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July 13-14, 2011
$958.60 for roundtrip airfare from residence (New York) to Austin for Board of Regents meeting
May 2 to July 1012, 2012
Ashley Purgason
$1,499.90. for four roundtrip flights to Austin for Board of Regents meetings
2012-2013
Nash Horne 2013-2014
Max Richards 2014-2015
$494.90 to stay at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas
Sept. 14-15, 2012
$462.18 to stay at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis to attend a Chancellor’s Council Meeting and a UT-Austin event in Oxford, Mississippi
$580.42 to stay at the Hotel Sorella in Kansas City, Missouri, attending the Chancellor’s Council meeting and UT-Austin event
$600 for roundtrip charter flight with the Texas Exes from Austin to attend an official UT event
Oct. 26, 2012
$653.80 to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin (Purgason did not arrive until Oct. 6, but it was too late to cancel for Oct. 5)
$795.60 for a roundtrip flight to El Paso to attend an event at UTEP
March 7, 2014
$469.82 while lodging at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas for a UT-Austin event
$457.90 for roundtrip fight to Houston to attend the UT System Texas FreshAIR Conference
$12,218.88
Dec. 5, 2014
$1,154.68 for a roundtrip flight to McAllen to visit UTPan American
$15,447.93 Total Cost:
Total Cost:
$9,099.60
$206.01 to stay at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth for Chancellor’s Council meeting
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Student regents on the Board of Regents have cost the UT System more than $80,000 since 2009, according to public records obtained from the System.
The UT student regent serves a one-year, non-voting term and, according to the UT Systems website, the System reimburses the student for any expenses related to Board business. The records show a majority of the expenses were for travel and lodging.
to craft policies that reflect the needs of the entire UT System, including students.” According to the System documents, the System spent over $25,000 on 2012–2013 Student Regent Ashley Purgason — the highest amount among student regents from 2009–2014. Purgason was a student at UT Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston and spent more than $15,000 on
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travel and airfare as well as more than $4,700 on lodging. According to the documents, Purgason spent more
After UT President Gregory Fenves announced the relocation of the Jefferson Davis statue to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History and the Woodrow Wilson statue to another unspecified location on campus on Aug. 14, the Texas chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a temporary restraining order. The restraining order prevents the University from moving the statues, and the University agreed to go to court to review the case. According to their court filings, the Sons of Confederate Veterans said the University decided to relocate the statues without approval from the Texas Legislature, the State Pres-
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Thousands spent annually on student regents Board Chairman Paul Foster said the student regent position is necessary to make sure policies reflect students’ needs. “We recognize there are expenses associated with the travel, but ensuring the student perspective is always considered as we make our decisions is an investment that is well worth it,” Foster said. “The result is that we are able
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Since 2009, the System has spent more than $80,000 on student regents.
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Jan. 22-23, 2015
$480 to get a coach and carriage driver service from Tyler to Austin after a UT-Tyler event
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$507.24 to stay at the Westin Hotel in San Antonio to attend Board of Regents’ meeting
Oct. 5-6, 2012
Oct. 11-12, 2013
Oct. 23-23, 2014
Total Cost:
Feb. 8, 2012
Oct. 1, 2011
$651.40 for roundtrip airfare from Austin to Midland
$1,037.90 to stay at Montage Hotel in Park City, Utah (Horne was attending the chancellor’s council meeting and official UT Austin event)
Sept. 26-27, 2014
$658 to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin for the Board of Regents’ meeting/ December retreat
Oct. 1-3, 2010
Sept. 8-9, 2011
Sept. 5-7, 2013
$9,483.89
Dec. 1-2, 2010
$203.30 for roundtrip mileage reimbursement to Austin for Governor’s Student Regent orientation and UT System orientations session
2010-2011
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$198 for round trip mileage from residence to College Station to see UT vs. Texas A&M football game
May 20-21, 2010
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Last week, the Austin Code Department started a Twitter campaign called “Sad Couch” to raise awareness about the illegal dumping of bulk waste on sidewalks and roads in West Campus. The “Sad Couch” campaign uses humor to invoke sympathy in Austin’s college-age population about the bulk trash problem and its consequences, according to Emily Jacobs, spokesperson for the Public Information Office. “‘Sad Couch’ is funny, but it is also gross and sad that there is all this trash everywhere causing health and traffic problems,” Jacobs said. The lingering trash can create and exacerbate sanitation and parking problems in West Campus, according to John Hale, acting assistant division manager of the Austin Code Department.
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Ilegally dumped furniture down an alley near Nueces Street. The highest density of illegal dumping in Austin occurs in West Campus.
“When a couch gets rained on a couple times, it holds stagnant water, which breeds mosquitoes and leads to potential sickness,” Hale said. “It also affects parking spots, because the size of the trash could force people to illegally park. It’s a safety issue all the way around.”
Apart from downtown, West Campus has the highest density of illegal dumping sites in the entire city of Austin, according to Hale. “We noted 33 violations in a very small area two weeks ago during key collection and move in,” Hale said. “About a dozen of them are what you would
call illegal dumping sites — or areas where either whole or half an entire apartment was just dumped.” Student mindsets regarding their impermanent housing situations contribute to the problem, Hale said.
