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If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com. Volume 113, Issue 156Cover photo by Andrew Messamore | Daily Texan file photoUT President William Powers Jr. stands in front of the the United States Supreme Court building with the family of Heman Sweatt. After successfully winning a lawsuit against the University in 1950, Sweatt became the first black law student to attend the University of Texas. As the University of Texas at Austin’s student-run newspaper, The Daily Texan has been bringing university, city, state, and national news to campus since 1900. The way you get your news has changed a lot since then, but The Daily Texan is still committed to bringing it to you quickly and accurately. 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A large audience means large responsibility, but the pride you will feel in creating a completely student-run publication with your peers is experience you don’t want to miss out on in college. From social media and online journalism to reporting techniques and media law, you will have both a print and web experience and access to cutting edge media tools and mentors. Our News, Opinion, Sports, Life and Arts, Multimedia and Web departments are currently hiring for summer 2013. Find out more about joining our team at dailytexanonline.com/employmentSTAY CONNECTED NEWS 3Monday, May 6, 20133NEWSWASHINGTON – The Su- preme Court pressured UT to justify its use of race in admis- sions Oct. 10 as the justices picked apart the meaning of racial diversity in court. Arguments in Fisher v. Texas centered on whether UT’s use of race creates es- sential and meaningful di- versity on campus. Support- ers of affirmative action, including civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton, con- vened in the capital to show support for UT’s position during the proceedings. The hearing kicked off the last stretch of the legal saga of Abigail Fisher, now a gradu- ate of Louisiana State Uni- versity. UT rejected Fisher in 2008 and she later sued the University, claiming her right to equal protection was violated because race was a factor in her application. Fisher attended the hear- ing and issued a brief state- ment supporting her case when arguments concluded. A decision on the case is ex- pected sometime next year. Bert Rein, Fisher’s counsel, said he did not intend to chal- lenge the current precedent that race may be used to fur- ther diversity — a position af- firmed in the court’s decision in Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003. Instead, Rein said he in- tended to challenge Grut- ter’s “unlimited mandate” to use race classifications that discriminate against some applicants without creating measurable diversity. “What we are concerned about is universities like UT that have read [Grutter] to be a green light to use race with no discernible target — critical mass,” Rein said. Answering questions from Justice Anthony Kennedy, who may be the swing vote in this case, Rein said UT did not pursue race-neutral alternatives that would have furthered diversity. Kennedy took aim at this point in his dissent in Grut- ter and said diversity goals could be achieved through race-neutral methods. “Race should have been a last resort and it was a first resort,” Rein said. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Rein was attempting to “gut Grutter.” By requiring UT and other universities to set specific targets for admis- sions, colleges would make their own policies unconsti- tutional, she said. “Boy, it sounds awfully like a quota to me, which Grutter said you should not be do- ing,” Sotomayor said. “[Grut- ter said] instead you should be setting an individualized assessment of the applicants.” UT factors an applicant’s race into admissions decisions for students not automati- cally admitted based on high school class rank. UT admits close to one-quarter of its stu- dents under its race-conscious holistic review process. Gregory Garre, UT’s coun- sel, said UT’s data shows the University met legal prec- edents set under Grutter be- cause the University’s race- conscious admissions benefit all groups and do not set any sort of target. UT admits more white students than any other ra- cial group under its race- conscious admissions pol- icy, UT records show. The University has admitted lower percentages of black and His- panic students through race- conscious admissions than through race-neutral admis- sions every year since 2007. Garre said there was no way to quantify a criti- cal mass of students from a particular group. “I think the standard you would apply is to look to whether or not the Univer- sity reached an environment in which members of under- represented minorities do not feel like spokespersons for their race, an environ- ment where the benefits are realized,” Garre said. Garre also said UT did not rank students in ways where race could be a “tie-break- er” between two applicants, but Justice Samuel Alito questioned the feasibility of his comment. Justice Antonin Scalia was critical of UT’s admissions records — especially reports showing that the majority of race-conscious admits came from households with in- comes above $50,000. “Does the United States agree with Mr. Garre that African-American and His- panic applicants from privi- leged backgrounds deserve a preference?” Scalia asked when questioning Solici- tor General Donald Verrilli, who spoke on behalf of the United States government in support of UT. Verrilli said UT’s admis- sions policy was tailored to create diversity within dif- ferent racial groups, not just between broad racial categories by only selecting underprivileged applicants. “[UT] will look for indi- viduals who will play against racial stereotypes just by what they bring,” Verrilli said. “The African-American fencer, the Hispanic who has mastered classical Greek.” Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern about the amount of faith the court would need to place in UT’s claim that its policy is being used effectively without any numerical analysis. On the steps in front of the court, representatives from several UT student groups strove to place their own mark on the arguments cut in the courtroom. Those in attendance included Bradley Poole, president of the Black Student Alliance, and Joshua Tang, coordinator of a stu- dent campaign to support UT’s admissions policy. This article was originally published Oct. 11, 2012 as: Su- preme Court investigates UT. By Andrew Messamore 1961Executive Order 10925President John F. Kennedy issues an order mandating that government contrac- tors “take affirmative action to ensure that ap- plicants are employed, and employees are treated dur- ing employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” 1964Civil Rights ActPresident Lyndon B. Johnson signs a law allowing federal courts to apply affirmative action to improve representation in discriminatory organiza- tions. Universities interpret this to mean they should increase enrollment among underrepresented groups. 1978Regents of theUniversity of California v. BakkeIn a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court rules affir- mative action by universi- ties to be constitutional for “diversity” but not for ad- dressing “historic inequal- ity.” The Court also rules quotas unconstitutional. 1996Hopwood v. TexasA three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules affirmative action to create diversity to be unconstitutional. The case began after four plain- tiffs were rejected from the University of Texas School of Law when UT considered race as a factor. 2003Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. BollingerIn Grutter, a 5-4 decision from Supreme Court rules affirmative action constitu- tional as a “factor among factors” to “enrich everyone’s education.” In Gatz, a 6-3 de- cision rules “point systems” for race unconstitutional. Hopwood is overturned. The Cases for Racial AdmissionsWhen the Supreme Court heard arguments in Fisher v. Texas on October 10, UT’s admissions policy became a focal point in the national debate on affirmative action for the second time. Supreme Court hears UT admissions caseGraphic by Natasha Smith | Daily Texan Staff 4 OPINIONEditor-in-Chief Susannah Jacob 4Monday, May 6, 2013April 26, 2013 The Question: State funding currently makes up 13 percent of the University’s op- erating budget. It made up 47 percent of the budget in 1984. To make up for decreasing state support, the University has relied on greater private fundraising efforts. In the 2011-2012 school year, gifts to UT totaled $298 million. Should a public university be funded primarily by public money? I believe that universities should be pri- marily funded by the government, but I feel like nowadays they’re not doing a good job of that. Since funding of universities has de- creased in Texas, I feel like there is no other alternative but to get that money elsewhere. If you’re confused as to whether it’s ethical or not, just go to a high school that’s publicly funded, and you’ll see how poorly equipped it is technologically. That may make you change your mind. Even if just a portion of the money that the University gets through private donors, even if just a small portion of it goes toward our actual education, it’s doing a lot more than the actual govern- ment is, in my opinion. — Farhan Sahawneh Biology junior from IrvingFebruary 14, 2013The Question: do you believe online classes will replace physical classes in your lifetime? Should they? I don’t know that they will. I just regis- tered for a course yesterday on EdX. I don’t plan to take the course, but I wanted access to the syllabus. It’s on global poverty, and there’s a great book that they’re using. So I access it through our library, and so I have this book to read. So, you know, I think it’s going to be supplementary for a while, if for nothing else, to the value of a degree. But whether they should? No, I don’t think they should ever completely replace the class- room. There is something to be said for being able to associate with professors, and being able to be with classmates, which I guess can all happen online as well. But I think that human interaction is always a good part of education, but as a supplemen- tary material, I’m pretty excited about the future of EdX. If I’d been asked five years ago, I never would have thought anyone would offer this for free. I think it’s pretty exciting that anyone who has an Internet connection, which again is ignoring a large part of world population, but it’s at least an accessibility that hasn’t been around. — Andrea Faz Speech language pathology senior from Del RioNovember 2, 2012 The Question: Did you vote? “I did [vote]. My parents emphasized it a lot. I actually had to write a paper today on why everybody should vote, but it’s really not something I’m that passionate about.” — Brooks BeckelmanPetroleum engineering freshmanOctober 26, 2012 The Question: We asked students on Gua- dalupe Street about their most memorable parking experiences and their overall impres- sions of campus-area parking conditions. The West Campus parking situation is dis- mal. It’s completely terrible. I mean, there’s a ‘No Parking’ sign every 20 feet ... Even re- served parking gets taken all the time, so I wouldn’t be opposed to the construction of a parking lot or parking zone or something like that. I know that they say that’s just too expensive and that’s why they haven’t done it, but I wouldn’t be opposed to it. [My fraternity] has accrued something in the way of a thousand dollars in parking tickets for parking in front of dumpsters, parking in front of fire hydrants, even park- ing in our driveway … it’s just ridiculous. The parking control people take their jobs way too seriously.” — Nathan TempletonChemical engineering freshmanWe Asked: Year in reviewEditor’s note: This viewpoint was published originally April 3, 2013Yesterday, The Texas Tribune published a revealing story about UT System Regent Wallace Hall Jr. These days, Hall is best known on campus and at the Capi- tol for his apparent mission to unseat UT President William Powers Jr. Specifically, Hall proposed and received approval from the other regents on March 20 to fund an investigation of forgivable loans given from a private foundation to law school faculty, even though the Texas attorney general signed off on a previous investigation, the results of which placed no blame on Powers — who served as dean of the law school before becoming UT president — for “lack of transparency” related to the loans. According to the Tribune story, Hall shares his own lack- of-transparency moment: When he was being vetted after the governor nominated him as a regent, he omitted mention of several lawsuits to which he had been a party, despite a re- quirement he do so. “The lawsuits themselves may or may not prove embarrass- ing to Hall, but the failure to disclose them provides fodder to critics who think the UT regents are on a ‘witch hunt’ to hurt its flagship university and take out its leader,” the Tribune reports. Among those “critics” the Tribune article cites are state senators. In December, when covering the development that Gene Powell, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, failed to disclose his connection to a company the board had selected to build a new children’s hospital — at the time the company the board selected had a pending business deal with a compa- ny Powell co-founded with his son — this editorial board said, “for a public official, the appearance of a conflict of interest often drains public trust as irrevocably as a verified one.” The same observation applies to Hall’s omissions from his regent application. Powell didn’t view his connection to the hospital as relevant information. Yesterday, in response to the Tribune’s questions, Hall called his omissions unintentional. “I do not recall the specifics,” Hall wrote in an email to the Tribune. “I have been asked by the governor’s office to supplement my disclosure and will do so shortly.” The brevity of Hall’s explanation starkly contrasts with his aggressive pursuit of Powers’ possible vulnerabilities due to the law school loans. We are disappointed and disillusioned by Hall’s apparent failure to disclose information, but we also aren’t surprised. The missing Hall lawsuits is the latest development in the power struggle between the Board of Regents, the Texas Sen- ate and the UT administration, yet not a decisive one. This de- velopment suggests two things we already suspected: First, the regents consider themselves policy-setting, appointed judges. In their view, their sole responsibility is to scrutinize adminis- trators they are charged with overseeing. Second, they do not view themselves as public officials who should be subject to the same scrutiny as others. But that scrutiny is what the Leg- islature is applying, evident in one state senator’s sharp com- ments in reaction to the disclosures about Hall’s omissions. “Clearly this was withheld. It would seem to indicate Mr. Hall felt like it was disqualifying for his nomination,” Higher Educa- tion Committee Chairman Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, told the Tribune. “Withholding that, I think, is a very, very serious thing.” The regents, the administration and the legislators in this fight are digging for dirt on one another. In our online age when the splashiest “gotcha” moment has the potential to derail a career, each side attempts to catch the other lest they be caught themselves. After all that has happened, distrust, and possible loath- ing, must thrive among the politicians, the regents and the administration. As this brawl gets uglier, we expect Gov. Rick Perry and certain members of the Legislature to emerge from behind the curtain