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FUNDS volunteering,” Lopez said. “So I feel like you have the resources and the actual capability to help someone, especially when they’re in crisis.” Lopez said the School of Social Work is sometimes looked down on because students do not out-earn others in different schools. “I want to say thank you, Steve Hicks,” Lopez said. “Thank you for donating, because I feel like a lot of people don’t consider the School of Social Work. It’s surprising that somebody would donate that much money to our school, so we’re excited and we’re happy.”
continues from page 1 The SES emergency fund is allotting $30,000 to students at the UT-Austin Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, and several thousands more to other students affected. Anderson said 70 students have applied for funding since the disaster — an unprecedented amount since the fund was created in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. “There’s no cap, and we’ll find the funds no matter what,” Anderson said. “We have additional support to keep us going because the need will always trump what we have in the bank.” The emergency fund and several ongoing campaigns on
tabled at the event, has service projects focusing on disaster relief and humanitarian development. The organization provided service work for Houston following Hurricane Harvey, which struck nearly two weeks ago. “We have a wide range of projects that fall under medical care, community building, educational training and vocational training,” Bruker said. “Some of our events include going down to Houston and also helping with campaigns, like Voices
Against Violence.” Neuroscience junior Adriana Medina, who attended the event, said that as a premedical student, she was interested in the prehealth organization Kappa Rho, which offers social and service opportunities. “The amount of clubs that are available to students cannot be represented here, so there are a lot of clubs that you get to miss out on, sadly, but I think overall there is a pretty wide span of clubs,” Medina said.
HornRaiser, the University’s official crowdfunding source, are collecting donations to help with Harvey relief. Other resources for those impacted include a staff emergency fund, walk-in counseling in the Counseling and Mental Health Center and housing contract extensions. President Gregory Fenves has designated $500,000 for Harvey relief and asks Longhorns to match the amount to potentially donate a total of $1,000,000. Over one-third of UT students come from areas hit by Harvey and at least 1,500 have filled out absence forms because they were unable to attend class, according to data
provided by UT spokesman J.B. Bird. Bird said the University is trying to accommodate these students in every way possible, including extending registration deadlines, raising money and even having other students take notes for those who were unable to attend class. “We want to stand with our students and faculty and staff who have been affected by this terrible disaster,” Bird said. “I’m confident that Longhorn nation is going to respond very generously.” For more information on Harvey resources, UT students and faculty can visit https://emergency.utexas.edu/ resources/harvey.
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students will have enough financial support to be comfortable pursuing their education,” Rhodes said. “We won’t be competing with their attention for, ‘How am I going to make enough money?’ They can actually pay attention to what it is they need to do in school.” Social work junior Sarah Jones was inspired to pursue social work by her father, who was also a social worker. Jones said she has worried about making a living because her father had to pay student debt off for decades, but said she nevertheless wants to help youth. “You’re putting in long
Despite the fact that Longhorn EMS’ online petition has already acquired more than 500 student votes, Bird said the University will not reconsider its decision to turn down the organization. Business sophomore Kasey Zhang, a direct witness of the on-campus stabbing that resulted in the death of freshman Harrison Brown last spring, said she feels there should be as many on-campus safety measures as possible. “I saw a hurt student bleeding, and there was nothing I could do but wait,” Zhang said. “I think it would be nice if we could have shorter emergency response time.”
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back by at least two years, even assuming that another agency such as Travis County EMS will take us.” In the case of an on-campus emergency, UTPD officers can only provide basic CPR and first-aid until Travis County EMS arrives. Longhorn EMS can deliver more advanced procedures, such as oxygen CPR and airway suction, Sussman said. “Our goal is not to replace any part of the current system,” Sussman said. “Our goal is to add another layer and supplement the response of the Travis County EMS. We would be dispatched alongside UTPD in a group page that has no added delay.”
