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Panda Express coming to Texas Union
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Students looking to eat on campus will soon have an additional choice for meals, as the University is planning to bring Chinese fast food restaurant Panda Express to the Texas Union. Food services company Aramark has a contract with the University Unions, under which Aramark manages restaurants within the Texas
Union — with the exception of Wendy’s. After the closing of Taco Bell last year, restaurant options in the Texas Union include Quiznos Subs, Chickfil-A, Smokehouse BBQ, Starbucks and Field of Greens Fresh Market. Taco Bell’s departure came after the restaurant decided to not renew its contract with Aramark, said James Buckley, director of facilities and operations at the Texas Union. After looking at college dining trends
and hearing student feedback on the Texas Union board, Aramark officials negotiated a contract with Panda Express. “Our executive director and Aramark board person strived to meet the needs of our students and found it important to not fill the vacant gap quickly but make sure that whatever we put in there was something that the students wanted,” Buckley said.
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Fenves decides on campus carry rules By Mikaela Canizzo and Caleb Wong @thedailytexan
UT President Gregory Fenves notified the University of his decision regarding the policies for campus carry legislation via email Wednesday morning. After communicating with the campus carry working group and reviewing the law, Fenves said in the email he will not be implementing a policy against handguns in classrooms. “I do not believe handguns belong on a university campus, so this decision has been the greatest challenge of my presidency to date,” Fenves said in the email. “As a professor, I understand the deep concerns raised by so many. However, as president, I have an obligation to uphold the law.” The policy document outlines Fenvess’ decision on campus carry adopts all 25 of the recommendations made in the working group report. The document states guns will generally be allowed in common rooms — but not bedrooms — of residence halls. According to the email, the Campus Carry Implementation Task Force, which will outline the exact details of
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LOCATIONS TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAN CARRRY AND WHERE YOU CANNOT Concealed weapons will be allowed in classrooms.
Concealed weapons are NOT permitted in counseling and mental health centers.
Concealed weapons will be allowed at ticketed sporting events.
K-12 events going on in a particular area will be gun-free zones, such as a school tour at the Blanton Museum.
Guns will be allowed in common areas of residence halls.
Guns will NOT be premitted in labs with volatile chemicals or animal research areas.
Dining halls will allow concealed weapons.
Guns will NOT be allowed in areas where formal hearings are being conducted.
Study spaces such as the library will allow concealed weapons.
Concealed weapons will NOT be allowed at business on campus that sell alcohol, such as Cactus Cafe. Source: Campus Carry report Infographic by Iliana Storch | Daily Texan Staff
putting campus carry into effect, is still determining gunexclusion zones and guidelines for the policy. Fenves said he will monitor the effect of campus carry rules on recruiting faculty, staff and students. “It has been a very difficult decision balancing legal
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requirements with maintaining a productive educational environment,” Fenves said at a press conference. Rachel Osterloh, president of Senate of College Councils and member of the implementation committee, said she would advocate for student
safety and education. “I think once students have all the information, I think anxieties will start to quell,” said Osterloh, a government and philosophy senior. The policies and procedures of this decision comply with Senate Bill 11, which allows
licensed gun holders age 21 or older to carry a concealed handgun on campus. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill last June, and the law will take effect Aug. 1, 2016. Robert Oxford, member of
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After multiple religious freedom bills failed to see Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature last session, supporters and opponents of the bills spoke to members of the Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday to suggest possible pieces of legislation. Although the legislature doesn’t reconvene until January, members of the committee were charged by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick with evaluating how local nondiscrimination ordinances — such as Houston’s equal rights ordinance, known as HERO, which failed by popular vote in November — fit into state and federal law, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Some Republican committee members, including chair and Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), argued the best route to protecting religious freedoms was through small steps in legislation that preserve individual religious liberties, while also ensuring members of the LGBT community are not inadvertently discirminated against in the process. “I don’t believe there’s anyone in this legislature or this committee who wants to legislate discrimination,” Huffman said. “We are trying to protect individuals’ First Amendment rights.” Last session, the state legislature approved Senate Bill 2065, which aimed to protect giving clergy and religious officials the discretion to refuse performing marriages that are in direct violation of their “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Although many other anti-gay marriage restrictions failed, SB 2065 — the Pastor Protection Act, or PPA —
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Researcher grounds Austin fetches high rank as dog friendly out history of taco By Janelle Polcyn
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From Torchy’s Tacos to Taco Bell, many Texans share a love of tacos, but not many know the history behind the Mexican dish. One researcher, Alejandro Escalante, decided to research the taco’s origins and find out what makes it so popular. Escalante described the journey that took him to Mexico to write his book, “La Tacopedia: Enciclopedia del Taco,” in a talk at IBC Bank on Wednesday hosted by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. The book describes the various styles and traditions of the Mexican taco. It follows the evolution of the tortilla from a handmade to a largely machine-made item but discusses the continued tradition of hand-preparing the inside
