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García Márquez archives open at UT
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By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial “The Satanic Verses,” paid tribute to the late author Gabriel García Márquez in a keynote address Wednesday night to commemorate a new archive at the Harry Ransom Center dedicated to him. The address was part of the 12th biennial Flair Symposium which marked the opening of the archives of García Márquez, the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning
author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Despite never meeting him, Rushdie said he revered García Márquez’s work and was initially surprised that his work resonated so well with Latin-American literature. “I knew there was nothing about the Latin-American literary world I could relate to nor the reality from which it sprang, but after that first encounter I didn’t care,” Rushdie said. “I responded with a simple openness, and I had the innocence of a reader called in a moment where the
beauty accompanied the text.” The archive, supported by the University’s Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies’ Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, opened on Oct. 21 for research, according to a news release. Megan Barnard, associate director for acquisitions and administration at the Harry Ransom Center, said she believes the archive will provide a unique look at the author’s life and literature.
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Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie presented a keynote address to commemorate the opening of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s archive at the Harry Ransom Center on Wednesday.
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FAC experiences low early voter turnout By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab
The early voting location at the Flawn Academic Center had one of the lowest voter turnouts from 19 early voting locations in Travis County so far. As of Tuesday, 447 out of 14,600 Travis County voters cast their ballots at the FAC location. There are 19 early voting locations in Travis County for this election, six of which have numbers lower than the FAC’s voter turnout. Early voting began on Monday, Oct. 19. According to Ginny Ballard, public information coordinator for the county clerk’s office, the 447 people who voted at the FAC are most likely part of the UT community. “I would say that because of parking issues and other things, more than likely, it is faculty and staff voting in
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A sign on UT’s West Mall encourages students to vote in the Flawn Academic Center. The FAC early voting location had the seventh lowest voter turnout of all 19 locations in Travis County.
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Students gathered at the College Republicans watch party to assess the top 10 Republican presidential hopefuls who debated Republican core values for the third debate of the 2016 primary. “It’s good for us to be able to discuss and evaluate together what’s being said and bounce ideas off each other,” Robert Guerra, College Republicans communications director, said. “I know for me personally, I’m undecided at the moment, and so I very much look forward to the debates to see where the candidates stand.” The 10 candidates are former governors Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee; governors Chris Christie and John Kasich; senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former CEO Carly Fiorina and businessman Donald Trump. A CBS/New York Times poll of Republican primary voters released Tuesday listed Carson in first place for the first time since the summer with 26 percent to Trump’s 22. After the two top candidates, the rest follow behind in the single digits. Economics freshman Greg Fantin, a supporter of Carly Fiorina, said he believes a moderate candidate will secure the nomination. “While Ben Carson may have high appeal among religious voters, and that may give him a big boost in Iowa and New Hampshire, … the
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City continues airport Yik Yak co-founder discusses app, anonymity terminal expansion By Jameson Pitts
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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport looks ahead to begin its final improvement project to expand their terminal and increase traveler capacity. The airport has completed the first three stages of its renovations and is set to begin work on its final project, the Terminal/Apron Expansion & Improvements Project. Construction has yet to start on the expansion but the project is estimated to finish by 2019, according to Austin-Bergstrom representative Jim Halbrook. “Currently the terminal we have has a capacity to serve 11 million travelers a year,” Halbrook said. “But we have seen increases in the number of travelers, this year up ten percent. We need to expand the terminal to be able to accommodate those additional passengers. After the 70,000
square foot expansion the terminal will be able to serve 15 million passengers.” The expansion of the terminal follows the airport’s master plans from 2003 and 2008. The project in total will cost $240 million for a 23 percent increase in space available and 27 percent increase in passengers served. Biology freshman Lavender Hackman said the construction might be a deterrent for people choosing to fly to Austin or not. “To have construction going on will likely make people even more frustrated until it’s done,” Hackman said. “We could lose a lot of money with people avoiding the airport for four years. I’m already annoyed and I don’t even plan to use the airport.” Hackman also said she was unsure if this expansion is the best use of city funding. “This is not a good
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Tyler Droll, co-founder and CEO of Yik Yak, speaks on campus in a Q&A hosted by Speak. Droll co-founded Yik Yak in 2013, and the company has grown rapidly since.
