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UT engineers improve wearables production By Kahlil Said @kahelo
Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new method to produce disposable health patches that monitor the wearer’s vital signs. The new method will reduce creation process time and increase efficiency of production, according to researchers who developed the technology. Nanshu Lu, assistant professor of the Cockrell School of Engineering led the group in their effort to construct these disposable health monitoring devices. These health patches have the ability to pick up and transmit a person’s hydration, heart rate, muscle movement, mental activity and body temperature. The team’s manufacturing method aims to mass produce the patches — designed to be used once and discarded — and incorporate them into
epidermal electronics. “One of the most attractive aspects of epidermal electronics is their ability to be disposable,” Lu said. “If you can make them inexpensively, then people will be able to use them more frequently.” The breakthrough method is a “cut and paste” method that reduces production time from a few days to less than half an hour. Lu said the researchers hope the new production method will replace existing practices. Wayne Penebaker, first-year law student, said patenting the product and its manufacturing process is necessary to protect the idea. “As the invention catches more attention and publicity, others might be tempted to invent a similar product,” Penebaker said. “By having a patent done, the group can focus on forwarding the project without having to worry about
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UTPD monitors Drag for K2 usage By Forrest Milburn @forrestmilburn
Besides seeing a man on K2 strip down and begin to masturbate in front of customers and her, that particular June day was otherwise a normal day at 7-Eleven for cashier ViVi Hernandez. Since a recent spike in the use of K2, a form of synthetic marijuana, in Austin, UTPD has instructed officers to patrol farther into West Campus to better monitor the homeless community. According to UTPD officer Peter Scheets, this increase in drug usage affected the mental health of many members of the Austin homeless community. “We’re problem solvers, so if we see a person who’s having an issue, we try to find out what the problem is and then get resources for them if they want it,” Scheets said. “That includes taking them into psychiatric services. … We’ve arrested most of them that’ve been bringing the K2 around here in an effort to make it
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After a spike in the use of K2, UTPD has instructed officers to patrol farther into West Campus to better monitor the homeless community.
safer for everyone out here.” K2 affects users by heightening their senses, causing fits of aggressiveness, paranoia and hallucinations, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Hernandez said her encounter at 7-Eleven this
summer was one example of the recent incidents caused by an increase in the use of K2 on the Drag. “I was creeped out,” Hernandez said. “I couldn’t see what he was doing, I saw him just standing there looking
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Austin’s economy is the fastest growing out of large cities in the U.S., according to a report released last week. UT gives students access to diverse career possibilities in the strong Austin economy, while simultaneously accelerating the economy by attracting and placing talent, according to Jill Gonzalez, spokeswoman and analyst for WalletHub, the financial service behind the city rankings. Gonzalez said Austin’s strengths in many different industries mean students enrolled in a wide range of majors can find a job after graduation. “First of all, it’s a huge tech hub, and also a very big health care hub, especially where tech is concerned,” Gonzalez said. “And thirdly, it has this huge creative sector and has really taken charge of this festival economy.” Of nearly half a million
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This type of studentfaculty interaction is what brings about great things from students, like this health patch. —Daniel Jeffries, Biology sophomore
progression of the product. “Developing a new method to maximize efficiency and cut out the wastefulness of the old method will help the team of engineers go forward with this project,” Jeffries said.
dences like the 7-Eleven case were common throughout the summer. Sherman, who has struggled with narcotics, said he has a heart for people with mental illness who are on the streets, but he said he wishes the City provided more services for drug rehabilitation. “I’ve lost friends to hard drugs … I’ve seen the bad sides of it, and I think those people need to be willing to help themselves if they want help from others,” Sherman said. Sarah Cordill, a nutrition and public health senior, said she and some friends have
experienced the aggressive behavior associated with K2 while walking along the Drag. “I live just a couple streets off campus, in between MLK and 22 1/2 Street, and I get scared walking home if I stay at the library too late,” Cordill said. Donny Cobb, who said he has resided on the Drag with his daughter since October 2014, said he has witnessed the drug’s addictive nature affect someone close to him. “I see a lot of people losing their lives out here,” Cobb said. “In the short time they’re out here, they get started on the K2, and it’s so addictive. People are getting really sick from it.
