a DWI on a bike is the same as a DWI in a car. A first DWI offense carries a penalty of up to six months in prison and a maximum $2,000 fine.

Blake said operating a bicycle while intoxicated

in a public place is especially problematic.

“If you’re on a bicycle, and you’re intoxicated to the point to where you can’t ride, you are a danger to yourself and others,” Blake said. “Someone on the road might have to swerve and dodge you. If you run a red light, you become a huge liability.”

Despite this feature of the penal code, establishments such as PubCrawler and Easy Tiger still regularly host beer-related bicycle events.

“We usually start with shandies at Windmill bike shop and then bike over

to Easy Tiger for dollar beers,” said Chad Gluckson, brand ambassador for Easy Tiger.

Easy Tiger hosts an event called Easy Sunday, a bike tour starting at Windmill Bicycles in Northeast Austin and ending at Easy Tiger, located on Sixth Street and I-35.

According to Gluckson, there have been four Easy Sundays since the events started last year. He said bikers are served beer and usually end up safely at the finish.

“Beer and bikes are the common denominator here,” Gluckson said. “It’s

from spreading,” Yang said.

“In the most recent case with mumps, there was only one case, but they sent out a mass email to everybody before it [got] out of hand.”

The department received $682,000 for the next fiscal year starting in July, in addition to the City Council-approved funding, Pichette said. The money will fund two temporary positions in the public health department for Ebola responsiveness.

“We pretty much have an idea of how to do it because of events in the fall,” Pichette said. “People don’t realize we continue to monitor people for 21 days after they come back from Ebolaimpacted countries. Right now, we have two people in our community that we are monitoring twice a day.”

However, the health department is involved in much more than just responding to infectious disease emergencies,

Pichette said.

“There’s a lot that the people don’t realize the health department is involved in, and that’s okay,” Pichette said. “We’re doing our job; nothing’s happening, so you don’t hear about it. When something goes wrong, that’s when you hear about it.”

The funding will not impact the way the University responds to emergency situations, according to David Vander Straten, medi-

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safe as can be. You know, accidents do happen, but so far, we have had good vibes.”

University Operations communications director Rhonda Weldon said she did not have any information about how UTPD would deal with a bike DWI on campus.

Elsi Chamberlane, assistant manager at EasyJ Tiger, said the riders are usually equipped with thet right safety equipment, in-e cluding a helmet. n “I usually see them byh the end of the ride, andr they’re all pretty happy,”J Chamberlane said. c h cal director of Universityw s Health Services.

“We would [still] coor-v dinate very closely withs [the health department],”A Straten said. “Our spe-J cific population wouldb be the students. If theref

were concerns in terms of students traveling fromF countries [marked] by the [Center for Diseaset Control and Prevention],B we could be notified byt the health and humanG P services department.”

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University aims to cut down on landfill waste

By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo

The University intends to divert 90 percent of its waste materials away from landfills by 2020, but its current percentage of materials diverted from landfills hovers around 35 to 40 percent, according to University waste program coordinators.

Jennifer Hobson, UT’s Zero Waste program coordinator, said the University tries to reduce its waste mainly by composting, recycling and reusing materials. The University has recently focused on its composting efforts by adding a compost program to the Union, according to Hunter Mangrum, Division of Housing & Food Service environmental specialist.

Currently, the compost at the University is collected under separate waste management contracts. The compost can be purchased back after processing, but most ends up being commercially sold, Mangrum said.

“Over 300 tons of compostable material are provided by DHFS each week, all of which is processed in a matter of months,” Mangrum said.

Shelly Bergel, environmental science senior and compost manager for the UT Microfarm, said the student-run farm has its own composting system and takes compostables from places

such as Micah 6 food pantry’s leftover produce. Bergel said the farm also uses DHFS coffee grounds.

The Microfarm’s compost is used to fertilize its produce, so the farm can stay self-sustainable, Bergel said. She said the farm doesn’t accept any animal products, grains, oils or grease, diseased plants, weeds or compostable plates and utensils in its composting pile, even though they are all compostable materials.

“Since [our compost] is not an industrial pile, and also because we provide some of our produce to DHFS, we need to follow certain guidelines about what to not include in our compost piles,” Bergel said.

The City of Austin has a similar “zero waste” objective to divert 90 percent of all waste materials to composting, recycling or reusing by 2040, according to Emlea Chanslor, public information officer and marketing manager for Austin Resource Recovery.

“Our next milestone is to achieve 50 percent diversion by the end of the year, which is a challenge since we’re currently at around 40 percent,” Chanslor said.

A compost-collecting pilot program, which would help further the city’s zero waste goal, is currently looking to expand, but it’s waiting for the Council’s approval and funding, Chanslor said.

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By Riley Brands Editor-in-Chief @ribran

Editor’s Note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to denote the end of a line.

Just six windows in the Daily Texan newsroom communicate with the outside world.

Two of those are in my office. And they aren’t positioned to admit the maximum amount of light, either, what with their being perched high above my head.

No, our offices, by their subterraneousness and perhaps other factors, have had a historical tendency to seal us off from the people and world we serve.

I say “serve,” at least for myself and those who have held this position before me, because nearly all of us were elected by the student body, a selection process once common at college newspapers but now hardly extant.

So why, then, given this special and closely guarded tradition, do we seem so isolated from the rest of campus? Shouldn’t an election cleanly close the communication gap between us and the student body?

Not necessarily. I hate to rely on such a wellworn cliché, but communication is a two-way street. An elected editorship allows the student body to communicate its thoughts to candidates during the campaign but offers it little to no recourse afterward if its majority choice refuses to engage.

That has been the Achilles’ heel of so many recent editors, myself included, not because we don’t care but because we don’t prioritize it highly enough. But more important than any of our shortcomings on that front is the need for future torch-bearers to avidly resist the urge to cloister themselves away.

The editor doesn’t handle the daily nittygritty of the paper, so he or she should break out of the office more often. As the editor’s re-

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Riley Brands, editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan, has previously served as a copy editor, associate copy desk chief, copy desk chief, wire editor, Life&Arts writer and associate editor.

sponsibilities are currently codified, he or she is the face of the paper. I think we could do a better job of fulfilling that role.

Perhaps that means more events on campus, more visits by the editor to student organizations or more creative, interactive outreach efforts. I’m not sure what those would look like, but they’re worth exploring by future student editors. I haven’t thought through the logistics, but I’m convinced there’s no limit to what

could be accomplished.

Serving as editor of this storied publication has been the greatest honor of my young life, but I couldn’t have done it without my alwaysgenerous support system: Jamie, Mary, Charlotte, Christina, Ali, Eric, Kathryn and my immediate staff: Toni, Noah, Olive, Olivia and Cullen. Nor could I have stayed focused without my dad, who always made himself available to kick around story ideas, and my mom,

who has always taught me by example never to back down from a fight whose cause was righteous. And to Claire, my successor, remember, I’m always just a phone call away.

-30Brands has been editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan since June 2014. Previously, he has served as a copy editor, associate copy desk chief, copy desk chief, wire editor, Life&Arts writer and associate editor.

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Hardened editorial assistant puts down calendar, self-reflects

By Antonia Gales Editorial Assistant @AntoniaGales

Editor’s Note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to denote the end of a line.

I sit down to write this with two finals to take tomorrow, a paper due and two more on the horizon. Needless to say, it’s not the best moment to reflect on my time at the Texan. Four semesters, two school years, countless afternoons and nights of design, editing, meetings, planning pages, failures and triumphs cannot be adequately summarized in the time crunch I face, not to mention the 600 words of space I am assigned. At press time, I will be a much happier lady.