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Women’s Equality Day on Wednesday marked the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which guarantees the right to vote regardless of gender. Although Congress passed the 19th amendment in early June 1919, 36 states — the number needed to make it law across the entire country — did not agree to ratify it until 1920. Texas was an early adopter of the 19th amendment, and on June 28, 1919, Texas became the first state in the South and ninth state overall to ratify the amendment. “Here in Texas, we proudly celebrate these anniversaries through our ongoing commitment to engage all voters to participate in elections,” Elaine Wiant, president of the Texas League of Women Voters, said in a press release. “This anniversary is a great opportunity to celebrate the power of voters to participate in the
political process and realize how important they are to a healthy democracy.” According to a 2014 study by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, women have had a higher voter turnout rate than men in every presidential election since 1980. “The 95th anniversary of Women’s Equality Day reminds us that while more women vote than men, they still hold public office in small numbers,” UT’s Center for Women and Gender Studies said in a statement. “In Texas, only 19 percent of the state legislature is made up of women.” Though Women’s Equality Day marks the ratification of the 19th amendment as a triumph in the women’s rights movement, the 19th amendment is not without criticism. In particular, critics focus on how it failed to secure voting rights for women who were not white. “I think the 19th amendment was a step in the right
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direction, but it kind of embodies white feminism,” said Taylor Moore, English junior and women and gender studies minor. “Forty years after it passed, women of color were still denied suffrage in several states, so it was really just a victory for white women.” Austin also had its own women’s suffrage movement. According to June Conway, voter engagement chair for Austin’s League of Women Voters, multiple Austin organizations formed around the goal of winning the right to vote for women in the early 20th century. Jane McCallum, a woman who served as Texas secretary of state and is featured in Kinsolving’s Gallery of Great Texas Women, was the president of one of these organizations, the Austin Suffrage Association. She also wrote a regular column called “Woman and Her Ways” for the Austin American-Statesman, where she advocated for women’s suffrage.
than $1,000 on Dec. 15–16, 2012, when traveling to St. Louis, Missouri, and attending a University function in Louisville, Kentucky. Purgason did not respond to a request for comment. UT System spokeswoman Karen Adler said the System reviews expenses for all regents before the payment is made. “All expenses paid or reimbursed for members of the board, including the student regent, are carefully reviewed by an accountant and by an attorney in the board office and submitted for further review by the UT System’s office of accounting and purchasing services before
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pre-game activities associated with a home football game give a glimpse into the identity of an institution.” Justin Drake, the student regent from 2015 to 2016 and a doctoral student at UTMB, said any expenses related to a student regent is paid for from the Available University Fund and a disbursement from the Permanent University Fund. “Being a state institution, there are very precise rules governing what expenses are covered and to what extent they are covered,” Drake said. “For example, in my case, these will primarily be related to travel and lodging. I anticipate that there will be situations where expenses may not be covered, and I will gladly pay for these myself.”
Fenves’ decision to move the Jefferson Davis statue to UT’s Briscoe Center for American History is both the right course forward and consistent with the law.” According to its website, the State Preservation Board “preserves and maintains the Texas Capitol, the Capitol Extension, the General Land Office Building, other designated buildings,” as well as providing services for the Texas Governor’s Mansion and operating the Bullock Texas State History Museum. There is no mention on the State Preservation Board’s website concerning jurisdiction over historical monuments and memorials on UT’s campus. Chris Currens, State Preservation Board director of spe-
cial projects, did not respond to a request for comment. Kirk Lyons, the attorney for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, created a GoFundMe page to help pay legal and research fees and travel expenses for his staff in North Carolina to come to Austin. The page has raised over $8,500 in 12 days. The group’s goal is to keep the Jefferson Davis in the Main Mall, according to the GoFundMe page. The page compares relocating the Davis statue to destruction of historical monuments in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State group (ISIS). “Before this happens again somewhere else, funds are needed to provide critical legal research & measures to prevent other ISIS style atrocities before it is too late.
What statues or monuments will be next?” Lyons said on the GoFundMe page. In a statement to the UT community, President Fenves said the decision to relocate the Jefferson Davis statue to an educational exhibit at the Briscoe Center will help Davis’ role in history be best explained and understood. “While every historical figure leaves a mixed legacy, I believe Jefferson Davis is in a separate category, and that it is not in the university’s best interest to continue commemorating him on our Main Mall,” Fenves said in a statement. The University will wait to make a decision regarding the relocation of the Davis and Wilson statues until after the hearing at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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branch because he or she would reside in the same city most meetings are held. Max Richards, last year’s student regent and government senior at UT-Austin, spent more than $10,200. Some of Richards’ expenses included attending athletic events on other campuses. Richards said he thinks it was important to attend these events because it provided him a better understanding of campus life. “Going to sporting events gives a person a strong sense of the campus culture,” Richards said. “While I attended the UTSA football game, I was able to get a better understanding of what it means to walk in the shoes of a UTSA student. Similar to UT-Austin, many of the traditions and
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payment is made,” Adler said. Kyle Kalkwarf, student regent from 2010–2011, was a medical student at UT-San Antonio at the time of his term. According to the documents, the UT System spent $658 for Kalkwarf to stay two nights at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin for a Board of Regents meeting in December 2010. “That weekend there were no other hotels available, and that was the cheapest one,” Kalkwarf said. “I don’t know what the weekend was, but I felt uncomfortable. I remember talking to the secretary I worked with to try and avoid that in the future.” Adler said a UT-Austin student regent would have fewer travel expenses than a regent from a different UT
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continues from page 3 form connections and build community are also more likely to do well academically.” The event was planned by Texas Exes members, summer orientation advisors, student spirit groups and volunteers. In addition to welcoming the new class, it also gave students a chance to unwind after the first day of classes. Ari Monteiro, a petroleum engineering freshman, said the event made her feel welcome. “My favorite part was when they fired Smokey the Cannon,” Monteiro said. “I was nervous for today, but this really made me feel better about starting college here.” The rally culminated in multiple speeches by Fenves and Strong and included an appearance by the UT football team. “I know this is the freshman class,” Strong said. “This is gonna be a great year. You’re gonna do a great job. Work hard. Put in the time. We’ll need your support, and we want your support — all the time.”
