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Fisher briefs address campus diversity By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
Over 70 percent of the briefs filed in the Fisher v. University of Texas case support the University and its affirmative action policies. Outside of Fisher, the petitioner, and UT, the respondent, a total of 92 briefs have been filed in the case according to SCOTUSblog. Sixtyseven groups support the
University while 22 support Fisher. Three briefs were in favor of neither party. The case, which is being heard for the second time in the Supreme Court, aims to determine the constitutionality of considering race as a factor during the admissions process at public universities. Abigail Fisher, a white applicant, was not admitted to UT in 2008 and argues she was denied admission based on her race.
The American Civil Rights Union, one of the eight Fisher supporters, filed a brief on March 16, 2015, and said they are arguing against the “liberal/left ‘progressives’” in colleges today. “These so called ‘progressive’ elitists display a religious devotion to permanent racial preferences and quotas,” the Union brief says. “They intend
AMICUS BRIEFS IN FISHER V. UT 92 briefs have been filed in the Fisher v. UT case.
22 briefs have been filed in support of Fisher.
the call in Texas’ favor. The Longhorns took control from there, going on a 10-4 run to win the set.
After originally reporting president Gregory Fenves’ inauguration would cost $28,000, recent records show that the final cost totaled over $200,000. University spokesman Gary Susswein confirmed in September a $28,000 price tag for the inauguration. Susswein said these costs came from private donations and did not come from tax dollars or tuition. The Dallas Morning News released an updated cost sheet last week, obtained through open records requests, showing the event cost $214,474.27, covered by gifts and donations to the University. Other figures included spending $2,750 to shuttle Austin Independent School District students to perform with the choir in the Butler School of Music and $4,900 for a teleprompter coach. The University spent $91,150 for audio during the event, and almost $25,000 was spent on a video showing Fenves’ vision of UT, according The Morning News’ open records request. Margo Iwanski, assistant to the vice president, told The Morning News the $28,000 was the final response to an open records request, which occurred before the inauguration and before all costs were
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Freshman middle blocker Morgan Johnson celebrates during a 3-0 Texas win over West Virginia on Nov. 5. The Longhorns finished regular season play with a 15-1 Big 12 record and 25-2 overall record.
power the Longhorns’ win after 17 ties and five lead changes. Both teams’ offenses took the spotlight in Set 2. Oklahoma jumped to an early lead behind strategic tips, but Prieto Cerame
sparked a Texas comeback. The Sooners put together a scoring run halfway through the set cut short by an Elliott challenge. After the head coach argued a touch-call, the officials reversed
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hitter Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani’s five blocks. Oklahoma tallied five blocks of its own in the set, but Texas’ offense won out. Junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame tallied six kills to
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The Tower glowed orange for No. 3 Texas on Sunday night when the Longhorns received the third overall seed in postseason play. Texas will host Fairfield on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA championship tournament after earning its fifth consecutive conference title. Texas clinched the Big 12 with a 3-0 road victory over Oklahoma on Friday. The Longhorns earned at least a share of the conference title by defeating Kansas State last week and secured the title outright with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-17 win over Oklahoma. Texas cruised past its rival in the regular season finale, outhitting the Sooners .367 to .173. “The goal has been winning the Big 12,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “But their ultimate goal is the [NCAA] tournament. Our program right now is at that level.” Texas looked tournamentready in the match against the Sooners. Oklahoma played hard early in Set 1, but the Longhorns persisted and pulled away behind a multitude of blocks. Texas recorded 6.5 blocks in the set, led by freshman outside
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Applications from UT students to join the Peace Corps surged to an all-time high for the 2015 fiscal year, according to UT Peace Corps recruiter Kristi Stillwell. More than 120 UT students applied to join the international service organization during the time period, reflecting a larger national trend of increasing applications, Stillwell said. During the fiscal year, Peace Corps received a recordsetting 23,000 applications, marking the highest amount of applications received since 1975. The 23,000 applicants in 2015 are vying for approximately 3,500 positions, according to Stillwell. Currently there are 6,818 Peace Corps volunteers and trainees in 64 host countries worldwide. UT has consistently ranked
in the top 20 Peace Corps volunteer producing universities with an average of 70 Peace Corps volunteers from UT serving each year. Stillwell said the increase in applicants is partially due to the downturn in the economy and millennials looking for a different experience, but is mostly an affect of changes in the application process itself. “Now in Peace Corps … we give applicants choice in what they want to do and where they want to go,” Stillwell said. “It’s a lot shorter and a lot easier to the application now. Now, if you apply, you are going to know in 60 days — yes or no — if you got in, which is a really short time period, and that’s really attractive to people.” Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said in an October press release that these
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Despite rising lakes, falling water costs and El Niño’s promise of a wet winter, concerns remain about drought in Central Texas. After beginning to escape from a multi-year drought cycle during the summer, Texas rebounded into drought in the fall only to be saved again by October’s heavy rains. These extreme events drove an unusually high rate of recovery in the Highland Lakes system, which serves much of Central Texas’s water needs. The combined water supply storage has increased over 50 percent since Jan. 1 and currently sits at 79 percent full. “We’ve gone from one extreme to the other, not once, but twice,” Troy Kimmel, senior meteorology lecturer and UT’s incident meteorologist under the Office of Campus Safety and Security, said. “If
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Troy Kimmel is UT’s incedent meteorologist and a senior lecturer. Water reservoirs for central texas have risen to 79 percent full after heavy rains in the area.
you take something for granted around here, Mother Nature will slap you down.” This system is managed by the Lower Colorado River
Authority, which has enough water to supply downstream agricultural customers, such as rice farmers in South Texas, for the first time since 2011.
