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UT saw a spike in reported instances of rape that involved a member of the University community and occurred either on or off campus during 2014, according to the University’s Annual Security Report. The increase in reporting was in large part because of increased national media attention on sexual assault prevention and reporting, as well as campus efforts, such
as the Not On My Campus campaign, which encourages students to stand up against sexual assaults on social media, according to Paul Liebman, chief compliance officer for University Compliance Services — the agency responsible for ensuring the University’s conformity to all state and federal human resources laws. Liebman said the programs have made survivors of assault more comfortable in reporting their experiences
to Student Judicial Services and the police. In 1990, Congress passed the Clery Act, which requires all colleges and universities that participate in the federal financial aid program to keep and disclose records about crimes committed on and near their campuses. As part of UT’s compliance with this law, University Compliance Services releases the Annual Security Report filled with
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Council delays vote to save historic home By Jameson Pitts @jamesonpitts
Deep in West Campus, uncertainty continues to surround a simple 1920s bungalow as property owners and officials preapre to decide its fate. During a meeting last Thursday, The Austin City Council postponed the decision to save the house of champion UT track coach Clyde Littlefield from demolition. The house — not to be confused with the Littlefield Home on UT’s campus — is situated on Shoal Cliff Court behind the Regents West apartment community on 26th Street. The Austin Historic Landmark Commission reviewed the owner’s demolition permit and recommended the house instead be preserved under landmark status — a dispute that requires a supermajority vote in city council to resolve. Steve Sadowsky, Austin historic preservation officer, said
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Hidden deep in West Campus is the house where track champion Clyde Littlefield used to live. The Austin Historic Landmark Commission is currently attempting to delay the demolition of the house and ultimately preserve it as a landmark instead.
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UT hopes to complete its move from an outdated mainframe system to a modern cloud system by 2020. The mainframe computer system, primarily used for processing bulk data for a large entity such as a university, was popular in the 1980s and 1990s, according to Brad Englert, chief information officer and information technology systems chief operator. The cloud system refers to a computing system that relies on the Internet for storing and accessing data, rather than a hard drive, Englert said. “The programming language that was used to develop the administrative system is not widely used anymore,” Englert said. “As people move more things to the web and cloud computing — meaning not having the equipment on site, but relying on equipment at other places — the toolsets that were used turn out not to be as flexible and good as new toolsets.” Englert said the case for change was made after former UT president Bill Powers established an information technology advisory committee in 2008 to map out UT’s information technology strategy for the next five years. An administrative system master plan was developed in 2012, and the transition to the cloud system began last summer, Englert said.
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American universities Female enrollment in Cockrell increases attract Chinese students By Matthew Adams By Ashley Tsao @tsaoashley
China has been the number one contributor of international students at UT for the past four years, with Chinese international students comprising 23 percent of all international students at UT during the 2014-2015 school year, according to UT’s International Student and Scholar Services. There are many top-tier colleges in China, such as Beijing University, but they are extremely competitive to get into, according to UT professor Huaiyin Li, director of the Center for East Asian Studies. Chinese parents look to colleges in the U.S. because second and third tier schools in China have decreased
in quality because of university expansion efforts, Li said. “You can build more campuses and recruit more students, but the quality of faculty cannot catch up,” Li said. “Ordinary institutions cannot compete with U.S. colleges, so why not go abroad?” As a result, Chinese students are looking toward universities such as UT that combine quality with affordability, according to Li. There are also benefits of the American application system, said Jiayi Sun, journalism freshman and Chinese international student. “In China, colleges decide if they want you based only on the scores of one exam called the Gaokao,” Sun said.
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An initiative from the Cockrell School of Engineering continues to progress toward the goal of increasing the number of women in the program. Tricia Berry, director of the Women in Engineering Program, said the school saw an overall increase to 30 percent women in this incoming class — the highest ever for the school. Berry said to increase diversity within the school, the Women in Engineering Program is working to recruit potential students and get them interested in the program. “What we are doing is trying to communicate to admitted students and encourage them to come,” Berry said. “We are trying to get more female students to apply to engineering.”
The Women in Engineering Program was developed in 1991 to recruit and train female engineering students, increase the percentage of female graduates and provide a support structure for the students to succeed. Another step taken by the School of Engineering includes the 35-in-5 initiative, which aims to increase the percentage of female students enrolled in mechanical engineering to 35 percent in the incoming class of freshmen in five years, said Carolyn Seepersad, engineering professor and faculty involved in the initiative. In only two years, Seepersad said the mechanical engineering department has seen the incoming class of women grow from 19 percent to 25 percent of the department’s student population. Seepersad said this is also double the national
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Chemical Engineering senior, Kimberly Magnus, studies for an exam at the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering building.
average for mechanical engineering departments, at 12 percent. Part of the reason why the national average number of females in mechanical engineering is low is because of misunderstanding about the term ‘mechanical engineering’, Seepersad said.
