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While UT-Austin waited for the Association of American Universities results, which was released Monday, the UT System had already initiated an independent sexual assault study across all its campuses. The study, which will be conducted through a survey, is tentatively scheduled to be released in October, according to Noel Busch-Armendariz, director of the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault at UT. At the end of August, the UT System announced the four-year study, which is valued at $1.7 million and is the largest comprehensive assessment of campus sexual assaults. While the AAU only surveyed The new survey will examine sexual assault across all UT campuses. UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven said his experience investigating and addressing sexual assault in the U.S. military will inform his approach to safety on UT
System campuses. “I am determined to take similarly aggressive steps to ensure I understand the degree of the problem across our campuses and then, as required, take steps to ensure we are protecting our students and giving them the right tools to prevent and/or report sexual assault and harassment,” McRaven said. Busch-Armendariz said her research team has finalized the survey content, which is
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Chancellor William McRaven is working with other System administrators to produce a system-wide sexual assault survey.
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Middle Eastern studies senior Senan Shaibani speaks at a protest on racism and anti-Islam attitudes in the United States on Wednesday evening. The protest was held in response to the arrest of Ahmed Mohamed in Irving, Texas.
to Islam and that is why he attended the demonstration. “The goal in rallies like this is collective liberation,” said Shaibani, Middle Eastern studies and philosophy senior. “That’s what’s most important, just for us all to be free. Islamophobia in particular is rampant across America. Not to take away from any other
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to share their opinion. The speakers consisted of UT professors and students who had prepared statements or poetry to read. Senan Shaibani, who works with multiple activists group on campus and was arrested at the rally against police brutality in downtown Austin last week, said justice is “central”
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In front of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue on the East Mall, a group of students and community members gathered Wednesday to protest racism and anti-Islam attitudes in the U.S. The Palestine Solidarity Committee sponsored the demonstration, which was promoted through a Facebook event. The protest was inspired specifically by the arrest of Irving teenager Ahmed Mohamed, who was arrested earlier this month after bringing a homemade clock to school that teachers thought was a hoax bomb. The protest also addressed American attitudes and mistreatment of Muslims and minority races, according to Mohammed Nabulsi, committee member and secondyear law student. “We are here not only to protest the deplorable treatment of this young student [Ahmed Mohamed], but to contextualize and historicize this event,” Nabulsi said. “We are here to remind the Austin and UT community that UTAustin plays a critical role in perpetuating racism and violence across Muslims all across the world.” The rally featured eight scheduled speakers and devoted time for other students
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racism, but it’s an issue. My dream for the future is one day my kids will be able to be Muslims without having to explain themselves.” Aerospace engineering sophomore Carly May, who was eating dinner outside the SAC during the rally, said she had not experienced the effects of racism or anti-Islam
attitudes but respected the rally’s message. “The cool thing about UT is to see people standing up for what they believe in,” May said. “I certainly don’t think it’s wrong to bring up publicly what’s bothering you. It’s cool that we’ve had something like this and so many people have come out to support it.”
Advanced research and groundbreaking discoveries earned the UT System a seventh place ranking in Reuters’ top 100 list of “World’s Most Innovative Universities,” according to a Tuesday press release. The UT System received the award based on the total amount of patents filed and their overall impact, according to Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, UT System executive director for public affairs. “The rankings validate extraordinary discoveries from the UT System’s 14 institutions, which are leading to new cures, better treatment options, new technologies and increased scientific knowledge that make our society better,” UT System Chancellor William McRaven said in the press release. The System’s institutions take a collaborative approach through interdisciplinary research programs, according to LaCoste-Caputo. They focus research on science, medicine, engineering, energy, transportation and business. Through applied and clinical studies, the System produces publications, assists patients and educates more than 217,000 students. “The UT System has some of the greatest minds in the world, and those minds are being put to incredible use,” LaCoste-Caputo said. “Whether it’s fighting cancer, protecting the world from cyberthreats or outsmarting an outbreak, we’ve got the best and the brightest working for us from across the globe.” Transformational research and consistency of patents contribute to the System’s innovational success, according to the press release. ”The System receives a U.S. patent every two days, signs a commercialization agreement every three days and starts a new company every nine days,”
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New policies negotiated by Student Government and University administration will grant legal amnesty to students who dial 911 for emergency medical assistance in cases relating to the ingestion of any illicit substances, according to SG Chief of Staff Taral Patel. Earlier in the current legislative session, Student Government passed A.R. 5, a resolution supporting the expansion of the University’s existing alcohol amnesty program, which forgives students for drinking alcohol before the legal age of
21 if caught while procuring or assisting a student procure emergency medical services for alcohol-related crises. Instead of facing official charges for the underage consumption of alcohol, students are directed to Student Judicial Services for counseling under the amnesty policy, according to the University Health Services website. Under the expanded program, students who call for medical assistance relating to the use of any illegal substance will also have the amnesty program available, Patel, a neurobiology and government
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People walk by St. Austin’s Catholic Church on Guadalupe Street on Tuesday afternoon. The 63-year-old building will be undergo practical, safety-related renovations in the coming year.
