1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 COMICS PAGE 7 MULTIMEDIA ONLINE @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, January 30, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 CITY UT, city bike programs may not mesh By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM Austin will add three new bike kiosks near campus to its bike sharing program, but the additions may conlict with an existing student-run bike-rental program. B-cycle manages the Bike Share of Austin, an Aus- tin government-sponsored program that began in De- cember. he program allows users to pay a day rate or buy an annual membership to rent a bike, which can be returned to any of 11 bike kiosks throughout the city. By Sunday, B-cycle will construct 15 additional kiosks, two of which will be located on Guadalupe near 21st Street and the West Mall. One other will BIKE page 2 Multimedia Austin’s new bike share program is tested to see if it is a viable transpor- tation alternative for students. Watch online at dailytexanonline.com Petition to save museum gains traction UNIVERSITY By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler More than 1,750 people have signed a petition op- posing the budget cut to the Texas Memorial Mu- seum, which would cause eight of 11 employees to lose their jobs, according to UT alumna Mary Newcomb, the petition’s founder. In September, the Col- lege of Natural Sciences an- nounced plans to cut approxi- mately $600,000 from the Texas Natural Science Center, which includes the Texas Me- morial Museum, according to Edward heriot, director of the Natural Science Center. Currently, the center’s total budget is $860,000. “We will be able to make up some of the University’s cuts but not all of them,” heriot said. “It will have a traumatic efect.” Newcomb will be meeting with natural sciences dean Linda Hicke on Monday to raise concerns about the cut. “It seems that, if you’re cutting the museum funding back that far, you’re basically giving it a death sentence,” Newcomb said. Newcomb, whose father was director of the museum the from 1957-1978, said CAMPUS By Nicole Stiles @thedailytexan When Martin Luther King Jr. irst delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, it wasn’t immediate- ly considered iconic, accord- ing to British journalist Gary Younge, who spoke about his research on the speech Wednesday. Younge said King deliv- ered his speech to a crowd that was passionate — but also overheated and tired. Younge said many audience members traveled all night to be at the March on Washing- ton, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963. “It was a hot day — 87 de- grees by noon — and King was the 16th of 18 speakers,” Younge said. Younge said King had hoped civil rights could be achieved without holding a march. Activists and politi- cians were anxious in the Eunice Ali / Daily Texan Staff Because of a $700,000 budget cut in the College of Natural Sciences, Texas Memorial Museum is close to letting go eight of its 11 employees. More than 1,750 people have signed a petition opposing the cut in an attempt to preserve the 75-year-old museum. budget cut would harm the important educational tools the natural history museum provides. “It’s been an important re- source for local school chil- dren and teachers, as well as students at the University studying paleontology, biol- ogy or art,” Newcomb said. Newcomb said she is wor- ried that, if budget cuts are implemented, exhibits will not be maintained as well. Hicke was not available for comment, according to natural sciences spokesman Lee Clippard. Clippard said larger state budget cuts over the last sev- eral years have made the mu- seum diicult to fund. Clip- pard said the college wants to focus its funding on its undergraduate faculty and staf. students, Louise Meeks, manager of the museum’s git shop, said her job would most likely re- main intact because the git MUSEUM page 3 Talk examines MLK’s iconic speech THROWBACK ‘Our three Russians’ reveals cultural misunderstandings Brianna Holt / Daily Texan Staff British journalist Gary Younge discusses his newest book, “The Speech; The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream” with Eric Tang, director of the University’s Social Justice Institu- tion, at the Joynes Reading Room on Wednesday evening. days prior to the March on Washington. “here was actually a kill switch planted inside King’s microphone,” Younge said. King had given similar speeches hundreds of times before — even the week before, during a march in Detroit — but the well-known “I Have a Dream” section was not in the inal drat of his in- tended speech, Younge said. According to Younge, this speech in Washington, D.C., was neither the birth nor the MLK page 2 By Brett Donohoe @BrettDonohoe1 With the upcoming Win- ter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, it is easy to forget how inaccessible Russian culture and society once was to the U.S. — and to UT students. In a Nov. 30, 1912, article published in he Texan, three Russian students were proiled for their achieve- ments in the engineering de- partment. he men, labeled as “our three Russians,” became “bona ide Varsity Engineers” in their time at UT. While the October Rev- olution had not yet taken place at the time of publi- cation, the article neverthe- less approaches Russia as an enigma. “Each man has known the bitings [sic] of poverty, and each has gone through intel- lectual civic ire,” the