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SG approves food truck initiative By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab
Student Government approved an initiative Tuesday supporting the addition of food trucks to campus. The legislation will allow SG members to work with appropriate administrative entities to bring vendors to campus and approve locations for food trucks to operate. The food trucks are anticipated to arrive near the Student Activity Center by February 2016, when
a new portion of the plaza will be completed, according to SG President Xavier Rotnofsky. Dylan Adkins, SG representative and co-author of the legislation, said he wanted to bring an Austin atmosphere to campus by bringing an Austin tradition to UT. “Food trucks are a part of Austin life,” Adkins said. “We wanted to bring some of Austin life onto campus and just make Austin home for us and home for all the
freshman, sophomore, juniors and seniors.” A request for proposal with the list of possible food truck vendor options was sent to University Unions and includes vendors such as Torchy’s Tacos, The Peached Tortilla and Chi’lantro, according to Rotnofsky. The list of vendors is not yet official but was curated by opinions from the SG assembly in order to get an idea of what students
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Dylan Adkins, left, and Connor Madden are the co-authors of the Student Government initiative which would allow food trucks to operate on campus.
Limited funds keep shuttle service crowded By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo
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The West Campus UT shuttle bus route will not see an increase in service any time soon, despite the crowded conditions during peak hours, according to an official at Capital Metro. Amy Peck, communications specialist at Capital Metro, said Capital Metro is aware of the crowding problem on the West Campus shuttle route, but limited funds and increased service costs prevent the transportation service from adding more buses to the route. “[W]e are actually in an agreement with UT, and from year to year, we basically receive a certain amount of funding from that service, and from year to year, the cost of it goes up for just providing
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Fourth-year biology senior Enrique Villanueva waits to board a West Campus shuttle Tuesday. Students have faced the effects of increasingly overcrowded shuttles and are encouraged to look into alternate options for commuting.
Beginning spring 2016, students and faculty will be able to walk between the Belo Center for New Media and the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center without ever touching the pavement of the street. Largely funded by the Moody Foundation’s $50 million contribution in 2013, the Moody College of Communication’s sky bridge project was approved by members of the Austin City Council in early June and is set to be completed in late February or early March. Moody’s director of communications Nick Hundley said the bridge is for more than just the practical benefits it will provide. “When the Belo Center was designed, it was understood that a bridge between the Belo Center and the Moody College would be constructed if funding became available,” Hundley said. “The bridge provides a physical and symbolic connection between the major Moody College of Communication structures on campus.” Journalism junior Khortlyn Cole said she feels other issues should take priority over the bridge construction. “The bridge is a really good idea, but I don’t think it will be worth all the construction that will ensue,” Cole said. “I’d rather see the money go to the underfunded student media here on campus. The bridge just doesn’t seem worth it.” Journalism junior Briana Santiago said she feels the advantages of the bridge
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Committee seeks Green Fee renewal
Study: Hormone levels affect leadership skills
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The UT Green Fee Committee hosted a session Tuesday to inform students about the possibilities of reinstating the fee after receiving tentative permission from the UT System to move forward, according to Jaclyn Kachelmeyer, former director of the Campus Environmental Center. The Green Fee is $5 collected per semester tuition bill that is applied to sustainability efforts and initiatives prescribed by the committee. The fee has spearheaded environmental change on campus, according to Kachelmeyer. “The Green Fee is one of the leading forces for sustainability on campus,” Kachelmeyer, a Plan II and international relations and geography senior, said. “It’s the one primary outlet for students to push for the environmental changes they
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A research team including UT psychology professor Robert Josephs found male executives with high levels of testosterone and the stress hormone cortisol tend to have higherranking jobs. The study, published last month, was conducted at Harvard University by five researchers led by Gary Sherman, former postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. His thensupervisor Jennifer Lerner, Harvard public policy and management professor, was the one who brought the team together. Josephs joined the team after Lerner invited him to Harvard to give a talk. “This is [a] very collaborative [effort],” Sherman said. “The original idea and hypothesis came from
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Karen Blaney, program coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, addressed students Tuesday regarding the UT Green Fee.
want to see, to be invested, to learn, to create jobs and to be a more environmentally friendly campus.” The Green Fee was made possible by HB 3353, which was passed in the 81st Tex-
as Legislature and allowed Texas campuses to implement environmental service fees for a five-year term. In 2009, Student Government issued a referendum to apply the Green Fee at the Univer-
sity beginning in 2011. This year, the final year of the fee’s implementation, its extension has been complicated by the state law’s ambiguous renewal terms.
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the work [Josephs] published several years ago.” Participants were 78 male executives aged 33– 65 from the government, military, law enforcement and defense sectors who enrolled in the Harvard executive education program. Each participant had his saliva sample taken and was asked how many people report to him at work. No women participated in the study because testosterone levels do not fluctuate much in women. Results showed individuals with high testosterone and low cortisol levels are more likely to hold highstatus positions, while those with high testosterone and high cortisol levels are not. “These are hormonal fingerprints of successful leaderships,” Josephs said.