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UT struggles with cricket crisis By Catherine Marfin @catheeerineee
They fly around the courtyards, near bus stops, through classrooms and in dorms. With Austin’s hot, dry summer cooling into a brisk fall, these six-legged creatures lurk around every corner. The increasing number of crickets on campus has been unsettling students and faculty throughout UT. “Normally, I just see them outside, hopping around on the sidewalks,” physics freshman Zel Hurewitz said. “But last week, there were crickets in the sink of the communal bathroom in Brackenridge two nights in a row. The building is really old. I guess some just found their way into the building through the cracks.” Crickets can been seen by the dozens in outdoor areas across campus. As
the cricket population seems to increase, many students and faculty have begged the question: What can possibly be done about these pests? According to John Burns, landscape manager for UT, the University deals with pests on a caseby-case basis. “We mostly deal with ants, rats and roaches, but not so much crickets,” Burns said. “Students and faculty can bring concerns to the call center, and from there we go to the individual sites on campus and set out lowtoxic bait for the pests. Large infestations aren’t usually a problem.” Realistically, there is not much University pest control can do in the way of cricket extermination, according to Burns. “We do have a product that can kill crickets, but in the end, it would probably
We mostly deal with ants, rats and roaches, but not so much crickets. Students and faculty can bring concerns to the call center, and from there we go to the individual sites on campus and set out low-toxic bait for the pests. Large infestations aren’t usually a problem. —John Burns, UT landscape manager
create more problems than it solves,” Burns said. “Unfortunately, crickets are attracted to dead crickets. So if we tried to exterminate them using bug bait, it would actually increase the cricket population on campus. It’s a vicious cycle.” Journalism freshman Sarah Bloodworth said she thinks the cricket infestation is not a major issue on campus. “I don’t think crickets are a major problem to address,” Bloodworth said.
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Fossil Free Texas holds workshop for upcoming Paris climate summit By Selah Maya Zighelboim @twitterhandle
With the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris approaching in November and December, organizations around the world — including those in Austin and on campus — are building momentum for demand on climate action. Student organization Fossil Free Texas held a “Power through Paris” workshop Sunday to discuss how to bring attention to climate change in advance of the UN’s Paris climate talks . About 20 people, most of them non-students representing a variety of environmental organizations, attended. “I think climate change may be the most important issue in the world today,” said Joshua Wallas, volunteer for the petition website Avaaz.org and organizer for an upcoming climate change rally in November. “Global warming increases exponentially, and if we don’t do something soon. We may pass a tipping point that leads to the
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elimination of our species.” According to 350.org, the organization that helps plan the “Power through Paris” workshops, oil and gas companies would need to decrease their current projects by 80 percent in order to stay under the temperature increase the planet can sustain. According to a study by the Environment Texas Research & Policy Center, oil and gas companies have drilled 4,350 wells on UT System-owned lands in West Texas since 2005. High-volume hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has been used to extract fossil fuels from 95 percent of those wells. Alyssa Ray, University Lands marketing/corporate strategy analyst, said that University Lands is dedicated to generating revenue for the Permanent University Fund, a public endowment for the UT and Texas A&M university systems. “Historically, oil and gas exploration and production has been the predominant form of energy-focused operations on the Lands,” Ray said in an
Patrick said in a written statement the night before the meeting. “I encourage them to remember that we must keep the cost of college tuition at a level that is within reach of all Texans.” Deputy Chancellor David Daniel said the specific proposals for the tuition increase will be brought to the Board again in February, after the System’s university presidents make recommendations on the plan. “Our institutions will spend considerable time and effort engaging with their campus communities and preparing proposals,” Daniel said. “Much of the time and effort will be spent addressing the potential financial impact to students and their families. There is no doubt that our institutions need additional funding, but we have to make sure that we don’t limit student access.” Regent Alex Cranberg voted against this plan because he said this decision puts more pressure on students to pay more for their education. “I have some concerns about the framework,” Cranberg said. “I am concerned that student tuition rate should be the last resort, not an expectation.” Daniels said raising tuition should be a last resort but the UT System institutions must still find ways to