Afterward, freshmen were invited to take a Class of 2019 photo in the shape of a giant longhorn head. Undeclared freshman Yvonne Hua said the event helped her feel less nervous about starting college. “It’s really considerate of them,” Hua said. “They put up all these activities to make us feel welcome.” The rally ended with a speech by Leslie Cedar, CEO of Texas Exes. “For you new Longhorns, if today is your first day, congratulations,” Cedar said. “It is a big deal that you are here.” Afterward, students were invited to the Texas Exes Orange and White Welcome held in the Alumni Center. Students ate dinner together, danced to music, played booth games, entered giveaways and took photos together in a photo booth. “There’s nothing like pride,” Strong said. “There’s nothing like tradition. There’s nothing like [our] resources and facilities. But most importantly, there’s nothing like this fine group of freshmen right here.”
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Members of the Class of 2019 gathered in the Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium on Wednesday for Horns Up Night, a welcome ceremony to celebrate the first day of their college careers. The three-part celebration began with a rally, including appearances from campus spirit groups, UT President Gregory Fenves and head coach Charlie Strong. Horns Up Night is a part of Longhorn Welcome, a two-week series of events to welcome incoming freshmen. Gage Paine, vice president for student affairs, explained the significance of Horns Up Night in helping incoming freshmen to get involved outside of the classroom. “It’s a major factor in student success and staying on track to graduate in four years,” Paine said in a letter on the Longhorn Welcome site. “Students who
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Medical school construction marks milestone By Alex Walheim @thedailytexan
Top University and state officials attended the topping out ceremony Wednesday to celebrate placing the final steel beam in the framework of the Dell Medical School. UT President Gregory Fenves and Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) were part of a small group of officials who toured the medical school construction site and added their signatures to one of the final beams lifted into place. John Daigre, executive director of communications for the Dell Medical School, toured the construction zone along with Fenves and Watson. “We’ve been working on this project conceptually through renderings and things like that,” Daigre said. “To see it in person has been exciting. It’s a huge project, and I think it’s going to be a really exciting kind of gateway both to downtown and to the whole city.” Fenves said the tour was eye-opening. “What stuck out with me is the size,” Fenves said. “We look at the drawings, and we look at square
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Members of the community sign one of the construction beams of the Dell Medical School Tuesday morning. More than 300 people signed the beam, one of the last to be lifted into place.
footage. But when you actually see how big our facility’s going to be and what we will be able to do in hiring faculty, training physicians and educating students and treating patients, it’s really amazing how big it really is.” More than 300 people showed up to sign the beam Tuesday, according to Daigre. “It was just such a testament to the fact that the community is behind this
project,” Daigre said. Watson described the medical school as an important addition to UT and the Austin community. “It’s a wonderful thing that they’ve done as a symbolic showing of how the community is part of this medical school,” Watson said. The Dell Medical School will be the first new medical school to be constructed at a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) in 50 years.
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Fenves said the medical school will be a crucial part of the future of the University. “With all the changes in healthcare and all the opportunities for future change in healthcare, we’re going to have the medical school fully integrated into the teaching and research mission of the campus,” Fenves said. “So, it’s giving us a lot of new opportunities in new areas of health and medicine to pursue at the campus.”
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continues from page 1 “One of our biggest problems is that, with students, until they graduate and start living here, they are not actually living here, so they have not really thought about what effect their trash has on their neighbors and their neighborhood,” Hale said. According to Hale, the majority of dumping violations in West Campus occur between mid-May and mid-September with a peak during the end of July. The time periods correspond to traditional move-in and move-out dates enforced in leases. In order to manage the increased presence of bulk trash during this period, the code department works with Austin Resource Recovery to appropriately schedule bulk trash pickups. ARR provides bulk trash collection services for multi-family residences with five or fewer units, Emlea Chanslor, public information officer for ARR, said. The municipal code requires multifamily residences that have more than five units to hire a licensed private hauler to dispose of bulk and regular trash. “Ultimately the expense for illegal dumping goes
[The trash] brings down property values. Having trash around all the time does not bode well for someone trying to rent out or sell their property. —Emily Jacobs, Public Information Office Spokesperson
to the property owner,” Hale said. “When the property is public, such as a public alley, it is the taxpayer that has to pay for the cleaning costs, unfortunately.” The presence of bulk trash in neighborhoods could even have financial consequences for property owners in the area, Jacobs said. “[The trash] brings down property values,” Jacobs said. “Having trash around all the time does not bode well for someone trying to rent out or sell their property.” Contacting the code department will connect citizens to the resources they need to dispose of their bulk trash, Hale said. “The best thing to do is call 3-1-1,” Hale said. “We are here to help.”
