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Karim Meijer
Oct. 9-12, 2009
2010-2012
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
By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
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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A hearing regarding the relocation of two statues on campus will be heard Thursday to determine who has jurisdication over the historical monuments.
Universities have the discretion under state law to relocate statues on their campuses. —Gary Susswein, University Director of Media Relations
Total Cost:
$10,242.71
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
Removal of Davis statue awaits court hearing
$25,297.10
Source: UT System Documents Graphic by Senior Designers | Daily Texan Staff
Since 2009, the System has spent more than $80,000 on student regents.
UNIVERSITY
Total Cost:
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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By Lauren Florence
$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
Total Cost:
$198 for round trip mileage from residence to College Station to see UT vs. Texas A&M football game
May 20-21, 2010
Kyle Kalkwarf
dailytexanonline.com
Nov. 26, 2009
$500 for lodging for a specially called Board of Regents’ meeting and for attendance at UT vs. University of Colorado
2009-2010
John Davis Rutkauskas
Thursday, August 27, 2015
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Read more about student regents inside on page 4.
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City responds to illegal West Campus dumping Women’s Equality Day celebrates 95th year By Zainab Calcuttawala @zainabroo94
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.
By Selah Maya Zighelboim @thedailytexan
Graeme Hamilton | Daily Texan Staff
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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