While my current state of stress tempts me to fill these lines with the angry thoughts, the frustrations I experienced working at a student newspaper and all the hiccups that come with such a work environment (including poorly managed payrolls, long and unpredictable hours and having to update the website while on vacation), I’d rather fight the urge and focus on the other, more positive thoughts in my head. But what else am I thinking?

I’m thinking I will really miss this place.

I’ll miss the people, who made me smile and laugh when I was stressed, sad or even heartbroken. I’ll miss the lessons they taught me, the trust I built with them. I’ll miss every time a coworker dropped what they were doing to let me into the basement on Sundays because I never got around to getting a student ID with proximity access. I’ll miss every 8:30 a.m. chain of text messages I received from Riley, not only because they made amazing alarm clocks, but because they reminded me I had a job to do, that I was important and needed and part of something bigger than myself.

I already miss, and will continue to miss, my time in the news department. I miss you, Pete.

And Andy, I’ll miss being a part of the “A-team”.

I’ll miss all you beautiful people in Editorial. I

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Antonia Gales, editorial assistant at The Daily Texan, has previously served as a copy editor and associate news editor.

know sometimes we feel isolated (and cold), but I’ve had some of the most enlightening conversations in our fish bowl, and I wouldn’t trade my semester with y’all for the world. I’m thinking I’m going to miss you guys.

I’m thinking I learned a hell of a lot, more than I can write on paper.

I learned how to edit and design. I learned about how our University operates, what our student body is capable of and just how diverse and amazing Austin is. I learned how to truly multi-task, how to listen and remember and regurgitate. I learned how to stand up for myself and for what I believe. I learned to make sure

that what I believe is well reasoned. I learned how to lead and how to follow (when necessary). I learned you can’t always expect the best from people. I learned that mistakes will happen, and recovery will follow.

I learned I work with some of the most talented students at UT, and for that I am so grateful. I learned I am stronger than I thought I was, and capable of more than I used to give myself credit for. But above all else, my time at the Texan taught me that there is so much more for me to learn.

There is so much more good for me to do.

There is so much more good for you, my fellow

Texans, to do. We’ve been given a great lesson, in not only how to make a newspaper, but how to affect our community. We leave our mark every day, with every paper.

When we leave, we take each paper with us.

We take what we learned from each other, every night’s memories and lessons. I have no doubt we will all do bigger and better things than print a paper every day. My friends, we already have.

That is what I’m thinking.

-30Gales has been editorial assistant at the Texan since January 2015. Previously, she has served as a copy editor and associate news editor.

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Managing editor says farewell to Texan family

By Jordan Rudner @jrud

Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing senior staffers to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office.

The term comes from the old typesetting mark (–30–) to denote the end of a line.

Boom. Boom. Slam.

That was the sound we heard in the basement as a troop of reporters, photographers and videographers descended down the stairwell, exhausted and triumphant and newly-returned from San Antonio.

It had been a long night.

Every night at the Texan is long in its own way, but this one had been particularly demanding. Just 48 hours earlier, our delusionally cheerful managing editor had sent us scrambling, asking us to send seven reporting teams to four different cities to cover the midterm elections.And somehow, fueled by coffee and desperation and a few pounds of jelly beans, we’d made it happen.

The Texan’s election

night coverage rivaled — and in some cases, bested — that of major publications statewide. The night was a success. The paper, already on its way to the printer, looked great. It was well past midnight. After all that effort, the day’s work was finally finished.

Except … it wasn’t. Because when we rose to greet the last team as they crashed down the stairs, Madlin Mekelburg got out of the car and greeted us thusly: “Did you see the guy getting arrested down the street?”

We all paused. Julia Brouillette, the semester’s indefatigable cops reporter, gave me a knowing look. Behind me, someone groaned. The design editor laughed ­— and then we took off into the night to do it all over again.

It isn’t always easy to care about things. Caring too much can be, at times, a bit of a hazard. I will always remember the time Nicole Cobler and I worked on one Student Government story for six hours, only to find a typo in the first sentence the next morning.

Jordan Rudner served as managing editor in the spring. Previously, she worked as a news editor, associate news editor, senior reporter, general reporter, podcast host and special ventures writer. She is a little bit in love with every part of The Daily Texan.

Amy Zhang Daily Texan Staff

When I found it, I started in the middle of the West Mall.

But that depth of emotion, the cost of caring, is one I would gladly pay 100 times over.

That’s what the Texan has taught me.

The copy editors stay until 3:00 a.m., making sure every en-dash and em-

dash adheres to AP style, even though most readers wouldn’t notice the difference. The designers spend hours waiting for edits to make sure every stroke is just the right weight, instead of leaving early. Every single one of the 200odd people who work here give their all each time the Texan beckons. And at the

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News to look for: new president, deans

By Julia Brouilette @juliakbrou

Jefferson Davis statue In their first month leading the student body, Student Government president Xavier Rotnofsky and vice president Rohit Mandalapu pushed for the removal of UT’s controversial Jefferson Davis statue. Over the course of the semester, the statue has been defaced twice — first with chalk and then again with spray paint. In late March, SG voted almost unanimously in support of the statue’s removal.

As with all SG proposals, the Jefferson Davis legislation will be sent to the president’s office for review.

Fenves to take office Following a six-month national search, the UT System Board of Regents named executive vice president and provost Greg Fenves to replace current President William Powers Jr.

Fenves, who takes the position on June 2, will lead the University in a period of significant high-level administrative turnover. Fenves will oversee a search for three new deans, and will also need to replace Kevin Hegarty, UT’s former vice president and chief financial officer, who announced his plans to leave the University in February.

Dean searches Tom Gilligan, McCombs School of Business dean, Robert Hutchings, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs dean, and Roderick Hart, Moody College of Communication dean, all announced their resignations this year. Hart will step down in May, and Jay Bernhardt, the Everett D. Collier Centennial chair in communication, will serve as the interim dean.

Regent controversy Just months into his role as

UT System chancellor, William McRaven is already butting heads with Regent Wallace Hall, who appealed to the attorney general in April to review student information despite McRaven’s admonition that Hall’s requests go “well beyond any reasonable desire to be better informed as a regent.”

Hall is attempting to access the thousands of documents Kroll Associates Inc. used in an independent investigation into UT admissions policies earlier this year.

Campus carry Several bills pertaining to the concealed carry of handguns on college campuses have made their way through the Texas Legislature this year.

Under current state laws, licensed students, faculty and staff are allowed to keep handguns in their cars on campus.

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staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on campus, over the objections of UT administrators.

Powers, McRaven and other SG representatives have expressed strong opposition to the bill, which may gain a fast track to passage under a plan to attach it as an amendment to another gun bill. Lawmakers plan to attach campus carry legislation as an amendment to House Bill 910, passed in midApril, as it leaves the Senate.

end of this especially exhausting night, just as we thought we were finished, we learned there was a new story to be told. And so we decided to tell it.

People come to the Texan for any number of reasons — to make friends, to take photos, to tell stories that matter — but they stay for just two. They care for

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continues from page 1 so I’m just going to agree to everything,’” Holley said. “[Companies like] PayPal know the end of your credit card number and save all that information, and I know it’s supposed to be secure and stuff, but it’d be nice to know where your information is going.”

A 2012 study at Carnegie Mellon University estimated the average Internet user would have to spend 200 to 250 hours a year to read an entire privacy policy agreement form.

Students don’t have that

the work, and they care for each other.

To love any community this much is difficult.

To leave this place is near impossible. I am luckier than I’ll ever be able to express for learning what it means to care and be cared for in my time at The Daily Texan.