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Lawsuit undermines integrity of debates By Claire Smith
Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief @claireseysmith
The Jefferson Davis statue was not removed from the Main Mall on Aug. 15, as originally planned, due to a temporary restraining order requested by the Texas division of Sons of Confederate Veterans. Though not required to stay its plans, the University chose to delay the statue’s removal and relocation until the temporary restraining order could be reviewed by a district judge, slotted to take place this afternoon. In waiting for today’s court date, the University folded to the reactionary whims of a group whose legal recourse can be described as shaky at best. As it was determined in June, President Gregory Fenves is empowered in his role as University president to decide the fate of the Jefferson Davis statue, a determination that the Sons of Confederate Veterans did not formally challenged until after the debate’s conclusion. So when the Sons of Confederate Veterans alleged in its temporary restraining order that the statue is irrevocably protected by the Littlefield will — which does not stipulate that the statues must stay in place, according to a redacted version of the will obtained by The Dallas Morning News — they contradicted the document that they cited. And when they alleged that the decision belongs to either the Texas Legislature, the Texas Historical Commission or the State Preservation Board, they also retroactively challenged the character and structure of a monthslong struggle that their members actively participated in. At best, this is a case of being sore losers. At worst, this is a frivolous legal challenge that comes dangerously close to a boldfaced attempt to will the
I understand the administration likely aimed to choose a moderate path in the face of such hysteria. But the University should not pander to the childishness of this group. And a district judge should be swift in his or her determination of this restraining order’s validity. group’s whims into legal reality. The Sons of Confederate Veterans’ spokesman Marshall Davis said, “Of course we want the Jefferson Davis statue to stay, but we filed this because of the hastiness of [Fenves’] decision. In this order, we want all the parties to look at the ramifications and the original intent.” The University has spent countless hours, money and resources examining the ramifications and original intent of the statue — it was called the Task Force on Historical Representation of Statuary at UT Austin. For anyone who has paid attention to the five weeks of deliberation by the task force, or tuned into the debate over the Jefferson Davis statue at any point in its monthslong tenure, one would realize this decision was anything but hasty. In fact, when one considers that vandalism of and protests against the statue began in the 1940s, it is easy to see that this decision is long overdue. I understand that the administration yielded to this temporary restraining order, which may or may not be valid due to its ambivalent claims, because it might have wanted to be respectful of
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The Jefferson Davis statue was not removed from the Main Mall due to a temporary restraining order filed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The order will be heard by a district judge today.
a group that so consistently participated in this debate. I understand that the administration likely aimed to choose a moderate path in the face of such hysteria. But the University should not pander to the childishness of this group. And a district judge should be swift in his or her determination of this restraining order’s validity. For me — a student on the 40 Acres who has witnessed SCV’s active involvement throughout the debate and waited long past the original removal date because of this group’s legal action — the group’s decision to retroactively challenge the debate’s structure and take the University to court on the basis of a weak legal
foundation is outrageous. This issue has been debated, deliberated on and determined after decades of unrest on the statue’s presence on campus. This has been a painful debate for many. The very nature of this sensitive subject is that not everyone can be happy with its resolution. That does not justify a frivolous lawsuit, and it certainly does not speak well of the members involved. The district judge tasked with the unfortunate chore of hearing this baseless case should be swift in his or her judgement of its merits. Smith is a history and humanities senior from Austin.
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Student regent expenses show role’s lack of agency
When the 79th Texas Legislature began requiring the UT System Board of Regents to appoint a student regent in 2005, the goal was to foster a stronger relationship between the board and University students. However, there is no defined role on the UT System Board of Regent’s website. Public records showed the non-paid position cost the System $80,000 total in six years for business-related expenditures. Travel expenses are a necessary evil when there are 14 schools in the UT system. However, costs could have been abated if students did not spend weekends at five-star hotels, like John Davis Rutkauskas did at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 2011, collecting a $1,000 charge over two nights. Costs could also be lower if student regents did not spend nearly every other weekend attending sporting events across the country, all expenses paid, like Karim A. Meijir did from 2009 to 2010. In one year,
Meijer spent $3,747.44 on the cost of attending football games. Although current Student Regent Justin Drake said there are rules governing what expenses are covered and to what extent they are covered, 2012–2013 Student Regent Ashley Purgason’s $25,000 expense report suggests otherwise. Of course, it is important for student regents to know the students and campuses they are tasked with representing. Max Richards spent $10,200 during his time as the 2014–2015 student regent, a portion of which went toward trips to football games that he said were important because they gave him “a glimpse into the identity of an institution.” It would be OK for student regents to spend tens of thousands of UT System dollars attending sporting events if representation was as shallow as that suggests. In fact, it wouldn’t be a problem if the System defined the student regent’s sole role as attending
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In spite of his improbable plans, Trump has proven to be infallible By Noah M. Horwitz
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @nmhorwitz
There has yet to be an obvious point whereat Donald Trump, the current frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has gone too far in terms of outrageous rhetoric. Whether it was his intimation that a sizable chunk of Mexican migrants are rapists, denigration of an American war hero or misogynistic rhetoric against Megyn Kelly, Trump appears to be a Teflon candidate. Pundits and prognosticators are quick to promise that this time Trump has really gone too far; really, this time. The supposed offense is that, in his recently released border security plan, Trump backed ending birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants. “End birthright citizenship,” Trump said in his official policy position on the topic. “This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration.” The talk, while initially sounding radical, has actually entered the mainstream. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin), among others, have already endorsed Trump’s idea. As Trump himself notes, the idea isn’t necessarily on the fringe of popular opinion. “By a 2:1 margin, voters say [birthright citizenship] is the wrong policy,” Trump says. Granted, the Rasmussen Reports poll to which he references is four years old, but the numbers don’t lie.
Accordingly, to say that Trump had crossed the line here as opposed to anywhere else is without good reasoning. Many Republican presidential candidates have proposed or defended strange ideas and positions. Between former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Florida) asking Americans to work longer hours and Walker defending his opposition to abortion even in cases in which the mother’s life is threatened, it makes no sense to focus on Trump’s antics to the detriment of his compatriots. Recent polls have continued showing Trump’s big lead, despite the controversial comments. Of course, it would be remiss to talk up the public opinion popularity of Trump’s proposal without admitting its political infeasibility. Despite whatever empty rhetoric Trump and his ilk may spew, ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants would indubitably require a constitutional amendment. “My take on Trump is that after 130 years of constitutional interpretation of the 14th Amendment as granting birthright citizenship, the presumption against any other interpretation would result in the courts overturning any contrary statute,” said Greg Aydt, a Republican precinct chair in Harris County and the publisher of right wing political blog Rhymes with Right. Indeed, Trump’s plans may be unlikely to be enacted. But their popularity, both with the Republican primary electorate and the general public, may put them in a position to test that. Horwitz is a government senior from Houston.
