When Kerry Fitzgerald moved to Austin in 1970, he was a UT freshman look- ing to make concert posters. When he left 40 years later, he was Kerry Awn — car- toonist, muralist, band mem- ber, comedian and acclaimed poster artist. Awn adopted his pseud- onym while drawing politi- cal cartoons for The Daily Texan during the Watergate scandal. After dropping out of UT, Awn said the name just stuck. “It was like I was a differ- ent guy,” Awn said. “Kerry Fitzgerald was an outstand- ing citizen, but Kerry Awn was a crazy, wild man.” Many know Awn from the “Austintatious” mural he helped paint in 1974 on the side of the University Co-op. But before moving to Spice- wood in 2010, Awn sat at the All UT System institu- tions must submit draft rules regarding campus carry by mid-February for review by the UT System Board of Regents, according to a UT System press release. The announcement came as the UT System released a report on campus carry, the concealed carry of guns in campus buildings, to member institutions last Tuesday. The report, com- posed by representatives from all UT System institu- tions, recommends exclud- ing five areas from campus carry: child care facilities, patient care facilities, sport- ing events, laboratories and animal care centers. The system report did not make specific, “across-the- board” recommendations regarding the carrying of guns in residence halls or classrooms, citing the vague nature of the law and widely diverging opinions from law- makers and elected officials. Most Texas public universi- ties are expected to allow guns in classrooms, accord- ing to a Jan. 10 article in the Texas Tribune. UT-Austin’s working group report concurred completely with the UT Sys- tem report, according to the chair of UT-Austin’s working group, Steven Goode. “As chair of our Cam- pus Carry working group, I served as the UT-Austin representative and was an ac- tive participant in the System working group’s discussions,” Goode, a law professor, said in a statement. “Consequent- ly, throughout our Campus Carry working group’s de- liberations, we were well aware of the System working group’s deliberations.” While there is no formal process for the Board of The UT System made its first land purchase in south- west Houston on Friday in an effort to expand the System’s higher education presence in Texas’s largest city, according to a press release. The 100.27-acre land pur- chase is the first in a series of several planned purchases to acquire more than 300 acres near the downtown Houston area to develop educational opportunities and increased research funding. Sen. John Whitmire (D- Houston) said in a letter to Chancellor William McRa- ven that a significant UT System presence in Hous- ton could divert much- needed research dollars and faculty away from existing Houston institutions such as the University of Hous- ton, Rice University and Texas Southern University. “In all candor, in my 42 years of service in the Texas legislature, I have not seen such an affront to the legisla- tive process and conservative deliberations of the higher education community,” Whitmire wrote. “I would strongly urge the University of Texas leadership to hold off on any action … until the Legislature reconvenes.” The UT System seemed to acknowledge the contention around its expansion in the press release, promising that a task force “primarily com- posed of Houstonians” will be instructed to avoid duplicating the efforts and initiatives of Under a new five-year initiative, the University will look into incorporating more technology into courses and experimenting with more in- novative teaching methods. The initiative, Project 2021, will be headed by psychology professor James Pennebaker, according to President Greg- ory Fenves, who announced the initiative and appoint- ment Tuesday morning. “Increasing the value of the undergraduate experience is a priority for the University,” Fenves said. “[Pennebaker] will help ensure our under- graduate students receive the maximum benefit of our cam- pus through the integration of research and education.” In his new role, Pennebaker will coordinate offices at UT to evaluate new teaching meth- ods and course designs that better integrate technology and education in courses. “This is a rare opportu- nity to bring together new approaches to teaching and research to help the University shape the future of undergrad- uate education,” Pennebaker said in a press release. According to Joey Wil- liams, interim communica- tions director for the executive vice president and provost of- fice, Pennebaker has focused his research on understanding how students learn and com- municate in groups, making him an ideal candidate for his new roles. Pennebaker said he is hon- ored to be a part of an initia- tive as massive and exciting as Project 2021. “My goal is to work with various parts of the University to try to help prepare UT for the next generation of teach- ing and learning,” Pennebaker said. “President Fenves’s vision will establish UT as a leader in undergraduate training.” Pennebaker, who served as the psychology department chair from 2005 to 2014 and has worked at UT for nearly two decades, will also serve as special advisor to the provost for educational innovation. He has received many awards for his work in his field, “He’s known for being very innovative and using re- search and technology in his classes,” Williams said. “He’s really been studying this in his own research for some time, trying to be innovative and leveraging technology when appropriate.” Hundreds of students flocked to Kin’s Coffee, a new, on-campus coffee shop located inside Kin- solving Hall, on its first day of classes for the spring semester. Kin’s Coffee of- ficially opened Tuesday morning after a delay in the building process pushed back its intended opening in November. Rene Rodriguez, direc- tor of food services, said the coffee shop is similar in appearance to Jester Java and serves as an alternative place to buy the same food and drink items