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St. Austin Catholic Parish, located on Guadalupe Street across from the University, will undergo a $3,750,000 renovation beginning in spring of 2016 to address safety concerns. The metal clips that hold the limestone blocks onto the front façade of the church have rusted and expanded, an issue which will eventually cause pieces of stone to fall from the front of the building onto the sidewalk, head pastor Father Charles Kullmann said. “We needed to address this structural issue more than the cosmetic issues,” Kullmann
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said. “The church needs to renovate for safety. We certainly don’t want any unsafe conditions on our church campus.”
Kullmann said fundraising for the project was successful because of the parish’s dedicated staff and the plainly evident need for renovation.
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sponsored programs. LaCoste-Caputo said the UT System plans to continue producing patents and promoting innovation as a leader in many fields. “We will continue to transfer groundbreaking discoveries in the laboratory into the marketplace for commercial use,” LaCoste-Caputo said. pushing for this policy change has been reducing students’ hesitation to contact law enforcement in medically dangerous situations, said Stephanie Hamborsky, president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Plan II and biology senior. “We felt that the exclusion to alcohol actually perpetuated stigma, because it kind of insinuated that it’s okay, that alcohol poisoning is a natural part of the college experience, but if cocaine or heroine or anything else is involved, then that’s not a part of the college experience, so we wanted to expand it to make people feel more comfortable about calling law enforcement when those situations exist,” Hamborsky, coauthor of the resolution, said. Patel said the students leading the implementation of the resolution have reached out to several University agencies and have met tremendous support. “We had various meetings with the University of Texas Police Department, Dean of Students, Student Judicial Services, UT Legal and University Health Services, and every single partner was incredibly supportive and wants to make it happen,” Patel said. Sherry Bell, UHS Consumer Education and Outreach Coordinator, said UHS would help promote the expanded and comprehensive amnesty program to promote student safety. No other public universities in Texas have implemented similar good Samaritan policies, Patel said. UT-Austin’s efforts to implement such a policy add to the University’s legacy of leadership in student safety issues. “There are schools in Texas that have already employed drug amnesty policies, but they are all private,” Patel said. “A good argument against that is that UT-Austin is usually in the leadership of safety procedures in public universities in a lot of aspects. If it’s something that we tackle, a lot of universities will, in turn, also start looking at it.”
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Morris said. “The hope is that our church will be more attractive,” Morris said. “Some of the cosmetic portions of the renovation are driven by necessity. A small part is elective but wise to undertake while the project is under construction.” The renovation is also an opportunity to draw more student attention to the church, according to finance senior Allison Young, who is a parishioner. “As with any construction project, many people will be curious as to what is going on,” Young said. “More people in the Austin community may recognize that the church is
there.” Kullmann also recognizes the need to increase the presence of the church on Guadalupe Street and in the University community. “We would like our church building to more boldly proclaim our presence on the Drag, give a more welcoming and positive appearance and add to the attractiveness of our neighborhood,” Kullmann said. “We are a welcoming congregation and want to look like it. Our renovation of our 63-year-old building will not only make it more appealing and attractive but visually assert the dynamism of faith today in this community.”
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Coding Commons teaches students technical skills By Jameson Pitts @jamesonpitts
In a distant computer lab, after classes have ended and the doors to the building are locked, a small group of students hunch over their monitors — together, they’re learning to code. Coding Commons gives students a space to learn technical computer skills from each other and experts while working together on projects for professional development. Wednesday’s meeting hosted students from a cross section of UT disciplines, including graduate students, a biology student whose dream job is at Google and aerospace engineering freshman Jose Guillen. “I talked to SpaceX at [the
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under review by each campuses’ working group, but said there could be some delays before the survey is released. “It will be a web-based survey, so there are some logistics about how to get it out to students and how they will be able to respond,” Busch-Armendariz said. “With all research that involves the engagement of human beings, we go through strict, human-subject gnizesinstitutional review boards, pres-and we are submitting our apuada-plication before launching any niver-of the surveys.”