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kind of time or patience, according to education sophomore Sydney Dexter, who said she would be interested in using PrivacyCheck.

“It’s like Sparknotes,” Dexter said. “Nobody reads the terms of agreements and conditions — so, if I could get a program that could bullet point or summarize that information for me, it would be so much easier.”

Center programmers plan to expand PrivacyCheck to different Internet browsers in the future, but it is currently available for free download in the Chrome Web Store.

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Friday, May 8, 2015 An annual day of remembrance honoring members of The University of Texas at Austin community who died in the previous year.

8:45–9:30 a.m.

Lowering of the Flags Ceremony, Main Mall 2–3 p.m.

UT Remembers Service, Tower Garden Dusk to Dawn The “darkened Tower” lighting configuration will be revealed as the sun sets and be visible through out the night until sunrise on Saturday morning.

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Jonathan David Abbey Edward A. Abbott Creed Wills Abell III Elizabeth Kathleen Abrams Benito “Ben” Aguilar Shirley Mills Alexander Stacie Lynn Bables Betty Ann Bare Natalie Carter Barraga Jefferson Jones “JJ” Baskin Crystal Marie Beasley Haran Boral Billie J. Borders Andrew Bradford Curtis Brasher Edward Eugene Brigman Barbara Ann Brimi Rebecca Lynne Brooks Dorothy Ann Callaway Brown Christopher Shaun Campbell Patricia Campbell Charles Owen Cappleman Tommie Cardenas Virgus Ray Cardozier Daryl Thomas Carr Evangelina Rosa “Vangie” Carrillo Benjamin Aubrey Carroll Laroy Ray “Ray” Carry Alberta Maxine Castaneda Luz Maria Ceballos Michael Thomas Chesney Charles Taliaferro “Chuck” Clark Harley Clark Josephine G. Cochran Jorge Carlos Cox Michael Thomas “Mike” Coyne Raymond D. “Ray” Crisara Jason Dion Cutting Dorothy DeLong Charmaine Hooper Denius Frances Cleo Denny Vincent Rairden “Vince” DiNino William Douglas Katie Lanell Eager James Eastland

Li Ming Eckert Janice Rebecca Hullum Edwards Lori Kathleen Eichelberger Fred Pittman Ellison August Fred Erfurth, Jr. Kenneth Ray Farabee Richard Allen Finnell Walter Firey Bernan Flores Bobby Milton Foehr Robert S. “Bob” Foshko Maria C. Garcia Ina Jean Stovall Garner Geraldine H. “Jerry” Gault Jane George Carolyn Hoener Gondran Gumesinda Guajardo Calvin A. Gulley, Jr. Carl Happel John P. “Jack” Harbin Boyd Archer Hardesty Benjamin Maxwell Harris Judith Elaine Hatten Jess Thomas Hay Thelma Otis Heather Sue Heatly Homer Paul Helms, Jr. Patricia Hendricks Donald C. “Donny” Henery Maria E. Hernandez Robert Edwin Hilburn Nicholas Stephen Hitzfelder Diana Poteat Stallings Hobby David L. Huff Roy Patrick Hunt Doris G. Hutton Stanley Damone Hysaw Clifton R. Jackson Loraine McNeil Jackson Henrietta Jacobsen Leroy Jennings Peter William Meredith John Jackie Lee Johnson Maria C. Jurado Joe H. “Vegas Joe” Justice Leonard William “Bill” Kauffman Robert Eugene Keith Sarah Nancy Key

Helen L. Kluna Elna W. Koerner Hana Kormonda Konecci Joseph J. Lagowski Ronald Markham “Mark” Lawlis Nicci Wing Yee Lee William George “Bill” Lesso, Sr. Pearl Elizabeth Lewallen Evan Michael Line Frederick Fongsun Ling Jacqueline A. Linley Ann Monica McGlinchey Neville Long Thomas A. Loomis Joseph “Joe” Lopreato Vera Virginia Watts Lovett Robert Claude “Bob” Macdonald Joseph Fetler “Joe” Malof John Daniel Martinez Thomas A. “Tom” McCowen Martin De La Cruz Medina Carla Darlene Killingsworth Mitchell Michael Leonard Molberg Margaret O. “Greta” Morgan Alejandro “Alex” Mosqueda Harris Junaid Motiwala Dianne R. Muchow R. Edward “Ed” Nather Raymond Louis “Ray” Neubauer Sally Mildred Nichols Eberhardt Victor “Vic” Niemeyer, Jr. John Norwood Christina S. “Chris” O’Connell Thomas Davis Oakland Robert Monroe Palter Catherine Joyce Patton Mark Anthony Perkins Anita Polishuk Janet Black Pritchett Howard Frederick Rase Charlotte Ann Rayburn Agnes Lytton Reagan Johnnie Dee Reed Lester James Reed

List of names received through May 6, 2015.

Jill Stone Rice Howard Newton Richards Eugene Arman “Rip” Ripperger Nancy H. Roberts Nora Rodriguez Maria Francisca “Frances” Salas Sinforiana M. Salas Robert Samuel “Bob” Schechter Hunter P. Schwertner Carl Seale Maria Segovia Marion Shell Billie Jean Shelton Sidney Paschal Shelton Lynda Theora Hills Sierra Jessica Marie Sink Annie Sladek Joseph Evans “Joe” Slate Ernest Thomas “Ernie” Smerdon Janet Taylor Spence James Stinson David Stone Theodore Henry “Ted” Strauss Eric John Swanson Arthur “Buddy” Temple, III Alfred Ellis “Al” Traver, Jr. Arvice Marie Nelson Turner Ina Genelle Voelker Kathryn Frances “KatWalk” Walker Lee Middleton Walker Dalton Wayne Wall Charles Anthony Walton Yuda Wang Nneka Ugochi Waturuocha Laurie Werth Bonnie Cole Wicker Joseph Jerome Wicker, Jr. James Benning “Jim” Wiedner Suzanne Gonzales Williams Jack H. Wilmore Martha F. Wingren Ronald Womack Donald Woolson Richard Wubbena Sue Ellen Seely York

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Senior photographer describes sleepless nights as good times

By Marshall Tidrick @marshalltidrick

I started my time at UT as a music major, actually. People ask me all the time what it was that pushed me away from music, and I said, somewhat naïvely, the solitude. I hated having to lock myself away in a practice room for hours at a time, away from the outside world.

In contrast, I’ve spent countless hours during these past three semesters locked away in a dank, poorly lit, weird-smelling basement full of people pulling their hair out from stress — and I couldn’t imagine anything better.

People also like to ask me why I started working at the Texan so late. The answer to that is simple: I was terrified.

I had heard horrific stories of sleepless nights and dropping grades, and I was easily deterred. I knew that many people think negatively of the Texan, and I thought it must be hard to work for an entity knowing some people don’t take it seriously.

Now I understand what the reality of life is, down in this basement. Everyone is sleep deprived, all the time.

People put off assignments to work into the wee hours of the night making this paper.

And yes, some people think negatively of the Texan, and it’s hard to deal with sometimes. But the most salient realization I’ve had down here is that, despite all of this, everyone sincerely loves this place.

To the haters, I wish that I could accurately describe to you why the Texan deserves respect. Ok, we make mistakes. We are a student newspaper, and mistakes are part of the learning process. It pains me when I hear people talking, at times directly to me, about how they dislike the Texan. My concise advice to you would be: Try to see the beauty in this instead of only the faults.

To our adviser Peter, the sincere enthusiasm that you show in watching us grow as journalists — from your daily critiques of the paper to the Staff Olympics you

organized — was one of the best things about working here. We are so lucky to have you.