article said. “Each has worked his TBT page 2 Texan First Pitch Get the scoop on this years baseball and softball teams in a special edition to the Daily Texan. NATIONAL Court to decide on cell phone seizures By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou When questioned by the police, one has a constitu- tionally protected right to re- main silent, but the contents of one’s cell phone may speak for themselves. he Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments on two cases last week, both of which center on the au- thority of police to search phones without a warrant — a practice that dates back to the 1970s. A Supreme Court rul- ing in 1973 established law enforcement oicers’ right to perform searches of any containers found on a per- son they had arrested. In April, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for one state case, Riley v. California, and one federal case, U.S. v. Wurie — each involving a diferent type of mobile phone. U.S. v. Wu- rie involves an outdated lip phone, but, in Riley v. Cali- fornia, the device in question is a smartphone, which is ca- pable of holding much more personal data. Austin Police Cpl. Da- vid Boyd said Austin Po- lice Department oicers must at least have grounds for searching a person’s cell phone, but what constitutes fair grounds is determined the circumstances of by the arrest. “Oicers won’t search cell phones each and every time they make an arrest,” Boyd said. “It depends on the crime or the situation at the PHONES page 2 Samuel Rob- inson, Louis Moses Chokla and Solomon Lifshitz (right to left) were the three Russian students at UT in 1912. All three were respected engineering students. Charlie Pearce Daily Texan Staff 2 Thursday, January 30, 2014 NEWS FRAMES featured photo 2 Volume 114, Issue 93 CONTACT US Main Telephone (512) 471-4591 Editor Laura Wright (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor Shabab Siddiqui (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Ofice (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Sports Ofice (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts Ofice (512) 232-2209 dtlifeandarts@gmail.com Retail Advertising (512) 471-1865 Classiied Advertising (512) 471-5244 classiieds@ dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com. CORRECTION Because of an editing error, a column about internal college transfers in the Jan. 29 issue of The Daily Texan incorrectly described what the policy applies to. 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TBT continues from page 1 own way in the world against great odds, and when we contrast their condition ten [sic] years ago in Russia with their prospects today, their lives read like romances.” While no relevant infor- mation is given on their lives in Russia speciically, the article supposes that merely having been born in Russia deprived the students of their full career potential, which they then overcame through immigration. “hey are no longer Russians, except by birth,” the article said. “hey are now full-blooded Ameri- cans, patriotic, appreciative, and thoroughly conversant with their new country’s ide- als and history.” In agreement with their supposed cultural realign- ment, the names of the three men — Solomon Lifshitz, Samuel Robinson and Louis Moses Chokla — reveal their Americanization, in that none of their names are Russian or even Russian-sounding. According to the article, in our “arrived Lifshitz MLK continues from page 1 peak of King’s popularity. Af- ter King’s speech, he began to speak on topics other than civil rights, and, by the time of his assassination, he was considered to be irrelevant in the view of the public. “He spoke on the econo- my and the redistribution of wealth. … He had lost control; he [was] no longer relevant. hat’s how he was viewed when he died,” Younge said. Although the King speech was not remembered by that generation as iconic, a 1999 public opinion poll revealed that King was viewed as the second most inluential his- torical person of the 20th century, only behind Mother Teresa, according to Younge. the change in the public’s per- ception of the speech to the broad language King used. attributed Younge “here was something for T E X A S S T U D E N T M E D I A Zoe Davis / Daily Texan Staff Workers set up a dining hall at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Wednesday afternoon. for students. “Depending on how long you kept your bike out, you could theoreti- cally buy a bike for that price,” Cortez said. “We’d have to have kiosks ev- erywhere — if they live in Jester and want to go to RLM, their rental would be active the whole time they were [in class].” Victor Harris, director of the Orange Bike Proj- ect, said demand for the University’s bikes is high and students must be add- ed to a lengthy wait list to obtain them. “Most people usually wait about a semester or longer to get a bike,” Har- ris said. According to Harris, at least 60 percent of the Or- ange Bike Project’s fund- ing comes from the Office of Sustainability’s $5 fee, which is added onto stu- dents’ tuition payments. Harris said the organiza- tion obtains additional funding through an an- nual bike auction and bike sales. B-cycle’s executive director McFadden said the demand for B-cycle’s bike rentals exceeded its estimate but did not ex- ceed the program’s ca- pacity. According to Mc- Fadden, 95 percent of members and 40 percent of daily users are local. “We’re just