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UT files respondent brief in Fisher case By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
UT filed its brief Monday to the Supreme Court in response to the brief filed by Abigail Fisher on Sept. 3. The Fisher brief argues for this case to be heard again, claiming that UT has violated its standard of race in admissions. Fisher’s brief demands that the University “demonstrate with clarity that its
purpose or interest is both constitutionally permissible and substantial, and that its use of the classification is necessary … to the accomplishment of its purpose.” In response to the Fisher brief, UT claims Fisher is “doubly wrong” about her claims that the University cannot rely on the “educational benefits of diversity” and that UT is trying to search for more minorities
from affluent backgrounds. “Like [the] petitioners attack on UT’s interest, these arguments are ultimately aimed at dismantling, rather than applying the Court’s existing precedent, and replacing it with a regime in which race can essentially never be considered even in holistic review, no matter how individualized or modest,” the UT brief said. In a campus-wide email,
University president Gregory Fenves said the University argues in the brief that its admissions process is constitutional and has been upheld in the court of law. “During the past six years, multiple courts have ruled in our favor and upheld the use of race and ethnicity as one factor in admissions,” Fenves said in the email. “In 2013, the Supreme Court remanded the case for further
consideration. In 2014, the Fifth Circuit upheld the policy again. Now, the Supreme Court has agreed to review the case for a second time.” In 2008, Abigail Fisher — a white student — was denied admission into UT. Fisher did not rank in the top 10 percent of her high school, was not automatically admitted and was not accepted
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UTPD warns students of car burglary risk By Zaibab Calcuttawala @zainabroo94
Students should keep their cars completely empty when they park on campus to prevent car burglaries, according to UTPD officer William Pieper. Even seemingly mundane items, such as pieces of paper, could entice thieves into breaking into a car, Pieper said. “A car burglar will break into your car just to rummage through papers,” Pieper said. “They see paper; they might think mail. College students get a lot of interesting mail — credit card applications, college records, cash from mom and dad — all the things a bad guy is interested in to steal identities.” Over the past year, the Austin Police Department has reached out to UTPD several times to post warnings about increases in car burglaries in the North and West Campus areas in the Campus Watch crime logs, according to Pieper. Detective Lawrence Davis with Austin Police Department said burglaries usually occur in batches where the same criminals commit a series of violations in one night. “If you see a lot of crime
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in an area, my experience has been you have one person or a group of individuals who are committing a high volume of crime in the area,” Davis said. “Once we catch that person, there is a dramatic fall in that area.” Davis said that often-
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times, burglaries occur because car owners forget to take basic steps to secure their car before leaving it for the day. “Many of my reports start with someone saying, ‘Oh, I know I should have done this, or I knew I should have done that,’
and while they are talking to me, I have empathy for them, but they are right,” Davis said. “They should have locked their car or hid their belongings.” Even large and heavy items can be stolen in a matter of minutes if the thief has a partner in crime,
Pieper said. “What I have seen with auto burglaries is that typically, they will come up with a car,” Pieper said. “One person will sit in the front with their engine running, the other will jump
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Students continue Wendy’s boycott By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab
UT’s Student/Farmworkers Alliance delivered a letter in protest of the two Wendy’s locations on campus to UT President Gregory Fenves. The letter urged Fenves to cut UT contracts with Wendy’s, which has locations in Jester and the Texas Union, as it is the last of the five major fast food giants to holdout from joining the Fair Food Program. The Fair Food Program requires farms to treat their workers humanely by providing lunch breaks, bathroom breaks, water, shade and the ability to leave the workplace due to health concerns. The letter has been public since Sept. 29 but was delivered to Fenves on Friday. SFA also held a protest on campus against Wendy’s on Sept. 30. According to UT spokesperson Gary Susswein, President Fenves’ office is reviewing the letter’s content. “We take all student opinions seriously,” Susswein said in an email. “The University contracts with the local franchisee operator of the two Wendy’s locations on campus and we encourage anyone with concerns to share their feedback directly with Wendy’s corporate office as well.” Corporate representatives from Wendy’s were not available for comment at press time. In the letter, SFA announced their commitment to the “Boot the Braids” campaign — a nationwide campaign boycotting Wendy’s for not
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Computer science sees Students discuss disability experiences increase in enrollment By Claire Allbright
Students from the Disability Advocacy Student Coalition hosted a forum discussing their disabilities and how UT accommodates for them on Monday afternoon. DASC engages students in promoting disability awareness and advocacy on and off campus.