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Yik Yak co-founder and CEO Tyler Droll discussed the app’s success and the doubleedged sword of online anonymity at a talk Wednesday evening. Droll said he had the idea for Yik Yak after being frustrated with trying to come up with a Twitter username and gain followers. “What if I got rid of the usernames and instantly gave you followers?” Droll said. Droll said mainstream social platforms are limited because users judge posts based on who posted it, not just the content of the post. “We wanted more of a level playing field,” Droll said. “Our whole generation is moving to more ephemeral apps.” Droll credits the app’s success to anonymity and the lack of user registration. Because each user has an equal voice and audience, Droll said the app allows users to easily build community, and he claims the
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app will even allow users to respond quickly in emergencies. “When there is a school shooting, word will spread faster through Yik Yak than Twitter or campus alert systems,” Droll said. The event was hosted by Speak, a student organization committed to creating interesting speaker series. Management information systems junior Andrew Watts, president of Speak, said the organization invited Droll so students could
learn about creating a successful startup. “I think they’re a company that is at a very interesting point in terms of growth,” Watts said. “They’re in a place where they’ve had the initial wave of people that are interested, and now they kind of have to prove themselves — prove that they are capable of staying relevant.” Some students who attended the event raised questions about the abuse of anonymity
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on Yik Yak. One such problem, cyberbullying, led the Yik Yak team to use user location to block the app in high schools. Finance senior Kate Hanna said she has been personally affected by gossip on the app. “I think it’s sad that one piece of gossip can be taken campus wide,” Hanna said. “I think that affects more than just high schoolers.”
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that location,” Ballard said. “That’s why we offer that location, so that it’s convenient for those who work on campus, live on campus and go to school on campus.” The highest voter turnouts were 2,151 in the Randall’s Research and Braker streets early voting location and 1,403 in the Randall’s South Mopac and William Cannon streets early voting location. The lowest voter turnout was 72 in Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center. One reason why voter turnout at the FAC early voting location is low might be because the amendments to the Texas constitution do not particularly pertain to students’ lives, said Kassie Barroquillo, graduate assistant coordinator for UT Votes — which promotes student voting. The ballot currently has seven propositions with one additional bond proposition
that touch on topics such as residence homestead exemptions and privatization of road construction for small populated cities, among other issues. “I think of lot of students right now don’t exactly know what’s on the ballot because this isn’t a ballot that has candidates,” Barroquillo said. “When students don’t know what they’re looking at, a lot of the time they won’t vote, and I think that’s definitely a part of it.” Tera Sherrard, grants and contracts specialist in the Department of Psychology, said she voted in two previous elections at the FAC and said turnout then was much better than the turnout she saw when she voted this week. Sherrard said she also believes low turnout has to do with the content of the ballot. “I voted 4:30 p.m. on a Wednesday, and there was literally nobody there,” Sherrard said. “It’s just constitutional amendments so
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“We anticipate that Gabriel García Márquez’s archive will be among our most frequently studied collections, not only because of the importance of his literary works, but also because of his significance in a range of disciplines, from journalism to Latin American history and politics to film,” Bernard said. According to a news release, the archive includes 75 boxes of documents, including manuscript drafts of his work and correspondence letters to a close friend about the writing of “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Students and faculty will be especially interested in the unpublished works in the archive, particularly García
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it’s probably going to have a low voter turnout, which is unfortunate.” Barroquillo said UT Votes is still working to get more The Flawn Academic Center ranks as the seventh students deputized and reglowest voter turnout out of 19 early voting locations istered on campus, and she in Travis County. The graph below compares the thinks voter turnout will be FAC to county locations with the highest and lowest substantially higher in the voter turnouts, as well as the county average. presidential primary elections which will happen on March 1, 2016. Carver M useum “People are more likely 127 Complex to vote for a person than an Parque Za amendment, which is what Recreati ragoza on Cente 72 r we’re looking at in this elecRandall ’s Researc tion,” Barroquillo said. “It’s h and Bra 2,151 ker not just our efforts — I’m Randall ’s S. M sure there are other stu- and William opac 1,403 Cannon dent organizations that are also working right now to UT Academ Flawn ramp up registration. I’m ic Cente 447 r sure those two things will Average turnout ac Tra ro have a positive impact on vis County locationss 778 s the primary.” People can still register to vote for the presidential pri0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 mary election in March until Amount of Early Voters Feb. 1, 2016. Early voting for from Oct. 19 to Oct. 27 this current election closes Source: Travis County Clerk’s office on Friday, and the general Infographic by Iliana Storch | Daily Texan Staff election is Nov. 3. Márquez’s unfinished novel ‘En Agosto Nos Vemos’ and the early drafts related to the unfinished second volume of his memoir,” Barnard said. The documents gathered for this archive provide a way to expose students to the cultural attributes of Latin-American literature, according to Gabriela Polit, associate professor in the department of Spanish and Portuguese. Polit said she believes UT professors should take initiatives to keep the archive alive and relevant. “As a legacy of García Márquez’s work and life, this archive positions us, the Latin-American faculty here at UT, the obligation to transform it into a vibrant learning experience for our current and future students,” Polit said.
