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APD enforces ‘Don’t Block the Box’ By Lauren Florence
moving past when the signal turns red. Blocking the box is illegal throughout Texas, and in an effort to reduce congestion, the Austin Police Department and the transportation department implemented the enforcement campaign in April 2015. “It’s important not to block the box because it prevents vehicles from traveling through the intersection,” an official
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The traffic reduction campaign Don’t Block the Box is shifting enforcement locations to streets near campus starting Monday. The campaign is intended to reduce cars blocking the box, which is when cars stop in the middle of an intersection and block traffic from
press release read. “Blocking the box not only causes traffic delays; it causes safety concerns for pedestrians trying to use the crosswalk, and emergency vehicles navigating the roads.” During rush hour times from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., police officers will be at various intersections on Guadalupe Street including, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 21st Street, 24th
Street and Dean Keeton Street. Officers stationed at the intersections will be looking for behaviors that interrupt traffic flow, such as failure to yield to pedestrians, blocking intersections and failure to stop at the proper place, according to the press release. Officers will be issuing tickets to any offenders, whether it’s drivers, cyclists or pedestrians. Biochemistry sophomore
Ed Desai said he feels increased enforcement of the law is beneficial to pedestrians when cars block crosswalks, but student pedestrians could also be more aware of when they interrupt traffic by jaywalking. “[I] feel that walking here is kind of dangerous sometimes,” Desai said. “Even on campus, students don’t stop driving,
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National sexual assault report released By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
Almost one-fifth of female undergraduate students at the University have been victims of sexual assault, either by force or incapacitation during their time at UT, according to the results of a sexual assault survey released Monday. UT was one of 27 schools to participate in the survey, which was conducted by the Association of American Universities. According to an AAU press release, the survey conducted between April 2015 and May 2015 collected responses from more than 150,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from member universities. The survey conducted was one of the largest in scale performed in terms of the number of institutions
Almost 1 in 5 female undergraduates have been sexually assaulted since arriving at UT.
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of students who responded reported they had witnessed a drunken person heading for a sexual encounter. of bystanders indicated they did nothing about the situation. of witnesses who did nothing said they did so because they were not sure what to do.
Source: Survey conducted by the Association of American Universities Infographic by Lilian Michel, Kelly Smith and Iliana Storch | Daily Texan Staff
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Advocate: Healthcare system must be inclusive of minorities Minority communities are often left out of conversations about mental healthcare due in part to a stigma, Dior Vargas said at a lecture Monday. Vargas, a Latina feminist and mental health advocate, spoke about the intersection of mental health and race by detailing her personal experiences with suicidal thoughts during a lecture hosted by UT’s Counseling and Mental Health Center as a part of
Groups meet to discuss concerns over campus carry By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab
UT President Gregory Fenves discussed campus carry at his first Faculty Council Executive Committee meeting Monday. At the meeting, Fenves said UT System Chancellor Bill McRaven wants any gun rules passed to have consistency among all 14 UT System institutions. Fenves must submit his preliminary plan by Dec. 4 and said he will be working with the UT community to make sure safety is addressed and is made a priority. “Campus carry passed. It is state law,” Fenves said. “As president of a university, as head of a state agency, I am responsible for carrying out the law, and we will do that in a responsible way, and of course, the safety of all members of our community is of the utmost importance, and how we address that safety and comply with the law is the work of this task group that we have put together.” The Campus Carry Policy Group is meeting weekly to discuss the work of their subgroups for safety and security, communication and training, reviewing online comments and proactive measures, ac-
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West Point speaker explains need for military innovation
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Mental health advocate Dior Vargas spoke Monday night about depression and mental health among minority groups at the Student Activity Center.
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Suicide Prevention Week. Katy Reed, assistant director for prevention and outreach at the CMHC, said the goal of Suicide Prevention Week is to raise awareness about suicide and mental health on campus to start conversations among students and to encourage them to seek help. “We think [Vargas’] People of Color and Mental Illness photo project is a great way to bring awareness to our students that mental illness is really an issue that affects everybody,” Reed said. Vargas said she works to
change the perception of mental illness within “communities of color.” The combination of racism and the collection of individual biases influence diagnosis rates, according to Vargas. “The reason why there are so many misdiagnoses or severe diagnosis when it comes to people of color is because there is this institutionalized racism and the intersectionality of people’s experiences,” Vargas said. Mishelle Verduzco, international relations and global
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Colonel Liam Collins, director of West Point’s Defense and Strategic Studies Program, advocated military wartime innovation improvements over the past few decades at a lecture held Monday. Collins came to UT as part of The Robert S. Strauss Center’s International Security Speaker Series, a series of global policy lectures featuring experts from various disciplines. His speech included topics such as Special Operations Forces and counterterrorism, in addition to military innovation. Collins said he thinks military innovation is important as a way for the military to constantly improve and adapt to new situations. “We need innovation because no matter what we predict the next conflict will be, we will always be wrong,” Collins said. “Innovation cycles, though, can always be used to adapt to whatever situation we find ourselves in. We have to understand what allows us to innovate and have leaders that can innovate.” In a change from previous years, the topics and speak-
ers of the series were determined based on the research of the graduate students in The Brumley Next Generation Fellows Program. This program is in its inaugural year and pulls students from different graduate departments on campus to study issues across the spectrum of international security and foreign affairs. Jodi Rosenstein, a Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs second-year Ph.D. student, is a member of this program, and her research was the basis for inviting Collins to
speak. Rosenstein said she was grateful to have an expert such as Collins give insight into the topic she is researching. “His contributions to national security are too many to go into detail,” Rosenstein said. “His academic and military accomplishments are impressive, and now he is honing the next generation of military minds. We are lucky to have him as a speaker. It gives us all an opportunity to benefit from his strategic and academic knowledge.”