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Computer science is among three majors at UT that have seen an increase in enrollment each year from 2007–2014, according to the Office of Institutional Reporting, Research, and Information Systems. In addition, communication sciences and disorders and information, risk and operations management have seen consecutive increases in enrollment. According to computer science professor Calvin Lin, the primary reason for this is an emerging job market for computer science students. “The better answer is that if you look at what’s happening now in so many fields, there are revolutions going on inspired
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by technology and computing,” Lin said. “Everything is being enhanced by what you can do with computers and data mining.” Because coding is increasingly applicable to a greater number of fields, computer science should be a part of the
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Seven students with disabilities had the opportunity to discuss their disability and share coping mechanisms they use to manage them during a forum hosted by the Disability Advocacy Student Coalition. The speakers facilitated discussions ranging from sight and hearing impairments to mobility issues and cognitive disorders. Special education senior Adina Goldfin-Wald serves as the Vice President of DASC and disclosed her experience coping with Attention Deficit Disorder and a reading comprehension disorder. “I have learned over my four years at UT various tricks and tools and
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strategies that help me get by,” Goldfin-Wald said. “I make jewelry on the weekends so I have something to play with in the exams.” Goldfin-Wald said that in addition to DASC serving as a community for disabled students, they work
with the office of Services for Students with Disabilities to get classroom accommodations. “What we do is basically advocate for those who might not necessarily be able to advocate for themselves,”
Goldfin-Wald said. Robin Orlowski, active member of Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s committee for people with disabilities, served this advocacy function by reporting on the
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The city will repair 777 roads by Sept. 2016. PAGE 3
Students should vote on upcoming propositions. PAGE 4
Australian punter adjusting to life in Austin. PAGE 6
Students destress on trips to Texas State Parks. PAGE 8
Lecturer discusses historic churches. PAGE 3
Open-source textbooks will reduce college expenses. PAGE 4
Back row passing leading to success for Longhorns. PAGE 6
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out, break a window, take stuff, put it in the car and drive off. The whole thing just takes a couple minutes, and with a car sitting right there, you do not need to carry it great distances.” Davis said it is important for students to be aware of their surroundings so that thieves feel uncomfortable operating in or around the University community. “Crime is high in neighborhoods where criminals think no one is watching them,” Davis said. “If students are weary and
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tired, they are rushing to class and they are not concerned about who is around them, the criminal is going to feel fine committing a crime. You have to open your field of vision and pay attention.” Biochemistry senior Anthony Encarnacion said he generally feels safe parking his car on campus. “Because [my parking spot] is right on campus, when students are walking by, there won’t be any burglaries with that many people walking around,” Encarnacion said. “But I can see it being in issue in less populated areas.”
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continues from page 1 mandatory core curriculum at UT, according to Kathryn McKinley, computer science adjunct professor. “Every university should require one or two computer courses with computational thinking, algorithms and some coding,” McKinley said. According to Lin, computer science would work to further the capabilities of students within their own respective majors, even those in the field of liberal arts. “There is a movement known as digital humanities, and it’s the idea that, instead of having artifacts stored in
repositories like libraries, we can now have digital versions of those, and they can enhance the way that we do research in liberal arts and social sciences,” Lin said. English junior Brooke Burnham believes computer science should be a mandatory core class because many professions are becoming increasingly centered around computer technology. “Computer science is where our future is going, like with cellphone apps and digital business,” Burnham said. Mandatory computer science courses would work best if they were introductory and allowed students to test out with AP or IB credits, civil
engineering freshman Gretchen Bella said. Despite the support behind including computer science in the core requirements for UT, it is currently not possible because there are not enough computer science staff members to teach such a large number of students. UT can expect to see a steady increase in computer science enrollment in the coming years, according to Lin. “Historically, computer science enrollment has gone up and down in boom and bust cycles. But in general, my guess is that it’ll stay high because it’s a skill that is so universally useful now,” Lin said.
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meeting in hopes of better representing the interests and needs of the disabled community in the city of Austin. Social work senior Jonathan Franks works to pass legislation for equal pay in the workplace and improve accessible course work for blind students on campus. “There is various legislation out there, but a lot of schools don’t honor that,” Franks said. Franks is a transfer student to UT and has been blind for nine years. Franks said he is using his disability as a tool to teach society and improve equality for all students. “We’re all the same — we just have different levels of experience,“ Franks said. “Taking tests is a lot different than when I had sight back in high school. It’s completely different, but it’s been a great experience.” Eden Stone, Vice President of DASC and psychology senior, said before the event that the purpose was to raise awareness about what it is like to be a college student on campus with a disability. “We’re hoping that other people who show up maybe share disabilities with some of the other members and can relate [to] those things and learn about those things,” Stone said. “Maybe they can figure out different ways to deal with it that they hadn’t thought about before.”