pay for quality faculty. “Mediocrity at our universities is an even worse outcome, and I fear for that,” Daniels said. “Speaking as a former university president, as you look to hire faculty, making sure the data are secure, your web services are adequate and student groups can get the things they want and posted done takes expertise. I saw myself losing people because the private sector was paying considerably more.” Regent Wallace Hall, who also voted against the plan, said he was concerned with the increase because the board was too indecisive about the decision going forward. “The concept that the board turns over the goal setting to the System and administration to work with our presidents without articulating a view is a mistake,” Hall said. “I don’t think I could actually tell you what the board’s actual viewpoint as to growth for our institutional student body is. I’m not a fan of turning over these decisions to the Chancellor or the System.” Chancellor William McRaven said he will make sure the institutions manage costs but address the limited revenue the schools have. “The reality is that we only have a certain number of ways to get revenue,” McRaven said. “[University presidents] are frustrated because the revenue is not there to hire the quality faculty they need.”
email. “There are also two wind farms, consisting of approximately 100 turbines, that have been in operation on the Lands for many years.” Fossil Free Texas member and Middle Eastern studies doctoral student Matthew Lundin said a goal of Fossil Free Texas is to encourage the University’s divestment from drilling and fracking on University lands. “A lot of people think UT is the last place where you would see this type of activism because this is a place where a lot of fossil fuel [usage] happens,” Lundin said. “We don’t expect UT to switch off of fossil fuels altogether tomorrow, but we’re challenging people to see there are other ways to do things than with fossil fuels.” Radio-television-film sophomore Tyler James said he thinks the economic interests of drilling and fracking on university land outweigh the environmental impact. “It takes a lot of money to run a university,” James said. “These activities keep the doors open, and it also provides jobs for people.”
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SB 11 symptom of imbalance between UT, Legislature Campus carry might turn out disastrously for UT. It might also turn out to be completely benign. But even if the law’s potential effects are murky, the uneven relationship between the Texas Legislature and the University — of which SB 11 is a symptom — has never been more clear. Less than one-eighth of UT’s budget is covered by public funds, and yet the Texas Legislature wields a disproportionate authority to meddle in the University’s affairs. The Legislature said it consulted with student leaders in advance of the law’s passage, but given Student Government’s resolute opposition to campus carry and a May letter authored by student leaders representing more than 285,000 students from across Texas, it doesn’t appear as though they paid much attention. That a governing body with little connection to UT can impose regulations against the University’s wishes is troubling and unfair, and it can have far-reaching consequences in the future. Just ask the University of Wisconsin. In 2011, Governor Scott Walker signed a controversial measure allowing concealed carry at public universities. To date, the law has neither vindicated nor invalidated its proponents. But a $250 million budget cut passed by Wisconsin’s legislature earlier this year has had a far more concrete impact on its university system, which was forced to cut hundreds of jobs and is now considering tightening its definition of tenure. SB 11 is a vague and confusing law, making
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Destabilizing a community in an effort to address a nonexistent problem would make any law a shaky proposition — let alone one as bogged down by ideological contention and serious safety concerns. it a useful proxy in America’s debate over gun access in light of its recent spate of mass shootings. Fortunately, that ambiguity gives UT’s working group leeway in overseeing the law’s implementation. But the rhetoric it inspires is more ideological than it is logical, as demonstrated by last Friday’s protest and counterprotest organized by Gun-Free UT and Young Conservatives of Texas, respectively. Both sides came passionately armed with slogans and soundbites, and that afternoon’s shooting at a community college in Oregon left us relieved that no one brandished more than that. What we do know is that campus carry is stirring up tangible fear and unnecessary tensions at UT. And the fact that the Texas Legislature can exercise that degree of power over the environment on campus with a single midnight vote is just as worrying as the law itself. Destabilizing a community in an effort to
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Steven Goode, UT law professor and chair of the campus carry working group, presides over the working group’s first public forum on Oct. 1. Most speakers present opposed the law.