thrilled that we’re getting higher-than- expected usage,” McFad- den said. According to McFad- den, Bike Share of Austin received a $1.5 million federal grant and $500,000 from local companies and organizations. He said the overall projected annual budget is about $700,000 to run 40 stations. Harris said he thinks that as the city’s bike share program expands its pres- ence around campus, stu- dents will transition from its short-term rentals to longer-term rentals with the University’s Orange Bike Project. “I think it’ll open people’s eyes,” Harris said. “It’ll be more permanent instead of a one-day thing. … hat’s where we would step in.” BIKE continues from page 1 be built near the Blanton Museum of Art. B-cycle’s executive director Elliot McFad- den said the bike share program allows people to more travel throughout Austin and avoid traffic congestion. easily “It’s a great way to get around and make short trips if you’re worried about a bike getting stolen or having to take care of a bike,” McFadden said. Sam Cortez, bicycle coordinator for Parking and Transportation Ser- vices, said transportation services and the city have not yet agreed to merge the city’s program and the Orange Bike Project, the University’s bike-sharing program. 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Contact us at serpas@austin.uetxas.edu an advertising special edition of The Daily Texan 1 FEBRUARY 23, 2011 INSIDE > SAVE SPACE and DECORATE using these tips pg. 3-4 > SPICE UP your new pantry with four simple ingredients pg. 9 > YOUR GO-TO GUIDE for today’s Housing Fair pg. 10-11 For more information visit: www.utexas.edu/tsm country a lonesome, almost helpless Russian boy, who could not speak a word of our language.” At the time, these three men were the only Russian immigrants on the UT cam- pus. In fall 2013, there were approximately 20 students born in Russia studying at UT, with the amount staying close to that number during each of the past four years, according to the Oice of In- formation Management and Analysis. Additionally, the University opened the Cen- ter for Russian, East Euro- pean and Eurasian Studies in 1984, which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts. he Sochi Olympics, which open Feb. 7, have brought Russian culture to the forefront of many media publications, but the societal misrepresentations and con- lict date back to long before the 2014 Olympics were even a thought. “Read their stories,” the article said. “It is as they come from their own hearts, and realize what possibilities open up before a poor boy in Texas and her University.” everyone Younge said. in that speech,” Eric Tang, an assistant professor in the African and African diaspora studies de- partment and director of the University’s Social Justice In- stitute, said he hopes Younge’s talk is just one of many civil- rights-themed the University will host this year. events “his event is part of what I hope will be several campus activities that mark the 50th anniversary of a pivotal two years in the long civil rights movement — 1963 and 1964,” Tang said. Sociology professor Ben Carrington said he hopes people don’t oversimplify the civil rights movement. “We want students to leave the civil rights knowing movement wasn’t attributed to one man and one speech, but it was a much wider movement,” Carrington said. “It’s about changing the world.” PHONES continues from page 1 time. hey determine wheth- er or not to search on a case- by-case basis.” he UTPD procedure for cell-phone searches requires oicers to have a subpoena — a document requiring cer- tain documents or testimony to be produced in court — before going forward with the inspection. “We have to have probable cause as a result of a crime,” UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said. “And we would never do a search without a subpoena.” If a car accident occurs and the driver is suspected of texting while driving, oicers would request the driver’s phone re- cords, according to Posey. “A hypothetical example would be if a pedestrian is hit and killed by a driver on campus,” Posey said. “At that time, we would subpoena phone records to ind out whether or not the driver was texting or on a call.” With the Supreme Court set to determine whether po- lice oicers can have warrant- less access to the potentially large amount of personal data carried on smartphones, me- chanical engineering senior Evan Bartilson said he would be outraged if the information on his cell phone were exam- ined without a warrant. “I can hardly believe this practice is up for debate,” Bartilson said. “I see it as an immediate violation of our Fourth Amendment rights.” Undeclared sophomore Alex Bureau said she thinks cell phone unauthorized searches are unacceptable unless there is a warrant out for one’s arrest. “Honestly, if the police have a warrant out for your arrest, I believe they have the right to search your phone,” Bureau said. “But, if you are randomly arrested, like maybe for drunk driving, the police shouldn’t be able search your phone or car until they have permission for it.” to CLASS/JUMP 5 NEWS Thursday, January 30, 2014 UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 3 City, UT prepare for wildires Lectures detail plight of immigrant workers By Jeremy Thomas @thedailytexan Visiting professors painted sharply contrasting pictures of the treatment of undocu- mented workers in the U.S. and of immigrants in Ar- gentina in two separate talks