And finally, to those I’ve met at the Texan, you are all wonderful. As I look to my own future with my impending graduation, I can’t help but think about all of the crazyawesome things you’ll all accomplish, and I can’t wait to see your successes and what you all become.

I’m not a writer, so this was a pretty intimidating thing to do, but I would be remiss if I missed out on saying my piece to this beautiful mess of misfits. This has easily been one of my best decisions in college, and I’ll miss you all so much.

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In his time at The Daily Texan, Marshall Tidrick served as a staff photographer and a senior photographer. He worked at the Texan for three semesters and wishes there had been more.

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Smartphone GPS may become more accurate

By Caleb Wong @thedailytexan

Smartphones may soon be able to precisely track users’ position and orientation to the centimeter using GPS technology, according to researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering.

Engineering assistant professor Todd Humphreys and engineering professor Robert W. Heath and their research team developed the technology, which has a variety of applications for cell phones, virtual reality and transportation.

Centimeter-precise GPS technology could virtually connect people across the world in a real-time, 3-D environment, according to Humphreys.

“Imagine games where, rather than sit in front of a monitor and play, you are in your backyard actually running around with other players,” Humphreys said in a statement.

“To be able to do this type of outdoor, multiplayer virtual reality game, you need highly accurate position and orientation that is tied to a global reference frame.”

Ken Pesyna, electrical and computer engineering graduate student and researcher, said the research team has dramatically reduced the cost and price of GPS antennae, so they can fit on a smartphone or on top of a car.

“Our real breakthrough is that you don’t need expensive antennae,” Pesyna said.

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“They can be made smaller and cheaper.”

Pesyna said precise GPS technology could help autonomous cars drive passengers safely to their destination.

“Eventually, in the future, we won’t be driving our cars,” Pesyna said. “Our cars will be driving us, and, to do that safely, the cars will have to know where they are relative to other cars very accurately down to a couple centimeters.”

Pesyna said this GPS technology could prevent car theft and drunken driving before fully autonomous driving comes to market.

“We’ve done research in this area for security to be able to detect if it’s you driving your car, or if it’s someone else with different driving habits,” Pesyna said. “We can ultimately use it to detect drunk driving behaviors. There might be obvious signs in how you drive that can be noticed in the centimeter accurate trajectories.”

Research transportation engineer Jennifer Duthie said researchers from UT’s Center for Transportation Research are hoping to pilot a project this summer to gather data from the movement of bicycles and motor vehicles using GPS. “We’re hoping to do a pilot this summer where we put [the technology] on a few bicycles and just see it how we can use this data for better bicycle planning,” Duthie said. “You can extract certain driver characteristics, look how people make turns.”

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News editor remembers friends, mentors, donuts

By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou

The dark, dank, creepy stairwell that leads to The Daily Texan office is only somewhat symbolic of what the basement is actually like.

Some days, it was the only place I wanted to be. Other days, it was the last place I wanted to be. But no matter how many nights I left the office feeling physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted, I always returned for the nights filled with jokes, weird dance parties and trips to Whataburger.

In my all-too-short four semesters at the Texan, I have met some of my closest friends. The Texan brings people together in a special way that only extreme stress, teamwork and sleepless nights can.

I know that when I think back on those four semesters, I’ll remember the people I constantly laughed with, cried with and celebrated with just as much as I’ll remember sprinting to crime scenes, transcribing interviews and frantically typing out stories.

I owe many thanks to many people, and I wish I could include them all, but for now I’ll stick to the big ones.

At the Texan, I learned how to report, how to edit and how to lead a team of 20-something kids in filling a full-fledged newspaper every single day. The person responsible for most of that learning is Jordan Rudner, who started out as my associate news editor mentor and later became my news editor, managing editor and then full-time mom-

away-from-mom. I’ll miss having complete conversations with you from across the office by exchanging facial expressions. Thank you, Jordan, for everything.

Thanks to former Texan adviser Michael Brick, who showed me the ropes of crime reporting and nagged me to visit the Austin Police Department and introduce myself. I ended up dragging him along with me.

Thanks to my current staff. You all never failed to amaze me with your creativity and perseverance.

Thanks to everyone who has ever edited one of my stories or helped me brainstorm for pitches. Thanks to my fellow department heads for putting up with me; I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each of you. Thanks to Jack and Brett, the dynamic duo of associate manag-

Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan Staff

Over four semesters at the Texan, Julia Brouillette served as a general reporter, senior reporter, news editor and, most notably, as the office chauffeur.

ing editors who will forever be known to me as “Brack and Jett.”

The Texan is a place where

good times, good friends and delicious donuts are plentiful. As I pass the torch to future news editors and

reporters, I look forward to watching the Texan family evolve and grow from afar.

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Writer fondly reflects on newsroom experiences

By Sebastian Herrera @SebasAHerrera

The first time I saw my name on this newspaper as a staff member in January 2013, my measly 200-word track and field recap barely took up a corner of the sports page. But to me, it meant everything.

Before then, I only dreamt of what it would be like to call myself a reporter for The Daily Texan, the newspaper I had long heard of before arriving on campus. It was my first journalism goal since swearing to the profession in high school.

After not making the news staff that previous fall, I questioned if I could do it. Then a sports editor by the name of

Christian Corona hired me and made me feel like I could. I didn’t really know what I was doing at first, but it just felt special to be there.

I experienced memories few college students have the privilege to. I witnessed significant UT sporting events up close and wrote stories on legends such as Jordan Spieth. I was able to enter into the lives of UT athletes and share their stories, while being able to blog about the World Cup and debate who would win the Heisman.

But the most special memory was being able to pick up the Texan on a weekday morning and know how hard 20-something-year-old students had worked to put it

together the day before.

I didn’t get to hang out in the newsroom for various reasons as much as I wanted to over the years, but that made it all the more special when I was there.

The Texan, from the beginning, has been there for me. It was there to teach me how to be a valuable journalist. It was there waiting for me after breaks to pursue internships, and this semester, when I decided to switch from sports to news (I guess I was meant for it, after all), it was there to re-tune my skills as I enter the professional world.

To the great peers I’ve had at the Texan, as well as editors such as Christian, Chris Hummer and Stefan Scrafield, to whom I owe

Sebastian Herrera worked as both a sports and news reporter while at The Daily Texan, learning what he said were invaluable skills useful in journalism and life.

Lauren Ussery Daily Texan Staff

much to, and the fantastic news staff that took me in this semester, I have had a blast and learned so much.

I have been able to work with people who will all go

on to achieve great feats.

No matter what the industry holds for us, the Texan will always be special to me and everyone else fortunate enough to

pass through its doors — where, for only one night, there is a reassurance that journalism is alive and well, and its future is safe.

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Miles Hutson oversaw and developed for The Daily Texan’s interactives section during the spring semester. He previously served as a digital projects senior staffer and a general reporter.

Digital projects manager feels grateful for years of support

By Miles Hutson @CuriousG101

In the fall semester of my freshman year, I entered the basement office that calls itself “The Daily Texan” and signed up for a challenge I did not understand. I thought I had signed up to write stories for the next two semesters.

In reality, I had signed up for this paper to confront my vision of my career and myself in a simple but powerful way: with a solid deadline, three times a week. Those who have had the privilege of facing this challenge know that only the most solidlyplanted visions and career aspirations can truly fulfill the challenge of offering an organization the best quality work each and every week.

During my first year, I did not meet that challenge. I thought I would be a regular daily reporter and that the Texan was the first step to that vision. My professors, friends, family and advisers all seemed to

believe I could make this vision a reality. But the organization that is The Daily Texan, the collection of words and stories that students test themselves against each semester, did not mince words. When I looked at my byline, I knew I wasn’t looking at the best I had to offer. I knew the paper was telling me I could do better, that I could find a more suitable niche in the world of hardhitting news.

