1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 COMICS PAGE 7 SPORTS PAGE 6 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, October 27, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid CITY CITY Faculty donations favor state race APD starts initiative for bike and car friendliness By Alex Wilts @alexwilts utors to political campaigns shows more than 120 indi- viduals who have contributed a total of more than $20,000 to primarily support state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, and the Travis County Demo- cratic Party in the governor’s race. Meanwhile, information iled with the Austin Oice of the City Clerk shows more DONATIONS page 2 Steve Adler Mayoral candidate Sheryl Cole Mayoral candidate Mike Martinez Mayoral candidate Streak snapped: Sooners sweep Texas By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94 he Austin Police Depart- ment launched a new bicycle safety campaign last week in an efort to decrease colli- sions between bicyclists and drivers in the city. he initiative, known as WAVE, is a general safety campaign that encourages bicyclists and drivers to share the road and acknowledge each other with a passing wave. he Butler Brothers, an Austin-based branding irm, partnered with APD to advertise WAVE through a website, merchandise sales and the “WAVEMO- BILE,” a car with the slogan “Roll nice” that will appear throughout the city. Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and Austin bicycle shop owners pledged to support the initiative, along with Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, who announced the new initiative at a press conference in front of City Hall on Wednesday. Acev- edo said he thinks WAVE has the power to save lives, and he hopes people spread the movement by posting about it on social media. “his campaign is about being kind,” Acevedo said. “Let’s judge people based on the way they act, but, most importantly, let’s all be part of the solution — not part of the problem.” Adam Butler, one of the co-creators of WAVE, said the initiative may seem sim- ple, but he hopes it will help decrease tensions between cyclists and drivers in Austin. APD page 2 Mike McGraw | Daily Texan Staff Khat Bell, senior middle blocker and outside hitter, slams the ball over Oklahoma’s blockers Saturday at Gregory Gym. Bell recorded nine kills and six blocks against the Sooners, who dealt the Longhorns their irst home loss in 35 competitions. senior outside hitter Hal- ey Eckerman opened the game with three kills, and the Longhorns had a 10-5 lead. But, the errors began to mount, and Texas lost its rhythm. The Sooners fought their way back into the game and tied the set at 19. The match went back and forth, but Oklaho- ma got the best of Tex- as and claimed the set, 26-24. The Longhorns committed seven service errors, three attack errors and one blocking error in SOONERS page 6 CAMPUS Faculty members speak at entrepreneurship assembly By Mackenzie Palmer @thedailytexan he Graduate Student As- sembly invited two UT fac- ulty members to talk about their experiences as entre- preneurs at an event Friday. Sriram Vishwanath, elec- trical and computer en- gineering professor, and Louise Epstein, managing director of the Cockrell School of Engineering’s In- novation Center, shared their advice on being successful in entrepreneurial business. According to Vishwanath, it is important for those as- piring to start their own business to take an idea and run with it. Vishwanath said second guessing ideas is the number one reason for any entrepreneur’s downfall. idea “Take your from your lab [and] from research projects the market,” Vishwanath said. to UT grads rally for missing students By Christina Noriega @c_mnoriega Following the disappear- ance of 43 Mexican students in the Mexican city of Iguala last month, University grad- uate students have organized a series of demonstrations calling for the safe return of the students and for an im- mediate investigation into the case. In coordination with a global day of solidarity, Luis Vargas Santiago, art his- tory graduate student, along with various U.S. academics, asked Mexican faculty mem- bers around the world to sign an open letter to the Mexican government condemning the State’s role in the disappear- ance of the students. “We realized we needed to do something,” Vargas San- tiago said. “We needed to express our support within the global days of action, so we thought of a letter that and summoned the voices of dif- ferent academics through- out the U.S.” According to National Public Radio, students from a teachers’ college for low- indigenous income youths in Ayotzinapa com- mandeered several buses on Sept. 26 on their way to Iguala, where they planned to fundraise money to attend an annual march in Mexico City. IGUALA page 2 Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff Sriram Vishwanath, electrical and computer engineering professor, speaks to graduate students about being an entrepreneur at the SAC on Friday evening. According to Vishwanath, there are seven common ways one can ruin his own business, such as not hav- ing focus or communication and being stubborn. “You are your company’s PR,” Vishwanath said. “You represent your company, so make sure you are always thinking of your company as the centerpiece.” Epstein, a former Austin City Council member, also spoke about how entrepre- neurs represent their company. “hings have to it into a plan of sorts,” Epstein said. BUSINESS page 3 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Professor analyzes univer- sal nature of statistics. PAGE 3 Urban rail increases options for underserved. PAGE 4 Texas football handed irst shutout in decade. PAGE 6 Beyoncé class not the only feminism-focused course. PAGE 5 Program encourages art as therapy for veterans. PAGE 3 UT should pay for its own new Erwin Center. PAGE 4 Soccer notches Big 12 win against the Bears. PAGE 6 UT alumna passes on her knowledge of tarot cards. PAGE 8 Follow the demonstrations of University students con- cerning missing Mexican students in a video on dailytexanonline.com PAGE 7 University faculty and staf have contributed less than $8,000 to major candi- dates in the Austin mayor’s race this year, signiicantly less than the total amount of contributions to the state race for governor. Texas Ethics Commission data on UT employee contrib- VOLLEYBALL By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74 Ater the volleyball team won a record 34th straight home game against TCU on Wednesday, the streak was snapped as Oklahoma swept No. 2 Texas (26-24, 26-24, 26-24) on Saturday. The Longhorns came out strong but never man- aged to find consistency in front of a record-setting crowd of 4,402. While the Sooners gave Texas the trouble game, Longhorns’ own errors hurt them the most, as they commit- ted 15 attack errors, 14 service errors and two blocking errors. throughout the “I thought we did fine,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “[But] we missed seven serves in game one, and that kind of became a stress level for us and car- ried over to all parts of the game. We were never able to get the composure that we needed, and we were on our heels from that point on.” In the opening set, Texas had its foot on the gas as CAMPUS Graduate students have organized demonstrations in coordination with international condemnation of the disappear- ance of 43 Mexi- can students in Iguala, Mexico. Itzel Alejandra