address a nonexistent problem would make any law a shaky proposition — let alone one as bogged down by ideological contention and serious safety concerns. The working group’s public forums are an admirable attempt at keeping the principle of self-governance alive on the 40
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Acres, and we strongly encourage campus community members to share their voices. But it’ll take a systemic shift in the power dynamic between the Capitol and the University to ensure that those voices actually have a say in their own affairs.
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Optimizing students’ political clout can have big impacts in state policy By Laura Hallas
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C3 event management workers lift a festivalgoer out of the crowd at A$AP Rocky on Oct. 3. The festivalgoer became faint while standing in the crowd due to dehydration.
ACL goers need safety precautions By Benroy Chan
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Austin City Limits, like many music festivals, is an exhilarating event for tens of thousands of people — many of whom are students. Although attendees go to enjoy music and hang out with friends, factors such as dehydration, alcohol, illegal drugs and mob mentality present risks students should be aware of. Temperatures reaching into the 90s make dehydration and corresponding health problems possible for festival attendees. Effects such as decreased sweating and light-headedness occur with dehydration, but severe effects include fainting, kidney failure and even heat stroke, according to the Mayo Clinic. The hot sun already poses a risk for dehydration, but combining it with alcohol causes a greater risk. Individuals should replace lost fluids with non-alcoholic liquids to prevent dehydration, according to University Health Services health promotion coordinator William Mupo. “A person drinking alcohol may have to urinate more frequently because of alcohol’s effects on the anti-diuretic hormone,” Mupo said. “Also, students can take an empty water bottle as well as factory sealed water bottles into ACL to help with staying hydrated.” The illegal drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy or molly, can also appear at music festivals because of its mood-lifting effects; however, MDMA increases the risk of heat stroke and electrolyte imbalance among
other negative effects. MDMA initially causes increased energy, euphoria, empathy with others and distortions in sensory perception. The drug can lead to physical consequences such as sharp increases in body temperatures and also liver and kidney damage. Mental and psychological effects include confusion, depression and anxiety after the initial effect of the drug wears off, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Mob mentality associated with large crowds at ACL also poses a danger. With any large population, many individuals will feel less accountable for their actions due to diffusion of responsibility. This may cause panic and trampling, leading to injury. Human development and family sciences freshman Jillian Niedermeyer, who attended ACL weekend one, witnessed the danger of mobs at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in May. “When the show began, people pushed up against the bar,” Niedermeyer said. “People were elbowing us in our faces. One of my good friends started getting really claustrophobic. She started hyperventilating because she was stressed, hot and dehydrated. It was so, so scary.” Attendees should keep in mind that they aren’t invincible. Guests should stay with friends, hydrate appropriately, take breaks as needed and note the locations of medical tents. That way, guests can enjoy headlining artists such as The Strokes and Florence + The Machine, not heat strokes and respirator machines. Chan is a journalism freshman from Sugar Land.