and openly enter the arena. We don’t know who will win and who will lose. But we know this fight is no longer about the long-term goals of this University, but rather about the short-term employment and power grabs of those who govern it. Digging for dirt and nothing elseVIEWPOINT NEWS 5Register May 6–May 22austincc.edu/registerPlan your summer classes at ACC. Take affordable classes that transfer. Austin Community CollegeDaily TX4.92 May 6, 20135NEWSBev Kearney, former women’s track and field coach, is alleging she was “singled out and treated dif- ferently” than her male, non- African American counter- parts, according to her filed complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission. “I believe that I was sub- jected to a severely hostile work environment and con- structively discharged by forcing me to resign in lieu of being fired because of my race, color and gender,” Ke- arney said in the complaint. In her complaint, Kear- ney alleges she was publicly demeaned and falsely ac- cused of NCAA violations by Bubba Thornton, men’s track and field head coach; she was harassed and her complaints were ignored by administrators; she was not given salary raises granted to other coaches; and she was told she was being fired for violating an “unwritten” policy, de- spite colleagues not receiv- ing the same treatment for similar acts. Kearney’s attorney, Derek Howard, said he filed the complaint March 12 with the “Civil Rights and Discrimi- nation Division” of the Texas Workforce Commission. The commission has 180 days to investigate the complaint af- ter which Kearney has a right to sue. “Coach Kearney’s allega- tions of discrimination will be reviewed thoroughly and responded to according to [the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] and Texas Workforce Com- mission procedures,” said Patricia Ohlendorf, the Uni- versity’s vice president for le- gal affairs, in a statement the previous week. Kearney resigned in Jan- uary after being told the University was prepared to fire her for a having a con- sensual relationship with a former student-athlete in 2002. In the complaint, she cites the University’s handling of an incident concerning football of- fensive coordinator Major Applewhite as a “glaring example” of differing treat- ment. Applewhite engaged in “inappropriate, consen- sual behavior with an adult student” in 2009. Apple- white’s salary was sus- pended for a year follow- ing the incident, but he has since received promotions and raises. The complaint also lev- ies several allegations of harassment by Thornton, who she alleges would speak negatively about her char- acter, professionalism and coaching abilities to others in the athletic department. She said while several ad- ministrators including head athletic directors DeLoss Dodds and Chris Plonsky acknowledged the harass- ment, they did nothing to stop it. A pair of 2004 letters from Kearney to Dodds high- lights a long-standing fric- tion between Kearney and Thornton. In the letters, ob- tained by The Daily Texan through the Texas Public Information Act, Kearney alleges Thornton offered her job to a coach at another university and would speak openly about becoming head coach of both men’s and women’s track and field programs. The complaint was filed against the entire University, not just the athletic department. —Additional reporting by Hannah Jane DeCiutiisThis article was origi- nally published on March 25, 2013 as: Kearney files to sue University. By Shabab SiddiquiWomen’s track coach alleges racist, sexist practicesMajor Applewhite UT football offensive coordinatorBev Kearney Former women’s track and field coach 6 NEWSRegister May 6, 2013NEWSWomen’s practicesMajor Ng | Daily Texan file photoState Sen. Kirk Watson delivers a speech at the Driskill Hotel on Nov. 6, 2012. Prop. 1, which passed that night, will improve health care in Travis County, according to Watson. Prop. 1 gives life to UT medical schoolUT moved one step closer to establishing a medical school after voters approved a ballot initiative Nov. 6 that will increase property taxes to partially fund a proposed UT medical school and teaching hospital. Fifty-five percent of Travis County voters approved in- creasing property taxes col- lected by Central Health, Tra- vis County’s hospital district, from 7.89 cents to 12.9 cents per $100 of assessed property value. 45 percent voted against the tax increase. 176,755 voted in favor of the increase and 148,375 voted against. The increase will contrib- ute an estimated $35 million annually toward operations at the teaching hospital and pur- chase medical services there. State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, said the proposed medical school would im- prove health care services in Travis County and provide a growing base of resident physicians who graduate from the school. “People understood that this would benefit them and their families and their neighbors,” Watson said. For the past six years, Wat- son has coordinated with the University and other local gov- ernmental bodies to bring the medical school and teaching hospital to Austin. Establish- ing the school and hospital are two components of Watson’s “10 Goals in 10 Years” plan. In a statement, UT President William Powers Jr. said the University aims to complete the medical school and teach- ing hospital by 2015. Powers said he and Steven Leslie, UT executive vice president and provost, will now appoint a committee of faculty members and health care officials to help recruit a dean and choose a lo- cation for the school. “Now that the vote is over, the hard work of building a medical school begins,” Powers said. Travis County Taxpayers Union, a political action com- mittee that opposes Proposi- tion 1, sued Central Health, alleging that the proposition’s ballot language violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965 by misleading voters and expressing advocacy for the proposition. In May 2012 the UT System Board of Regents pledged $30 million a year for eight years and $25 million per year after that for the medical school. The Seton Healthcare Family pledged $250 million toward the teaching hospital in April 2012. The proposed medical school would join six UT health institutions located in Dallas, Houston, Tyler, San Antonio and Galveston, some of which partner with local hospitals funded partially by property taxes in their areas. This article was originally published Nov. 7, 2012 as: Prop. 1 passes, gives life to medical school. By Jordan RudnerEnglish assistant profes- sor Snehal Shingavi opened his class, Literature of Is- lamophobia, to the public Sept. 17, 2012 in response to the UT Police Department’s initial statement during September’s bomb threat. At least eight students who are not regularly in the class sat in, Shingavi said Sept. 17. Shingavi said racial bias against Muslim or Arabic students could have resulted from UTPD’s description of the man who called in the hoax bomb threat Sept. 14 as having a “Middle East- ern accent.” Shingavi said he was also concerned that UTPD decided to release the information that the caller claimed to be involved with al-Qaida. “These are not helpful descriptors,” Shingavi said. “The most harrowing bit about that story is not that they released the actual ac- cent itself, it was that there was no other information about the guy.” UT Vice President for Student Affairs Gage Paine said she understands the concerns. “It’s a difficult question and a legitimate issue,” Paine said. “You try to minimize and be sensitive about step- ping on people’s toes, but I have no idea how they got to the decision to release the description.” She said the most impor- tant thing in an emergency situation is safety, but she said issues that arose from releasing a description of the caller’s accent are part of learning how to handle an emergency situation. Shingavi said while other reactions to the bomb threat were possible, the Univer- sity’s response was sensa- tional and inflammatory. A fake audio recording of the call spread via Facebook and Twitter. The fake audio recording claims the caller’s name is Mohammed. “It is a product of some of the thoughtlessness and la- ziness of University admin- istrators to think that such information would not have consequences,” Shingavi said. This article was originally published Sept. 17, 2012 as: Description of hoax caller raises concerns over bias. UT battles profiling after fall bomb threatBy Bobby Blanchard & Alexa UraFanny Trang | Daily Texan file photoComputer science freshman Tyler Corley and biology sophomore Sayde Pihota read updates on the bomb threat from the UTPD text messaging system Sept. 16, 2012. —William Powers Jr., UT presidentNow that the vote is over, the hard work of building a medical school begins. 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As she described the explo- sion, Kocain looked around her front yard — now filled with discarded furniture and members of the media — be- fore remembering her horses were missing. “We weren’t prepared for this,” Kocain said mul- tiple times. “No one told us nothing.” “No one came. No sirens. No nothing.” Kocain was one of many West residents who were completely blindsided and shocked by the explosion at the fertilizer plant and the devastation it had wrought on the small town. West is lo- cated about 20 miles north of Waco and has a population of less than 3,000 — about the same as the number of students who live in the Jester dorms. At approximately 6 p.m. on April 17, a small fire started at the West fertilizer plant. Less than two hours later, the plant exploded with such force that cities as far as 45 miles away felt the ground tremble. The explosion resulted in 15 fatalities, injuries to more than 200 people, property damage and evacuations. Hospitals in Waco treated more than 160 people. B.J. Walters, a 23-year-old West resident, said the explo- sion felt like an earthquake. Walters and his grandmoth- er, Joyce Rucker, were told to evacuate. They managed to bring their 6-year-old dog Pepe with them, but they had to leave everything else behind at their home. Wal- ters said he was not sure if their house would remain standing as part of their at- tic was caving in when he was leaving. Walters and his grand- mother evacuated to First Baptist Church of Gholson, where they tried to sleep on air mattresses on the floor. Gholson is a smaller town than West, located slightly southwest of the city with a population of just over 1,000. “Nothing bad ever hap- pens in West,” Walters said. “The worst thing that ever happens in West is some- body gets too drunk.” Walters said he was grate- ful to First Baptist Church and West’s surrounding towns for all the help they gave. Not all evacuees from the area stayed at shelters, however. Early on the morn- ing after the explosion, Ghol- son ISD Superintendent Pam Brown noted she did not have any evacuees take shelter in her school, which could take up to 20 evacu- ees. Brown said she was not surprised. “It is such a tight-knit community that the people who are evacuating, I am sure most of them have rela- tives or friends they’re stay- ing with,” Brown said. Concerns about air quality forced anyone living near the fertilizer plant to move. Dark clouds and thunderstorms kept the morning and early afternoon grim the day after the explosion, and the same mood could be felt through- out the town. The explosion shattered the windows of many shops and restaurants in West. While store owners and their employees sifted through the rubble and cleaned up, few businesses were open. Nors Sausage and Burger House was closed that day. Lori Nors, who owns the restaurant with her husband, said the restaurant was stay- ing closed despite the mini- mal damage the building had taken from the explosion. “It’s too chaotic … too heartbreaking,” Nors said. Meanwhile, workers boarded broken windows and empty frames. Stores that were vulnerable to theft and the weather in the morning were safe by the afternoon. Nors said she was confident West’s unity would help the city move past the tragedy. “We’ll bond together,” Nors said. “We’re all inter- twined. We’re one big family.” At a press conference the day after the explosion, Tex- as Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state would provide the community with any resources it needed to move past this event. But that did not keep Ko- cain from feeling hopeless. Kocain’s house is on the outskirts of West. It is not a part of the city and it is not a part of a neighborhood. Her husband died several years ago, leaving her to raise her children. Like her house, she feels very much alone. “I don’t have insurance,” Kocain said. “I’m on Social Security; I don’t have no money to fix this. This de- stroyed my home. There’s nothing left of it.” This article was originally published April 19, 2013 as: Residents of West band to- gether for survival. By Bobby BlanchardPlant explosion shakes WestPu Ying HuangDaily Texan file photoWest resident Carolanne Kocain begins to choke up as she retells her story about surviving the plant explo- sion to a reporter on the phone. NEWS 9Monday, May 6, 20139NEWSMarisa Vasquez | Daily Texan file photoUT law student Cody Wilson printed a plastic lower reciever of an AR-15 with a 3-D printer, attached it to a real gun and fired six rounds before the plastic piece broke. UT law student creates 3-D, computer-based weaponsBy David MalyAfter six years as UT ex- ecutive vice president and provost, Steven Leslie will be stepping down from his position to return to the College of Pharmacy in August. “For the past six years, Provost Leslie has been an indispensable partner in transforming the academic life of The University of Texas,” President William Powers Jr. said in a blog post Feb. 8. “He has guided our deans and vice pro- vosts with a steady hand and a vision that encom- passes all aspects of this vast university.” Powers appointed Leslie, then dean of the College of Pharmacy, to the vice president and provost po- sition in 2007. Leslie has a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology, and in his former position conducted research on topics that in- cluded alcohol’s effect on the brain. He joined the University as an assistant professor in 1974. M. Lynn Crismon, dean of the College of Pharmacy, said in an email that the col- lege is excited to see Leslie return as a professor. “Dr. Leslie was a great pro- vost, and it was my honor to serve as a dean under his leadership,” Crismon wrote. “We welcome him back to our college, and we look forward to him contributing positively to the mission of the College of Pharmacy.” In his role as provost, the top academic post at the University, Leslie reported directly to the president and oversaw all 18 col- lege deans and more than a dozen other senior aca- demic posts. More recently, he led the early planning stages of UT’s new medical school. The provost’s office is in charge of deciding the new dean’s salary and over- seeing the $1.2 million set aside for medical or surgery faculty salaries this year. A new dean has not yet been hired. This article was originally published Feb. 11, 2013 as: University provost of six years resigns. Provost resigns, to return to teachingBy Jordan RudnerSteven LeslieExecutive vice president and provostUT law student Cody Wil- son claimed in late 2012 that he was roughly three weeks away from printing his first gun using a 3-D printer, a machine that creates solid objects from digital designs. “It was the most ridiculous, amazing, ambitious thing we could think of,” Wilson said. At a public discussion hosted by Libertarian Long- horns on Nov. 14, Wilson said he and his friends en- deavored to create a gun de- sign called “Wiki Weapon” that could easily be shared online and physically rec- reated using a 3-D printer. While