The Daily Texan 2015-10-02

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ADMINISTRATION

UT releases 2015 enrollment data By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60

Following the 12th class day, data shows little changes amongst the percentages of minorities and ethnicities on campus. Joey Williams, communications coordinator for the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, said this information is

preliminary and will be finalized by the end of the month. The Office of Institutional Reporting, Research, and Information Systems at UT is completing the data that will be published in the annual statistical handbook and on their website. Despite growth of Hispanic and African-American students from this year’s freshman class, the overall count

has not shown much growth. From the information the University has currently gathered, the total percentage of Hispanics increased to 19.5 percent and African-Americans increased to 3.9 percent. This percentage only comes out to a total increase of 114 Hispanics and 34 African-Americans from last year’s numbers.

The new data shows 45.1 percent of the student body is white. This is about a two percent decline from the year 2014 and a loss of 1,075 students. Gregory Vincent, vice president for the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at the University, said improving diversity is still an important goal for UT

President Gregory Fenves. As part of this improvement, Vincent said continuing the University’s goal of diversity, UT must continue to prevent minority students from feeling isolated. “What we have shared is that while there has been progress made, there is still

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CAMPUS

Campus carry supporters, opponents converge By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab

Two rallies converged in the West Mall area on Thursday, vocalizing differing opinions on campus carry legislation that was passed by the Texas Senate in May. The originally planned rally, organized by Gun-Free UT, featured students, professors and parents who voiced their opposition to the bill, which will allow for the concealed carry of guns on campus. Procampus carry advocates held a counter-rally in order to show their support for the bill. Two people not affiliated with UT were arrested during the rally, one for resisting arrest and criminal trespassing, and the other for criminal trespassing. The two protesters arrested were a part of the pro-campus carry counter rally and were trespassing on Gun-Free UT’s reserved rally space, according to UTPD. One hundred and sixtythree UT professors oppose campus carry legislation and will refuse to have it enacted in their classroom, according to a petition started by a UT professor. Gun-Free UT hopes to influence change though their rally by making sure their voices are heard by administrators and legislators who could

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Gun-Free UT and UT faculty protest a rally held in oppostion to campus carry legislation at the Main Mall on Thursday afternoon. One hundred and sixty-three UT professors have signed a petition stating their refusal to allow guns in their classrooms.

influence legislation, said Bryan Jones, a government professor who spoke at the rally. “You can’t have freedom of speech where people might have guns in the classroom. It scares students from saying this in government class that they

would say otherwise,” Jones said. “I know faculty members — I’m one of them — who would not have come to the University of Texas had this been in place before.” Coincidentally, the rally occurred the same morning as

a shooting that left 10 people dead at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, which allows for those with concealed carry licenses to carry weapons on campus. Young Conservatives of Texas members and College

CAMPUS

Republicans members also made their presence known at the rally in order to support campus carry, said Allison Peregory, chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas

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CITY

Austin to shift traffic services for ACL festival By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo

Bicycling is the easiest way to get to and from Austin City Limits Music Festival though the crowded downtown area, according to ACL’s website. The festival will take place Oct. 2–4 and Oct. 9–11 on a portion of Zilker Metropolitan Park. ACL Music Festival is the most attended event in Austin via ticket sales with an attendance of 450,000 people in 2014, according to the Austin Business Journal. ACL Music Festival attendees should ride the free festival shuttle or bike to the event, but they should not drive to the park since there will be no available public parking at Zilker and extensive restricted parking areas in outlying areas will be enforced, according to an Austin Parks and Recreation Department press release. Bike racks will be available outside of the festival entrances. No matter how festival attendees choose to commute downtown, ACL Music Festival’s website recommends attendees take advantage of the free shuttle provided by Capital Metro to and from the festival. The shuttle will leave from Republic Square on 4th Street and Guadalupe Street and will drop attendees off at the Barton Springs Road entrance, and runs from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day of the festival, according to ACL’s website. Festival attendees can get dropped off directly at

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CITY

UT Facebook page popular for ACL scalpers Austin Public Library

to charge non-residents

By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab

By Lauren Florence

As the Austin City Limits Music Festival approaches, students are turning to the Internet to resell their tickets and passes for prices often greater than the original amount. A popular place for students to sell or make a profit from their ACL tickets is the UT Buy/Sell/Trade/ Free page, which is a Facebook page created for students to buy, sell and trade any items with other students. Original ACL ticket prices range from $100 one-day passes to $250 three-day passes. According to the ACL website, fans are discouraged from buying tickets and wristbands from online websites in order to ensure costumers do not accidentally purchase already used or counterfeit items.

Although it is suggested that buyers use websites like aclfestival.com and frontgatetickets.com to purchase tickets, using secondhand sites is still allowed,

according to ACL spokesperson Sandee Fenton. “The resale of tickets is legal in the state of Texas,” Fenton said. Despite what is

suggested on the ACL website, students still go to the UT Buy/Sell/Trade/Free page because they feel it is a

NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

LIFE&ARTS

ONLINE

Black Lives Matter activist speak at panel. PAGE 3

Students are responsible for preventing bike theft. PAGE 4

Longhorns ready for grudge match against TCU. PAGE 7

UT freshman nominated “Mayor of ACL.” PAGE 8

Lance Armstrong speaks on past success, mistakes. PAGE 3

Trigger warnings shouldn’t discourage censhorship. PAGE 4

Texas continues its pursuit of a fifth-straight Big 12 title. PAGE 7

Texan staffers discuss ACL tips and recommendations. PAGE 8

For update to date coverage of ACL Music Festival all weekend long check out

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Illustration by Rachel Tyler | Daily Texan Staff

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Out-of-state students and students who are not originally from Austin will have to pay a fee to obtain a public library card after the Austin Public Library instituted a non-resident fee Thursday. Austin Public Library decided to charge non-residents a fee after the Texas State Library stopped funding the libraries this past year. Since 2009, state funding had allowed Austin Public Library to waive the fee for people who live outside of Austin. Non-resident students can still receive a public library card if they bring in proof of residence, such as a lease, new insurance or

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a utility bill. Non-resident library cards will cost visitors $120 annually or $35 quarterly for full access to all physical materials and the virtual library. The priority of books and other library resources should go to Austin residents, according to Toni Grasso, Austin Public Library Office of Programs and Partnerships administrative manager. Grasso said even people from countries such as France have Austin Public Library cards since Austin is such an international city. “We want the priority [for Austin Public Library access] to go to Austin residents,” Grasso said. Most libraries charge a non-resident fee,

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