Martinez Daily Texan Staff Monday, October 27, 2014 NEWS APD continues from page 1 “If WAVE sounds overly simple, that’s the point,” Butler said. “Ninety percent of cyclists are also motorists. We’re all people trying to get somewhere. he infrastruc- ture improvements needed to ease tension between cars and bikes can’t happen over- night, but you can wave at someone today.” Butler said the cost of the initiative is underwritten by merchandise sales from advertising, and, as of now, there are no plans to adver- tise WAVE on campus. “Campus is a pressurized space where everyone is in a hurry — cars and bikes,” Butler said. “It’s a microcosm of the city of Austin. So if ev- eryone, including pedestrians, can connect for even a split second, it can make the overall movements on campus safer.” According to Butler, the campaign came about partly because of increased pedes- trian and cyclist accidents in Austin over the past couple of years. “Visibility is a big part of traic safety, so it’s a very prac- tical concept — be friendly, be visible and increase safety for all,” Butler said. “here have been double the pedestrian and cyclist deaths in the last couple of years here in Aus- tin, according to the city stats, and increased density cer- tainly plays a role [in that].” Plan II sophomore James Smith, who bikes around campus, said he wasn’t sure how much of an efect the initiative would have in in- creasing safety. “I think it’s a good idea to try and raise awareness, but I don’t think just waving at somebody is really going to prevent an accident or any- thing,” Smith said. elect a good mayor.” Engineering professor Philip Varghese inancially the Adler to contributed campaign, but said it is im- portant for voters to partici- pate in both mayoral and gu- bernatorial elections. “However, the sums of money being spent on the governor’s race are so large that I don’t think any contri- bution I can aford to make will materially impact it,” Varghese said in an email. “I suppose one could argue that’s true of a single vote as well, but I think voting is a responsibility. Donating money is optional.” Name: 3286/Peace Corp; Width: 19p4; Depth: 4 in; Color: Black, 3286/Peace Corp; Ad Number: 3286 Name: 3304/Forte Foundation; Width: 29p6; Depth: 5 in; Color: Black, 3304/Forte Foundation; Ad Number: 3304 candidate’s campaign, while individuals donating to a gubernatorial candidate can give up to $2,600. Matt Parkerson, campaign manager for Martinez, said the campaign has risen more than $200,000. “We knock on doors seven days a week,” Parkerson said. Both Wick and Parkerson said their respective cam- paigns do not do anything to speciically gain support from UT faculty and staf, but both campaigns have coali- tions on campus to get stu- dents involved in the mayoral election. David Sullivan, a research associate for the Univer- sity’s Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, said he and his wife contrib- uted money to both Cole’s and Martinez’s campaigns, along with the campaigns of several other City Council members. “Aside from my day job here at the University, I’m also at the city oice,” Sulli- van said. “My wife and I do- nated basically out of loyalty and trust. I believe the city is in an excellent position to 2 FRAMES featured photo Moderator Lincoln Michel discusses the science fiction novels of Ofir Touché Gafla and Jeff VanderMeer at the Central Presbyterian Church as part of the Texas Book Festival on Saturday. 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Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, visiting scholar at the Univer- sity who researches political behavior, said voters tend to follow and support candidates competing in statewide and national elections even though citizens have a greater likeli- hood of being able to inluence local politics. “Our attention is always drawn to the top-of-the-tick- et folks — in the midterm, to the gubernatorial candidates [and] maybe the senate rac- es,” DeFrancesco Soto said. IGUALA continues from page 1 he annual march commemo- rated the Tlatelolco Massacre in 1968, in which the military and police killed hundreds of student protestors. Local police ired at the students in This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25 Permanent Staff Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Brands Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Among disclosed faculty and staf campaign dona- tions to the three major may- oral candidates, Adler has re- ceived the most with $4,550. Cole and Martinez have both received more than $1,500. Adler’s campaign manager Jim Wick said their campaign has currently raised $566,000 from about 2,500 donors since Adler irst began cam- paigning for mayor in Janu- ary. Wick said this amount beats the record of about 1,500 donors who supported Mayor Lee Leingwell’s cam- paign in 2009. he City of Austin allows individuals to donate a maxi- mum of $350 to a mayoral Iguala, killing six students and bystanders. Witnesses said the students were last seen being forced into police cars. Mexico Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam said Iguala Mayor José Luis Abar- ca, who led ater the police attack, called for the police to ire on the students. One week ater Vargas Santiago’s call for signatures, the petition garnered more than 1,200 signatures in to- tal and about 200 signatures from the Austin community. Erica Saenz, the Univer- sity’s associate vice president for community and external relations, said she signed the petition to show support for the students. “We must live by our motto of ‘what starts here changes the world,’ and support our student body as they dedicate time and energy to a variety of issues, locally and around the globe,” Saenz said in an email. At a protest at the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin last week, about 20 students called the names of the 43 missing students and later pre- sented the petition to Consul General Rosalba Ojeda. “We are all outraged,” Ojeda said. “We’ll make sure these sig- natures reach the government.” Yoalli Rodriguez, Latin American studies graduate student and an organizer of the protest, said the authori- ties targeted the students be- cause of their letist leanings. “It’s not a coincidence that the killed are dissidents,” Ro- driguez said. “his is a na- tional problem of institutions. his is a problem of corrup- tion, of violence and of impu- nity on behalf of the State.” Since the disappearance of the students, mass graves have been found in the outskirts of Iguala. So far, DNA tests have shown that the bodies are not those of the missing students. “he mass graves are one of the most terrifying aspects of the Ayotzinapa case,” Vargas Santiago said. “he 43 students are still missing, but other hundreds of bodies have been found in the mass graves.” NEWS Monday, October 27, 2014 RESEARCH W&N 3 3 RESEARCH Researcher lectures on predictors in statistics By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13 Statistics researcher An- drés Felipe Barrientos spoke Friday at the McCombs School of Business about ap- plying mathematical meth- ods to statistical data. “In this kind of work, we try to collaborate with peo- ple from all sorts of ields,” said Barrientos, a researcher at Pontiicia Universidad Católica de Chile. According to Barrientos, two diferent theorems can be applied to statistical data. he Lorenz curve and the Gini method both use “predictors,” which