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EMS can put you in harm’s way for sure. We are worried about asking students to take professional duties that could put them in dangerous situations.“ Sussman said Longhorn EMS once received support from Student Government, the Dean of Students and UT Police Department officers. The organization has secured $8,000 worth of equipment through personal and other donations. “Right now we need a legal entity and a budget for insurance from the University,” Sussman said. “Without them, that sets our progress
Hurricane Harvey. “If the students are facing any hardships that they weren’t expecting, they’ll have that money if they’re granted it,” Darrow said. Organizations with purposes ranging between from fine arts, social, political, sports and community service were tabling at the event. Rohana Bruker, executive director of Humanity First, said their organization, which
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donations, came as a surprise to most social work students, faculty and staff. Hicks wanted to give a lifetime award to the University, and was persuaded by Fenves and the University to specifically fund the School of Social Work, mainly for concerns with student debt. Social work lecturer Diane McDaniel Rhodes said social work schools don’t usually receive large financial gifts because wealthy graduates typically come from other industries and usually give back to their own schools. “I’m thrilled that my
hours for this population you care about and it’s just hard for your family to make a living to live in Austin,” Jones said. “It’s definitely worried me, but I think it’s worth it. Everyone that majors in it thinks it’s worth it. We love it.” UT’s School of Social Work master’s program currently ranks seventh in the country, according to U.S. News’ education report. Social work junior Thalia Lopez said the program’s requirements, such as volunteer work, better prepare students to help people. “I feel like this school allows you to do a lot of hands-on work, especially
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More than 300 people crowded the Jessen Auditorium to hear celebrated artist, architect and engineer Cecil Balmond discuss his innovative approach to architecture yesterday. In his “Informal Space” presentation, Balmond discussed his renowned technique for using new technologies to take a mathematical idea and turn it into a design. Balmond has spent the last 40 years dedicating his life to investigating how to create alternative theoretical models. Michelle Addington, dean of the School of Architecture, said Balmond’s work has helped create a shift in modernist architecture by redefining the concept of space and the meanings of form and structure. “Cecil is turning this relationship (between mathematics and architecture) on its head,” Addington said. “What he has done is visionary and revolutionary.” In one building, Balmond
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Architect and engineer Cecil Balmond speaks to students about his approach to architecture at the Jessen Auditorium Wednesday afternoon.
took the natural phenomenon of the “golden ratio” — the Fibonacci sequence — to create a complex ceiling of thousands of blocks that are all proportional to each other. Balmond said he uses technology in combination with his imagination and knowledge of
math to generate ideas for structures. “That is just basic algebra, but now there needs to be architecture,” Balmond said. Architecture junior Jack Behal said Balmond’s use of natural forms is what makes his work stand out
from other architects. “I found it really interesting how he is using modern technologies and computers and arriving back to these primitive forms,” Behal said. “It’s interesting to see how all of his work came full circle, from the building blocks of man, to
the apex of technology today, and now back to the basic principles of life.” Balmond said his different approach is what has made him successful, and he encouraged every young person in the audience to follow their own unique perspective. “You have to find your own language, this only teaches you to be brave,” Balmond said. “You have to abandon your way of the past to find a way to express yourself.” Addington said Balmond’s work is reinventing the way many architects approach design and construction. “It’s not structure determining form, or form determining structure, but his work is reimagining both,” Addington said. Architecture junior Julien Brown said Balmond’s lecture was one of his most anticipated events this semester. “He’s probably the most important speaker of the year,” Brown said.
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VAV hosts relationship workshop on boundaries By Savana Dunning News Issue Reporter
To bring awareness to unhealthy LGBT relationships, UT-Austin Voices Against Violence hosted the first ever “At The Boundaries” workshop. The workshop included discussions on topics related to sexual violence, relationship violence and stalking. Theater and dance senior Bex Orton originally created “At The Boundaries” as a theatre performance for a class with their peers out of the desire to explore issues within LGBT relationships.
Orton then submitted the performance to the Cohen New Works Festival, a biennial, on-campus showcase of new work created by students at UT, and VAV later helped make it into an educational workshop for UT students. “For me, it was super personal,” Orton said. “It was one of things where I was just craving more conversation about how to be in relationships with people while navigating all these other things in my life.” The workshop began with icebreakers to discuss different elements of relationships.
Orton showed the original 16-minute theatrical piece and had participants discuss the video, citing and reflecting on various elements of how the video related back to relationships. Participants were encouraged to respond to writing prompts and utilize various art supplies to express their thoughts. Anthropology senior Ashley Carrington said in her experiences, asking for consent has rarely been talked about. “It’s just difficult because we’re in the South; we’re Texans; we’re all ‘Southern hospitality.’ We’re not supposed to
say no to anything — not even food,” Carrington said. VAV is an organization which addresses issues of interpersonal violence with a focus toward prevention. It functions both as a student-run advocacy group and a faculty-led resource center where students can talk to counselors and get help with issues related to interpersonal violence, as well as get involved with violence prevention. “We know different populations are impacted differently and disproportionately by interpersonal violence,” said
Lauren White, VAV’s prevention and outreach specialist. “We usually have these kind of general, what can feel like one-size-fits-all workshops or presentations where we talk about an overview of what interpersonal violence can look like and what resources are available, but that doesn’t really get into the personal and community impacts for different groups.” “At the Boundaries” is a part of the UT Queer & Trans Student Alliance’s Pride Week Celebration, which is a weeklong series of events dedicated to LGBT issues.