CAMPUS Students hold vigil in memory of killed teen By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94 A group of four students held a silent vigil at the Mar- tin Luther King Jr. statue Wednesday to raise awareness of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, more than three weeks ago. aternoon he students set up the vigil to depict the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager who was killed by a white police oicer on Aug. 9 in Ferguson. Ethnic studies se- nior Hakeem Adewumi lay at the base of the statue in imi- tation of a dead body, with bullet wounds depicted and fake blood coming out of his head, while three other stu- dents held signs with quotes by Malcolm X and Emmett Till, whose death helped mobilize the African-Amer- ican civil rights movement in 1955. studies African senior Jasmine Graham said stu- dents staged the vigil to raise awareness of the racial dy- namics and police brutality that afect others, particu- larly people of color. “We just wanted to bring general awareness to the UT community and to people who probably don’t have to face this reality every day,” Graham said. Graham said she hoped the vigil would promote dia- logue among students about racial issues and ind a solu- tion to the problem of exces- sive police violence. “We want people to start a conversation because I feel like people are afraid to con- front things like this,” Gra- ham said. “If enough people are talking about it, some- thing can actually be done.” VIGIL page 2 1 SPORTS PAGE 6 NEWS PAGE 5 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 10 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, August 28, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 CITY Mayoral candidates debate transportation By Jackie Wang @thedailytexan Five of Austin’s mayoral candidates answered ques- tions about public trans- portation Wednesday at a debate held on campus. Candidates Todd Phelps, Mike Martinez, Randall Ste- vens, Sheryl Cole and Steve Adler are running in the irst election held under the new 10-ONE system, a plan approved by voters in 2012. he system will expand the city council from seven to 10 members to represent 10 individual geographic dis- tricts encompassing the city, in addition to the mayor, which will be voted on in a citywide election. Mike Martinez, current council member and chair of the Capital Metro Board of Directors, said he would support Proposition 1 as mayor. Proposition 1, as it appears on the ballot, is a proposal for a $600 million rail bond to install urban rail lines in the city. he money DEBATE page 2 Five pro-abortion rights protesters arrested CAMPUS By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek Five people were arrest- ed on Guadalupe Street on Wednesday for obstructing traic while protesting loom- ing closures of abortion clin- ics in Texas. he protesters are from the activist organization Stop Patriarchy, a national group not ailiated with UT. Fiteen members of the organization were on campus to protest Texas House Bill 2 — a law which will require abortion clinics to comply with cer- tain standards that will cause many clinics to close come September. Lead event organizer Sun- sara Taylor and four other protesters were arrested af- ter they stood across all four lanes of traic on Guadalupe in front of the University Co- op and did not move to the side of the road, despite APD oicers’ requests. According to an APD oi- cial, the ive individuals were arrested and charged with ob- structing a highway or other passageway — a Class B mis- demeanor. Riley Ruiz, an event orga- nizer, said the group decided to protest at UT because of its national inluence. “[We considered] the histor- ical signiicance of UT-Austin and how things that have hap- pened here reverberate across the country,” Ruiz said. Stop Patriarchy member Joan Hirsch said the group is Stop the Patriarchy members Amina, Sunsara Taylor and Bob Hammer hold signs and protest in the middle of the cross- walk between West Campus and Guadalupe, stopping mid-afternoon trafic. Sarah Montgomery | Daily Texan Staff People have to stop looking up to the poli- ticians who have made it clear that they’re not going to ight and put everything on the line for women’s fundamental rights. —Joan Hirsch, Stop Patriarchy member planning a sit-in at Gov. Rick Perry’s house all week to pro- test the bill. “People have to stop look- ing up to the politicians, who have made it clear that they’re not going to ight, and put everything on the line for women’s fundamental rights,” Hirsch said. “his has been a week of deiance. We’re call- ing on people to come and be in front of Gov. Rick Perry’s mansion from 4-6 everyday.” Sarah Montgomery | Daily Texan Staff Amina, a protester with the organization Stop Patriarchy, gets detained by an APD police oficer after participating in a protest against the closing of abortion facilities. Uninished complex strands residents CAMPUS WEST CAMPUS UT Libraries prepare for media lab growth By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman Over the the summer, Perry-Castaneda and the Fine Arts libraries received a $125,000 upgrade. In