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City releases major road reconstruction plans By Rachel Freeman @rachel_frmn
Austin, prepare your engines for new sealcoated, overlaid, slurrysealed, crack-sealed and fog-sealed roads. The 2016 service plan overview of street preventative maintenance, released by the Austin Public Works department earlier this month, details the 777 road projects — four of which will affect campus streets — scheduled for completion by next September. The Public Works department currently has $52.7 million in available funding, up $4.7 million from last year. The construction affecting the University is focused on the northwestern part of campus. John Gilbert, current Whitis Court resident and undeclared sophomore, said he is concerned on how seal coating on the road outside his dorm may affect his ability to get around. Specific project start and end dates have not yet been
released, and all construction is subject to change due to weather conditions. “If the maintenance ends up being while school is in session, I’m worried about the noise and finding a way to get to class,” Gilbert said. “It’ll be annoying having to deal with that. But, if the City government thinks this needs to be done, then I guess it needs to be done.” A hot overlay of asphaltic concrete is planned to be set in on 27th Street between Wichita Street and Speedway, on Speedway between 27th Street and San Jacinto Boulevard and on University Avenue between 30th Street and Speedway. A seal coat will be sprayed on Whitis Avenue between Dean Keeton Street and 29th Street. In part of the plan, other streets also will receive slurry seals, crack seals and fog seals. All of these seals and overlays are preventative measures intended to prolong the life of the street, according to the service plan overview.
Four streets near the University are set to be repaired by September 2016. The plan is part of a larger city project that will repair 777 roads in Austin.
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Biomedical engineering freshman Erin Higgins said she is happy to see the government taking preventative initiatives. “It sounds great; it’ll save time and money,” Higgins said. “Preventative measures
and preventive strikes are always a good thing.” In the City’s Proposed Budget Volume One, public works director Howard Lazarus said that though the department has faced challenges in fulfilling its duties
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continues from page 1 joining the Fair Food Program. Carlos Salamanca, an organizer of SFA, a co-writer of the letter and Latin American studies junior, said the point of the letter is to try to establish a relationship with the University and Fenves to help further SFA’s goals. “The point isn’t to punish them; it’s to try to get them to change,” Salamanca said. “We make connections [in the letter] between the ways Fenves wants to present
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Dr. Dale Kinney, professor at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, discussed the process of rebuilding, renovating, remodeling and re-imagining of Roman churches on Monday.
Lecturer expounds on history, process of church restoration
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enior ks to In 1420, the Pope reequalturned to Rome and found andthe city’s churches were fallourseing apart. Many were rebuilt, dentsbut there are four churches in particular that remain in a egis-hybrid state. a lot Dale Kinney, professor at onorBryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, discussed the pronsfercess by which these Medieval haschurches — St. Peter’s Basiliears.ca, Santa Maria in Trastevere, usingSanta Maria Maggiore and ol toSt. Paul’s Cathedral — were proverebuilt, renovated, remodeled nts. or reimagined in her Monme —day lecture, “An Infinity of lev-Churches Without Roofs.” anks Kinney, who holds a Ph.D. is ain fine arts, said that alwhenthough some historians have highcalled the churches “hodgeetelypodge,” she appreciates the en adisplay of different types of architecture, all representing Vicea specific century. and “It’s an assemblage of interventions,” saidhistorical Kinney said. “The buildthat ing is the result of many efraise
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that during the holistic review w up process. lities The percent rule, which other the University has reduced reto top seven or top eight and percent through the years, ngs,” is a state law that limits the they number of automatically ifferaccepted in-state students th it through the rule to 75 perought cent of the incoming class, with the remaining percent undergoing holistic review. After the Supreme Court heard the case in 2012, a 7-1 vote sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, but the court ruled in favor of UT. On June 29, the Supreme Court agreed
forts and many moments in time, and they are all simultaneously existing.” Art history professor Joan Holladay, who coordinated Kinney’s visit, said her lecture is part of a team-taught graduate seminar, which was sponsored by a grant from the Kimbell Foundation. “We try to find somebody who would add to but not necessarily duplicate what we’ve done in class,” Holladay said. “Sometimes you look for somebody whose work you have assigned.” The grant also allowed 10 graduate students to visit the Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the churches discussed by Kinney, according to Holladay. “We were very grateful to be able to make a trip to see the things we were talking about in class,” Holladay said. “And that’s really the way you should do art history: on-site.” English graduate student Rachel Roepke, who specializes in Medieval literature, said she enjoyed Kinney’s to hear the case a second time, and in early October announced the hearing will take place on Dec. 9. While Fisher argues that race played a part in her denial into UT, the University said in its brief that few minority students could be admitted under the holistic review. “Because the great majority of the entering class is filled with Top 10% admits, the holistic admissions process is exceptionally competitive,” the UT brief said. “That was particularly true in [Fisher’s] admissions year, 2008, when the 21,000 applicants not admitted under the Top 10% law competed for 4,000 spots. The
explanation of changing perspectives regarding how historical structures should be treated over time. “I loved the way she traced … over the course of time, different perspectives on how to rebuild churches and keep them standing,” Roepke said. Roepke also spoke of the importance of studying the Medieval time period and how it affects modern society, such as the plot of Star Wars being influenced by the Medieval quest for the Holy Grail. “I think that it is an era that so often we distance ourselves from, but there are so many elements of the Medieval that we see all of the time today,” Roepke said. “They were thinking about really interesting things — things that we still talk about today.” Kinney said since doing her dissertation on the Santa Maria in Trastevere, she has a newfound appreciation. “I’m very interested in it now as a living community, as well as this nice piece of architecture,” Kinney said.