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games, shaking hands and meeting donors. But that should not be the purpose. Students need representation in light of recent transparency issues. The sheer size of the UT System makes true representation a challenge, but, as the expense reports suggests, the student regents have little more engagement with the System’s 212,000 students than attending sporting events. Having a student representative on the UT System Board of Regents is not a bad idea. But as it stands, the role is an attempt to save face by appearing connected to the students when all it does is bankroll halfhearted representation. Attending student forums and alumni events or holding panels on pertinent topics would be student leadership. But an all-expenses-paid trip to the Big 12 Championship football game should not be masked as student representation. Follow the Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter @TexanEditorial.
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Forum: Starting conversations, bringing new light to issues By Walker Fountain Daily Texan Forum Editor @wf_atx
The Daily Texan is the voice of students on our campus. You may spot a Texan newsstand every morning at your bus stop, see a stack of copies outside of your lecture hall. You may never pick it up, but when you do, it can be a special experience. In it, you can read news about our campus, see friends and acquaintances showcasing their accomplishments and work and find hard-hitting opinion coverage about issues relevant to our campus. This year, we want to make that even better. Starting next Thursday, The Daily Texan will begin the 2015 iteration of the Daily Texan Forum. The forum – which solicits opinions from campus leaders and key players on important issues — aims to broaden our campus’ understanding of important events as they play out on the 40 Acres. Every Thursday, you will see different columns in the Texan about a variety of issues — education, civil rights on campus, politics, and other subjects related to life on the 40 Acres followed by an on-campus panel discussion moderated by Editor-in-Chief Claire Smith. And we are continually striving to make that page even more inclusive and relevant to students. There has never been a time on our campus where inclusive, diverse opinions are more needed than today. Contentious student government votes led by fresh voices are becom-
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Join us in the Texas Union Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. for a conversation with SG President Xavier Rotnofsky and Vice President Rohit Mandalapu about how SG can serve students this year. ing the norm, a strong push for racial justice is making headway on our campus and issues like transgender rights and mental health need more discussion than ever before. The forum aims to bring some of these issues to light, all while hearing a diverse set of opinions from students, administrators and community members. If you believe there’s a topic that the forum should cover in depth, let us know. And if you believe that your opinion would shed valuable insight, please reach out to Daily Texan staff, or write a Letter to the Editor. Now more than ever, our campus will be well served by a selection of opinions which do not embrace the cultural and political norms of the environment we find ourselves in. Our campus needs those voices — so that every time a student, faculty member or community member opens The Daily Texan, they find something which gives them new perspectives and showcases the diversity of our university community. Fountain is a government senior from Pelham, New York.
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Earlier this month, the Big 12 released the men’s basketball schedule for the 2015–2016 season. With the full slate out, it’s time to break down who might pose the biggest challenges for Texas this season. November The Longhorns begin the season over 7,000 miles from Austin against Washington on Nov. 13 in Shanghai, China. But the most intriguing game of the month takes place Nov. 25 in the Bahamas, when the Longhorns rekindle their rivalry with Texas A&M. The Aggies finished in the upper half of the SEC last year, going 21–12 and giving the juggernaut University of Kentucky a scare, falling 70–64 in a double-overtime thriller. The Aggies will prove a nice early season test for Texas. December December begins with a five-game home stand that spans Dec. 1–12, highlighted by a visit from North Carolina. The Tar Heels went to the Sweet 16 last season, where they lost to eventual champion
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continues from page 6 Gray said. “Daje is a great football player. When he’s healthy and at his peak, he’s an unbelievable player.” When head coach Charlie Strong arrived at Texas, Johnson was one of the first players Strong approached. On the first day on the job, Strong ripped into Johnson. He told Johnson that missing a game should never happen again. It didn’t work. As the Longhorns took the field in 2014, Johnson was suspended again. Despite kicking nine players off the team last year, Strong gave Johnson a final chance. He had a hiccup with an ill-famed
ing with NCAA investigations for academic violations but should still be a solid squad. The nonconference schedule ends with a visit from Connecticut on Dec. 29.