So I tried. With the Texan’s unyielding truthfulness in one hand and a few course credits in the other, I made the difficult decision to switch from journalism to computer science. The Texan had shown me I was better with numbers and investigations and exploring structures than the daily demands of a news desk, and, with its guidance, I took the leap.

A year later, when I was back on my feet, I knew I had to go back — back to the same mentor that first told me I didn’t have it figured out. I had to know if

my new persona, “Miles Hutson — data reporter,” was any more solid than the last. This time, The Daily Texan reaffirmed my vision. As head of digital projects, I got to experience the rewards of being part of an organization that gives students the freedom to test their ideas in front of a live audience.

This semester, The Daily Texan gained its own interactives section, four new interactive features and a renewed commitment to its online presence. When I think of my time at The Daily Texan, I won’t think in abstract or grandiose terms because neither does the Texan. I’ll think of the paper that takes students, takes ideas and, without exception, distills a basic truth about their successes and failures. As I open up the same software that I placed my first story in freshman year, and type in my final written piece, I can’t help but be grateful that the Texan made me part of that process.

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Smart hire highlights Texas sports’ year

By Nick Castillo, Jacob Martella & Aaron Torres

Shaka Smart replaced longtime head coach Rick Barnes in early April. Smart led VCU to a spot in the Final Four in 2011.

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The 2014–2015 school year was a roller coaster year for Texas athletics. Fans saw shake- up at the top in men’s basketball, another national championship for men’s swimming and diving and another trip to the Final Four for volleyball. But those changes and successes were punctuated by disappointment — Texas football ended its season with two blowout losses, and baseball is on the verge of missing the NCAA Tournament yet again. Here are five of the top sports highlights from the past school year.

Barnes out, Smart in After 17 seasons and a recent loss of momentum, former basketball head coach Rick Barnes received his notice after this year’s short March Madness run. Days later, Barnes announced he was headed to Tennessee — and the Longhorns hired former VCU head coach Shaka Smart.

Smart is the first AfricanAmerican head basketball coach to be hired at Texas.

Smart will bring a “havoc” style of play, an up tempo defense and an offensive system that helped propel VCU to the Final Four in 2011. He has been to the NCAA Tournament every year since 2009.

Sophomore point guard Isaiah Taylor decided to return to Texas for his junior season, and may well serve as engine in Smart’s system next year.

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Men’s swimming and diving captures 11th national title The Longhorns dominated the pool at the NCAA Championships in March, winning the team’s 11th nation championship. Texas led the meet from the start and finished with 528 points. Second-place California ended with 399 points.

In addition to the team titles, the Longhorns also claimed seven individual titles. Sophomore Will Licon and freshman Joseph Schooling led the way for Texas, winning two events each.

Texas is now tied with Ohio State for the second-most national championships in swimming and diving.

Volleyball returns to Final Four The Longhorns returned to the Final Four in December

largely on the strength of senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman. Eckerman finished the season with a team-high 44 aces and 3.24 kills per set in her final year.

The accomplishment was the third-straight trip to the national semifinal round for Texas — a feat only matched by the 1986–1988 team.

Still, the season ended in disappointment. Texas fell behind unseeded BYU 2–0 and couldn’t rebound, losing 3–1 in the national semifinal round.

The Longhorns finished the year with a 27–3 record overall and a 15–1 Big 12 record.

Strong’s first season yields mixed results Head coach Charlie Strong had an up-and-down season in his first year at the helm for the Longhorns. On the one

hand, the defense was stout, finishing first in the conference in pass defense and total defense. Senior defensive tackle Malcom Brown had 11 tackles for loss and was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round of the NFL draft.

But the offense struggled with first-year starting quarterback Tyrone Swoopes and a revolving door along the offensive line.

Strong did finish the year on a positive note, locking down the No. 9 class for 2015 according to ESPN. Baseball fails to live up to expectations Before the season began, Texas head coach Augie Garrido said this season’s Longhorns would be just as good as the 2005 national champion

winning team.

It was a bold statement, but a fair one — Texas was coming off a deep run in the College World Series and had just fallen a game short of playing for the national championship.

But after 48 games, the Longhorns have shown they have little in common with the ’05 team. Texas holds a .500 record, and, barring a run at the Big 12 championship, it will likely miss the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years.

“We really assumed and thought we had the leadership on this team as a result of how close they were and how many guys were coming back,” Garrido said.

Unfortunately for Texas, Garrido assumed wrong, and the team failed to live up to its own expectations.

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Texas will play its final home games this weekend against No. 16 Baylor in a Big 12 battle.

If the Longhorns (35–15, 10–6 Big 12) can pull off wins both Saturday and Sunday, they will finish tied for second in the conference with the Bears (38– 13, 12–4). It will be a difficult feat, but Texas is up for the challenge, according to head coach Connie Clark.

“We knew that we were going to have a tough schedule coming out of the chute,” Clark said.

“I love that we’ve been able to make some great progress. This group has been tremendous about getting back to work, and, if we can continue that mindset and keep improving, we’ll stay competitive.”

Texas’ offense has some work to do if it wants to beat the Bears and make a run to the Women’s College World Series. The Longhorns

managed just one hit against Baylor on Wednesday night and have stranded base runners all season. Through 50 games, Texas has left 325 runners on base.

Texas has had success hitting home runs — it currently has the second most in the conference with 51 — but Clark doesn’t want her team to rely on the power hitters.

“We’re working on some things to manufacture runs so that we’re not waiting for the long ball,” Clark said. “I think that will be helpful as we finish out the season because we’re going to face some pretty darn good pitching over the next month. We’re advancing [runners] well, but we’re working on scoring them.”

One of the bright spots this season has been Texas’ pitching staff, which ranks third in the conference with a group ERA of 3.05. Freshman pitcher Erica Wright leads the group with a 2.49 ERA and a 16–7 record. Senior pitcher Gabby Smith (2.59

Senior pitcher Gabby Smith has pitched well in her final season, compiling a 9–3 record and a 2.59 ERA.

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ERA, 9–3) will play on her home diamond for the last time against the Bears.

Both hurlers, along with sophomore Tiarra Davis (3.71 ERA, 5–4), who also serves as a starter, have consistently improved throughout the season — something Clark said will be helpful in the long run.

“They’re all throwing well and really even reinventing some of

Texas hopes to make a run to save postseason chances

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After head coach Augie Garrido said this team was the best since 2005, Texas has limped to a 24–24 so far this season.

make a surprise appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the team will likely have to shock the conference and win the Big 12 Championship. That possibility is unlikely, as the Longhorns have dropped 10

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Texas’ final home game this season, against Texas State, was cancelled for inclement weather, meaning the Longhorns have three guaranteed games left and a murky offseason looming on the horizon.

The Longhorns will travel to Waco to take on Baylor in their regular season series finale May 16–17, and Texas hopes it plays well enough to bolster its faltering chance of getting into the Big 12 Tournament.

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their pitches and tweaking some things, which you’ve got to be able to do because we’re on TV all the time, so people are scouting us nonstop,” Clark said.

The NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced Sunday, and the Longhorns fully expect to be one of the 64 teams selected to play in an NCAA Regional. As Texas makes its run through

the postseason Wright will likely come out of the bullpen more often, Clark said.

Wright said she doesn’t mind taking on that role as long as it helps the team.

“It takes everybody to win,” Wright said. “I thank God every day for the opportunity to play with such a great group of girls … I can’t wait to see what the rest of the season holds.”