June, two new media labs, which include 25 Mac workstations total, opened in both libraries. Digital media sotware including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite and sotware for 3-D design and animation were installed on the Macs. he labs can be used by students for projects or can be reserved by profes- sors for a class. According to UT Libraries spokesman Travis Willmann, the labs are a small part of the Student Learning Commons initiative, a $4.5 million plan to turn the ground loor of the PCL into an education center. he plan includes an expanded media lab, collab- orative study areas and the University Writing Center. According to Willmann, the funding for the project is coming from the College of Liberal Arts, the libraries and the provost oice. Willmann said the displaced oices, located behind the ground loor circulation desk, will be relocated to the PCL’s irst loor. LIBRARY page 2 By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman Ater a new apartment complex in West Campus delayed its opening and was unable to open in time for the fall semester, ongoing construction on the Pointe On Rio leaves residents unsure of their housing ar- rangements come October. Located on Rio Grande Street, the complex was scheduled to be complete and ready for move in Aug. to Daniel 16, according Gonzalez, international relations and global stud- ies sophomore, who signed a lease at the complex. On July 24, residents re- ceived an email from Asset Campus Housing saying the building would not be com- pleted before the start of the fall semester, but it would be inished by Oct. 15 at the latest. “I signed my lease very late, probably not until March or April,” Gonza- lez said. “hey told me the apartment would be ready by Aug. 16, and I have a feel- ing that at that time they understood it wouldn’t be completed by then.” Chelsea Ebert, a former Pointe On Rio employee and sociology senior, said she quit her job because she felt the management was inadequate and dishonest to customers. knew that the “I Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan Staff Pointe On Rio, located in West Campus, remains under construction despite promises to residents that work would be completed by Aug. 16. construction wasn’t going to be done on time looking at it,” Ebert said. “It was com- mon sense. When people would come in asking about it, like parents wondering about it, all they would tell us to say is, ‘Yeah, we’re hav- ing a construction meeting so-and-so day. 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It makes me a little bit uneasy but also keeping my ingers crossed.” Heather Cox, an Asset Campus Housing represen- tative, denied to comment on the lack of housing for students. In the email sent to its future residents July 24, Asset Campus Housing outlined two alternative op- tions for housing — stay at the Dobie Center of-cam- pus residence hall or receive a rent abatement worth twice the amount of their daily rent and stay at out- side housing. he email did not specify where students would live ater Oct. 15 if the complex is still not inished. Jonathan Pena, a mar- keting senior who signed a lease at the complex, said he would rather not be liv- ing in a dorm but appreci- ates the management’s ac- commodations. “I’m deinitely not too happy about being back in a dorm, but the management is being really unselish,” Pena said. “hey’re the ones paying for our dorm here at Dobie. hey got us a meal plan to cover 25 meals for us. hey got a parking spot here at Dobie.” According to Ebert, the lease can be dropped on Oct. 15, but, for the time being, she said it is not real- istic to cancel the contract. “he only way they’re let- ting us out of our lease is if we pay a $500 cancellation fee and then, on top of that, we ind someone to sublease our apartment,” Ebert said. Pena met with the apart- ment’s management Aug. 27 but said he was still uncertain about if they would be ready in October for move in. “hey’re hoping every- thing will be ready in time for Oct. 15, but it’s still not really 100 percent sure that it’s going to happen,” Pena said. Volume 115, Issue 12 CONTACT US Editor-in-Chief Riley Brands (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor Elisabeth Dillon (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com News Ofice (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com Multimedia Ofice (512) 471-7835 dailytexanmultimedia@ gmail.com Retail Advertising (512) 475—6719 lhollingsworth@austin. utexas.edu Classiied Advertising (512) 471-5244 classiieds@ dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or email managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2013 Texas Student Media. 