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continues from page 1 candidates who win are the moderates who have independent appeal,” Fantin said. “Someone like Marco Rubio has a high chance of winning delegates at the convention, and, thus, I see him as being the most likely candidate.” Business freshman Ramanika Upneja, a member of Students for Jeb, said she believes Bush’s falling position in the race — he’s tied at fourth in the CBS/New York Times poll — is because of the anger from the conservative base and said he will eventually rise to the
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continues from page 1 allocation of funding,” Hackman said. “Have you seen all the homeless people on the drag? Give it to them.” Exercise science freshman Jacob Vines said he thinks the improvements will be frustrating but ultimately help the city long term. “If I were to go to the airport during construction it would be more frustrating than good,” Vines said. “But once it finishes it should be worth it in the long run if it’s done properly. If people
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top of the field because of his gubernatorial experience. “The reason why we wouldn’t be supportive of someone like Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump or Ben Carson is because they haven’t been in executive office,” Upneja said. “As much as people would like to think that’s a good thing, they still don’t know how to work with congress, like Jeb Bush has been able to do on a state level.” Fox Business and The Wall Street Journal will host the next Republican presidential debate Nov. 10, and the next Democratic debate will air Nov. 14 on CBS News. are just patient and don’t get aggravated it will work out. Austin is growing and has been consistently. Austin getting a bigger airport would help the city and make more people be able to directly fly here when they move here.” Recently completed projects include the Terminal Addition: Terminal East Infill Project, completed in July; Taxiway A Completion, completed in July; and CONRAC - Consolidated Rental Car Facility, More Customer Parking, completed Oct. 1. that prompts users to reconsider before posting content with words such as “kill,” according to Droll. “Students will post stuff on social media and not think that the police will try and track them down,” Droll said. “Students should be careful, especially now that you register your phone number on Yik Yak.”
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Professor challenges myth of black anti-intellectualism By Ashley Tsao @tsaoashley
The director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis & Studies Department spoke about the myth of African-American students anti-intellectualism at a faculty book presentation Wednesday. Director of the institute Kevin Cokley, professor of Education Psychology and the African & African diaspora studies, discussed key issues from, “The Myth of Black Anti-Intellectualism: A True Psychology of African American Students,“ and said the myth should not be perpetuated among students and faculty. Cokley cites in his book a definition of anti-intellectualism — the internal cultural trait that devalues learning — coined by John McWhorter, a linguistics professor at University of California at Berkley.
Cokley questions both the definition and existence of anti-intellectualism in society. “It is too much of a generalization,” Cokley says. “Data does not support this idea. It is ahistorical to say blacks are anti-intellectual. How can you say blacks don’t value school if people literally fought and died for the right to be educated to the degree that other people are?” While anti-intellectualism is a myth, psychology senior and event attendee Jennifer Oruebor said she thinks black students on college campuses face a broad range of other problems including their voices not being heard. “We need people who actually want to work out a solution to issues that have been raised,” Oruebor said. “We have to have more minorities in leadership positions, like student government. If there is more interaction with minority students, negative
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stereotypes are brought down because people have a better perception of minorities.” According to Cokley, student sand faculty need to make adjustments. “One of the main hurdles African-American students face is dealing with teachers and professors who are not culturally competent and have preconceived notions about their capabilities,” Cokley said. “We also have a curriculum that is very Eurocentric and does not embrace the full aspects of the human experience. Having black students being told they are part of a culture that has not contributed anything of significance to the course of human civilization is a disservice.” In addition to dispelling the myth that blacks are anti-intellectual, Cokley discussed the idea of black students fearing to “act white” through assimilating to popular white stereotypes. While
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Kevin Cokley, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis Studies Department, discusses black anti-intellectualism in the Gordon White Building on Wednesday afternoon.
this fear is present among some students, it is not a cause of anti-intellectualism, Cokley said. Brenda Burt, UT professor
of African & African diaspora studies and discussant, said many of her students were conscious of the way they spoke when going into
an integrated environment. “We are not acting white, we have learned how to speak properly,” Burt said. “It is not white. I am black and smart.”
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Speakers debate future Author disputes ‘model minority’ stereotype of religious liberties By Selah Maya Zighelboim
By Estefania Espinosa @essie20
Law professor Lawrence Sager and Ryan Anderson, author of “Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom,” discussed the intersection of religious liberty and LGBT rights Wednesday at a debate hosted by the Texas Federalist Society. Anderson said religious liberty is a compelling reason to avoid legislation that would make discrimination against same-sex couples illegal. Sager said he is against using religious and personal beliefs as a reason to discriminate. Anderson compared the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage to Roe v. Wade, a decision that established the right to have an abortion is guaranteed in the Constitution. According to the Church amendments that were passed shortly after the landmark abortion decision, federally funded public health institutions cannot require medical professionals to take part in abortion procedures contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions, or discriminate against them for abstaining based on their beliefs. Anderson said the government should grant this same protection to people against same-sex marriage. “Viewpoints about the definition of marriage … are deep-seated intellectual and religious traditions,” Anderson said. “There’s no need for the state to try to persecute these people who believe this.”