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high application numbers indicate Americans are interested in serving diverse communities around the world. “Today’s Americans, from all walks of life, are ready to put their skills to work making a difference, and when given the opportunity to make their mark on the world, they will raise their hands to serve in record numbers,” HesslerRadelet said. Linguistics junior Becka Law, who works in the UT Peace Corps office as a student assistant to Stillwell, said she is starting a new club which will focus on making future applicants more competitive for the Peace Corps. Law said she plans to apply to serve in the Corps after graduation. “One of our main goals is to facilitate opportunities, particularly volunteer-oriented ones, for students who are interested in joining the Peace Corps to hone skills that not only make them a more competitive applicant, but also better prepared for a more globalized world and workforce,” Law said. Stillwell served in Burkina Faso, West Africa, from 1999 to 2001 as a health volunteer
after she attended the University of New Mexico for an undergraduate degree in nutrition and masters in public administration. “I worked on all kinds of different health projects related to HIV/AIDS, malaria, hygiene and sanitation,” Stillwell said. “[I assisted with] lots of different projects to try to keep the community healthy where I served.” While Stillwell acknowledges that serving in the Peace Corps is not for everyone, she said she is excited that more people are taking an interest and applying to serve. “It’s a life changing experience, it’s life-defining for most people,” Stillwell said. “It sets your path in terms of career or other choices that you make down the road. We have never claimed that Peace Corps is easy. It’s not, it’s very challenging, but of course, it’s also very rewarding.”
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continues from page 1 Central Texas cities in 2016, John Hofmann, executive vice president of water for Lower Colorado River Authority, said it might not be time to celebrate. “I’m very optimistic about where we are right now, but I am very concerned about that seasonal pattern that we have seen,” Hofmann said. “I want to see a return to a more normative pattern of rainfall, a pattern that results into run-off into our reservoirs, before I’m going to wave a victory flag.” While extreme weather patterns don’t offer hope for reliable access to water in the future, the issue is further exacerbated by a concern that has nothing to do with weather — population growth. “Water utilities and so forth have held on to the conservation levels [after the drought], and people say ‘Why? Why?’ — it’s because the state is growing,” Kimmel said. “You can
have rainfall, but with the state population growing like it is, there is more and more water use, and we have to control it even at times that would appear to the person at home as a time of surplus.” And drought policies may become the new normal as the University and Texas continue to grow. During the drought, the University implemented a novel irrigation regimen that saves water from less visible green spaces to use on high profile areas, such as the South Mall. Irrigation coordinator Markus Hogue said the University will continue to operate as if the campus were under drought conditions, which will keep plants adapted in preparation for the drought’s return. “I do not plan on changing the water amounts for the less visible spaces if drought conditions lessen,” Hogue said. “I would rather save the water for us to drink later. Every drop saved is one more drop of water for my sweet tea.”
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continues from page 1 to evade any rulings from this Court to phase down racial preferences and quotas, with fanciful rationales ... which would prefer students from black middle class and upper middle class, over students from the white middle class and upper middle class, or even over black students from poor or even working class parents.” On Nov. 2, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a brief on behalf of the Black Student Alliance at UT and the Black-Ex Students of Texas stating race must continue to be a factor for admissions at UT. Even with the top percent rule, some improvements such as applicants writing essays during the admissions process could contribute to the diversity of the student population, the brief reads. “The shortfalls of this race-neutral experiment demonstrate why this Court should defer to UT’s judgment that some measure of race-consciousness is necessary for it to attain a critical mass of students of color and to maintain flexibility in defining the dimensions of the diversity that furthers its educational mission,” the student alliance and ex students said in their brief. Also on Nov. 2, 16 former UT student government presidents, as well as current SG president Xavier Rotnofsky, filed a brief detailing the presence and absence of diversity during their times in office. “A diverse graduating class is particularly vital for large public universities like UT, whose graduates overwhelmingly fill the ranks of state legislatures and judiciaries,” the presidents’ brief said. “Given this critical leadership development function, it is sensible and desirable that UT seek to bring together potential leaders from different backgrounds, races, and parts of the state and the world.” With the Hispanic population as the largest racial minority in Texas, the National and Texas Latino Organizations filed a brief stating the admissions process is narrowly tailored based on the law and limits the number of minority students that can be admitted. According to the organization’s brief, the Latino population in Texas is 39 percent and the majority of children in the state are Latino. “The failure to incorporate fully the Latino population in all facets of Texas society — from the military, to the private sector, to government and the State’s top universities — will impede the prosperity of the state as a whole,” the Latino organizations’ brief reads. “‘[T] o cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry,’ positions of leadership must be visibly open to people of every race and ethnicity.” The Supreme Court will hear oral argument from both Fisher and the University’s parties on Dec. 9.