hurch pro- CAMPUS n the ming e and ss of mann By Forrest Milburn ming @forrestmilburn o look f our Researcher Jason John Paul l not Haskins advocated the saving of ealing St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutherly as- an Church as one of Austin’s th to- mid-20th century masterpieces during a lecture Wednesday at the School of Architecture. The lecture from Haskins, a liturgical architecture researcher, came after the church announced in August it was considering seeking a demolition permit while the property’s appraisal value is assessed. “The response to the announcement that the church was considering filing for a demolition permit can only be described as incredulous,” Haskins said. Haskins’ lecture was a part of the Goldsmith Talks, an openformat series that invites speakers outside of the scope of the school’s main lecture series, according to the school’s website. “Jason’s just one of those guys that went with an idea of something he was interested in and zoomed in and learned everything he could about it,” architecture professor Larry Speck said. “When the issue came up about St. Martin’s, [his expertise] made him the perfect spokesperson for the value of this important piece of architecture.” Haskins argued the church’s
engineering career] expo, and they were saying they want you to know multiple languages,” Guillen said. “I have absolutely no experience, so I just want to get that head start before everyone else.” The program is hosted by the UT chapter of the Association of Information Science and Technology, a student organization housed within the School of Information. Sandra Sweat, School of Information graduate student and co-director of the organization, said each Coding Commons session offers a new challenge for students to work on cooperatively, while bringing in resources and experts to help. Projects range from using the command line to reassembling a laptop. The last major part of the study will survey a cohort of UT-Austin undergraduate students to examine perceptions of sexual assault over their time at UT. “What we proposed to do is study a set of students throughout their four-year college career and find out what their experience is around this issue,” James Kellison, associate director of the UT Bureau of Business Research, said. “We will be able to go back to a subset of students and follow them … to find out about sexual assault [and] sexual violence on campus and what their experience was on campus.”
“It’s based on the idea of a learning commons where everybody is learning together,” Sweat said. “For our more advanced users, this type of space would be for them to work on personal projects and talk out their problems together.” Matt Lease, the faculty advisor for the organization, said the program helps students from all disciplines build computing fluency and make themselves more employable. He said the gender imbalance in the computer science field shows the traditional classroom culture might be off-putting to women, but the Coding Commons group dynamic offers an alternative. Although membership in the club is open to anyone, women occupy all Ellen Cocanougher, one of the students who started the “Not On My Campus” movement at UT to raise awareness about sexual assault prevention, said she is excited to see this response from the University, but students have to step up to address the issue. “This study does have the potential to discover a better reporting process that would greatly benefit survivors of campus sexual assault,” Cocanougher said. “However, ultimately, the epidemic of campus sexual assault will never end until the students come together to end rape culture and support survivors.”
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Kristin Sullivan talks to a group of students about editing and creating Wiki pages during a Coding Commons session Wednesday afternoon.
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the leadership positions of UT ASIS&T and its sister organization, Advocating for Women in Technology. “This is a really wonderful channel for women in particu-
lar to get involved in learning more about these technologies,” Lease said. School of Information graduate student Elizabeth Taylor said she made it a point
to come weekly to supplement her coursework. “There’s an informal and welcoming atmosphere where I feel comfortable asking questions,” Taylor said.
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Panelists criticize US energy plan By Ashley Tsao @tsaoashley
At a panel Wednesday afternoon, a visiting policy analyst dubbed President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan the “Cruel Power Plan” in her critique of the effectiveness of environmental regulation. The event, called “Switch Off Washington,” hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, featured panelists involved in Texas politics. White, director of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment, said Obama’s proposed plan will hurt lower socioeconomic classes the most. “I would like to call it the ‘Cruel Power Plan’ because it will really hurt everyone, especially the low and middle income people in terms of job loss and increasing electricity bills,” White said. According to the White House press office website,
the plan aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the primary greenhouse gas, by 32 percent by 2030. States will develop their own methods to meet the plan requirements. Peggy Venable, panelist and policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity, said that by the Environmental Protection Agency’s own standard, this regulation is unnecessary because it would result in a minimal decrease in world temperatures. UT geosciences professor Robert Dickinson, member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, said regulation is necessary because carbon dioxide puts immense stress on our global system’s future, even though effects may be limited. Dickinson did not attend the event. “Carbon emission has been growing more rapidly in the past decade than it has in the past,” Dickinson said.
“If this continues, we would have to worry about things like Texas being in drought.” Panelist Rep. Charles Anderson (R-Waco) said the federal program should not be forced upon individual states. “This is where we are being hoodwinked,” Anderson said. “We must protect our state sovereignty and see what our state thinks is the best way to go about energy.” Dickinson said the federal government is justified to regulate carbon emissions because no one else will. “The world has already waited 40 years for industry to regulate pollutants, but they haven’t been able to,” Dickinson said. “It would be nice to have an industry that could control things for the benefit of all people, but they don’t seem to have that capability. The U.S. needs to be the leader of the world when it comes to helping the environment.”
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Liturgical architecture researcher John Paul Haskins speaks about the preservation of St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening in Goldsmith Hall.
construction marks a crucial moment in modern architecture throughout the state, although the church does not receive much recognition outside Austin. Haskins also said the church should be designated a historic site because it satisfies two of the city’s five historical site requirements, including the architectural significance requirement with its elevated altars, stained glass windows and the capstone figures on the outside representing the ascension of Jesus Christ. According to Haskins, the church’s acoustics satisfy the community value requirement by adding to the cultural identity of Austin. “As a result of the acoustics,
along with the grand, intimate space, St. Martin’s is a beloved venue for many of Austin’s high-quality performing arts groups,” Haskins said. Haskins said the church congregation will vote in November to decide its future. Architecture freshman Chris Stoll said the lecture convinced him of the church’s significance. “I was kind of surprised that the church leadership was so OK with the church being demolished, and they were almost advocating their fellowship agree with the church being demolished,” Stoll said. “But I’m glad that people have spoken out against that action, and now it’s almost sure that it will stay and still exist.”