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might want, according to Rotnofsky. “The list is just used to kind of see what theme we want for the food trucks. It doesn’t necessarily mean those are the ones coming,” Rotnofsky said. “Once everything is in place for the food trucks to come, the business side will be implemented, and that’s when this request for proposal will be useful.” Rohit Mandalapu, SG vice president, said food
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truck pads — where the food trucks will be placed — have already been allocated and will most likely be placed on speedway after future renovations are completed. Mandalapu said he hopes the food trucks will bring some much-needed Austin culture and, more importantly, that they will alleviate long lines by giving students more options. “Food trucks are something that we want so that when you’re here on campus, around the SAC area,
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continues from page 1 that service,” Peck said. “So that necessitates that we provide service to the most popular routes, and we can only do so much with the resources that we have at this time. But we are aware of [crowded UT buses].” Peck said Capital Metro and UT officials keep in regular contact, but she said they have not found a solution to provide more service along UT shuttle bus routes. “In our regular conversations with UT, if there’s a way to provide more service, we’ll certainly do that. But we just haven’t had the ability to do that yet,” Peck said. Environmental science senior Rebecca Nunu said she depends on the West Campus bus to get to class every day. Nunu said she is grateful buses come through West Campus but thinks there needs to be more buses that come more often. “I think there are way too many students in West Campus that need rides,” Nunu said. “I get on the
between the hours of 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., you don’t have to wait in line for 20 minutes, because it is kind of hard to do that,” Mandalapu said. “We wanted to push food trucks not only because it [could] help alleviate some of that mess, but it also brings in Austin culture of quirky and interesting food truck ideas. Connor Madden, SG representative and co-author of the legislation, said through an SG initiative called “SG Listens,” which was a social media and
tabling initiative made to get feedback on what students wanted on their campus, he was able to see that many students wanted more dining options on campus but that food trucks especially stuck out. “We did a lot of tabling, and we heard from a lot of students that they wanted more food options on campus, and so that was kind of the initiative that this came out of,” Madden said. “People love food trucks, and we are excited to help bring them to campus.”
bus at the first stop, which is 27th and Nueces, and often we will get past the second stop and not be able to pick people up, especially in the mornings, and that’s when people need rides most. … [Students] that are furthest away are the ones that don’t get rides.” Exercise science senior Kassy Gomez said instead of increasing the number of West Campus buses, some of the seats could be taken out to create more standing room and fit more people on each bus. Gomez said she believes both services and students are to blame for the crowded conditions. “Some people don’t have bus etiquette, where they just put their bag on a seat and don’t squeeze in when people are trying to get on the bus, so I feel like it’s an all-around problem between students and services available,” Gomez said. Peck said students will see more of the blue city buses on UT routes as Capital Metro transitions the orange UT shuttle buses out of use.
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continues from page 1 “It’s not about how good of a leader you think you are; rather, it’s an objective measure of leadership success — how many subordinates you have under you.” Josephs said the results confirmed his 2010 publication — that analyzed male testosterone and cortisol levels in relation to dominance — done in collaboration with Pranjal Mehta. Mehta, a UT graduate student in psychology at the time, was working with Josephs for his dissertation. For the study, students in an introductory psychology course were put into same-sex pairs and had their saliva samples taken. Each was assigned a
GREEN FEE
continues from page 1 “We assumed we can just start over in SG and vote to renew it, but UT legal services advised us that it wasn’t that black and white,” Kachelmeyer said. The committee attempted to persuade Texas lawmakers to pass bills renewing the fee, adding a paragraph to clarify the renewal process. The bill passed in the House but failed in the Senate. Failure to pass the bill reflects poorly on the Senate, according to Jenny McGinty, an SG liberal arts representative. “The small, $5 fee out of each student’s tuition helped immensely with environmentfriendly initiatives, and our assembly showed unanimous support for the fee,” McGinty, a Plan II honors and international relations sophomore, said. “The vote not only proves their disregard for student voice and power, but also their carelessness for creating environmentally friendly campuses.” Despite a lack of state legislation, the UT System has given the committee indication that it is willing to allow the committee autonomy on the issue, according to Kackelmeyer. The next step is to continue campus conversations and bring the referendum to SG in Spring 2016, Kachelmeyer said. Two thirds of the Green Fee Committee is made up of students, and two thirds of its funds have been granted to student initiatives. As of June 2015, the fee has helped create 63 on-campus jobs that have employed 115 students, and it has provided 103 grants to 83 projects, according to committee reports. “Right now we need to get a coordinated effort and create a cohesive movement,” said Kachelmeyer. “The loss of the bill would be a loss for sustainability on campus.” position of a leader or a follower and given a puzzle to solve. Results showed individuals with high testosterone and low cortisol levels come across as confident, while those with high testosterone and high cortisol levels anxious. “It’s nice when another lab — another independent group — finds overlapping results,” Mehta said. “That means our finding has meaning and probably truth in it.” Mehta, now an assistant professor in psychology at the University of Oregon, said he wants to conduct a longitudinal study by creating a hormone profile to predict which individuals across many organizations will get promoted over time.