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Colonel Liam Collins, director of West Point Academy’s Defense and Strategic Studies Program, discusses counterterrorism, special operations and military innovation on Monday afternoon.
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they just keep going until they’re a [foot] or two away from you and that really scares me sometimes. But if I use the point of view of drivers then yeah, students do jaywalk all the time — they’re on their phones, they don’t look at what’s coming and they don’t look at the signals sometimes.” More Don’t Block the Box signs will be added to various locations across the city throughout the upcoming weeks, according to the press release. “Drivers should know,
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whether or not there is a sign or an officer at the location, it is still illegal to block the box,” the press release read. Coleen Gentles, member of the Women in Transportation Texas student chapter and community and regional planning graduate student, said she fully supports the campaign and believes traffic laws be more strictly enforced around campus. Gentles said when both residents and commuters obey the traffic laws, all modes of transportation can be effective and co-exist together. “Guadalupe Street is one of the most heavily used
streets in Austin,” Gentles said in an email. “Between all of the automobile, bus, bicycle and pedestrian traffic, it is no wonder it is a chaotic mess during morning and afternoon rush hours.” Aarti Bhat, Plan II and human development sophomore, said police officers should slowly ease into the number of tickets they hand out as they begin to enforce traffic laws near campus. Bhat said student awareness about the Don’t Block the Box campaign needs to be raised or else students will be surprised and frustrated when they get punished for it.
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Sierra Miller, international relations and global studies freshman, said she appreciated Collins’ perspective on the country’s armed forces and said she believes Collins’ speech is applicable to her life even though she is not entering the military. “I was happy to get the viewpoint of someone who was on the inside and interacted with the process and didn’t just observe,” Miller said. “Innovation is always good in both the military and in any profession. I think I’ll be able to take what I learned today into any career I have.”
cording to Steven Goode, chair of the committee and UT law professor. The UT System Working Group is also meeting weekly to identify “consensus exclusion zones,” which would be places that are gunfree zones throughout the UT System, according to Goode. Goode said he has looked through 2,500 comments through a survey released online by the University and believes more time is needed to clarify misunderstandings about the law. “Fifteen to 20 percent of the comments said, ‘No open carry on campus,’” Good said. “I’ll make it clear — this law does not allow open carry on campus. Senate Bill 11 deals with concealed carry of handguns by licensed holders on campus. House Bill 9-10 deals with open carry by handguns throughout the state, but that bill specifically excludes universities.” According to Goode, the bill also states a person must have a license to carry a concealed handgun on campus and must be older than 21 to obtain that license, although there is no way for UTPD to know which students have licenses. Goode said about 500 students older than 21 live in UT residential halls, and he estimates that less than 1 percent of students have a license to carry. The bill does not affect fraternity houses, sorority houses or other private residential facilities, and it is still illegal if a person is in possession of their handgun while intoxicated. On Monday, Gunfree UT started a petition on change.org opposing the campus carry bill. The petition is addressed to Gov. Greg Abbott and has more than 200 supporters. Anthropology and government senior Jordan Acosta, who signed the petition, said she does not think there are enough screening procedures in place for those who purchase guns. “In my opinion, it was irresponsible to the highest degree for such a law to be passed,” Acosta said. “I don’t think there is much that can be done after the fact, but if there is enough pushback on the issue, I believe UT can truly show its colors as a flagship school that has a young, thinking population that doesn’t just accept certain mandates simply because it was written by Texas legislatures.”