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Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan Staff DEBATE continues from page 1 cannot be used unless the Federal Transit Administra- tion matches funding, and the city garners another $400 million for additional road projects. “Public transportation is a key component of aford- ability and helping the mid- dle class in our community,” Martinez said. “I believe there is not a perfect solution for congestion, but we have to start somewhere.” Todd Phelps disagreed with Martinez’s reasoning and said if the proposition passed it would only beneit a small percentage of the population. “Even if they can ‘Criss- Angel-mind-freak’ it to the voters, it doesn’t matter if you get 40,000 riders,” Phelps said. “We’re pushing out four times that [amount of] Austinites of all cultures because they can’t aford to live here any longer. As someone who grew up here, I understand the soul of Austin — and that’s the people.” Current Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole said the proposal is expensive, but stressed that it would address problems throughout Austin. “I fully recognize that Aus- tinites are concerned about afordability, but there are Steve Adler and Todd Phelps chat after a mayoral debate on cam- pus Wednesday evening. Adler and Phelps were among ive may- oral candidates who participated in the debate. Ethan Oblak Daily Texan Staff also concerns about traic, so we have to give them an op- tion of how to deal with that,” Cole said. “he ballot propos- al contemplates $600 million for rail and $400 million for roads. Roads are imperative to present a comprehensive package, and that is why it was important to put some- thing before the voters that would help with congestion.” During the urban rail’s planning, some citizens and students advocated putting the line along Guadalupe Street and Lamar Boulevard. According to Cole, Guada- lupe and Lamar were not suggested as rail corridors because a citizen’s committee did not recommend it. Cameron Lagrone, a pub- lic afairs graduate student who attended the debate, said she understood the traf- ic system more ater moving from Northwest Austin to the campus area. “I’ve lived in Austin for about a year and a half,” Lagrone said. “I heard there were a lot of can- didates for mayor, and it was nice to see it narrowed down and get to know what they’re about. I just wanted to igure out what they were all into.” Maggie Moore, a community and regional planning graduate student, said she thought some can- didates provided more valu- able responses than others. “he focus on transporta- tion was really great,” Moore said. “Proposition 1 — I’m totally for. I’m a planning stu- dent, so the idea that they’re voting on right now is super exciting because it’s just the irst part of a big plan. … I was glad to see which candidates were against it because they’re not in a ield I would go for.” he debate will be aired on KLRU at 8 p.m. hursday and simulcast on KUT. LIBRARY continues from page 1 Learning Technologies Li- brarian Cynthia Fisher said the current media labs are a test for how to operate the future labs. “he thing that we’re ofer- ing currently is a smaller me- dia lab with access to high- quality sotware for creating digital projects and teaching workshops,” Fisher said. “It’s part of what we hope will be on a much larger scale in the Learning Commons.” Fisher said the labs’ hours will correspond with the hours of the library they are located in, meaning the me- dia lab will be open continu- ously once the PCL is. 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COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK breck e n ridge Vail • Beaver Creek • Keystone • Arapahoe Basin 20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price. F R O M O N L Y plus t/s WWW.UBSKI.COM 1-800-SKI-WILD • 1-800-754-9453 R E C Y C L E ♲ AFTER READING YOUR COPY W&N 3 Name: 3067/Netlix; Width: 60p0; Depth: 20 in; Color: Process color, 3067/Netlix; Ad Number: 3067 AMIL MALIK, FORUM EDITOR / @TexanEditorial Thursday, August 28, 2014 A BIWEEKLY PUBLICATION OF THE DAILY TEXAN EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT 4 Forum page opens up space for diverse University voices page will have a predetermined theme, allowing the featured pieces to take on a more relective tone. he theme for this issue is “back to school,” and the essays below are submissions from in- coming freshmen regarding their thoughts and feelings about coming to the University of Texas. In order to determine which submissions would be featured on the page, the Texan opened a contest to all freshmen interested via the oicial 2018 Facebook page. Once the pieces came in, we chose three essays that stood out based on the perspectives they ofered. he irst day of college, the irst day of the semester or even just the irst day of the week presents an opportunity to set goals and work toward achieving them. he goal for this Forum page is not only to provoke thought and relec- tion, but also to create a space where members of this University can ofer thoughtful perspec- tives and expert opinions on issues that aren’t necessarily tied to the previous day’s news. his is a unique feature for a newspaper, and we hope you enjoy what this page ofers. his is my third year at the University of Texas at Austin and also my third year at he Daily Texan. As a inance, business honors and Plan II major, I don’t see my involvement with the Texan in a purely journalistic light. Rather, I see writing for the Texan as an opportunity to call attention to matters that students