“The name mechanical makes people imagine mechanics … but that does not appeal to as many women as other applications might,” Seepersad said. “One of the things we have to get across to people is that it is very broad. It encompasses bio-
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continues from page 1 the required information. According to the report, instances of rape that were reported on UT non-residential properties went up from zero to 13 from 2013 to 2014. On UT-residential properties, the number fell from 8 instances to four. Additionally, a total of 31 instances of rape involving members of the University community in non-campus buildings and property and property adjacent to the University were reported during 2014, up from 21 last year. Liebman said most instances of rape occur off campus because a minority of students reside on campus. “The thing is, very few of
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these events happen on campus,” Liebman said. “There are 50,000 students and only around 7,200 rooms total. Most rapists are not part of the University community as staff, students or faculty.” To address the problem of sexual violence at UT, the federal Office of Violence Against Women founded Voices Against Violence in 2001. As a part of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, VAV offers counseling and advocacy services to help survivors of sexual violence after the trauma they experienced. One such service is the Survivor’s Emergency Fund, a fund fully supported by individual contributions that provides survivors with financial assistance for legal fees associated with prosecuting
the offender, medical care and more, according to the CMHC website. Erin Burrows, prevention and outreach specialist for VAV, said the number of students the Fund has helped also increased in the past year as a result of successful fundraising and outreach. There are many reasons why a sexual assault surviror would be hesitant to report a rape incident, said UT Police Department Lieutenant Charles Bonnet. “They could have a fear of the criminal justice system or the police in general — a fear of what’s going to happen in their social circles, particularly if the suspect is someone they know in their circle of friends,” Bonnet said. “[They could be concerned about] what their
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family is going to say, what their friends are going to say.” A majority of incidents of rape reported to UTPD involved suspects the victim knew, Bonnet said. Burrows said victims should continue sharing their stories in greater numbers because it directly contributes to making the University safer for themselves and other students. “[Reporting an incident] is a big deal after someone has experienced any form of harm or violence,” Burrows said. “Keep in mind that the University has a responsibility to keep everybody safe here. It is a difficult decision but it is one both for the survivor’s own journey, but also to make sure that it does not happen to anyone else.”
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he has requested a postponement because not all council members were present, making it even more difficult to reach the required number of votes. “The current owner of the Littlefield house has filed a valid petition against the zoning change, so they’re saying, ‘We don’t want this designated as a historic landmark,’” Sadowsky said. “If [the City Council] does not have a supermajority, there would be nothing stopping the demolition.” Didi Sanchez, a radio-television-film junior, lives in student housing across the street from the Littlefield house. He said important landmarks should be preserved, but he thinks Littlefield’s house is out of place. “To have these kinds of landmarks in West Campus just seems a little awkward,” Sanchez said. “They probably shouldn’t demolish it, but they should try to clean it up a little bit.” The landmark commission approved a plan to relocate the Dabney-Horne House, which is already designated a historic landmark in West Campus, to a site adjacent to the Littlefield house at a meeting Sept. 28. “I recommended that the commission approve this application to move the house because I think that this would preserve the Dabney-Horne House in a more residential context, which it had for many years when West Campus was still very much residential,” Sadowsky said. David Kanne, representing the owners of the DabneyHorne House, said he is in talks with the owners of the Littlefield House, but the outcome is uncertain. “There are a lot of moving pieces,” Kanne said. “To say anything would be hard, because we don’t know enough about the process with the city.” Kanne and Sadowsky are working together, but the plan rests on many involved parties and officials. The City Council will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. and will discuss the Littlefield house.