contents, Escalante said. Escalante said his inspiration to write the book came from his need to explore the well known dish and to inform people about what it really is. “When I started to do the research, it was impossible,” Escalante said. “It stood out that there was nothing on this [subject], and there are tacos everywhere.” Escalante said attempting to define a taco was surprisingly difficult. “It’s easiest to recognize what a taco is not,” Escalante said. “It’s not junk food. It’s not a formal meal because you eat it with your hands. … The easiest way to approach tacos is to try to [understand] the three main ingredients: the tortilla, … the content [meat] … and
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Dog is man’s best friend and, according to a new ranking list, Austin, Texas, is one of dog’s best friends. Austin was recently ranked as the second-best city for pet friendliness by apartment search engine Abodo. The city has also landed spots on several other lists for pet friendliness and accomodations in apartments, parks and businesses. Many businesses in Austin and surrounding suburbs welcome leashed or carried dogs inside. Pre-physical therapy junior Abigail Schacherl said this trend aligns with Austin’s accepting culture. “A lot of people here are open-minded and kind of accepting of whatever people want to do,” Schacherl said. “Pets are really important to the owners. If you accept
someone’s pet, it’s like you are accepting that person almost.” Government junior Steve Escamilla, who owns two dogs, said he saw the difference as a pet-owner in Houston, compared to Seattle and Austin, which are more dog-friendly. “I moved from Houston to Seattle, and I had my black lab with me,” Escamilla said. “She really thrived [in Seattle], so when I moved back [to Texas], I chose Austin because of that aspect. I take my dogs everywhere.” UT alumna Whitney Hill said she is not surprised at Austin’s ranking. “There’s always someone or something talking about pets,” Hill said. There are special accommodations for pets throughout the city such as numerous dog parks, water bowls at restaurants, fenced in dog areas at bars and dog-friendly apart-
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Three dogs greet each other at Zilker Park. Austin was recently ranked as the second best city for pet friendliness.
ment complexes. Escamilla said these policies allow dogs in Austin to become socialized. “My dogs are incredibly friendly,” Escamilla said. “It’s easy to have my dogs interact with [my friends’] dogs because they get to interact with other dogs and humans
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quite often.” The dog friendliness characteristic of Austin makes it easier for dogs to grow accustomed to other animals and humans. “If you’re going to have your dog out in public, they need to
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the Graduate Student Assembly, confronted Fenves at the press conference, stating he failed to represent the overwhelming amount of students who spoke out against campus carry. “It’s unfortunate that Greg Fenves is going to set a passive role to the rest of public universities who are looking to him for leadership,” Oxford said. “They might as well be looking to the Texas legislature for guidance.” Jacob Williamson, member of Students for Concealed Carry, said he was against campus carry before the statistics changed his mind. “You are more likely to be killed by a vending machine than by someone using a firearm,” said Williamson, an electrical engineering and computer science senior. UT System Chancellor William McRaven said he expects faculty to comply with campus carry laws. “What I’m asking the faculty members is: Give us a chance to show that we can address their concerns in a reasonable manner so they do not feel like it is threatening their ability to have a robust debate or their safety,” McRaven recently said to the Senate State Affairs Committee. SB 11 allows the UT System Board of Regents to modify campus carry rules submitted by UT System institutions by a two-thirds vote. UT System spokesperson Jenny Caputo said the meeting would likely occur sometime between now and May. Biology junior Horacio Zamora Jr. said he believes firearms in classrooms will negatively impact learning environments. “Guns in classrooms won’t make me feel safer,” Zamora said. “It’s just a really bad idea altogether.”
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finally the garnish which can be something very simple as a green chili.” Julianne Gilland, director of the Benson Latin American collection at UT, said she believed Escalante’s book stood
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out when compared to similar books about tacos. “It’s not that nobody’s ever written about tacos before, but no one’s ever taken this approach that tries to be very comprehensive and tries to look at the history and how different styles of taco-making have evolved,” Gilland said.
Geography senior Summer Begnaud said Escalante’s lecture about his passion for tacos helped her relate to her passion about food studies. “I really like tying food into history and culture … and trying to get food to help understand the rest of society at large and make connections
to what’s happening,” Begnaud said. “Learning about tacos seemed really great because I enjoy tacos, and I know that lots of foods have been coopted by different cultures, especially like in America; we try and take things and try to make it our own and we kind of lose the culture that came with it.”
impact on religious freedom while not protecting any more people from discrimination than what is already on the books at the state and federal level. “It doesn’t look like these local cities and municipalities are doing a very good job at handling this issue,” said Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values, a religious liberty advocacy group. “If cities are willing to pass these things, our belief is that they should first be looking to what’s at the state level before they get involved with these issues.” After Houstonians voted
against the failed HERO ordinance last November, many supporters of the anti-discrimination protections felt the city’s economy and reputation would be crushed by discouraging businesses and potential residents from moving into the city. “Everybody gives up something to be a part of this [Houston] community,” said Lindsay Kelly, advertising and theatre and dance senior. “If you want to practice [your religion] in your home, feel free, but if it’s going to infringe on anybody else’s right to be who they are, then that’s not
necessary or welcome.” Huffman and many of the other panelists Wednesday morning disagreed with that idea, arguing that there have been no examples of substantive backlash from the failed ordinance nor any of the state’s religious freedom laws. “I live in Houston; I see no evidence that it’s hurt our economy or hurt the city from a business perspective,” Huffman said. “As we move forward, … I hope we all have very reasonable and even-minded [ideas] about how we try to resolve these issues.”