Because the great majority of the entering class is filled with Top 10% admits, the holistic admissions process is exceptionally competitive —Abigail Fisher Petitioner
competition is particularly fierce for minority applicants, who do not fare as well as non-minority applicants in the holistic review process.”
to the city, they have found creative solutions. “Service delivery in these areas are challenged by an aging and expanding roadway infrastructure, continued growth of the city of Austin’s geographic area
and uncertainties in the costs of materials,” Lazarus said. “PWD will continue to implement innovative and sustainable strategies to address the City’s needs for mobility, safety, and facilities development.”
himself, which is as a President that concerns himself with the needs of all of his faculty, staff and students. … We wish to speak with him and establish a relationship with him.” In a previous interview with The Daily Texan, Wendy’s spokeman Bob Bertini responded to the organization’s protest by saying they have no need to join the Fair Food Program because “[Wendy’s] require[s] our suppliers to adhere to state and federal requirements related to worker health and safety, and we are proud to
work with responsible companies who share our commitment to quality and doing the right thing.” Salamanca said he knows change will not be immediate and said SFA looks forward to establishing the appropriate relationships in order to make sure that farmworkers are given basic employee rights. “We’re ready to be patient,” Salamanca said. “We don’t expect that success will come overnight, but our goal is to keep pressure until one day we can have humane labor conditions.”
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Students should vote on propositions
While this year’s Election Day does not involve any campaigns for prominent national or state-level offices, Texans should still pay attention to the state issues on the ballot on Nov. 3. Not all of the seven propositions are flashy, controversial or even legally relevant, but they will all play a role in shaping Texas’ future political landscape. Proposition 1 would lower the tax that Texas residents pay to the public school system. How much homeowners would save depends on their respective districts’ tax rate, but the average is between $120 and $130. Individual schools would then apply for supplementary funding from the Foundation School Fund, which offers monetary aid to schools in poorer districts. Prop 1 will look good to conservatives focused on lowering their taxes but could hinder public schools that already receive scant funding from their districts. It might not affect UT students, but it has the power to negatively affect our family members’ futures if public schools do not have the funds to offer appropriate resources. Proposition 2 seeks to fix a mistake in 2011’s Proposition 1, which granted spouses of deceased veterans a homestead exemption on property taxes if their partners died after Jan. 1, 2010. This proposition will give all spouses of deceased veterans the homestead exemption, regardless of when they died. The initial proposition passed with over 80 percent in favor — this year’s Proposition 2 should pass just as easily. Proposition 3 proposes to eliminate the requirement for at-large elected state officials to reside in Austin while in office, such as the governor, lieutenant gover-
nor, attorney general and others, which would revoke a 139-year-old requirement. Currently, at-large officials would be prosecuted by the district attorney of Travis County in any legal disputes, but this would change. Proponents believe this change will prevent too much power from resting with the Travis County DA, while opponents argue this could allow unfair trials in cases of inner county corruption. Prop. 3 is an unnecessary change, even a dangerous one. Keeping state officials in Austin keeps government central. But more importantly, there is no evidence that the Travis County DA wields too much power, while Prop. 3’s passage risks corrupting officials’ trials. Proposition 4 is an extension of 1989’s Proposition 15, which allowed nonprofit organizations to hold charitable raffles at their events. Prop. 4 extends this right to a number of professional sports leagues, including the NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS and NHL, and allows them to hold raffles at their home courts. This proposition could help raise a significant amount of money for charity in a relatively simple way. Under current state law, counties with fewer than 5,000 people can commission road construction and maintenance from the private sector, instead of doing so from public funds. Proposition 5 would extend that right to an additional 20 counties by bumping the population limit up to 7,500. Its passage would save the state money while providing construction jobs in rural areas. But like any law that lets the government choose a private company to maintain a public service, it risks facilitating corruption.
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Proposition 6 seeks to enshrine the rights to fish, hunt and harvest in the Texas constitution. Its rationale is the false claim — issued by the State Senate’s Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs Committee — that federal laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act threaten the longstanding Texan tradition of conserving wildlife by killing wildlife. Critics argue that state laws can’t supersede federal policy. But that hasn’t stopped Prop 6’s maverick supporters from fighting on — mainly because none of the activities they seek to protect are under any sort of legal threat. That renders the whole
initiative a functionally irrelevant exercise in NRA-sponsored Lone Star chest-thumping. Sic semper tyrannis. Proposition 7 would increase the funding supplied to the government-run State Highway Fund that helps pay for highway improvement projects. If passed, the additional funding will come from the both the sales and use tax and the state motor vehicle sales and rental tax. At face value, the proposition is funding positive infrastructure changes but has the power to give the legislature control over billions of more dollars.