are characteristics that can explain the probability of a future result. Predictors can include things in a population of data such as income level or educational level. he equa- tions are types of “predictive analytics” that can be associ- ated with mathematical equa- tions he has developed. “A lot of statistical infer- ence we see is traditionally under-simpliied,” mathe- matics professor Peter Muel- ler said. “hose paradigms are changing. We’re getting more and more data sets that require us to ask a lot more questions.” Mueller said Barrientos’ methods can be applied to economical data. He said when an economist looks at wealth distribution in the U.S., the Lorenz curve and Gini method could be used to predict what will occur in the future. theorems According to Barrien- tos, his methods could also be applied to the medical field. He said his math- ematical ap- plied to the Lorenz curve can be useful to processes such as blood sampling. Predictors in data such as blood characteristics can be helpful in identifying what types of signs to look for in predicting disease. The predictors can then be accumulated using the mathematical theorems. also Barrientos talked about inancial data and how banks use predictors and sta- tistical data. “hey consider all of your characteristics and put it into a model,” Barrientos said. He said banks acquire data from their clients such as age, income and marital sta- tus when applying for credit. hey then use this informa- tion as predictors to deter- mine if the individual is eli- gible for credit. “He was telling us all the secrets that we don’t learn in introductory statistics,” Mueller said. “It’s not rocket science, but, like all sciences, it’s highly specialized.” arge tri- ake it,” ail. gue vote g is ting Author Kenneth Morgan lectures on Welsh history during World War I at the Harry Ransom Center on Friday afternoon. Morgan also discussed the rise of a liberal government in Wales. Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff Author discusses Welsh history By Chris Mendez @thedailytexan Author Kenneth Mor- gan discussed the history of Wales during World War I on Friday at the Harry Ransom Center as part of its weekly “British Studies Seminar” series. “I want to focus par- ticularly on Wales, where I came from, because war had a very particular impact on the society, culture and the sense of nationhood in Wales,” Morgan said. In discussing Wales be- fore the outbreak of the war, Morgan said its coal ields and seaports brought economic prosperity while church choirs exempliied cultural achievement. “Welsh before the war had a great sense of optimism,” Morgan said. “he Welsh choirs were at their peak.” Morgan also described the rise of a liberal govern- ment in Wales that was led by David Lloyd George, who became British prime min- ister in December 1916. “He was a great igure of radical, nationally con- scious liberalism govern- ment,” Morgan said. “He then emerged as the most prominent, dynamic igure in liberal government.” Morgan also said Lloyd George helped the war ef- fort by mobilizing troops and supporting the liberal ideals of the war. “He became in particular the great advocate of con- scription,” Morgan said. “He claimed, as I said, that it was a war of liberal values.” Despite Lloyd George’s enthusiasm, Morgan said the war weakened liberal- ism in Wales and plunged the state into an economic and cultural depression. “he social base of Welsh ART [David Lloyd George] was a great igure of radical, nationally conscious liberal- ism government. He then emerged as the most prominent, dynamic igure in liberal government. —Kenneth Morgan, Author liberalism was also being undermined,” Morgan said. lurched “[Wales] shortly, into depression and mass unemployment. [here were] diminished signs of the Welsh language and the erosion of the strength of the Welsh choir.” History junior Jonathon Parker said he took a partic- ular interest in the formation of Wale’s national identity. “I didn’t know much about national identity in Wales,” Parker said. “I’m British my- self, but I’m not very familiar with Wales. I gained a much better general impression of what Wales was like.” English senior Victor Hernandez, who has visited Wales, said the discussion informed people about con- lict in the U.K. “I think it was an excel- lent opportunity for people of this city to get acquainted with the power struggles that exist inside the United King- dom, which are foreign to almost everyone outside the commonwealth,” Hernandez said. “I thought it was in- sightful and a brave account of a brave little nation.” Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan Staff Researcher Andrés Felipe Barrientos talks about theorems and statistics at the McCombs School of Business on Friday afternoon. Art outreach program seeks to promote Austin veterans Name: 3285/Rutgers University; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Black, 3285/Rutgers University; Ad Number: 3285 Save the Date: Nov. 5 By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60 As part of the ongoing Aus- tin Arts and Service Celebra- tion, BR McDonald, founder of the Veteran Artist Program, moderated a discussion Fri- day at the SAC with Austin- based veteran artists Jenn Hassin and Jef Moe. McDonald served as an Arabic linguist and member of the special operations forces during the wars in Iraq and Af- ghanistan, but decided to pur- sue an acting and singing ca- reer ater his deployment. He said many other veterans also want to have careers in the arts. “he mission of [Veteran Artist Program] is to encour- age and promote the veteran artists,” McDonald said. “We focus on disciplines of art such as visual arts, writing or literature, performing arts, ilming or video and interac- tive media. For now, veterans consist of those who were artists before an enlisting or drating, became artists while serving and those who return home and use it as healing and expression.” McDonald the Veteran Artist Program in in 2009. More Baltimore than 1,000 artists have come to associate with the group over the last ive years. started BR McDonald introduces the Veteran Artist Program at a panel held in the SAC on Friday night. Michael Baez | Daily Texan Staff Austin native Hassin served as an Air Force dental technician in England until 2009. She then enrolled at St. Edward’s University as a pre- dental student but switched her major to art. She now owns her own art studio af- ter working for Austin-based production company Roost- er Teeth post-graduation. One of Hassin’s art piece, “Letters of Sacriice,” will move from Austin to the Pentagon, where it will be on display for a year. “When I started this proj- ect, I went to my commander irst to ask what he would have written had I died,” Has- sin said. “He explained that for this letter, the military has a template. So I took the letter and turned it into being about a man. From there, I took the template and did one for each of the 6,809 that have died since the start of the war.” Moe served as an Arabic linguist and as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and U.S. Army Special Forces. He is now UT’s student veteran outreach coordinator ater graduating from the Universi- ty with a degree in social work and Middle Eastern studies. “I have found music to be therapeutic,” Moe said. “During my time in Iraq, I found a guitar and it allowed my mind to focus on some- thing diferent. he arts al- low veterans to organize and be creative to express some- thing in a diferent light.” BUSINESS continues from page 1 “I planned my life through serving in elected oice … and by 1993, I had executed my entire professional plan.” Epstein said that, while trying to execute her plan, she didn’t have much knowl- edge on how to do so, but her drive and ambition overcame the gaps in her knowledge. “You don’t have to be a genius about something to igure it out,” Epstein said. “I didn’t know about credit card debt, but I could igure out who would know.” Both Epstein and Vishwa- nath discussed how impor- tant it is to build relationships and to seek out resources. “Relationships are every- thing,” Epstein said, “You can be an engineering genius but that’s not going to help you make a penny — [you’ve] got to build relationships.” Education graduate stu- dent Langston Clark said the seminar helped him under- stand a ield in which he was not as knowledgeable. “To be able to get the per- spective of people who are entrepreneurs and in business I think is good as I start to be- gin my career,” Clark said. 