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The Texan Talks: Safety and security on the 40 Acres
By Walker Fountain Daily Texan Forum Editor @wf_atx
In the fourth iteration of The Daily Texan Forum, we will discuss campus safety and security. Always a hot-button issue, campus security has been given new urgency with the release of the AAU survey, which showed that nearly one in five undergraduate female respondents had been sexually assaulted since arriving on the 40 Acres. Additionally, a domestic dispute in West Campus in July, which ended in the death of an 18-year-old resident, raised new calls for the University of Texas Police De-
partment to be given increased jurisdiction in West Campus. And this week, a student was bludgeoned over the head and robbed by unidentified assailants just steps from the UT campus. While UT-Austin is generally a safe place for students, recent incidents highlight that more work must be done. This week, we will hear from UTPD Chief David Carter, Associate Vice President for Campus Safety and Security Dr. Bob Harkins, Student Government Chief
of Staff Taral Patel and SURE Walk DirectorDesignate Krishan Sachdev. All four will provide valuable insight into the ongoing work that makes UT a more secure place for all students. Please join the Texan this morning for a moderated discussion in the Texas Union Theater from 11 a.m. to noon as we hear about the crucial work that campus authorities are doing to keep students safe and what more can be done. Fountain is a government senior from Pelham, New York.
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SURE Walk: Taking steps forward By Taral Patel & Krishan Sachdev
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SURE Walk is one of the oldest agencies of Student Government. In fact, it was created even before SG was abolished in the ’80s and came back because of the vital service it provides. In a world where the mainstream media and government leaders are finally picking up the issue of campus sexual violence, former Student Body President Paul Begala (former adviser to President Bill Clinton, CNN commentator and adviser to a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC) started the Students United for Rape Elimination Walk (SURE Walk) service to bring attention to a heavily ignored but vitally important safety issue that still exists on campuses throughout the U.S. and to provide a tangible service. This proactive and preventive thinking by Begala is exactly the kind of thought process we want to employ to make this a great program. With that said, the agency has served many students over the years and still has potential, especially when we as a society are coming together to tackle the issue of sexual assault on campuses. Our goal now is to revamp the agency by addressing its flaws and bringing it into the modern era. We are now working hard to transform and modernize SURE Walk so that it can reach a larger audience, gather data and be an overall better service. The key is technology. We are taking SURE Walk to the next level by introducing mobile technology. Currently, we are exploring various options, such as partnering with the Companion Mobile App, which is a
We are working hard to transform and modernize SURE Walk so it can reach a larger audience, gather data and be an overall better service. The key is technology. state-of-the-art mobile application that allows us to virtually walk with someone to ensure safety, spot their location and call responders in dangerous situations for them. Incorporating this app into our SURE Walk model will increase efficiency, widen our audience and attract more students (especially those who already use transportation apps such as Uber and Lyft). Having an agency to help with student safety is incredibly important, and by shifting toward a technology-based platform, we hope to reach even more students than before. There are many additional benefits of using the app as opposed to only student volunteer walkers. More people can be walked at one time since only one volunteer is necessary per walk on the application, and the volunteer can remain on the line until the individual feels perfectly safe, whether that means the student is at the apartment unit door or inside. Being able to have UTPD as a mediator safeguards quick response time. “I believe in progressive change,” Begala said. “That means I want a movement, not a monument. The SURE model we created
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Taral Patel, Student Government Chief of Staff, and Krishan Sachdev, SURE Walk Director-Designate hope to revolutionize the SURE Walk program by incorporating new-age technologies.