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Counselor helps patients cope through improv
Faculty Council votes to have two new degree programs
By Ashley Tsao @tsaoashley
A licensed counselor explained how he uses improvisational comedy to promote laughter therapy at his clinic in a lecture put on by the DiNitto Center for Career Services on Monday. Lane Ingram, a licensed professional counselor and self-proclaimed comedy nerd, said when combined with therapy, laughter is helpful to patients of all ages by serving as a healthy coping mechanism, encouraging the use of creative problem solving skills and giving perspective to serious issues. Ingram demonstrated the comedy improv techniques he uses on his patients at the lecture. Improvisational comedy promotes many therapeutic benefits such as validation, empathy, positive thinking, unconditional acceptance and communication skills in people, Ingram said. “I would see patients recovering from overdose and suicide attempts using humor to process their experiences,” Ingram said. “Soon after I integrated laughter therapy into
my sessions, I realized that they were more helpful to my patients.” Assignments for patients at Ingram’s clinic, Upside Wellness, include doing laughter exercises, watching funny movies or TV shows, making time to laugh every day and playing improvisational comedy games. “Most people that are depressed are watching sad videos that only help to reinforce their sadness,” Ingram said. “If we are talking about breaking bad habits, these funny videos combined with improvisational comedy games is a good way to start.” Ellen Line, a social work graduate student, said comedy improv techniques could improve her interactions with future clients. “Laughing together would help me to connect with them,” Line said. “These methods would help myself and my clients grow because laughter can be a way to break down barriers between two different people.” According to Ingram, laughter therapy recognizes humans are able to laugh without watching something
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Professionial counselor Lane Ingram discusses his methods for therapy Monday afternoon. Ingram uses improv and comedy to help his patients.
funny because the brain does not know the difference between a genuine laugh and an induced laugh. The limbic system in the brain responsible for happiness is normally only stimulated by drugs, alcohol, sex and sugar, according to Ingram. “It is a difficult part of the brain to tap into,” Ingram said. “And yet, laughter taps into
that part of the brain. It’s a free, unlimited, natural resource, and we can have as much of it as we want.” Laughter allows individuals to recognize mistakes are OK, and change can be good, Ingram said. Jasmine Doshi, a social work graduate student, said she understands how important laughter is in the field of
social work, where employees constantly deal with serious issues. “Being able to laugh things off is a good way of releasing stress instead of internalizing it and keeping it within you,” Doshi said. According to Ingram, time spent laughing is not time wasted, but is part of a healthy lifestyle.
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on tactics for becoming better thinkers rather than just better students. “It’s time to stop doing well in class and start doing well at life,” Markman said. “The thing about succeeding in life is that you don’t know which thing you learned is going to matter until after.” Markman said students must practice studying often rather than just cramming for tests. When studying, students should stop once they find themselves thinking about topics unrelated to the mate-
rial, according to Markman. Duke said this method often allows the brain to actually process what is read for later. The ability to recall and apply information one has learned — an action Duke calls the “retrieval process” — is an important aspect of effective studying. “The thing about getting stuff into your memory also involves getting stuff out of your memory,” Duke said. “So, if you don’t practice getting it out, you have no idea about what’s really there.” According to Duke and
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clear, there is much work to be done on our campus to combat sexual assault,” Fenves said. “One sexual assault is too many. It is essential that we foster a campus that does not tolerate sexual assaults, that strongly supports victims and encourages them to come forward and report incidents.” In terms of sexual harassment, the survey found more than 45 percent of students indicated they were victims of sexual harassment. More than 91 percent said the offender was a student, but graduate students more often said the offender was a faculty member or another member of the University staff or administration. According to the survey, only five percent of male undergraduates reported being victims of nonconsensual penetration or sexual touching during their time at UT, as compared to the 18.5 percent of female undergraduates who experienced similar types of assault. Many AAU members declined to participate in the survey, citing the $87,500 cost to participate and the broad nature of the survey, which wasn’t tailored specifically to each university. AAU president Hunter Rawlings said some of the AAU members decided not to participate in the survey because they were already
conducting their own survey and did not want to participate in two at the same time. “AAU undertook this initiative to assist our universities in their ongoing efforts to address sexual assault and sexual misconduct on campus,” Rawlings said in a press release. “Our universities are working to ensure their campuses are safe places for students. The primary goal of the survey is to help them better understand the experiences and attitudes of their students with respect to this challenge.” David Cantor, director of the statistical staff and vice president of Westat, which conducted the national survey, said the response to the national survey was lower than some of the climate surveys conducted by the universities. Despite the response rate, Cantor said from the survey they were able to break down the differences between sexual harassment, coercion or absence of consent as a strength of the survey. “We are able to break out rates by these particular type of events,” Cantor said. “As the data seems to show … the consequences of these events are very different, how people report these to the university are very different, who does it is very different.”
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and actually realize that people of color do have mental illness, and we need to treat it.” Vargas said it is important to be a self-advocate and said conversations in the mental healthcare system need to be more inclusive of minorities. “If [people of color] don’t have access to the care, then how will they feel like they can go ahead and get that care?” Vargas said. “I’m just pointing out the things that need to change — like the language that we use — to ultimately remove the stigma.”