printing a gun with a 3-D printer is not a new idea, Wilson said his goal is to improve the process by continually making the de- signs more accessible and the product more functional. Wilson said he wanted to undertake a difficult project, revolutionizing gun print- ing, to show people that they can take direct and cre- ative actions to accomplish their goals. “Don’t just sit around like we have been doing for hundreds of years writing a thesis about the perfect utopia or some- thing,” Wilson said. “Make it.” A spokesperson for Strata- sys, a 3-D printer manufac- turer, said the printers nor- mally cost between $10,000 and $30,000. Wilson said he has seen a backlash against his work from those who feel efforts to make such technology more mainstream could have nega- tive side effects, and he claims he has even been labeled by some as a modern terrorist. Wilson said while he be- lieves his efforts could create new problems, the technol- ogy he is creating is not some- thing that could be controlled by the government because 3-D printing will become too accessible to be regulated. During November, Wilson started three companies to further his work. He said he had been in talks with mul- tiple companies interested in funding his endeavors, and his support had been grow- ing, despite ideological ob- jections to the work. This article was originally published Nov. 2, 2012 as: Student to unveil plans for innovative 3-D gun. 10 NEWS10Monday, May 6, 2013NEWSA report released by the UT System on Nov. 13, 2012 determined the inter- action between the School of Law and the University’s central administration was insufficient in regard to faculty compensation. In December 2011, UT President William Powers Jr. asked Larry Sager, former dean of the School of Law, to step down from his position after it was found he ob- tained a $500,000 forgivable personal loan from the Uni- versity of Texas Law School Foundation, which helps support law professors’ sala- ries, without notifying ap- propriate administrators. The UT System report, written by Barry Burgdorf, UT System vice chancellor and general counsel, looked into the relationship be- tween the foundation and the University following Sager’s resignation. Burgdorf’s report found the forgivable personal loan program began in 2003 dur- ing Powers’ time as the law school dean prior to his appointment as University president. Powers did not obtain a forgivable loan but did receive a deferred com- pensation agreement from the foundation in 2001, which was approved on var- ious administrative levels. The expansion of the for- givable personal loan pro- gram occurred while Sager was dean in response to the departure of various law school faculty members. Burgdorf’s report deter- mined it was inappropriate for a public institution to grant forgivable personal loans to faculty through an independent foundation. In Sager’s case, essentially awarding himself the forgiv- able loan, the lack of admin- istrative approval is funda- mental to the conflict. “The idea of Dean Sager’s $500,000 forgivable per- sonal loan was his,” Burg- dorf wrote. “Obviously, this lack of transparency and The Texas House of Rep- resentatives approved a $193.8 billion budget that would boost UT funding and limit the spending pow- er of the UT System Board of Regents. By a vote of 135-12, law- makers decided to allocate $511.7 million in state gen- eral revenue funds to the University over the next two years. The amount is about $20 million more than the $492.5 mil- lion allocated during the previous biennium. The Senate approved the budget in March. The two houses must now meet in a conference committee to iron out differences between the two bills. Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxa- hachie and House Appro- priations Committee chair- man, filed amendments aiming to limit regents’ spending authority by pre- venting them from using funds on investigations of university administrations and travel for regents who have not been confirmed by the Senate and prohibit- ing the UT System admin- istration from accessing the Available University Fund. The amendment would al- low UT-Austin to continue accessing the fund. Pitts, who co-filed one amendment with state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, filed the amendments in response to the regents’ de- cision March 22 to spend $500,000 on an external in- vestigation of the relation- ship between the UT Law School Foundation and the University. Several lawmakers, including Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, criticized regents and interpreted the move as an ef- fort to oust President William Powers Jr. Lawmakers sug- gested the Texas Attor- ney General’s office con- duct the investigation if regents insisted on the additional investigation. The attorney general’s of- fice concurred with a 2011 report on the foundation conducted by Barry Burg- dorf, UT System general counsel who submitted his resignation in March. The report found that a forgiv- able $500,000 loan issued to Larry Sager, former dean of the School of Law, was inappropriately awarded. Prior to the report’s publi- cation, Powers asked Sager to resign as dean in 2011 after the loan came to light. Other amendments added to the budget bill include: —Rep. Bill Zedler, R- Arlington, filed an amend- ment to block appropria- tions to university gender and sexuality centers on the grounds that they pro- mote “behavior leading to high risk behavior for AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis B or any sexually transmit- ted disease.” The amend- ment was withdrawn on the House floor. The Senate Higher Educa- tion Committee voted 4-1 on April 3 to move a bill before the Texas Senate that would limit the power of university boards of regents over indi- vidual institutions within a system. The Senate approved the bill on April 11. The bill, filed by commit- tee Chairman Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, would prevent regents from voting on per- sonnel and budgetary mat- ters without first undergo- ing ethics training and being confirmed by the Senate. It would also amend state law to delegate all powers not specifically prescribed to boards of regents to individual institutions. State Sens. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, were not present for the vote. Seliger filed the bill in re- sponse to ongoing tension be- tween the UT System Board of Regents and President William Powers Jr. Legislators have alleged regents are mi- cromanaging the University. State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, cast the lone dissenting vote, citing con- cerns that legislators are revamping laws that affect boards of regents statewide to handle one conflict re- lated to one system. “I tried to look at this through the 30,000-foot view of how we are structurally changing the relationship be- tween boards of regents and universities,” Birdwell said af- ter the meeting. “You’re wid- ening that moat that essen- tially makes it more difficult for the people to express their desires of how our institutions and systems that are pub- lic are governed from those executing that governance.” The committee adopted two amendments to the bill. One would require regents to receive training regarding the federal Fam- ily Educational Rights and Privacy Act, commonly known as FERPA. The law is intended to give students the right to privacy of informa- tion regarding enrollment, grade performance and billing information unless they give permission to institutions to release that information. Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Aus- tin, said the vast amount of vague information requests regents have made of the University may inadvertently include information regard- ing students, which may vio- late the act and would result in repercussions from law enforcement officials. Another amendment would prevent regents from voting before they are confirmed by the Senate Nominations Com- mittee. If the committee does not meet within 45 days, re- gents will be allowed to vote if they have completed training required by law. As of now, the commit- tee has not yet scheduled a hearing for newly appointed Regents Jeff Hildebrand and Ernest Aliseda. Gov. Rick Perry appointed Hildebrand and Aliseda in February. The governor also reappointed Paul Foster, the board’s vice chairman. Regents are nominated by the governor and confirmed by the Senate and serve six- year terms. Perry appointed all nine of the current re- gents sitting on the UT System board. This story was originally published April 4, 2013 as: Bill moved to Senate to curb power of regents. By Joshua FechterBy Hannah Jane DeCiutiis & Joshua FechterKel Seliger, R-Amarillo Senate Higher Education Committee chairmanLarry Sager Former dean of the School of LawHouse approves motion to increase UT fundingRep. Jim Pitts R-WaxahachieBy Alexa UraState may limit regents’ powerLaw foundation investigated for loansBUDGET continues on page 12LAW continues on page 12 NEWS 11Monday, May 6, 201311NEWSPu Ying Huang | Daily Texan file photoDistinguished speakers officially announced Google Fiber’s arrival in Austin at Brazos Hall on April 9, 2013. Google Fiber to come to AustinGoogle Fiber will bring Austin residents and UT stu- dents access to some of the world’s fastest Internet speeds in 2014, challenging Austi- nites to find ways to use the service at its full potential. Google Fiber is a proj- ect that provides fiber-optic broadband internet and TV service to customers at a rate of up to 1 gigabit per sec- ond. This is 100 times faster than most connections to- day, according to the Google Fiber website. City of Austin and Google officials announced to mem- bers of the press and invited guests that Austin would be the second city to receive Google Fiber on April 9 at Brazos Hall. Distinguished speakers at the event includ- ed Gov. Rick Perry, Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Council Member Laura Morrison. Starting in mid-2014, the service will be provided in select communities called “fiberhoods” depending on the level of interest in those areas. Kevin Lo, general manager of Google Fiber, said pricing has not been determined for Austin yet, but residents can look to the current Kansas City price model for an idea of what to expect. Kansas City, Kan. was the first city to be chosen to receive the service, edg- ing out Austin in the 2011 application process. Kansas City residents can currently choose from three plans, which range from free Internet with only an installation fee all the way to gigabit Internet and TV for $120 per month. Google Fiber’s HDTV chan- nel options will include the Longhorn Network. William Green, director of networking and telecom- munications for UT’s Infor- mation Technology Services, said the University will take full advantage of Google Fi- ber, though the details are currently unknown. Milo Medin, vice president of access service for Google, said residents living in high-density spaces such as apartment complexes will need permission from apartment owners to install the service. Tech bloggers, such as Farhad Manjoo from Slate Magazine, have questioned whether the utility of Google Fiber has truly been real- ized beyond the scope of faster uploads and down- loads, calling the service “totally awesome, and totally unnecessary.” “During my time in Kan- sas City, I spoke to several lo- cal businesspeople, aspiring startup founders and a few city boosters,” Manjoo wrote on March 12. “They were all thrilled that Google had come to town, and the few who’d gotten access to the Google pipe said they really loved it. But I couldn’t find a single person who’d found a way to use Google Fiber to anywhere near its potential — or even a half or quarter of what it can do.“ This article was originally published April 10, 2013 as: Fiber-optic broadband service to arrive in Austin in 2014. By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis 12 NEWS12Monday, May 6, 2013NEWSOmid Kokabee, a former UT grad student currently imprisoned in Iran, said in a public letter he has been “persecuted for refusing to cooperate with Iranian mili- tary projects,” the Nature In- ternational Weekly Journal of Science reported in late April. Kokabee, who transferred from the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain to UT as a laser physics Ph.D. candidate in 2010, wrote in a letter dated March 2013 that he has refused all petitions to collaborate with the Iranian military before and during his ongoing detention. “Since 2005, I have been in- vited several times to work as a scientist and technical manag- er for military and intelligence projects,” Kokabee wrote. Kokabee also said he was asked in 2006 to develop a powerful carbon dioxide laser for isotope separation, which can be used to enrich uranium. In the public letter, Koka- bee says the Iranian mili- tary’s invitations often came with lucrative offers. He was offered a full scholarship funded by the Atomic En- ergy Organization of Iran to enroll in doctoral programs. The coercion on behalf of Iranian officials continued while he was imprisoned, Kokabee wrote. While in pris- on, Kokabee received a visit from an alleged representa- tive of Iran’s National Elites Foundation, an organization designed to support talented Iranians. He also reported government representatives visited his family in his home- town of Gonbad-e Qabus. Kokabee said he has been of- fered release from prison in exchange for cooperation in several of these instances. Iranian authorities ar- rested Kokabee on Jan. 30, 2011 inside a Tehran airport. On May 13, 2012, Kokabee was sentenced to 10 years in prison for cooperating with a hostile government. In the letter, Kokabee main- tains his innocence and says many transgressions have im- peded the progress of his trial, detention and interrogation. According to the Nature International Weekly Jour- nal of Science, there are sev- eral scientific organizations in the U.S. that have openly supported Kokabee in his struggle and are petitioning for his right to a fair trial. This article was originally published April 30, 2013 as: Iran prisoner details arrest. Former UT grad student held in Iranian prison, stays strongOmid Kokabee Former UT grad studentBy Alberto Longaccountability is unaccept- able and, at a minimum, it creates an impression of self-dealing that cannot be condoned.” Sager approached for- mer foundation president Robert Grable in 2009 and proposed the loan over dinner after Steve Leslie, executive provost and vice president, denied Sager a salary increase because of a tight budget. Leslie oversees compensation of University deans. According to the report, Powers said he did not dis- cuss the personal loan with Sager either. While the loan program did not violate any laws, it is inappropriate for a public university in Texas, Burgdorf wrote. Burgdorf’s recommen- dations include distanc- ing the School of Law from the foundation as separate entities, not re- leasing compensation to a dean without consent from University admin- istrators, permanently ending the program and awarding compensation to faculty through re- stricted gifts rather than direct payouts. This article was origi- nally published Nov. 14, 2012 as: Report: law school loans inappropriate. —Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, filed an amendment to increase funding for TEXAS grants by $2 million. To fund the increase, the amend- ment reduces a portion of the Texas Education Agency’s budget — funds which were originally in- tended to finance a sec- ond study on the relation- ships between educator preparation programs and student outcomes. This article was originally published April 5, 2013 as: House approves boost to UT funding. BUDGETcontinues from page 10LAWcontinues from page 10 ADS 13 14 