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Sager said Anderson’s argument would only apply to religious leaders being forced to officiate same-sex weddings, not business owners. “Doctors relate to abortion the way that ministers and other individuals relate to marriages,” Sager said. “Religious distaste … does not give a commercial owner the right to discriminate in defiance of these discrimination laws.” Sager said there are parallels between racial discrimination and discrimination against same-sex couples. “If you’re a member of a religion that despises interracial dating, you can’t bar the door to your restaurant to an interracial couple, and you can’t bar the door to the same-sex couple either,” Sager said. “Religious liberty is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.” Anderson said it is bad public policy to equate sexual orientation and gender identity with race, because the magnitude of discrimination is not the same and is not enough to warrant legislation against it. Law student Merritt Lander, vice president of membership for the Texas Federalist Society, said she disagrees with Anderson and said the LGBT community should have legal safeguards instituted by the government. “A flat-out ban on homosexual behavior doesn’t qualify as an adequate reason to have laws protecting a group from discrimination?” Lander said. “Just because the gay rights’ movement has been very successful, that means gay people are not entitled to legal protection?”
The model minority myth marginalizes some AsianAmerican communities, especially communities who came to the United States as refugees, according to Eric Tang, African and African diaspora assistant professor and Asian-American studies faculty member. Tang spoke Wednesday Tabout new book, “Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto.” Tang said his book explores how the model minority myth — the perception that all Asian-American minorities are successful — hurts Cambodian refugees and other minority groups. During the Cambodian refugee crisis in the 1980s, the United States placed many Cambodian refugees in poor, urban communities and encouraged them to enter lowwage jobs to become self-sufficient as quickly as possible, according to Tang. “Despite having the highest poverty rates, the highest welfare dependency rates [and] the highest unemployment rates, southeast-Asian refugees were routinely enlisted by power brokers — by those with institutional power — as the deserving poor, who were being cast against the undeserving poor, mostly AfricanAmericans and Puerto Ricans,” Tang said. Tang compared the Cambodian refugee crisis to the Syrian refugee crisis and the Central American unaccompanied minor crisis. “The refugee is a social construction nations create to tell a story about themselves,” Tang said. “The Central American unaccompanied minor crisis really illustrated that, because
people who did not want these young people to be resettled in the United States didn’t even call them refugees.” African and African diaspora studies doctoral student Chinwe Oriji said she was glad Tang talked about how the perceived success of Asian refugees hurts minority communities. “I feel like he’s pushing for looking at the evidence, which shows that this narrative of immigrant success is actually false, and it doesn’t have a lot of evidence to it,” Oriji said. “I liked how he showed that. A lot of the narratives are not founded on substantial evidence and hurt black and Latino communities, rather than helping them.” UT alumna Tu-yen Nguyen said Tang’s comment about the public’s lack of compassion
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Assistant professor Eric Tang speaks at the Multicultural Engagment Center on Wednesday about how the model minority myth affects many Asian-American communities.
minors,” Nguyen said. “Besides the surface, the language and what terms we use for people, there’s the person inside who is a refugee.”
when dealing with refugees was significant to her. “There’s the surface of how we view refugees, or stereotypes of immigrants, unaccompanied
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By Walker Fountain Daily Texan Forum Editor @wf_atx
President Gregory L. Fenves is around four months into his time as president of the University of Texas, and this week, the Texan Forum page has set out to give him a platform to address students about his goals, achievements and ambitions for the months and years ahead. It is safe to say that Fenves has had a busy start to his presidency — dealing with issues ranging from the Jefferson Davis Statue and other Confederate iconography on campus, to campus carry legislation, to continuing his predecessor’s fight to prevent the Supreme Court from striking down the use
of race in college admissions. And the issues do not stop there — Fenves will continue to grapple with issues of race on our campus, from offensive party themes, sexual assault, remaining Confederate imagery and iconography, and rates of minority enrollment which continue to lag behind state averages, meaning his term will continue to be fraught with tough judgments which will require bridge-building and patience. While the specifics of the implementation of campus carry are still to come, pending the recommendations of the campus carry
working group, and the Supreme Court is months away from ruling on Fisher v. University of Texas, President Fenves’ priorities are starting to fall into place. This week, we give Fenves an opportunity to discuss some of his key initiatives to make this campus a more welcoming, safe and equitable place; and this afternoon, Editor-in-Chief Claire Smith will sit down with Fenves to discuss these issues in person, at 4 p.m. in the Texas Union Theater. Hope to see you there. Fountain is a government senior from Pelham, New York.