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TENNIS | MICHAEL SHAPIRO After receiving a top-10 seed in the NCAA Tournament selection show, Texas is slated to face off against the Navy Midshipmen in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship this weekend.

As the No. 9 seed, the Longhorns will be one of 16 teams that will host matches for the first two rounds. All 16 of the top seeds in the tournament will be hosting rounds one and two, and teams that advance to the Round of 16 will head to the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco for the remainder of the tournament.

The Longhorns’ match against Navy will be their first matchup with the Midshipmen since 2007, which resulted in a 4–0 victory for the Longhorns in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Navy will enter the tournament as an automatic qualifier after claiming the

Patriot League title with a season record of 20–10. The Midshipmen are the only team from the Patriot League to receive a tournament bid.

Coming into the championships, these two teams are trending in the opposite direction, as the Longhorns have dropped three of their last four matches while Navy has won four of their last five, including three-straight victories in the Patriot League tournament. However, all four matches for Texas came against ranked opponents, while the Midshipmen played zero ranked teams.

With a top-10 ranking and five seniors on the roster, Texas hopes to head to Waco and make a deep run in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

First, they will have to take care of business in rounds one and two, beginning at 1 p.m.

Friday at the Caswell Tennis Center in Austin.

Women’s golf in sixth after one round at NCAA Regional

Texas is in sixth place at the NCAA San Antonio Regional, with a 1-underpar 287 after one round.

Senior Bertine Strauss and junior Natalie Karcher currently lead the team. Strauss and Karcher both shot 2-under par in the first round and are in a tie for 14th place.

Sophomore Julia Beck is in a tie for 39th after shooting 1-over par. Junior Tezira Abe completed the first round 2-over par, and sophomore Anne Hakula is 5-over par.

The Longhorns are currently six strokes behind leaders Texas A&M and Washington.

Big 12 names Strauss as Player of the Year

Texas senior Bertine Strauss earned the Big 12 Player of the Year award Thursday.

GolfStat ranks Strauss No. 30 in the nation, and she has 17 wins over opponents in the top 50.

The senior golfer, who is originally from Koster, South Africa, led the Longhorns in seven of 10 events this season. She won her first career tournament at the PING/ASU Invitation in April.

Strauss is the first Longhorn golfer to be honored with the award since Madison Pressel in 2011.

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Sports editor reminisces on Sports writer recalls favorite winning streak at newspaper moments reporting for Texan

By Garrett Callahan

By Peter Sblendorio

Dear 18-year-old Garrett, Some time in the next few weeks, you’ll stumble upon The Daily Texan.

You’ll walk in the HSM basement and try to pretend you know where you’re going until you timidly ask a stranger, who you now know is a page designer, where the sports office is.

You’ll submit the application the last day it’s due (this won’t change), and, soon, you’ll start your career as a sports writer.

At first, you’ll think that basement is a little strange.

You’ll be afraid to go down there, except for the occasional meeting. But, later on in your college career, that basement will become a second home while you’re almost 2,000 miles away from yours.

Take advantage of it early and spend as much time as you can in that basement.

Don’t be afraid to walk down on a random Tuesday night, even though you may know one person there. Soon, you’ll find there aren’t many better places to spend your hectic nights.

With the Texan, you’ll learn how to write. And, within a few years, you’ll be covering history. Spoiler alert: You’ll cover Mack Brown’s last game as a coach and Charlie Strong’s

I’ve saved a copy of every Daily Texan I’ve ever been published in.

After four years and more than 100 articles written, I’ve got quite a stash in a cabinet back home.

Even as the years passed and the wonder of seeing my name in print wore off, I never stopped picking up copies. That’s because I never stopped feeling lucky to have such an awesome opportunity to write for such a respected publication.

I like to thumb through the pages of those old Texan issues from time to time. It’s amazing to see how much I’ve grown as a writer over the years, and it’s fascinating to see how much the paper has changed. But more than anything, I like to read those old copies because they always manage to coax out some of my favorite memories.

Like the time in fall 2011 when I, a college student for all of two months, sat down and conducted a 30-minute interview with Jordan Spieth, then the top-ranked collegiate golfer and now a Masters winner. It’s still one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.

Or the time I traveled to New York City to cover a pair of Texas basketball games at Madison Square Garden, the self-proclaimed “World’s Most Famous

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continues from page 10 junior left fielder Ben Johnson and the players aren’t ready to give up yet. “[We need to] try and win as many games as possible,” Johnson said. “If we were to win out, who knows what will happen.

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inaugural season. Neither went that well.

You’ll cover the end of Rick Barnes’ 17-year career at Texas and Shaka Smart’s quick hiring.

You’ll be challenged with covering the football beat your junior year — one of the hardest, and most rewarding, things you’ll have to do. As sports editor your senior year, those challenges will only get harder, but, at the same time, even more rewarding.

You’ll work under amazing editors, who will teach you what it means to be a journalist and how to actually do it. And you’ll have some of your best experiences, in and out of the press box, while working at the Texan.

In that basement, you’ll meet and become lifelong friends with people you If the team doesn’t make the NCAA Tournament, it will be the third time in four years that the team has failed to advance to the postseason.

As the team faces the prospect of missing the NCAA Tournament again, some fans have raised questions about head coach Augie Garrido’s job security. Men’s athletic director Steve Patterson has already demonstrated that he isn’t afraid to take

would have never met otherwise — people who make working a lot easier. Unknowingly, they’ll help you through tough times.

When you have no motivation, you’ll somehow find it in that basement. Or it will just be a good place to continue procrastinating.

You’ll have a sports staff that is always ready to help and that will fix your mistakes when you make them.

They will help make your senior year your best eight months in school.

So, spend as much time as you can at The Daily Texan.

It’s really nothing to be afraid of. You’ll realize there wasn’t a better place you could’ve spent your four years at Texas.

Sincerely, 22-year-old Garrett -30drastic action firing two of Texas’ top coaches — Mack Brown and Rick Barnes — in the last two years.

The fan base has grown tired of losing, leading to unsubstantiated rumors about Garrido’s future spread primarily on message boards. One Austin American-Statesman columnist called for Garrido to resign.

But Garrido shows no signs of quitting. Although this season

has been subpar, Garrido said he feels like he can right the ship.

“I know how to fix it,” Garrido said. “But it has to start like it did last year in the fall. We really assumed and thought we had the leadership on this team as a result of how close they were and how many guys were coming back. … We didn’t work them as hard on attitude as we did with last year’s team. It’s all about attitude.”

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Growing up, Peter Sblendorio always knew he wanted to become a sports writer. In his four years at the Texan, covering everything from men’s golf to football, he lived his dream.

Arena.” Being the die-hard New York sports fan that I am, it was legitimately a dream come true.

I’ll never forget my time as the Texas football beat writer in 2013. It was the most challenging experience of my Daily Texan career, but far and away the most rewarding. Every week, I wrote four articles, attended two lengthy press conferences and covered the Saturday game. It was undoubtedly demanding, especially on top of a college schedule, but it’s also the reason I hope to become a football writer soon after I graduate.

Sometimes with The Daily Texan, I even witnessed history.

Like when I covered the 2013 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, the final game of Mack Brown’s illustrious 16-year career as Texas head football

coach. I was on-hand, too, for Rick Barnes’ farewell press conference after 17 seasons as the Longhorns’ head basketball coach, and I was there for Shaka Smart’s introductory presser as Barnes’ replacement a few weeks later.

Growing up, all I ever wanted was to become a sports writer. For the past four years, I’ve been living my dream, thanks to The Daily Texan. I’ve made lifelong friends and shared unforgettable experiences with the wonderful Daily Texan staff. It’s been a truly unbelievable ride.