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With the passage of the campus carry law SB 11, students are realizing that state legislation can hit close to home, and in this case, their classrooms. It is important, because of laws like this one, that students know how to organize opinions and maximize their political impact. College students are an influential voting bloc who must learn to exert their political influence on the state level, especially when they feel that their views are not being acted upon. Historically speaking, college students are a very influential political demographic. They were the driving force behind much of the political change of the 1960s, such as expanding free speech, enacting civil rights reform and lowering the voting age. There is a good reason for this. Students learn and form opinions about the most recent research and academic viewpoints, and politicians respect the perspective this brings. Kathleen Knocke, Plan II and health and society senior, experienced this firsthand at the Texas Capitol when interning with Plan II’s Health and Social Policy Internship Program. She said while politicians are experienced, they don’t know everything. “[Students] are surrounded by so many different diverse people,” Knocke said. “I think that as you get older you are further and further away from that kind of environment, and it’s super advantageous, especially concerning politics.” Students are constituents as well, and now is the ideal time to approach your
representative with opinions. Texas Legislature meets biennially, and is currently in interim. When in interim, representatives from the House return home to get feedback from their constituents and Senate committees can conduct in-depth studies of issues. Government senior Bird Holmequist, a former intern at the Texas Capitol, said she noticed how seriously representatives take the concerns of their constituents. “You just don’t really think about your state representative that much, so when they do have support they listen to it,” Holmequist said. “That is a voter, that is someone who cares what they’re doing, and somebody who wants you to get something done for them.” There are several ways to make student opinions effective beyond public rallies and protests. According to Holmequist, the most effective strategy is to return to your home district to discuss issues with a local representative. Student interests usually err on the side of liberal, but Republican representatives hold the majority in the House and Senate. Voices that are spread out geographically among different Republican representatives have more clout than having many voices behind just one, more liberal Austin representative. Representatives are also more likely to take on a cause if it is well organized and has the support of their colleagues. Political opinions are everywhere on college campuses, but if students truly want to use their influence and enact change, they need to know how the Texas legislature operates and use the system to their advantage. Hallas is a Plan II and human development freshman from Allen.
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Texas finishes strong in last home meet By Tyler Horka
Junior Sandie Raines improves on last week’s performance with a first place finish in the 5,000-meter race at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin on Friday. Texas will now focus on preparing for the Pre-National Invational.
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Running on only a week’s rest since their last competition, the Texas cross country teams competed in their second and final home meet of the season Friday night. The women’s team rebounded from what cross country head coach Brad Herbster called a “really disappointing” outing in the Texas A&M Invitational Sept. 26 with a dominant team win this weekend. Junior Sandie Raines, who finished 10th and was the Longhorns’ top finisher in College Station, once again led Texas to the finish, this week placing first overall. Raines completed the 5,000-meter race in a time of 18:18.00, followed by freshman Alex Cruz, who finished with a time of 18:21.70. “This was a big improvement from last week,” Raines said. “We all worked together as a group and really opened it up in the last 1,000 meters.” Finishing the race in a strong manner and work-
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ing together as a group surfaced as Herbster’s main concerns following the women’s efforts in College Station. The same issues that plagued the women’s team a week ago in College Station — finishing strong and working together as a group — affected the men this week. The men’s team followed up the women’s victory with a one-point loss to North
Texas, a team the Longhorns defeated by 35 points just a week ago. Texas only had three runners in the top 10 this week, compared to the four runners who finished in the top 10 last week. Of the three Texas men who finished the race in the top 10, none crossed the line as a group. “We have to do a better job of competing in the middle half of the race and closing out better than we did today,”
Herbster said of the men’s performance. “If we continue to work as a group, we’ll get where we need to be.” Although the men’s team finished second overall, sophomore Jacob Pickle won the men’s race with a time of 25:21.50 over 8,000 meters. While Pickle was pleased with his own efforts, he said that it always hurts to lose, especially at home. Pickle said he believes
the Longhorns are a few small tweaks from major success heading into the Pre-National Invitational in two weeks. “We’re always representing The University of Texas, so we have to do that at a high level,” Pickle said. “We’ll be back much stronger at our next race.” Texas’ next race is Oct. 17 at the Pre-National Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky.