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Success comminfo.rutgers.edu/texas Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey RILEY BRANDS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Monday, October 27, 2014 4 COLUMN COLUMN GOP should move to middle Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) is interviewed at the LBJ School of Public Affairs in January 2012. Cornyn is currently running for his third term in the U.S. Senate. Ethan Oblak | Daily Texan File Photo By Breanne Deppisch Daily Texan Columnist @b_deppy UT made student political organization his- tory last Wednesday as College Republicans, Young Conservatives of Texas, and Young Amer- icans for Liberty gathered together for the irst time since the respective groups were created. Featuring guest speaker Don Devine, director of personnel management during the Reagan ad- ministration, the night was considered by many to be a raving success. “We had a great turnout for Mr. Devine,” said Alexander Parker, communications director of UT’s College Republicans. “It was great to see ev- eryone in one room for such an important event.” Comprehensively, the organizations boast a membership that is not just staggering in scope, but also in ideology. And though the groups are certainly not without their diferences, each shares the hope that eforts to collaborate on this front will translate positively for the Republican Party, especially in the upcoming election. “here are many issues that Republicans — regardless of speciic creed — rely on,” Parker said. “It’s a matter of small government and issues that follow. hese are the things really integral to this party.” Even at the campus level, the efort toward uniting the party on polarizing party issues is in- spiring — and perhaps indicative of a more large scale, comprehensive party convergence. And if a potential realignment is possible, now is certainly the time to do it. he number of so- cial issues that have been presented for party ownership within the past administration alone is signiicant — and the Republican Party would certainly beneit from standing united on these issues. Tacking toward the center is common dur- ing such periods of realignment, and likely how the Republican Party will approach its eforts to mitigate polarization. he shit will likely happen by de-politicizing issues that many agree have transcended simple party ownership, such as gay marriage, which has become more an issue of the courts. Regardless of how Republicans choose to move forward, however, the Achilles’ heel of any party is its inability to align uniformly, and vac- illating too much on these issues may beget low voter engagement in the process. Republicans will have to tread carefully toward the middle. Despite grievances surrounding gridlock and last year’s temporary government shutdown, the Republican Party is poised to do rather well in November’s election. And according to poll- ster Nate Silver, there’s a 60-40 likelihood that Republicans will control the Senate once again. his sweeping upheaval of representatives isn’t uncommon on the heels of an inefective second term, and following Obama’s underperformance, even Democrats have been eager to distance themselves from the incumbent. “It’s like Obama has Ebola,” joked Chris Mat- thews, host of MSNBC’S “Hardball.” With Obama a political “hot potato” that no Democrat wants to grab, the party is as eager to disassociate itself from the president as, well ... his now-teenage daughters are. All that to say: he Republican Party has a win- dow, and it is wide open. But it must be climbed through with thought and consideration. In or- der to maintain a cohesive, efective party, a sys- tem of large-scale convergence on both policy and ideology is very likely necessary. is a government senior from Deppisch League City. GALLERY Urban rail increases options for underserved Austin communities By Jazmyn Grifin Daily Texan Columnist @JazmynAlynn Expensive on-campus and West Campus housing pushes students struggling with the rising costs of college to look farther of for afordable living. Many of these include Afri- can-American students, who make up a mea- ger 5 percent of the student population, and an increasing number of Hispanic students. While our campus encourages diversity, the lack of support for transportation options that would ultimately increase minority af- fordability seems to contradict this priority. he city should work to make transportation equal for all areas to ensure afordability and accessibility of Austin, with Proposition 1, the local urban rail proposal, being the irst step of many that need to be taken. For those without the option of a car, pub- lic transportation is oten the only means of transit. Historically, infrastructure segregated white and black Austin between the west and east, respectively, but modern development and rising costs are pushing minorities even further east. In communities that don’t have an East to West connection, limited transpor- tation options inhibit commutes to work out- side of their community, distant schools and even suitable grocery stores, as many eastern neighborhoods are food deserts with only convenience stores as sustenance options. he lack of adequate public transportation options isolate poorer communities, further distancing them from interaction and repre- sentation on a municipal level. Congestion is usually given as the main concern when defending public transporta- tion. Capital Metro buses assist many as an alternative to car trips that cost the average Austinite 40 additional hours per year in traf- ic. But this emphasis evades the importance of accessibility. Discontinued bus routes have hurt students in particular. Speciically, the disappearance of the Wickersham and Cam- eron Road shuttles hurt students looking to lease in an afordable area but rely on the bus as their only way to school. he current urban rail proposal would be especially beneicial for the many students residing at the River- side student apartments, which are signii- cantly less expensive than their closer West Campus counterparts. City transportation discussions oten re- volve around public transportation as a means to address traic issues and rapid growth, but rarely is equal accessibility even mentioned, much less made a priority. he new District 1 Council member will