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New bill can be solution to rising textbook prices By Mohammad Syed Daily Texan Columnist @mohammadasyed
It’s no question that of the many problems college students have to face, affordability is one of the most daunting. Earlier this month, UT Board of Regents announced a 2 percent increase in tuition for the upcoming school year. Beyond just UT, on average, tuition has increased by 146 percent for both private and public colleges over the past 30 years. College tuition in America is expensive, and it’s often the very thing that determines where the student chooses to attend school. The problem doesn’t end there. Beyond just tuition, there exist hidden costs which further burden students. College textbooks are often an obligatory purchase for students. On average, these textbooks cost around $1,200. According to an analysis by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the prices of textbooks have increased by 82 percent from 2002 to 2012. To combat the high prices, systems have been created where students have the ability to rent textbooks, however many feel such programs are not enough. But there might be a solution. Two weeks ago, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Al Franken (D-Minnesota) and Angus King (DMaine) introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act. If passed, the bill will allow universities to provide textbook content online for free. Under the bill, universities would have the ability to receive government grants to create an open textbook system in which all content would be online. The benefit of such a system has many folds,
According to an analysis by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the prices of textbooks have increased by 82 percent from 2002 to 2012. including the ability for professors to modify online content to make the open-sourced textbook more aligned with their own course. This allows the textbook to be more tailored toward the course. Such a program would help students save an enormous amount of money. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group estimates the bill could collectively save students $1 billion per year. In addition to cost decreasing, through open-source textbooks, academic attainment is seen to increase. A study of the Virginia State University’s School of Business found that those with open-sourced online textbooks earned better grades. While high textbook costs isn’t the only thing making college unaffordable for many, such a bill could serve as the impetus for reducing college prices. Passing this bill could get the ball rolling and eventually make college affordable for everyone. With benefits ranging from huge cost reduction to better academic achievement, it’s imperative that students all over the nation urge their congressional leaders to back the Affordable College Textbook Act. Syed is a biochemistry freshman from Houston.
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In 1998, George W. Bush, then the governor of Texas, and Jeb Bush, then the governor-elect of Florida, were asked a question after appearing together. Was Jeb — a calculating, reserved politician in comparison to a sibling with a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth and saying asinine things — the smart brother? Most have accepted the charge. Search the Internet for the “smart Bush,” and the results will inevitably trickle toward Jeb. But could this declaration have simply been made because the American people were not familiar with him on a nationwide level? Earlier this year, Jeb Bush announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. The original frontrunner of the contest, he soon fell behind Donald Trump in the polls and is now languishing somewhere around fifth or sixth place. With the news that Bush has drastically slashed his campaign expenses — including letting people go — some are speculating he is about to drop out. Such an ignominious end would be fitting for the train wreck of a campaign Bush has run so far this year. Among his many gems are insinuating that AfricanAmericans vote Democratic because they get “free stuff,” simply noting “stuff happens” in response to a mass shooting on a college campus and that the average American — who already works 47 hours a week — needs to work even more. Surely, these dunderheaded remarks would spell doom for Bush in the midst of a general election campaign, but they don’t actually appear to be immediately hurting his campaign. Rather, his pragmatism — or, more aptly, perceived pragmatism — has disqualified him as a
choice for far too many in the Republican electorate. Bush once called undocumented immigration an “act of love,” and his plan for reform, while still draconian in comparison to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s proposals, is compassionate for his party. It’s far too compassionate for many in the party. “If my wife were from Mexico, I think I would have a soft spot for people from Mexico,” Trump recently said about Bush, whose wife was born in Mexico. Ignoring the glaring oversimplification and offensiveness of that assertion, a big chunk of those who will vote in a Republican primary believe in the sentiment. Even as big business and other prominent politicians clamor for Bush, the grassroots is simply too skeptical of him at this moment. The other part of that reporter’s question back in 1998 was if W. was the “savvy one” alongside Jeb being the “smart” one. When seen in that context, the descriptors make sense. Whatever one’s opinion of our 43rd President, he unmistakably ran twice for the presidency and governed for eight years with the full backing of his party’s base. Jeb appears unable to replicate this. Perhaps the Republican Party is just too different today. The Tea Party and all of its effects, after all, did not appear until W. was replaced by Barack Obama as President. But Jeb is running to the left of every other major contender; W., on the other hand, ran hard to the right of his main intra-party rival in 2000, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona). Chalk it up to savvies, smarts or some other quality. Whatever it is, Jeb Bush doesn’t have it. And come January 20, 2017, when the 45th president — whomever she may be — is sworn-in, Jeb will regret it. Horwitz is a government senior from Houston.