and faculty at this University care about, to research those issues and to ofer some sort of limited insight on them. Last year, I worked as an associate editor on the editorial board. As a board, we wrote about the upcoming gubernatorial elec- tion, stealth dorms, the drama among the UT regents and Student Government elections, to name a few topics. Working as the Forum edi- tor this year should be no diferent in terms of the topics we discuss and the audience we reach. All members of the UT community are wel- come to write for us, and we are always on the hunt for new perspectives and fresh ideas. he next issue’s theme is Sept. 11, 2001. If you were in New York that day or if you lost someone in the attacks and would like to write about it for our next issue, please email forum@dailytexa- nonline.com. Malik is a Plan II, inance and business honors junior from Austin. Freshman makes sacriices in coming to UT By Benjamin Miller Guest Columnist College is a scary prospect. hroughout my senior year of high school and all summer, this whole college thing has had me worried. I like to think that I am not the only one feeling this way. It is not so much the idea of living away from my family in a big city for the irst time in my life that scares me. he academic rigor does not intimidate me, nor do the numerous adventures awaiting me in Austin. hese are the reasons I am taking the plunge in the irst place. Life is what scares me. Many of us imagine what life will be like “someday” when we “grow up,” and here it is. Obviously life does not end when you get to college; it goes on whether you succeed or fail. And neither does it begin now, as this would negate all the work and experi- ences that you have had over the past 18 or so years that have made you who you are. he dif- ference is that the stakes are higher. Running out of money could have a student wondering where their next meal will come from. And those worries are just general ones which apply to almost everyone at the University of Texas and other universities around the world. Coming to Austin, I am leaving behind a rock band in which I play guitar. No doubt I will be questioning my decision to give up as tight a group as that. Ater years together, people start understanding each other musically, and to start another band would require starting all over again. I also am entering this new phase of life with my girlfriend. She will be living 30 minutes away in Georgetown. I may not see her as oten as I would like. Academically, I face a great challenge, as do many of us. I am in the School of Undergraduate Studies, not by choice, but because I was denied admission to Cockrell School of Engineering, where I would be studying electrical engineer- ing. here was no other choice; no other schools had received an application from me. My family is not so certain of my going away. heir encouragement is scarce. Our economic situation does not lend itself to supporting my education. I have had to ight doubts from with- out as well as from within. My father has a degree he does not use in his current job, and just re- cently paid of his debt, so his college experience was less of an investment and more of an enor- mous waste of time and money. Getting in was only the beginning. I still have to prove myself and leap far greater hurdles than I have already experienced, with the hope that I can come out the other side wiser, stronger and more prepared for success in the world. Do not get me wrong, I am extremely excited. Fear and anxiety are hurdles themselves. he greatest challenge of all will be balancing my optimism for the future with my fears of complete and utter failure. But despite the doubts in my mind, I am thinking (and hoping) that college will be a blast. from is an undeclared freshman Miller Mansield. Illustration by Shannon Butler | Daily Texan Staff An international student’s perspective on life at UT By Aman Mahar Guest Columnist @twitterhandle As a senior in high school, even in Ka- rachi, Pakistan, I, like many others, spent hours researching, selecting and applying to various colleges. Throughout the pro- cess, I realized this would be an exciting and life-changing decision. I wanted to join an institution that not only offered a world-class education but also provided an environment that would mold me as a person ready to accept challenges and thrive in the professional world. I could not continue higher education in Paki- stan. Being a third-world country, Paki- stan did not have the quality of educa- tion that I required to achieve my goals. Hence, I finally decided to take the arduous journey of 8,000 miles, zipping through various airports, to the doors of the University of Texas at Austin. The 40 Acres was going to be home for the next four years. As I sat through the long flight, I had some time to reflect. I knew I had just crossed the threshold of ado- lescence into independent adulthood. And I knew that with this independence comes responsibility. In Austin, I would no longer have the luxury of having do- mestic caretakers. I would have to make my own decisions and learn to become self-reliant for everything. While