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UT celebrates traditional torchlight parade, rally By Rachel Freeman @rachel_frmn
The lights of Texas were upon OU for the torchlight parade and rally Wednesday night. A UT tradition since 1916, the torchlight parade and rally brings together hundreds of students, faculty, alumni and community members. The group gathered at 25th and Guadalupe streets and paraded down the Drag to loop around to the front of the Tower. At the tower various organizations and speakers performed cheers, dances and gave speeches to the crowd. Since 1987 the Texas Exes have sponsored the rally and parade. Enrique Jasso, a member of the Austin Texas Exes chapter, attended the event and said the experience
was different as an alumnus than it was as a student. “It feels like, now, I’m the one egging on the current students and getting them to be rowdy and have more school spirit — lord knows we need more spirit now,” Jasso said. “I am 100 percent proud to be with Texas Exes, and I love the rally, and I come out every chance I get. There’s a special energy here.” Radio-television-film senior Jackie Gomez said she was excited to finally come out and support along with her friends from Texas Spirits. “I love being a part of something bigger with the University,” Gomez said. “This is a really good way for everyone to come together as one team and it’s great. It’s
great to be here with other Spirits. I feel so close to them and it feels great to be here with them at the rally.” While many students came out to the rally, others such as public relations sophomore Brooke Willis decided to stay home. Willis said she chose not to attend the rally because she was too tired, but she said despite not going to the rally, she still had a lot of Texas spirit. “Being a college kid, today has been a really long day and I just don’t have the energy or motivation to go out tonight,” Willis said. “I don’t think not going to the rally tonight says anything about my support. I went to the rally last year and had a good time, just this year I’m not feeling it.”
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Journalist discusses common misconceptions about gun use By Estefania Espinosa @essie20
Plan II lecturer Matt Valentine talked about defensive gun use as part of the Gun-Free UT discussion series on Wednesday at the College of Liberal Arts. Valentine said articles that give examples about civilians stopping mass shooters are inaccurate. He discussed several cases in an article for Politico magazine, “The Myth of the Good Guy with a Gun.” “Either they weren’t civilians, or they didn’t stop anything,” Valentine said. Valentine cited various research studies to explain the way people react when they are around firearms. Researchers have studied the “weapons effect,” which refers to the phenomenon that the presence of a weapon elicits aggressive behavior, since a 1967 study by University of Wisconsin professors Leonard Berkowitz and Anthony LePage. “If you are already agi-
tated and you see or handle a gun, you are more likely to behave in a hostile or aggressive way,” Valentine said. Valentine said along with the written exam for a concealed handgun license, applicants must pass a practical test which involves stationary human-size targets that the applicant only has to hit 70 percent of the time. Furthermore, people who have been diagnosed and treated for severe mental illnesses are still eligible for a license as long as they have not been involuntarily institutionalized, according to Valentine. “I think a lot of people don’t realize a concealed handgun license in Texas is incredibly easy to get and signifies no expertise whatsoever,” Valentine said. Valentine, a gun owner himself, said he is not interested in taking away other people’s rights but thinks they should be informed as they exercise those rights. Marisa Lopreato Schmidt, UT alumna and parent of
a UT student, said she disagrees with Valentine and advocates for the banning of all guns. “I’m extraordinarily concerned about the gun lobby continuing to make the world unsafe,” said Schmidt. “I believe campus carry is dangerous and against constitutional directive,” Schmidt said. Neuroscience professor Max Snodderly said campus carry has never been sought by faculty but was pushed through by legislators. “I’m going to be doing more than just attending talks,” Snodderly said. “I’m going to be researching the first amendment issues that are involved with introducing weapons into the classroom.” Valentine said he hopes the University develops an academic program to study gun violence when implementing campus carry. “People should understand the risks associated with gun ownership,” Valentine said.
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continues from page 1 “But for American colleges you actually need to show your personality and your talents, which are oftentimes more important than test scores.” While the benefits of U.S. universities have been widely established, actually attending a U.S. college is a matter of financial preparation, according to Li. “Many parents will buy
a number of apartment units,” Li said. “One will be for self-use and the second or third are used to sell or rent. After this is done, parents will have more than enough assets to educate their children.” Madeline Hsu, Asian American studies associate professor, said it is difficult to make a sweeping generalization that the American college system is better than China’s, but there is a certain prestige of getting
degrees in the U.S. “In 2009 I was at a conference at Beijing University, and I was told that about 50 percent of its graduates went to go study abroad,” Hsu said. The point of studying in America is not just about getting a foreign degree, Li said. “Chinese students learn how to speak and communicate in English,” Li said. “It’s about the entire cultural background in which you get educated.”
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continues from page 1 The implementation of the system has two main stages: The first one is to replace the Human Resources payroll system, which could be completed by early 2017, and the second is to replace the finance and procurement system, according to Leslie Saucedo, director of payroll services. Saucedo said UT will work with a company called Workday, which is a cloud-based system that services as a software solution, improving the huge computers currently used with the mainframe system. “Some of the technology is becoming a little bit out of date and we’ve had some limitations … As technology changes you want to change
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ing coordinator, and then they will assign the specific task for you, so I feel like it’s very streamlined and standardized, so I feel like if you just had people randomly signing in on their phone, you wouldn’t know where they were,” Sajatovic said. “I think we’re pretty standardized with the computer system we have. I think it works pretty well.” Saucedo said moving away from the mainframe system will improve convenience for the campus community. “They are going to be able to do so much more and access so much more from their mobile device,” Saucedo said. “I think this is going to be a great thing for our university and for our campus and employees, students, everybody.”