no doubt give a voice to these communities and bring accessibility to the forefront of the Austin equality conversa- tion, but a “yes” to Proposition 1 would be a step in the right direction to expand public transportation and begin a pattern of pri- oritizing accessibility for traditionally over- looked and underserved communities. he city needs to be made accessible in all direc- tions, not leaving low-income neighborhoods out of options. Griin is a journalism freshman from Houston. COLUMN Austin taxpayers shouldn’t foot bill for Erwin Center replacement Graeme Hamilton| Daily Texan File Photo Men’s athletic director Steve Patterson speaks at a Student Government meeting in September. By Eric Sundin Daily Texan Columnist As a result of the much-anticipated con- struction of the new Dell Medical School, the Frank Erwin Center, home to Texas basketball games and various concerts and events throughout the years, will be torn down. In order to fund what will likely be an expensive construction project, Texas men’s athletic director Steve Patterson has stated that the new arena ought to be paid for using Austin taxpayer money. “The reality is that Austin has had a free arena for three and a half decades at no investment whatsoever,” Patterson said at an event in September. “You look at the growth projections five years out, to be a top 25 market in this country and not to have invested a nickel in an arena is a heck of a position for the city of Austin to be in.” While Patterson’s statements may not have been factually inaccurate, his com- ments are still misguided. The creation of a new venue that would first and foremost be used as the basketball team’s home court — not to mention other University-affiliated events — ought to be paid for mostly by the University without need for signifi- cant public funding from the taxpayers of Austin, who, along with the rest of Texas taxpayers, already help pay for the publicly funded University. This football season is Baylor Univer- sity’s first at the new McLane Stadium. The construction of the stadium was estimated to cost $250 million, with an estimated $100-120 million of the funding coming from private donations. When we consider that the University of Texas has the highest revenue-producing athletics department in the nation, not to mention an array of pri- vate donors that likely surpasses Baylor’s, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the University, if it wanted to, could build a new arena without several hundred mil- lion dollars of additional Austin taxpayer money. It would appear, though, that the Uni- versity of Texas does not want to pay for a new arena on its own, presumably because Patterson believes it doesn’t have to. Yet that is not a good enough reason to force Austin taxpayers to bear the brunt of the construction of a new arena that, outside of Austin Independent School District gradu- ates and graduation ceremony attendees, many Austin residents may never set foot inside. Public funding of stadiums has become trendy for professional sports teams. Own- ers merely need to hint at the possibility of relocation in order to strong-arm city leaders and officials into paying for a new stadium or arena using taxpayer money. Examples of this include construction of a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, partially paid for with taxpayer money, and Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis’ flirta- tions with both San Antonio and Los An- geles as a bargaining maneuver. Unfortunately, Austin residents may soon be subjected to the same injustice felt by the citizens of Minneapolis, who continue to fund a stadium they must pay, again, merely to enter. Because the Univer- sity of Texas will never leave Austin, it is incumbent upon the citizens of Austin to demand that the University itself pay for a new Texas basketball arena. Sundin is an English and radio-television- film senior from San Antonio. Jessica Lin | Daily Texan Staff LEGALESE | 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 OR GUEST COLUMN | E-mail your Firing Lines and guest columns to editor@dailytex- anonline.com. Letters must be between 100 and 300 words and guest columns between 500 and 1,000. 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Stu- dents in social justice can also look into the student-led programs at the interested Multicultural Engagement Center, such as the Women of Color Retreat. “You learn theory in the classroom,” Rosal said. “hen this is where you get to try it on, and it would be really great to have students from the class come.” UT alumnus Jack Wilson is the owner of Radio Coffee & Beer. The coffee house, located on the corner of Manchaca and Fort View roads, offers a variety of local products. Mike McGraw Daily Texan Staff THE DAILY TEXAN Name: Untitled 10; Width: 60p0; Depth: 10 in; Color: Black, Untitled 10; Ad Number: - CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS Self-serve, 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.com A D R U N S O N L I N E F O R F R E E ! w o r d a d s o n l y ADVERTISING 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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Advertising is also subject to credit approval. keep an eye out for the 790 Part Time By Hunter Jekot @Hunter Jekot In one of the best sur- prises since Beyoncé’s album dropped, UT students next semester can take “Beyonce Feminism, Rihanna Wom- anism,” a class focusing on the queen herself in addition to Rihanna, pop culture’s favorite bad girl. “Beyonce Feminism, Ri- hanna Womanism” is cross- listed as an African and Af- rican diaspora studies and a women’s and gender studies course, with the expectation that students are able to con- duct scholarly analyses on these pop-culture igures. But on a campus like UT, there are still many op- portunities to engage with these topics for students who are unable to enroll in the course. UT has been ofering discussions about Beyoncé’s brand of feminism since be- fore Beyoncé herself. “An issue that we have with courses like this is that peo- ple don’t think they’re very rigorous and don’t regard pop culture as critical,” said Nia Crosley, undergradu- ate adviser for the African and African diaspora studies department. “Part of black studies in general is justify- ing that this is a legitimate ield of study.” Crosley said professors RADIO continued from page 8 According had never gotten to do before.” to Alexander Gustafson, regular Radio cus- tomer, the “cafe pub” helped ill a hole let by closures of cof- fee shops such as Ruta Maya and Flipnotics. “Because it is such a well- loved place, to work here is almost a privilege, and people feel like they want to take care of it like they would their own place because they love Jack, and they love all their friends and advisers for both depart- ments make it a priority to fuel discussions regarding feminism, black feminism and black queer theory so students are pushed to think about the topics in their daily lives. “I think one of the special things about the [African and African diaspora studies] de- partment is that we have so many faculty that are clued in to this vibrant community of activist scholars who are interested in this very criti- cal ield of study — which is race, gender and sexuality theory, which includes femi- nist theory, black feminist theory [and] queer theory,” Crosley said. Other courses that contain similar content, according to