offered across campus. “It’s a destination on the north side of campus that shows that what we have on the south side of campus is also available on the north side of campus,” Rodriguez said. According to Rodriguez, the idea to build a coffee shop on the north side of campus was influenced by suggestions from students and residents who thought the location would be more accessible to them. The shop serves Starbucks products and a variety of other drink and food options including juice, fruit cups and sandwiches. Kin’s Coffee also benefits students by adding another late-night option, Rodriguez said. The shop is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. It 1Wednesday, January 20, 2016@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidCOMICS PAGE 7SPORTS PAGE 3LIFE&ARTS PAGE 6CAMPUSKin’s Coffee caters to north campusSYSTEMUT buys land in Houston for upcoming developmentBy Caleb Wong@caleber96By Mikaela Cannizzo@mikaelac16Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan StaffBiology freshman Caiti Caminade purchases a snack inside Kinsolving’s new coffee shop from Shaye Wood on Tuesday evening. The shop officially opened Tuesday morning.KIN’S page 2CITYIconic muralist reflects on life in AustinBy Katie Walsh@katiehwalsh_atxJoshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffUT alumnus, comedian, musician and artist Kerry Awn began his career drawing political cartoons for The Daily Texan. Awn later designed concert posters, painted murals and did comedy acts at Esther’s Follies.KERRY AWN page 6Looking to gain experience while making new friends? 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Prior to the opening of Kin’s Coffee, students used self-serving machines in Kin’s Market to make cof- fee. Human biology junior and Kinsolving resident Hanna Lee said she prefers the convenience of order- ing coffee as opposed to making her own. “I think it’ll be pretty convenient for me since I existing Houston institutions. In response to Whitmire’s letter, McRaven defended the System’s expansion, writ- ing that the System is hoping to build off its already-strong presence in Houston and will work with the legislature and Houston community leaders on the expansion. “The UT System already has a significant presence in Houston and is, in fact, the city’s second largest employ- er,” McRaven wrote. “We look forward to conversations with the Legislature about this initiative, as we do with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, other institutions of higher educa- tion in Houston and the busi- ness and civic leadership of the city.” The Houston mayor’s office did not respond to requests for comment. Tension over the Sys- tem’s purchase has also brought up conflicting views about the allotment of the Permanent Univer- sity Fund, a state-owned sovereign wealth fund that currently only funds the UT System and the Texas A&M University System. Whitmire suggested in his letter to McRaven that the PUF creates an imbalance of power between the UT System and other Texas- based university systems. “One important decision to be made would be the future distribution of the Permanent University Fund, which has allowed UT to thrive and expand,” Whit- mire wrote. “As the distribu- tion is currently constituted, UT owning 300 acres in Houston and having access to the PUF would give them a distinct advantage over UH and its ability to compete for highly recruited faculty and research dollars.” McRaven wrote in re- sponse that the fund has benefitted Texas higher edu- cation as a whole, not just the UT and Texas A&M systems. “The University of Texas and Texas A&M have been magnificent stewards of this unique resource since its inception,” McRaven wrote. “The incredible strength of Texas higher education, research and the economy can be di- rectly attributed to how UT and A&M have utilized the PUF. We are proud of our stewardship and the progress we have made to advance our state.” HOUSTONcontinues from page 1 .RECYCLERegents to approve draft rules, they can modify rules by a two-thirds vote. Final campus carry rules at each UT-System insti- tution are expected to be finalized by early spring, according to the press re- lease. Each institution is responsible for finalizing and implementing its own campus carry rules, ac- cording to the UT System working group report. While UT-Austin’s report made the same recommen- dations as the UT System report, UT-Austin’s working group went further than the System report to recommend generally banning handguns in residence halls and allow- ing licensed gun holders to carry guns in classrooms. Roommates of licensed handgun owners could im- properly access firearms and thus present an unacceptable risk, UT-Austin’s working group said. Banning guns in residence halls would have a small ef- fect on students because al- most 99 percent of concealed carry holders, who must be 21 under Texas law, choose not to live in on-campus residence halls, according to an analysis by UT-Austin’s working group. UT-Austin’s recom- mended ban on handguns in residence halls has come under scrutiny from law- makers and elected officials. In a non-binding opinion by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Paxton said banning guns in dorms could violate the campus carry law. Be- cause the law allows univer- sities to create rules regard- ing the carrying and storage of guns in residence halls, it also presupposes that guns can be carried in dorms, Paxton wrote. UT-Austin spokesper- son Gary Susswein said UT President Gregory Fenves ex- pects to establish final cam- pus carry regulations within the next few weeks. “We work in close collabo- ration with UT System on campus carry and a host of other issues and are reviewing the issues that the report lays out and explains,” Susswein said in a statement. CARRY continues from page 1KIN’S continues from page 1live here,” Lee said. “In the mornings, it’s pretty easy to just come downstairs and get a cup of coffee.” In addition to the coffee shop, Kin’s