this re- sponsibility looks different for different people, it is perhaps the most important aspect of a student’s college life. As incoming freshmen, we are told that college is all about new beginnings and meeting new people. College is truly the cultural melting pot of America. This is where lifelong friendships are forged and one becomes aware of the diversity and beautiful color that is added to life by people of all sorts of backgrounds and experiences. This is where the learning begins, where we learn to celebrate dif- ferences and resolve conflicts civilly, where we learn to become true citizens of this rich and diverse world population. I feel I can speak for most of the in- coming freshmen when I say that every one of us is worried about adjusting to college life. One of the most important things this adjustment period teaches us is the importance of being polite and humble. No one wants an arrogant friend, and in order to fit in with all the different social groups, freshmen need to put aside their haughtiness. These four years away from family and friends will play a key role in establishing lifelong friendships with my peers at UT. I hope to forge friendships with students from all kinds of races and ethnicities. Another important part of college is to learn the value of time, to make decisions at the right time and act accordingly. I hope to accomplish this as quickly as I can, because it would only make my col- lege experience more fruitful. I am a true believer that education that is imparted in the classroom is en- riched and enhanced by our experiences outside the confines of the lecture hall. What better place than UT to take that first step in becoming an accomplished global citizen and the next generation of professional? On my first day on campus, I was in- timidated by the 40 Acres and I thought it would be impossible to find my way around. I missed home, where everything was familiar, but as I walked around cam- pus from one building to another meet- ing new people, I stopped thinking about Karachi. There is so much to explore at UT that I am hoping it keeps me occu- pied, and hopefully in the coming four years, it will come to feel like home. Mahar is an economics freshman from Karachi, Pakistan. By Amil Malik Forum Editor @amil_malik94 he Forum is a new biweekly addition to he Daily Texan. While the page complements the opinion section, it serves a slightly diferent purpose. he Forum is a place for students and professors to engage in a discussion regarding pressing issues of the moment. But unlike the opinion section which focuses on commentary regarding recent news items alone, each Forum College hype is well deserved By Nancy Huang Guest Columnist @twitterhandle College is like that one Marina and the Diamonds song: “TV taught me how to feel/ now real life has no appeal.” On TV we are shown hard-partying habits of Greek life, studious habits of nerds, quirky and fun col- lege romances and roommates who are socio- pathic serial killers. Ater all of that, the real thing seems like a total waste of potential. Why even go to college? “High School Musical” did for high school what these shows did for college. It gave us an idealized version of something ordinary. It’d be a lie to say “HSM” was a life-altering experience, but it’d also be a lie to say that it was a completely fake, totally useless movie. Did everybody spontaneously start singing in cafeterias? No. Did we want to? Yes. As an incoming freshman, the past few months have been about nothing but college — roommate assignments, testing require- ments, gaining credit, inancial aid, campus visits, registration, orientation, scholarship applications — it all makes me a little sick of hearing about it. As in, constant exposure has numbed my sense of excitement to all things quintessentially college. Half of the conversa- tions I have with my parents are about UT. No amount of movies where the protagonist tries to “ind herself ” on campus — a quest that for some reason did not occur in high school — will make the numbness stop. It’s just too prevalent in my life right now. And then, later — in an oasis of calm, during brief periods where I don’t have to focus so much on “the future” — I click on UT’s website and lip through its homepage. I check out the current scientiic research, what events are currently happening on cam- pus, look into speciic colleges and major re- quirements and get excited all over again. I visited campus last year and my tour guide, a junior named Jef, thought it’d be a good idea to take us through Gregory Gym- nasium, which completely blew my mind. “So Matthew McConaughey really trained here?” “Yep.” “And so did Ryan Gosling?” “Yep.” “Is there any chance either of them are ever coming back?” “I don’t know, maybe? Let’s hope so.” “hey should have this UT Alert thing or something, where the entire campus is noti- ied of a celebrity’s location on campus. So we can ind them.” I think that may have set of alarm bells. He squinted at me, probably to igure out if I was a deranged stalker. “No.” But in all seriousness, it’s good that col- lege is so idealized. I mean, it’s something