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Political columnist Timothy Carney said Tuesday at the Texas Union that he believes the interests of large corporations continue to threaten free enterprise during a lecture. The lecture, attended by roughly 40 students and faculty, was sponsored by the Center for Politics and Governance, a group focused on politics and public policy affiliated with five schools and colleges on campus. “The big guys with the best lobbyists are the ones who are going to win,” Carney, an author and Washington Examiner senior columnist, said. “You almost never have the ‘friends of the Earth’ passing environmental policy, you almost never have … some consumer protection group win some protection.” Carney said by joining with Congress, lobbyists are able to increase the costs of doing business, which in turn hurts smaller businesses and raises barriers of entry to future competitors. “When government grows, it’s typically because of a big business that gains to profit from it,” Carney said. “That is often not mutually advanc-
The big guys with the best lobbyists are the ones who are going to win. —Timothy Carney, Political columnist
ing consumer interests and is largely just protecting those large businesses who can afford the costs of the regulation.” As an example, Carney cited President Barack Obama’s 2010 signing of Affordable Care Act, a major piece of domestic health care legislation that aims to provide affordable health care to lowincome families. The act is one situation where big pharmaceutical companies joined with liberals in Congress to pass more regulatory legislation, Carney said. Some audience members argued the government does play an important role with regulating businesses that protects consumer interests. “Libertarians … tend to laud the free market and pretend that its an ideal world out there, and if we just leave the market alone that it would be fine.” Government professor Bryan
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Timothy Carney, author and senior political columnist for the Washington Examiner, speaks at a lecture Tuesday evening. The lecture, which was sponsored by the Center for Politics and Governments, dealt with government control over free enterprise.
Jones said. “But it won’t be [fine], because the business men are absolutely just as corrupt as government officials if we don’t have the checks and balances that we need.” Computer science fresh-
man Trenton Beckendroff said he thinks Carney’s talk is an interesting perspective from a member of the media, especially since the media can negatively affect free enterprise by forming conglomerates.
“One of the things that he talked about was these conglomerates that we’re seeing develop, but what he didn’t talk about was that the reason why we don’t hear about them is because the media
itself forms these conglomerates,” Beckendroff said. “That would be an interesting topic, but overall, just the fact that we’re talking about this in a public space is promising.”
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UT organization joins voter registration day By Audrey Browning @auddiemac21
Thirty students registered to vote through a registration booth on the West Mall for National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, according to UT Votes, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing electoral participation. UT Votes, which joined more than 2,100 organizations across America in registering voters for the day, registered approximately 100 people to vote on registration day last year, according to Zach Foust, history senior and UT Votes volunteer. “I found my home at UT Votes, where the nonpartisan atmosphere permitted an idealistic attitude about the importance of democracy.” Foust said in an email. “Students at UT become genuinely excited when they register to vote, and I like to see their enthusiasm.”
Foust said he believes voting is an important aspect of civic engagement and civic duties. “I believe that the process of researching issues and then casting a ballot broadens our understanding of the world — like community service might offer perspective into the lives of other people.” Foust said. “While we have a responsibility to keep our elected officials accountable, we as individuals benefit the most from voting.” Government junior Jeramy Howell said his motivation to register and to vote came from his personal disapproval of current elected officials. Howell registered to vote at the UT Votes booth but already knew about voter registration day and its importance from serving as a deputy voter registrar. “We often complain about how our political system has
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become so polarized,” Howell said in an email. “That’s because voter turnout is ridiculously low, and so only a small percentage of our population controls who goes into office, and in effect, that percentage elects divisive and sometimes radical figures. I registered to vote today to make the process work.” Adrienne Carter, international relations and global studies and history senior, said she is passionate about voting and spent all day pushing her friends to register. “Ever since I can remember, it’s been important in my family [to vote],” Carter said. “Not everybody in this world gets the right to vote. I feel like one of the things we as Americans are so proud of is our democratic form of government. Voting is not only a civic duty, but it’s a patriotic act in and of itself.”
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students and faculty in the college, according to Hundley. “The Moody bridge will benefit students, faculty and staff throughout the University who have classes in the two buildings,” Hundley said. “Most importantly, it will foster collaboration among students, faculty members and the various departments and schools in Moody College.” Moody College interim dean Jay Bernhardt said he feels the sky bridge project
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Media misrepresents college life By Ashvin Govil
Daily Texan Columnist @ashvio
Popular media has a pervasive and universal effect on how people view the world around them. Even though most movies, TV shows and advertisements are not depictions of real people or events, they shape our expectations of how the world works. And so, any student who has gone to a college party might see similarities between movies about college life and the real thing. From students on one end of the party shouting “Chug! Chug! Chug!” to students on the other end playing beer pong, it really can seem like the movies are actually accurate. But is that because the movies portray college life or because people who go to parties portray what they see in the movies? Julia Mickenberg, an American studies professor who teaches a UGS course called “College and Controversy,” said she believes social pressures on college students are problematic. “College really should be a space for figuring out who you are and what you want, apart from what your parents want you to want or what your friends want,” Mickenberg said. “Students need to learn to think for themselves.”