predated cellphones and social media. It worked great in the ’80s, but that’s no reason to remain stuck in the past. Longhorns are smart and adaptive and forward-thinking. I am proud y’all are updating and upgrading SURE while retaining the goal of completely eliminating all forms of sexual assault from our campus community.” We are working tirelessly to choose the most optimal path for the agency, but one thing is clear — that technology adaptation is imperative. We are moving forward
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UTPD Chief: “Protecting those who will change the world”
By David Carter
Daily Texan Forum Participant
I have been asked by The Daily Texan to share my thoughts from a police perspective as to what has changed during my tenure as Chief of Police and to talk about recent challenges. First and foremost, The University of Texas at Austin remains a vital, safe and encouraging place to learn and work. The University is clearly growing rapidly with the addition of many evolving programs, including the Dell Medical School. At the same time, the greater metropolitan area around us continues to attract some 160 people a day. Such rapid growth and change can present challenges to police. This past summer, as you are aware, we received a number of complaints about both the conditions and behavioral activity west of campus. The summer saw a marked increase in the homeless population frequenting the surrounding area, many of which were thought to have migrated from the downtown area and other cities. A particular challenge that went beyond the visible “quality of life” concerns involved a somewhat dramatic uptick in the use of synthetic marijuana (K-2). We shared your concerns with the City of Austin and have sought to partner with them where it is feasible. UTPD officers working collaboratively with APD, as well as with those serving the homeless community, quickly grasped the devastating effects K-2 has on individuals and the impact to the areas surrounding campus. Local media has reported on the number of homeless individuals who have been transported to hospitals with sometimes life-threatening symptoms and the concern of
antisocial and/or delusional behaviors. In recent weeks, both UTPD and APD have made arrests of persons coming into nearby off-campus areas with intent to sell the dangerous drug. Following those arrests, anecdotal reports by officers and others indicate a drop in the availability of the dangerous substance. I certainly hope the decreasing trend continues, but we will need to remain vigilant. I wish to thank those of you who have reached out to our officers when you observed something amiss. Whether it was an off-campus issue when you see people acting in a threatening manner (related to above) or whether someone you know has had too much to drink and may be at risk of sexual assault or in medical distress, we appreciate the calls. As the UT-Austin “Be Vocal” and the joint UTPD/APD “Be Safe” campaigns urge, when you see something of concern, make a call. Collectively, we have a real opportunity to affect our world for the better. Additionally, your interactions with us when we are not on a call for service are truly appreciated. We are not unaware or immune to the national political discussion on the legitimacy of police in today’s society and the important discussions about police “use of force” or the interaction with communities of color. While the rhetoric has been, at times, troubling, we remain steadfast in our mission to keep our campus community safe and to achieve our vision “to be respected and trusted by all segments of UT’s diverse community.” The entire UT-Austin community deserves nothing less. Clearly the police have not achieved that vision across all communities, but I am confident that with your support, honest dialogue and interaction with officers at times when we are “off call,” we will continually get closer. The UTPD motto is “protecting those who will change the world.” Please continue to “be vocal” and “be safe,” and you will change our world. David Carter is the Chief of UTPD.
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in gathering information, meeting campus partners and increasing discussion on how to bring the agency into the 21st century so that it can serve students in the most effective and efficient manner. Let’s make campus a more comfortable, welcoming and safer place for all. Patel is a neurobiology and government senior from Katy. He is the Student Government chief of staff. Sachdev is a philosophy sophomore from Laredo. He is the SURE Walk director-designate.
THE TEXAN TALKS Join us in the Texas Union Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. for a panel discussion of campus safety and security. FORUM
Safety is a community responsibility
By Bob Harkins
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The University of Texas at Austin takes campus safety and security very seriously. We have created an entire department for this purpose. But in reality, campus safety and security is the responsibility of every member of the campus community. The University has developed a significant system to provide a safe and secure environment. We have 67 fully commissioned police officers that protect the campus. We have a wide range of communication systems to notify and alert the campus community. These systems include a text messaging system, University-wide email, a siren alert system, Reverse 911, emergency alert communications in many buildings and links to social media, to name a few. We will get important safety and security information to you. We will notify you if there is a threat to campus. But understand that this is, in reality, a city of 70,000 residents. There are events occurring on campus every day that require first responders to react, but not all are a threat to campus. Trust that we will handle each event individually and relay to you important information. What we would like to emphasize is that
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you are the most critical and vital link to campus safety and security. We rely on you to alert us when you see something suspicious, and we encourage you to take responsibility for being aware of your surroundings and protecting yourself and your belongings as you can. We have developed a Be Safe website that everyone should visit and take to heart. The tips page is very important to campus safety and security. Avoid walking alone. Walk in pairs or groups. Lock-Take-Hide: Lock your vehicle, take your belongings with you and hide contents in your car. ALWAYS lock your apartment/home/ dorm room, even if you are only leaving for a few minutes. Lock your door when you are home. CALL 911 ANYWHERE if you: See or experience anything that appears to be a threat to you or others. See an act of violence or anyone in jeopardy. Are verbally harassed or assaulted. Need an officer for any reason. CALL 311 if you are off campus and see: A broken window/crumbling sidewalk/human waste on the sidewalk or alley/structural damage/graffiti. Water leaking or broken pipes/sprinklers. Instead of giving money to strangers, give to charities who assist those in need. Campus safety and security is everyone’s job and business. Join us in keeping UTAustin safe and secure. Be safe out there, Longhorns! Harkins is the Associate Vice President for Campus Safety and Security.