Coffee added a patio area and an enhanced walkway. Rodriguez said the area, which will include mul- tiple phone charging outlets, is intended to be a place for students to talk or work in a conveniently located outdoor environment. “In the evenings, it’ll be a nice place to hang out and have a cup of coffee or hot chocolate,” Rodriguez said. “When the sun goes down, [the] Belo [Center for New Media] blocks the sun and makes it really pretty in the evening there.” According to Rodriguez, the University spent about $500,000 in total on the coffee shop and patio area. A walk-through window, similar to a drive-through, is another feature Kin’s Coffee will offer to stu- dents. Rodriguez said the window is tailored to stu- dents who are in a hurry and do not have time to come inside the building. Business freshman Kaylee Huang said she is looking forward to using the walk- through option of ordering her morning coffee. “As college students, we’re always on the run and getting to classes, so that would just be a more convenient way than standing in line and waiting for coffee,” Huang said. W&N 33JACOB MARTELLA, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsWednesday, January 20, 2016SIDELINEMEN’S BASKETBALLTexas focused on taking down MountaineersShaka Smart kept his pok- er face on when he met with the media on Monday. The head coach didn’t ven- ture to call this week Texas’ biggest of the season — a week in which the Longhorns play two top 10 teams on the road. Smart also didn’t dis- cuss this Saturday’s match- up with No. 3 Kansas, the team that has been the class of the Big 12 with 11-straight conference titles. “I haven’t thought about it,” Smart said when asked about playing Kansas. Instead, Smart kept the focus on the first task of this week, facing No. 6 West Virginia today at 6 p.m. in Morgantown — a place where the Mountaineers are 20–3 in their last 23 home games. “If they can’t focus on the No. 6 team in the country on the road, then you got a problem,” Smart said. “To- day, we just talked about West Virginia and talked about our plan.” The weekend match-up with Kansas is one that will garner attention, but Smart’s emphasis on West Virginia is warranted. The Mountain- eers took down the Jayhawks in Morgantown last week, costing Kansas its No. 1 AP ranking. West Virginia also nearly took down Oklaho- ma, the current No. 1 team in the country, but fell 70-68 in Norman. “We’re obviously going to be focused on West Virginia 110 percent and save Kansas for after that,” senior for- ward Connor Lammert said. “It’s going to be a great mea- suring stick for us.” The Longhorns will also look to put a consistent game together on Wednes- day. Texas built a 23-point lead against Oklahoma State on Saturday but nearly blew it. Part of the problem was Texas’ poor 3-point shooting. The Longhorns made 9-of-27 threes against the Cowboys. The Longhorns’ reliance on their 3-point shots bodes poorly against West Vir- ginia, as the Mountaineers are No. 1 in the Big 12 in 3-point defense. Smart said Texas needs to learn to drive to the rim more. “I would say 30 or 40 per- cent of the threes we took, we really could have driven the ball,” Smart said. “There was a couple of possessions where [Kerwin Roach] drove from the right corner and got fouled going to the basket. We could do that more often.” At 11–6 overall and 3–2 in the Big 12, the Longhorns check in at No. 5 in the Big 12 standings. This week will say a lot about how the Longhorns stack up against some of the conference’s elites, but Smart continues to take it one game at a time. “You can call it what- ever you want,” Smart said. “I’m just focused on the West Virginia week, but it’s certainly a big challenge.” By Akshay Mirchandani@amirchandani41Stephanie Tacy | Daily Texan file photoSenior forward Connor Lammert (21) and the Longhorns face a tough road ahead with away games against No. 6 West Vir- ginia and No. 3 Kansas this week, but head coach Shaka Smart said they’re just focused on getting past the Mountaineers. BIG 12 NOTEBOOKWOMEN’S BASKETBALLLonghorns hope to bounce back after first loss of seasonIowa State takes down top-ranked OklahomaRachel Zein | Daily Texan StaffIowa State senior Georges Niang led the Cyclones with 22 points and three rebounds in the win over No. 1 Oklahoma. Oklahoma found itself atop the newest AP Poll on Monday. Hours later, the Sooners lost on the road to No. 19 Iowa State 77-82. Oklahoma senior guard Buddy Hield had 27 points, six rebounds and four as- sists while fellow senior guard Isaiah Cousins scored 26 points to go with seven rebounds. How- ever, three of Iowa State’s starters scored 20 or more points, including senior forward Georges Niang with 22, which pushed the Cyclones over the Sooners. The loss continues the trend of the No. 1 team in the country being from the Big 12 and losing — West Virginia beat then-No. 1 Kansas last week. Kansas upset by Oklahoma StateA day after losing its No. 1 ranking, No. 3 Kan- sas lost on the road to Oklahoma State 86-67 on Tuesday. The Cowboys shot 50 percent from the field and were led by fresh- man guard Jawun Evans, who had 22 points, six re- bounds and eight assists. Kansas, meanwhile, made just 6-of-22 threes and shot 52 percent from the free- throw line. This snaps a four-game losing streak for Oklahoma State and gives Kansas its second loss in the past two weeks. Evans wins second newcomer of week awardEvans may have helped Oklahoma State down Kan- sas, but he was also honored for his play last week. Evans won his second Big 12 New- comer of the Week award after averaging 27.0 points, 6.5 assists and 7.5 rebounds in two games last week. Evans helped the Cow- boys come back from 23 points down to nearly beat Texas on Jan. 16, notching 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. He also scored 42 points in a losing effort against the Sooners. Isaiah Taylor wins weekly honorTexas junior guard Isaiah Taylor won Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career. Tay- lor averaged 23 