“come to Jesus” meeting brought the team together and got them all on the same page. But against the Horned Frogs, they looked anything but. Texas gave up 30 points to TCU in the first quarter and entered the locker room down 37-0 after a mistake-ridden first half, including a misfired snap and two missed field goals. The Longhorn defense gave up 346 total yards in the first half, while the offense only managed to accumulate a total of
141 yards. “We have to clean up our mistakes,” sophomore running back D’Onta Foreman said. “We just got to come together and figure out why we made mistakes.” But Texas knows why it has struggled this season — or so it says. The players spread the same message of “needing to execute.” “I think we got outexecuted or just lack of execution,” said redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard,
who started the last three games but traded reps with junior Tyrone Swoopes in the second half Saturday. “As for a lack of executing, that’s a team thing. It hurts everybody.” But the Longhorns’ gospel of execution has grown stale and carries little weight after their fourth loss of the season. When asked about Texas’ lack of leaders and its inability to compete, senior linebacker Peter Jinkens refused to comment. He did, however, say that
the Longhorns do know how to win, despite their struggles this season. “I feel like we do [know how to win],” Jinkens said. “We just got to get it from all three phases [of the game].” Saturday was a bad day for Strong and Texas, but the players still believe in their coach. “We still believe in him,” Jinkens said. “He’s a great coach and a great man. All we got to do is rally behind him.”
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Charlie Strong said Saturday was his worst day as a head coach. His team had just been beaten 50-7 by No. 4 TCU. “I just felt like that the way we played the last two weeks, we were going to come in and compete,” Strong said. “We knew this was a good [TCU] team. This is the No. 4 team in the country. But still, though, that should not stop us from going out and playing our best.” But Texas has played far from its best in 2015, as the Longhorns suffered their second blowout loss this season. The fourth loss kept them on pace for the worst start since 1956, when the Longhorns went 1-9. For Texas’ embattled coach, his Longhorns have now lost seven games by at least three touchdowns.
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Texas head coach Charlie Strong suffered his “worst day as a head coach” when the Longhorns lost 50-7 to No. 4 TCU in Fort Worth on Saturday. Texas heads into its match up against Oklahoma with a 1-4 record, its worst start since 1956.
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Senior middle blocker Molly McCage led the Longhorns with 12 kills as Texas beat Iowa State in straight sets Saturday night. She has 106 kills on the season as No. 3 Texas continues its quest for a fifth consecutive Big 12 championship.
No. 3 Texas secures ninth consecutive win By Michael Shapiro @mshap2
As the drive for five consecutive Big 12 championships continues, No. 3 Texas (13-1) defeated Iowa State (9-5) in straight sets Saturday, marking its ninth consecutive win and third win against Big 12 opponents. For head coach Jerritt Elliott, Saturday’s match was another promising result for a team with both Big 12 and national title aspirations. “We had some really good balance tonight,” Elliott said. “They have a good demeanor about them right now and came in really focused tonight.” Texas got out to a fast start Saturday, taking a 10-3 lead early in the first set. But Iowa State rebounded with a 14-6 run to take the lead 17-16. The Longhorns and Cyclones fought back and forth throughout the remainder of the set, with Iowa State forcing Texas to dig deep
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prior to taking the set 2624. “We didn’t pass well in that first set,” Elliott said. “But it was good to see us coming up with an ace and converting some points at the end.” Senior outside hitter Amy Neal was integral to the Longhorns’ attack in the first set. Neal came into Saturday’s match as the reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, leading the conference in kills per set and points per
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Senior midfielder Lindsey Meyer moves in on a kick against Oklahoma State at Cowgirl Soccer Stadium in Stillwater. The game finished in a 0-0 tie to bring the Horns to 4-3-4. Meyer scored a goal Friday night against Kansas to give Texas its first conference win.
Longhorns finish conference road trip with mixed results By Aaron Torres @aaron_torres95
The Longhorns ended another 110-minute competition in a tie. Texas and Oklahoma State battled Sunday afternoon at Cowgirl Soccer Complex. Each ended with a zero on the scoreboard, adding another tie to each team’s record. Texas booted 11 shots, but only four of them were on goal. The Cowboys fired 22 shots with only six on goal. All six shots were saved by senior goalkeeper Abby Smith. Smith has 28 career shutouts now, and she needs two more shutouts to break former Longhorns goalkeeper Dianna Pfenninger’s record of 29. Even though the Longhorns finished in a tie, they earned one point, which helps their placement in Big 12 conference play.