NEWS14Monday, May 6, 2013NEWS Fewer than 16,000 parking spots serve the 75,000 stu- dents, faculty and staff who make up the UT community, creating challenges for drivers and Parking and Transporta- tion Services officials. Every time a new building goes up on top of a parking lot, it leaves fewer spaces to accommodate needs and makes it harder for PTS to cover more than $14.5 mil- lion in expenses. “If 75,000 people decided to come to campus today and said, ‘I’m going to hop in my car and no one’s going to ride in the car with me,’ we would have a big prob- lem,” said Jeri Baker, assis- tant director of PTS. Baker said UT does have enough parking spaces, de- spite the fact that it sold 15,869 more permits than total spaces during fiscal year 2010-2011. UT sold 31,744 parking per- mits during the year, and the campus has 15,875 spaces. “Last year there wasn’t a day when people who had a C per- mit didn’t have a place to park,” Baker said. “Not everyone comes to campus every day.” Because commuters are on campus for such short times on different days of the week, PTS Services is able to sell more permits than spaces but regulates sales to make sure there isn’t a parking shortage, Baker said. “I don’t look strictly at the number of spaces we have,” Baker said. “I look at what the utilization of those spaces are. The worst thing you can do is walk past a space and wonder why you can’t buy a permit for that space.” Michelle Hodge, a Span- ish and UTeach junior, said as long as she arrives early she has plenty of spots to choose from in the C lots, where she parks Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. She said she would automatically go to the Long- horn Lots if the C lots were regularly full when she arrives, although she sees many people who don’t do this. “I think a lot of people don’t want to go to the Longhorn Lots because of having to take the shuttle or make the long walk over to campus,” Hodge said. “I think a lot of people, if there is not parking in the C parking, will opt for street parking or drive around for- ever waiting for someone to come to their car and leave.” The more parking passes PTS sells, the lower prices are, Baker said. The entity is self-funded from the revenue it generates selling passes and issuing citations. Each year it estimates its expenses and prices parking fees just high enough to break even, Baker said. In the 2010-2011 fis- cal year, the organization’s total revenue was almost $16.9 million. Garage park- ing revenue accounted for $9,763,119. Students, faculty and staff purchased 9,163 regular permits to park cars in garages during normal op- erating hours of the Univer- sity. The University has 8,159 garage parking places avail- able in its nine garages. Surface parking accounted for $3,628,466 in total rev- enue during the same year. Students, faculty and staff purchased 13,139 permits that granted them daytime access to University regular car park- ing spaces. UT has 7,716 sur- face parking spaces. Many permits are already priced in the hundreds of dollars. The least expensive day- time car permit for students is the C permit, costing $110 per academic year. It was the most popular permit in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. PTS sold 5,361 C permits that year. The R permit, which allows stu- dents who live on campus to park in garages, costs $743 per year. In the same year, 1,739 students purchased R permits. The least expensive day- time regular faculty/staff per- mit was the $138 A permit. PTS sold 4,555 A permits in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The most expensive daytime permit was the F surface lot permit, which cost $464 per year. Faculty and staffed pur- chased 1,780 F surface lot permits during the year. Administrators and op- erators of the University paid the highest for parking in the fiscal year at $775. Deans and athletics staff also paid $775 for F99 and F21 permits. These highest-priced permits were purchased by 191 staff. Currently 30 percent of student fees, or $55 per stu- dent each academic year, goes to PTS to pay for faculty and student ridership on UT shuttle buses, according to the department’s documents. With 7.5 million student, faculty and staff boardings annually, Baker said free Capital Metro service cost the department more than $6,160,000 last year. The shuttle, carpool, bicy- cling and other methods of transporting people to cam- pus are critical to maintaining the transportation situation at UT, Baker said. Because other buildings surround the UT campus and limit places to build new facilities, parking lots are prime targets for de- molition. Baker said every new building constructed in recent years except the Almetris Du- ren Residence Hall has been built on a former parking lot. “Every time we lose spaces to construction, I’ve got to con- vince more people to take Cap Metro,” Baker said. “I’ve got to convince more people that rid- ing on their bike is a good idea. I’ve got to convince more peo- ple to join the carpool.” Currently 35 percent of students come to campus in a single-occupancy vehicle, and in Austin, 75 percent of people who answered the latest census said they commute via single- occupancy vehicle, Baker said. Building garages to ac- commodate more parking is not a viable option because it is cost-prohibitive, Baker said. Prices to construct a garage on the UT campus can be as much as $25,000 to $30,000 per space, she said. “Building a garage is expen- sive,” Baker said. “I don’t want that to be the first thing people think of. If I build a garage, I have to pay for it.” The San Jacinto Garage, opened in 1986, is the only garage of nine on campus for which PTS has fully paid back the loan, Baker said. The University is going to open a 525-space garage in the area Players restaurant and other non-campus buildings cur- rently occupy. The garage will have 525 spaces, and PTS does not yet know how much it will cost. In 2010-2011, debt service accounted for $6,358,098 of the total $8,199,046 in op- erating expenses for PTS. It also had $542,154 in capi- tal expenses, which pays for maintenance on vehicles, buildings and equipment. Salary and wage expense for the year totaled $5,810,160. “I think there’s this big mis- conception of enforcement hiding behind the bushes, just waiting until you leave to jump out and start writing a ticket,” Baker said. “That’s not what we do. We’re protecting the space you paid for.” Baker encourages students to appeal tickets. She said she reads every citation is- sued, whether or not the re- cipient appeals. Sometimes appellants not only have a valid excuse but also pro- vide information on how to improve parking. “Through the appeal pro- cess I make changes to signs so they are worded more clearly,” Baker said. “I find out there are signs covered by branches. I find out the paint on the ground is getting fad- ed. Through this process I get to make changes that benefit everybody in the long run.” Baker also said it’s im- portant to give PTS feed- back to improve the campus transit system. PTS changed the flow of traffic in lot 80, next to Dar- rell K Royal-Memorial Stadi- um, because of a user sugges- tion, Baker said. PTS often adds motorcycle parking in places users suggest, Baker said. PTS will do everything it can to make the parking situation better, Baker said. Whether people view PTS as the villain or not, the department has the monu- mental task of making sure everyone is able to make it to campus each day. The current situation is far from ideal, but it’s something UT and PTS have to manage, Baker said. This article was originally published on Oct. 26, 2012 as: Without space to expand, concerns will continue. By Megan StricklandUT utilizes all available spaces for parkingTyler Barron | Daily Texan file photoOnly 15,875 parking spaces serve the 75,000 students, faculty and staff who make up the UT community. NEWS 15Monday, May 6, 201315NEWSThe University removed temporary smoking locations in March to become a fully tobacco-free campus but continued to enforce the pol- icy without fining violators. Starting March 1, smok- ing tobacco was no longer allowed at the 15 temporary locations, including two at the Pickle Research Center. University spokeswoman Adrienne Howarth-Moore said the tobacco-free policy applies to UT property and ar- eas under the University’s con- trol. She said the University will monitor areas on campus where tobacco use is reported. “Although there is not currently a fines structure in place, if someone repeatedly is advised to not use tobacco products and they continue to use those products, that is a violation of campus policy,” Howarth-Moore said. “It will be treated like any other vio- lation of policy.” Current violations of cam- pus policy are dealt with by various organizations. For example, students who breach University policy must deal with it through Student Judicial Services at the Dean of Students. In February 2012, the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, or CPRIT, required the University to make all facilities tobacco- free by March of that year to continue to receive research funding. The University al- lowed select temporary smok- ing areas on its facilities for one year, as well as allowing smok- ing for academic research. According to the Univer- sity Health Services’ college health assessment survey, 2.7 percent of UT students re- ported smoking at least one cigarette every day of the month. The American Cancer Association reports that 19 percent of the United States adult population smokes. Psychology junior Ticiane Silva said she smokes about 10 cigarettes a day, often near Littlefield Patio Cafe, and did not plan on quitting because of the campus-wide ban. She said students who regularly meet there would likely just walk to neighboring streets to smoke between classes. “Last semester this area was pretty famous. We call it ‘The Lounge,’” Silva said. “We’ll just go to Dean Keeton now.” University Health Services offered a mobile app and informative classes to help smokers who want to quit make the transition easier. Resources to help individu- als minimize tobacco use in- creased through the semester. Howarth-Moore said al- though CPRIT’s require- ment allowed the Univer- sity to implement the policy quickly, UT had been con- cerned with minimizing tobacco use. “Because of the CPRIT re- quirement, what could’ve tak- en three to five years to accom- plish, we had to accomplish it in months,” she said. “Looking at the future, we’re going to be a healthier institution.” This article was originally published on Jan. 25, 2013 as: Campus to phase out tempo- rary smoking areas. UT bans on-campus smoking to maintain research fundingBy Christine AyalaShelby TauberDaily Texan file photoBiology senior Muhammad Alsaedi smokes a cigarette at the Littlefield tempo- rary smoking area Jan. 24th. Starting March 1, smoking tobacco was no longer allowed at the 15 temporary locations to make the University fully tobacco-free. 16 NEWS16Monday, May 6, 2013NEWSMIDLAND — For many years, the landscape in West was mostly uniform with dusty lots and artifacts of operating machinery left behind from a previous oil boom in the area. A gen- eration removed from that boom, new oil rigs line road- ways in the Permian Basin, where increased produc- tion will help the UT System bring in close to $1 billion in oil and gas revenue this year. With a technologically driven oil-production boom, Midland’s landscape is trans- forming as the city works to build an infrastructure to support thousands of new residents while reaping the economic benefits associated with increased production. The UT System is also ben- efiting from the economic boom, and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down as dozens of companies have showed renewed interest in chasing the oil reserves on the 1.4 million acres the Sys- tem has in the region. Last October marked the first time land managed by the UT System produced more than 3 million barrels of oil since 1972 at the peak of the last oil production boom in the Permian Basin, said Jim Benson, executive director of University Lands. University Lands, which has a Midland-based office, is responsible for managing the System’s 2.1 million acres that make up the Permanent University Fund. The surge in production is part of a massive oil boom under the Wolfcamp Shale formation accessible through drilling technologies and techniques — horizontal drilling and hydraulic frac- turing — that were not com- monly used during the last boom in the area. “This kind of changed ev- erybody’s mindsets to, ‘Now, we can go produce these source rocks or unconvention- al plays,’” Benson said. “That is what’s happening in the resur- rection of the Permian Basin.” With 50 oil and gas rigs actively drilling, 25-50 wells being assembled and 500 more permits waiting to be built on its land, Benson said University Lands still stands to increase its profits in the next two years as oil and gas companies leasing on the System’s land in the Permian Basin move into full manu- facturing mode by 2015. “Even though there’s not a lot of manufacturing, there is a lot of capital expense, and our revenues are increasing in terms of the royalty rate,” Benson said. “Two years down the road, provided oil and gas prices stay as they are, we’ll make more than we did in the previous years.” The Texas Railroad Com- mission defines the Perm- ian Basin as an oil and gas producing area in West Texas 250 by 300 miles in area. Benson said he expects University Lands to receive $850 million in royalties from production on leased land on top of the $112 million the System received in lease sale profits in the last fiscal year. In the last five years, the number of drilling per- mits approved by the Rail- road Commission in the Permian Basin has almost doubled, increasing from 4,703 in 2007 to 9,3335 in 2012, according to Railroad Commission figures. Oil and gas lease sales first skyrocketed during the Sep- tember 2010 sale as the boom took off with total profits in- creasing during the following two sales, including a record high sale in September 2011 that brought in more than $310 million in profits. The University of Texas In- vestment Management Com- pany invests the sale profits and royalties and returns on investment make up the Available University Fund, which benefits the UT and Texas A&M systems. Last year, $205 million of UT- Austin’s $2.34 billion 2012- 2013 operating budget came from the fund. Profits from subsequent sales decreased substantially because fewer acres were available to be leased as com- panies jumped to lease in 2010 and 2011 when the boom picked up, Benson said. The most recent sale made only $70 million with about 16 percent of the acreage up for lease during the Septem- ber 2011 sale. Overall production in the basin totaled 312 million barrels of oil just last year, according to Railroad Com- mission figures. Production on University Lands, which fall mostly in the Permian Basin, reached 32 million barrels of oil in 2012 alone. DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGESIn a city where pump jacks are as common in backyards as swing sets, millions of gal- lons of water are being used per well for fracking. Despite a long-standing drought in the area, most locals’ con- cerns revolve around in- creased traffic and the fast- er-paced lifestyle that has resulted from the oil-driven migration to Midland. In 2005, the city’s popula- tion stood at about 99,000, according to city estimates. According to the U.S. Cen- sus estimates, the popula- tion stood at about 114,000 in 2011. Some locals complain about the lack of supplies in grocery stores. A trip to the local Wal-Mart proves that multiple aisles have com- pletely empty sections, in- cluding bottled water, raw chicken, sports drinks and