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MEMORY continues from page 8 In “How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis,” N. Katherine Hayles uses the established term “technogenesis” to refer to the coevolution of people and technology. She includes several examples of ways in which digital media has produced changes in peoples’ cognitive processes. For example, just as people rely on writing to remember the correct spellings of words, Hayles identifies what information they retrieve from their mobile devices instead of their memories, such as telephone numbers. The amount and the accessibility of online reading sources has also produced a new kind of nonlinear reading. Hyper reading is a screen-based and computer-assisted kind of reading that allows readers to browse and select small pieces of information from large amount of texts. According to Hayles, hyper reading is a strategic response to today’s information-intensive environment. It employs strategies such as skimming and scanning texts, instead of reading them whole. A study in 2006 by Jakob Nielsen found that people usually read web pages in
an “F” pattern. A person reads the first two lines of text across the page, but as their eyes travel down the screen, the scanned length gets smaller. By the time readers reach the bottom of the page, the eye is traveling in a vertical line along the text’s left margin. Studies have shown that these new, digital reading patterns can repurpose neural circuits in the brain. Gary Small, director of UCLA’s Memory and Aging Research Center, performed a series of experiments on digitally naïve subjects. Their brain activity showed changes after being exposed to a web search exercise, and researchers attributed these differences to new, neural pathways encouraged by web searching. The library system at UT has become increasingly attune to student’s digital habits and needs, investing in the collection of research journals within the digital realm and digitizing much of its physical collection. UT Libraries communications officer Travis Willmann said, while physical resources have maintained a consistent check-out rate over the past few years, access to online resources has notably increased.
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“finish up the alcohol” riddled the last few steps of Russell’s guide. He tried to calm students with concerns about possible alcohol-induced health issues, saying, “Doctors say that alcohol kills brain cells. I don’t believe them.” Almost 30 years later, game-day culture has changed — but not by much. Many students still see alcohol as a gameday necessity. Ben Whitaker, science and technology management sophomore said he and his friends drink on game days before kickoff in celebration of being Longhorns. “Game day, for me, consists of shotgunning cold beer with all my buddies before the game,” Whitaker said. Tailgating plays a prominent role in fans’ gameday rituals. Whitaker said students typically drink before the game begins instead of knocking back fifths inside the stadium. “No one I know really drinks at the actual game,” Whitaker said. “It all happens at the tailgates.” Although Russell argued alcohol was essential for football games, psychology freshman Hannah Janke said alcohol is necessary to enjoy
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No. 2 Texas defeated unranked TCU in straight sets Wednesday in its Big 12 Conference opener at Gregory Gymmnasium. Texas is now 11-1 and on pace to claiming a fifth-straight conference title. “We’re excited to start Big 12 play,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “TCU is a formidable team and give credit to [it] for battling us, but I liked our team’s demeanor and the way we battled back.” The Longhorns started set one well, but miscommunication between passers
shifted the momentum in TCU’s favor. Several attack errors from the Horned Frogs sparked a 6-0 run for Texas, and the Longhorns took control of the set from there. TCU saved three set points, but Texas clinched the opening frame, 25-19. Junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame led Texas’ offense with six kills and a .857 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Amy Neal added five kills and a service ace. TCU came out strong in the next set, taking a 4-0 lead, forcing Texas to call a timeout early. The Long-
horns then put together a scoring run of their own before swapping points with TCU through the middle part of the set. The second set went at a slower pace than Texas is accustomed to, which was evident in its defense. Weak passes led to weak hits, allowing TCU to push long rallies and keep the set close. Texas pushed the pace late in the set to earn the victory, 25-21, after nine ties and five lead changes. Junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu had six kills in the second set to lead Texas offensively. Senior middle blocker Mol-
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ly McCage and sophomore middle blocker Mirta Baselovic both recorded three blocks, while sophomore libero Cat McCoy notched five digs. “We got into a little funk,” Cerame said. “You have to be able to cut it off and stay focused, and we were able to get out so that was good.” Texas jumped out to an early lead in the third set behind big swings from Neal and McCage but couldn’t keep the tempo up. A few net violations — namely attack and ball handling errors — by Texas allowed TCU to string together a 6-0 run and take
the lead, 15-14. Uncalled ball-handling errors by TCU brought the crowd to life, and Texas rallied behind that emotion to get to match point. The Horned Frogs fought back and saved four match points, but Texas came out victorious, 29-27. “For us to be in that situation is sometimes nice,” Elliott said. “You see what your team is made of, and overall we were very efficient and able to establish the game.” The Longhorns’ next match will be against unranked West Virginia on Friday in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Despite serving the University for just 22 months, former athletic director Steve Patterson made a vital impact on Texas athletics in the hires of Charlie Strong and Shaka Smart.