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UP BEFORE DAWN DEEP UNDERGROUND Facilities Services employess hold keys to University building and underground tunnels Words and Photos by Rachel Zein UT Facilities Services is a multi-departmental unit comprised of the people who do the jobs that keep the University running — both in plain sight and underground. While facilities employees are responsible for cleaning UT’s campus, maintaining the landscape and offering technical services, others have more unconventional jobs. Leticia Vargas, a longtime facilities services employee, is responsible for unlocking UT buildings on the east side of campus. Vargas starts
her day at 3:45 a.m. — no alarm necessary — to arrive on campus in time to start her 5 a.m. shift. In her more than 30 years working at UT, she has devised the optimal route for unlocking all of the doors necessary in as little time as possible, because even a five minute break can interrupt her intricate, two hour routine. While Vargas spends her days above ground, Joe, who asked that his last name not be used, works in the underground tunnel system that
connects buildings across campus. Although working in the secretive tunnels may seem exciting, Joe described his job as “uneventful.” Despite rumors that the intricate underground network is used to transporting VIPs (like Bevo or Matthew McConaughey), the tunnels serve a more utilitarian purpose. These dark passageways give workers access to the plumbing and heating systems for different buildings and allow them to move across campus unseen.
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1. Facilities Services employee Leticia Vargas displays her set of keys, which allows her to unlock all of the buildings on the east side of campus. 2. Facilities employee Joe descends the stairs into the southeast tunnel. 3. Two of the tunnels converge at UT’s power plant, located near the corner of 24th and San Jacinto streets 4. A Facilities Services employee looks up through a floor grate in UT’s power plant. 5. Facilities worker Joe walks through the southwest tunnel. 6. Vargas unlocks a door on the west side of the Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
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False reporting is a false measure By Laura Hallas
Daily Texan Columnist @LauraHallas
The conversation about campus sexual assault lacks trust, most notably around the idea of false reporting. The wedge this issue drives between women and men has to be addressed when developing sexual assault legislation. There are several numbers in circulation that claim to represent false reporting. One study often quoted by women’s rights groups found only 2 percent to 8 percent of reports to be false. A different study, often quoted by men’s rights groups, predicted that anywhere from 40 percent to 50 percent of cases are false. Trying to put a number to false reports is pointless and even harmful. “False” report statistics can include not only the honest-to-God, outright lies that are provably false, but also cases that are dropped — a common occurrence in legal proceedings. A case can be dropped if there is a lack of evidence, the complainant tires of the reporting process or the case lacks a clear legal definition. At one university, this left only 35 percent of the cases viable for a day in court. Several false reporting cases have made headlines and increased feelings of skepticism, such as the infamous Rolling Stone investigation of a University of Virginia fraternity. These cases play to the fears that even an innocent man can be accused of rape and vilified. One men’s rights ac-
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The best way to ensure safety and fairness for both women and men is to stop citing a phantom number and start building a system we can trust in the first place. tivist who misidentified an accuser went as far to say that his mistake was OK, reciprocation for innocent, wrongly accused males. However, the idea that an average woman would want to falsely report sexual assault is misguided. A history of victimsilencing and mishandling of cases has left many women understandably wary of reporting in the first place. The troublesome knowledge that nine in 10 colleges reported no sexual assaults (UT is not one of them) in 2014 shows how far we have to come. This statistic paints a dramatically different picture than the nationwide survey that found one in four college women had experienced unwanted sexual contact. Campuses aren’t safer, survivors just are not coming forward. “If you think about it, with the social stigma involved in reporting, the time commitment involved and just the emotional onslaught that comes from reporting, there is not a lot of incentive to false report in the first place,” said Grace Gilker,
National Sexual Violence Resource Center, as quoted by women’s rights groups, found only 2 percent to 8 percent of reports to be false.
Archives of Sexual Behavior, as quoted by men’s rights groups, predicted that anywhere from 40 percent to 50 percent of cases are false. Infographic by Kelly Smith | Daily Texan Staff
Women’s Resource Agency director and Plan II sophomore. Perceived credibility and assignment of blame can oscillate forever between men and women. The only practical way to limit transgressions by both sides is by standardizing the judiciary process with nationwide legislation such as the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. Current federal guidelines still give schools a lot of leeway in how they handle cases. “Disciplinary processes do vary among institutions and based on several factors:
public versus private, student board panel versus hearing officer panel, sanctioning guidelines, [and the] appeal process,” UT’s Title IX coordinator Latoya Hill said. “However the disciplinary process should comply with federal guidelines.” False allegations are an unknowable statistic, but a known point of tension. The best way to ensure safety and fairness for both women and men is to stop citing a phantom number and start building a system we can trust in the first place. Hallas is a Plan II freshman from Allen.