toilet paper. Others com- plain about increased traffic in the area as travel time in- creases and major streets and roadways become a caravan of large oil transportation trucks and Super Duty Ford trucks emblazoned with oil and gas company logos. Midland Mayor Wes Perry said the technology behind the current oil boom is es- sential to development in the area because it has boosted sales tax revenue, which the city is using for one-time capital projects after seeing increases in sales taxes. “At this particular time, it’s not the typical situation like we had it in the past be- cause it is driven by technol- ogy, not so much the price of oil,” Perry said. “When the price of oil drops, things will slow down, but it’s not going to be like it used to be where it was a boom and then a big bust cycle.” Midland is currently un- dergoing various develop- ment projects to improve infrastructure, including highway widening projects and waterline extensions to industrial areas. The increase of oil work- ers in the area has also trans- formed the city’s skyline with the construction of dozens of new hotels, which bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for the city. Perry said private sector developers are taking advan- tage of the financial oppor- tunity in the housing market, which has faced increased levels in demand. Available and upcoming housing in Midland is projected at 5,300 available units, including 2,079 apartments and 1,301 hotel rooms, according to city housing documents. EMPLOYMENTThe boom has also resulted in the lowest unemployment levels in the state as new drill- ing corporations have set up shop offering thousands of new jobs for locals and field workers who have moved into the area. In February, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.2 percent for the Midland metropolitan area — the lowest rate in the state and one of the lowest in the nation — accord- ing to a monthly report by the Texas Workforce Commission. The state unemployment rate, which has increased slightly this year, is 6.5 percent. Adam Chavez, field co- ordinator for EagleOne, an independent transporta- tion company that does oil field transportation, said he moved to Midland from Plainview in 2011 because of the work opportunities in the area. Midland became the fast- est-growing metropolitan area in the nation last year with a population increase of 4.6 percent, and Midland County was ranked as the 10th-fastest growing county, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This article was origi- nally published on April 12, 2013 as: Oil industry brings employment, growth, small business challengesZachary Strain | Daily Texan file photoMarc McPeters is a Midland resident with a pump jack on her property. Oil boom brings struggles, successes to WestTexasBy Alexa Ura NEWS 17Nowis thetime. image: christy batta, m.f.a., graphic design, 2011, severna park, marylandSCAD_4.92”(3C) X 10.5”_The University of Texas at Austin_5_3&6Begin your creativecareer today. the Savannah college of art and design is the premier provider of higher education in creative fields, conferring bachelor’s and master’s degrees at distinct locations and online to prepare talented students for professional careers. scad.edu/applyMonday, May 6, 201317NEWSBill Gates touted UT’s po- sition as one of the top com- puter science institutions in the world during festivities for the grand opening of the University’s brand new com- puter science complex, which the Microsoft co-founder and chairman helped fund. The Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex became a new home for the computer science depart- ment. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated a $30 million challenge grant to help fund the $120 million complex. The complex also includes the Dell Computer Science Hall, which was funded by a $10 million do- nation from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Before the building’s ribbon- cutting ceremony, Gates said the diversity in the computer science field is a driving force in making UT a top-notch computer science school. “This University is one of the best in the world because it combines many things,” Gates said in his speech. “It combines scale; it combines a spirit of public service. So not only is it a top-ranked computer science institution, but also is one of the best or the very best at reaching out to get kids into the field.” President William Pow- ers Jr. said the new complex represented a step forward both for UT and for science as a whole. “The history of civiliza- tion can be written in a series of advances in the tools that humans use,” Powers said in his speech at the ceremony. “Computation, of course, is the latest step in that long his- tory. Today’s dedication of this magnificent complex is a very significant step in the life of the University of Texas and in the realm of computer science.” Gates gave a closed lecture to computer science students, where he spoke about his ex- periences starting Microsoft and the possibilities for com- puter science to aid in such endeavors as curing malaria. Gates said the new computer science complex is much more sophisticated than what he experienced while learning computer science growing up. “When I was fascinated by computers, they were very big, very expensive and very hard to get to,” Gates said. “My lo- cal university, the University of Washington, only had a few dozen, and they were locked up because they were so pre- cious, and so I had to find ways to sneak in at night, get tied into some project [and] convince people I could help improve these computers just to get a little computer time.” The computer science department hosted >goto_ GDC, the title of which is a play on the “goto” command found in several program- ming languages. The event included tours of the new complex, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the closed lecture by Gates and a party that featured games and free bar- becue as well as ice cream Amy’s Ice Creams. This article was originally published on March 7, 2013 as: Gates visits campus. Debby Garcia | Daily Texan file photoBill Gates speaks to computer science students and various special guests at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall. Gates commemorates new buildingBy Hannah Jane DeCiutiisBy 1819MULTIMEDIA(TOP) A masked Romney and masked Obama were seen roaming the campus on Election Day, boxing and fighting with nunchucks and light sabers. Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan file photo(BOTTOM) Walk to West Campus protestors appeared on the corner of 26th and Rio Grande streets on Oct. 2, 2012 to voice their frustrations after incidents of racial bias were reported in the area. Shelby Tauber | Daily Texan file photo(TOP) People enjoy the festival of colors “Holi” at the South Mall on March 24. The event was organized by the the Hindu Students Association to celebrate the Indian holiday. Shweta Gulati | Daily Texan file photo(BOTTOM) Project director Lucy Kerr demonstrates choreography to Jamie Schanbaum on March 2 in preparation for “The Way You Move Your Body” performance as part of the Cohen New Works Festival. Sam Ortega | Daily Texan file photo( 20 ADS$3 OFF ANY LARGE PIZZAbring in this couponacebook.com/miltospizzapub@miltosaustin2909 Guadalupe Austin, Tx 78705Family Owned and Operated Since 1977www.miltospizza.comFREE DELIVERYWINNER“BEST ITALIAN” IN UTMOSTlocated across from Buffalo Exchange The UT community paid tribute to legendary football coach Darrell K Royal, who died from complications of cardiovascular disease early on the morning of Nov. 7, 2012 at an assisted living fa- cility in Austin. Royal was 88. Visitors began gathering at Royal’s statue around noon, laying bouquets of flowers. The southeast gates to the stadium near the statue re- mained open until 11 p.m. Nov. 8. To further remem- ber Royal, the Tower was lit burnt orange on the night of Nov. 7. Royal is survived by his wife, Edith, and son, Mack. His two children, Marian and David, preceded him in death. A memorial service was held at noon Nov. 13 at the Frank Erwin Center, and was open to the public. Roy- al’s burial was private. “Today is a very sad day,” head football coach Mack Brown said in a statement. “I lost a wonderful friend, a mentor, a confidant and my hero. College football lost maybe its best ever and the world lost a great man. I can hardly put in words how much Coach Royal means SPORTS 21 WINES · SPIRITS · FINER FOODSTEXAS SUPERSTORESMCHEERS TO SAVINGS!® LOCATIONS ALL ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS(512) 366-8260 • specsonline.com Shop Spec’s for excellent prices on Texas’ largest selection of world-class wines, exotic spirits, and hard-to-find beers. It’s your on the way, less to pay for everyday store! EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE SYNDROME.Savings LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Longhorns looked like champions as they defeat- ed No. 5 Oregon in three straight sets December 15, 2012 at the KFC YUM! Center (25-11, 26-24, 25- 19). The Longhorns were crowned the 2012 NCAA Division I National Champi- ons with the victory over the Ducks. This was the second NCAA national title for the Longhorns, the first coming in 1988. “This has been a long time coming. And I’m so happy for the University of Texas,” said Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott. “But to see these girls’ faces … We’re just so excited and proud of these ladies.” The Longhorns finished their season 29-4 with a Big 12 conference record of 15-1. As a team, the Longhorns hit .428 in three sets and turned in 43 kills with only four errors. The .428 hit- ting percentage was a record for three-set matches in the NCAA finals. In addition, Texas hit a combined .360 against both Michigan and Oregon, another NCAA re- cord, with 108 kills and only Christian Corona, Sports Editor 21Monday, May 6, 2013Volleyball wins NCAA titleMarisa Vasquez | Daily Texan file photoFormer band director Vincent R. Dinino leads the Longhorn band in “The Eyes of Texas” and concludes the memorial service for Darrell K Royal at the Frank Erwin Center on Tuesday afternoon. Garry Jones | Associated PressSarah Palmer and her teammates hoist up the national championship trophy after sweeping Oregon in the finals. The Longhorns finished their 2012 season with a 29-4 overall record. UT remembers Royal following his passingBy Christian CoronaBy Sara Beth PurdyNCAA continues on page 25DKR continues on page 22 Unacceptable. Inept. Dis- appointing. These were some of the words the Longhorns used to describe their performance in a 63-21 loss to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry on October 13, 2012. But there might not be an adequate way to explain exactly what happened at the Cotton Bowl that weekend. The same Longhorns that were undefeated a little more than two weeks before were then out of the conference championship picture and wondering how a team sup- posedly destined to restore the Texas football program back to the powerhouse it should be was struggling to stay above .500 in Big 12 play after one of the worst losses of the Mack Brown era. A quarterback who con- nected on 77.5 percent of his passes before this game was hesitant, inefficient and injured by the end of the afternoon. David Ash’s left wrist was bruised, swollen and possibly broken after it was sandwiched between his chest and Oklahoma defen- sive lineman Chuka Ndulue. Case McCoy threw a pair of fourth-quarter touch- downs against the Sooners’ second-team defense and had a good chance to start against the team he made his last start against, Baylor. But at the time the Longhorns’ best option was to take a step back with- out Ash, last seen pointing to the sky as he trotted into the locker room Saturday. “We’re all feeling really sick right now,” said Jaxon Shipley, who made one catch for three yards, both career worsts. “There are two ways you can go about this. You can let it beat you down for the next couple of weeks, or you can bounce back and come together.” The Longhorns offensive line had paved the way for it to run for 209.4 yards per game in its first five contests. But the Texas tailbacks had no room to run on a mediocre Oklaho- ma defense as the team ran for just 74 yards and Joe Bergeron was mobbed in the end zone during the second quarter for a safety that gave the Sooners a 29-2 lead. Unacceptable. After allowing the small- est number of passing and rushing yards per game in the conference a year ago, the Texas defense was on pace to go down as one of the worst in program history. Second-year defensive co- ordinator Manny Diaz was working with a unit that is one of the worst at tackling in the country, as evidenced by a 95-yard touchdown run by Damian Williams — the lon- gest in the rivalry’s history — and four short touchdown runs by Blake Bell. Inept. The Longhorns even al- lowed a 6-foot-2, 256-pound fullback in Trey Millard to rack up 119 yards receiv- ing — more than he had in his previous 10 games com- bined. Disappointing. “I’m disappointed for our coaches, fans and players,” head coach Mack Brown said. “That’s not who we are ... We just have to make sure that we don’t forget this, learn from it, move forward and try to win next week. We can’t sit around and feel sorry for ourselves. We’re sitting in the same spot we were this time last year.” That’s a troubling sentiment for a squad that lost five games last season and seven the year before. The rebuilding process was supposed to be over. Tex- as’ roster was still filled with former blue-chip prospects on the brink of turning in another underachieving season. This article was originally published Oct. 14, 2012 as: Orange Crushed: Catastroph- ic Cotton Bowl defeat exposes many far-reaching flaws22 SPORTS22Monday, May 6, 2013SPORTSto me and all that he has done for me and my family. I wouldn’t even be at Texas without Coach.” Royal came to Texas in December of 1956 at age 32 and immediately began to turn around what was a downtrodden football team. In his first season, Royal led the Longhorns to a No. 11 national ranking and a berth in the Sugar Bowl. The rest of his coaching career (1956- 76) at Texas brought much of the same, with the Longhorns going 167-47-5 with Royal as head coach, including three national championships and 11 Southwest Confer- ence titles. Royal, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, remains the all- time winningest coach in program history. “He built the foundation we’re working off of today,” athletic director DeLoss Dodds said in a press con- ference. “He absolutely got us started in the right direc- tion. He took a program that was struggling and took it to new heights. He gave us confidence to help build and brand the University. This is a tough time for all of us.” Royal was responsible for the integration of the football team, which had its first Afri- can-American member, Julius Whittier, in 1970. Integration had already been mandated at that point, but many of Roy- al’s bosses thought the foot- ball field should be a place without color. “He took a lot of criticism that Texas wasn’t integrated by then, but that wasn’t his call,” Bill Little, a close friend and special assistant to foot- ball coach for communica- tions, said. Whittier told The Daily Texan in 2010 that he “owed everything” to Royal. Born in Hollis, Okla., on July 6, 1924, Royal grew up a child of the Great Depres- sion and the Dust Bowl. He starred at quarterback, de- fensive back and punter at the University of Oklahoma, where he still holds the career record for interceptions. After three consecutive four-loss seasons, Royal hired Emory Bellard in 1968 to be his offensive coordina- tor. Together, they invented the wishbone formation — an offensive alignment that put the quarterback under