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The debate over concealed carry on campus has been swirling for years. Intense lobbying efforts have gone into both fighting for and against the legislation in
the Texas House and Senate. After many attempts at passing it, Texas House and Senate Republicans were successful in June of 2015. However, the bill provided a small consolation to those against the legislation: It will allow universities to set a good portion of the policy themselves, allowing certain portions of campus to be designated as gun-free zones. But for now, Texas students, faculty and staff must be ready for concealed handgun license holders to be able to carry weapons in some campus buildings beginning in 2016. The University has responded to this flexibility by creating a campus carry working group made up of students, fac-
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ulty and staff, which will balance community interests and set University policy on the law. But for now, Texas students, faculty and staff must be ready for concealed handgun license holders to be able to carry weapons in some campus buildings beginning in 2016. This week, The Daily Texan Forum will present both sides of this contentious issue. We will hear from Jordan Pahl, the community director for University Democrats and one of the key activists leading the charge against campus carry. We will also hear from Sammy Minkowitz, social director for the College Republicans and a Student Government representative for the College of Liberal Arts. Minkowitz
worked with other members of Texas CRs in support of campus carry. Also available online is a piece by Jenna Conwisar, another member of the UT Students Against Guns on Campus group. Thursday morning, we will have a debate between the two sides in the Sinclair Suite of the Texas Union, starting at 11 a.m. The debate will be moderated by Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Claire Smith. During the debate, we will attempt to solicit what both sides are expecting from the Campus Carry working group, as well as their opinions on the hot-button issues surrounding this debate. Fountain is a government senior from Pelham, New York.
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Proponents of campus carry demonstrate in support of the law at the West Mall on Oct. 2.
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Students and professors opposed to SB 11 protest the law at the West Mall on Oct. 1.
Campus carry poses risks to No reason to fear campus carry, law-abiding gunowners safety, educational freedom By Jordan Pahl
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As citizens of the United States, we have the right to defend ourselves, and people who misuse guns should not be the reason that our Second Amendment rights are revoked. The recent Oregon shooting has many UT students worried about the possibility of shootings happening at UT, especially now that the state legislature is allowing campus carry. Most people do not know that the absence or presence of campus carry laws would not have affected the Oregon shooting at Umpqua Community College, a campus with explicit rules prohibiting “possession or use, without written authorization, of firearms.” The illegality of bringing weapons to campus did not deter Chris Harper-Mercer from bringing five pistols, a rifle and five additional magazines to campus and then using them to kill his English teacher and eight other students. Campus carry does not allow everyone to have guns on campus, it only extends the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry in buildings on campus. President Fenves addressed campus carry misconceptions in a Texas Tribune Talk. “The reality is, there won’t be a material change in the safety on our campus,” Fenves said. “We have had campus carry for a long time with the exception of buildings … The perception is that UT Austin and other public universities will be full of guns. How do we address this perception?” On our own campus, CHL-holding students shot back at the 1966 Tower shooter, startling him so he stopped shooting for a while. Moreover, creating “gun free” zones will not deter shootings. For example, Sandy Hook Elementary School is a “gun free school,” yet everyone has heard about the tragic murders of those 20 elementary students and six adults. The shooter brought guns to the school in order to commit an illegal action, despite the illegal means. While about 300 UT professors have signed a “no-gun pledge,” campus carry does not affect the legality of most of their students bringing guns into the classroom. Because CHL holders have to be at least 21 years of age and the majority of citizens are not CHL holders, campus carry will affect the legality of only a handful students bringing their guns onto our campus. Moreover, campus carry allows professors to bring weapons as well. Students would think twice about any actions, knowing that their professors could be armed. According to The Washington Times,
CHL holders are not the ones who need to be restricted from having guns. The focus needs to be on improving mental stability of people who misuse guns, and on ensuring that routes to illegal acquisition of firearms are blocked. during Barack Obama’s presidency, the number of CHL holders has increased dramatically, while murder rates have been steeply declining. The article cites evidence from the Crime Prevention Research Center: “Since 2007, the number of concealed handgun permits has soared from 4.6 million to over 12.8 million, and murder rates have fallen from 5.6 killings per 100,000 people to just 4.2, about a 25 percent drop.” The article states that this statistic makes sense because CHL holders are among the most law-abiding citizens: “In … Texas, permit holders are convicted of misdemeanors or felonies at one-sixth the rate that police officers are convicted.” The state of Texas recorded the number of murders committed by CHL holders between the years of 1996 and 2011 and found that in that time period, for every 100,000 people a CHL holder committed only 0.7 out of the six murders. CHL holders are not the ones who need to be restricted from having guns. The focus needs to be on improving mental stability of people who misuse guns, and on ensuring that routes to illegal acquisition of firearms are blocked. At the end of the day, prohibiting guns on our campus will not deter shootings because an illegal means to an illegal act does not serve as a deterrent to criminals who, by definition, already disregard the law. While the initial idea of campus carry seems scary, take a step back. Guns are allowed in West Campus and throughout Austin, but do you feel unsafe going around the city? Guns are allowed in UT parking lots and all over campus, but do you ever think twice about that? If CHL holders have not worried you in the past, the law-abiding gun owners will be no more problematic when armed in campus buildings. Minkowitz is a government and economics sophomore from Houston. She is also a Student Government representative for the College of Liberal Arts and the social director for College Republicans.
