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Volume 118, Issue 43
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Advertising, PR school crowdfunds to endow John Murphy scholarship
Professor to begin advising on Trump council
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By Chase Karacostas Senior News Reporter
By Raga Justin News Reporter
Earlier this month, the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations started raising money for the new John Murphy Endowed Scholarship in an unusual way: crowdfunding. The endowment for advertising and public relations seniors honors advertising professor emeritus John Murphy’s 42 years of teaching, during which time he interacted with an estimated 27,000 students, according to the HornRaiser site where the scholarship donation page is located. “I was their mentor, their teacher, their friend at a very interesting point in their development,” Murphy said. “They brought enthusiasm and the interest that was fun to be around. I’d like to think most of them had a reasonably positive encounter with me.” A committee will award the scholarship during the upcoming academic year to multiple rising seniors in the school. Those selected, and the amount given, will vary each year. According to the HornRaiser page, more than $50,000 has been raised by 30 donors, and crowdfunding will end Nov. 3. The site does not mention a specific monetary goal. The focus is on reaching as many donors as possible. “The initial target is $100,000, and I think we have the possibility to raise more than that,” Murphy said. Most donors are former students of Murphy’s, including Guy Lay, president and CEO of GRP Media in Chicago. Lay contributed $45,000 to the endowment.
UT faculty member Richard Burkhauser officially began work this month as a member of President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, CEA. A representative from the Trump administration reached out to Burkhauser about the position over the summer, and Burkhauser was officially appointed to the CEA early last month. To take the position, Burkhauser had to leave UT — forcing him to abandon a class he had planned to teach here — and head to Washington D.C. Burkhauser said the CEA gives guidance to the president regarding the state of the economy and how certain policies could affect it. “I’ve kind of been an ivy-tower public policy guy, telling people inside the beltway how to change their policies, so now I have the chance to be inside the beltway and work on some public policy issues,” Burkhauser said. Burkhauser said the new job brings his career in public policy full circle. Fresh out of the University of Chicago Ph.D. program, Burkhauser went to work for the federal government in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services over 30 years ago during the Carter administration. “(My) first job was here, so it’s great to think of this as symmetry in my career,” Burkhauser said. “I started my career spending a year in Washington, and I’ll probably end my career spending a year or two here.” Before the Bureau of Labor Statistics publicly releases data — even to the president — about the growth or decline in the number of American jobs, the CEA receives a report and analyzes any changes. When a report released last week showed that 33,000 jobs were lost in September — the first decline in American jobs in seven years — the CEA took the
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CIA director Michael Pompeo responds to questions from Eric Schmitt of The New York Times after his keynote speech at the Texas National Security Forum, which took place at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Thursday.
CIA director speaks at UT Michael Pompeo delivers keynote at Texas National Security Forum CIA director Michael Pompeo the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Projsaid he is working with Presi- ect, was centered around alliances and partnerdent Donald Trump to increase ships in American national security, although the agency’s aggression, speed Pompeo focused more on offensive strategy. and number of agents in the field “We are in the business of stealing secrets … during a speech on the UT (The business) is inherently campus Thursday afternoon. aggressive,” Pompeo said. Pompeo visited UT as Pompeo became CIA dithe keynote speaker for rector in January after being the fourth annual Texas selected by President Trump “We are in National Security Forum. last year. Prior to that, he During his speech, Pompeo worked as a Kansas conthe business of discussed his goals for fugressman and a member of ture CIA missions and his the House Intelligence Comstealing secrets … plan to enact them. mittee and the Energy and Under threat from IraniCommerce Committee. (The business) an, North Korean, Russian Trump supports the CIA’s and other foreign intelliintention to increase the is inherently gence agencies, the CIA number of intelligence agents will be expanding efforts deployed in foreign countries, aggressive.” to strike with increased Pompeo said. aggression, Pompeo said “Whatever we’ve discussed, —Michael Pompeo, during the event. the challenges our entity is CIA director “We can’t perform our facing, he has given us what mission if we’re not aggreswe need,” Pompeo said. sive, vicious, unforgiving, “Whether it’s funding, the aurelentless — you pick the thority to execute our mission word,” Pompeo said. “Every minute … we have to or policy guidance, he has always provided it for be focused on crushing our enemies and provid- us … and he’s prepared to allow us to take risks.” ing a tremendously unfair advantage for our dipPompeo also addressed current CIA relations lomats, for our military and for our president. It’s with the media. He referred to a New York Times why I find so much joy in it.” article published in June that revealed the name The event, hosted by UT’s Robert Strauss Center, Clements Center for National Security and CIA continues on page 2 BY LONDON GIBSON Senior News Reporter
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UT Hispanic Coalition raises money for victims of natural disasters By Stephanie Adeline News Reporter
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The UT Hispanic Coalition fundraised for Mexico and Puerto Rico through an event at Cheer Up Charlies.
UT is home to over a dozen Hispanic student organizations, and last week, many of them came together for the first time. The UT Hispanic Coalition, which consists of 10 Hispanic student organizations, fundraised for relief of recent natural disasters in Mexico and Puerto Rico through an event last Saturday at Austin bar Cheer Up Charlies. Chulita Vinyl Club, a Hispanic DJ group, performed at the event for free and the coalition collected funds from
15 percent of bar profits and $5 donations at the door. Issac Salinas, director of membership for Association of Latino Professionals for America, said the new collaboration is unconventional but effective. “Never have I seen so much unity,” Salinas said. “You don’t hear as much about UT’s Hispanic organizations actually organizing and being cohesive … but when it does happen, it’s something huge that people need to pay attention to.” The coalition has raised over $800 out of a $1000 goal and will continue to accept money
until Friday. The funds will be donated to the Hispanic Federation, a national Latino nonprofit which created the UNIDOS relief fund in response to Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquake. The idea of fundraising came up when members from the UT National Association of Hispanic Journalists chapter got connected to students from Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, said biochemistry senior Natalia Galvan. Galvan, who is the vice regional representative for Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers, said the venue and the DJ performance was given to them free of charge. “We were very lucky that the venue and the music (performers) were very welcoming and charitable,” Galvan said. Marketing junior Sara Trevino, the community service officer of the Hispanic Business Student Association, said the coalition’s efforts brings light to an important and necessary issue. “Not only was it fundraising money … but it was also bringing awareness to the subject,”
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