center, a fullback directly be- hind him and two running backs lined up, offset, behind the fullback. The formation, perfected by quarterback James Street, helped Texas win two more national titles under Royal, the next coming in 1969. In the top-ranked Longhorns’ regular season finale that year against No. 2 Arkan- sas — dubbed “The Game of the Century” — they faced a 14-0 deficit after three quarters. Street engineered a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown drives that gave Texas a 15- 14 victory, leading President Richard Nixon to proclaim the Longhorns the best col- lege football team in the country in the locker room after the game. Beloved for his folksy quips, Royal believed that “only three things can happen when you throw the football and two of them are bad,” that you “should dance with the one who brung ya” and once called an oppos- ing quarterback “as quick as a hiccup.” Dodds saw Royal before Texas’ game against Wyo- ming on Sept. 1, when Royal and his wife were honor- ary captains for the pre- game coin toss. A victim of Alzheimer’s disease, Royal had to be helped to midfield. “I watched that and knew that’d be the last time he’d be at [the stadium],” Dodds said. The Darrell K Royal Re- search Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease was launched in Feb- ruary to “expand the para- digms of care and access for Texans enabling exposure to preventative and treatment strategies aimed at combat- ting the epidemic.” UT President William Powers Jr. is hopeful the new medical school will ad- equately serve those with Al- zheimer’s disease. This article was originally published Nov. 7, 2012 as” A Royal Legacy: Legendary coach, admired leader Darrel K Royal dead at age 88Longhorns suffer brutal loss against OklahomaBy Christian CoronaAndrew Torrey | Daily Texan StaffLandry Jones celebrates his third straight win over Texas. The Sooners held the Texas offense score- less for three quarters in the 63-21 win. DKRcontinues from page 21 SAN ANTONIO – Alex Okafor stood atop the win- ner’s platform on the 50- yard line of the Alamodome, and his smile said it all. As hundreds of colored bal- loons streamed from above and Texas players jumped around in childlike euphoria, Okafor’s toothy grin showed just how much the Longhorns’ 31-27 Alamo Bowl win over Oregon State meant. The comeback victory was only Texas’ ninth of the year, but it signified much more. It wasn’t a leap back to prominence but it was a huge stride in the right direction. The Beavers dominated the first half, holding the Long- horns to just 59 yards, exclud- ing a 64-yard touchdown run by Marquise Goodwin. However, something sparked in the second half. Well really, it was three things: Okafor, Goodwin and David Ash. Ash, the sophomore quar- terback, struggled early. He looked out of sorts, under- throwing passes, but he found his rhythm in the third quar- ter. Ash, who had only run for 119 yards and one touchdown all season, began to scramble in the third quarter, and it paid off. After a Quandre Diggs in- terception, Ash marched the Longhorns downfield and capped a touchdown drive off with an 11-yard run, giv- ing them momentum and putting them within three points of the Beavers. “When you’re struggling you have to wait for the play that sparks,” Ash said. “And in this game we started getting them.” The Longhorns comeback never truly materialized un- til another bit of magic by Ash, this time with his legs and his arm. With eight minutes re- maining in the fourth quar- ter, Texas trailed by 10 again. The Longhorns got into the Beavers’ red zone, but things went amiss on third down. As his pass protection broke down, Ash scrambled to keep the play alive. It was in that con- trolled chaos that Ash slipped out of a would-be tackle and rolled to his left, lofting a pass across his body to a streaking Johnathan Gray in the end zone, where it landed softly in his hands. “I think at that point you just start reacting,” Ash said. “It’s not really designed that way, just kind of happens that way.” Ash’s instincts propelled the Longhorns. But it was the defense, especially the pass rush, that kept the Longhorns afloat during the scoring lulls. Texas exploited a weakness in the Beavers’ pass protection spotted by defensive coordi- nator Manny Diaz to the tune of an eye-popping 10 sacks. Cody Vaz, who had only thrown one interception all season, was picked off twice in the loss. Okafor lived in the back- field, recording an Alamo Bowl record 4.5 sacks as he broke through Oregon State’s offensive line time after time. “I just kind of got in the zone,” Okafor said. Okafor’s pass rushing ability sealed the game, but a connection between Ash and Goodwin won it. With less than three min- utes remaining and Texas down by three, Goodwin, an Olympian with elite speed, broke off a double move that left him nothing but open space and the end zone in front of him. “It was a setup all game,” Goodwin said. “They bit on the double move and I escaped him, Ash threw a great ball, and touchdown.” This article was originally published Dec. 29, 2012 as: Longhorns defeat Oregon State in Alamo Bowl, 31-27SPORTS 23Monday, May 6, 201323SPORTSNo charges were filed against junior quarterback Case McCoy or junior line- backer Jordan Hicks, who were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in San Antonio on Dec. 28, 2012, Catherine Bab- bitt, Bexar County chief assis- tant criminal district attorney, told The Daily Texan. “Where it stands now, the San Antonio Police Depart- ment is not going to file a criminal case with our of- fice, nor is my office going to conduct any additional in- vestigation,” Babbit told the Texan on Tuesday. Hicks and McCoy were suspended and sent home one day before Texas beat Oregon State in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29 for an undis- closed violation of team rules and reinstated to the team Jan. 13. Hicks’ attorney, Perry Minton, released a statement that day saying the “investiga- tion is closed,” but SAPD said its Special Victims Unit was “still reviewing the case.” “Obviously when you break team rules there’s a certain amount of trust that has been broken, and that will be addressed with fur- ther discipline,” Brown said in a statement. “That disci- pline will be handled within the team.” McCoy and Hicks were sub- jects of a San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) investi- gation after being accused of sexual assault last December. According to a police report obtained by The Daily Texan, San Antonio police received a report of an alleged rape on Dec. 28 and were reportedly dispatched to a downtown ho- tel at 2:49 a.m., one near where the Longhorns football team was staying. —Christian CoronaThis article was originally published Jan. 22, 2013 as: Bexar County DA office says no office says no charges will be filed against Case McCoy, Jordan HicksBackup QB Connor Brewer arrested for public intoxicationBackup quarterback Con- nor Brewer was arrested early Saturday morning for public intoxication. Sgt. Robert Weyand con- firmed Feb. 3 that UTPD arrested a Texas football player for public intoxica- tion. Weyand said the arrest took place outside of Jester Center and that the player was taken to the Travis County Jail. “We’re aware of Con- nor’s situation and are dis- appointed anytime one of our players is accused of wrongdoing,” Brown said in a statement. “We’ve talked with his family and will con- tinue to monitor the situa- tion … We’ve always prided ourselves in our program’s family atmosphere, and this will be handled within our family.” According to county re- cords, Brewer was booked at 2:49 a.m. Feb. 2. Three offenses were listed: pub- lic intoxication, minor in possession of alcohol and carrying a fake driver’s li- cense, although no charges were filed for the minor in possession offense. —Christian Corona and Sarah WhiteThis article was originally published Feb. 4, 2013. Cayleb Jones suspended after aggravated assaultRising sophomore wide re- ceiver Cayleb Jones was sus- pended after being charged with aggravated assault. HornsNation reported that Jones was charged with assaulting Joey Swaysland, a sophomore tennis player at Texas, and fracturing his jaw at a bar downtown on Feb. 22 at 1:50 a.m. Jones and volleyball player Khat Bell had dated but the rela- tionship apparently did not end well, and Bell, accord- ing to court documents, said Jones became angry and jealous when she began talking to Swaysland. In Texas, someone con- victed of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, can serve a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. “We are aware of Cayleb’s situation and disappointed any time one of our players is accused of wrongdoing,” head coach Mack Brown said in a statement released March 12. —Christian CoronaThis article was originally published March 12, 2013. Kendall Sanders arrested, charged with DWITexas sophomore wide receiver Kendall Sanders was arrested and charged for DWI on the morn- ing of April 6 in Brazos County and released on $3,000 bond. He was confined at 5:10 a.m. and released at 7:43 a.m., according to his police report. “We’re aware of Kend- all’s situation, have talked with him and his family, and are disappointed any time one of our players is accused of wrongdoing. We take a strong stance against drinking and driv- ing and will continue to monitor this situation to get more details. Follow- ing the completion of the legal process, we will do what’s best for the Uni- versity, Kendall and the team. One thing we have great pride in about our program is our family at- mosphere and there also will be discipline handled within our family.” —Christian CoronaThis article was originally published April 6, 2013. UT football wins Alamo BowlBy Chris HummerLawrence PeartDaily Texan file photoAlex Okafor earned defensive MVP honors in the 2012 Alamo Bowl after post- ing a record 4.5 sacks. The Longhorns celebrated a 31-24 victory over Oregon State. Charges not filed against UT players Both of Texas’ swimming and diving teams took home the team Big 12 champion- ship March 2 after four days of competition. It was the men’s 17th Big 12 title and the women’s 11th. The men extended their dominance, earning their 34th consecutive confer- ence crown under head coach Eddie Reese. This was the women’s first title with first-year head coach Carol Capitani. Texas took first in every event except one and was able to put itself in good position for the upcoming NCAA Championships later this month. The ninth-ranked women crushed the competition on the last day, pulling 475 points ahead of second- place West Virginia, who scored 576 points. TCU rounded out the top three with 574 points. —Brittany Lamas and Rachel WenzlaffThis article was originally published March 3, 2013 as: Horns capture Big 12 titles Horns capture first Big 12 title since 2004Despite shooting an 8-over-par 288 in the final round, the Longhorns won their first Big 12 Champion- ship since 2004 on April 24. “Anytime a golf tourna- ment says ‘championship,’ it’s a big deal,” head coach John Fields said. “And the Big 12 Championship, for the University of Texas and our athletic department is a very big deal. We don’t take it lightly.” The Longhorns came into the final day of com- petition with only a six- shot lead over Oklahoma State. But the Cowboys had troubles of their own, shooting a 6-over-286 in the final round. The Big 12 championship was Texas’ first since 2004, which was the end of three straight conference cham- pionships. In those seasons, however, the Longhorns finished no higher than tied for third in the NCAA Championship. Despite winning the national cham- pionship last season, Texas finished in second the Big 12 Championship behind Texas A&M. —Jacob MartellaThis article was originally published April 24, 2013 as: Texas wins Big 12 title, Stone best individualBig 12 Track and Field Championship comes home No. 8 Texas captured the men’s Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship on the weekend of Feb. 23- 24 in Ames, Iowa. This title was the sixth indoor title in Longhorns’ history and came on the back of strong victo- ries by two seniors — Keiron Stewart and Hayden Baillio — and a brilliant campaign from freshman heptathlete Johannes Hock. “I’m really proud of the guys,” head coach Bubba Thornton said. “What a great team effort. We scored in every event but three, and every guy on the team scored a point.” The Texas team cap- tured the title with a strong 135-point total for the week- end, beating out second place Oklahoma who to- taled 108.50 points. Stewart captured his second Big 12 title in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.72. Baillio won the shot put and his first Big 12 title with a toss of 64 feet, 5 inches — the sec- ond best toss in his career. —Louis San MiguelThis article was originally published Feb. 25, 2013 as: Longhorns return with Big 12 titleLonghorns claim second Big 12 crownTexas powered past host Oklahoma State and narrow- ly slipped past Texas Tech before claiming a second straight conference title. Freshman Lana Groen- vynck provided the biggest spark for the Longhorns in the tournament to keep their title hopes alive. In the semifinals, the Longhorns and Texas Tech were tied at three before Groenvynck went to a third set against Caroline Starck, and led 6-5 with the decid- ing game at deuce. She dou- ble-faulted twice on the first two match points. With the advantage for the third time, she faulted her first serve, but delivered an underhand serve on the next that was not returned to win the match, putting the Longhorns in the championship. “That was the best un- derhand serve I think I’ve ever seen,” head coach Patty Fendick-McCain said. “It’s tough as a freshman. Lana began in January and that’s a lot for her to carry on her shoulder.” —Chris CaraveoThis article was originally published April 28, 2013 as: Longhorns claim second con- secutive Big 12 crownHOUSTON — To keep their season alive, the Long- horns had their work cut out for them from the onset of their March 20 game. In the end, Houston proved to be too much for Texas, winning 73-72 to knock the Long- horns out of the CBI. “It’s a disappointment,” head coach Rick Barnes said. “You are what you are and we ended up being 16-18.” Down one point with five seconds remaining in the game, Texas had a chance to take the lead but Julien Lewis was unable to connect on a jumper in the lane to give Texas the edge. Lewis scored a career-high 25 points but the Longhorns could not keep the Cougars from making big shots down the stretch. Already down one schol- arship player after sopho- more forward Jaylen Bond announced he would transfer on March 18, Texas lost an- other player when Cameron Ridley exited the game with an upper respiratory infec- tion just five minutes into the game against the Cougars. With two big men out of commission, the job of controlling the post fell to Prince Ibeh, a player not known for his offensive apti- tude. However, Ibeh rose to the challenge and recorded career highs in points, rebounds and blocks. The freshman scored 12 points, pulled down 11 re- bounds and blocked five shots. “I knew I had to step up when Cameron went out,” Ibeh said. “I guess we as- sumed we were going to win and that it was just going to happen. We can’t assume that. We’ve got to make that happen. That’s what we’ve got to learn.” Ibeh presented a challenge for the smaller Houston post players, and worked his way to the free throw line several times by clearing out space on the block and forcing the Cougars to contest any shot he took. His free throw shoot- ing was less than stellar as he went 4-for-8 from the line, but with each successive trip to the line, Ibeh forced the Cougars deeper into foul trouble. Texas attempted just six free throws in the first