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Markman, the brain continues to process information once the brain goes to sleep. “It turns out that one of the most important things you can do while in college is also one you were born to do the most of, and that’s sleep,” Markman said. Markman argued that the brain constantly works through sensory details such as the faces of people seen the previous day. This process also includes getting rid of other irrelevant information. After the lecture, biology
freshman Isabella Stork said the professors taught her to not ignore her classes unrelated to her major since they are equally as important. “Being pre-med, I have the intention of going to medical school, but after hearing this, I realize that it’s not all about the classes I’m taking related to my field,” Stork said. “I’m eventually going to have to make human connections, whether that’s with a patient in a room or another experience that will help me grow.”
UT’s Faculty Council Executive Committee voted Monday to add two new degree programs to the 2016– 2018 undergraduate catalog. The Cockrell School of Engineering will add an environmental engineering degree program to their catalog, and the College of Fine Arts will add a bachelor of science in arts and entertainment technology degree program to their catalog. Gerald Speitel, associate dean for academic affairs in the Cockrell School, said there will be no net change in undergraduate student enrollment, but student enrollment into civil engineering will decrease to add students to environmental engineering. “The advantages of doing this is that it will keep us in step with our peers,” Speitel said. The College of Fine Arts currently has offers electives related to arts and entertainment technology, which are popular, according to Andrew Dell’Antonio, associate dean of undergraduate studies in the College of Fine Arts. The new degree plan will not have an initial portfolio or audition process which, Dell’Antonio said, is unlike other degree plans under the College of Fine Arts. According to Dell’Antonio, the program is being funded by the Office of the Provost, and the College of Fine Arts is looking for additional funding to build more space as the program grows. —Nashwa Bawab
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AAU survery demands greater campus action The Association of American Universities released the results of a comprehensive study on sexual assault on 27 college campuses Monday. The study revealed that 23.1 percent of female students nationwide reported being the victim of nonconsensual sexual contact due to force or incapacitation. UT ranked third-lowest among the colleges at 18.5 percent. In an email sent Monday morning to UT students, President Gregory Fenves wrote, “…there is much work to be done on our campus to combat sexual assault. One sexual assault is too many.” These statistics are nothing new. What is disturbing is that nothing has changed. The AAU Executive Study acknowledges, “The average
rates of nonconsensual sexual contact by physical force or incapacitation across all 27 IHEs [institutions of higher education] are as high or slightly higher than those revealed in prior surveys.” This survey doesn’t give us the answer to ending sexual assault on campuses. But it does confirm that the problem will not disappear without a real effort by students to put an end to sexual assault. According to Fenves’ email, UT is a lead participant in a four-year UT System study of sexual assault on its campuses. The University’s participation creates the opportunity to reveal patterns within campus culture. In order to fill in the gaps in the AAU survey,
the UT study should ask questions that would reveal environmental and demographic patterns surrounding sexual assault. But there is a fine line between gathering information and requiring students to divulge traumatic memories. To respect that distinction, the survey should not be a thorough forensic interview; rather, it should emphasize key data points that provide a more comprehensive picture of sexual assault at UT. But in order to maximize its impact, the UT System’s study needs a higher response rate than the AAU’s. Just 13 percent of UT students completed the survey, and self-reporting can present statistical biases. UT’s study cannot be accurate unless participation is mandatory, similar to the
University’s alcohol awareness program. UT already has a number of successful campus initiatives focusing on outreach and awareness. But the alarming prevalence and persistence of sexual assault even on conscientious campuses such as this one highlight the inadequacy of current policies. The AAU survey diagnosed a major problem without identifying its symptoms. For there to be any hope of solving sexual assault, the UT System cannot afford to do the same. The epidemic of sexual assault on campus requires a long-term commitment from the administration that escapes the confines of a boardroom and assures women that if change isn’t happening now, it will.
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No need to flip-out over student-centered learning By Mohammad Syed Daily Texan Columnist
Lecture. Notes. Cram. Exam. Students of all ages are accustomed to this construct. The process starts with students entering class with loaded pens and empty notebooks. The professor then opens a PowerPoint and lectures. The students frantically write down everything the professor says, often not understanding concepts because they’re too busy transcribing. This inefficient traditional classroom setting has slowly assumed the role as the standard means of educating. It’s time for a flip. Student-centered learning aims to shift some responsibilities away from the teacher and to the student. Students are expected to learn the material outside of the class and apply their knowledge within the classroom — essentially flipping the tradition. Min Liu, learning technologies professor and education advisor, said she feels student-centered learning is beneficial in that it promotes student engagement. “Lecturing is common — if it’s a long class, people might get bored,” Liu said. “With a flipped classroom, because the focus is studentcentered learning, instructors think about activities to engage students.” Through technology, students are able to view pre-recorded lectures online at whatever
speed and however often they want. This also allows instructors to designate what previously was lecture time to other engaging activities. “I’ve done debate with freshmen,” Liu said. “In the graduate classes I teach, we do discussion a lot with the students.” In addition to increasing engagement, flipped classrooms reduced failing rates in English courses by 41 percent and math courses by 31 percent, according to a meta-analysis by the Knewton Education Company. STEM classes usually require the students to first learn, then apply. Because current lecture style only focuses on the learning, the application aspect doesn’t occur in traditional classes. However, in a flipped classroom, students are exposed to both learning and application — this leads to higher grades and a better understanding of material. Senior vice provost David Laude has seen this trend manifest itself in his own flipped chemistry classroom. “The number of A’s I’ve given in my course has gone up since I’ve flipped the classroom,” Laude said. “It’s not because my tests are easier. About four years ago, I did away with my calculators just to show we can do it with our hands tied behind our backs — the students learn.” Some might argue that after being brought up in a traditional classroom, students could
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find the transition too difficult. Because of this, there exists some uneasiness about the progressive nature of the flipped classroom. However, it’s important to understand that the indoctrination of archaic ideals within society is not a reason to continue with such ideals. Student-
centered learning has proven to be effective in many cases, and so long as education is meant primarily for educating the student, it’s the approach we must take. Out with the tradition, in with the flip. Syed is a biochemistry freshman from Houston.