given Wednesday. Pablo Ceriani, professor of law and coordinator of the Migration and Human Rights Program at the National Uni- versity of Lanus in Argentina, focused on the improving legal status of immigrants in Latin America with his talk “Human Rights and the Politics of Mi- gration.” He focused on Argen- tina, where he said major re- forms are being implemented. A recent appointee to the United Nations Committee on Migrated Workers, Ceriani said since Argentina implemented a new immigration law in 2004, the country has attempted to focus on the human rights of migrants in its policies. “With [Argentina, Bo- livia and Uruguay], you can see the recognition of social rights to all migrants, re- gardless of their immigration status,” he said. “I mean ac- cess to education, health care and — an important thing to recognize — that migration is a human right.” Lindsey Carte, a recent ge- ography doctoral graduate, said learning about Argen- tina’s immigration policies made her want to compare them to the way migrants are treated in the U.S. “What I think is really inter- esting is how countries in Latin America have more and more progressive-seeming policies,” she said. “I really thought it was interesting to compare to our own context of laws.” Despite Argentina’s laws and recent reforms, Ceriani added that immigration is still a sensitive issue in Latin America and these changes remain a work in progress. In a separate talk, Sergio Chavez, assistant professor of sociology at Rice Univer- sity, presented the challenges by undocumented faced When you are [a] roofero, and you are on top of a rooftop, roof- ing plays a lot of tricks on your mind. So if you are thinking about your family, and all of a sudden you don’t see that you’re on gravel, you’ll slip and could break every bone in your body. —Sergio Chavez, Assistant professor of sociology, Rice University workers in America in his lecture titled, “‘Rooferos’: he Occupational Networks of a Highly Mobile Labor Force.” Chavez interviewed nearly 40 migrant workers — 39 undocumented — from Gua- najuato, Mexico, once they returned from working as roofers in the U.S. He said the workers described the job as physically dangerous and mentally challenging. “When you are [a] roofero, and you are on top of a roof- top, rooing plays a lot of tricks on your mind,” Chavez said. “So if you are thinking about your family, and all of a sudden you don’t see that you’re on gravel, you’ll slip and could break every bone in your body.” Nicole Guidotti-Hernan- dez, associate director of the Center of Mexican Ameri- can Studies, said the mental health of migrant populations is an understudied issue. “I actually think, in the body of scholarship, stud- ies on mental health care are where we need to go next,” said Guidotti-Hernandez, who in- troduced Chavez. “hen we may be able to interact with them and better serve those communities, or provide sup- port in those ways.” By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou While ire departments around Austin gear up for wildire season, the Univer- sity is working to establish its own oicial outdoor ire procedures. On campus, the division of Fire Prevention Services fo- cuses on landscaping guide- lines in order to prevent ires. “[he] landscaping pro- cesses follow a guideline, which was put together ater the Bastrop ires [of 2011],” UT ire marshal Jimmy Johnson said. he division also focuses on making sure the com- munity is educated on issues related to ire prevention. “We want all of our stu- dents, faculty and staf on campus to recognize that there is a potential for ire, whether it’s in buildings or based of of some type of wildire,” Johnson said. “We want people to be cognizant of their surroundings, know how to exit when directions are given to do so and to take all alarms seriously. If you have a plan in place, that will serve you well.” On Jan. 13, a bush caught ire outside of the Belo Cen- ter for New Media. Someone pulled the ire alarm, prompt- ing students and faculty to leave the building and walk toward the source of the ire. Ater the bush ire, he Daily Texan learned there MUSEUM continues from page 1 shop is self-funded. Meeks, though, signed the online petition to preserve the mu- seum’s funding. “It’s very unnerving be- cause I wonder what’s going to happen to the institution as a whole,” Meeks said. “I’m very discouraged by what’s hap- pening and I’m afraid that, if we don’t get any state support, the museum will close down.” Meeks said she has already noticed changes in the muse- um, including the departure of one employee who let HOUSING RENTAL furnished 380 Furn. Duplexes ROOM FOR MALE OPEN NOW Beautifully 1470 sq. ft. house has 1 bedroom available for male. ABP. No pets. 4 blocks from UT. Pics: www.homestayfinder.com 512-585-7093 EMPLOYMENT 790 Part Time FUN JOB, GREAT PAY! Mad Science needs animated instructors to conduct enter- taining hands-on, after-school children’s and/or programs birthday parties in Austin area schools. 