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While former Texas head coach Mack Brown no longer commands the Longhorns on Saturdays, he hasn’t stopped paying attention to his burnt orange roots. Working as a college football analyst for ESPN, Brown’s job now involves analyzing teams for TV audiences rather than running practices and preparing for opponents. With less than two weeks until the Longhorns’ season opener, Brown said he likes what he sees from his former team. “I think Texas has the chance to be good,” Brown said in a conference call with the media on Wednesday. “Obviously, there needs to be consistent quarterback play, … but they have everything else in place.” Texas relies on junior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes — one of Brown’s recruits — to run its offense this fall. His turnover struggles plagued the Longhorns through last
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Conference play The Longhorns will begin conference play Jan. 2, with every game televised nationally. It starts light, with the first three games against the three teams that finished at the bottom of the Big 12 last year: Texas Tech, Kansas State and TCU. This easy start gives Texas an early chance to gain traction in the Big 12 race. Other teams, such as Oklahoma State, Baylor and West Virginia, were middle-ofthe-pack teams last season. Against those teams, Texas went 2–4, with three of those losses coming on the road. The bigger issue is how Texas fared against elite Big 12 teams. The Longhorns went 0–6 last year against Iowa State, Oklahoma and Kansas. Iowa State might take a step back with the departure of head coach Fred Hoiberg to the Chicago Bulls, but the Sooners will be a leader in the Big 12, especially with the
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return of star senior guard Buddy Hield. But the road to the Big 12 title still runs through Lawrence, Kansas, against the Jayhawks. Kansas may have lost forward Cliff Alexander after he departed for the NBA, but the Jayhawks are going to be a power once again. Kansas returns senior forward Perry Ellis, along with junior guards Frank Mason III and Wayne Selden Jr. They also brought in freshmen guards LaGerald Vick and Carlton Bragg Jr., which Rivals.com rated four and five stars, respectively. Texas plays Kansas for the first time Jan. 23 in Lawrence, which will likely be the toughest game of conference play. The Longhorns only lost by 5 to the Jayhawks late last season
on the road, so there’s a chance the Longhorns will steal a win. The Jayhawks come to Austin on Feb. 29 for Texas’ last home game of the year. That will likely be senior night, giving that game even more weight. But games against Oklahoma on Feb. 8 and Feb. 27, along with Iowa State on Jan. 12 and Feb. 13, are the most important. Winning a majority of those contests would best position the team to finally break into the elite tier of the Big 12. If Texas takes advantage of the easy first few games of the conference and squeaks out road wins in places such as Oklahoma and Iowa State, it’ll put the team in a great position.
rap single “Dealer,” which was mired in controversy because of drug-related lyrics, but the coaching staff sees a newfound player in Johnson. “Daje has come a million miles,” Strong said. “I look back a year ago, and he was suspended the first half of the season, and then he’s gotten it together.” After Strong took a chance on him, Johnson wants to prove he was worth the investment. “I feel like [Strong] kind of sees the character within me,” Johnson said. “He feels like that’s not the guy that he is in the past doing all that stuff. I guess he sees much more in me. Player-wise and off the field, I feel like he sees way
more in me to be the person that I can be.” As his final season as a Longhorn approaches, Johnson says he’s more mature. His teammates notice the extra work he puts in. “Daje, he’s definitely had his mishaps,” senior cornerback Duke Thomas said. “He’s messed up with some mistakes every now and then. [But] Daje definitely is changing. … He’s definitely grown. He’s definitely become more a leader for the wide receivers in that room with him and Marcus [Johnson]. He’s just making things happen for himself.” In his last year in burnt orange and white, Johnson touts lofty goals. He wants to
be the player who reaches his potential. He wants to show he’s the Longhorns’ biggest offensive threat. “I’m trying to be the best player in the country,” Johnson said. “I’m trying to be an AllAmerican. I’m trying to be [an NFL] first-round draft pick. All of that type of stuff.” Johnson’s career hasn’t reached his expectations. But with Strong and the coaching staff behind him, he’s poised for a breakout senior season. “There’s a lot of people pulling for me and I just want to prove them right,” Johnson said. “I don’t want to go out like ‘what if’ or ‘he could’ve done this.’ I’m trying to be remembered. … I am worth the investment.”
Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan file photo Junior center Kelsey Lang tries to post up a TCU defender Feb. 1. The Longhorns lost the game 64–59.
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but will be sidelined during the 2015–2016 season because of NCAA transfer rules. “Last season, [the Longhorns] did some amazing things, and I can’t wait to join them soon to help the program to grow,” Caron-Goudreau said in an interview with Texas Sports.
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Senior wide receiver Daje Johnson might be Texas’ biggest offensive weapon, but he hasn’t let himself show it yet. An 84-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game against Baylor in 2012 and an 85-yard punt return against Oklahoma in 2013 show Johnson’s potential. But multiple suspensions have clouded his past. Johnson, a speedster from Pflugerville, was suspended his first game as a Longhorn for a violation of team rules. His second violation warranted a game suspension during his sophomore season. Johnson missed Texas’ matchup with Oregon in the 2013 Alamo Bowl after being ruled academically ineligible. “Freshman and sophomore year, [Johnson] was getting into trouble and we needed him,” senior running back Johnathan
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Senior wide receiver Daje Johnson returns a kick in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl against Arkansas. The Longhorns lost to the Razorbacks 31-7.