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Senate Bill 11, better known as the “campus carry” bill, passed the Texas Legislature at the last second; 15 minutes longer on the House floor and it would have failed. Even though the version that passed is better than the original bill, it fundamentally changes our campus atmosphere. Classrooms are sacred, we told the Legislature, and knowing that anyone in the room could be armed fundamentally alters that environment. Ideas, thoughts and debate won’t flow more freely because SB 11 passed. SB 11 does not solve even one targeted problem — it creates new ones. And now students, faculty, and staff are struggling with what this means for our campus. It is time for us to decipher the bill’s legislative intent and balance that with legitimate campus safety concerns when developing and implementing UT’s policy determining where CHL holders can carry guns on campus. Do we want guns in our dorms? Do we want guns in our labs? Do we want guns in our libraries?
Classrooms are sacred, we told the Legislature, and knowing that anyone in the room could be armed fundamentally alters that environment. Stakeholders on college campuses across the state overwhelmingly opposed this bill last year as it worked its way through the Legislature. Chancellor McRaven, former Chancellor Cigarroa, student governments from all over the state, and faculty across all disciplines opposed allowing guns in campus buildings. Even the Texas Association of College and University Police Administrators, charged with keeping us safe, opposed campus
If the shooting last week in Oregon taught us anything, it is that campus carry is indicative of a larger problem: the culture of gun violence that plagues the United States. No one should need a gun on their campus to feel safe. carry. The Legislature didn’t listen. If the shooting last week in Oregon taught us anything, it is that campus carry is indicative of a larger problem: the culture of gun violence that plagues the United States. No one should need a gun on their campus to feel safe. There were 45 school shootings in the United States in the first 9 months of 2015, including the tragedy in Roseburg, and we still have three more months to go. Last week, an Australian newspaper quipped, “The [U.S.] is too immature a society to be allowed to play with guns. It has never shed its Wild West mythology.” Out of the top industrial nations in the world, the U.S. has by far the highest incidents of gun violence. The Legislature granted an opt out only to private universities, but not to us. But we do get a say in how our policy is implemented and have an opportunity to craft a policy that reflects the priorities of our University. We wish this law was never passed, or that public universities were at least allowed the same privilege as private schools to determine how best to keep our campus safe. Advocate. Rally. Support. Students and staff, tell the Working Group that you want the strictest restrictions possible. Professors, write on your syllabus that you prefer that students leave their guns at home. Remember that the united voices of students, faculty, and administrators saved us from a more permissive and sweeping bill, and now it is time to make sure that this bad policy is implemented as responsibly as possible. Pahl is a Middle Eastern studies and Russian studies senior from Portland, Oregon. She is the community director for University Democrats.