It’s hard to believe this is the last thing I’ll ever write for my beloved college newspaper. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go pick up a copy of The Daily Texan, one last time.

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As the offseason approaches, Johnson and junior shortstop C.J Hinojosa will have to decide whether to enter the MLB draft or return for their senior seasons. The Longhorns are already losing several starting seniors, including pitcher Parker French, second baseman Brooks Marlow and right fielder Collin Shaw.

In the face of offseason drama, Texas still has baseball to play —

and the team will try, despite the odds, to make a run at the NCAA Tournament.

“We gotta comeback ready to play,” sophomore catcher Tres Barrera said. “Come back with an opening-day mindset and just fight it. We have a bunch of fighters in this locker room.

We have everybody back from last year’s team, and we know what it takes to be in the College World Series.”

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Over his seven semesters at the Texan, Dan Resler worked as multimedia-video editor, a senior videographer and a videographer. Over the course of his tenure, he doled out a total of 241 fun facts.

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Video editor reflects on highlights reel

By Dan Resler @thedailytexan

One of the first videos I did at The Daily Texan was about a professor who co-developed 3-D printing. I was so eager to get everything perfect that I made him stay twice as long as he said he was available as he painstakingly explained every detail and posed for dozens of video portraits. I then took all that copious footage and audio and edited it together into a simple three-minute

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video. In my time here at The Daily Texan, I have strived to get as much out of stories as I can while making them simple and accessible for our audience. In my time as video editor, I hope I’ve instilled those same values in my team. Every video is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It’s been a real honor to work with a great team throughout my time here.

I’m confident I’m leaving the video department in very capable hands.

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Copy desk chief fixes commas, forms friendships

By Taiki Miki @taikimiki

I wasn’t supposed to become a copy editor. And no, it’s not because I was a pre-med finance student. I tried out, and I wasn’t supposed to get the job. Apparently, my 710 SAT writing score didn’t adequately prepare me for this job (thanks, standardized testing).

But I’m thankful for whoever decided that going downtown Thursdays would be more fun than working here because if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to work with these weirdos. Not even the prestigious, leadership-building McCombs School of Business could have prepared me for the challenges of leading the fiery depths of copy, where writers’ so-called “facts” go to die.

I’ll never forget tryouts. I hadn’t felt as incompetent as I did during those first three weeks since the night your mother invited me over. And I’m still three weeks behind on coursework, so I’ll probably have to turn in some essays as I walk across the stage to get my diploma.

Many people told me that I brightened the office, but it is rather the opposite. Even when I had three tests the next day, I didn’t mind working from 5 p.m. – 2 a.m. because I could always count on my friends, not co-workers, to keep my spirits up. Uploading stories at the end of the night after everyone’s left is such a terrible experience, but it’s a little bit better when you have someone to talk with.

The only regret I have is that I didn’t get to know these

people sooner. I would do anything to relive this semester again because the basement opened up my eyes to so many beautiful things, in and out of the office, that I otherwise wouldn’t have noticed. Staffers, don’t be afraid to talk to people in other departments because you’ll never know what hidden gems are out there. I had been working with someone in design for three semesters prior to this one, but I didn’t get to know her until now. And she turned out to be absolutely delightful.

I hope you have the most amazing time in Europe, and don’t forget to write.

And make sure to read The Daily Texan in the summer, too, because the managing editor is a fantastic copy editor and an even better person.

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Finance senior Taiki Miki served as copy desk chief in spring 2015. He was a copy cat for all four of his semesters at The Daily Texan, but he probably should have written for sports instead.

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After four years, writer has column down to a science

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I walked into The Daily Texan basement in fall 2011 with the intention of writing a weekly science column.

That column became Science Scene, and I couldn’t be more proud of it.

Throughout the process, I’ve worked with two amazing co-writers — Paepin Goff and Ellen Airhart — who, in addition to directly contributing to Science Scene, have provided uncredited research, feedback and inspiration for articles with my name on them.

I’ve also had unbelievable editors who supported me even when I pitched ridiculous ideas.

Kelsey McKinney didn’t flinch when I turned in a promarijuana Science Scene.

She was also the one who encouraged me to write a piece on how to avoid hangovers.

Hannah Smothers didn’t alter a single word of my headline “Decision to circumcise is far from clear cut,”

nor did she bat an eye when I sent her a Science Scene describing an experiment where researchers had subjects watch a pornographic film and reach into a container full of used condoms.

And nobody made me work harder than Kat Sampson, the current Life&Arts editor, who has zero tolerance for lazy writing. She kept me in the basement every week demanding rewrites until whatever complex topic I addressed was clear enough for all of our readers to understand.

I’ve had many arguments with Kat — which have provided endless entertainment for the rest of The Daily Texan staff — but she’s also one of my favorite people on the planet and makes me laugh harder than anybody else I’ve ever known.

This is just a small fraction of the people that helped shape Science Scene into the column that I’m proud to have written.

Part of me wants to continue, but, at some point, you need

to let your baby grow up and walk on its own.

After four years at the Texan, it’s time to completely turn my baby over to Ellen, who has a great eye for finding interesting stories and an imagination that I envy. Her Science Scene articles this semester — covering running injuries, listeria in ice cream and the not-so-albino squirrel, among other topics — give me confidence that the column is in very good hands.

I’m really going to miss recording the Science Scene videos with her.

I’ll still be around campus continuing to work toward my Ph.D. in physics, but I don’t know what the future holds for me after that. I do have a few hopes, though. One of them is to visit UT-Austin some day many years from now, pick up a copy of The Daily Texan and see that Science Scene is still going strong.

A man can dream, can’t he?

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The Daily Texan gave me the self-determination to ask questions, to meet people and go places I never would have otherwise. During my two years on staff, I was surrounded by a group of people that inspired me to make work and look for stories in my community that felt meaningful. The experiences I have had were only possible because of my colleagues — filmmakers, photographers and editors — who had an expansive vision of what the multimedia department of a college newspaper could be.

Memorable among these experiences, stories and characters are Slobodan and his band of renaissance musicians and Karen the shamanic healer. These individuals and the worlds they welcomed me into taught me far more than I ever learned in a classroom. I found their devotion to specialized, atypical art forms to be inspiring and enlightening. Thankfully, in addition to nurturing my predilection for the obscure, the Texan forced me into situations that were uncomfortable and challenging. Being a photographer on staff never let you fall into a routine; no week was the same.

The Texan is an environment that allows you to fail.

You can be sent out to cover a rally, measly rode mic and aging DSLR in hand, with no clue what frame rate is, but you are emboldened, somehow attempting to make a video despite your tsunami wave of ignorance.

You are empowered because you have been given

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Carlo Nasisse is thankful for being given the opportunity to fail. He loved his time at the Texan and will miss this community.

a job, to tell a story, and the license to do so.

I want to thank the people who made my time here life changing. First is Taylor Barron, the reason I joined in the first place.

We spent a year and a half on video staff together and made some kick-butt videos. Mostly fondly, I remember the beautiful disaster we made on food production in Austin.

Apparently, five minutes isn’t enough time to tell the entire story of sustainable food practices in Austin. Who would have known? Taylor taught me what I know about shooting video.

I have always been drawn to obscure subjects.

I have endless gratitude to my video editors, Alec Wyman and Dan Resler, for accepting and putting up with my more idiosyncratic story pitches.

Alec was also my savior in times of technological distress. Thank you Alec for answering those late -night, panicked phone calls. Amy Zhang and Lauren Ussery, thank you for putting up with me this past semester. I will miss our Sunday evenings editing photos for Monday’s paper and listening to Beyoncé.