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Sports management senior Brandy Harrison said she prefers the food options at the Student Activity Center, but her lunch stops may now switch to the Texas Union. “I will now be frequenting the Union a lot,” Harrison said. “The Union will win my heart now with Panda Express.” As a college senior on a budget, Harrison said she was excited because Panda Express’s menu offered some of her favorite meals at a low price. “First off, let’s start with the orange chicken and the honey walnut shrimp. And the wontons. Wow. I can get all of this food for under $10,” Harrison said. Computer science sophomore Travis Garbe said he eats at the Union when meeting with friends who have different food tastes. “The options here are pretty solid,” Garbe said. “I’ve never eaten at Panda Express before, but if people wanted it, then I’d say it’s not a bad choice.” Buckley said demolition and remodeling is scheduled to begin during spring break. Despite speculations the restaurant would open in April, Buckley said the official opening date is unknown. “We’re keeping our fingers crossed that everything runs in a smooth, timely manner, but once the construction process starts, sometimes you never know what you may run into,” Buckley said.
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Graphene creates advantages, limitations for experiments By Laura Zhang @ lzeeee126
Army veterans wear this material in artificial retinas. Professional tennis players find it in their tennis rackets. And it may be the secret to quantum computers. Graphene is the “material of superlatives,” according to a Nature article, although it’s essentially a two-dimensional sheet of graphite. Graphene’s beehive-shaped molecular structure gives it strength and pliability as well as the ability to conduct heat and electricity efficiently. Graphene is about 200 times stronger than steel but much thinner. It is practically impermeable to gases and conducts less heat as the temperature increases, which allows it to withstand high heat. Also, graphene is composed of carbon, the fourth-most abundant element in Earth’s atmosphere. According to physics graduate student Yujin Cho, graphene’s most important property is transparency. Cho worked with a group of researchers to build the world’s thinnest light bulb from graphene at UT-Austin. According to Cho, graphene’s transpar-
ency, along with its durability, yields numerous possibilities for faster electronic devices and nanoscale light experiments. “It’s also super strong. The material is good enough and stronger than iron, so some people make jokes about how you can make a tennis racket out of graphene,” Cho said. “But the racket will definitely be super expensive.” High quality graphene is an expensive material because manufacturers cannot currently produce graphene in mass quantities. Traditionally, researchers produce graphene through the “Scotch Tape” method, in which they use sticky tape to peel off layers of graphite until only a layer with the thickness of one atom is left, but this arduous process produces only small amounts of graphene. Richard Piner, research associate in the Texas Materials Institute, said the thinness of graphene presents various issues in mass production, such as the amplification of small impurities. In his past research, Piner worked on microscopes that were sensitive to friction. The graphene impurities created friction in an otherwise smooth sheet of graphene, even though
they would not present many problems in three-dimensional materials, such as ceramics. “Anything insignificant in 3-D will kill you in 2-D,” Piner said. “For [pure] graphene, oxygen is death.” Graphene reacts instantly with oxygen to form graphite oxide, which is the most common form of graphene. Scientists can effectively synthesize pure graphene on a large scale by chemical reduction or by removing the oxygen in graphite oxide. The complications of mass production for graphene also include the lack of a band gap, according to Nature. On a molecular level, the band gap is the minimum amount of energy required for an electron to break free. Once it does, the electron can participate in conduction. Because of the absence of a band gap, the electrons in graphene flow continuously, causing graphene to act more like a metal than a semiconductor. Unlike metals, semiconductors have on/off switches. The band gap prevents scientists from controlling electron flow and using graphene in transistors, a key component of electronic devices. Graphene presents
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potential for a vast number of electronic and medical applications, including cars, buildings and cancer research. Piner said graphene, if perfected, can be used to build a quantum computer that can theoretically calcu-
late all possible solutions at once at an infinitely faster computer speed. However, according to many researchers, including Piner, the limitations still need to be overcome to take full advantage of this carbon material.
“That’s the thing about graphene. It’ll be really useful for things like quantum computing and electronics,” Piner said. “But it needs to be really perfect, and that whole other level of chemistry is going to be really difficult.”
