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Prior to the meeting, Lt. Gov. FALL IN-STATE TUITION Dan Patrick expressed his concerns with a tuition increase. PRICES FOR 15 HOURS “It is my hope instead of looking at ways to potentially raise tuition in the future, they will look for ways to make college education more affordable for students and $2,897 families across Texas,”
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On a 6-2 vote Friday, the UT Board of Regents approved a plan for a 2 percent tuition increase for the 2016—2017 school year. In 2003, the Texas State Legislature lifted restrictions on how much public universities could charge for tuition.
Following that decision, The Dallas Morning News reported students were paying 55 percent more for tuition at public universities in 2012 since the Legislature’s decision. Since the fall of 2012, UT has seen little to no increase in tuition fees, and there were no increases in tuition for in-state and out-of-state students in 2014 and 2015.
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Regents approve plan to increase tuition
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ACL
CITY
Austin ranks number one in economic growth rates By Jameson Pitts @jamesonpitts
Stephanie Tacy | Daily Texan Staff
Nate Ruess, left, and his band perform at ACL on the Honda Stage Friday afternoon.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
WEST CAMPUS
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
Kate Sanchez | Daily Texan Staff
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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up, and I was like ‘What is he doing?’ And then the sliding doors opened, and that’s when I saw what he was doing.” According to Levon Sherman, a manager at Austin’s Pizza, inci-
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