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In the aftermath of the Belo Center for New Media brush ire, UT safety and security oficials plan to meet soon and discuss establishing an outdoor ire evacuation policy. Fabian Fernandez / Daily Texan ile photo was no clear evacuation plan in place for outdoor ires on campus. Campus safety and security oicials said they plan to meet to discuss the establishment of an outdoor ire evacuation policy but have not yet announced an oicial outdoor procedure. he University is equipped with an outdoor warning system that can be used in case of ires. he Pickle Re- search Center and Lady Bird Johnson Wildlower Center were recently added to the system in fall 2013. When performing ire prevention procedures, the ire department must go through the City Arborist Program, which grants per- mits based on compliance with tree ordinances. “he City of Austin is one of the few towns that actually has extremely strict tree ordi- nances,” Austin Fire Depart- ment Capt. Josh Portie said. “It reduces what we can remove and how we can remove it.” City Arborist Michael Em- besi said any type of tree is protected by law once it reach- es 60 inches in circumference. “he ordinance exists to protect our largest trees, which provide the greatest service to the citizenry,” Embesi said. “A full-grown tree cleans the air, cleans our water and has more aesthetic value.” An area with more trees does not necessarily make it more susceptible to ires, ac- cording to Embesi. “Trees help create shade, which helps keep the area cooler,” Embesi said. “hey also help prevent vegetation from growing because that shade blocks the light, so trees could actually assist in help- ing to prevent the spreading of a grass ire, for example.” According to Portie, ires are inevitable no matter how many precautions are taken. “At the end of the day, there’s nothing we’re going to be able to do to stop all ires,” Portie said. “Fire is a natural phenomenon.” because they knew their job would be cut. 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Since the planned cuts were announced, two ad- ditional employees have re- tired, and heriot said these positions will not be illed, which will help save money. implemented, budget cuts to the 75-year-old muse- um will result in the elimina- tion of several administrative and technology support staf jobs, bringing the museum’s If staf from 11 positions to three. heriot’s job would also be changed so that it would no longer guarantee him a summer salary. “Exactly what my duties would be are still be dis- cussed,” said heriot, who does not teach any classes this semester. “I would be a professor irst and director of the museum second.” heriot said the remain- ing positions would include a security guard, git shop manager and an administra- tive assistant. “It would be very dii- cult to operate the museum with three people, and we’re making every efort we can to make sure it doesn’t get to that,” heriot said. 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Scan this code > 4A OPINION LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Thursday, January 30, 2014 4 EDITORIAL Students should question true value of MOOCs A year ater UT began rolling out nine Massive Online Open Courses, the results are in: Completion rates for the classes, which of- fer anyone with Internet access free online courses from high-ranked UT professors, but no course credit, are very low — rang- ing from 1 to 13 percent, according to the Texas Tribune. he University hasn’t laid out long-term goals for the MOOCs, and the numbers don’t bode particularly well for the courses’ overall success. Still, the System says they will con- tinue funding UT’s MOOCs to the tune of $150,000-$300,000 to produce each new on- line course. We’re confused as to why an un- proven and unused educational experiment that isn’t even aimed at UT-system students is something the System feels they should con- tinue funding. MOOC supporters suggest that the low completion rates are not a valid measure of success for a course anyone could sign up for and never return to. Ater all, students have little incentive to inish the courses other than an interest in the material. And the low rates were by no means un- expected. Similar results were seen at other universities’ MOOC programs as well. Inside Higher Ed reported that San Jose State paused We’re confused as to why an un- proven and unused educational experiment that isn’t even aimed at UT students is something the System feels they should con- tinue funding. its MOOC program in July — just before UT launched its own — ater the irst round of classes showed similarly disappointing completion results. Understandably, these courses are a difer- ent animal, but if we can’t gauge their success from completion rates — the classic measure of success in college courses for years — how can we? he problem with other measures, such as student engagement or course trans- formation, is that the MOOC structure isn’t quantifying that information into data that we can evaluate. And we can be certain that the measure of a MOOC’s success will not be proitability. he MOOCs were, apparently, designed without revenue in mind, though the Sys- tem invested $10 million to both develop the MOOCs and to host the courses on edX, an online platform created by Harvard and MIT. Pharmacy professor and MOOC instruc- tor Janet Walkow told he Daily Texan that there are ways to squeeze revenue out of the courses, including charging $50 for comple- tion certiicates, selling e-books created for the course and asking for donations from MOOC students. None of those revenue ini- tiatives, however, were considered in the ini- tial planning of the courses. he System has made large and unproven investments in online education platforms before — MyEdu rings a bell. he Tribune recently reported that the System will see no inancial return on