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Students compete for best health app during coding marathon By Kate Thackrey @KateThackrey
Healthcare providers are looking to move their data online. UT-Austin students have an app for that. Student teams crafted working app models from fake healthcare data during a 15-hour coding marathon on Saturday. Judges chose the best apps based on presentations and demonstrations. The apps addressed the time constraints of doctors. Most
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prioritized important facts, such as patient history, current illnesses and medications. The winning team, Primum non Nocere, won tickets to present their work at South by Southwest Interactive this March. All challenge participants received tickets to the SXSW Health and MedTech Expo on March 12. Brian Vodicka, a computer science and mathematics junior, is a member of the winning team. “We wanted to give the
doctor a better idea of what the patient is going through,” Vodicka said. The competitors included undergraduates, graduate students and recent UT grads with varying levels of coding experience. Leanne Field, director of the health IT program, said that she wants participants to get excited about new opportunities. “We’re always trying to bring the latest technology to the students in our program,” Field said.
Students developed their apps using FHIR, an open source software that allows different healthcare providers to share information over one application. Jim Karolewicz, vice president at Cerner Corporation and one of the judges, said that by opening up communication between companies, innovation can happen more quickly. “Health care has always been a closed box,” said Karolewicz. The event was organized by the health informatics and health IT program and the
computer science department and sponsored by Cerner Corporation, Seton HealthCare Family, Jericho Systems and SXSW Interactive. Athenahealth also provided engineers to help students during app development. Nishil Shah, a computer
engineering and computer science senior, said the healthcare companies are slowly attracting more computer scientists through events like the FHIR Health App Design Challenge. “It shows that we can make better products in a very antiquated industry,” Shah said.
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Students must take all elections seriously By Walker Fountain Daily Texan Forum Editor @wf_atx
March 1 through March 3 are big days for University of Texas students. On March 1, Texas residents will vote in their respective party primaries for their preferred candidate for president of the United States. Student voters will also have the opportunity to choose a nominee in Texas House District 49 along with other local races. On March 2 and 3, UT students will have a chance to vote in student government elections, choosing a new SG Assembly, president and vice president, along with numerous Texas Student Media and University Unions positions. These positions are all important, and students would be wise to take all of these races seriously. It would be tempting to say that the only race that matters is the Texas primary for president of the United States. Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have massive followings on campus, and thousands of students will undoubtedly visit the polls to cast their ballots in that race. The same goes for the Republican side with former Longhorn Jeb Bush in the race, along with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and several others. There’s often a singular fascination with the presidential race, but UT students will have
It would be tempting to say that the only race that matters is the Texas primary for president of the United States. … It is time that student participation in campus-wide elections reflects the inspiring ideas and refreshing diversity of the candidates for office. other important choices to make starting on March 1. Perhaps most crucial amongst those decisions is the primary for HD-49, widely regarded as the most liberal district in the Texas House of Representatives. As I’ve previously written, former University Democrats president and Legislative staffer Huey Fischer is banking on student turnout to propel him to victory, while other notables in the race such as Matt Shrum and Gina Hinojosa have also courted students. That race merits strong participation from UT students, given the amount of attention paid to them by the candidates. Finally, students should embrace the
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Students line up to vote outside the Flawn Academic Center on Nov. 4, 2014. Students may also vote in this spring’s primaries inside the FAC.
importance of participating in their Student Government elections. While some may view those elections as reserved for an “insider” group of students, this assumtpion couldn’t be further from the truth this year. Four diverse and engaging executive alliances are running at the top of the ballot; 18 students from across campus
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Carbon capture and storage has a future By Juli Berwald
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Student representation, elections matter to you By David Engleman
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On March 2 and 3, students across the 40 Acres have the opportunity to elect representatives to Student Government, the Graduate Student Assembly, Texas Student Media, the University Co-op and University Unions. Historically, turnout in campuswide elections has been about as poor as turnout among university students in local, state and national elections. But unlike the election of a mayor, governor or president, the election of representatives in campuswide elections can have an immediate, palpable impact on your life as a student. It is easy to look at these five entities and wonder, “What do my student representatives do for me?” Sometimes, it may seem that the impact of a single event or initiative on the student body at large is quite small. But these events and initiatives are only a glimpse into the crucial role student representatives play as stewards of student opinion in the eyes of administrators, faculty and staff. In the course of approving a new building on campus or designing a new major, administrators may only have a handful of conversations with student representatives. These conversations are the moments in which student representatives can make a major impact on their peers. At the end of the day, student representatives are who the student body relies upon to accurately communicate their wishes, values and needs to administrators, public officials and friends of the University. If less than 20 percent of the student body votes in campus-wide elections, student representatives cannot possibly represent more than that small fraction of students.
are running for University-wide representative; and dozens more are running for other seats. It is time student participation in campus-wide elections reflect the inspiring ideas and refreshing diversity of the candidates for office. Fountain is a government senior from Pelham Manor, New York.