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Painter addresses gender identity in work

By Cat Cardenas @crcardenas8

Local painter Drew Riley remembers a childhood spent wishing to try on the dresses she saw girls wear at school. It is memories like these she now channels into her artwork.

After she spent years struggling with her gender identity, Riley, who was designated male at birth, now identifies as a trans woman.

In an effort to come to terms with her identity, the classically trained artist launched Gender Portraits — a series of paintings that depict a variety of “gender nonconformists” from all walks of life. From drag queens to trans women and men, Riley’s portraits tell her subjects’ stories intimately.

Art has long been a constant in Riley’s life, she said.

This particular project began two years ago with a self-portrait titled “Adolescence.” Riley said this painting was the first step she took in coming to terms with her identity — and said she knew in that in order to provide her audience a better understanding of gender issues, she would need to do more.

“I realized my story wasn’t

enough,” Riley said. “There were so many different transgender stories, and none of them are alike. We’re not all the same caricature. This has nothing to do with sexual orientation or status. We are young; we are old; we’re professionals; we’re artists. I wanted people to see that diversity.”

Riley said her childhood would have been significantly different if transgender people had been represented positively in popular culture as she grew up. Today, representation is one of her central goals — she wants her portraits to spark positive dialogue for the gender nonconformist community.

“Any time I saw anything to do with a transgender person, they were the butt end of a joke,” Riley said. “It was never positive, but I want to change that.”

The painting that garners the most intense reactions, Riley said, is her portrait of Cavan Ò Raghallaigh, political activist and founder of Legalize Human, taken immediately post-surgery.

Raghallaigh said he believes the painting provokes responses because the portrait confronts viewers with his raw,

Local painter Drew Riley created a portrait series called “Gender Portraits,” paintings of a variety of gender nonconformists from all walks of life. As the portraits helped Riley come to terms with her gender identity, she hopes her portraits initiate a dialogue about gender nonconformity.

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unvarnished truth.

“With the bandages, the scars — it’s very obvious that I just came out of surgery,” Raghallaigh said.

“Looking at it brings back memories of the discomfort, but I never have even a flash of regret. That was my first surgery, and seeing myself after gave me the hope I wasn’t allowing myself to have. I could

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finally see myself as the person who was always on the inside.”

African and African diaspora studies graduate student Dora Santana said she hopes her own portrait of her spurs discussion about how transition is complicated by issues such as race.

“The type of representation you have is important,” Santana said. “A

representation of a white trans woman doesn’t really affect the lives of a lot of black trans women. That’s what my story added. Yes, it was specific, but, as a black Brazilian woman, my story touched on things other people couldn’t.

The stories that accompany the portraits are especially important to Riley. She said her subjects’ stories make her feel more

empowered about her own identity.

“The visual medium wasn’t enough to educate people,” Riley said. “I want people to walk away having learned something, having felt like they met someone.

I’ve learned a lot about myself hearing these things that I’ve been grappling with my whole life but not known how to say.”

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Science apps encourage games with real birds, not Angry Birds

By Ellen Airhart @ellenairhart

Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan Staff

The STEEL Dance Company is a laid-back dance organization that focuses on jazz, hip-hop and contemporary dance styles.

STEEL Dance preps for diverse spring showcase

By Mary Cantrell @mkcant

Members of the STEEL Dance Company aren’t sure how the group got its name — but they have a team Facebook page now, and they’re ready to put that name on the map.

The club members, who aren’t even sure who started the UT club 14 years ago, are hoping the page will help spread the word about the team’s upcoming spring showcase.

STEEL is made up of 19 members who primarily perform hip-hop, jazz and contemporary routines.

Some dancers focus on hip-hop, while others focus on ballet. The team will perform the first of two showcases Sunday.

Hannah Bender, education junior and codirector, said each team member’s individual personalities and styles contribute to an ultimately diverse showcase.

“Our show is filled with different styles,” Bender said. “The dances change, every other one. It’s not going to be four hip-hop routines or four jazz routines. They are all going to be different.”

The 13 dances the company will perform include an opening jazz number with the entire club, followed by trios, duos and solos.

Audiences can expect to hear music by Ingrid Michaelson and Etta James as well as several mashup songs, including “G.D.F.R.” by Flo Rida.

Bender said she prefers to participate in larger group performances because she feels like they convey an energy smaller shows do not possess.

“I think the adrenaline and the energy from everyone else on stage really rubs off,” Bender said.

“That’s why I like to dance and why I like to perform.”

Despite practicing twice a week and performing two times a year, STEEL members said they pride themselves on being the most laid back of all the dance clubs on campus. Bender said the club serves as an outlet for dancers who aren’t pursuing a major in dance.

Corporate communications senior Lauren Levens said the show, which mainly freshmen choreographed, is a good opportunity for members to gain leadership experience.

“We’re still really passionate about dance,” Levens said. “Most of us having been dancing our entire lives. STEEL is something that we’re still able to do without it being time constricting.”

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special education sophomore Ashley Rowland.

Miketinac said they chose a song by Smallpools, a band they have seen in concert five times.

“For me, it’s all about finding the song first,” Miketinac said. “If you pick the right song, and you’ve been dancing as long as we have, it just comes naturally.”

To facilitate original choreography, STEEL hosts a choreographers workshop every semester in which members are encouraged to share moves and routines for the spring show.

Members of STEEL agree their show aims to connect dancers and audience members through music and movement.

Bender said she hopes that audience members get something out of the group’s showcase.

“It’s a perfect way for people to come out and take a break from studying and watch something entertaining,” Bender said.

“It’s a great way for students to come out and support us.”

There are better ways to procrastinate than mindlessly swiping fruit with your finger. A variety of iPhone and Android apps provide a portal into fascinating scientific research.

Even the laziest emoji-users can contribute to important advances in research in the time it would take to play one round of Angry Birds.

For those looking to explore the heavens, the basic Star Chart app on the App Store is an easy shortcut. It provides a free view and explanation of the constellations in the sky on a given night. Users can pay extra to view meteor showers, comets and satellites.

Those who want to test their astronomy knowledge should check out the app Pocket Universe. Users can deploy Pocket Universe to identify stars and planets in the area or take advantage of the app’s quizzes on planets, stars and constellations. The free NASA app keeps viewers up to date on the latest news in space exploration and provides stunning images from NASA missions.

The free NASA app keeps viewers up to date on the latest news in space exploration and provides stunning images from NASA missions.

The Milky Way is interesting, but there are other projects closer to home. With the iNaturalist app, users record pictures and locations of wildlife, which scientists can use to track changes in the habitats of different species. The app Project Noah centers around the same idea, but users follow or design specific projects. For example, the “Keep Austin Wild” project aims to document and share pictures of animals, plants and fungi in the Austin area.

Students don’t have to go outdoors to contribute to science. Many games are available for those who prefer to sit under the bright fluorescent lights of their favorite UT buildings. Reverse the Odds is a game that helps humanity in a way Candy Crush never will. Users play puzzle games that incorporate magnified samples of real tumor tissues and

answer questions that help scientists learn more about cancer treatments.

There are also many entertaining games that bolster a player’s basic scientific intuition but don’t necessarily contribute to research.

Check out the addicting game Little Alchemy. Players combine four starter fundamentals — fire, air, earth and water — into more and more complicated concepts, such as diamonds, bacteria and chickens. In the game Spore Origins, players design and grow an organism into a civilization. These games help users learn without realizing they’re learning.

The stereotype of the old scientist sitting in a lab doing research by himself is dead. The field is open to anyone who is interested, curious and ready to explore the unknown from the comfort of their own screens.

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