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Entrepreneurial ideals can benefit, be accessed by all By Jake Schmidt
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Austin is losing its weirdness By Memo Hutson
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Since arriving in Austin, I have witnessed the deaths of many prolific locations. Classic bars such as Opal Divine’s Freehouse and the Dog and Duck Pub have closed. Now, one the last bastions of the original Drag, Hole in the Wall, is under the same threat. If we allow places like HITW to close, it will be another nail in the coffin of Austin’s cultural identity. With all the controversy surrounding HITW, Wanda Cash, associate director of the School of Journalism, started a petition to establish the venue as a “culturally significant landmark.” The fate of the Drag and the quirky charm of Austin are in the hands of the community, according to Cash. “Do you want it to feel like a unique place when you walk on the street, or do you want it to feel like just another block anywhere in America?” Cash said. “I understand commercial pressures, I understand the value of that dirt on Guadalupe, but at the same time, it might not retain that value if people start to believe that it is Anywhere, U.S.A. The reason it’s valuable is because it’s the Drag — it’s the Drag with all its eccentric little shops owned by eccentric people.”
The controversy over HITW’s conflict with its property owners, the Weitzman Group, has been making headlines over the past few months. HITW owner Will Tanner has complained that the landowners have been raising rent to exorbitant prices. Meanwhile, Scott Freid of the Weitzman Group claims that they would be glad to keep the HITW but that Tanner has been violating their lease agreements. Neither could be reached for comment. Regardless of who is at fault, the dispute over the bar’s location is a microcosm of what is happening to the Drag as a whole. Local stores such as Manju’s are slowly being replaced with nationwide chains. Do we really want stores like Urban Outfitters to swallow up all of Guadalupe? The Drag is at risk of becoming just another street littered with restaurants and stores that can be found anywhere in America. The Drag has had a symbiotic relationship with the UT campus for decades, as it has historically occupied an important place in students’ extracurricular lives. If we allow it to be shrouded with corporate monotony, then UT and Austin will lose a crucial part of their characters. Monetary gain for its own sake is not worth the cost of losing such cultural and historical institutions. Hutson is a history senior from El Paso.
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Many people envision the entrepreneur as a tailored suit with an MBA distributing business cards and loudly predicting just how quickly his mobile app will become the next Facebook. For most, entrepreneurship might represent the exclusive domain of business experts and capitalists with an eye on their bottom line. While entrepreneurship as a career is not for everyone, it is accessible and beneficial to anyone who cares to explore it. Anyone that identifies a problem and works to implement a solution is potentially an entrepreneur. The mother searching for a better way to pack her kids’ lunch is as much an entrepreneur as the scientist developing blood sample analysis tools. The distinction is the extent to which we distribute the value of our solutions. The mark of the entrepreneur is not so much her creativity but her ability to deliver value to as many people as possible through her product or service. Ben Dyer, The Cockrell School’s Executive in Residence, said entrepreneurs need not even originate the idea for the company. “Of all the companies I’ve started, I can’t think of one where it was my idea,” Dyer said. “It’s always been an idea that was brought to me by somebody. But if I get hold of an idea, I know all the things to do to turn it into a business and surround the idea with technology and customers and make something happen.”
While starting a company is too risky and time-consuming for many of us, we can still reap the benefits of entrepreneurship by practicing its virtues in a daily setting. A basic familiarity with techniques such as customer discovery, market validation and revenue modeling will improve any career. For any job to exist, it must first be created by an act of entrepreneurship. However, employees oftentimes forget their relationship to the market and entrepreneurial vision from which their employment is born. An entrepreneurial tool set not only makes an employee more aware of these issues, but can help improve them. A low-ranking Dewalt employee’s use of entrepreneurial skills even led to the creation of the company’s best-selling product, a durable radio for construction sites. Such innovation within the workplace, or “intrapreneurship,” is an invaluable asset to companies. Outside the workplace, entrepreneurship can help improve relationships and spark innovation. The same communication skills employed to understand customers can be used to work through issues with a significant other. Generating insights about daily living through an entrepreneurial perspective can help overcome boredom and develop new interests. Regardless of the occasion, entrepreneurship should not be, and as we have seen, is not restricted to elite businesspeople. We all have the right, and perhaps the duty, to acknowledge the entrepreneur inside us all. Schmidt is a physics and aerospace engineering sophomore from Austin.