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As the sun sets on the shores of Lake Austin, torchlights flicker on at the Curtain Theater. Actors in full Elizabethan dress step onto the stage, and stories written hundreds of years ago come to life within the vaulted wooden rafters of the O-shaped theater. The Baron’s Men, formed in 1997, is a theater troupe dedicated to performing historically accurate Elizabethan drama. On Oct. 9–10, 15–17 and 22–24, the troupe will perform Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Curtain Theater, which is a replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The troupe began as a group of historical reenactors who wanted to put on Elizabethan plays in traditional dress. The Curtain Theater, built in 2005, is a 75 percent scale replica of the original Globe Theatre in London. The Baron’s Men, inspired by their historically accurate theater, have a policy of using the most accurate costumes and tools possible. Lindsay Palinsky, secretary of The Baron’s Men board of directors, said troupe members often construct props and tools themselves. “One of our troupe members built this obscure Elizabethan bladder instrument, using balloons and sticks and strings,” Palinsky said. “We also have a thunder machine that’s just a wooden barrel with a big canvas stretched over it.” Dawn Allee, one of the founding members of The
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Baron’s Men, creates many of the costumes for The Baron’s Men productions. She said she often researches traditional theater practices, observing woodcut art and reading Elizabethan documentation. “I went through the bookkeeping records for the Chamberlain’s Men, Shakespeare’s original company,” Allee said. “It turns out that they had a lot of the same challenges we do in buying and building and costuming. So we’re carrying on a tradition. It’s the same as it was 400 years ago.” Each show presents different challenges in staging and costuming. Palinsky said the script for “Much Ado About Nothing” was often surprisingly inconsistent, and performing the play outdoors can get difficult in Texas fall weather. “The stage directions keep mentioning people that never actually show up
in the play, so we had to figure out for ourselves which parts were important,” Palinsky said. “Also, some of our women are playing men, and it gets hard to wear a big fake beard and doublet when it’s 90 degrees, and we’re outside.” Although the Curtain Theater is outdoors, the venue is relatively small. Palinsky said the theater’s intimate setup allows the actors and the audience to interact with one another. “It’s a three-quarter circle, and you’re never more than about 30 feet from the audience,” Palinsky said. “We love feedback, and we encourage people to hiss at the villains and cheer for the heroes.” UT alumnus Andrew Bond, who previously performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, plays the role of Dogberry in “Much Ado About Nothing.” Bond said that while the lack of modern amenities can sometimes present a
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challenge, the Curtain Theater’s authenticity is his favorite part of the acting experience. “This theater and this legitimate period clothing that we get to wear casts a spell,” Bond said. “The torches come on, and the audience is all around, and it’s really enchanting; you kind of stop feeling your own feet.” Allee said she enjoys showing the audience that historically faithful Shakespearean plays can be a fun experience. “A lot of people approach Shakespeare as some hoitytoity thing, but it was the sitcom of its day,” Allee said. “It was meant to be enjoyed, and so we want to make that come alive for people.”
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Former editor reflects on 1956 season By Nick Johnson 1956 Sports Editor
Longhorns fans everywhere are painfully aware that Texas is in the midst of its worst start since 1956, at four losses and a single win. The 1956 squad went on to finish the season with a 1-9 record, its only win a second-week victory over Tulane. But the 1956 team — which holds the dishonor of Texas’ worst season record in history — played the year yours truly was sports editor of The Daily Texan. And there are eerie reminders of 1956’s gridiron woes to those few of us who watched the TCU games in both 1956 and 2015. Last week’s 50-7 loss was too much like the 1956 team’s loss to the Horned Frogs. The score then was 46-0 — even worse than last week’s 43-point embarrassment. TCU then won the Southwest Conference title and played in the Cotton Bowl, while Texas compiled its worstever season record of 1-9. The two teams have parallels, but there are also abundant dissimilarities. Texas fans who remember 1956, as I do, hope those in Dallas on Saturday don’t suffer through an OU game like the Burnt Orange suffered on that mid-’50s day. The Sooners intercepted five passes and dispatched the Longhorns, 45-0. Small wonder. The Sooners boasted four first-team
All-Americans in 1956, with receiver Tommy McDonald, linebacker Jerry Tubbs and offensive guards Ed Gray and Bill Krisher. Their coach was legend Bud Wilkinson, and his Sooners set a record for the longest winning streak in D-I history with 47 straight victories. OU won the national championship that year. Texas’ coach was the gentleman Ed Price. He neared the end of his coaching career for a Texas team that had lots of scoreboard success before 1956. His record entering his last season was 32-18-1. In his first three seasons, Price led the Horns to three winning seasons and two SWC titles. As one might expect, after consecutive seasons of 5-5 and 4-5-1 (Texas’ first losing season in 15 years) and 1956’s 1-9 record, Price lost his headcoaching job. He remained at the University in the physical education department and later, as assistant dean of students. There were no all-Americans at Texas in 1956, but there was talent, especially at the skill positions. The heir to the Humble Oil/ Exxon fortune, then-junior Walter Fondren, led the team in rushing, all-purpose yards and scoring en route to winning the first-ever George Hook McCullough MVP Award. Fondren opted to attend the University despite family ties to Rice and SMU
Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said at his Wednesday press conference that the Longhorns have no choice but to move past their 50-7 loss to No. 2 TCU. He said all the team can do is learn from its mistakes and keep improving. “If you live in the past, the past will come back to get you,” Bedford said. “If you learn from it, move forward, and say ‘What can we do to get things going in the right direction?’ … Let’s not make the same mistakes again.” Bedford said Texas’ biggest key to moving forward is regaining momentum and confidence. The team’s next chance to stop its three
game losing streak comes this Saturday against No. 10 Oklahoma. “No matter what happens in life, when things are going downhill, you have to have some success,” Bedford said. “We need to have some good things happen for us.” Longhorns not concerned about recruiting situation Texas has been slow on the recruiting trail this season. Head coach Charlie Strong and his staff have signed just eight players, and the class ranks outside the top 50, according to 247sports. Bedford said the coaching staff is not concerned right now. “At this time last year, we were in the same spot in recruiting and we finished strong,” Bedford said. “We
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Texas and Oklahoma play in 1956. The 1956 Texas team finished the season with a 1-9 season. Texas is currently 1-4 and plays Oklahoma on Saturday.