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Artists should cooperate with Pulling discography from music streaming services Spotify is just good business By Benroy Chan
Daily Texan Columnist @BenroyChan
Just one day before her album’s release, it was publicized that Adele’s 25 would not be available on streaming services Spotify and Apple Music. Although Adele has stayed silent on the reasons behind this decision, Taylor Swift, who pulled her music off last year, was vocal about her defiance towards online music streaming. Artists such as Swift would like you to believe this decision is in the best interest of the music industry as a whole, but they’re also hurting the relationship between fans, artists and the future of legal listening for personal economic gain. The decision to hold music from streaming services reflects a history of problems in music consumption. Total album sales have decreased since 2005, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan. As more individuals gained access to high-speed Internet and more file sharing services surfaced, piracy became a prominent, and illegal, way to obtain music.
While Spotify royalties are likely too low, Swift’s paint-by-numbers argument views the ethics of artist compensation in only a monetary sense.
“Music is art, and art is important and rare,” Swift said. “Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.” While Spotify royalties are likely too low, Swift’s paint-by-numbers argument views the ethics of artist compensation in only a monetary sense. Swift needs to remember that even though she’s reached the status of a pop icon, she can’t possibly understand the majority of artists less famous than her. Many artists, who don’t come close to Swift’s $80 million a year, simply use Spotify as a way for users to discover their music or hear an artist’s message. After all, earning a living, or a fortune, doesn’t have to be an artist’s main reason for making music. Still, profits from album sales were never the only way to bring in profit. Concerts, merchandise and licensing deals provide promising gains, and streaming services help artists get these opportunities by increasing exposure. When combined with streaming revenue, artists can make an income with a diverse range of methods. Music streaming services need to become ubiquitous in order to attract higher-earning ads and justify paid subscriptions. In a global society where piracy is so prevalent, music streaming will lead the way for legal consumption if artists put up with the services’ shaky start. Chan is a journalism freshman from Sugar Land.
To combat this, streaming services emerged as a way for users to listen through one of two models — free, ad-supported versions or paid subscriptions. These services meet fans and artists halfway by giving fans cheap access and artists royalties per listen. The model is still growing, but in order to be successful, artists must cooperate. Swift attracted attention when she suddenly pulled her discography off of Spotify last year. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Swift said she feels that Spotify devalues an artist’s work by not compensating musicians enough.
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By Mubarrat Choudhury Daily Texan Columnist @Mubarratc
Spotify users were probably disappointed last week when they couldn’t say “Hello” to Adele’s new album, 25. She decided not to release her album on the streaming service — a route that some musicians, such as Taylor Swift and Radiohead, have been taking recently, mainly because of Spotify’s low artist payout. The artists’ decision to pull their music from Spotify isn’t a disservice to their fan base, like some would argue; rather it’s just good business. Music is a service. And like any other service, it is something that one must pay for in order to have the right to listen to. And the amount that one pays for is equitable to that service provided. That is market equilibrium. If the price of a service either goes below or above this equilibrium, then the market will adjust accordingly. Swift and artists like her understand their music has an intrinsic value. And if these artists believe that the price someone pays for streaming on Spotify doesn’t equate to what the actual value of their music should be, artists will adjust to come back to the market equilibrium. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Swift wrote about how Spotify devalues music and the reasons she pulled her music from the service.
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Music is a service. And like any other service, it is something that one must pay for in order to have the right to listen to. And the amount that one pays for is equitable to that service provided. That is market equilibrium. “Music is art, and art is important and rare,” Swift said. “Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free.” While Spotify itself isn’t free, the amount that it pays artists per user stream is very close. According to the company, Spotify pays less than a cent per play. On average it is $0.007, and it can be higher for higher demanded artists and significantly lower for lower demanded artists. Although artists putting their music on Spotify won’t directly lead to a decrease of revenue, it does decrease the value of the music that artist provides, which can lead to an overall decrease in sales everywhere else. Simply put, why would anyone buy albums for $5 to $10 when they can stream it for free on their laptops and phones. While some may argue that Spotify undercuts revenue lost to piracy, comparatively the amount of revenue lost to piracy without Spotify is the same as the revenue lost to the decreasing album sales with Spotify, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Spotify within the market is “revenue neutral” for artists, and as a result there really isn’t an incentive for artists to use it. Prominent artists don’t make any more or any less money with Spotify. When the only result to the artist for using Spotify is the devaluing of their service, artists are just better off pulling their music. Choudhury is an economics freshman from Dallas.