points, four rebounds and five assists in Texas’ two wins last week. He had 28 points, including five in overtime, in Texas’ 94-91 win over then No. 17 Iowa State — the second ranked team Texas beat this season. Taylor is averaging 22.2 points per game in five Big 12 games this season and is the Longhorns’ leading scorer overall with an aver- age of 17.2 points through 17 games. He’s the fourth Texas player to win a weekly award this season — senior guard Javan Felix and senior center Cameron Ridley won Player of the Week earlier in the season while freshman guard Eric Davis Jr. earned New- comer of the Week. By Akshay Mirchandani@amirchandani41Texas finds itself in an un- usual position heading into its game at TCU Wednesday night — trying to rebound after a loss. The No. 6 Longhorns travel to Fort Worth after dropping their first game of the season — an 67-80 drubbing at the hands of Baylor on Sunday. But senior center Imani Boyette said that she isn’t going to dwell over the loss to Baylor, even though she’s winless in her career against the Bears. “Anytime you lose to your rival, it stings,” Boyette said. “But at the end of the day, it’s just another game.” The Longhorns (16–1, 5–1 Big 12) enter Wednes- day’s game tied with the Bears for the best record in conference play. Head coach Karen Aston said she learned a lot about her team after Sunday’s loss. “I thought that we had a terrific film session [Mon- day],” Aston said. “It was an opportunity to look back and look at where we were exposed. There were plenty of places.” Aston said the turnovers affected the game against Baylor after both starting point guards — senior Celi- na Rodrigo and sophomore Brooke McCarty — exited the game with foul trouble. Aston said she fears that if her team continues to turn the ball over it could result in a second consecutive loss because of TCU’s quick pace of play. “[TCU] plays a really fast tempo,” Aston said. “When we lost up there last year, it was strictly related to turn- overs and getting [TCU] out in transition. We have to value the possessions much better than we have.” The Horned Frogs (11–6, 3–3 Big 12) come into the tilt against Texas having lost three of their last four con- tests, but they hold a 9–2 re- cord at home. Texas, however, has yet to lose a game on the road this season. Aston said the team has the experience required to stay focused while away from Austin. “It takes some maturity to go on the road and not let sitting in a hotel get to you,” Aston said. “At times we’ve had nobody in the stands at all and still played pretty well.” But the Longhorns are headed to a place where they’ve struggled in recent history. Texas has dropped two of its last three Big 12 games at TCU, including a 64-59 loss last season. The Longhorns allowed three Horned Frogs players to score in double digits and then-senior Chelsea Prince nearly tallied a triple-double. Despite the loss to Bay- lor and the past struggles in Fort Worth, Aston said the team needs to keep up the momentum they’ve built through their previously un- defeated run. “The community is very excited about our team right now,” Aston said. “We need to get back on track.” By Tyler Horka@TexasTy95Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffSenior center Imani Boyette and Texas will look to rebound at TCU tonight after a tough loss to Baylor on Sunday. (3) KANSAS OKLAHOMA ST NCAAMLSU (10) TEXAS A&M HOUSTON (8) SMU UT athletics reports net profit in 2014-15UT athletics profited $458,367 during the 2014- 15 school year, according to a report by the Austin American-Statesman. The report, based on an audit the Statesman obtained, said athletics brought in $183.5 mil- lion in revenue, including a net profit of $94 mil- lion for football. Baseball and basketball combined to bring in $8 million in net profits, but all other sports lost money. The athletic depart- ment also gave back $9.8 million to the University, according to the report. The move back into the black comes one year after the athletic depart- ment reported a loss of $2.8 million, which led former athletic director Steve Patterson to raise season ticket prices for football and basketball. The 2014-15 school year was the only full year Patterson oversaw as ath- letic director. He was fired on Sept. 22 after just 22 months on the job. —Jacob MartellaSPORTS BRIEFLYTODAY IN HISTORY1968Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win basketball’s “Game of the Century” and end UCLA’s 47-game winning streak. “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better” Javan Felix@JavanFelix3TOP TWEET The countdown to the Texas primary has begun. With less than a month before early voting for the primaries begins, ads are filling the airwaves, and yard signs are popping up on every corner. One thing, however, is still missing — the presiden- tial candidates. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and businessman Donald Trump have made multiple stops in Texas and have campaign offices in Houston and Austin, respectively. How- ever, the 10 other eligible candidates have largely ignored the Republican stronghold that is the Lone Star state. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finally visited Dallas earlier this month, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul opened an office in Austin last March. The remaining eight candidates have had little to no presence in the state for months. Admittedly, the early voting states are smaller, making it easier for the candi- dates to complete multiple campaign stops in one day. But they have fewer delegates in the nomination process and a faulty re- cord of choosing the actual nominee. Tex- as should receive the constant courting of candidates over Iowa or New Hampshire. Democrats do no better when trying to win over Texans. Today, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is fundraising in three Texas cities, but fundraisers limit direct voter contact. Previously, she’s held only a few rallies and won over the sup- port of prominent Texas Democrats. For- mer Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was late to bring his campaign to Austin in November — including a stop on campus. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) attracted thousands at rallies over the summer but hasn’t returned since. Instead, he relies on his field office in Austin to energize supporters. In Iowa, where Sanders cam- paigns almost everyday, he’s been able to turn a runaway victory for Clinton into a competitive race. In states where Sanders isn’t present all the time, such as Texas, he remains unknown to many and a distant second to Clinton. “There are offices and thousands of volun- teers all across the state,” psychology junior and member of University of Texas Students for Bernie Sanders Lydia Tsao said. “Al- though campaign stops in Texas would be appreciated, if we truly want to make Texas a competitive state and win, the real work has to be done by passionate volunteers.” Texans deserve the same personal atten- tion that Iowans or Granite Staters receive. The voters here have a better grasp of which candidate to support, and the can- didates themselves earn name recognition and a larger prize in the form of nominat- ing delegates. If the candidates don’t get trumped in Iowa, their next stop should be the Lone Star State. Poludniak is an international relations and global studies sophomore from San Antonio. For many, the new year means getting fit, saving money and setting new goals. For others, it means radically protesting against the federal government. At the start of the month, an armed mi- litia of local residents and their support- ers made headlines when they took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. The group, led by Ammon Bundy, calls for the federal government to release government-owned lands to the hands of local residents. “The wildlife refuge has been a tool that government has used for many years to take the land and resources away from the people,” Bundy said in an interview with CBS News. Although Bundy’s group imagines them- selves to be victims of the government, their view is unwarranted and completely ignorant of the government’s reasons for controlling the land. During the era of homesteading in the 19th century, the American West expe- rienced overgrazing because of a lack of knowledge and regulation of these new and arid environments. This caused a host of issues including increased soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, depletion of topsoil and eventually desertification. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 mitigat- ed these effects. The federal government now owns 53 percent of the land in Or- egon, and its Bureau of Land Management regulates these areas by requiring permits to graze. Bundy’s group would like you to be- lieve the government abuses the people with this oversight, but this view is sim- ply illogical. In fact, the Bureau of Land Management offers land use at a rate 93 percent cheaper than the average market price. If the federal government regulates western lands and benefits both ranchers and the environment, this control is far from tyrannical. The views of the militia show misguid- ed opposition to environmental sustain- ability, and its unwillingness to compro- mise echoes a decision made by President George W. Bush more than a decade prior. Bush refused to adhere to the Kyoto Protocol — an international, binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emis- sions. He said his administration had “no interest in implementing” the plan and pulled the United States out in 2001. Bush claimed the agreement would have de- stroyed the U.S. economy, noting the need to reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil. If Bush truly wanted to do so, pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions would have been the appropriate maneuver. Instead, Bush assigned blame to China and India, two major polluters, who did not have to abide by the same standards of developed nations. While different circumstances face the Bundy group than did the Bush admin- istration, the shared unwillingness to compromise threatens environmental sus- tainability. Caring for the environment re- quires sacrifice and, in both examples, the parties refuse to give up anything. Sustainability requires a change in at- titude, which can only come in small but powerful ways. One such example is the University of Texas at Austin’s Green Fee program. The Green Fee incorporates a $5 charge into each student’s tuition bill per long semester to fund environmental service projects on campus striving for in- creased sustainability. Environmental sustainability doesn’t come for free, but instead of shying away from these responsibilities like Bundy and Bush, people need to parallel programs like UT’s Green Fee and realize that some sacrifice is necessary to secure the future of our planet. Chan is a journalism freshman from Sugar Land. After news broke of the $1.4 billion Pow- erball jackpot, thousands of people hoping to win shared a Facebook meme this past week claiming that by sharing the wealth of the winnings, they could easily solve poverty. Although winning the Powerball may seem great, the reality is that the lot- tery does more damage to the American people than good. Most lottery systems operate under the guise that a percentage of the winnings go to funds for education. While this is un- doubtedly a tax on gambling, it ultimately harms those that both play into the lottery and need its funds for schools. John Oli- ver talked about where money is generated from on HBO’s Last Week Tonight on July 13, 2014. “Over the course of the last two decades, studies have found lower income house- holds spend a higher percentage of their money on the lottery tickets,” Oliver said. “That kind of makes sense — lots of peo- ple like to gamble, and for lower income households, the lottery is an affordable way to do it.” The problem with having a higher per- centage of low income people