“As I mentioned on Friday night, playing an away match in our league is always very challenging,” head coach Angela Kelly said. “It is critical to collect points on the road where you can get them in Big 12 play. Now, it’s back to work and organizing to get the job done at home next weekend against Iowa State and TCU.” The Longhorns’ best two chances to break through came 5:22 into the game and the 41:50 mark. The first chance came when freshman forward Alexa Adams shot a contorted bicycle kick 14 yards away that sailed wide right. Smith almost scored her fourth career goal from more than 50 yards away in the second attempt. She blasted the ball from midfield, and it was on-line to give the Longhorns a 1-0 lead. However, sophomore goalkeeper Mi-
chela Ongaro jumped and snatched the ball out of the air. The tie was Texas’ second match of the weekend. Texas broke through Friday night against Kansas to get its first Big 12 conference win. Senior midfielder Lindsey Meyer and sophomore forward Olivia Brook both scored in the second half to clinch the game. At the 71:29 mark, Brook netted her first goal of the season and eighth career goal off a header from Meyer. Five minutes later, Meyer used her 6-foot frame to head a ball past sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Dobyns to seal a 2-1 Texas win. “To get a road win in this league is an exceptional feat,” Kelly said. “I’m just really proud of all our young ladies for their effort tonight.”
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Men begin first round of ITA match play By Alana Kaufman @akauf810
The Longhorns headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to compete in the 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships. The prequalifying singles consolation and pre-qualifying singles draw, which is the first of three rounds of the championship, took place
this weekend. Seven of the nine members of Texas’ men’s squad sent to the tournament competed. In the first round, the Longhorns posted four wins. Freshman Johnny Goodwin defeated Austin Peay State junior Aaron Jumonville in a three set match 2-6, 7-6, 6-3. Sophomore John Mee beat New Mex-
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ico sophomore Bart Van Leijsen 7-6, 6-3. Senior Nick Naumann edged Duke freshman Adrian Chamdani 6-2, 6-2. Senior Michael Riechmann defeated junior Giovani Samaha from Troy 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Redshirt freshman Julian Zlobinsky was defeated by Utah sophomore Freddie McGeehan. After two strong winning
weekends for freshman Harrison Scott, Oral Roberts freshman Kenneth Boykin beat Scott 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the first round. Finally, Marquette senior Daniel Fernandez edged redshirt sophomore William Jou 6-3, 6-4. Match play continues throughout this weekend and into next weekend as the qualifying singles round begins.
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Jordan Spieth capped off the PGA Tour with a record-setting $12 million earnings and two major championship wins. At just 22 years old, Spieth became the youngest to win the FedEx Cup after a first place finish at the Tour Championship with a four-stroke lead. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced Spieth as Player of the Year on Friday after what Finchem said was a “historic season.” Spieth also commented on his “season to remember.” “To recognize the hard work that we’ve put in and what we’ve been able to do with it is truly special,” Spieth said. “I’ve got great role models ahead of me that have helped me kind of settle in and be able to take care of things off the course to be able to just play golf.” Spieth’s dreamlike season follows years of historic performances. Growing up in Dallas, he missed his high school graduation to compete in the HP Byron Nelson. He also won the U.S. Junior Amateur twice, becoming only the second golfer to do so after Tiger Woods. He later played for Texas, securing a national championship within three semesters before entering professional play. In his short time on tour, Spieth has racked up numerous accomplishments. Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler were the other nominees for the award. Daniel Berger, a recent graduate from Florida State, won Rookie of the Year honors. —Rosalyn Barnett
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DANIELLE LOPEZ, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Monday, October 5, 2015
ACL weekend one fires it up onstage At weekend one of this year’s Austin City Limits Festival, Gary Clark Jr. joined the Foo Fighters on stage, Alabama Shakes offered a soulful experience and The Strokes made audiences swoon. As the city readies itself for next week’s lineup, The Daily Texan compiled this weekend’s most memorable moments.
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PHOTO CREDITS 1. Walk the Moon
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2. Echosmith
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3. Leon Bridges
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4. Chance the Rapper
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5. The Strokes
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6. Gary Clark Jr. Thalia Juarez | Daily Texan Staff