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Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ film “The Lobster” takes place in a future dystopian society in which people must find a mate or be turned into an animal. The film will screen Thursday at Fantastic Fest.
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Cinema lovers from across the globe are flocking to Austin for Alamo Drafthouse’s annual Fantastic Fest, which runs from Thursday to Oct. 1. The week-long film festival showcases strange and avant-garde movies, with some highlighting 19th-century cannibals, stranded astronauts and alien invasions. There will be foreign films that send chills down audience members’ spines and a number of headliners featuring big stars and major special effects. Here is a list of some of the most anticipated movies of the week. “The Lobster” Thursday, Sept. 24, 5:45 p.m. This surreal film centers on a futuristic society in which people must find a mate or else be transformed into an animal. Given 45 days to find his one true love, a man must find her or be cast out into the woods as a creature. A movie
with such an odd, dark setup is hard to overlook. The film stars Colin Farrell, John C. Reilly and Ben Whishaw. “The Keeping Room” Thursday, Sept. 24, 9:00 p.m. This gritty Civil War drama follows three southern women whose home is attacked by a couple of Yankee soldiers. Depicting a war-torn South as a devastated wasteland where no one is safe, the film promises a dark tale of a group of women who must trust each other to survive. The film stars Academy Award nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld, along with Brit Marling, Sam Worthington and newcomer Muna Otaru. “Lazer Team” Thursday, Sept. 24, 9:15 p.m. & Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2:30 p.m. The first major feature film produced by Austin-based production studio Rooster Teeth, “Lazer Team” presents a new look on sci-fi comedy. After an advanced race of aliens sends Earth a mysterious package,
they inform the government that they must pick a champion to participate in a duel. Unfortunately, the package falls in the hands of four idiots, and they must band together to stop the invasion. Starring Rooster Teeth alumni Michael Jones, Gavin Free and Burnie Burns, this movie is sure to please genre fans and Rooster Teeth fanatics alike. “Green Room” Friday, Sept. 25, 8:45 p.m. & Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5:15 p.m. Not much is known about this thriller except that it involves the creative premise of a punk band battling it out with a gang of murderous neo-Nazis. The film serves as a follow up to director Jeremy Saulnier’s acclaimed “Blue Ruin,” meaning that it’ll probably feature tense, heart-pounding action and complex characters. The film stars acting powerhouse Patrick Stewart as well as Anton Yelchin and Joe Cole.
“The Martian” Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5:30 p.m. Directed by science-fiction guru Ridley Scott, “The Martian” is about an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars when his crew leaves him behind. With limited supplies, he must find a way to survive on the desolate planet as NASA works to bring him home. Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor, this film attempts to show audiences the ultimate tale of survival.
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The Longhorns still have a lot of room to improve. Texas broke out with an electrifying performance in its 45-44 loss to California, yet the Longhorns held themselves back with numerous mental mistakes. With stout Big 12 competition looming, Texas will have little room for error. “It’s all the mistakes that we’re making,” head coach Charlie Strong said. “We’re doing it to ourselves. … It comes back to fundamentals and technique.” The Longhorns burned themselves against the Golden Bears, drawing yellow flags early and often. In total, Texas committed 10 penalties for 93 yards. The offensive line alone committed five. The Longhorns can’t afford to kill drives with penalties — instead, they need to emphasize sustaining long drives and keeping opposing offenses sidelined. “We know that if we want to have success, we have to eliminate penalties,” senior center Taylor Doyle said. “I never want to be detrimental to my team when I’m out there. I want to be helpful. We know there’s no room in football for holding calls.” While the Longhorns are a young team and expect growing pains, it was the veterans who committed some of the most costly penalties against California. First, junior safety Dylan Haines was ejected for targeting a receiver’s helmet. Then, senior guard Sedrick Flowers cost the Longhorns 15 yards with a late hit. Strong doesn’t
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want to point fingers at his veterans, but he said the team can’t make those mistakes. Aside from penalties, the Longhorns also struggle with pure execution. Through three games, Texas’ defense chronically suffers from missed tackles and blown assignments — especially against the run. With an inability to contain inside runs combined with poor tackling, the Longhorns know that their opponents will continue to test them. “Coach is putting us in the spot to make plays, and there are some gaps guys just can’t
get in,” freshman linebacker Malik Jefferson said. “We know guys are going to try and run it down our throat because they have seen our last three games. Now the challenge is to stop the run.” The Longhorns also stress trust as a means of righting their mistakes. Senior defensive tackle Desmond Jackson emphasized the defense’s need to expect success instead of anticipating others’ mistakes and trying to do too much. He said the team makes its best plays when they come together and execute individual assignments.