Despite the social and media pressures against them, some students manage to think independently while avoiding risky activities. Biology freshman Nneka Iheanacho said that even though “the media sets unrealistic expectations for incoming students,” she has not consumed alcohol or drugs because of the negative effects they could have on her body. Yet one of the reasons it can be so difficult to avoid media influences is the way alcohol is advertised to students. Alcohol companies stand to gain significant profit from college students — the average student spends $500 a year on alcohol alone. However, alcohol is also the most commonly used drug by college students nationwide, despite the fact that thousands of students die every year due to alcoholrelated incidents. Mickenberg notes that companies advertise to college students regardless of “whether or not they are legal drinking age.” Even if the drinking age is too high, it’s ethically questionable that alcohol companies would target their ads at people who aren’t even allowed to use their products without breaking the law. Whether they come from the ads running during a football game or the newest movie at your local IMAX, the ideas that media puts in our minds influence our actions and beliefs.
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Students should try to break free of these influences and figure out what they really want out of their time at UT. Whether it’s bingedrinking at parties, binge-watching Netflix in bed or biking around the city at one a.m. on Saturday, everyone has their own ways of en-
joying their time. It’s essential to the college experience to embrace whatever that way is, instead of just blindly following the crowd in an effort to “fit in.” Govil is a computer science freshman from Austin.
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Obama administration evens the score with College Scorecard By Mary Dolan
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Texas quarterback Jerrod Heard drops back to pass in UT’s 45-44 loss to California on Sept. 19.
HORNS UP: AUSTIN POLICE ENFORCING “DON’T BLOCK THE BOX”
APD is moving their “Don’t Block the Box” campaign to busy streets near the University in an effort to decrease the number of traffic-related accidents. When a car blocks the box, not only are students unable to safely cross the street without veering into a potentially congested intersection, but the driver is also breaking the law. It is the University’s responsibility to provide a safe environment for learning, and APD is helping to make that a reality.
HORNS UP: JERROD HEARD BREAKS OUT IN SECOND START Texas football lost its second game of the season Saturday against California, but it wasn’t all bad news. Redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard led a spirited fourth-quarter comeback, breaking UT’s record for single-game total yardage in the process. Even Vince Young is on board.
HORNS UP: UT SYSTEM TAKING SEXUAL ASSAULT SERIOUSLY President Greg Fenves announced via email Monday that UT Austin will be a lead participant in a four-year study of sexual assault on all UT System campuses. Noël Busch-Armendariz, director of UT Austin’s Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and associate dean for research in the School of Social Work, will lead the study. Now it’s up to those orchestrating the survey to ensure that the study will reveal information we don’t already know.
HORNS DOWN: COLLEGE IS STILL UNSAFE FOR WOMEN This problem will not be solved in four years. The Association of American Universities released a comprehensive study Monday — the same that prompted Fenves to send an email — revealing that, on average, one in four women have been sexually assaulted during their time in college. Of the UT women who responded to the survey, 18.5 percent reported being sexually assault during her time in college.
College students are faced with a lot of complicated questions when trying to decide on a school to attend. They need a lot of information and finding the most important facts can be difficult. Luckily, the Obama administration launched a new website Sept. 12 that helps students get the answers they want. The website, known as College Scorecard, offers several categories of data on every “degree-granting institution” within the U.S. This information includes easy-to-read facts and brightly colored charts that illustrate statistics including a school’s average annual cost of attendance and graduation rates. The site also provides useful financial information. For instance, the national percentage of students paying off debt after graduation is 67 percent. UT’s is 90 percent. This will be a good tool for students who feel like they don’t have enough information to decide on a college. Colleges often put their most impressive statistics front and center online and in campus tours, and finding facts that cast a more realistic spotlight on a university isn’t easy. However, College Scorecard offers students information from a third party, not from a source that is funded by or paid to endorse a specific university. This information allows students to get the full story on the colleges they wish to attend. For example, UT’s financial aid website does not prominently post the average amount of loan debt a student will graduate with. College Scorecard shows that UT “undergraduate borrowers” will complete college with an average of $22,165 in debt. Students with this information are able to use a tangible figure to see whether or not they will be able to pay back that kind of figure with their
Even if College Scorecard is not perfect, there is no doubt that it provides students with a quick and easy way to look up their desired college’s most important facts and figures. projected earnings after graduation. This is not to say that College Scorecard is perfect. While the website offers students a wealth of information, it does not directly compare colleges or offer students suggestions about which college to attend based on their personal profile. Thus, students and their parents may find themselves struggling to compare vastly different colleges and finding one that caters to their individual academic and financial situation. Detractors of the website also argue that the scorecard fails to take into account nontraditional student experiences. For example, a student who works and only attends school part-time would have a negative effect on their school’s four-year graduation rates, even if they are working toward a degree. Even if College Scorecard isn’t perfect, there is no doubt that it provides students with a quick and easy way to look up their desired college’s most important facts and figures. While it is too early to find out whether or not students and their families embrace the website, there is no question that College Scorecard will be a helpful tool for the students who choose to use it. Dolan is a journalism sophomore from Abilene.