Patterson’s legacy will mean more than on-field records By Bridget Bonasoro Daily Texan Columnist @bridgetbonasoro
The University of Texas Board of Regents will agree Thursday on a settlement for former athletic director Steve Patterson’s contract. Patterson irritated both boosters and fans through ticket price increases, poor communication skills and erroneous news of charging opposing teams’ bands. Despite this admittedly poor record, Patterson will still leave behind a legacy for hiring football head coach Charlie Strong and men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart — major milestones for Texas athletics. Although the Supreme Court ruled in 1950 that African-Americans could be admitted to the University, it took close to 20 years for Longhorn athletics to integrate. The
refusal to integrate served as a point of pride at one juncture for many in the Longhorn community — with the celebrated 1969 Texas football team as the last allwhite football team to win a national championship. That history is why Patterson’s hiring of Strong and Smart is so remarkable. With these hirings, Strong and Smart became the first and second African-American head coaches of any men’s sport in the University’s history. Hiring Strong was an example of equal opportunity in a sport where that isn’t always the case. Just three years ago, only 15 of the 124 Division I-A college football schools had African-American coaches. That number is in stark contrast to the racial makeup of college football players throughout the nation, over half of which are African-American.
For college basketball, the employment of Smart is less revolutionary, yet still vastly impactful. In Division I men’s basketball, African-Americans accounted for 57.2 percent of student-athletes, but only 18.6 percent of all head coaches, according to the NCAA. Diversity and equal opportunity are not boxes that you can check on a list of virtues. They are goals that must be continually met in order to ensure that fairness and equality are won. At the University of Texas, changing the world can’t happen by simply following in our own footsteps. Patterson made headlines when he hired Strong and Smart. But a racially contentious past and present empowered Patterson to not only make headlines, but demonstrate that the University’s past will not control its future.
Jordan Spieth took a different preparation approach before the British Open. After winning the Masters and U.S. Open, Spieth used a golf simulator to help prepare for St. Andrews, a course he had only played once before. This technology has found its way into the game of golf as a way for players such as Spieth to prepare. Although golfers have always had old-fashioned ways to improve their game, programs that show where problem areas lie can help golfers correct their form faster. Now, a company with an Austin presence is helping to further that technology. GolfTEC, a company with two locations in Austin, uses patented technology that incorporates both video and data to give feedback instantaneously. “We measure how your body tilts, turns and bends in three dimensions,” GolfTEC coach Robert Graves said. “And we have two-way video so you can see exactly what you’re doing right and what we need to work on.” Graves, a graduate of UT and a certified PGA professional, has worked at GolfTEC for the last two years. “The ability for people to come in here and practice with technology is huge,” Graves said. “The National Golf Association shows that people
who learn from watching themselves learn three times as fast.” Most clients start out with an evaluation to monitor their swing. A device goes around the shoulders and waist, collecting data on how the body moves as the club is swung. The many cameras in the room capture every movement and display the video in comparison to videos of PGA players. “Instead of hitting a ball out on the range and being like, ‘What’d I do right, coach?’, you can play back your video and know exactly what went right or wrong,” Graves said. Although GolfTEC offers technology as the main selling point, Graves said the privacy is equally appealing. “You can hit your worst shot in here, and it’s just me and you.” Graves said. “You don’t have to worry about your neighbor or fellow club member saying, ‘Did you see so-andso shake one?’” Paul Thar, a franchise owner of GolfTEC, said the business sees people from all sorts of backgrounds and experiences. For players of varying abilities and levels of expereince, Thar believes that services such as GolfTEC are integral to the future of the game. “Technology is here to stay in the golf business, just like anything else in life,” Graves said. “If you’re not using it, then you’re going to be falling behind.”
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The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game in Ebbets Field prior to their move to Los Angeles, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Men’s Tennis to compete in California
The Longhorns will send a four-man squad to represent Texas Friday at the 15th annual Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic in St. Helena, California. This preseason tournament will include 32 players who will compete in round-robin singles and doubles competition. Five other collegiate tennis programs, Baylor, California, Florida, Princeton and Stanford, as well as the USTA juniors, will be competing in the event. The winner of the tournament will receive a wildcard entry into a professional Intercollegiate Tennis Association event. Since the tournament began in 2001, it has expanded to include not only collegiate athletes but also national junior teams. This year, 24 college athletes will take part in the event, and for the sixth-straight year, eight USTA juniors will also play in competition. Match play begins Friday and ends Sunday, when a winner will be crowned. —Alana Kaufman
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Digital media modifies memory processing
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Working on screens may not be killing students’ brain cells, but it’s definitely affecting the way they process information. Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan famously proposed that all technology is an extension of our bodies — he said wheels are more efficient versions of feet for long-distance travel, and writing is a more reliable version of memory for record-keeping. For instance, some people keep an agenda instead of memorizing their monthly to-do list. Similarly, researchers in cognitive science have recognized the role external technologies play in enhancing the brain’s performance. Scientists Andy Clark and David Chalmers published a paper in 1998 describing peoples’ tendency to use their environment to perform work that would
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otherwise be difficult, such as using a pen and paper to perform complex mathematical equations. However, just as people shape the tools they use to complete certain tasks, these tools modify their cognitive abilities.