half, but ended the game with 18 attempts, mak- ing 14 of those shots. This article was originally published Mar. 20, 2013 as: Texas’ season ends with loss to Houston in CBI24 SPORTS24Monday, May 6, 2013SPORTSTexas loses to Houston, eliminated from CBIElisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan file photoFreshman Demarcus Holland reacts to the March 20 73-72 loss to Houston in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan file photoSeveral members of the Texas men’s swimming and diving team celebrate winning the Big 12 title March 2, the program’s 34th straight conference championship. Texas swimming, diving win bigBy Nick Cremona When it comes to the pos- sibility of Texas facing Texas A&M on the gridiron again, it may not be a matter of if it will happen but when it will happen. Men’s athletics director DeLoss Dodds said he be- lieves the Longhorns and Aggies will eventually renew their rivalry but a period of time to allow animosities to subside would be needed. “I think we’ll play some- time,” Dodds said. “I don’t know when it will happen or how it will happen, but I’m sure it will happen.” In their last meeting, the Longhorns beat the Aggies 27-25 at Kyle Field on Thanks- giving Day in 2011 after Justin Tucker hit a game-winning 40- yard field goal as time expired. That was the 118th and final time the two rivals squared off before Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC. This article was originally published March 18, 2013 as: DeLoss Dodds on chance Tex- as plays Texas A&M: ‘We get to decide when we play again’Dodds confident in Brown’s ability to turn program aroundIt’s been a dry three seasons for the Texas football pro- gram. Three straight losses to Oklahoma, the last two by a combined score of 118-38. No BCS bowl appearances and no conference titles in that time. Good news is in short supply, but the losses (16) are not. The temperature has been turned up on head coach Mack Brown, but men’s ath- letics director DeLoss Dodds remains confident Brown is the one who can turn things around for the Longhorns. “I love stability. I love con- tinuity,” Dodds said in an in- terview with The Daily Texan. “If you have stability, you have continuity and you’ve got good people. It’s a formula that works. I think we’ve got that. If somebody tells me we need to change, I say, ‘Ok, but who should we hire? [Alabama head coach Nick] Saban? Well, Saban isn’t going to come here.’” While Brown has taken the fall for the Longhorns’ recent decline, he was also respon- sible for making Texas one of the country’s top programs during the first 12 years of his tenure. Texas won 128 games from 1998-2009, two confer- ence titles and one national championship, with near misses in 2001 and 2009. “Mack does it so much bet- ter than everyone I’ve ever seen,” Dodds said. “Instant gratification. We want it right now. And if it’s not working, we want to blow it up and get in- stant gratification. In this kind of world, that’s not necessarily the answer.” This article was originally published Feb. 26, 2013 as: Men’s athletics director De- Loss Dodds confident Mack Brown can turn football program aroundTexas considering selling alcohol at gamesMore than 100,000 fans flock to most Longhorns football games but, at least for now, aren’t allowed to have alcohol at Darrell K Royal Texas- Memorial Stadium. That could soon change. UT is considering selling alco- hol at football, basketball and baseball games, according to men’s athletics director De- Loss Dodds. Texas would be- come the third Big 12 school to serve alcohol at football games after Iowa State and West Virginia. “We talk about it con- stantly,” Dodds told The Daily Texan. “If we ever did it, we’d probably start with baseball.” This article was originally published Mar. 6, 2013. SPORTS 25Monday, May 6, 201325SPORTSDeLoss Dodds Men’s athletics directorNCAA continues from page 2119 errors. “They played very, very well,” Oregon head coach Jim Moore said. “Blocked great, passed great, and they deserve it, a well-earned vic- tory for them.” In set one, the Longhorns got out to a fast start. They cruised to an easy 12-4 lead which quickly extended as the Ducks were never able to keep up. The Longhorns posted a powerful offensive attack which was helped along by numerous Oregon errors. Texas picked up the first set easily, 25-11. The Longhorns turned in 11 kills and only one error while posting a .400 hitting clip. The Texas defense pro- duced seven blocks in the first set alone and held the Oregon offense to only nine kills with a staggering 12 er- rors. The Ducks were also held to a -.083 hitting clip in the opening set. The second set was typi- cal for the Longhorns. The Ducks got off to a quick start, maintaining a slight lead throughout the set. A kill by junior Bailey Webster tied the set at 23-23 and a service ace by sophomore Haley Eckerman pushed it to a set point. Oregon tied it up again, before back-to- back kills by Webster, with assists from junior Hannah Allison, ended the set 26-24 in favor of the Longhorns. “We were like, ‘Guys, like we need this win. Act like we’re about to get eliminat- ed. We need this win,’” Web- ster said about bouncing back after a difficult second set. “We literally took it one point at a time. I think that’s what worked for us.” Oregon’s offense was much more productive in the second set, posting a hit- ting clip of .462 with 21 kills and three errors. Texas hit .515 in the second set with 19 kills and two errors. The Texas defense was not as efficient in the second set, only producing one block. With the 2-0 match ad- vantage after the break, the Longhorns were looking to end the match after three sets. Oregon kept the set close with a score of 9-6 in favor of the Longhorns, but Texas extended the lead and pushed it to 23-19. A kill by senior Sha’Dare McNeal brought up the match point at 24-19. A block by Alli- son and sophomore Khat Bell ended the set, and the match, at 25-19. In the third set, the Long- horns hit .387 with 13 kills and one error. The Texas defense turned in seven blocks and held the Oregon offense to a hitting percent- age of .205 with 16 kills and eight errors. The Longhorns turned in a .438 hitting clip for the match, holding Oregon to .202 in three sets. Texas had 43 kills and four errors while Oregon had 46 kills and 23 errors. The Longhorns turned in 15 blocks for the match to Oregon’s one. Webster was named the tournament’s most outstand- ing player. Webster, Allison, Eckerman and McNeal were named to the all-tournament team. Webster had 14 kills in the final match with a hitting clip of .500. Eckerman hit .400 with 12 kills. Freshman Molly McCage had an out- standing night on defense, turning in eight blocks. Texas has the fourth-best winning percentage in his- tory at .724. “All I remember and all I know about this match is that I just felt like we did the whole thing together,” Web- ster said. “I think we really won this because we were such a team out there.” This article was originally published Dec. 15, 2012 as: Horns clinch second titleDodds: UT, A&M rivalry not yet deadBy Christian Corona 26 CLASSCLASSIFIEDSADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the fi rst day of publication, as the publishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. 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Inside, the walls are adorned with maps of Co- lombia and small “facha- das,” miniature facades of colonial house fronts that instantly remind of child- hoods left behind. Such is the enchantment of Casa Colombia, a restau- rant of eponymous genre hidden on East Seventh Street and helmed by man- ager Jazmin Nuñez and chef Emilia Hurtado. Before their partnership the place was originally called “Mi Colombia,” man- aged solely by the current chef, Hurtado, and nearing bankruptcy. Nuñez recalled the times: “[Emilia] had Mi Colom- bia, and she was about to close [permanently]. Then my husband — an American — said we couldn’t lose the only restaurant dedicated to Latin American food.” As friends of Hurtado’s, Nuñez and her husband stepped in, managing the house while Hurtado fo- cused on the kitchen. Nu- ñez’s intention was to partner up for a year only. “Now we have five years with Casa Colombia, and it’s been going very well,” Nuñez said. Casa Colombia evokes deep-seated emotions in the visitor, Latino or not, with its carefully crafted elements of nostalgia. Central to this is the food: a potpourri of South American options that are as close to comfort food as comfort food gets. Hurtado’s touch keeps the platters as typical Latin American home style as she can. Pechuga de Pollo, a chicken filet, grilled and bathed in a smooth lemon butter sauce, served with green beans, fried yucca (a potato-like vegetable) and a white rice pilaf tastes like a recipe that a grandmother could have made but forgot to. Much of the same can be said of the churrasco, a steak served with an olive oil chimichurri sauce, a South American sta- ple. Or for those willing and wishing to go big, there’s the Bandeja Paisa, a meat lover’s delight with beef skirt, chich- arron and egg over white rice, fried plantains, avocado and a thin bread called “are- pa.” For the fish-driven, the ceviche peruano with fried plantain is fresh, limey, avo- cado-y and delicious. For Hurtado, a shy and humble immigrant from Colombia, owning her own restaurant was always a dream. But it was not easy. “I learned [to cook] by ob- serving. I worked as a house- keeper, where I learned a little,” Hurtado said. After arriving in Austin in 1994 and working in lo- cal schools, she started sell- ing tamales and empana- das from home, as well as making meals for her group of friends. Hurta- do’s dream was always to open her own restaurant. Hurtado is quick to correct with humility. “My dream was always — not a restaurant like this … but [just] selling rotisserie chickens and roasted pota- toes. That was my dream,” Hurtado said. She cites her lack of for- mal training as the source for the formidable and homey taste of her food. “I am not a ‘chef.’ I didn’t go to any culinary school to get any training. What I make are home recipes. They’re not every [Colom- bian] recipe, but what I can, I make. I’ve tried to preserve that … to keep the food like that … typical,” Hurtado said. Hurtado’s efforts have paid off, earning her accolades from organizations like Span- ish newspaper El Mundo. Then, Hurtado smiled a slow, building smile with a bright, honest shine in her eyes. “My source of great pride is that people come here from all over. Central Amer- icans, North Americans, Asians … all nationalities,” Hurtado said. “That’s what satisfies me the most … to see that someone of humble origins like myself is mak- ing something that everyone who comes here loves. That brings me great pride and I thank God for it.” This article was originally published on Sept. 24, 2012 as: Chef keeps food close to home. After 25 years as the direc- tor of the Harry Ransom Cen- ter, Thomas Staley will hand over the responsibility of lead- ing the staff and acquiring col- lections to Stephen Enniss. While at the Folger Shake- speare Library in Washington, D.C., Enniss was responsible for the world’s largest Shake- speare collection and the larg- est collection of early English printed books in North Amer- ica. Enniss worked as curator and director of Emory Uni- versity’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library before joining the staff at the Folger. Enniss will start at the Ran- som Center on Aug. 1 and as- sume all responsibilities upon Staley’s retirement on Aug. 31. The Daily Texan interviewed Enniss about his expectations and motivations for his future tenure at the Ransom Center. The Daily Texan: How do you expect your new job as director of the Ransom Center to differ from your current position? Stephen Enniss: Well, I think that the Folger and my previous experience at Emo- ry University have been per- fect preparation for the Ran- som Center’s very broad and deep collections, spanning from the Renaissance to the most contemporary writers and artists. Really, the past experience I’ve had touches on each period of history that the Ransom Center has Casa offers taste of homeBy Jorge CoronaNew director joins HRC, talks with Texan staffBy Kelsey McKinneyJorge Corona | Daily Texan file photo(From left to right) The Pechuga de Pollo, Bandeja Paisa and Tamal Valluno and Ceviche at Casa Colombia, a Latin American restaurant in East Austin. CASA COLUMBIAWhere: 1614 E Seventh St. Hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday - Satuday, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday, closedHRC continues on page 35 L&A 33Monday, May 6, 201333LIFE&ARTSThe iconic cornerstones of the food trailer lot on South Congress Avenue have aban- doned their coveted posi- tions, leaving nothing but a patch of matted grass behind. The neon cone that stands atop The Mighty Cone, which was previ- ously located on the cor- ner of South Congress and Monroe Street, moved to the new Rancho Rio Eat- ery in West Campus in late January. The giant plastic cupcake of Hey Cupcake! that once illuminated the corner of South Congress Avenue and Milton Street migrated north to a new lot at South Congress Avenue and Elizabeth Street on March 1. The two trailers that for- merly served as the bor- derlines to the miniature mecca of mobile eateries moved following a warn- ing from SOCO ATX De- velopment that the lot on South Congress will close sometime this year to make room for a new hotel. According to JC Gulledge, Mighty Cone employee, the only guarantee that was given to the trailers was that they would be able to stay through the end of South By Southwest. SOCO ATX Develop- ment is affiliated with Capital Sports and Entertainment, LLC, partner of C3 Presents — the company behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Patrick Jeffers, vice president of SOCO ATX Development, was ensuring the lot stayed busy before its eventual closure. The Mighty Cone’s ear- ly departure from the lot left a piece of prime food truck real estate open on the corner of South Con- gress Avenue and Monroe Street. However, the scent of fried avocados and cole- slaw had barely left the plot of land before Justin Burrow’s yellow shipping container opened for busi- ness as Burro, a mobile eatery that serves gourmet cheese dishes in the form of sandwiches. “How I came across this spot is I used to work for Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop and Capital Sports and En- tertainment manages that business, so obviously they’re interested in it,” Burrow said. Burrow met with Jeffers over lunch and mentioned he was building a trailer busi- ness of his own. According to Burrow, Jeffers — who could not be reached for comment — offered to help him secure Mighty Cone’s spot because he knew the trailer would be leaving soon. “To me, moving here was a no-brainer,” Burrow said. “It was the best location in the city to launch a food trailer.” According to Gulledge, The Mighty Cone left the South Congress lot early to claim a spot in the Ran- cho Rio Eatery lot. The new West Campus lot extended its original Jan. 1 move-in deadline to Feb. 1 in or- der to accommodate The Mighty Cone. “They’ve told us they were building this hotel for three years, but this company is definitely more interested in pursuing it than anyone else has been,” Gulledge said. “We wouldn’t have moved if we didn’t think they were gonna kick us off the lot.” According to Gulledge and Burrow, the food trailers pay a lease to operate on the lot on a monthly basis. The cost of each lease varies by trailer. Burrow said he has been pleased with the Burro’s suc- cess thus far, and has a new location lined up near Bar- ton Springs Pool for when the lot finally does close to the trailers. “Here’s the irony, is