Be interested, get involved and on March 2 and 3, remember to vote. You have a voice, and it matters — let yourself be heard. Whether you are running for an elected position, supporting a campaign or simply voting, I encourage you to play an active role in selecting the next generation of student representatives. In the course of the campaign period, tensions can run high. Competition should bring out the best in all of us, but in the course of campaigning, both unintentional and intentional violations of the rules occur. Nevertheless, I implore everyone playing a role in campus-wide elections to conduct themselves with the highest standards of integrity. Faith in these institutions cannot be taken for granted, and each entity is only as strong as its election process. The Election Supervisory Board exists to provide clarity on the election codes, and we serve students by investigating complaints regarding election code violations. Be interested, get involved and on March 2 and 3, remember to vote. You have a voice, and it matters — let yourself be heard. Campus-wide elections take place online at utexasvote.org from 8 a.m. on March 2 to 5 p.m. on March 3. Engleman is a Plan II and English senior from Austin. He is the chair of the 2016 Election Supervisory Board.
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The author of the column published on Feb. 10, 2016 on carbon capture and storage highlights supposed problems with this climate change mitigation technology. Unfortunately, the author has failed to critically assess all available information. We know that carbon dioxide can be injected and stored underground safely. Carbon dioxide has been injected into more than 100 locations globally over the past four decades; many of these locations have been extensively studied. In scientific, peer-reviewed literature, results published reveal the carbon dioxide is retained where it is stored. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, federal and state laws regulate site characteristics and operational practices for all injection wells in the U.S., including those that inject carbon dioxide. There are few failures in correctly implementing these requirements, but these errors have been sparse, non-catastrophic, successfully remediated and build confidence that underground storage of carbon dioxide can be conducted safely under existing regulation. The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s leaders in carbon capture and storage research. The Gulf Coast Carbon Center is a collaboration of about 30 UT students and researchers, comprised of more than 100 U.S. and international academic, lab and industrial partners who have been critically assessing geologic storage as a tool for reducing greenhouse gasses since 1999. The Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security is a UT-Los Alamos National Lab collaboration that recently received a $12 million grant to improve understanding of the processes that control the behavior of carbon dioxide in the subsurface. Numerous researchers in the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering study the geology and physics of CCS. Scientists in the Department of Chemical Engineering conduct research at a laboratory-scale demon-
stration facility to increase efficiency of capture of carbon dioxide from power plant emissions. Not one of the CCS experts in any of these research groups was interviewed for the Feb. 10 column. If they were, they would have surely corrected the numerous mistakes about both the viability and safety of CCS. The author’s cavalier denial of CCS as a mitigation technology shows not that CCS is dangerous or untenable but that the author hasn’t done his homework.
What’s dangerous to our future is not CCS. Rather, it’s dismissing of any of the options available to us as we attempt the enormous task of righting our climate. As the author correctly states, the transition to carbon-free energy needs to happen as fast as possible. What he doesn’t appreciate is that CCS is a powerful tool, one that can help not only the United States but also the developing world, make the shift more quickly. Recent reports by international agencies studying climate change — International Energy Agency and the Global Climate Change Institute — conclude that keeping global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius will be more expensive — and perhaps impossible — without CCS. The U.S. president agrees. In his newest budget, he allocates over $250 million for CCS research and development. What’s dangerous to our future is not CCS. Rather, it’s dismissing of any of the options available to us as we attempt the enormous task of righting our climate. Berwald is a science writer for the Gulf Coast Carbon Center in the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences.
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Growth mindset is correlated with success, but it’s not a quick fix for large-scale problems. Growth mindset is the idea that intelligence is malleable, as opposed to fixed mindset, which suggests intelligence is finite and static. Growth mindset is the “it” concept of modern educational psychology — it improves learning outcomes for challenging material, as demonstrated by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck. At UT-Austin, assistant psychology professor David Yeager conducts research refining the implications of growth mindset. In a field experiment, Yeager demonstrated how mindset interventions lead to increased academic
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achievement. At UT, all incoming freshmen are required to complete a web-based 30-minute “University mindset” activity at orientation. Students randomly receive a growth mindset version of the activity or a placebo version. The results show students with the mindset intervention have a higher chance of completing at least twelve credit hours in their first semester. This effect was even greater for African-American students. According to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, African-American students tend to obtain lower grades than their white counterparts, even when entering college with equivalent test scores. Research suggests a stereotype threat undermines their cognitive ability. Thus, this intervention has significant applications in countering stereotypes and closing achievement gaps. Though this is an appealing concept, Yeager discourages growth mindset as the sole answer to these problems. “Education is very fad driven because the problems feel very dire, so people are quick to latch onto anything that is promising,” Yeager said. “It is true we have had great success