its $10 million invest- ment in MyEdu, which was ultimately sold to Blackboard. Again, there was no long-term inancial plan in mind, but there was a lot of money on the table. he System should stop investing millions of dollars on gambles like these, which lack inancial exit strategies and viable forms of revenue. If the founding structure of a project doesn’t include a business model for growth and proitability for the University, who is expected to fund it? “Our initiative with MOOCs is evolving as we search for a sustainable business model, and this transition is part of that evolution,” UT System spokeswoman Karen Adler said. Math professor and MOOC instructor Mi- chael Starbird said his course, which launches in February, required hundreds of hours of work to put together. “We are at a moment of experimentation,” Starbird said. “he expectation should be that many things go wrong. Is it a good idea for UT- Austin and the System to be involved in experi- mentation in new ways to deliver [education].” Germanic Studies professor and MOOC instructor John Hoberman said that more than 1,500 people completed his MOOC — one of the four launched in the fall — around the world, which is more than he has taught in person in the past 30 years. “Criticism of MOOCs for not providing in- stant revenue streams is naive,” Hobermand said. “he economic future of MOOCs, like the future proitability of Amazon, is un- known at this time.” This semester, five more experimental MOOCs will be launching, despite the re- sults seen by the last four. The UT System has rushed into investing in online inno- vation in an effort to be the first to find the “future” of higher education. But its strategy of throwing a few million dollars here and a few more there and hoping the investments pay off is irresponsible and short-sighted. MyEdu $10 million invested $5 million course development $5 million edX Understandably, these courses are a different animal, but if we can’t gauge their success from completion rates — the classic measure of success in college courses for years — how can we? Fall 2013 MOOC completion rates Age of Globalization: 13 percent Energy 101-: less than 3 percent Ideas of the Twentieth Century: less than 3 percent Take Your Medicine - The Impact of Drug Development: about 10.8 percent Cost of producing UT-Austin’s irst MOOCs ranged from $150,000 to $300,000 each. MOOCs $10 million invested total: GALLERY COLUMN UT should consider restricting admissions for transfer students By David Davis Jr. Guest Columnist @ daveedalon Toward the end of the fall semester, many hopeful future Longhorns received an early holiday gift — admission to UT. These lucky students, most likely, will be proud to call UT their home away from home. While a majority of these accep- tances went to automatically admitted stu- dents, some went to transfer students who may have applied to UT for the second or third time. While most public higher education in- stitutes in Texas by law must automatically admit the top 10 percent of students in any high school’s graduating class, UT is al- lowed to admit a smaller percentage, partly because of its already-expansive student population, which currently exceeds 50,000 students. During the 2013-2014 academic year, only the top 8 percent of high school grad- uating classes were automatically admit- ted to the University. Students in the top 9 to 10 percent may potentially be denied admission in the holistic review process. hese students’ chances of being admitted as freshmen are low, as the majority of the freshman class are automatic admits: 9,963 of the 12,413 students admitted to the Uni- versity from Texas high schools in 2013 were in the top 8 percent of their graduat- ing class. But some students can’t take no for an answer. Many attend community college and apply to UT again after spending a year or two taking core courses. Unde- clared sophomore Lila Tribolet was re- cently admitted to UT as a transfer student I really wanted to live in Austin and go to UT because it’s one of the best schools in Texas..I knew that it would be a lot easier for me to get into UT as a transfer student versus as a high school senior. — Lila Tribolet, Transfer student from Austin Community College. “I really wanted to live in Austin and go to UT because it’s one of the best schools in Texas,” Tribolet said. “I knew that it would be a lot easier for me to get into UT as a transfer student versus as a high school senior.” Students who were admitted to UT straight out of high school may feel that transfer students, specifically those from community colleges, got to UT by cir- cumventing the traditional barriers to admission. Nutrition junior Meredith McKenzie believes such barriers include hard work. “When I applied to UT, I had to be in the top 9 percent of my class to be automatically admitted, and I worked very hard in high school,” McKenzie said. “People who trans- fer from community colleges don’t have to work as hard, and they get admitted to UT more easily.” Transfer students are, in fact, subject to less-strict admission criteria. While high school seniors not admitted under the auto- matic admission policy have to go through the holistic review process, transfer students do not. Standardized test scores and the rig- or of courses taken do not factor into trans- fer admission. What most irst-time admits fail to realize about transfer students is that, even though the transfer admissions process