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Although Texas’ defense continues to struggle with the same issues, its offense flashed new mistakes against the Golden Bears. Specifically, two turnovers and multiple dropped passes plagued the otherwise-potent unit. Even though the offense showed immense potential in its 44-point outing, eliminating mistakes will be key to winning in conference play. “At the end of the day, we didn’t do enough,” said Jay Norvell, the wide receivers coach who oversees play-calling. “We grew as a team, and
we got to learn from the mistakes that we made and correct them so they won’t happen to us again.” Fortunately for Texas, the miscues mostly come down to execution and focus — not a lack of talent or chemistry. Both players and coaches preach that the mistakes are correctable. Now, it’s about translating those fixes to the field. “We need to get back to winning games, and we’re focused on doing the things every day to get there,” Doyle said. “We’re excited to have a clean slate with the Big 12 now.”
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Texas Tech sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes led the Red Raiders to a big win over Arkansas with 243 passing yards and a touchdown Saturday night.
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Texas Tech (3-0) continues to impress after it defeated SEC foe Arkansas 35-24 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 243 yards and a touchdown and ran for 58 yards. The Red Raiders gave up 228 rushing yards and allowed two touchdown passes from Razorbacks running back Alex Collins, but they shut out Arkansas in the fourth quarter, allowing the Raiders to pull away. After the game, Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury had strong words for Arkansas’ head coach Bret Bielema. “[Bielema] just got his ass kicked twice in a row and probably next week by [Texas] A&M as well,” Kingsbury said after the game. The Red Raiders will look to pull off an upset when they host No. 3 TCU in Lubbock on Saturday at 3:45 p.m. Horned Frogs get in shootout with SMU TCU had trouble with the Mustangs as it gave up 37 points on Saturday. The Horned Frogs allowed
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330 passing yards to SMU junior quarterback Matt Davis. They also gave up 178 rushing yards against the Mustangs. But TCU got another good performance from its Heisman-contending senior quarterback Trevone Boykin, who threw 454 yards and five touchdowns. Boykin also added 50 rushing yards and a touchdown. The Horned Frogs entered the fourth quarter ahead 42-34, but their defense held SMU to three points in closing quarter. Mayfield shines in Oklahoma win Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield had a historic performance in the Sooners’ 5238 win over Tulsa. Mayfield set a school record with 572 total yards. He amassed 487 passing yards and four touchdowns through the air and also ran for 85 yards and two more touchdowns. He said his record-setting performance was a humbling moment. “It’s pretty special to me,” Mayfield said after the game. “But we had so much more on the table. Who knows what we could have done if we had just executed the offense better?”
The Sooners have a bye week before playing West Virginia on Oct. 3. Cowboys continue to roll Seven forced turnovers helped Oklahoma State roll past UTSA 69-14 on Saturday. “I was proud of the way our team forced turnovers, and it helped us take control of the game early,” head coach Mike Gundy said. The Cowboys’ offense was functioning on all cylinders as sophomore quarterback Mason Rudolph threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns. The Oklahoma State defense held the Roadrunners’ offense to 346 yards of total offense. The Cowboys bring their undefeated record to Austin on Saturday. Iowa State losing streak continues The Cyclones lost to Toledo on Saturday 30-23 in overtime to extend their losing streak to two games. Iowa State outgained the Rockets 481 yards to 309. The Cyclones scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter against Toledo but only scored three points in overtime. Iowa State begins conference play on Oct. 3 against Kansas.
Angela Kelly talks about the Longhorns’ need to capitalize on missed opportunities ad nauseam. Texas’ head coach can’t say much else about her rather unproductive offense. The Longhorns have managed six goals in eight games — not enough if Texas wants to return to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year. The Longhorns managed one goal in the first four games of the season, which came off of a fluke shot by senior goalkeeper Abby Smith. Texas did score five goals in a three-game stretch early in September, but the team has been shutout four times this season. Kelly and the players often talk about being content with the opportunities they’ve created, and now they simply need to capitalize. But when they do talk about it, frustration is evident. Their answers are short. Their tone is stern, and their expressions are blank. They’re clearly displeased with their production — or the lack of it. “We’ll get there eventually,” redshirt freshman forward Mikayla Flores said yesterday after another scoreless tie against Arkansas-Little Rock — she said the same thing about a month earlier when the Longhorns tied Ohio
State on Aug. 30. When Flores was asked how they will get there, or what they will do to get there, she offers an answer as puzzling as it is disturbing. “I’m not sure,” Flores said yesterday. According to Kelly, it’s about being more disciplined. Other teammates say it’s little tactical issues or minor details that need to be fixed. Regardless of the reason, Texas needs to fix it quickly, since the team is having a major problem when it comes to offensive execution. When the Longhorns have a game like they had yesterday, during which they had 29 shots — eight of which were on goa — but couldn’t get one to get in the back of the net, Kelly will often talk about the great play of the opposing goalkeeper. Even if the goalkeepers are great, her team must still find a way to score, especially heading into conference play. Throughout the nonconference schedule, Kelly repeatedly said that those games were to get Texas ready for conference play. Kelly said she was happy with the way her team played in those games. But if Texas continues to play like it did in those games, there won’t be much she can be happy about in the future. The Longhorns offense better get busy scoring, or they will be busy losing.