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Politicians should have to live abroad, learn another language By Emily Vernon
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Politicians like to appeal to American patriotism. However, this mentality of American exceptionalism negatively affects both foreign and domestic policy by encouraging a politically closed-minded culture. The government should encourage America’s melting-pot culture by requiring elected federal officials to have lived abroad for at least a year and proficiently speak a foreign language. A president who has lived abroad is less likely to adopt ethnocentric policies and more likely to avoid focusing solely on American, rather than humanitarian or global, interests. It is
important for federal officials to understand that other countries operate under different governmental systems, most notably social and parliamentary democracies. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, known for his progressive ideas regarding the death penalty and gay marriage, has similarly noted that it is important to take into consideration international laws and politics while attempting to “preserve our basic values.” It is likely the American public would not be opposed to such legislation. According to TransferWise, an international money transfer website, 55 percent of U.S. citizens ages 18–34 would consider moving abroad. Currently, there are 6.3 million Americans doing so. Government professor Raul Madrid said he
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believes public officials should live abroad in order to achieve empathy for other countries and expand their cultural knowledge. “I think one of the problems elected officials often have before they enter office is they don’t have much in the way of foreign experience,” Madrid said. “They are essentially unqualified to make a lot of the decisions they have to make.” In addition, federal politicians should be required to pass a language proficiency exam in a language other than English. This would connect the politician to the 61.8 million Americans who speak another language at home and open up a line of communication with other countries and their citizens. Government associate professor Terrence
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Chapman, an expert in international affairs, wrote in an email that a cultural perspective is important for understanding policy. “Ordinary citizens should care about how things work abroad, because it provides some perspective about how life is under our government versus how life is elsewhere,” Chapman wrote. In order to make informed decisions about our democracy at home, elected officials should understand how similar decisions have affected other countries. Encouraging elected federal officials to live abroad and speak a foreign language can open America’s political culture to positive influences from around the world. Emily Vernon is a PACE freshman from Houston.
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UT professor publishes book on Mexican cinema By Rachel Rascoe @raxcoe
Years ago, radio-televisionfilm professor Charles Ramírez Berg wrote film reviews for an El Paso newspaper. When he went searching for books analyzing Mexican cinema, he couldn’t find any, so he decided to publish one of his own. In early September, Berg published his fourth book on the topic, “The Classical Mexican Cinema: The Poetics of the Exceptional Golden Age Films.” For five years, Berg researched to create the book. It provides in-depth analysis and context for various Mexican films ranging from the mid1930s to the 1950s. Growing up in El Paso exposed Berg to Mexican cinema. He developed an interest in researching the topic while writing film reviews for a local newspaper and working as a part-time lecturer at the University of Texas at El Paso. “I start researching, and it was really hard to find books,” Berg said. “I found that there
was one book discussing Mexican cinema, and that was on Mexican history. In terms of Mexican film criticism, there were zero. How could that be?” Berg said Mexican filmmakers’ attempts to distinguish their work from Hollywood and capture authentically Mexican stories define the classical period. Berg said much of what makes Mexican cinema distinctive is the regional details, such as indigenous plants, religious imagery and wide shots of cloud formations. The book begins with examples of classical Mexican art, leading into the art’s eventual influence on Mexican filmmakers, such as director Emilio Fernández. “The impetus of what I’m calling the classical Mexican cinema [are] those filmmakers who made films that were specifically trying not to imitate Hollywood,” Berg said. “They did this by saying, ‘Let’s not do that. Let’s try and make a Mexican film on a Mexican subject for a Mexican audience. Let’s try and tell our own story in our own way — not in a
Hollywood way.’” Radio-television-film senior Lucas Doyle, a previous student in Berg’s Mexican cinema class, received class readings from earlier drafts of the new book. Doyle said Berg’s explanations of Mexican cinema were especially valuable in comparison to courses on more widely researched and accessible topics, such as classical American or European cinema. “When it comes to film, he’s one of the first people to really take an interest in Mexican cinema,” Doyle said. “He grew up in the U.S., so what was so great about that class was that he was able to describe how Mexican films are different from American films. That’s when I was able to understand and appreciate Mexican cinema.” Tom Schatz, radio-television-film professor and series editor for Berg’s book, said the book’s design surpasses any of Berg’s previously published works. The pages feature almost 300 screen grabs handpicked by Berg, some providing side-by-side comparisons
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Radio-television-film professor Charles Ramirez Berg delivers a lecture on Mexican cinema Tuesday. Berg published a book on the topic in early September.
of Mexican and Hollywood films of the era. On Thursday night, the UT Fine Arts Library will host a screening of Enamorada, one of the major films discussed in the book, as part of the Fine Arts Library’s “Films in Person”
series. Berg will provide an introduction to the film and answer questions about his new book afterward. Schatz said improvements in technology have made older films more accessible than ever before.