pay into the lottery is that it ultimately leads to an un- fair distribution of wealth. According to a study by the National Tax Journal, the lottery currently takes a disproportionate amount of money away from the work- ing class and redistributes it unevenly back into the public school system. Few people benefit from this. A much better investment to our nation’s poorest schools would be to directly pay into the school system. However, the companies behind the lotteries run constant marketing cam- paigns claiming to help America’s school systems. This gives those who partake in the lottery a false sense of fulfilment for their investment. One might think that there is some sort of benefit to the lottery. Every few months someone wins the jackpot, and in the pro- cess, millions of dollars go into public edu- cation. According to the Washington Post, instead of using the money as additional funding, legislatures from multiple states use lottery money to pay for the education budget and use money previously allocat- ed for schooling elsewhere. Yet, there is no additional benefit to education with using lottery money, despite states’ claims. Even with lottery money, the benefits have been declining yearly. In 1996, the lottery would have covered two weeks of schooling in Texas, but now, it barely cov- ers three days of education per school. Texas House Representative Jim Dunnam (D-Waco) spoke to the Austin American- Statesman about the effects of the lottery on education. “It’s a way to raise money where you don’t have to see the effects,” Dunnam said. “We’re funding our education programs on a popu- lation only driven by hopelessness. Schools are not better off because of the lottery.” People have been too keen to participate in the lottery, especially when the Power- ball rose to $1.4 billion. Unfortunately, few seem to understand the repercussions that are associated with the practice. Americans from lower socioeconomic backgrounds become marginalized by par- ticipating in lotteries and are persuaded to do so through the guise of benefiting the American education system. The lottery needs reform so that it does not unneces- sarily take money away from the people that need it the most. Choudhury is an economics freshman from Dallas. 4 OPINION4CLAIRE SMITH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | @TexanEditorialWednesday, January 20, 2016LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE | Email your Firing Lines to editor@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@TexanEditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. COLUMNMubarrat ChoudhuryDaily Texan Senior Columnist @MubarratCCOLUMNCompromise is essential to sustainabilityBenroy ChanDaily Texan Senior Columnist @BenroyChanIllustration by Victoria Smith | Daily Texan StaffIllustration by Connor Murphy | Daily Texan StaffGUEST COLUMNDerek PoludniakGuest Columnist @DerekPoludniakPowerball leads to income inequalityThe problem with having a higher percentage of low-income people pay into the lottery is that it ulti- mately leads to an unfair distribu- tion of wealth. Sustainability requires a change in attitude, which can come in small and powerful ways. One such example is the University of Texas at Austin’s Green Fee Program. 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LIFE&ARTSWednesday, January 20, 20165journalism and politics through letters and photos. García Márquez’s writing is important to the Latin American community, but his relevance expands well beyond that. “[He] had a profound effect on the 20th century novel and, for many of us, expanded our fictional worlds,” Stephen Enniss, director of the Harry Ran- som Center, said. “‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ has had as significant an impact on literature in the second half of the 20th century as James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ had on the first half of the century.” Rine said this world- wide appeal makes access to García Márquez’s ar- chives crucial to scholars, novelists and fans from Latin American countries all the way to Asia. “García Márquez has inspired so many writers and will continue to do so for generations,” Rine said. “The themes in his writing transcend culture. They’re just so universal and can be related to by anyone and everyone.” OSCARScontinues from page 6of a narrator (Ryan Gosling) periodically cuts into frame to emphasize that the seem- ingly ludicrous events did in fact transpire and resulted in financial ruin. Director Adam McK- ay’s energetic direction is matched by two standout performances by Christian Bale and Steve Carrell, with Bale playing a reclusive ge- nius and Carrell a ballsy loudmouth. “The Big Short” is surely the best take so far on the financial crisis, leav- ing the audience to real- ize the magnitude of what they just witnessed once the credits roll. Sicario Beginning with the pulse-pounding opening sequence, “Sicario”’s jarring imagery and brooding score instill a feeling of numb- ness in the viewer. Gripped by immense suspense, the audience knows something bigger is at stake other than the countless lives lost throughout the chaos that unfolds. Emily Blunt, effec- tively playing the vulnerable protagonist Kate Macer, doesn’t know who to trust or who is on the “good side.” Blunt’s Macer is truly out of her element, trapped in a maze of corruption and dis- honesty that keeps the au- dience guessing and ques- tioning. A superbly dark Benicio del Toro remains at Macer’s side, but even he is an unknown, with a past that remains up in the air. On top of the standout performances, Roger Deak- ins’s extraordinary cinema- tography invokes a feeling of isolation amid a totally foreign habitat. Son of SaulDirected by Hungarian newcomer László Nemes, “Son of Saul” tells the pow- erful story of a Hungarian Jew delegated to be a part of the “Sonderkommando,” or the division of Jews who were tasked with helping the Nazis dispose of the gas chamber victims. Strikingly intimate, the camera stays close