in our experiments, but now a big concern is overuse, misuse and overdiagnosis.” Yeager said these issues are more complicated than they seem. “Growth mindset is often misinterpreted as telling people to try harder.” Yeager said. “It becomes a new excuse to blame people for their failure,” If not applied correctly, interventions might actually further inequality, according to Yeager. “Advantaged people could then use growth mindset as a tool for making the argument that disadvantaged people are getting what they deserve,” Yeager said. Lisa Brown, course program specialist at the UT Charles A. Dana Center, works on growth mindset interventions. She incorporates mindset concepts into secondary math curriculums. Her work emphasizes the creation of learning communities. “It’s about providing a space for students to make mistakes, for them to feel challenged so students can become convinced they can become smarter by working harder,” Brown said. Brown collaborates with Agile Mind Inc. to implement
empowering women,” Honegger said. “It’s really enabling people to use their purchasing power for good.” Honegger said hundreds of families looking to adopt also benefitted from the trunk shows. Ambassadors have the option to dedicate 10 percent of their trunk show’s profits to an adopting family. In 2011, Sara Brinton, now the Noonday Collection marketing director, held a trunk show in Seattle, which helped relieve the court fees she faced in finalizing her daughter’s adoption in Uganda. As one of the company’s first ambassadors, Brinton said she wanted to
empower other women across the country and partnered with Honegger to start the ambassador program. “Being an ambassador made a difference in our community and helped families adopt, but it also really changed me,” Brinton said. “[I love] knowing the ambassador opportunity is unleashing over 1,000 women across the country to experience that kind of growth and to use their strengths in new ways.” Noonday Collection provides women empowerment programs, in which women in countries that rank very low on the gender index, such as India,
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interventions such as the Academic Youth Development programs and Intensified Algebra I programs. The programs are in 500 schools in 12 states. Even though these programs have been initially successful, Brown acknowledged the risk of moving too quickly. “We have to be really careful about not using those categories to marginalize students, or faculty for that matter,” she said. “How do we keep a growth mindset about growth mindset?”
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are taught their rights. Honegger said this enables women to escape abusive relationships or apply for certain jobs. Honegger said she plans to expand the program to double in size by the end of 2016, reaching 2,000 women across the country. The group has plans to pair with organizations in Southeast Asia that work to bring women out of human trafficking and create jobs for them. “We’re building a flourishing world where women are empowered and children are cherished,” Honegger said. “Where people have jobs and where we are all connected.”
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Head coach John Fields asked his players who the next “really good golfers out of Dallas” were going to be? One response: Jordan Spieth. The other — Scottie Scheffler. So began the recruiting process for Scheffler, who was just eight years old at the time. By the time he finally arrived on campus, Scheffler touted three-straight UIL state championships, a feat only one other player has pulled off — Spieth. “They’ve got similar careers,” Fields said, comparing Spieth and Scheffler. “That [winning three state championships] sets them apart, as you can imagine, in a state that has produced great players like Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite and Justin Leonard and Mark Brooks, who are all major champions.” The comparisons between Spieth and Scheffler go beyond state championships. Scheffler won the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur, as Spieth did in 2009 and 2011. Scheffler earned the American Junior Golf Association’s Rolex Junior Player Award in 2013, as Spieth did in 2009. They both finished their junior careers ranked No. 1 in the Polo Rankings, and both were selected to the Byron Nelson International Junior Watch List. But even with the comparisons to Speith, Scheffler remains humble. “He’s a good person to be compared to,” Scheffler said.
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Sophomore Scottie Scheffler has drawn numerous comparrisons to Texas legend Jordan Spieth. Scheffler dominated the Big 12 during his frehsman year in 2015, as he was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
“I feel like a lot of guys on this team are really great and can get that comparison as we move up the ranks.” Scheffler’s golf career has not been without its challenges. Unlike Spieth, Scheffler has had to deal with growth in his physical stature during his time in college. “He’s gone from 5-foot-2, 100 pounds in eighth grade to almost 6-foot-4, 200 pounds just six years later,” Fields said. “That’s 14 inches and 100 pounds in six years.” Despite his drastic growth,
Scheffler has been able to maintain the quality of his golf game, something Fields described as remarkable. In his freshman campaign, Scheffler won the Big 12 Individual Men’s Championship and was named 2015 Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, PING All-America Second Team, All Freshman Team and All-Big 12 First Team. Now midway through his sophomore season, Scheffler is not only working hard
on the course but also in the classroom, working to get into the finance program. Unlike Spieth, he doesn’t plan on leaving before completing his degree. “That’s one of the reasons I came to Texas — to get a degree because Texas is an incredible school,” Scheffler said. Scheffler has played in all four events so far this season, shooting five of his 12 rounds at or under par. He helped Texas earn its first win of the season at the Arizona Intercollegiate,
tying for 17th. Scheffler has two-and-a-half years remaining at Texas. He will have plenty of opportunities to leave his mark on the program, just as Spieth did. Fields said he’s looking forward to what Scheffler can do with his time left. “Each guy on my team is a winner,” Fields said. “Scottie Scheffler exemplifies that he’s won at every level he’s played at so far. He’s competitive with everything he does and he is always, always, always trying to win.”