— where Fondren Libraries existed — because of what he deemed Texas’ superior geology program. Fondren’s teammate that year was quarterback Joe Clements, who led the conference in passes completed, completion percentage and (alas) interceptions. One glaring difference between now and Texas’ doormat 1956 season, though, was its lack of experience and leadership. Only three seniors were on the roster that year as dropouts, flunkouts, quitters, ill-
nesses and scholastic problems plagued the 1953 recruiting class. This year’s Texas roster lists 18 seniors. Oklahoma jumped on the young Longhorns for 502 yards in the 1956 matchup, an amazing total in those days. OU’s fans, players and hangers-on were their usual selves, eager to trash-mouth the Horns. OU quarterback Jimmy Harris told reporters after the game, “I kept thinking I’d sure hate to be playing for Texas and take this kind of
humiliating beating.” Texas assistant coach Mike Michalske said, “We were just out of our league.” Most Texas fans dutifully remained faithful, though disappointed, throughout the season. They didn’t know until season’s end that Coach Price was on his way out, and the new coach would never suffer anything like a 1-9 season. That new coach just happened to be Darrell K. Royal. Nick Johnson was The Daily Texan sports editor in fall 1956.
Freshman linebacker Malik Jefferson prepares for a play. The Texas defense gave up 50 pioints to TCU last Saturday.
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finished [stronger] than anybody else in this conference and anybody else this state. We’re going to find a way to get the same thing done again.”
Bedford attributed the slow recruiting start to Texas’ “oldfashioned” recruiting strategy, which emphasizes taking more time to evaluate players.
“You have to wait until those guys go to the AllAmerican games,” Bedford said. “We’ll have to deal with that in January.”
WACO — No. 2 Texas (14-1, 4-0 Big 12) left the friendly confines of Gregory Gym on Wednesday to face No. 32 Baylor at the Ferrell Center in Waco. Continuing their dominance in pursuit of five consecutive Big 12 titles, the Longhorns defeated the Bears in straight sets. The win marked Texas’ 27th consecutive victory over the Bears. “We’ve been playing very consistently as a team,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “We had a lot of strong contributions tonight and I’m happy with how we’re playing.” It was more of the same for a Texas team that has quenched opponents this season both in the Big 12 and nonconference. The Longhorns scored their 10th victory in a row and fourthstraight win against Big
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12 opponents. “Our defense has been really good these past couple weeks,” senior middle blocker Molly McCage said. “We’ve been converting points and we’re moving in the right direction.” Many of the usual suspects came through for Texas, with big contributions from senior outside hitter Amy Neal and junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame. Cerame registered 10 kills on the evening while Neal had a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs. In addition, freshman middle blocker Morgan Johnson notched a strong performance in her first appearance since Sept. 19. The freshman racked up six kills and posting an impressive .714 kill percentage. “Coming back from injury, it’s always nice to contribute,” Johnson said. “I want to come back to this team and do whatever
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Senior middle blocker Molly McCage tries to spike the ball. McCage had seven kills in Texas’ straight set win over Baylor in Waco on Wednesday.