to Saul (Géza Röh- rig) throughout the film. The tight close-up shots often force the audience to rely on hearing what is oc- curring around Saul. Fu- eled by capable direction, superb sound editing and Röhrig’s outstanding per- formance, “Son of Saul” is a striking and imaginative new take on the brutal- ity and horror of life in a concentration camp. Courtesy of Harry Ransom CenterThe Harry Ransom Center will digitize author Gabriel García Márquez’s archive over the next two years. forefront of multiple cul- tural movements in Austin. In the 1970s, Awn said he found himself creating concert posters for iconic music venues Armadillo World Headquarters and the lesser-known local fa- vorite, Soap Creek Saloon. During these years, musi- cians such as a young Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Jerry Jeff Walker passed through before they launched into fame. Many of Awn’s posters hang in the South Austin Popular Culture Center, a nonprofit that collects Austin music-related art and ephemera. The center’s director, UT alumna Leea Mechling, said Awn is part of a group of poster artists who worked for Armadillo World Headquarters in the 1970s called the Armadillo Art Squad. “They influenced ev- erything,” Mechling said. “[The squad] was a core group of guys who, in con- junction with the musi- cians whose art they were supporting, really changed the cultural landscape of Austin.” Soap Creek Saloon be- came a frequent hangout for Awn, who helped found the Uranium Savages, a musical-comedy group that became the saloon’s informal house band. The Savages, who still perform today, are known for their theatricality — with wacky costumes, themed sets and a recurring Elvis character played by Awn. “Writing songs is just another creative outlet,” Awn said. “It’s like doing a painting. You have an idea, and you go through with it, and then you have a fin- ished product. To me it’s all the same — painting and being in a band and come- dy — you are just creating.” Awn’s comedy career got off to a slow start, tell- ing a few jokes between songs while he was on stage with the Savages. So when Austin opened its first comedy venue in the 1980s, Awn said he jumped at the opportunity to perform. After a couple of years doing stand-up, Awn caught the attention of Esther’s Follies, a vaude- ville theater on Sixth Street where he would work, eventually full-time, for the next 30 years. Rather than perform traditional stand-up at Esther’s, Awn did impersonations — act- ing out well known figures such as George W. Bush and original characters such as sleazy Vegas comedian Ronnie Velveeta, the name- sake of comedy club The Velveeta Room. “I would do [a set at] Esther’s, and then I would run down the street and [perform] The Velveeta Room on the same night,” Awn said. “I didn’t like just sitting around. If I’m going to be down there, I want to be doing something and not just sitting backstage waiting to go on.” Awn left Esther’s Follies in 2011 and began focus- ing on art, his first love. He still performs periodically and was recently featured on a new comedy version of the Austin City Limits television show “Stand-Up Empire.” The show’s cre- ator Brently Heilbron, a fel- low comedian, was intro- duced to Awn’s bombastic Texas humor in 1999 and said he is both impressed and inspired by Awn’s lengthy career. “To me, he represents everything great about the arts in Texas,” Heil- bron said. “He is an artist, a comedian and a musi- cian and was around at the inception of all those things. There isn’t a Texas Hall of Fame, but if there were, he would be inducted day one.” ARCHIVEScontinues from page 6 6 L&ACAT CARDENAS, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan6Wednesday, January 20, 2016CAMPUSUT safety specialist handles campus wildlifeBy Elizabeth Hlavinka@hlavinka_eSix movies to check out before Academy AwardsCourtesy of 20th Century FoxThis year’s Oscar nominations offer up a host of captivating performances. In Best Picture nominee “The Revenant,” Leon- ardo DiCaprio shines as a fur trapper struggling for survival. Mike McGraw | Daily Texan StaffCarin Peterson is a safety specialist in UT’s Environmental Health and Safety department and runs the Animal Make Safe program. Peterson and her team capture raccoons, bats and other animals around campus and release them back into the wild. FILMBy Charles Liu & Cameron Osmond@thedailytexanARTHarry Ransom Center takes García Márquez archives globalBy Stephen Acevedo@thedailytexanARCHIVES page 5When UT alumna Ca- rin Peterson gets a phone call reporting a raccoon on campus, she begrudg- ingly suits up in safety gear, complete with heavy-duty, crush-proof gloves, and be- gins the battle of capturing the animal. After earning a degree in zoology and a master’s in wildlife biology, Peter- son tried her hand as a surgery veterinary techni- cian, a field biologist and a zookeeper. When she returned to UT, she took a position as a safety special- ist in UT’s Environmental Health and Safety depart- ment, running the Animal Make Safe program, which was designed to capture animals found on campus and release them back into the wild. With over a decade of experience working with and caring for them, Peter- son said it’s safe to say she is an animal person. Peterson and her team of three assistants are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week and respond to over 100 calls per year. Oc- casionally, they respond to reports of foxes, ring-tailed cats and porcupines. “It’s unpredictable,” Pe- terson said. “It could be an incident that takes all day, or it could take 20 minutes, depending on how involved I have to get and how well the animals cooperate.” Although she tries not to come into contact with the animals directly, some, such as raccoons, require more attention than others. “Raccoons are the most dangerous,” Peterson said. “They’re smart, big and strong, and they are not afraid of you. They’re defi- nitely the hardest animals to deal with.” Peterson said she advises students and faculty