In the 1970s, linguists Jack Goody and Walter Ong argued that a culture’s scope of knowledge increased with the ability to produce written records — but they were wrong. According to Anthony Webster, UT
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Student creates bucket lists to inspire action, adventure At the start of September, marketing senior Alex Wagman put 143 marbles in a jar to represent the number of Saturdays he has left before graduation. Each Saturday, he takes one out and puts it in his pocket to remind him of his pre-graduation goals. “Bucket lists are just another name for goals, and without high goals, there aren’t high standards,” Wagman said. “I think it’s important to have bucket lists with deadlines. The marbles in my pocket remind me of how important it is to make sure every day has a little adventure in it.” When Wagman was 11 years old, he learned what a bucket list was and wrote his own in a journal. After rediscovering the journal years later, he decided to start his bucket list blog. Since then, he has been bungee jumping and skydiving, brewed his own beer and rolled his own cigars. His favorite item on the list led to a near-death experience when he entered a bull riding competition with no experience. “It was the most terrifying and stupid thing I’ve done,” Wagman said. “I got trampled by the bull and it charged me. It was chaos, but it was a good memory.” Quarto Publishing found Wagman’s blog, and the company asked him to put
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memorize,” Webster said. “But I still memorize lines of poems, and people still memorize the lyrics to songs and quoted dialogue from movies.”
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Alex Wagman is the creator of the “The Bucket List” blog. He published a book titled the “Bucket List Journal” that encourages people travel and work towards their goals.
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engaged in literary practices, though, have impaired capacities for memorization, because writing has made it unnecessary. “Literacy may have had an impact on the amount of information that we
his thoughts into a book. Wagman then wrote a 127page book called “Bucket List Journal,” released Feb. 17. “The book and blog are for people who have dreams but don’t know where to start or think that they are too young,” Wagman said. “I’m all about going out there and finding inspiration, but I want people to have easy access to that. I hope to be that spark of motivation, that daily dose of inspiration so that people get into a habit of living adventurously.” Wagman’s book includes short narratives, bucket lists and blank spaces where readers can insert their own goals. Advertising junior Julia Waicberg, who bought the book shortly after discovering Wagman’s blog, said her favorite activity in the book encouraged readers to write down past events in their life that are bucketlist worthy. “Typically, bucket lists [entail] making lists of what we want to do, but we never look back,” Waicberg said. “By looking back we can realize the importance of experiences we had and feel accomplished.” Mechanical engineering junior Katherine Allen said Wagner’s daily bucket list focuses on doing little things on a day-to-day basis like meeting someone new. “A lot of people are caught up in bucket lists being grand, but it doesn’t have to
be,” Allen said. “[Wagman] is good at living in the moment but also remembering the past and looking to the future.” Now, Wagman plans to help other students achieve their travel goals through his new, online company Active Adventures Abroad, which launches Oct. 5. The online company offers personalized travel itineraries to students. Users spend about 10 minutes answering a series of 15 questions so the company can generate a plan for their trips based off their responses. “This is like a personal guidebook with no excess information,” Wagman said. “I think it’s a revolutionary business because it’s personalized. It lets me figure you out first, find out what you’re interested in and then build something that is specifically for you.” Wagman said he is a strong believer that traveling and being exposed to various cultures are important. He desires to not only write stories, but to live one. He urges people to make a habit of being adventurous. “I feel like you have a better chance at living life adventurously if it’s constant doses of motivation and inspiration, as opposed to one inspirational event,” Wagman said. “The act of doing adventurous things reminds us of how great that is and becomes a cycle that you can’t get out of.”
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“Win or lose, we still booze” can be heard throughout campus on game day. Having a few drinks before games has always been common practice around the UT campus, so when UT’s under-21 students lost their drinking privilege in 1986, Daily Texan reporter John Russell was quick to fire back. “Only a drunkard can enjoy a night of Longhorn football,” Russell said.
Since the drinking age changed from 18 to 21 in Texas during the fall of 1986, UT students have managed to sidestep campus laws and acquire alcohol before every home football game. In his article, Russell responded to a threat by campus police to “crack down on alcohol use” by newly declared minors at Texas football games, stating he and fellow students would “get as thrashed” as usual. Russell then offered his fellow underage drinkers a guide on how to drunkenly enjoy some Texas football. “Step one: buy a fifth of Jack Daniels for every person going with you,” Russell said. “You’re college students. One day you will have to solve problems in the real world, and if you can’t figure out how to sneak a fifth of whiskey past those decrepit old guys who tear tickets,
then the future of this country is seriously bleak.” Russell acknowledged the new drinking age might pose a challenge for students under 21 trying to buy liquor, so he offered a solution. “Easy enough, the oldestlooking one in your group should march right into any local liquor store and act like he owns the place,” Russell said. Furthermore, he advised students to enter Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium five minutes late after “knocking back a sixpack of suds before kickoff.” He also made sure to remind students to be as loud and obnoxious as possible while locating their seats. Tips including “drink heavily,” “cheer your ass off,” “stand by your team while you scream for blood” and
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