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FILM REVIEW | ‘THE GOOD DINOSAUR’
Pixar film fails in plot, excels in animation By Alex Pelham @TalkingofPelham
“The Good Dinosaur,” Pixar’s second film of the year following the critically acclaimed “Inside Out,” decides to play it safe rather than innovate. Director Peter Sohn settles for a familiar tale of a fearful, young child finding his bravery, but still manages to find great emotional value through fun, but flawed characters. With the help of some of Pixar’s best animation, “Dinosaur” manages to outgrow a wellexamined story, but just barely. In an alternate reality where dinosaurs weren’t destroyed by a gigantic meteor, the creatures have evolved to a point where they are intelligent enough to manage farms and range cattle. Young Arlo (Raymond Ochoa), the runt of his family, is a timid klutz who fears that he will never make his mark as an important contributor to his father’s farm. However, when he gets lost, he finds Spot (Jack Bright), a young caveboy who acts more like a dog than a human. Determined to find his way back home, Arlo comes across a variety of other dinosaurs as he learns to conquer his fears. The biggest highlight of “The Good Dinosaur” is undoubtedly its animation, which is some of Pixar’s best to date. The diverse locations that Arlo and Spot trek through — from lush forests to great plains
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filled with prehistoric buffalo — are beautifully detailed. The character animation is also some of Pixar’s best, making the designs of the dinosaurs really pop. The story is where “The Good Dinosaur” begins to falter. Pixar doesn’t really add any new spin to the familiar setup of a scared child having to find inner courage to make it back home. It’s pretty easy to predict several major plot points. It essentially becomes a chore to root for Arlo, who comes off as severely annoying because his intense fear of practically anything that has a pulse. It isn’t until midway through the film when his character begins to undergo a much needed change. However, his sidekick Spot, a Tarzan-esque feral child who only communicates through growls, steals the show. His fearlessness and ingenuity make him far more interesting than Arlo. The bond the duo create is believable, and makes more some great slapstick and loads of fun visual humor. memories of an on-campus shooting still play back in his mind, Economidy, who served four years in the military, said they haven’t made him fearful of firearms. “It’s not that I’m gun-shy on these sorts of things,” Economidy said. “It’s more that you build a resolve, rather than a fear.”
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Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” falls short with its plot, but it shines with its animation and the relationship between the two main characters.
There are a number of interesting side characters who Arlo comes across, but their limited screen time keeps them from becoming memorable entries in Pixar’s vast canon. A giant, horned dino voiced by Sohn gets some hilarious lines, but he’s only in the film for a couple of minutes. Likewise, a family of T-Rex cowboys headed by Sam Elliot are also delightfully fun,
but short-lived. Unfortunately, the side characters that get the most focus are a group of pterodactyls who serve as flimsy antagonists. Their inclusion feels forced in a story that doesn’t really need any “scary” dinosaur villains . Although mixing dinosaurs with the Wild West is a fun idea, it’s disappointing that the world Sohn builds feels empty compared to those in
other Pixar films. “Finding Nemo,” for example, featured hundreds of fish traversing the ocean, creating an ecosystem blossoming with life. The diverse locations in “The Good Dinosaur” are gorgeous, but there only seems to be a handful of creatures that thrive in them. “The Good Dinosaur” presents several good ideas to play with but stumbles
with the delivery by playing it safe with a retreaded story. Opportunities for fun, memorable characters slip through Sohn’s fingers. The film’s saving grace remains its spectacular animation and a strong, emotional core between the two leads. With these elements, “The Good Dinosaur” isn’t a failure, but it lacks the ingenuity that Pixar usually offers.
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continues from page 8 “My roommate was on campus at the time, on lockdown, he was completely defenseless.” Cargill said he fully supports the campus carry legislation going into affect on Aug. 1. But he said he hopes to alleviate some of the confusion about
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Longhorns earn upset win at Tennessee
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No. 8 Texas upset No. 4 Tennessee 64-53, snapping the Volunteers’ 27-game home winning streak. Freshman guard Lashann Higgs scored a careerhigh 18 points off the bench. After an ugly road win against Rice on Nov. 21, head coach Karen Aston said she was proud of her team’s effort at the Thompson-Boling Arena. “We’ve talked a lot about how we had to have a better road mentality,” Aston said. “It was a bit of an ugly game, but it usually is an aggressive game when these two teams play.” Aston credited her guards’ good decision-making and aggressiveness for the team’s quick start. Higgs, who shot three-of-five from three, scored 13 points in the second quarter. The Bahamas native gave Texas its first lead of the game, 18-16, with a fast-break layup early in the second quarter. She followed that play with a free throw, a steal and a step-back three on the right wing. She capped off her scoring run with two layups to put the Longhorns up 29-24 at halftime. Texas built on that lead with a 7-0 run early in the third quarter, ignited by junior guard Brianna Taylor’s assist to sophomore guard Brooke McCarty for a corner three. But the Vols wouldn’t go down without a fight.
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Freshman guard Lashann Higgs drives for a layup against Northwestern State on Nov. 18 en route to an 86-33 Texas victory. The Longhorns are now 5-0 after upsetting No. 4 Tennessee on Sunday afternoon.
They pulled within 5 before trading threes. Senior guard Celina Rodrigo hit a deep three at the top of the key, and Higgs hit her third three of the game. Tennessee redshirt sophomore guard Diamond DeShields answered both with threes. The Longhorns carried an 8-point lead into the fourth quarter and matched their largest lead of 11 points early in the fourth quarter. The Vols pulled as close as 56-52 before seniors Rodrigo,
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Empress Davenport, Imani Boyette and McCarty knocked down clutch free throws to secure the win. As a team, the Longhorns shot 16-of-27 from the freethrow line and 21-of-53 from the field. They also powered 46.2 percent 3-point shooting to secure the 64-53 win. But they didn’t produce only offense. Aston said she was impressed with her team’s defense. “Our defense from a team perspective was extremely good, and we
stayed disciplined defensively,” Aston said. The Longhorns held the Vols to 30.9 percent shooting from the field. DeShields led all scorers with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Higgs grabbed five rebounds to complement her career-high offensive performance. McCarty finished with 12 points and seven rebounds, while Boyette finished just shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds. This is Texas’ second consecutive win against
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Fans must be patient with Strong’s rebuild By Ezra Siegel
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Junior guard Isaiah Taylor dribbles around a Texas A&MCorpus Christi defender on Nov. 21 in Austin.