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Women’s hoops to rely on new additions By Jasmine C. Johnson @AllThatJasss
With the addition of a new assistant coach, three top-100 recruits and a transfer, the Longhorns women’s basketball team is poised to build on last season, which ended in a Sweet 16 loss to No. 1-seed Connecticut. While the Longhorns outscored the Huskies’ bench 32-12 and won the offensive rebounding battle, they shot 34 percent from the field and had 18 turnovers. A series of runs put the
Huskies up 52-24 at the half and the Longhorns were never able to recover, ultimately falling 105-54. Despite the outcome, it was the deepest run they’ve made in the NCAA Tournament since the 2003–2004 season, when the team finished with a program-record 30 wins. With the addition of new faces, including Tina Thompson as the new assistant coach, the Longhorns could make an even deeper run and build on the momentum that led them to win nine of their last 12 games. Thompson was named
assistant coach in May after former assistant coach Jalie Mitchell became head coach at her alma mater, North Texas. During Thompson’s 16-year WNBA career, she won four championships with the Houston Comets, was voted to the All-Star game nine times, was named All-Star MVP in 2000 and earned two Olympic gold medals. In addition to Thompson, the Longhorns landed three talented freshmen in Jordan Hosey, Christina Aborowa and Lashann Higgs. Hosey, a Pearland native
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Senior goalkeeper develops reputation for scoring goals By Aaron Torres @aaron_torres95
Head soccer coach Angela Kelly had seen it before. The ball 45 yards or more from the goal, a player gives it a moonbeam of a kick. The fans eye the floating ball, the players run to where it might land, and the opposite goalkeeper tries to track the ball in descent. But the ball goes past her, and fans erupt in cheers. Teammates become a frenzied mob, the opponents wonder what just happened, and the 5-foot-9 goalkeeper with a cannon for a leg is left stunned like everyone else. “I was super surprised [when the shot against Miami went in],” senior goalkeeper Abby Smith said. Smith became a household name over the weekend after scoring a 90-yard goal in a 1–0 win over the Miami Hurricanes on Sunday. “I think it was amazing,” redshirt freshman Mikayla Flores said. “I really don’t think any other keeper could have done that.” Smith has made
headlines for scoring goals from a position that is notoriously known for stopping them. “People say I’ve done it before, but it’s always a surprise each time,” Smith said. She has done it before — three times to be exact. Her first goal came in her sophomore year, against Southern Florida. In the 64th minute of the match, she blasted a 50-yard free kick that went over the USF goalkeeper’s head and into the goal in a game that ended in a 1-1 tie. Smith scored her second career goal a little less than a year later with a just under distance than her previous one. In Texas’ first game of the season against Arizona State, at the 24-minute mark, Smith launched a 45-yard shot toward the goal. The story ends the same way: the ball got behind the goalkeeper and went into the net. This game, like the game against USF her previous season, ended in a tie. So it was only fitting that her goal against the Hurricanes on Sunday broke
a tie and fueled the win. Smith’s goals all follow the same narrative — that tales of her amazing feat border on folklore. “[It’s] just a lot of training,” Smith said. “It’s learning and repetition and making mistakes and moving on from those mistakes. So I think that that has a lot to do with it, a lot of training. Not just like on the field but weight training.” She can train all she wants and move on all she can, but her feat is still amazing. “I don’t think that you’ll be able to find another goalkeeper at any level — male or female — that has scored the season-opening goal two years in a row and has three career goals in a four-year career,” Kelly said. “That is incredibly special. It’s incredibly special in women’s collegiate soccer, and it’s incredibly special in the soccer world.” It is special in the soccer world, and “it’s not something that you’re used to every time,” Smith added. Smith may not be used to it, but Kelly wouldn’t mind seeing it again.
who ESPN ranks as the No. 16 recruit, led Manvel High School to a state title and only lost 17 games during her four years there. Her new teammates said she will be able to make an impact right away. “We really need a four player right now, so I think that Jordan really has an opportunity to come in and work hard and really help our team as a freshman this year,” said junior center Kelsey Lang in an interview with Longhorn Network. No. 72 recruit Aborowa will also provide depth at the
forward position. The 6-foot-3 Nigeria native led Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School to a 29-1 record her junior year. Rounding out the group of dynamic freshmen is Higgs, a Bahamas native who is ranked No. 7 in her class according to ESPN and is a Naismith Trophy Finalist. “[Higgs] can play up to 2-3 positions so that adds more versatility to our team,” said sophomore guard Ariel Atkins in an interview with Longhorn
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Study: Music does not aid focus SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
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Students can use music to get hyped for a workout or to turn cleaning into a dance session, but they should think twice before putting in their earbuds while they study. In the early 1990s, scientists found listening to music before completing a spatial reasoning IQ test can improve spatial reasoning scores, which helps students with subjects such as calculus and architecture. The effect, named the Mozart Effect, stole the public’s imagination and caused products such as Baby to flourish. But since then, a majority of studies have not been able to recreate the Mozart Effect. These studies generally show that any irrelevant noises, including music, do not help participants who are trying cognitively challenging tasks, such as reading comprehension or memorizing strings of numbers.
These findings do not mean that students should completely discount music as a study tool. When they listen to music — either before, during or after studying — determines its effects on their learning capabilities. Students who listened to enjoyable music before they studied experienced increased alertness and better moods. This boost led to an improved cogntive performance, according to a study in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. This effect is less noticeable if the participant listened to music they dislike. Scientists found the Mozart Effect to be true, because many participants in the 1993 study enjoyed Mozart’s work. It could just as easily have been the Schubert Effect or the Taylor Swift Effect, depending on the listener’s preferences. Although music can be beneficial before studying, students get distracted by music while they work, even if they enjoy it. Students report feeling less distracted while they listen to music they like, rather than dislike, but they score equally poorly on simple cognitive tests. The participant’s distraction increased if the music was fast-paced and loud. The distraction
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decreased if the sound was repeated over and over again, and unfamiliar music was more distracting than familiar music, according to a study in the British Journal of Psychology. The more college students reported listening to music while they study, the better they could do both. Students did best on tasks when they had complete silence. But music isn’t the only
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variable. Personality makes a difference in how well participants respond to music while they try to do cognitive tasks. In a study at Glasgow Caledonian University, introverts were more susceptible to becoming distracted than extroverts. After studying, students may benefit from relaxation music. People are less anxious when they listen to music as opposed to silence, according to a study in the
Journal of Music Therapy. Students remember more if they relax after they finish studying rather than immediately moving on to another demanding task, so it may be useful to play calming music after a long, grueling work session. Students can tailor their playlists to fit their academic needs with pumpup jams before studying, silence while they study and soothing music after-
Multimedia To learn more about the effects of music on study habits, check out our video at dailytexanonline.com. wards. By avoiding distracting music while they study, students can make sure that their test-time theme plays in a major key.