to ad- mire the wildlife from a distance and let her team handle their removal. “A lot of people don’t realize how much wildlife we have on campus,” Pe- terson said. “This is their home, too, so we want to get them back out where they belong.” With the Academy Awards fast approaching, contempo- rary film knowledge is now more than ever a useful asset. Films such as “Spotlight” and “The Revenant” are sure to win their fair share of awards, and yes, Leonardo DiCaprio might finally win his first Os- car. Here is a list of six movies you should know before the ceremony on Feb. 28. The RevenantRevenge is served cold in this wintry adventure epic. When fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is left for dead by his comrade John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) after a gruesome bear attack, Glass sets out on a hunt for his be- trayer. DiCaprio carries the film with a stellar, raw per- formance as he endures real- life tribulations to enhance the picture’s intensity, leaping into a frozen river and chow- ing down on raw bison liver during the arduous shoot. Throughout the film, Em- manuel Lubezki’s masterful cinematography, which only uses natural lighting, never ceases to inspire awe. “The Revenant” offers many grue- some moments that viewers will find difficult to watch, but thanks to director Alejan- dro G. Iñárritu’s skillful direc- tion, they’ll also find it hard to turn away. Anomalisa“Anomalisa” is a touching collaboration between direc- tors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson. Using life- like puppets and incredible stop-motion animation, the film spends one night with Michael Stone (David Thew- lis), a depressed writer and speaker on customer service who has trouble establishing human connections. Then, during his stay at a hotel, he meets Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a lovely woman who stands apart from the crowd and ignites Michael’s pas- sion. “Anomalisa” captures the tragic nature of loneli- ness and the yearning to es- cape it. The film’s very human voice acting renders its tale startlingly real. SpotlightLow-key, fact-based film- making at its finest, “Spot- light” chronicles The Boston Globe’s 2001 investigation of a massive sex scandal in Boston’s Catholic churches. Starring an ensemble cast led by Mark Ruffalo, Michael Ke- aton, Rachel McAdams and Brian d’Arcy James, the pic- ture serves as a testament to courageous journalism, por- traying reporters as deliver- ers of justice while character- izing them as flawed human beings. Writer-director Tom McCarthy and writer Josh Singer lend sensitivity to the Church’s traumatized victims and its horrified devotees, provoking our sympathy and outrage. A film of artistic superiority and social im- portance, “Spotlight” is a re- minder that evil can flourish underneath the noses of good people unwilling to face it. The Big ShortBased off of Michael Lew- is’s acclaimed book of the same name, “The Big Short” is a cleverly sardonic retelling of the 2008 financial crisis. Al- though the events portrayed only occurred a little over seven years ago, the film man- ages to have enormous shock value. The likeable scumball Drafts, photos and quirky fan mail correspondences can all be found in the depths of Gabriel García Márquez’s archives. The University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center is increas- ing access to these color- ful aspects of the liter- ary titan’s archives from the 40 Acres to the entire world for fans and scholars to enjoy. The Ransom Center boasts an extensive collec- tion of original archives, including those of David Foster Wallace, Edgar Al- lan Poe and Robert De Niro, available to anyone in Austin. Over the next year, though, the Ransom Center will convert their records of García Márquez, acquired in November 2014, to a digital format viewable anywhere in the world. Elizabeth M. Gushee, head of digital collections services, said as of right now, anyone interested in conducting research with García Márquez’s ar- chives must go to the Ran- som Center in person, which makes it difficult for people who do not live in Texas. The venture, titled “Shar- ing ‘Gabo’ With The World: Building the Gabriel García Márquez Online Archive from His Papers at the Har- ry Ransom Center,” will not only make the archives eas- ier to access but also makes comparing various docu- ments an easier process by allowing readers to view various documents in a side-by-side format. “This will make it much more convenient for people to compare different docu- ments in one sitting, espe- cially when they are trying to follow the succession of a particular work through its different phases,” Gushee said. The digitizing of García Márquez is not a quick or easy project. The venture will take well over a year, beginning in June 2016 and ending in November 2017. The University received a $126,730 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources. “Grants like these are very important to the Uni- versity because they al- low us to hire people to expedite the process and gives us the opportunity to show what can be done so we can possibly take on similar projects in the future,” director of development Margie Rine said. García Márquez, the re- cipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, is most famous for his novels and short stories, includ- ing “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” “Love in the Time of Cholera” and “Eyes of a Blue Dog.” Gushee said access to his archives also gives people insight into García Márquez’s in- ternational travels and involvement with Editor’s note: In 300 words or fewer, this series spot- lights people in our commu- nity whose stories typically go untold. OSCARS page 5 Name: CROSSWORD; Width: 29p6; Depth: 5.5 in; Color: Black, CROSSWORD; Ad Number: - Today’s solution will appear here next issueArrr matey. This scurrvy beast be today’s answerrrrrr. out, or it’ll be the shes for ya! 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