they’re building a hotel because the draw to come to Austin, from a tourist standpoint, is partly because of South Congress food trailers,” Bur- row said. “But then you boot them all off and build the hotel and that’s no longer part of the draw.” Shane Carr is a tourist that a future hotel on the South Congress lot could one day serve. He chose to patronize the array of food trailers for lunch while in town on busi- ness from Philadelphia. “It’s unique. I watch the Food Network and the Cook- ing Channel and the Travel Channel and they’re at these places all the time,” Carr said. “As of now, nothing like this exists in parking lots in Philadelphia. They’re either lined up around the street or are mostly near Penn and Drexel’s campuses.” A petition urging SOCO ATX Development to pre- serve the trailer lot was started by Austinite Brian Nelligan in late October. Nel- ligan plans on sending it to the development company sometime soon. “It’s hard to decide when to send it because every day it goes up a couple hundred votes,” Nelligan said. As of Feb. 24, the petition had 691 signatures. Since then the petition has sur- passed its original goal of 5,000 signatures, with 9,000 signatures and counting. “I grew up in Austin. I was born here and I’ve seen it change a lot over the years, and it’s always sad when you see something that’s a part of Austin’s identity get torn down for something ge- neric,” Nelligan said. “I wish they would realize what a gem they have there and spend the money developing that more.” In the meantime, the for- mer veterans of the lot have since abandoned their posts. While the lot may not be empty until the last lease runs out, it seems as though the glory days of the South Congress food trailers have come and gone, with nothing but the possibility of a hotel in the future. This article was originally published on March 5, 2013 as: Trailing away. Food trailers leave SoCo, make room for hotelBy Hannah SmothersLatest has Carona | Daily Texan file photoFood trailers sit on a lot along South Congress Avenue. The trailers were forced to close or relocate throughout the year in order to make room for a new hotel. — Justin Burrow, owner of BurroHere’s the irony, is they’re building a hotel because the draw to come to Austin, from a tourist standpoint, is partly because of South Congress food trailers. Justin Long and eschewing the practical, large- scale action sequences of the original trilogy with spastic editing and CGI-heavy set pieces. It has its moments, especially when Mc- Clane leaps from a demolished semi-truck to the wing of a crashing fighter jet just before jumping into the remains of a wrecked free- way to escape the ensuing explosion. Fatigue starts to set in for the crowd, and several audience members duck out of the theater to hit Sixth Street. The ones that stick around start to get fidgety. The fourth film ends to a defined smatter- ing of applause. No trailers for the last film — this is the main event, and we’re all business. Three minutes into “A Good Day to Die Hard,” I order a John McClane Bloody Mary. After an opening exposition dump, the fifth installment finds McClane heading to Russia to retrieve his son, Jack (Jai Courtney), who has grown up to be capable of large-scale destruction his father could only dream of. John McClane is easily one of the most lik- able heroes of action cinema but Bruce Willis isn’t playing John McClane in this film. He’s playing an ignorant, uncaring jerk, stumbling around Russia shooting things and yelling, “I’m on vacation!” McClane doesn’t even have anything to do in the film’s narrative — this time, he’s the sidekick, and when the climac- tic showdown finally comes, he doesn’t kill any of the film’s main antagonists, leaving the heavy lifting to his son. Once “A Good Day to Die Hard” ended, a shell-shocked audience vacated into the chilly hustle and bustle of Sixth Street. While it was nice to be among the world of the living again, I was kind of sad there were no more explosions to absorb and no more “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfuckers” to celebrate. More than that, I was glad to live in a city where a “Die Hard” mara- thon on a Wednesday afternoon would play to a packed house. As Greg MacLennan, a Drafthouse programmer, said before the first film: We don’t get to do these stupid, ill-advised ideas unless there are dumb, ir- responsible people to come do with them with us. This article was originally published on Feb. 15, 2013 as: How to Die Hard. movies better, and it’s called beer. I can’t resist dipping into the Drafthouse’s special mara- thon menu to complement my first pint, and the John McClanewich — a steak, onion and cheese sandwich — proves to be delicious. This film has a higher degree of audience participation than any of the others. Every big McClane moment gets claps and cheers, especially when he stabs a baddie in the eye with an ice pick. The film fits comfortably in the “Die Hard” universe, sending John McClane on a series of wild goose chases all over New York. For the “Die Hard” series to avoid becoming stale, they have to expand the scale and up the stakes for each subsequent film, and this one functions as an exciting, promising mission statement for the rest of the franchise. Jeremy Irons stars as bad guy Simon Gru- ber, hell-bent on getting revenge on McClane for his brother’s death in the first film. Play- ing an elaborate game of Simon Says, he forc- es McClane to team up with sidekick Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson). Jackson’s easy chemistry with Willis is palatable and ends up being the most enjoyable part of the over- long but wildly entertaining “Die Hard With a Vengeance.” Just before McClane lets out his trademark line, I order up a Yippie-Pie-Yay Motherfuck- er: a warm, crispy slice of apple pie. “Live Free or Die Hard” illustrates a stark contrast between modern and retro action sensibilities, replacing McClane’s traditional sidekick with a dweeby hacker played by 34 L&A34Monday, May 6, 2013LIFE&ARTSIt’s 11:30 a.m. on Sixth Street the day after Fat Tuesday. The street is quiet and empty, and what possible reason could I have to be here? The answer is found in the Alamo Ritz where a sold-out audience slowly trickles in for what promises to be an intense marathon of movie-watching: “A Whole Day to Die Hard,” all five “Die Hard” films until we’re finished (or bleeding out of multiple orifices). I’m craving my morning coffee, but “Die Hard” proves to be an energizing alterna- tive, and the audience reacts to the film like they’re watching it for the very first time — big laughs for each of McClane’s witty rejoin- ders and applause for his infamous punchline “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!” “Die Hard” is an effortlessly enjoyable film, with great action, witty dialogue and engag- ing characters. It’s the best possible version of the blow-‘em-up, giving us one of the genre’s most iconic figures in Bruce Willis’ John Mc- Clane and an equally memorable antagonist in Alan Rickman’s Hans Gruber. “Die Hard” wraps up to uproarious ap- plause, and it’s all downhill from here. Many returning characters are shoehorned in for plot convenience, McClane’s one-liners are a lot cheesier — probably thanks to Wil- lis’ new improvisational freedom — and the villain isn’t nearly as compelling, despite be- ing introduced while doing naked kung fu in front of a mirror. Thankfully, there’s an easy way to make bad Latest Die Hard movie has explosions aplentyBy Alex WilliamsIllustration by Colin Zelinski | Daily Texan Staff10DIE HARD (1988, 131 MINUTES) 4DIE HARD 2 DIE HARDER (1990, 124 MINUTES) 6LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (2007, 128 MINUTES) 2A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (2013, 97 MINUTES) 8DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE (1995, 131 MINUTES) CONCLUSION L&A 35Monday, May 6, 201335LIFE&ARTSDuring the height of the Cold War, a conspiracy theory developed, with proponents insisting that the safety of our water supply was at risk. A fluoridation process, which the Soviets clearly devised, put everyone who ever drank water in danger of Commu- nist brainwashing. As Sterling Hayden so famously said in Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strange- love,” “We must protect our precious bodily fluids.” For the most part, no- body believes this anymore. However, there is a similar concept that’s more com- monly accepted and, as far as the research shows, just as incorrect: Hormones inject- ed into cows are poisoning our milk and causing chil- dren, specifically girls, to be- gin puberty at an earlier age. The first part isn’t absurd. Milk companies are, in fact, injecting hormones into cattle to increase production. And whatever the effect on humans, putting this recom- binant bovine growth hor- mone (rBGH) into cattle may not be a great idea, at least from a moral standpoint. While the hormone does result in a more economical and efficient system to help us better enjoy our cereal in the morning, it comes at a cost. Cows injected with rBGH are at greater risk for infections as well as other health ailments. However, rBGH is just one of many questionable elements in our factory farming system that most would agree oper- ates in an inhumane manner. But enough about the cows. What about humans? Is rBGH causing a decrease in the age children begin puberty? Before we answer that, let’s address a more basic question: Is puberty actually starting earlier? While there’s not a definite answer — because of a com- bination of the difficulty in collecting accurate data as well as defining what marks the be- ginning of puberty — it does look like children, particularly girls, are maturing earlier than they did in the past. However, this trend began long before the introduction of rBGH, which was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993. Records dating back to the late 1800s show a gradual decline in the age that girls, on average, had their first periods. This age fell from around 17 in 1890 to about 13 in the ‘50s. Over the past 25 years, it’s de- creased even further, but by no more than four months or so. However, the age of anoth- er indicator of puberty, the onset of breast development, has decreased by a substantial amount, perhaps as much as a year over the past two de- cades. Again, in part because of the inherent difficulty in determining a definite start- ing point, the significance of this data is uncertain. Returning to the rBGH: If the earlier onset of puberty is a genuine phenomenon, could the artificial hormones we’re injecting into cows somehow end up in our milk and ex- plain at least part of this effect? Almost certainly not. Our digestion process is very good at breaking up proteins, such as rBGH. Laboratory studies have shown that feeding mice excessive doses of the hor- mone (50 times the amount used during injection) has no effect on them other than an antibody response, which is neither harmful nor an un- common reaction to other food proteins. Additionally, getting this response required a much higher daily intake of the hormone than even the most devoted dairy enthusi- asts among us consume. The FDA has approved the use of rBGH, and although a Google search is chock-full of poorly designed Web pages devoted to health problems that the hormone may cause, the scientific consensus is that there’s no significant differ- ence between milk from cows treated with rBGH and milk from untreated cows. As for what actually is caus- ing the early puberty, there aren’t any compelling expla- nations at this point. The re- cent increase in obesity may be partially to blame, though probably not entirely, since early onset remains even after controlling for body mass in- dex. Exposure to chemicals in the environment (specifically bisphenol-A, the building block of plastics) may also ex- plain the data, but these con- clusions are also controversial and potentially premature. To add to the confusion, there’s also a racial component: Black girls begin puberty significant- ly earlier than their Hispanic peers who, in turn, begin ear- lier than white girls. But, whatever the cause, rest assured, it’s not the milk. Your precious bodily fluids are well protected. This article was originally published on Jan. 31, 2013 as: Hormones in food may harm humans. documented. Coming to the Folger, I was at Emory Uni- versity for 16 years, and it was while at Emory that I was very active in acquiring ma- jor literary archives, which of course is a special strength of the Ransom Center. To elaborate, I was always aware when I was building collections at Emory how I was engaged in an activ- ity that paralleled the works that Tom Staley and the staff at the Ransom Center were doing. So in that way, I think the transition should be an easy one. DT: What led you to want to lead these large literary institutions? Enniss: I certainly have been a literary creature from a very young age and a consumer of poems, and novels and short stories and plays. So that’s pri- mary. But I also respond very much to the artifact, the object itself and what these objects say about the past and what they contain about the past, so working in research libraries that are known for their ac- quisitiveness has been a perfect fit for me. I’ve always had an ac- quisitive streak myself, whether it was natural history artifacts that I would pick up as a child or, later, books that I would col- lect. In some ways, I feel like the act of collecting is really the first act of scholarship and cer- tainly a foundation of what the Ransom Center is engaged in. DT: Do you have a favor- ite author or an area you’ve studied extensively? Enniss: That’s something like asking someone to pick your favorite child. I presume that [Staley] can say that he prefers “Ulysses” because Joyce is safely dead. But I’m involved in collecting so many contem- porary and living authors at this point that I wouldn’t want to pick among them. My own research interest is focused on contemporary Irish poetry, but my own graduate work was in the American novel. I should be equally at home in developing the collections of major novelists and short- story writers as well. DT: Looking forward to your time as director of the Ran- som Center, do you have any personal goals? Enniss: I think the first task is really to sustain the pro- gram of excellence that’s been achieved there and that’s not necessarily a new initiative. In terms of things that might be purely new, I think all of us in the research library commu- nity that collect major archives know that the nature of mod- ern archives changed in the mid-1980s. We have to plot a smart path forward for manag- ing and making digital archives available for research. DT: Do you have any cov- eted collections you dream of acquiring? Enniss: The most important acquisition is always the next one. What often focuses one’s attention is the next opportu- nity. I can’t tell you at this point what that will be, but we have to be oriented very much to the future. Certainly, literature is a personal research interest and a personal passion of mine, but the Ransom Center collections extend far beyond modern lit- erary figures. Things that have been acquired over the years create a kind of DNA record. When you look at the collec- tion strengths that are there and map that DNA, you find that those strands lead you to other collections that are com- plemented by the existing hold- ings. I will very much be using my sense of that genetic map to further the Ransom Center’s collection activities. This article was origi- nally published on April 9, 2013 as: New head of Ran- som shares qualifications. HRC continues from page 32Hormonesin cow’s milkdo not affectgirls’ pubertyIllustration by Ploy Buraparate | Daily Texan Staff 36 ADS