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Misfits, Black Sabbath provide dark vibes Paranoid brought a more welcoming form of the typical metal sound to the public, resulting in its huge sales.
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Michael Dickson adjusts to life at Texas
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It’s been a busy few months for freshman punter Michael Dickson. Born in Sydney, Australia, he’s had to adjust to life at an American university. He also takes responsibility for the punting duties at one of the nation’s most-watched football programs. “It’s crazy — it’s going by so quick,” Dickson said. “Just relaxing [is difficult]. There’s just so much going on.” Dickson comes from a place where football means somethig different. In Australia, football refers to Australian Rules Football, a sport similar to rugby. Dickson played Rules Football for several years before he lost interest and he searched for an alternative. “I heard about [Australian punter] Sav Rocca coming to the NFL a couple years ago,” Dickson said. “I wasn’t enjoying [Australian football] too much anymore. I thought I can kick and should come over here and give it a go.” Dickson’s journey to Texas started when his Australian football coach put him in touch with Texas defensive backs coach Chris Vaughn. Texas’ coaching staff expressed the need for a punter, and Dickson jumped on the opportunity ,despite not knowing much about the University. “When I started looking up [Texas], I was amazed,” Dickson said. “When I came here on my visit, I just couldn’t believe it. I remember driving down the road and seeing the
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Texas fans got to know freshman punter Michael Dickson, pictured here against TCU, after he fumbled a snap to cost Texas a win against Oklahoma State. The freshman turned a high snap into a strong punt against Kansas State on Saturday.
stadium. … I just thought, ‘This is crazy.’” Dickson initially struggled during training camp. He said it took him a while to feel comfortable during practice. Yet he found his groove as he gained more experience and ended up winning the starting job position. Texas fans learned Dickson’s name during his fourth game after he botched a punt in the final minutes against No. 12 Oklahoma State. The mistake set up the Cowboys for the game-winning field goal. Dickson took heat from both the fans and the media
following the debacle. “It was pretty tough — I’m not going to lie,” Dickson said. “I was down for a couple of days, but I just had to get over it and punt the ball. I just wanted to get back out there.” Dickson’s teammates didn’t blame him for the miscue. Instead, they rallied around him and encouraged him to put the mistake behind him. So far, he’s answering the call, averaging around 40 yards per punt since the drop. Dickson shined against Kansas State, booming punts of 45 and 51 yards in the fourth quarter. He also made
highlight reels earlier in the fourth quarter while scooping the ball off the ground after a high snap and kicking it rugby-style on the run. The ball rolled deep inside Kansas State territory and pinned the Wildcats inside their 10yard line. The performance earned Dickson honors as the Big 12’s Special Teams Player of the Week. “Just to watch him develop these last three weeks after dropping the ball,” head coach Charlie Strong said. “He’s like, ‘Coach, I was not going to let what happened to me against Oklahoma State
[happen again]. I was going to get that ball off somehow.’” Dickson will try to keep adjusting and improving in his last five games as a freshman. He’s still a young player, and miscues are expected. Even so, the Longhorns are confident that he will learn from his chaotic start and become a key player on the team. “He has all the ability in the world as a punter,” senior wide receiver Marcus Johnson said. “He’s probably been through it all in his first couple games. … He’s learned a lot in a short amount of time.”
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Addison wins regional tournament, singles title By Samuel Williams @smwilliams27
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Senior libero Kat Brooks recorded a career high of 15 digs against Oklahoma after an 11-game skid of single-digit digs. Texas’ back row passing has been key to the Longhorn offense.
Back row passing leads strong Longhorn attack By Claire Cruz @claireecruz5
Success is something that No. 2 Texas volleyball has come to expect. With three national championships and 21 conference titles in school history, Texas has become a powerhouse. Former star hitters such as Destinee Hooker, Bailey Webster and Haley Eckerman are just a few well known reasons for that success. They helped shape Texas’ reputation as a team with tall, dominant hitters leading a high-powered offense. However, the smaller players hidding behind the big Longhorn front line play an important offensive role. “Our passing has been key to our offense,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “When we’re passing well, we can run our offense and play at a pretty high level.” Although the last touch in a rally usually sparks the most emotion from a crowd, the first touch is arguably the most important. The
quality of a pass affects how well the setter can get the ball to the hitter and sets the tone of the game. Back row players have mere seconds to read a hitter, prepare for the dig and get a good pass up for the setter. “As a defender, you really have to be ready for anything,” senior libero Kat Brooks said. “When you have a great hitter coming at you, you don’t really know where they’re going to hit the ball, so we definitely make adjustments.” The adjustments Texas’ passers have made since the start of the season have been on display recently. Brooks recorded 15 digs in a career performance against Oklahoma after an 11-game skid of single-digit digs. Sophomore libero Cat McCoy is averaging 14 digs per match, and junior setter Nicole Dalton has tallied 51 of her 57 digs in the last seven games. “Our passing game has been getting better and better, and I think Nicole
coming in in that defensive role has solidified that,” Elliott said. “We’re getting more confident in terms of the system that [assistant coach Erik Sullivan] wants from his passers, and we’re making improvements with our platforms.” Texas kicks off the second half of conference play with a battle against TCU on the road on Wednesday in a game that will challenge the Longhorn passers. The Horned Frogs competed well when these teams first played, despite Texas earning the win in straight sets. TCU outdug the Longhorns in that game, as it has done against most of its opponents this season. The Horned Frogs (15-5, 5-3) are ranked fourth in the Big 12, and although their offense isn’t explosive, they do have six hitters with over 100 kills — a potential problem for Texas’ defense. “TCU is playing very well and very disciplined,” Elliott said. “We’ll have to work real hard to be successful.”