is not holistic, it is impossible to be admitted to the Univer- sity without some hard work. “I came to UT with a 3.7 GPA, so I still had to work hard while I was at ACC because I knew that without a high GPA, I would not get in,” Tribolet said. Furthermore, community colleges, such as Austin Community College, whose mot- to is, “Start here. Get there,” have the sole mission of preparing students to transfer to universities. Yes, in admitting transfer students, the University rewards one to two years of hard work at a community college in the same way that it rewards four years of hard work in high school. Still, the relative ease with which transfer students are admit- ted to UT counteracts the school’s neces- sary attempts at restricting the student population. he University would do well to control the number of students that transfer to the University each semester with stricter trans- fer admissions guidelines. Davis is an international relations and French junior from Houston. Illustration by Conor Murphy / Daily Texan Staff HORNS UP: TEXAS LEADS NATION IN JOB GROWTH According to state-by-state data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas led the nation in job growth in 2013 with 252,400 new jobs added. In fact, Texas saw nearly 20,000 more new jobs than Cali- fornia, the second-best performing state, and nearly 60,000 more than Florida, the third best. Texas’ unem- ployment rate also fell to 6 percent from 6.2 percent last December. While it is comforting to know we live in a state that is outperforming the entire rest of the nation in job growth — especially since many of us will be actively searching for employment in the next several years — the news isn’t all good. Texas job growth has slowed from 3.2 percent in 2012 to 2.3 percent last year, and the state added 80,000 fewer new jobs in 2013 than it did in 2012. But, still, horns up to Texas for being the national leader in the recovery from the Great Recession. HORNS UP: OBAMA STICKS UP FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS In a speech Saturday, President Barack Obama an- nounced the creation of a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. According to Obama, the task force will combat the sexual abuse commonly experienced on college campuses by both strengthening the criminal justice system to prevent fu- ture assault and by reaching out to survivors to assist in the healing process. he announcement let out many details on how such a task force would operate and how it would realistically address the problem, but horns up to Obama anyway for promoting greater awareness of the issue. We hope Obama’s words will soon result in real actions to ight sexual assault and abuse. The announcement left out many details on how such a task force would operate and how it would realistically address the problem, but horns up to Obama anyway for promoting greater awareness of the issue. We hope Obama’s words will soon result in real actions to ight sexual assault and abuse. LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. 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Recycle your copy of W & N 3 6 SPTS STEFAN SCRAFIELD, SPORTS EDITOR / @texansports Thursday, January 30, 2014 GET YOURS TEXERCISE PASS FITNESS STARTS HERE 6 utrecsports.org Baseball and Softball preview ‘DBU’ set to take Super Bowl stage NFL By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman When Super Bowl XLVIII concludes on Sunday, at least one former Longhorn defen- sive player will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. his year’s game features Seattle’s Earl homas against Denver’s Michael Huf and Quentin Jammer, continuing a tradition in which a for- mer Longhorn has made it to the Super Bowl every year since 2007. Texas junior cornerback Quandre Diggs, who is Jammer’s younger brother, is excited for the matchup and to see the trio repre- sent Texas as “Defensive Back University.” “It means a lot just to know that pretty much every year for a long time there has been a DB in that game,” Diggs said. ”No matter who wins, we know a DB will get the Super Bowl.” Earl Thomas, safety: homas was drated No. 14 overall by the Seahawks in the 2010 NFL drat, following a sensational redshirt sopho- more season in which he was a Jim horpe Award inalist. homas is regarded by many to be the best safety in the NFL and is a crucial piece in the Seahawks’ secondary. If the Seahawks are going to win, they will need their defense to step up, which means homas playing at a high level. hough it wouldn’t be a surprise if he makes a crunch-time play, homas is focused on just doing the little things right. “You see a lot of guys that aren’t tackling as well; they’re not doing as well as they start- ed,” homas said. “hat’s what it’s all about — sticking to your core beliefs, sticking to who you are and everything else will take care of itself.” Of the three Longhorns in the game, homas has the most potential to decide the game with a decisive intercep- tion or pass breakup. Michael Huff, safety: Huf was drated seventh overall by the Oakland Raid- ers in the 2006 NFL drat, following the 2005 season, in which he became Texas’ irst horpe Award winner while helping the Longhorns to their irst national title in 35 years. Huf ’s best season was in 2010 when he recorded ca- reer-highs in tackles, sacks, Friday, January 31, 2014 SIDELINE NBA ROCKETS MAVERICKS BULLS SPURS THUNDER HEAT IOWA STATE KANSAS NCAAB TOP TWEET