Texas shows potential after losses in Bahamas By Jacob Martella Daily Texan Columnist @ViewFromTheBox
A simple look at Texas’ scores from the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament might paint a sour picture. The Longhorns suffered losses to Texas A&M and Michigan, finishing sixth of eight teams, and left the Bahamas with a 2-3 record. But reading head coach Shaka Smart’s comments and looking into the box score will give Longhorn fans hope for the month before conference play. First and foremost, Texas found its offensive stroke in the Bahamas. The Longhorns posted a season-high 82 points in the rematch against Washington and shot 50 percent from the field against Michigan. Freshman guard Eric Davis led the way for Texas, shooting 4-of-7 from three against A&M and scoring a team-high 15 points against Washington. Junior guard Isaiah Taylor looked like his freshman form, averaging 14 points in the three games. Longhorn fans who stuck around to watch the game against Michigan got a glimpse of what everyone’s been waiting for since Smart was hired in April — his signature uptempo defense. With the Wolverines up by 13 in the second half, Smart switched to a diamond fullcourt press. The results were immediate. Texas rolled off a
21-9 run and closed the gap to 67-66 before Michigan ran away with the game. “We were stopping (Michigan), and we were able to execute, get some really good shots, and so we were able to take the lead down from 13 to 1,” Smart said. Of course, the team still has plenty to work on — especially on the defensive end. The Longhorns gave up 77 points per game and allowed Michigan to shoot 56 percent from behind the arc. “We know that we have to put stops together on the defensive end,” Taylor said. “That’s actually what we’re trying to make our identity, in rebounding and getting stops on that end.” These losses are still on the Longhorns’ résumé. Come March, they could be the deciding factor between an NCAA tournament bid and a NIT bid. But Smart has preached about “the process.” Early games won’t all be pretty, he says. “If you don’t follow the process, that’s one guarantee that you won’t be able to get the results,” Smart said. “It’s something that if our guys continue to own, then we’re going to have a lot of success.” Going 1-2 in the Bahamas isn’t ideal, but the Longhorns showed their potential. If they can execute more consistently, good things might be in store in the next few months.
No, head coach Charlie Strong isn’t bolting to coach at Miami. He isn’t getting fired, and he’s not resigning either. At 4-7, there’s no doubt Strong’s season hasn’t gone as planned. The team’s record is especially troubling — Strong said Nov. 17, 2014, that five losses “will never happen again.” But Strong knows there’s more to the season than the team’s record. Rebuilds don’t happen overnight, and Texas is building a foundation. “[A 4-7 record] is never our goal and never will be,” Strong said. “I know this, we’re back there again. But you look at what we have, and I think the future is very bright.” Strong has plenty of reasons to bank on Texas’ future. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard has flashed the ability to lead Texas’ offense. Freshman linebacker Malik Jefferson and freshman cornerback Holton Hill are already instrumental to the Longhorn defense. Additionally, freshman wide receiver John Burt leads the team in receiving yards and touchdowns. And freshman running back Chris Warren is coming off a 276-yard, four-touchdown game. The freshman class’ impact signals a bright future for Texas — especially since several talented freshmen have yet to play. But the most encouraging aspect of Strong’s rebuild is his players’ unwavering support for their head coach. The players already responded with a 24-17 win over No. 3 Oklahoma when the national media questioned Strong’s job security. Although their momentum has since fizzled, they
We are just in a rebuilding phase right now, and it’s taking a little longer than expected. —Shiro Davis, Senior defensive end
still preach faith in Strong’s system. “I think the coaches and coach Strong have done a tremendous job recruiting and instilling the right values in this place,” senior center Taylor Doyle said. “That culture is something you can hang your hat on. And when you have that as a foundation moving forward, the sky is the limit.” A talented freshman class and a group of invested players doesn’t excuse Strong for the team’s issues. His staff failed to implement the up-tempo spread offense he hyped for months leading into the season. Additionally, a seeming lack of preparation led to several losses Longhorn fans want to forget — including a 50-7 loss at then-No. 4 TCU and a 24-0 shutout at Iowa State. But Strong still has time to turn the ship around. He’ll need to hire an offensive coordinator equipped to implement his offensive vision. He must continue to develop his young players and supplement them with another talented recruiting class. He has support from his team and from interim athletic director Mike Perrin. Now, he just needs patience from the Texas faithful. “I personally think the staff is great,” senior defensive end Shiro Davis said. “We are just in a rebuilding phase right now, and it’s taking a little while longer than expected. But once we get it turned around, Texas will definitely be a team to look out for.”