we’ve been working toward for the past 18 years of our lives. Something has to keep us going through all the mind-numbing paper- work. hose movies gave us motivation to work for it. hey showed us the best parts about college — exaggerated, yes, but still the best. What would we do if we hadn’t gotten a couple of ictional, idealized versions? Prob- ably slack of. Our work ethic would die. he fantasy of meeting Ryan Gosling at Gregory Gym would not have been enough to sustain me through college apps. Man cannot live on Ryan Gosling alone. And in all reality? Even if you get sick of hearing about it, college is going to be the best. My parents met and fell in love in col- lege. My sister had a complete career melt- down and rebuilt it from the ground up in college. My friends have discovered who they are and what they really wanted to get from their schools and switched their majors ac- cordingly. here are just so many good expe- riences people have in college. It’d be an out- rage to call out those movies and TV shows for showing us a “fake college experience.” College is an experience. In short, do I have unrealistic expectations of college? Yes. I’m still planning on going to Gregory Gym for a glimpse of Gosling (say that 10 times fast). I know the actual experi- ence will be diferent from how the media portrays it, but I couldn’t be happier about the education I got from those movies and shows. Now I’m looking forward to the real thing. Huang is a journalism freshman from Lake Orion, Michigan. 5 Juan Sanchez, vice president of research, is serving as UT’s lead partner with the Na- tional Science Foundation In- novation Corps, which donated a three-year, $3.75 million grant to the University. The grant promotes research for the creation of com- mercial tech- nologies through the school. Sarah Montgomery Daily Texan Staff NEWS Thursday, August 28, 2014 UNIVERSITY NEWS 5 Science foundation donates $3.75 million to UT By Andy East @thedailytexan awarded he National Science Foundation a three-year, $3.75 million grant to the University to form the Southwest Alli- for Entrepreneurial ance re- Innovation Node, a gional group hoping to turn academic research with commercial potential into business initiatives. technology The node is part of the National Science Foun- dation Innovation Corps program, which focuses on the commercialization of in previ- ously funded NSF research in the fields of science and engineering, according to Heath Naquin, who will be the executive director of the Southwestern I-Corps Node. Naquin said UT has been tapped to be the lead site for the Southwest node, which will also include Rice University and Texas A&M University. “It is a big deal, in my view, for the nation,” said Juan Sanchez, vice president for research at UT. “It is a pro- gram that is aimed at train- ing entrepreneurial faculty members so that they will be more prepared to trans- fer their product of research and development into the commercial markets. here CAMPUS are only a few universi- ties in the country that are the designated nodes of I-Corps [program].” According to Naquin, candidates for the grant will devise three-person teams composed of a prin- cipal investigator, mentor and entrepreneurial lead, which can be a gradu- ate student. If selected, teams will receive a six- month, $50,000 grant from the NSF and will attend I-Corps training at an I- Corps node. “There are two I-Corps team grant submissions coming up on Sept. 15 and 30,” Naquin said. “The node will be coordinating an information session for interested faculty and stu- dents to get a better un- derstanding of what the I-Corps program entails for them.” Naquin said the University will host its irst national I- Corps cohort in October. Since 2011, I-Corps has helped 319 teams start 163 business ventures, according to the NSF website. “he overall goal of I-Corps is about getting in- novation out of the labs and into the marketplace and train researchers to think about how to commercialize their technologies more ef- iciently and efectively,” NSF I-Corps spokeswoman Sarah Bates said. VIGIL continues from page 1 studies African senior Kwanisha West said the group came up with the idea ater seeing a group of performance artists stage a similar protest at a park in Philadelphia. “We saw a video online where a group in Philly did something similar, so we got most of our inspiration for this [vigil] from that,” West said. he four students wrote the names of people who had been killed in events involv- ing excessive police violence around the country with chalk on the sidewalk near the statue. 