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Editor’s Note: Some parts of the following interview with University President Gregory L. Fenves were omitted for brevity and clarity. Daily Texan: What have your first few months in office been like? Gregory L. Fenves: Well, it’s been very busy. My days are full, my nights are full. On Saturday night, my wife and I had dinner at home together and realized it was the first time we had had dinner at home in a month. DT: What steps could UT take to become a more diverse campus? GF: We are doing a number of things. First of all, we are defending the use of race and ethnicity as one factor in a holistic admission to the U.S. Supreme Court, so that’s a very important case for the University of Texas and I believe for the nation. … The educational benefits of diversity are very important not only to the University but to society in general. … We saw a double-digit percentage increase in the number of African-American students and the number of Hispanic students for first-time-in-college freshmen this fall. … We were not discussing and thinking about policies for how we recruit and retain faculty and the diversity of our faculty. So we have set up now a university-wide council on diversity … In a different area, I feel the decision to move the Jefferson Davis statue … was an important, symbolic measure that the University really does value looking towards the future and getting beyond its past and increasing diversity. DT: Campus carry: Does your administration share those concerns and are there any elements of campus carry that campus might be well-served to know more about? GF: I certainly do hear the concerns, and
We have a great university, and my overall goal is to make it even greater. I think the University of Texas has enormous potential, to not just lead the state of Texas — I believe we already do — but to lead the nation in education and research. —Gregory L. Fenves, President
I share the concerns. Chancellor McRaven, myself and others thought the idea of allowing concealed weapons on campus was not a good idea when the Legislature was considering the bill, and I still don’t think it’s a good idea. But the law passed, so we’ve set up a process to look at how to implement the law in the best way we can that is consistent with the legal obligation I have to follow the law. … [The working group members] have been hearing and reading all the comments that have been submitted on the website, there have been two forums, there are some real experts on the legal aspects and policy aspects on the committee and broad representation of students, faculty and some staff also. … They’re working very hard to develop recommendations that they will give to me in a couple weeks, and at that point I’ll look at those, evaluate those and make a decision. DT: The UT system is currently conducting a four-year study of sexual assault. What programs are in place now, and what more could be done to prevent
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sexual assault on campus? GF: We have some of the leading people on understanding sexual assault, causes of it and occurrences of it and best practices to eliminate it. We are leading on the education and research behind sexual assault. … We have several programs and we’ve had them in place for quite a while, Voices Against Violence and Be Vocal, that have been recognized nationally for their role in trying to address a very serious problem. … Any sexual assault on campus is one too many. DT: Could you speak to some of your goals as president? GF: We have a great university, and my overall goal is to make it even greater. I think the University of Texas has enor-
mous potential, to not just lead the state of Texas — I believe we already do — but to lead the nation in education and research. And one goal that is very exciting that I helped start when I was provost is how we bring our education and research mission even closer, so that every student that is getting a degree at the University of Texas benefits at a research university. … We have some very ambitious ideas about increasing the amount of and impact of research at UT to benefit society, and I think that will help make this university a real star in the country and the world. And the third goal is make sure the Dell Medical School gets a strong start when we welcome the first class of medical students next summer, and we’re making great progress on that.
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Presidential Student Advisory Committee: Reach out, speak up By Zachary Stone
Daily Texan Forum Contributor
Every month, President Fenves sits down with 12 students on PSAC. This group, formally known as the President’s Student Advisory Committee, “serves as the principal body of communication between students and the president.” Informally, we make sure President Fenves considers the impact his major decisions have on the student body. For PSAC, President Fenves selects two students nominated by each of UT’s legislative student organizations: Student Government, the Senate of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly. The presidents and vice presidents of these groups also sit on PSAC. Our members hail from all walks of life and share a desire to improve our university. When we meet, President Fenves asks and answers questions; the students ask and answer questions; people change their minds. The meetings are candid. At Friday’s PSAC meeting, we discussed graduate students’ healthcare disappearing over the summer, the regents’ approval of a hypothetical 2 percent tuition increase, new buildings having gender-neutral facilities, the rhetoric of Gun Free UT, and “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” — a Senate initiative where men walk around campus in red pumps to bring awareness to the culture surrounding sexual assault. We also talked about “Campus Dildo Carry” and amnesty for students hospitalized for drug overdoses; President Fenves seemed intrigued by both.