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Texas survives sluggish first half against Wildcats
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Shaka Smart came up with a creative analogy for his trio of talented freshmen. “They’re on a roller coaster ride right now,” the head coach said on Monday. “They don’t have a seatbelt on, and they’re holding on so they don’t get thrown from the roller coaster.” So far, guards Kerwin Roach and Eric Davis and guard/forward Tevin Mack have done a good job holding on. They haven’t gotten lost in the bright lights of the Big 12, and they’ve shown up multiple times to lift Texas to wins. If the Longhorns are to make a deep postseason run, the trio will need to keep holding on. Make no mistake, the Longhorns are led by seniors. They’ve lost just two players over the past two years to graduation and the NBA, and the starting five consistently features upperclassmen. But Davis, Mack and Roach provide a crucial aspect of the game — energy. It was Roach’s thunderous dunk against UTA in November that fueled the Texas offense to snag an overtime win, and he scored a career high 22 points last month against TCU. Mack hit five 3-pointers in Saturday’s loss at Iowa State, with many coming in crucial spots to keep the Longhorns in the game. And Tuesday night, Davis stepped up and knocked down all four of his 3-pointers to kick start Texas’ offense en route to a victory over No. 10 West Virginia. That’s just what the Longhorns need from their freshmen for the rest of the season. They don’t need
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Freshman Kerwin Roach has averaged just under seven points per game in his freshman year for the Longhorns.
to take over every single game. They just need to be there to provide that one spark to get things going. “A lot of freshmen don’t get to play, so I’m fortunate to have an opportunity to play,” Davis said. “[Smart’s] biggest thing is to go out there and have fun and seize your opportunity.” Junior guard Isaiah Taylor has to come to play every game. Senior center Prince Ibeh has to maintain a defensive presence in the paint — and stay out of foul trouble — every time he takes to the court. The freshmen don’t have that kind of pressure on them. They don’t have to carry the team to wins, and they don’t need to consistently register double-doubles. Instead, Mack, Davis and Roach just need to be consistent, make shots and provide that spark when the team needs it.
Of course, that brings its own sort of pressure. But the pressure just comes with the territory of playing for a Division I team. “To who much is given, much is expected,” Smart said. As the Longhorns gear up for the last five games of the regular season and look for long runs in the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments, they don’t need their freshmen to be superheroes. They just need them to keep holding on.
Head coach Karen Aston said her team has lacked the competitive energy lately that drove the Longhorns to a 16–0 record to start the season. That energy didn’t return for the start of Texas’ home game against Kansas State on Wednesday — the Longhorns faced a 9-point deficit at the half. But a different Texas team emerged for the second half. The Longhorns outscored the Wildcats by 16 points in the second half to take a 58-51 victory at the Frank Erwin Center. “I thought [in] the first half we played anxious,” Aston said. “I didn’t think we started terrible, but when shots didn’t go in, we got anxious. Luckily we were able to regroup at half.” The Wildcats continued to attack Texas to start the second half. Kansas State scored the first five points of the third quarter to open up a 32-18 lead. But the energy that Aston had been looking for arrived shortly thereafter. The spark Texas needed came from sophomore guard Ariel Atkins. She scored eight points in the first four minutes of the third quarter. “It made a difference to have people that could score the basketball in the second half,” Aston said. “Everybody injected energy in the second half.” Atkins scored six points in
an 8-0 Texas run that dwindled the Wildcat lead to 32-26 with 7:43 left in the third quarter. The Longhorns kept clawing at the deficit. Senior guard Celina Rodrigo hit a three to bring Texas within one point late in the third quarter. The Longhorns took nearly four minutes to get their first points of the fourth quarter. But Kansas State failed to take advantage. The Wildcats went nearly five minutes without a basket in the matchup’s final frame. Texas took a 45-43 lead on senior Brady Sanders’ layup with 4:55 remaining and held that lead for the remainder of the game. Sanders — who started 29 games last season but zero this season — had a season-high 12 points and was six-of-six from the free-throw line. Sanders said she likes being on a team with depth even if it means a decrease in playing time. “If my name’s called, my name’s called,” Sanders said. “If it’s not, it’s not. But I’m going to give what I can. That’s the beauty of being on this team.” The Longhorns remain in Austin to take on West Virginia on Sunday. Aston said they’ll need the energy from Wednesday’s second half from the start against the Mountaineers. “You go through ebbs and flows in a season,” Aston said. “Tonight and this point forward, we’ll use who gives us energy.”
As we got comfortable in the press at their place in Morgantown, we did a good job with it. —Isaiah Taylor, Junior Guard
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Sophomore guard Ariel Atkins was integral in Texas’ victory.