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For details about educational records and official communications with the University see General Information, 2014-2015. Name: 2909/Buffalo Exchange; Width: 29p6; Depth: 5 in; Color: Black, 2909/Buffalo Exchange; Ad Number: 2909 President William Powers Jr. and head football coach Charlie Strong put their horns up for the “Texas Kickoff Rally” on Tuesday afternoon. Jonathan Garza | Daily Texan Staff Strong kicks of new season at rally By Matthew Adams @thedailytexan After the first day of school Wednesday, the class of 2018 and oth- er students gathered at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial to ring foot- ball season at the “Texas Kickoff Rally.” the new Stadium in he event, part of “Long- horn Welcome,” featured new head football coach Charlie Strong, who was hired in January. Before Strong arrived at the event with freshman two “here are players, Longhorn Network anchor Lowell Galindo opened the event, telling the crowd to cheer on the team. things that Coach Strong doesn’t like: a sot football team and an unenthusiastic crowd,” Galindo “One of said. those things we will be able to control.” Cheerleaders, band mem- bers and other spirit orga- nizations shared facts about Texas football and led the audience through cheers and songs. he crowd gave a warm welcome to Strong, Powers and freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard. Strong was upbeat and encouraged ev- eryone to be positive Satur- day against North Texas. “Heading into this game, we will need all of your sup- port to help lead us to a vic- tory,” Strong said. Ater the rally, freshmen took the ield for the oicial class photo. 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Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin – Downtown 111 Cesar Chavez @ Congress Austin, TX 78701 • (512) 478-9611 www.radisson.com/austintx • 1-800-333-3333 HOTEL & SUITES AUSTIN - DOWNTOWN FOOTBALL By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman Last season, starting in the conference home opener against Kansas State, junior quarterback David Ash was poised for a standout season. Ater missing Texas’ defeat at the hands of Ole Miss be- cause of an injury, the quar- terback hit then-wide receiv- er Kendall Sanders in stride for a 63-yard touchdown, giving the Longhorns a 10-0 lead over the Wildcats. But, as it would turn out, this game would stand out rea- for an unfortunate son. Concussion symptoms would cut Ash’s appearance, and his entire season, short. “I’ve always felt like, if you want to know, if last year if I felt like I was on the verge of some pretty big breakthroughs? Yeah, I felt that way,” Ash said. “And it didn’t end up, and that’s OK. I just got to pick up where I let of and keep working to get there.” In strug- 2011, Ash gled as a true freshman, throwing intercep- eight tions to only four touch- season, downs. But the passer threw for seven last 6 SPTS GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Thursday, August 28, 2014 Ash wants to stay healthy, lead Horns MLB 6 SIDELINE CARDINALS PIRATES YANKEES TIGERS TOP TWEET Mack Brown @ESPN_CoachMack Thx for all the Happy Birthday wishes. I’m thinking 63 is the new 43. Have a gr8 day! TODAY IN HISTORY 1994 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur championship at 18, defeating Trip Kuehne in the inal. Woods’ record would stand until 2008 when Danny Lee won the tournament. SPORTS BRIEFLY Men’s cross country ranks 23rd in nation he Longhorns men’s cross country team will open the season as one of the top teams in the nation, according to U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Texas was ranked 23rd by the Coaches Association in its preseason ranking. he Longhorns inished 14th in the NCAA Cham- pionships last year. De- spite the loss of All-Amer- ican Ryan Dohner, who inished 11th at the cham- pionships, Texas returns a number of key runners, senior Craig including Lutz. Lutz inished 15th at the championships. In addition to their No. 23 national ranking, the Longhorns are also pegged as the No. 2 team in the South Central Re- gion behind Arkansas. Defending champion Colorado took the top spot unanimously, while Northern Arizona, Ore- gon, Oklahoma State and Stanford rounded out the men’s top ive. Despite being ranked ith in the regional poll, the women’s cross coun- try team was not ranked in the national poll. Both country cross teams begin their sea- son Friday evening at the Baylor Invitational in Waco. —Jacob Martella Junior quarterback David Ash (14) missed much of last season because of concussion symptoms. He claims to be at full health heading into the 2014 season and looks to lead the Longhorns to a rebound year.. touchdowns while rushing for one more in the three contests he saw action. In his past 15 contests, Ash has thrown 26 touchdowns to 10 interceptions, which is iden- tical to the passing statistics posted by legendary quarter- back Vince Young during the 2005 season. Although Ash hasn’t ex- actly won enough to elicit comparisons to Young, numbers prove he has the potential to become a solid quarterback for the Long- horns. he senior has already proven that he is willing ASH page 7 Shelby Tauber | Daily Texan ile photo New playof system will right wrongs of old BCS By Evan Berkowitz Daily Texan Columnist @Evan_Berkowitz Most Longhorn fans still remember the score to the infamous 2008 Red River Rivalry game that fell in former Texas quar- terback Colt McCoy’s fa- vor: 45-35. hat was the score that Texas fans say should have put their team into the title game. As the one-loss Sooner team went on to face Flor- ida in the BCS National Championship, Texas, also with