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FKA twigs releases vulnerable, unannounced EP ‘M3LL155X’ By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
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Cara Cotham works to convert old videos and photographs into digital files. Cotham helped revive some of the photos and videos damaged in the Memorial Day flood this summer.
Alumna ‘legacy maker’ preserves family memories with digitization By Emily Fu @efu_utexas
On a daily basis, people entrust UT alumna and “mompreneur” Cara Cotham with the things most precious to them — their memories. Cotham, a mother to triplets, is a legacy maker at Legacy Republic — a company located in Austin that offers digitization services for people’s most treasured memories. The company converts old VHS tapes, movie film reels, images and photo albums into digital formats on a single cloud account. Customers can also receive a high resolution DVD as a hard copy. As a legacy maker for over 20 years, Cotham’s job is to consult with customers to turn their tangible visual media into digital files that can be accessed at any time. She visits the homes of different families, who then ship to her their prized photo albums, VHS tapes and more for digitization. “There are so many people who have vintage visual media that they have forgotten about or don’t know what to do with, and now is a critical time to digitize,” Cotham said. “[The vintage media] is
deteriorating quickly, and we need to remind people about bringing it back in their lives.” Cotham said especially now, in the technological age, more companies and families are digitizing their visual media. Recently, Cotham said she witnessed the benefits of her job firsthand when her mother dug up more than 70 old film reels and sent them to her to be converted. “The treasures I have found on that are amazing,” Cotham said. “My father was in Vietnam, and he filmed while he was in Vietnam. He died in January, so this was a treasure to us. He made a three-minute video specifically for his kids, and none of us had ever seen that until now.” Cotham said what makes her job at Legacy Republic special is that the legacy makers are truly passionate about getting to know each family’s personal story — her favorite part of the job. Cotham encourages people to digitize their cherished visual media before they deteriorate or accidentally get damaged. Cotham’s close friend recently lost 20 VHS tapes, which were damaged due to the unanticipated Memorial Day flooding in Austin. “It just makes you realize
it’s not helping you to put it off,” Cotham said. “It takes a little bit of effort to find [the visual media] and hand it over, but what you get back is priceless.” Cotham’s longtime friend Amy Chamberlain has used her digitization services for several of her cherished heirlooms. Chamberlain said she has turned several of her scrapbooks into iBooks she can view on her iPad, which she plans to give her kids when they are grown. “It was nerve-wracking handing [my daughter]’s baby book over to Cara at first,” Chamberlain said. “But now I trust the process completely.” Cotham said another client, whose brother had passed away, was sorting through his possessions when she found more than 40 home videos he had filmed of his kids. The client decided to give the videos to Cotham to digitize so that her brother’s children would have memories to remember him by. “That’s the beauty of it,” Cotham said. “You’re not just archiving it — you’re bringing [the memories] back into your life in a way where you can share and connect and strengthen family relationships.”
Experimental R&B musician FKA twigs strives to make her work a multi-medium experience. Twigs’ background in directing music videos and choreographing dances allows her to captivate viewers through both music and film. She best displays these talents with media in her recently released EP M3LL155X, pronounced “Melissa.” But videos and dancing haven’t always been a part of twigs’ signature syle. Her initial EPs seemed confined and often struggled with expression, but her first full-length album, LP1, brought her experimental R&B to the limelight with catchy and abstract songs. In M3LL155X, her third EP, which dropped Aug. 13 with no prior announcement, twigs further develops her style with a pairing of five tracks and a short film, resulting in an oddly intriguing release. Sex is a huge element in all of twigs’ work, and this EP is no exception. “I’m Your Doll,” arguably the most erotic song of the five tracks, features sensitive lyrics. To express her vulnerability, twigs sings, “Stop playing with those other girls, You know it drives me crazy, I’m feeling like a loaded gun, And when it’s done I’m the only one.” The
track’s soft production makes every moment of this song passionate and slightly haunting, leaving a memorable and EP-defining impact. Twigs’ heavy-handed lyrics are the biggest difference between these five tracks and her other releases, with themes of frustration playing a major role. “In Time” features the most irritated version of twigs. The trap instrumental and autotune on this track is odd, even for a twigs track, but still manages to stay tasteful. Every moment of this EP straddles the line between an artistic statement and a perplexing enterprise. Twigs’ slip-up is “Figure 8,” a track released individually prior to the full EP release. Her ominous tone, along with the stuttering percussion and electronic static on this track, turns out to be a successful risk, but the song ends abruptly, as if it wasn’t fully thought out. Although all of the songs on M3LL155X stay intentionally ambiguous for listeners to interpret, this song leaves much more to be desired than any other. Clocking in at a mere 19 minutes, M3LL155X is a short but brooding listen. With every verse, she intends to only give part of a story, but that doesn’t mean listeners will be left in the dark. The 16-minute accompanying video is revealing — its
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colors, choreography and subject choices help explain the mysterious inspirations and messages behind M3LL155X. M3LL155X marks an important release in FKA twigs’ developing sound. Her ability to take arbitrary ideas and inspirations and turn them into appealing songs makes this album a success. But this EP isn’t for everyone — getting into twigs’ music is generally difficult. With M3LL155X, twigs proves she’s worthy of being a superstar, but chooses her own route instead of buying into a genre she might not like. Twigs’ style is a lonely and somber one, not necessarily one of modern popular music. It’s a lot of work to understand and not always an enjoyable listen, but anyone willing to put in the time will get a worthwhile experience.
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Experimental R&B musician FKA twigs combines heavy-handed lyrics and sophisticated themes with her skills in production and film to create her latest EP, M3LL155A.