“We live in an age where virtually everything is available one way or another,” Schatz said. “Charles plays a significant role in helping people sort through that stuff and making sure people are watching the films worth seeing.”
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Fantastic Fest, a festival celebrating creative genre films, returns to Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar for its 11th year this week. During the weeklong festival, audiences are introduced to several innovative horror, science-fiction and fantasy films. This year, the fest pays homage to Turkish exploitation cinema by offering a special poster gallery and a special Turkish-inspired menu. Tim League, founder and CEO of Alamo Drafthouse and cofounder of Fantastic Fest, spoke
The Daily Texan: How has the festival grown since its creation 11 years ago? Tim League: In its first couple of years, it was a regional festival for the central Texas genre film fans. We are just trying to curate the best possible movies of the year that those folks would like. Over the years, we’ve been courting more industry to come and try to make more opportunities for filmmakers.
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lection process like for choosing films that screen at the festival? TL: We have a programming committee of about six people. We have people in several countries. The process is someone finds a film, we add it to a tracking list of every film we’re keeping tabs on, somebody watches it, and if that person likes it, he passes it on to the rest of the team. There has to be three people who watch it and like it. I watch hundreds of movies throughout the year. DT: How do you personally feel Fantastic Fest differs from
other major festivals? TL: One of the most important ways that it’s different is that it is all happening at one venue. There are parties every night and all the films screen there. By the end of the eight days, a real sense of community forms of the badgeholders. There’s a very special environment that’s created by having it all be in one place.
ema. We loved it and secured the world premiere of that film. There was a point in Turkish film history where there were no copyright laws. Six months after “Star Wars” came out, there was a film known as “Turkish Star Wars,” which was a blatant rip-off of “Star Wars” but done on a micro-budget. We’re going to be showcasing some of those old films.
DT: Can you explain why you chose this year’s theme to be Turkish cinema? TL: Very early in the process, we saw a documentary about Turkish genre-exploitation cin-
DT: What activities do you believe first-time Fantastic Fest attendees should attend? TL: One of our big signature events is a thing called Fantastic Debates. We stage
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Longhorns ready for conference opener By Claire Cruz
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When No. 2 Texas (10-1) hosts TCU on Wednesday evening in its Big 12 Conference opener, it will kickoff a campaign for its fifth straight Big 12 championship. Only three teams have claimed a Big 12 title since the conference’s inception in 1996, and Texas’ nine championships are the second most. But a conference championship isn’t Texas’ focus right now. “To be the Big 12 champ, you’ve got to play one match at a time,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “It’s at the back of our heads that that’s our goal. The key for us is how well we prepare, how ready are we to compete and how well we can play over the long haul.” The first test for Texas is a much-improved TCU team. The Longhorns hold a 9-0 all-time series record over the Horned Frogs, but a revamped coaching staff has TCU looking more disciplined and competitive. TCU comes into this matchup with a 10-2 record and eight straight-set victories. The Horned Frogs have a team hitting percentage of .270 — not far behind Texas’ .293 — and a back row defense that could challenge the Longhorns hitters. Junior outside hitter Ashley Smith leads the TCU offense with 118 kills and 11 service aces, while defensively, senior defensive specialist Sutton Sunstrum anchors the back row
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Senior outside hitter Amy Neal spikes the ball over two Colorado State players Sept. 13. The team won the game in straight sets, and Neal recorded nine kills in the game. The team is currently 10-1 on the season.
with 152 digs. All of TCU’s coaches are in their first year with the program, including assistant coach Brian Wright, who formerly served as Texas’ volunteer assistant coach. TCU head coach Jill Kramer is a former Horned Frog and still holds school records in several attacking categories. “They’ve improved a lot,” senior outside hitter Amy Neal said. “They have really good coaches this year. They’re a good team, and they
always bring their A game when they play us, so we’re expecting a very good game.” Neal has been the heart of Texas’ offense and an important contributing factor to its defense, but the depth of the Longhorn roster keeps her from feeling too much pressure. Her 152 kills are closely followed by junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu’s 111, while senior middle blocker Molly McCage and junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame have recorded 84
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kills apiece. Six Longhorns have tallied five or more service aces, with five registering over 50 digs and four boasting more than 20 blocks. Texas’ balance makes it possible for the Longhorns to take advantage of different situations against its opponents. “That’s a big thing about our team this year, that it’s not two or one go-to players,” Neal said. “Our offense is really balanced, so it’s kind of threatening to teams that we have a bunch of different
hitters and a bunch of passers and good setters. The depth helps us a lot.” As the conference season gets underway, Texas will have to work harder than ever to claim another title. “Our goal is always to win a Big 12 championship,” Neal said. “But all the teams are getting stronger in the conference, so you have to take it game by game and know that every team will come out playing their best against you.”