Tennessee. The Longhorns defeated the Vols 72-59 at home last season. Aston said the team must still raise the bar with matchups against No. 8 Mississippi State and No. 13 Stanford looming. “The exciting thing is, I think we can get a lot better,” Aston said. “But I am proud of how we came in and played with a great road mentality today.” The Longhorns face No. 8 Mississippi State at home on Wednesday.
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continues from page 1 Senior outside hitter Amy Neal stole the momentum with a service ace and big swings. The Longhorns emerged from intermission and immediately took control of Set 3. They jumped out to an early 7-2 lead and fended off Sooner scoring runs to clinch the match. Texas’ blockers, led by BedartGhani and junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu, finished the match with 9.5 blocks. BedartGhani notched a careerhigh seven blocks in the match. Prieto Cerame and Neal tallied five kills each to lead Texas’ offense in the final set, bringing their totals to 21 and 15, respectively. “The players have been committed all season,” Elliott said. “Our team has played as a unit. They feed well off one another and have a lot of pride as a group.” The Longhorns finished the regular season 25-2, 15-1 Big 12. Texas faces Fairfield in Round 1 at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Gregory Gym. Should the Longhorns advance, they play the winner of SMU and Purdue in Round 2.
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Texas (25-2) will host Fairfield (21-9) on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA championship tournament. The Longhorns earned the No. 3 overall seed after winning their fifth straight Big 12 title on Friday night. Texas lit the entire Tower orange on Sunday night to celebrate the conference championship. Texas then received its postseason schedule on “Selection Sunday.” USC, Minnesota and Nebraska round out the top four seeds. “This is probably the most competitive bracket I’ve ever had since I’ve been a coach,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “You need to play well enough to win and find a way to get to the next round.” SMU (27-5) will face Purdue (22-9) at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at Gregory Gym. The Texas-Fairfield game follows at 7 p.m., and the winners match up in the second round. “It doesn’t matter what you were in conference or who you played,” junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu said. “Everyone starts with a clean slate right now, so it’s ... competing against every opponent like it’s your last.” Tournament finals and semifinals will be Dec. 17 and 19 in Omaha, Nebraska. The Longhorns have advanced to the Final Four six of the last seven years. They also won the 2012 national championship. —Jori Epstein
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Alumni share perspectives on guns nearly 50 years after Tower Shooting By Marisa Charpentier @marisacharp21
A 1966 copy of The Daily Texan hangs on the wall of UT alumnus John Economidy’s San Antonio law office. The headline reads: “Sniper’s terror reign ends with 15 dead, 34 wounded.” Nearly 50 years have passed since Charles Whitman ascended to the observation deck of the UT Tower and opened fire on civilians. But for Economidy, the memories are still vivid. He remembers racing from his dorm to The Daily Texan office after hearing word of the event on the radio. As the editor-in-chief at the time, he walked through the office doors and told the reporters, “Get off your butts, get out there and win the Pulitzer Prize!” He can still picture the bullet hitting a student just 50 yards away from him, and the moment he stood watching people lift victims onto gurneys and carry the shot-up body of
the deceased Whitman out of the Tower elevator remains etched in his mind. “I can’t get away from it,” Economidy said. “It’s one of those things that sticks with you for life.” On Aug. 1, 2016, the 50-year anniversary of the Tower shooting, campus carry, a law allowing concealed handguns on a college campus, will go into effect in all public Texas universities. After the 84th Legislature passed Senate Bill 11, allowing properly licensed individuals over the age of 21 to carry concealed handguns on college campuses, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law in June. The bill gives universities discretion on where handguns can and cannot be allowed but prevents public campuses from being entirely gun-free. In December, President Gregory Fenves will delineate UT’s policies he and his working group have come up with surrounding campus carry. Behavioral sciences professor Alfred McAlister was also amid the 1966 crossfire. During the 96 minutes that Whitman remained on the Tower observation deck, shooting at people below, McAlister said students pulled out their own deer rifles and shot back, which did more harm than good. “There were students shooting toward the Tower,” McAlister said. “Friendly fire was scary because there
were students who were shooting, not a lot of them, but there were shots fired out, and it was hard to tell where they were coming from. C.J. Grisham, a retired U.S. Army first sergeant and founder of the gun rights advocacy group Open Carry Texas, testified in favor of campus carry at a committee meeting hearing for the bill. Grisham said he thinks people should be able to defend themselves on campus through concealed carry, just as they can at other public spaces in Texas. “A campus is just another place,” Grisham said. “There’s nothing special about it. You should be able to defend your life no matter where you go. It’s not about carrying a gun. It’s about having the ability to defend yourself if the need should arise. After campus carry goes into effect in August, Texas will be one of seven states with the law in place. Grisham said a common misconception about the law is that a lot of people will be carrying handguns into classrooms. Only people over 21, and military members and veterans 18 or older, will be able to do so, and few college-age students have concealed handgun license, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. In 2014, 2.46 percent of the 246,326 CHL holders were 18 to 22
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CHL class emphasizes handgun laws, reviews safety of conflict resolution Editor’s Note: The Daily Texan sent Life&Arts reporter Thomas Boswell to Central Texas Gunworks to participate in a concealed handgun license course.
