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B-cycle launches low-cost program By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo
An Austin bike-share program is making bike rentals more accessible to low-income residents seeking an affordable means of transportation. “B-cycle for All” is Austin B-cycle’s new membership program targeted toward low-income residents with an annual income of $25,000 or less. Citizens who qualify for the program pay an annual membership fee of $5 for access
to all Austin rental stations. Residents who live in affordable housing communities and make more than $25,000 a year can pay $40 for an annual membership — half the cost of a regular membership. There are 400 of these memberships available, which Austin B-cycle plans to have filled within six months, according to its website. Austin B-cycle celebrated the new program with a ribbon-cutting on Aug. 17 for new rental stations at the
affordable housing communities of Santa Rita Courts, Chalmers Courts and Capitol Studios, as well as a fourth, solar-powered station at the corner of Sixth and Lavaca streets. “Bicycles can reduce the cost of transportation for low-income residents,” Austin Mayor Steve Adler said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. According to a report by the Mineta Transportation Institute, there has
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A cyclist rides past a B-cycle station located on Guadalupe Street. Austin’s B-cycle membership program, “B-cycle for All” is targeted towards low-income families.
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard and the Longhorns were left wondering what happened after a 38-3 loss at Notre Dame on Saturday. The Texas offense struggled with only 163 yards of offense.
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Longhorns fall to Fighting Irish, 38-3
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By Nashwa Bawab
FOOTBALL
Charlie Strong didn’t talk to his staff on Sunday — he never does after a game — but why would he, after the Longhorns struggled at all facets of the game against Notre Dame? Texas entered its game in South Bend, Indiana, with hopes of its new up-tempo, spread offense solving its problems. But after the Fighting Irish dismantled the Longhorns 38-3, the Texas offense only generated 163 yards. “I was hoping I’d see a big difference myself,” Strong said. “But when you talk about up-tempo, it’s about just moving the football. … We all want to see touchdowns, and that’s what we’re not producing, because you look at some offenses, they score so many points, and we have the playmakers. Now
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Kirk Lyons, an attorney representing The Sons of Confederate Veterans, filed a plea with the U.S. Court of Appeals to set up another hearing at the District Court level in the Jefferson Davis statue case last week. After UT filed a plea with the jurisdiction, the judge dismissed the case filed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans seeking to halt removal of the statue at the District Court level. Soon after, Lyons petitioned the court for another hearing Aug. 31, the day after the statue was removed from the Main Mall. “We had to get something filed or else we knew the statues would come down over the weekend,” Lyons said. “So we appealed, and we got the Supreme Court in Texas, and we couldn’t get a hearing and the clock ran out, and on Aug. 30, they took the statue down.” Lyons said the District Court decided that the court did not have jurisdiction over what UT decided to do with the statues. According to Lyons, because the District Court decided that they did not have jurisdiction, they voided an injunction that was previously ordered. This injunction barred the Sons of Confederate Veterans from stopping the removal of the statues. “If it is true that the judge had no jurisdiction to hear the case, then she shouldn’t have been denying a temporary injunction,” Lyons
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CRIME
UT professor discusses effects UTPD: Garages, dorms common of food advertising on health spots for drug-related charges By Ashley Tsao
By Zainab Calcuttawala
The students that want to smoke marijuana make the mistake of smoking it in their dorm room, and because it is a confined space, the odor is easy to detect.
When it comes to advertising toward youth, schools represent a prime target, and according to Keryn Pasch, UT Kinesiology associate professor and Prevention Research Lab director, the marketing of unhealthy products toward youth can adversely affect their health. Pasch conducted an outdoor media study of unhealthy food and beverage advertising around 34 middle schools, 13 high schools and nine hospitals in the Austin area in 2010. There were 3,844 advertisements around middle schools and 1,863 around high schools. Students surrounded by these promotions were more likely to prefer unhealthy food to healthy food, because advertisements influence the dietary choices of kids, according to Pasch’s research. “Kids are constantly inundated with advertisements for
unhealthy products,” Pasch said. “Many free apps on smart phones contain pop-up ads that are unavoidable. Coke was losing market shares to Pepsi, so their new campaign on TV and the Internet was to encourage kids to share a soft drink with their friends.” These free seminars are beneficial to students because they demonstrate the experience of conducting research in an academic setting, Marian Morris, research assistant for St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease, said. Nursing Ph. D. student Amanda Simonton said the lecture did not necessarily change her view of advertisements because had already thought they were skewed towards at risk or underserved populations. “It did back up why I felt negatively towards many marketing strategies, because they target impressionable youth in middle and high school,” Simonton said.
Pasch’s data also notes that the marketing of unhealthy products specifically targets the Hispanic population. There were 1,513 food and beverage advertisements around schools that had a Hispanic population of 60 percent or higher. Conversely, only 954 advertisements were found around schools with a Hispanic population of less than 60 percent. Nursing graduate student Jessica Reynolds said the advertising of unhealthy products to youth represents a call to action for those involved in the healthcare industry. “Obviously, you can’t regulate everything, because it goes against the first amendment,” Reynolds said. “But at the same time, I want to see health promotion and people with active, healthy lifestyles. At least for me, as a nurse, I feel like it gives us more responsibility as a healthcare provider to educate the public. And hopefully, they will make the right decision.”
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Researchers decrease subjectivity through theory. PAGE 3
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Volleyball beats Nebraska, but falls to Florida. PAGE 6
City plans to increase budget for music programs. PAGE 11
The first Landmarks Dog Walk was held Sunday morning.
Women’s soccer pulls off upset of No. 8 UCLA. PAGE 6
The Arcs’ debut album lacks memorable sound. PAGE 11
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UT dormitories, parking garages and the Renaissance Market on Guadalupe Street are the most common places for drugrelated charges on and near campus, according to the UTPD’s crime logs from the past six months. UTPD officers often catch students smoking marijuana in dormitories because they remain mistaken of how far the characteristic odor of the drug has permeated, UTPD officer William Pieper said. “The students that want to smoke marijuana make the mistake of smoking it in their dorm room, and because it is a confined space, the odor is easy to detect,” Pieper said. “Staff police officers could be patrolling, other residents could smell that, and then they report it to the police
—William Pieper, UTPD officer
department, and then we investigate it.” The illegality of marijuana justifies police searches for the substance in dormitories if there is probable cause, regardless of students’ varying opinions on the issue, government junior Andres Cerecero said. “[Marijuana] is illegal in Texas, so police officers do have every right to search,” Cerecero said. “It differs based on every student’s opinion, but when it comes down to it, marijuana is still illegal, and if you are afraid of a police
officer searching your room and getting busted for it, you shouldn’t be doing it.” UTPD officers have filed drug-related charges on three separate occasions at The University United Methodist Church. Pieper said these charges occurred either in the church’s parking lot or while an officer approached a subject waiting in line to receive the church’s charitable services, to later find out that they were in possession of
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