With a 6-0, 6-4 win Monday morning over Rice’s Katherine Ip, senior Breaunna Addison earned her spot in the finals of the ITA Texas Regional Championships. Later in the day, Addison defeated Houston’s Despoina Vogasari 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to claim her first singles title in this tournament. She previously captured the doubles title in 2013 with the help of nowjunior Pippa Horn. Monday’s performance capped a dominant run for Addison. The two-time AllAmerican won five consecutive matches in straight sets to advance to the finals before coming back from a
one-set deficit to earn victory. She boasted a 76-35 game record by the tournament’s conclusion. Addison traveled to College Station for the tournament with four other Longhorns, but she was the only one to advance past the round of 32. Due to weather, match play was moved to Baylor’s indoor facilities on Saturday, where the former Big 12 Player of the Year finished her run to the singles title. Senior Lana Groenvynck made it as far as the round of 32, while sophomore Dani Wagland and freshman Chelsea Crovetti were both eliminated in the round of 64. Junior Neda Koprcina also fell in the round of 128.
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Texas sits in seventh at Las Vegas tourney By Rosalyn Barnett @Rosalyn_Barnett
The Longhorns climbed the leaderboard to tie for seventh in the second round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Shootout. The women’s golf team finished nine-under today, putting them 14-under par for the tournament along with Colorado State and Missouri. Sophomore Sophia Schubert improved from top 20 to just outside the top 10 during her second round. Her bogey-free round led her to a four-under par 68 and put her tied for 11th. Senior Tezira Abe shot another steady round of 70 to tie for 26th, but her double bogey on the 17th hole kept her from moving up the leaderboard. Junior Julia Beck carded two double bogeys along with three bogeys for a three-over
75. Junior Haley Mills improved after yesterday’s 75 to shoot a two-under par bogeyfree round of 70. Despite three bogeys, freshman Maddie Luitwieler also improved to finish one-under par for the day. All three athletes are currently tied for 60th at one-over par. San Jose State took the outright lead after the second round, finishing 26-under par. Michigan is currently six strokes back in second place, while Vanderbilt sits in third. San Jose State’s My Leander carded an eagle and kept her individual lead to top the leaderboard at 12-under par. Tennessee’s Anna Newell is in second place at 11-under par. Texas will play it’s final 18 holes alongside Colorado State and Missouri. The third round will be another shotgun start with tee times at 10 a.m.
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SPORTS BRIEFLY John Bianco rejoins athletic department The athletics department announced it has rehired John Bianco as associate athletics director, media relations for football. The hire is effective immediately. Bianco served in the role for 23 years before leaving over the summer due to a departmental reorganization. “John has vast experience and a high level of mutual trust with the coaching staff,” said interim men’s athletics director Mike Perrin in a press release. “I’d like to personally thank and applaud Scott McConnell for an outstanding job in difficult circumstances. Scott’s leadership and work ethic, with tremendous support from Brian Davis, Susie Epp, Travis Feldhaus, Joe Hernandez and David Wiechmann, has been inspiring.” McConnell will again be the full-time media contact for men’s basketball. McConnell has been the media contact for both football and men’s basketball in Bianco’s absence. —Akshay Mirchandani
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Texas State Parks Club unites the outdoorsy By Katie Walsh @katiewalsh_atx
Inside a cramped tent in Blanco State Park, a group of soaking-wet students laugh at their misfortune. It’s 4 a.m., and the Texas State Parks Club is in the middle of their first overnight adventure. The club, founded in March by biomedical engineering sophomore Mackenzie Clayton and chemical engineering sophomore Yanan Wang, is a small community of new and advanced hikers who take monthly day outings and semesterly overnight trips to Texas state parks. “I feel like college students have so many things to do,” Wang said. “When they are able to come on an outdoor, nature-oriented [trip], it really allows them to relax and take a break from all the non-stop craziness. It’s completely disconnected from everything.” Clayton said the club has a relaxed atmosphere, with no membership fees and loose plans for every trip. Their primary focus is facilitating a trip that is fun for anyone — from beginners who don’t know how to pitch a tent to experienced backpackers. The club has traveled to Bastrop and Pedernales State Park this semester and plans to take an overnight trip to Inks Lake State Park in November. Although the Facebook group has 83 members, less than 20 typically attend each trip, which Wang said is an ideal amount. “You really get to know people because all you’re doing is walking, and nothing is really distracting you,” Wang said. “[People]
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Chemical engineering sophomore Yanan Wang, left, and biomedical engineering sophomore Mackenzie Clayton founded UT’s Texas State Parks club last March. The club, which requires no membership fees, is centered around taking trips to state parks for relaxation.