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Raines brings prior experiences to Texas By Tyler Horka @TexasTy95
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Cornerback Quandre Diggs plays in the Longhorns’ 23-0 win over Kansas last season. Diggs is a rookie for the Detriot Lions.
Former Longhorns complete two weeks of NFL rookie year By Leah Vann
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Two weeks of the 2015 NFL season are in the books, and plenty of Longhorn rookies have gotten significant playing time. The New England Patriots selected defensive tackle Malcom Brown with the No. 32 pick in the 2015 draft. Brown made an instant impact for the Patriots in their season opener against the Steelers, getting the first sack of his NFL career and the first sack of the 2015 NFL season. After two games, Brown has a total of three tackles and one sack. Linebacker Jordan Hicks was selected in the third round of the draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Hicks was primarily used as a special teams player, but he played on the defensive side of the ball Sunday against the Cowboys after an injury to Eagles linebacker Kiko Alonso. In that game, Hicks hit Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, breaking Romo’s clavicle. The New York Giants selected safety Mykkele Thompson in the fifth round of the draft and had him train primarily with the first team defense for the majority of training camp.
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However, Thompson suffered an Achilles’ tendon injury in the preseason, forcing him to sit out the entire year. The Detriot Lions took cornerback Quandre Diggs in the sixth round of the NFL Draft. Diggs was a leader for a Texas defense that was No. 2 in the Big 12 in total defense last season. After proving himself a standout at training camp, Diggs played 18 snaps in the season opener against the San Diego Chargers, which is his older brother Quentin Jammer’s former team. Diggs totaled two tackles and gave
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his game jersey to his brother. However, he didn’t record any tackles in week two against the Vikings. Tight end Geoff Swaim stayed in Texas for his professional career after being selected in the seventh round by the Dallas Cowboys. Swaim was the leading receiver for the Cowboys’ second preseason game with four catches for 57 yards. He remains as one of four tight ends on the Dallas Cowboys 53-man roster, behind Jason Witten, Gavin Escobar and James Hanna.
Just two seasons ago, junior distance runner Sandie Raines celebrated a conference championship, a South Central Regional Championship and a 15th overall team finish in the Women’s NCAA Cross Country Championships. Raines did not sport a burnt orange uniform as a true freshman, but rather the cardinal and white colors of the Arkansas Razorbacks. However, the junior from Kingwood, Texas, was not present for her former teammates’ most recent triumph, a fourth straight regional championship in 2014. Instead, she had just finished her first season at Texas as a sophomore transfer. Last season, the Longhorns finished seventh in the Big 12 championships and failed to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year. Raines said she believes that settling into her second season in Austin will make her a more confident runner and allow her to transition into a leader for her teammates. “Last season, I didn’t really know anybody on the team,” Raines said. “This season, I think everybody had a great summer of training. The mindset on the team this year is showing everybody that we are Texas and that we are going to do well on the national level.” Having competed in the
NCAA championships — unlike all of her current teammates — Raines possesses the experience and wisdom that younger runners can look to both in practice and competitive meets. “With the freshmen, I feel like a herder for them sometimes,” Raines said. “I have to pace the workouts a lot. Still, our workouts have been in a group together. They’ve been fast and strong.” Raines said the desire to compete on the national stage motivates her teammates to excel beyond their previous capacities. She also mentioned how to build upon the recent occurrence of the Longhorns earning their first national ranking since midway through the 2013 season. The Longhorns are currently slotted at No. 27 in the nation, and with only 31 teams competing annually in the NCAA championships, Raines realizes that the Longhorns must keep improving. “It’s getting people fired up to be better than that ranking,” Raines said. “It’s brought our workouts to a higher level. We have to train and act like a team that’s nationally ranked. Going into each meet now, we are looking to improve upon that ranking.” The Longhorns have a chance to move up in the polls Saturday, Sept. 26, as they travel to College Station to compete in the Texas A&M Invitational.
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Junior Sandie Raines runs in the Texas Invitational on April 11. Raines spent the 2013–2014 season at Arkansas.
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Texas beats Iowa State at home 37-14 in the 2006 conference opener. Colt McCoy passed for 212 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Norvell, Longhorns confident in offense
Texas wide receiver coach and play-caller Jay Norvell said Tuesday at his weekly press conference that the dynamic of the offense has changed over the past two games. “The success that we’ve had moving the ball has affected the way we’ve practiced and our confidence,” Norvell said. “We have so many young players. We just have so much room to grow. Every time we go on the field, we get better.” He also said the Longhorns can grow as long as they play with the same confidence they’ve played with so far. “We have to play smart,” Norvell said. “We can’t be foolish with some of the things we do but we have to be aggressive. I think we’re starting to develop that mindset. The kids understand we’re going to attack and we’re going to go downfield.” While the offense has improved, the defense is still lacking. Senior cornerback Duke Thomas said it’s time for his unit to step up. “The offense is definitely doing their thing, and that’s the thing we’re always talking about — we have to do our part,” —Nick Castillo
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A crowd watches an act at last year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. Student tickets go on sale Saturday at a discounted rate of $225.