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Spurs forward Alvin Robertson records a quadruple double, posting 20 points, 11 rebounds, ten assists and ten steals. Robertson became just the second player in league history to accomplish the feat.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Texas coaching gambit finally over The decision not to renew the contract of former defensive backs coach Chris Vaughn last Thursday left Texas with yet another open coaching position. Head coach Charlie Strong didn’t take long to move on, though, hiring Arkansas’ defensive backs coach Clay Jennings on Wednesday. Jennings visited Austin on Tuesday to interview with Strong about the position. With Jennings’ assistance, Arkansas ranked 71st in total defense out of 128 FBS teams. The Razorbacks faired much better against the rush though, allowing only 120 yards per game on the ground, good for No. 16 in the nation. Jennings brings Big 12 experience with him, having coached at TCU and Baylor as well as other Texas schools Houston and North Texas. Even from his time at Arkansas, the DB coach has know-how with Texas recruiting. Jennings earned an Arkansas commitment from Devwah Whaley – one of Texas’ premier high school running backs – in 2016 over Strong and Texas. The Longhorns saw significant coaching turnover this offseason, losing a total of five assistant coaches. With Jennings hiring, the Longhorns have now filled all those positions moving towards the 2016 season. Of Charlie Strong’s initial 2014 staff, only two coaches remain -- defensive coordinator Vance Bedford and linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary. —Samuel Williams
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Students put college sexual expectations to bed By Maggie Rosenbohm @magstahhh
The expectations for an incoming college student are higher than ever: Get good grades, join several clubs, make life-long friendships and get rid of your virginity before you get there. Going into college, there seems to be an underlying need to be as sexually experienced as possible, leaving students confused about the realities of what sex and dating is like on college campuses across the nation. In a recent poll conducted by New York Magazine and Survey Monkey, 700 students in America were asked questions concerning sexuality and relationships and revealed just how distorted the perception of sex in college is from reality. 74 percent of freshmen and sophomores and 64 percent of juniors and seniors assumed that their peers were far more sexually active than they were. When asked about their own sexual experiences, the students’ responses revealed that nearly 40 percent of those that were surveyed were virgins. “I think that in freshman year I was definitely more submerged in the idea that sex was something that people did with random people on the weekends,” communications senior
Christine Phillips said, “You just think that’s what college is.” While its fairly common for students to worry about their own sexual inexperience, those who enter college in relationships have a different set of concerns. Chemistry sophomore Paul Barrett said he worried he’d be missing out on the perceived college sexual experience when he arrived at UT. “I went into college in a relationship, and I definitely thought that once I became single there would be this sharp influx of people at my disposal to hookup with,” Barrett said. “When I left the relationship, I realized that it is not that way at all.” The survey shows there is an apparent disparity between what young adults think is a “normal” sex life and what is actually happening on campuses nationwide. This peer pressure concerning what others are doing in the bedroom can greatly affect one’s self-esteem. Those students who haven’t had sex can feel alienated or that something is wrong with them if they assume they’re the only virgin in their friend group. What was found on UT’s campus, however, suggests the fear that comes with being a sexually inexperienced college student is based on what others think
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of them. Journalism junior Poppy Brown said she thinks more about how her inexperiences will affect her future relationships, “Having not done anything like having a boyfriend or having sex, my concern is that when I eventually do, I’m going to be way less experienced than they are,”
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UT alumna Jessica Honegger has seen some of the poorest countries in the world, and after witnessing the effect of poverty on families, she found the solution was something present in everyone — a powerful, entrepreneurial spirit. After a trip to Uganda in 2010, Honegger began selling handmade jewelry made by Daniel and Jalia, a couple she met in Uganda, in trunk shows — marketplaces she held in her home. The sales served to both
sexually active boys and girls thought peers of the same sex were. These assumptions were tied to television, movies and songs that insist that having sex — often with multiple partners — is not only cool but also necessary to fulfill the male or female role. Hookup culture has become an especially familiar term to the current generation of college
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Jessica Honegger, UT alumna, founded the company Noonday Collective, which assists impoverished women across the world by selling their handmade jewelry, providing jobs for thousands in the process.
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Brown said, “But I think it’s just people that are all talk, trying to project themselves as something they think they should be, which makes the idea of having sex casually really normal.” In a 2011 study published in the scientific journal Sex Roles, researchers found that watching music videos had a direct influence on how
relieve poverty in the couple’s community and to help raise money for Honegger’s adoption process, as she struggled to afford bringing home her son, Jack, from Rwanda. The shows gained popularity, and Honegger expanded the business model to create Noonday Collection in 2011. Today, over 1,000 Noonday ambassadors across the United States sell handmade products made by artisans from Vietnam, India, Uganda, Peru and Ecuador, creating business opportunities for poverty-stricken communities. The
products — jewelry, scarves and bags — are sold at trunk shows in the ambassador’s hometown, where a portion of sales is also donated to support families adopting children. “People loved the product [and] loved the story,” Honegger said. “They loved the idea of gathering together, walking into someone’s home and really experiencing a connection.” With strong roots in philanthropy, Honneger spent several years after graduation working in Latin America for Food
students when being surrounded by influences that normalize casual flings. “I can only assume that the media is where we are getting these ideas from,” Phillips said. “But what I’ve come to learn from those movies and television shows is that the way people go about their sex lives in college is way different than they ever showed it to be.”
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