typically start off with basic [small talk] but then start sharing personal stories that I don’t think I would’ve learned if I was just at a meeting on campus or something like that.” The club started after Clayton proposed the idea for the club to the Texas Parks and Wildlife department, where she volunteered last semester. The department supported her plan
to start the club and helped her brainstorm ideas where they could go and how to get started, but she and Wang, who she barely knew at the time, did the rest. For their first overnight trip, five club members went to Blanco State Park. It rained through the night, and the insides of their tents got soaked because they forgot tarps, but Clayton said she looks back on it fondly.
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UT alumnus Alex Sands said he joined the group last semester because it was a good opportunity to explore the state with a group of like-minded people. “In my experience, hiking has been a very solitary thing,” Sands said. “I used to go out by myself and be alone in the wilderness for a couple days, but now I have a group of people who enjoy doing the same things. It’s
an opportunity not only to be out in nature, but also to extend my social circle.” Clayton said so far the club has had smooth sailing, so she and Wang are considering a longer trip to Big Bend National Park in the future as well as opening up leadership roles such as historian, treasurer and social chair. She said they have a loyal group of regulars who attend most club outings, but now she
and Wang are trying to get the rest of the 83 club members on Facebook to come out on a trip. “It’s hard to convince your friends to wake up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday to go hiking,” Clayton said. “But that’s what we do. A lot of people were looking for something outdoorsy to do, and they found us, so it’s nice that we have been able to fill that void for people.”
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Fuzz’s II might sound typical to casual listeners, but dedicated fans will be able to differentiate between this album and other Ty Segall releases in a heartbeat.
Ty Segall’s project, Fuzz, finds identity in sophomore album By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
Critics often hail Ty Segall’s extensive solo work as revolutionary, but his other efforts are overlooked far too frequently. Fuzz, one of his many side projects, suffered from his plague, but with their second LP, II — released Friday — the band attempts to break into the limelight with their own distinctive sound. Formed in 2011, Fuzz distinguishes itself from other Segall ventures with an easy change — instead of playing his Fender Mustang, Segall sits behind a drum kit. This means Charles Moothart, the front man of Moonhearts, gets to play guitar. The group released their first LP, Fuzz, in late 2013, sticking to a reliable and traditional hard rock sound. It was a decent project, but the album lacked any distinguishable qualities to make it a memorable endeavor. Their second record, II, attempts to distinguish itself by incorporating more
psychedelic influences and addictive riffs, culminating in a loud and chaotic experience. II is about half an hour longer than its predecessor. Combined with occasionally repetitive song compositions, this makes some songs feel stale. Even rock purists will admit that over an hour of relentless riffs and crooning vocals can feel a bit redundant, but II tries to overcome its limitations with experimentation. Listening closely to Segall and Moothart’s lyrics, it’s clear that each song heavily contributes to a story of a bleak and empty society. During the album’s 11th track, “New Flesh,” Segall sings, “Feel no sadness, In this world where living is lifeless,” expressing the outlook of this fantasy world. Whenever Segall and company aren’t projecting this image of a dark society, their instruments take over and roll swiftly though each song. II’s first track, “Time Collapse Pt. II / The 7th Terror,” contains
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bassist Chad Ubovich’s best riff on the entire album and ends with a barbaric guitar solo. In the occasional moments Fuzz uses a slower tempo, it often culminates into a booming sound by the end of the track. “Burning Wreath” begins with a calm, twangy guitar riff but snowballs into a hypnotic and thrashing song. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple are obvious influences on this album, but, while Segall tends to rely on what he knows, he puts a slight spin on each song that helps
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Different events in my life impacted the tattoos I got at the time. In the mirror, I think about how old it is and where I come from. When you start getting tattoos early, you think small — just a picture or a name because your mind is limited. As you get older, you start getting a broader sense of things. Graeme Hamilton | Daily Texan Staff
—Quinton Darden, Government sophomore