By Thomas Boswell @thomasboswell
Learn the laws. Shoot the Gun. Be Safe. These are the lessons taught in a Texas-based concealed handgun license course. For those interested in obtaining a license to carry a firearm, the Department of Public Safety requires the successful completion of an approved class taught by a licensed instructor. South Austinbased Central Texas Gunworks offers these six-hour courses most Tuesdays and Thursdays for anyone approaching or over the age of 21. I spent one Tuesday taking the six-hour course, learning about the
Texas penal code, conflict resolution and gun safety. The in-classroom portion took about five hours. During this time, instructor Michael Cargill lectured on gun rights, using infographics and videos. To relate conflict resolution, Cargill played videos of various situations and asked participants how they would respond. Many of the participants, including myself, misinterpreted what was depicted. The exercise allowed those in the class to better evaluate conflict, reducing the chance of acting improperly in real life. The final portion of the classroom section focused on gun safety. Many of the examples of improper gun handling in videos occurred in the hands of supposed gun experts. Cargill said these videos were meant to teach that accidental gun discharge can happen to anyone, and that safe gun practices require constant practice. The class ended with a 25-question test required to receive a CHL
certificate and become eligible for a CHL license. “People are usually surprised about the things that they cannot do,” Cargill said. “I’ll actually get people who will get up after the first hour, leave and not come back.” The Texas Penal Code’s handbook on gun law covers self-defense laws, accidental injury to others and locations where guns are prohibited. Cargill said that license holders carrying a concealed handgun cannot consume alcohol to any degree. He also said certain rights to self-defense may apply at night but not during the day. Participants spend the final hour of the CHL class at CenTex Gunwork’s shooting range to determine handgun proficiency. Cargill said the shooting portion of the class is not designed to teach someone how to shoot and those interested in learning the basics should take a beginner course. Cargill said he has occasionally recommended to the Texas DPS that class participants who respond in an alarming manner during instruction or improperly use their handgun not receive a CHL. “The hardest part of the process is teaching people when not to pull their gun,” Cargill said. “It’s a very easy concept to get someone to where they can get that gun and where they draw it. We have to make sure they understand that their gun is their last option.” UT alumnus Rob Nowicky, who works for Central Texas Gunworks, said he obtained his concealed handgun license after 2010 when an active shooter, Colton Tooley, died by suicide in the PCL with an AK-47 rifle. He said he hoped to regain his sense of security. “I was really scared when it happened,” Nowicky said.
Illustration by Amber Perry | Daily Texan Staff
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When campus carry goes into effect Aug. 1, individuals with a concealed handgun license will be able to carry guns on public college campuses in Texas.
UT alumnus fights gun regulation with 3D printers By Cameron Osmond @CameronOsmond
Listed among Wired magazine’s “most dangerous men in the world,” UT alumnus Cody Wilson is unlike others who decorate the list. While many of those listed, such as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Bashar Assad, are known for their mass crimes, Wilson earned his place using a campus 3D printer to create a gun. In the summer of 2012, prior to the start of his second year of UT Law, Wilson founded Defense Distributed, a nonprofit corporation
that designs guns intended for public 3D printing over the Internet. He created 3D printable models of firearms that anyone with access to Internet and a 3D printer could produce with a click, limiting government regulation on the guns. “I’d say that I’m dangerous to the enemies of free people,” Wilson said. “Maybe I’m a danger to a vision of control, a vision of prohibition and speech codes, and the militarization of information. But that’s the old order. Free people don’t have anything to fear from me.” By May 2013, after Wilson
and his programming team designed and built a variety of firearms, they released the designs online for a pistol named the “Liberator.” It found immediate success, with 100,000 downloads in two days. Wilson said the design’s popularity is indicative of the public demand for such a product. “I realized that because of the Internet and because of expanding availability of 3D printers, guns would be, at least theoretically, more available,” Wilson said. “Upon its release, the western nation states froze up and tried everything they could do to make it
illegal and tear it down. As far as a project, it was almost completely successful, almost 100 percent. Obviously, we would’ve liked that it wasn’t taken down.” In May 2013, Wilson and Defense Distributed received an email from U.S. Department of State, ordering that Defense Distributed remove their gun designs from the Internet. The government determined that Wilson’s corporation had not received the required approval necessary under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations act to publish the gun files onto the public
domain. Wilson and Defense Distributed brought legal suit against the State Department of the Western District of Texas two years later, citing the government for violating the corporation’s First, Second and Fifth Amendment rights. “I’m a Second Amendment absolutist,” Wilson said. “When I read the amendment, I take it to absolutely mean what it says. When the thing says make no law, or when it says for it to not be infringed, I take it to the absolute whole.” Wilson said there were many challenges he and his crew faced at the onset of forming Defense Distributed
and releasing the gun design plans. He said his peers at UT Law didn’t take him seriously at the corporation’s launch. “A lot of people at UT Law, when I founded [Defense Distributed], were incredulous about it,” Wilson said. “Especially the rhetoric we used, which was unabashedly libertarian pro-Second Amendment. It initially took everyone off guard. However, very quickly, we began to do real things, affecting the gun debate after Sandy Hook. At that point, I think the position became one of not open, but quiet hostility.”
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