We don’t have the traditional studentestablishment divide. The advances for which activists have fought for decades — most of which could be boiled down to an ethic of inclusiveness — are a baseline assumption in the room. Thinking back to the days when Heman Sweatt was denied admission to Texas Law for his race, the long traditions of student-establishment relationships have been a fight against “the man;” President Fenves is an ally. When students hold opinions which could benefit from President Fenves’ blessing, it’s our job to lobby on your behalf. But we’re not just an advocacy group; we don’t always go in with a debater’s mindset. It’s also valuable to help the president understand the campus environment – even if we don’t have an agenda, argument, or petition for change. Traditionally, student views are expressed at Student Government, Senate and Graduate Student Assembly; PSAC is a dialogue between those organizations and the president. But that’s not a catch-all. Even last year’s historic Student Government elections reached only one-fifth of the student body, and we’d like to reach more. You don’t need to be an elected representative to have a meaningful opinion or experience. If there’s a way to make this university better than it already is, or if there’s something you think that President Fenves should be aware of, reach out. Stone is one of the two Student Government appointees to PSAC. He is a Plan II Honors, economics, English, government, and history senior.
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“The Lipiński,” a short film from UT alumni Cadie Carroll and Hayes Beyersdorfer’s production company Fourth City, chronicles the heist of a $6 million violin.
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Alumni-founded production company to release short film about violin heist By Brandi Davis @thedailytexan
For eight years, a man meticulously planned the heist of a $6 million violin. He stalked the violin’s owner for years, only to tase him in a parking lot outside of a symphony and wind up in cuffs eight days later. The violin theft is the subject of Los Angeles production company Fourth City’s new short film, “The Lipiński.” UT alumni Cadie Carroll and Hayes Beyersdorfer co-founded Fourth City Productions on Oct. 12. “The Lipiński,” the company’s first big project, will enter production in November and will be released by Dec. 31 at a museum of musical instruments in Phoenix, Arizona, showcasing Stradivarius violins. Beyersdorfer first got the idea for “The Lipiński” when he read a Vanity Fair article about Salah
Salahdyn, the man who stole the $6 million violin. Beyersdorfer and Reed brought the idea of developing the article into a short film to director Nate Townsend. “[Beyersdorfer] brought the story to me and we have a similar sense of humor,” Reed said. “The most fascinating thing was that in [Salahdyn’s] mind, he had pulled off this great heist and there’s humor in that.” In addition to “The Lipiński,” Fourth City has produced a music video for composer Roberto Murguia and a commercial for a product similar to Fitbit, called Bio Bracelet. Screenwriter Oliver Reed orchestrated a meet up with Townsend and Beyersdorfer where the three of them realized they were all in Los Angeles to pursue film. They then decided to do work under one umbrella and created Fourth City. “We want to work together as much as possible,”
Beyersdorfer said. “Everyone has settled into a roll and stepped up to do whatever is needed. It’s very much a team mentality, and everyone is on the same page otherwise we don’t do it.” The film depicts the heist of the 300-year-old violin. However, the rest of the film has been fictionalized in developing the main character, played by Jack Kehler, where Reed said most of the humor is found. “He stalked this violinist for almost a decade,” Reed said. “He knew everything about him and when push came to shove he just followed him to his car and tased him. His ego was totally unassailable and he wanted to get caught so everyone would know him as a great criminal.” Cadie Carroll, Fourth City’s marketing director, always had a love for film and knew she could use her writing abilities to contribute to Fourth City. Carroll
overcame her insecurities by using her knowledge of media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to help raise funds for the film. “It’s motivating to be surrounded by so much talent,” Carroll said. “It makes me want to do everything I can for the film because I’m surrounded by people who are so good at their job.” Beyersdorfer said he hopes people will see the quality of work in the short film and give Fourth City a larger budget to create a feature film in the future. So far, Beyersdorfer said they’re open to new ideas and stories that inspire them. “‘The Lipiński’ is a black comedy, and those are important,” Hayden said. “They poke fun at taboo topics that people wouldn’t talk about otherwise. If someone watches our film and it sparks an interest for them in violins or film or comedy, then we’ve accomplished something.”
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For the past six weeks, No. 2 Texas looked unbeatable. The Longhorns (18–2, 8–1 Big 12) rattled off 14 consecutive wins as they climbed to the top of the Big 12. It seemed as though Texas’ path to its fifth-straight Big 12 title would be clear as the season approached its final month. The momentum came to a halt after a 3-0 road loss to unranked TCU on Wednesday. The Longhorns are now once again in jeopardy of losing their grip on the Big 12 title. It’s the first time Texas has lost in straight sets since Oct. 25, 2014 against Oklahoma. “I give a lot of credit to TCU,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “Ultimately, they just wanted it more.” Texas’ takedown of Kansas on Friday was a tour-de-force performance at Gregory Gym, with the team’s passing and blocking in prime form. But Wednesday’s performance against the Horned Frogs was nothing of the sort. The Longhorns passing and kills were far from crisp, with Texas registering a kill percentage of .183. “We made a lot of mental errors tonight, and
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Senior outside hitter Amy Neal spikes the ball against Texas Tech on Oct. 17, which the team won in straight sets. The Longhorns lost to TCU 3-0 on the road Thursday, snapping a 14 game win streak.
it’s hard to come out on top when you do that,” Elliott said. The Horned Frogs took it to Texas from the first serve Wednesday, locking the Longhorns down with superb defense throughout the night.