Crosley, are “Introduction to Women’s and Gender Stud- ies,” “Black Queer Literature and Film” and “Black Wom- en, Struggle and the Trans- national State.” For a more informal setting, Crosley recommends the Malcolm X Lounge, Gender and Sexual- ity Center and even Tumblr as platforms for students to educate themselves at their own pace. Liz Elsen, program and outreach coordinator for the Gender and Sexuality Cen- ter, helps students organize activities and discussions that will help expand their views that show up.” Gustafson said. Jonathan Horstmann, Ra- dio barista and bartender, said it is easy to be sucked into a “Radio hole.” “It’s really nice to work at a place where people are as excit- ed about you being there as you are about being there,” Horst- mann said. “here’s a mutual appreciation. We appreciate the customers, and the customers appreciate we are there.” he property where Radio currently sits previously housed a vintage boutique store that was torn down to create a spacious, The purpose of the GSC is to provide a space [for students] to explore what feminism means to them, because there are many theories and tenants about feminism within feminism. —Ixchel Rosal, GSC director of feminism. One such pro- gram, Feminist Friday, is held in the center every Friday at 1 p.m. So the conversations stay relevant, students choose the topics for Feminist Friday in advance. “At the beginning of each semester, we just do a brain- storming session for the irst Feminist Friday,” Elsen said. “We ask questions like, ‘What do you think feminists should be talking about?’ just to get a vibe for what people think is important. We certainly have talked about Beyoncé.” Ixchel Rosal, director of the Gender and Sexuality Center, said she sees feminism as a personal journey of sorts. 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Lodging, boots provided. Wages. FALLON OF THE NORTH Fallon.com/winterns 6 SPTS GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Monday, October 27, 2014 Texas sufers irst shutout since 2004 NFL FOOTBALL By Stefan Scraield @ stefanscraield MANHATTAN, Kan. — For the irst time in over 10 years, foot- the Longhorn ball team was held of the scoreboard Saturday. Texas dropped to 3-5 in a 23-0 loss to Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas — the irst time the Longhorns have been shut out since Oklahoma contained them to 12-0 on Oct. 9, 2004. “You don’t ever want to get shut out,” head coach Char- lie Strong said. “We thought we had the game plan; we just didn’t go execute it.” Coming of its two best performances of the season, Texas’ ofense was lat all af- ternoon and failed to gain any momentum. Sophomore quarterback Ty- rone Swoopes looked like he did in September: struggling to make routine throws, star- ing down receivers and holding onto the ball too long. Swoopes completed just 52 percent of his passes for 106 yards. “[he ofense] just didn’t ex- ecute – that’s the bottom line,” Swoopes said. “When you don’t execute, it puts you in a really tough position to win.” Texas’ running backs were equally inefective, averaging just 3.1 yards per carry. Junior running back Johna- than Gray didn’t even play until second quarter, and when he did inally get some touches, he struggled to the Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan Staff Wildcat sophomore running back Charles Jones weaves to avoid freshman defensive back Jason Hall and sophomore defensive back Dylan Haines. Kansas State nearly doubled the Longhorns’ offensive production, recording 367 total yards to Texas’ 196. accelerate, as he has all sea- son. Ater missing the ma- jority of last season with a torn Achilles, Gray lacks the burst that made him such a valuable asset during his irst year here. Senior running back Mal- colm Brown played well in the irst half but curiously didn’t get any reps in the second. Strong said his absence was not injury- related, but he didn’t know why Brown didn’t get the touches in the last two quarters. “You never want to be a part of [a shutout],” junior center Taylor Doyle said. “We feel conident in our group of guys, so it’s deinitely disappoint- ing for all of us to not be able to run the ball.” Kansas State senior quar- terback Jake Waters opted to air it out more than usual against a Texas defense that was focused on stopping the option rushing attack. Waters completed 63 percent of his passes for 224 yards, 103 of those going to senior superstar receiver Tyler Lockett. he Wildcats’ backield duo of senior DeMarcus Robinson and sophomore Charles Jones combined for 99 yards and two touchdowns in the game. “Jake [Waters] competed very well,” Strong said. “You talk about a player that did a great job of di- recting that ofense and making the throws.” Already at ive losses, Texas can only aford one more de- feat and still gain bowl eligibil- ity. With two of the remaining matchups against No. 10 TCU and No. 22 West Virginia and the other two in diicult road environments at Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, the Longhorns’ postseason chances look slim. Longhorns must improve all three phases By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman MANHATTAN, Kan. — the ield onto Stepping Saturday, Longhorns the hoped to notch their irst signature the Charlie Strong era. victory of Instead, the Wildcats blanked the Longhorns, 23-0, for Texas’ irst shutout in a decade. hat 2004 team bounced back to win 21 straight games, including the 2006 BCS Na- tional Championship. his team will likely not follow that trajectory, much less secure a bowl appearance this year. But here are a few key faults from Saturday’s loss: Tyrone Swoopes struggles Ater playing at a high level in the loss to Oklahoma and last weekend’s win over Iowa State, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes crashed back down to earth. Swoopes completed only 13-of-25 passes for 106 yards — less than 5 yards per pass attempt. He struggled both on his passes and in the pocket, throwing many near-picks and taking sacks, including one that knocked the Longhorns out of ield-goal range. “He looked a little lus- tered,” senior wide receiver John Harris said. Swoopes made a few plays on his feet — rushing for 31 yards on eight attempts — but those plays occurred only sporadically. Longhorns unable to exe- cute in all three phases he Longhorns again failed to piece together the three phases this game. he scoreless ofense only controlled the ball for a third of the game, as it converted just 4-of-13 third-down attempts. It punted on all six irst-half possessions and lost a crucial fumble early in its irst posses- sion of the second half. “When you do what we did today and go three and out, it’s WEEKEND RECAPS SOFTBALL | AARON TORRES Texas sotball won its third fall scrimmage against Galves- ton Community College in a 10-3 blowout this weekend. Galveston scored all three of its runs in the top of the third of a ielder’s choice, an illegal pitch by sophomore pitcher Lauren Slatten and an RBI groundout. To revive Texas’ pitching, fresh- man pitcher Erica Wright re- tired six hitters in order. “Once you get on the mound, adrenaline takes over you, and you just get in the moment,” [Shire- said. “Erin Wright man], the catcher, made some really nice calls.” he scored Longhorns scored one run in the bottom of the third and three in the fourth before blowing the game open in the ith with six runs. St. Ed- faces ward’s at McCombs Field at 5 