I can to contribute.” After dismantling Baylor, Texas hopes to roll through the rest of its Big 12 schedule this year, but Texas’ goals are loftier than just a conference ti-
tle. However, Elliott said he won’t let his team think too far in the future just yet. “Our goal is always to win the Big 12,” Elliott said. “That’s always our
regular season goal and we hope to accomplish that.” The Longhorns return home Saturday to face off against unranked Oklahoma. First serve will be at 1 p.m. in Gregory Gym.
Bevo XIV will not travel to Dallas for Saturday’s Texas-OU game because of a life-threatening condition, according to a statement from the University. Bevo XIV, previously named “Sunrise Studly,” became the University’s mascot in 2004, replacing XIII. The steer is in its 12th season as Texas’ mascot and weighs 2,100 pounds. His experiences through the last 12 seasons range broadly, including the team’s 2005 National Championship win over USC. “BEVO is a fighter, a symbol of strength and who fans across the world care deeply about,” said Ricky Brennes, the executive director of the Silver Spurs Alumni Association, in a statement. “We are carefully monitoring BEVO’s condition at this time and will update the public as we find out more about his condition. The safety and well being of BEVO XIV is always our primary concern, and therefore he will not be attending the game on Saturday.” Bevo XIV is being monitored by veterinarians, according to the statement. —Akshay Mirchandani
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Drag restaurants suffer short lifespans since ’30s By Katie Walsh @katiehwalsh_atx
Illustration by Albert Lee | Daily Texan Staff
Survey suggests sight of blood takes toll on pre-med students
By Eva Frederick @evacharlesanna
Aside from the patient’s well-being, UT pre-med students have a lot on their minds when in the operating room — heavy course loads, MCAT preparation and coping with
the sight of blood. The effect of some medical training on students’ bodies is often overlooked. Physical reactions such as fainting at the sight of blood are fairly common and can have a discouraging effect on the student. These reactions are more prevalent than many people realize. Around 12 percent of medical students have either fainted or come close to fainting while in the operating theater, according to a 2009 study by researchers at the University of Nottingham. The condition of passing out in response to an external stimulus is called
syncope and is caused by a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure as a reaction to certain triggers, such as the sight of blood. The reaction leads to insufficient blood flow to the brain and results in a brief loss of consciousness. An inherent evolutionary protection mechanism causes syncope — basically, the body recognizes the sight of blood and takes precautions as though the blood were its own. To prevent further blood loss, a person’s blood pressure will fall. Syncope can occur when the blood pressure drops too low, depriving the
brain of oxygen. The Nottingham study survyed 630 medical students. Of the 12 percent who said they experienced syncope while in the operating room, more than half intended to become surgeons — like the saying goes, “the most squeamish person in the class is the one who ends up becoming a surgeon.” Squeamishness, which refers to feelings of disgust, repulsion or physical discomfort, is brought on by some external stimulus. Effects of squeamishness range from the typical
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Dating back to 1932, no restaurant has been able to survive on the corner of 20th Street and the Drag. Before it became a construction lot, a series of failed restaurants occupied the area. In a 1985 Daily Texan article, reporter Kathy McTee discussed the Drag’s everchanging landscape. She focused on Aleta’s Fajitas, a Tex-Mex hub housed in a building on the corner. She traced the history of the building back to its construction in 1932 and the five other restaurants that previously inhabited it. “Why hasn’t a decent restaurant survived on the end of the Drag?” McTee said. “Is the south end of the Drag caught in a mysterious pocket of growthlag? Has an ancient voodoo curse been suddenly awakened by the rumbling of many cranes?” In 1932, before high turnover rates began affecting restaurants on the Drag, The Nighthawk occupied the “cursed” corner for 44 years. Lela Jane Akin Tinstman, widow of Nighthawk
founder Harry Akin, said in the article that the restaurant maintained steady business until students began moving off campus in the ’60s. Tinstman said the restaurant’s older customer base began declining as well, after a remodel left the coffee shop looking like a hangout straight out of the 1960s animated sitcom “The Jetsons.” The coffee house struggled through the next two decades and closed in 1981. “Some people would come in for every meal,” Tinstman said. “Many would stop in after a picture show [at Dobie Theater] for a treat.” The restaurant that followed, Flapjack City, didn’t last long before Mariachi’s replaced it. By 1983, Mariachi’s had turned into Polo’s. “Even the smilin’, hotcake flippin’, mountaineer on the sign couldn’t save [Mariachi’s] coffeeshop hot spot concept from an early death,” McTee said. Polo’s circular vinyl booths and “pseudo-preppy bar” vibe soon gave way to That’s Life, “a cushy ‘niteclub’ with an imitation-Threadgill’s menu and
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