UT lecturer discusses reptiles, favorite things Editor’s Note: 60 Seconds is a recurring series that peeks into the lives of professors across campus. This Q&A has been edited for brevity and clarity.
By Ellen Airhart @ellenairhart
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Herpetology curator and lecturer Travis LaDuc has dedicated his life to the study of reptiles and amphibians. He is not afraid of anything — he regularly wrestles rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and copperheads. He shared his thoughts with The Daily Texan on books, snacks and superpowers last week at the turtle pond.
ACL sells last-minute tickets By Megan Hix @meganhix95
After a quick sell-out of this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival wristbands, many students find themselves in a last-minute — and often expensive — scramble for tickets. In ACL’s initial wristband sale in may tickets were available for $250. Weekend one tickets took about a week to sell out, and the second weekend sold out in July. This year has been the fastest sell-out since the festival added a second weekend in 2013. Saturday’s “student day” sale will give students a final chance to purchase tickets. ACL spokeswoman Sandee Fenton said tickets at the festival’s student sale may not last much longer than their online counterparts. Last year, all available student day tickets sold out during the first three hours. “[General admission]
passes sold out very early this year, so we expect a high level of demand during this year’s sale,” Fenton said in an email. The weekend event is the last official sale of three-day passes before the festival and will be available for high school and college students, as well as members of the military. The wristbands, which will be available for a $25 discount, have caused crowds to line up in Zilker Park as early as 8 p.m. the night before, with many camping out to reserve their spot for the 10 a.m. sale. For those who choose to find last-minute admission on websites such as StubHub, average prices for a weekend pass have been hovering around the $400 mark. Compared to these secondary market prices, the student sale prices offer a more inexpensive alternative at $225 each, although they are an increase from the $200 tickets offered last year.
The sale also offers the chance to score tickets without the risk of fraudulent sellers or extra cost of buying online. Christine Rafie, a biochemistry and Plan II junior, went to the event last year. “We really wanted to go to the second weekend, but we hadn’t bought tickets, and everyone who was selling theirs online and on Facebook was absurdly inflated,” Rafie said. “Since we’re in Austin and we’re college kids, ACL is such a big part of our experience. It’s a part of living in Austin.” This year, Rafie said she decided to skip the cost in favor of cheaper options such as ACL late-night shows, and she said expects many other students will do the same, opting to save their money. According to the Austin Music Census, Austin residents are less willing to pay for live music now than at any point in the last decade. UT students on a budget might
not be willing to shell out more than $200 for a ticket. “The people who can afford the inflated price, they’re probably not college students,” Rafie said. “We want to experience this, but it costs so much money.” Anthropology senior Maddie Bair, who plans to arrive at the park the night before this year’s sale, said the discounted tickets are a good value for students wanting to see popular artists such as Drake or The Weeknd. Bair said the sale helps students avoid having to make an impulse decision regarding tickets as soon as they become available, while still dodging the higher prices that usually come with waiting to buy a wristband later. “The student sale is a really good opportunity,” Bair said. “Then you don’t have to order your tickets right when they go on sale — you’re able to think about if you want to spend that much money.”
The Daily Texan: Do you prefer snakes, turtles frogs or lizards? LaDuc: Snakes. DT: Do you collect anything other than research specimens? If so, what? TL: Yes. License plates. DT: What is your alltime favorite book? TL: “Desert Solitaire” by Edward Abbey. DT: If you had a superpower, what would it be? TL: Flight. DT: What is the coolest city you’ve ever been to? TL: Cusco, Peru. DT: What’s your favorite fieldwork snack? TL: Almonds. DT: What is the coolest band you’ve ever seen live? TL: The Untouchables. DT: What trait do you
most dislike in other people? TL: Meanness. DT: Did you always want to be a herpetologist when you were growing up? TL: Yes. DT: If you could invite anyone — dead or alive — to do fieldwork with you, who would you bring? TL: An old professor of mine, Charles H. Lowe. DT: If you could teach your daughters one thing, what would it be? TL: To respect others. DT: What is the lock screen on your phone right now? TL: My daughter in a Supergirl costume. DT: What advice would you bring a freshman just starting at UT? TL: Keep your eyes open and absorb as much as you can. DT: What advice would you bring a senior about to graduate? TL: Make sure you don’t have any misspellings on your CV. DT: If you could bring back one extinct species, what would you bring back? TL: My daughter and I like the T. rex. DT: What are you most afraid of? TL: I’m not afraid of anything.
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