p.m. hursday. Texas Erica Wright Pitcher MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING | RACHEL WENZLAFF In a quad meet character- ized by electric times and tight finishes — including one touch separated by one one-hundredth of a second — the men’s swimming and diving team defeated In- diana and Louisville com- fortably, but was narrowly edged out by Michigan. The Longhorns took down the Hoosiers by a 91-point margin and the Cardinals by 81 points. Long before the final event — the 400-yard freestyle relay — Texas had secured its win over the two teams, but the overall victor of the meet remained uncertain. sopho- All-American more Will Licon cap- tured first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:57.11, good for the na- tion’s top time to date in that event. Sophomore Jack Conger also got national recogni- tion, earning the second- fastest time in the country this season with a domi- nating win in the 200-yard individual backstroke with a time of 1:45.18. Fresh- man Jonathan Roberts also hopped on the record train with the nation’s top mark in the 500 freestyle. Michigan held the lead, but Texas kicked up a rally that narrowed its deficit, thanks to sophomore Mark Anderson’s and senior Will Chandler’s second- and third-place finishes in the 3-meter diving event. However, Texas couldn’t catch up and was closely defeated by Michigan, 183-170. Junior running back Johnathan Gray rushed for just 25 yards in Manhattan, Kansas, on Saturday. Texas struggled with its entire run game, moving the ball 90 yards in four quarters. Jonathan Garza Daily Texan Staff a long day,” said Shawn Watson, assistant head coach for the of- fense and quarterbacks coach. While the defense showed signs of strength, it allowed the Wildcats to convert 9-of-17 third-down attempts including a 29-yard reception in Long- horn territory for the Wildcats’ irst touchdown. “We’re a lot better [than that] on third down,” senior de- fensive end Cedric Reed said. “We know that, man. hat’s what’s so disappointing.” To top it all of, an early shanked 12-yard punt set up Kansas State’s second ield goal. Defense fails to force a turn- over Sticking true to its usual los- ing formula, the Longhorns lost the turnover battle. he defense has forced 11 turn- overs in its three victories this season but only three in its de- feats. With the ofense playing as poorly as it did, the defense needed to make a big play. It failed to produce. “We’ve got to get turnovers to win,“ senior linebacker Jor- dan Hicks said. “Especially if they get a turnover, their de- fense gets a turnover, we need to get a turnover. We weren’t able to do that, so that’s on us.” SOONERS continued from page 1 the first set. After its first losing set in Gregory Gym this season, Texas started the second set on a 5-1 run, but the Sooners kept it close and eventually tied the set at 11. Both teams battled in the middle of the set, exchanging the lead seven times with nine ties. But, once again, Oklahoma bettered Texas and put the Longhorns down 0-2. With a two-game lead, Oklahoma started off the third set as the aggressor and opened with a 5-2 lead. Texas didn’t give in and was able to tie the match at 10 thanks to three kills by junior mid- dle blocker Molly Mc- Cage. But the 0-2 deficit was too much to over- come. Oklahoma won the set, 26-24. loss regular The upset to Oklahoma ended Texas’ 34-match sea- streak, son winning 34-match home winning streak and 44-match Big 12 home winning streak, all three of which were program records. The loss also marked the first time the Longhorns were swept at home since los- ing to then-No. 5 Illi- nois on Sept. 3, 2010 — a 63-match streak. “[This is] a wake-up set- sophomore call,” ter Chloe Collins said. “Like [Elliott] says, we need perspective that ev- ery team is going to play their best, and we need to be ready. As a team, we just need to get back in practice and prepare.” Elliott said the team can still accomplish its goals despite the loss. “We have to get back and get better,” Elliott said. “It’s a long season and at the end of the day, we still have an op- the portunity that’s conference, and what our first goal is. We have to get back to the drawing board.” to win Texas returns to action in two exhibition games against Chinese club team Zhejiang on Mon- day and Tuesday, both at 7 p.m. at Gregory Gym. 6 SIDELINE TEXANS TITANS BEARS PATRIOTS LIONS FALCONS ROYALS GIANTS MLB TODAY IN HISTORY 1985 K.C. Royals beat St. Louis Cards, four games to three, in 82nd World Series. SPORTS BRIEFLY Soccer tops Baylor 2-0 in Waco matchup Although Texas soc- cer entered the week- end barely hanging on to the inal spot in the Big 12 Championship tournament, wins Fri- day and Sunday over Oklahoma and Baylor punched Texas’ ticket to the postseason. It took only 45 sec- onds for the Longhorns to generate enough of- fense to knock of confer- ence rival Oklahoma on Friday night. Less than one min- ute into regulation, se- nior defender Whitney Jaynes gained possession along the let lank and chipped a cross into the 6-yard box where leap- forward ing Morgan Murphy nodded the ball in for her irst career goal. freshman Murphy’s header was Texas’ only shot on goal, but a stiling Longhorn defense held the Sooners to just six shots all game, with only two of those on goal. “Anytime you can get a ‘W,’ you’ll take that op- portunity,” Texas head coach Angela Kelly said. “Credit to Oklahoma, this match was a back-and- forth battle. I’m just really pleased with the win.” Texas took much lon- ger to get the ofense clicking Sunday against Baylor, but late heroics by sophomore midielder Julia Dyche allowed the Longhorns to leave Waco with a 2-1 victory. Junior midielder Lindsey Meyer equalized with a goal in the 75th minute, and Dyche put Texas in the winner’s col- umn when she blasted a rebound into the back of the net with just 30 sec- onds to go in regulation. he Longhorns’ next action will take place in the regular season inale at home against Oklaho- ma State at 7 p.m. Friday. —Daniel Clay COMICS Monday, October 27, 2014 7 COMICS 7 Name: 3247/Princeton Review; Width: 29p6; Depth: 1 in; Color: MCAT® | LSAT® | GMAT® | GRE® Available: In Person LiveOnline Prep to Name: 2892/Presidium Group; Width: 29p6; Depth: 1 in; Color: the highest degree. Use promo code DailyTexan$150 to save $150 on classroom prep. PrincetonReview.com | 800-2Review 8 L&A LAUREN L’AMIE, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @DailyTexanArts Monday, October 27, 2014 8 ALUMNI UT alumna runs thriving psychic business UT alumna and Austin psychic Kate Braun holds a Q-and-A about tarot card reading in Marchesa Hall on Sunday after- noon. Braun ex- plored the future possibilities of people who came to see her after the Q-and-A. Claire Schaper Daily Texan Staff By Cat Cardenas @crcardenas8 Although she’s made a career out of her passion for the mystical arts, UT alumna Kate Braun says be- ing a psychic isn’t anything like what Hollywood makes it out to be. For over 40 years, Braun has been a professional psychic. She even returned to UT at one point to teach an informal class on beginning tarot read- ings. Braun said tarot reading is her specialty, although she also practices palm reading and rune casting, a method of using runic symbols to answer questions. Braun said her abil- ity is a git that was revealed to her on accident. “My irst husband had a friend named Clarence, who he introduced me to,” Braun said. “He was an old