Each set seemed to mirror one another on Wednesday, with the first two ending 25–19, while the third set concluded with a 25–20 TCU victory. The Longhorns managed to register 39 kills on the evening, but they complied 20
errors compared to TCU’s 12. Texas can no longer afford to have another hiccup in its performance after Wednesday’s loss. The Longhorns are neckand-neck once again with Kansas atop the conference
standings with seven conference matches left in Big 12 play. The Longhorns continue their fight for the Big 12 championship against Texas Tech on Friday at 6 p.m. in Lubbock.
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Superstitions, rituals play crucial role for Texas By Isabel Miller @thedailytexan
Senior Connor Ward begins a typical race day by listening to upbeat music. It pumps her up and gets her going. Then she prays. Each race she does exactly the same. It’s not just Ward. Other members of the cross country team go through their own pre-race rituals. Superstitions and rituals are important to many members of the cross country team. For example, Ward said if she runs well in a meet while wearing a specific set of socks, she wears those socks again for the next meet, claiming they are her lucky socks. The runners also perform rituals as a team before a meet. “After strides and stuff, we’ll get in a huddle, and we’ll say a group prayer,” Ward said.
In addition, her teammates give pump-up speeches and break by cheering “Texas” on three. Ward said she talks to her teammates about their superstitions. “I know that some of my teammates, when we run the course the day before, don’t like to run through the finish line fearing that it is bad luck,” Ward said. She also said one teammate makes sure to do one high jump in place before she runs her race. Many on the team don’t like to wear watches when they run, fearing it is bad luck. Even head coach Brad Herbster has a ritual. “Let’s get it going,” he says in each pre-meet speech. It’s not just rituals and superstitions that help the team. Ward said team bonding is crucial to success. The athletes have dinners together almost every night. Many of them live together,
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Senior Connor Ward runs in the Longhorn Invitational on Oct. 2 in Austin. The Texas women finished first in the meet, while the men finished second.
and they go out together for birthday celebrations. But Ward said one of the biggest rituals is cheering “Texas Fight,”
something close to the hearts of the athletes and a ritual that dates back years. The boys team yells “Texas!” while the girls
team responds with “Fight!” “When you hear that you think, ‘This is it,’” Ward said. “‘I’ve got to go.’”
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Head coach Connie Clark is focused on goals rather than wins and losses at the halfway point of Texas’ fall schedule. Clark said she is happy the team is 4-0 thus far, but that’s not what she’s thinking about. “Outcomes aren’t in my mind,” Clark said. “I just want to see the results of the practice they put in.” The team is still getting to know each other and find where each player fits in. Clark said she can see team members getting comfortable, though. “You can see the newcomers getting relaxed,” Clark said. “That’s what we want to see.” The workload will increase for the team as it advances through the year, but Clark said it’s about keeping it simple for now. “We’re just now starting our 20-hour weeks so we typically
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like to schedule a matchup once each of the weeks in the fall,” Clark said. “During these practices, we progressively add goals. We want them to advance in their skills without being overwhelmed.” Part of the process of easing the Longhorns into the spring is the strict rotations and lineups, as evidenced in the first three games of the fall. In each contest, Clark has worked three pitchers from the mound and stuck to a constant defensive alignment. “We try to have a set defensive rotation and set grid on our lineup,” Clark said. “I want them to know what to expect and go out there
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The Longhorn football team defeated Oklahoma State 4728. Quarterback Vince Young threw for 239 yards and ran for 267 yards in the win.
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Head coach Connie Clark looks on as the Longhorns play Iowa State on April 18. The team takes on St. Mary’s on Thursday night.
and execute.” Texas gets its next chance to execute its game plan Thursday night against St. Mary’s. The two teams were
originally scheduled to play last Thursday, but it was postponed because of weather. St. Mary’s head coach Donna Fields helped guide the
Rattlers to a 48-12 record last season. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Red and Charline McCombs Field.
Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said Wednesday the Longhorns need to play better defense to win on the road. “We can’t give up big plays on defense,” Bedford said. “You go back to Notre Dame and TCU, and it’s big play after big play. Against Notre Dame, we gave up third down and long seven times. We need to be effective on third down and get off of the football field.” Texas has surrendered 44 points per game in two road games — both losses — this season. The Longhorns gave up 30 points in the first quarter alone at No. 5 TCU. Now, Bedford is focusing on the fundamentals before facing Iowa State on the road. “We need to tackle better,” Bedford said. “When we do have coverage, we have to make a play on the football. We have to be aggressive. … When they throw the football, we need to be in position and go and make a play.” In addition, Bedford said the improvement on the offensive side of the ball has injected life into the Longhorns’ defense. Texas’ offense is finding an identity running the football. The Longhorns have accumulated 270 rushing yards in each of their last two games. “What [rushing success] means is that their offense is on the sideline, and we’re eating up clock,” Bedford said. “Now, we’re a lot fresher on defense.” Time of possession is proving key for the Longhorns’ defense. Texas kept the ball longer than its opponents in each of its last two games and picked up two wins. The defense also had its two best performances in those games holding No. 14 Oklahoma and Kansas State to 17 and 9 points respectively. “My father — and some other coaches I’ve been around — said the best way to win a game is to keep the defense on the sideline,” Bedford said. —Ezra Siegel
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Art gallery debuts exhibit on endangered species By Eva Frederick @evacharlesanna
In the time it might take for a person to walk through Art. Science.Gallery.’s latest exhibit, up to eight species of animals are estimated to go extinct. “In Danger (or, you should really, really give a shit)” is a new exhibit at the gallery located in east Austin, showcasing artwork of critically endangered species. The show, which runs until Nov. 28, features several talks and classes in addition to the artwork. Viewers can take immediate action at a postcard writing station where they write to world leaders about conservation efforts. After visiting through the American Museum of Natural History, Hayley Gillespie, the gallery’s owner and UT alumna, and guest curator Jedidiah Dore created the exhibit to draw attention to situations surrounding animal population declines. Instead of simply showcasing portraits of the animals, “In Danger” focuses more on the concepts of the
threats the animals face and what people can do to help. “We wanted more than just to raise the alarm and say ‘this is happening,” Dore said. “We also wanted to raise questions and come up with answers, and more importantly for the people to have answers as to what they can do upon viewing the work so that they can take action.” The exhibit includes paintings, drawings and three-dimensional art by artists from Texas, New York and Portugal. One interactive piece is an “altar of remembrance,” constructed by Austin artist David Martinez. Martinez designed the piece to honor and remember extinct species, as well as people who have lost their lives defending endangered animals. Martinez and the other artists who submitted to the show were asked to include a short descriptive text about the featured animal detailing the situation and possible solutions to the problem. Studio art senior
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Art.Science.Gallery. owner Hayley Gillespie and guest curator Jedidiah Dore installed the latest exhibit,“In Danger (or, you should really, really give a shit),” which features artwork of endangered animals. The exhibit runs until Nov. 28 and includes artwork by artists from Texas, New York and Portugal.
ALBUM REVIEW | ‘BETWEEN THE PINES’
Country artist Sam Hunt rereleases 2013 mixtape By Matt Robertson @mattrobertson15
With music and style cues that emulate Atlanta hip-hop groups as much as the residents of Sam Hunt’s Georgia home, Hunt is a strange candidate for one of country’s fastest rising stars. Hunt has written hits for superstars such as Kenny Chesney, and a year after releasing his gold certified debut album, Montevallo, he is tak-
ing a victory lap, rereleasing his 2013 acoustic mixtape, “Between the Pines,” on Oct. 27. The mixtape features 15 songs Hunt originally cowrote and recorded for his SoundCloud profile over a year ago. The tape was removed from SoundCloud prior to Montevallo’s release because some songs were bought by other artists and others were to be featured on Hunt’s thenforthcoming album.
With the official release of Between the Pines, Hunt shows a more traditional country side of his music, abandoning the hip-hop-influenced production of the songs took on when recorded for Montevallo. Listeners may recognize several of Hunt’s recent singles, as well as Hunt’s top hits recorded by other artists. Although these original acoustic versions of now well-known songs will appeal to some, Hunt’s original
unreleased songs benefit the record most. Without the gloss of Nashville pop production, Hunt’s voice sometimes falters, especially when performing songs such as Billy Currington’s “We Are Tonight.” Hunt strips the songs down with a personal inflection to remind listeners that although they may know these songs from more famous artists, they still belong to their writer.
One song in particular — Keith Urban’s “Cop Car” — exemplifies Hunt’s desire to transition to recording all the music he writes. The song was sold to Urban without Hunt’s full approval as he had hoped to include it on his debut record. Hunt’s performance feels heartfelt whereas Urban’s overdone recording sounded contrived. Four of the songs featured
This fall in South Texas, three rivers converge. . . Sumida River the classic Japanese noh play performed in English
Song of the Yanaguana River new interlude by Texas Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla
Curlew River Benjamin Britten’s one-act opera on loss and redemption
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November 3, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Dougherty Arts Center, Austin
For tickets, please visit our website: http://www.uiw.edu/music/whereriversmeet.html A co-production of: University of the Incarnate Word, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and School, Theatre Nohgaku
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