Carrington Byndom @cbyndom23 40 time gonna shock some people!! #GetMoney #GrindMode TODAY IN HISTORY 1994 The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills, 30-13, in Super Bowl XXVIII in Atlanta, as Emmitt Smith took home the game’s MVP award. On Super Bowl Sunday, three former Longhorns will take the ield in New Jersey. All-Pro safety Earl Thomas (top) will represent the Se- ahawks, while safety Michael Huff (left) and cornerback Quentin Jammer (right) will wear the white and orange of the Denver Broncos. Mark Humphrey, Ed Andreiski / Associated Press forced fumbles and inter- ceptions en route to being named a second-team All- Pro safety. He spent his irst seven seasons in Oakland before being cut in March 2013, he was later picked up by the Ravens before being cut again mid-season. Now Huf is on the verge of win- ning the Super Bowl, having been picked up by the Bron- cos in November. With the humbling experience of los- ing in Oakland behind him, he realizes the need to seize the moment now. “hose years in Oakland, getting cut by two teams this year,” Huf said. “To know nothing but winning in col- lege, struggle for seven years and never even get to the play- ofs, all of those losing seasons, just makes what I’m feeling right now extra special.” Quentin Jammer, cornerback: Jammer was drated ith overall in 2002 by the San Diego Chargers, ater being named a unanimous All- American in 2001. You see a lot of guys that aren’t tackling as well; they’re not doing as well as they started. —Earl Thomas, Seahawks safety In 2009, Jammer was named to the Chargers’ 50th anniversary team as a cor- nerback. Ater 11 seasons with San Diego, the Broncos picked him up and he is now primarily cornerback Champ Bailey’s backup. Like Huf, Jammer probably won’t have much impact in the game, though he should see some important playing time. “I am excited to be able to share it with him and go up there and be by his side through the rest of the week- end and hope they go out and get the win,” Diggs said. SOFTBALL Tunning sets loty expectations By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox Coming into college, not many freshmen are expected to make an impact on their team right away, especially on a team coming of of as strong of a season as Texas had last year. But shortstop Devon Tun- ning hopes to do just that and has already set high goals for herself this season. “I would like to be Big 12 Freshman of the Year and then help lead the team to the College World Series again,” Tunning said. Tunning comes to Aus- tin ater a stellar high school career at Montgomery High School, where she was named twice the Texas Girls Coaches Association 4A All- State team. In her senior year, she hit four home runs with a .580 batting average. to Head Connie coach Clark said Tunning’s ath- leticism stood out during the recruiting process. “Her athleticism separates her from everyone else,” Clark said. “She has a great swing, and, on defense, she makes things look easy, but she makes the big plays.” the adjustment from being the top player in her district to be- ing one of many top players at Texas. While she admitted that it has been nerve-racking at times, Tunning said it’s been a diferent experience. “Everyone is pushing each other, and no one person is re- ally better than the other,” Tun- ning said. “We’re all together pushing each other.” Tunning showed some of her talent in the fall season, swatting two doubles and driving in three in a double- header with Incarnate Word and Odessa College. hen against St. Edward’s she hit a home run. While the fall sea- son is not as competitive as the regular season, Tunning said it helped her get into the swing of college sotball. “It set a solid base for me to build of of this spring,” Tunning said. In addition to adjusting to the college game, Tunning might also have to adjust to a new position. Tunning is pri- marily a shortstop, but that po- sition is currently occupied by senior Taylor hom. Clark said they’ll probably move her around to keep her bat in the lineup. Tunning will have to make “We’re working with her at third base, and we could put her as the designated player to keep her in the lineup,” Clark said. Going into the season, the Longhorns will be missing the bat of Taylor Hoagland, who graduated last spring. In 2013, Hoagland led the Long- horns with a .424 batting av- erage, hit 14 home runs and drove in 45 runs. While she might not be the vocal leader Hoagland was, se- nior irst baseman Karina Scott said Tunning will still be a big leader on this team. “Hoagland was a difer- ent kind of player and they both bring diferent kinds of aspects,” Scott said. “But, can [Tunning] bring the im- pact that Hoagland did? Yes, she can.” Tunning’s spot in the start- ing lineup isn’t guaranteed as Clark said it’s still a day-to-day competition to igure out who will be in the lineup, but she plans to keep working at it and getting better. If she does that, Clark said she’ll be a big part of the team’s success. “She gives us a lot,” Clark said. “She’s one of our top four hitters and she’s going to be an impact player.” Plenty of FREE PARKING! 512‐443‐3911 3005 South Lamar #110‐A • 512‐462‐4646 OPEN TO BUY 3005 So. Lamar Now at guys & girls Kerbey Lane! Bring in your gently worn clothing for and get FIRST SHOT before our VIP ticket with a to our trendy designer between Torchy’s & Grand Opening & Pre‐G.O. 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