man, and his parents were spiri- tualists. He would talk a lot about mysticism, numerology and tarot, and I became inter- ested, so I started reading and practicing. I realized I had a git for it.” Braun said this git is not the unattainable, mysterious thing that movies portray it as, but FOOD it is instead something many people may actually have a talent for. “I think more people are psychic or metaphysically aware than they want to give themselves credit for,” Braun said. “Of course you can memorize and read things — anyone can do that — but the level of how well you do depends on your innate abil- ity, how open-minded you are and how prepared you are to commit to practicing.” Appointments for a read- ing over the phone or a read- ing at a private party can provide anything from clarii- cation on her clients’ issues to validation of choices they’ve recently made, according to Braun. “My clients are all curious,” Braun said. “hey come in asking for insight or a sense of direction in their choices. Of course, some want me to predict lottery numbers, but I always have to tell them I’m not a number person. If I was, I would’ve won it myself years ago.” Braun also ofers a self- paced online course on her website. he course is a modiied version of the class she taught years ago at the University. “It was two-hour three classes. he irst class was lots of memorization and covered the suits of the cards,” Braun said. “he next class was re- view and also went over the greater trumps, and the last class delved into practice read- ings and issues of disclaimers. Psychics are not all know- ing, and interpretations can change over time.” Braun said her classes also cover deeper ideas like be- coming comfortable with one’s personal deck or constantly continuing one’s explora- tion into tarot. She believes that these things have made her a successful psychic. Some may be disappointed that the popular trope of the mysterious psychic operating in a musty room with a crys- tal ball is, as Braun would say, a fantasy. However, Braun said people should know that tarot is an accessible way to clarify troubling thoughts or ques- tions about life if one sets aside the time to practice. “I want to stress that there is no right or wrong way to read tarot,” Braun said. “I always told my students not to read the same way I do. You have to follow your own path, and let your intuition guide you. It makes the reading unique to you, and it won’t make it any more or less valid than anyone else.” Radio Cofee & Beer, eclectic eatery, opens in Austin By Estefania de Leon @estefaniadeleon Standing outside Radio Cof- fee & Beer, Jack Wilson, UT alumnus and owner of the store, is busy bouncing a baby in his arms while chatting with a friend. Wilson is surrounded by people sitting on lawn chairs and picnic tables, drinking beer, eating tacos and typing away on laptops. Ater graduating from UT, Wilson moved to Seattle with plans of becoming a teacher but ended up ingrained in the city’s cofee house scene. When he moved back to Aus- tin, Wilson brought three years of experience working at Victrola Cofee Roasters with him, and that became a model for his next endeavor. Wilson began working with his father and now co-owner to develop ideas of opening up a cofee food trailer. heir business plan changed because of the uncertain stabil- ity that comes with opening a food truck, so they settled on opening a brick-and-mortar cofeehouse instead. hey also host the food truck Veracruz All Natural, which sells tacos made with homemade tortillas. “It was really just a conglom- eration of a lot of ideas that we had been tossing about,” Wil- son said. “hat process started about two years ago and what evolved in a year through mil- lions of little decisions.” Radio Cofee & Beer, which opened in June 2014 on the cor- ner of Manchaca and Fort View roads, ofers a wide range of op- tions for customers. hey sell cofee from Stumptown Cof- fee Roasters, ofer brews from various breweries, such as 512 Brewing and Austin Beerworks, and the pastries come from lo- cal vendors, such as East Side Pies, Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop and Moonlight Bakery. “It’s our beer garden, it’s our green house, it’s our cafe [and] it’s our pub,” Wilson said. “All these people that live in these apartments that never had any place to go now can walk to their corner pub, which they RADIO page 5 Name: 3028/House; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Process color, 3028/House; Ad Number: 3028 STATE Free Food & Fun! MLK & Brazos look for the daily texan tent 4 hours before kickoff Illustration by Isabella Palacios | Daily Texan Staff Texas Book Festival showcases independent publishing houses By Bri Zamora @whateverwillbri For an estimated 40,000 attendees, the Capitol and the surrounding downtown area became a literary won- derland over the weekend during the 19th annual Texas Book Festival. More than 80 exhibitor and vendor booths were present at the festival, rep- resenting publishing com- panies and book stores. Some of the exhibitors were mainstream names, such as Barnes & Noble, while others were more obscure, such as Cinco Puntos Press. Cinco Puntos Press, a publishing company from El Paso, belonged to a grow- ing group of independent publishers that ran booths at the Texas Book Festival. Bobby Byrd, co-founder of Cinco Puntos Press, said he hopes his booth made an impression on at least a few of the festival’s at- tendees. Byrd attends sev- eral state book festivals and national conferences every year in hopes of promoting his company. “It is very hard to compete with large publish- ers and to get recognition on a national scale,” Byrd said. “Festivals like this give us the opportunity to reach a much larger audience than we usually could.” April Terrazas, a UT bi- ology pre-med alumna and independent founder of press Crazy Brainz Publish- ing, ran her first exhibition booth at the festival this weekend. Terrazas said the biggest challenge of run- ning her own independent press is marketing it. “Huge publishing com- panies have all of these connections, and I have to do all of the marketing my- self,” Terrazas said. “Once people see the books, they love them, but actually get- ting people to see them can be tough.” is Bryce Milligan the publisher and co-founder of Wings Press, a small publishing house that rep- resents multicultural au- thors. Milligan said Wings this Press stayed afloat year primarily because of the sale of a single e-book, “Black Like Me.” Mil- ligan said, as long as he continues selling successful titles, he can keep the com- pany running and continue his mission. “The mission of Wings Press — of all indie pub- lishers really — is to repre- sent voices that are rejected by or can’t find success with the mainstream pub- lishers,” Milligan said. “We chances take others won’t.” According to Terra- zas, competing with large companies as an inde- pendent publisher is dif- ficult, but it does offer financial benefits. the “All of my profits go to me,” Terrazas said. “I get to keep a much larger per- centage of my returns than authors working with large publishing companies.” Terrazas said despite difficulties along the way, being an independent pub- lisher is rewarding. “Showing off my books and getting so much posi- tive feedback from so many people here at the festival is really, really encouraging and rewarding, and I am so glad I could be here at the festival,” Terrazas said.