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Former Texas Rangers and Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan pitches in his last game of his 27-year career.
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For the second-straight week, the Longhorns remained in second place in the AVCA poll released Monday. Texas won all three of its games on the road this past weekend. The rest of the top five remained unchanged. Penn State held its place at the top, receiving all 64 first-place votes. USC, Nebraska and Florida rounded out the top five. Kansas is the only other ranked Big 12 team. The Jayhawks jumped two spots to No. 15. The Longhorns begin their conference schedule Wednesday at home against TCU. —Jacob Martella
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DANIELLE LOPEZ, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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Blanton director celebrates art through tours Editor’s note: In 300 words or fewer, this series spotlights people in our community whose stories typically go untold.
By Katie Walsh @katiehwalsh_atx
Every time Sarah Abare visited her grandfather as a kid, she ran straight to the 1,000-page art history textbook on his bookshelf. Twenty years later, the textbook sits on her desk in the Blanton Museum of Art. Abare, the administrative director of the museum’s education department, said she is the glue that holds together all the areas of her section. Her job includes managing the department’s
budget, supervising interns and leading tours through the galleries. Making art feel important to others — especially those who aren’t already familiar with it — is her favorite part of the job. “When you give other people the confidence to connect artwork with their own lives and make it meaningful to them — that’s the best feeling,” Abare said. Once a week, Abare leads a tour through the gallery, following a lesson plan she created from scratch. She said she has led well over 100 tours of all types of people, from reserved university students to groups of preschoolers who scurry around, boldly offering their opinions. Abare said she especially enjoys taking kids through the museum because they speak freely about what they see in the art, an ability that Abare said often goes away with age. “[Kids] so easily make the
Sarah Abare is the administrative director of the Blanton Museum’s education department. A UT alumnus, she finds special joy in leading tours of the gallery to people from all walks of life.
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artwork about themselves, which is totally the point,” Abare said. “Hopefully you don’t ever lose that.” When she’s off the clock,
Abare strolls through art museums with friends who don’t know much about art and likes hearing how the displays interest them. Abare finds
the human connection made through leading tours and educating others about art the most rewarding part of her job. “There are days when you
finish talking in a group, and you’re just like, ‘Wow, we are doing good things,’ and it makes you happy,” Abare said.
ALBUM REVIEW| ‘GO:OD AM’
Mac Miller graduates from shallow party anthems By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
Since his debut in 2007, Mac Miller’s name has been synonymous with mediocre party music. His massive catalogue focused far too much on quantity over quality, but his major label debut, GO:OD AM, looks to change that. Miller burst onto the rap scene at 15 years old, bringing with him an energetic production style and fastpaced lyrics in an attempt to
stand out from the cluttered hip hop scene. His debut album, Blue Slide Park, showed promise but wasn’t memorable. Watching Movies with the Sound Off, his sophomore effort, better established Miller’s reputation as an up-and-coming lyricist. But GO:OD AM, released Friday, fully rebuffs Miller’s former frat-performer style and displays him as a more introspective rapper. GO:OD AM’s lead track, “Doors,” sets the tone for the entire album. While Ty-
ler, The Creator’s symphonic beat stands out, Miller’s poetic style takes center stage as he copes with his struggles with addiction and fame. During the track’s bridge, Miller reflects on his past and the opportunities he’s squandered, singing, “These doors will close, and people change, One day you’ll go, right now you’re here, No, please don’t just hear, don’t disappear.” Throughout the project, Miller openly addresses his issues confidently. In
the record’s second single, “Break the Law,” Miller acknowledges his downfalls but touts his persona, bragging he “killed the game like Jeffry Dahmer did the ’80s.” His verses continue to flow with ease, especially on “100 Grandkids,” where Miller confronts family and money. Now that Miller is sober, it seems as if his outlook on success has given his music an optimistic perspective. The majority of the LP’s tracks revolve around his former drug use but look
forward toward the rebirth of his career. The album’s title represents a new beginning, and many of the songs on this album show it. But not every song exhibits that optimistic outlook. A couple of tracks on GO:OD AM stray from Miller’s newfound confident attitude as he reverts to his formerly ignorant and cocky persona. The worst track on the album, “Cut the Check,” features dull drum machines
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