one loss, had to settle for the Fiesta Bowl. Texas fans argue, and with good reason, if it weren’t for a Blake Gideon dropped “easy” intercep- last-second tion and a touchdown by Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree, it would Now, if a repeat of 2008 happened in 2014, Texas would be in the playoff — and have a deserving shot at the title. have been an undefeated Texas team playing for the national championship. Instead, it was the BCS rankings that gave Okla- homa the nod. However, now, that prob- lem should be solved. For the irst time in FBS history, there will be a four- team playof this season. No longer will a com- puter decide who the best two teams are. In- stead, a 13-member se- lection committee will decide, basing their de- strength of cision on schedule, head-to-head results, comparison of com- against results and opponents mon championships among other factors. won, It won’t avoid all contro- versy, but it solves the main issue: that one team, contro- versially, was let out of the title picture. Now, if a repeat of 2008 happened in 2014, Texas would be in the playof — and have a deserving shot at the title. But, unfortunately for Texas fans, the times of stardom have McCoy’s passed, and Texas won’t likely be a part of this year’s system. playoff However, this new col- lege football will be a PLAYOFF page 7 Freshmen ready for chance to play By Jori Epstein Daily Texan Columnist @JoriEpstein Between a handful of in- juries and two handfuls of suspended players over the past few years, the Texas football staf has learned to rely on more than just vet- eran players alone. As Shawn Watson, as- for sistant head coach offense, success said, doesn’t just require “work with ones.” Instead, in the era of head coach Charlie Strong, the Long- horns look to “develop the team.” With this philoso- phy, the staff expects to reward freshman stand- outs who have already in proven the offseason. themselves “We play with what we have, and we’re always develop to looking younger players so that they’re in place to play,” Watson said. “We always have that philosophy. training camp, During we work with ones, twos and threes so that we can bring the younger players along and increase our depth. It always works out for a season.” formula in a Among the freshmen ru- mored to run the ofense Saturday are wide receiv- ers Armanti Foreman and Lorenzo Joe. Foreman—the No. 15 wide receiver in the class of 2014—according to ESPN, was a four-time dis- trict honoree at Texas City High School, recording 32 touchdowns through- out his high school career before he and his brother, running back freshman Armanti Foreman Freshman wide receiver D’Onta Foreman, signed with Texas. Joe, an Abilene Cooper High School graduate, arrives in Austin with three all-district hon- ors behind him, including the District 2-5A Ofensive Most Valuable Player his senior year as quarterback. Behind center, he passed for 1,864 yards with a 58.3 RECRUITS page 7 Illustration by Hannah Hadidi | Daily Texan Staff SEC winning battle of college networks By Daniel Clay Daily Texan Columnist @dclay567 Since its launch in 2011, the Longhorn Network has looded the UT athletic de- partment with cash. However, the ESPN- backed Longhorn Net- work frustrated the rest of the Big 12 with its lack of revenue sharing — among other things — and irri- tated Missouri and Texas A&M so much that, cou- pled with other issues, they decided to bolt for new conferences. Texas A&M and Missouri received the revenue sharing they wanted when the SEC boosted their already presti- gious position in the NCAA by launching the also ESPN- backed SEC Network on Aug 14. The SEC Network lacks the availability concerns the that dragged down Longhorn Network for some Texas fans. Upon its launch, the new channel via was available to a re- ported 90 million house- holds powerhouse providers Dish Network, AT&T, Comcast, DirecTV and Time Warner Cable, among others. A concerning igure for the Longhorns is the advan- tage in exposure the SEC Network has created over its Austin counterpart. Fans, pundits and head coaches have all but unani- mously crowned the SEC as the greatest conference in college football, and confer- ence newcomer Texas A&M has been snatching four- and ive-star recruits from the Longhorn’s traditional hunt- ing grounds. For a few years, Texas could pitch a 24/7 expo- to recruits driven sure by the prospect of star- dom. However, Texas’ neighbors to the east can now pitch that same ac- cess to an even bigger audience, which has the SEC page 7 Name: 3107/BookHolders.com; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Process color, 3107/BookHolders.com; Ad Number: 3107 ANDREW JUST $151 TEXTBOOKS SAVED VS THE UNIVERSITY CO-OP N O LOWEST TEXTBOOK PRICES ~ FREE LOCAL DELIVERY OPEN SUPER LATE ~ GROUND LEVEL DOBIE MALL *Savings comparison based from respective websites at time of purchase. subject to errors. SPORTS Thursday, August 28, 2014 SPTS/CLASS 7 RECRUITS continues from page 6 percent completion rate and also rushed for 1,657 yards, averaging 8.1 yards per carry. his However, high school performance only got him a spot on the ros- ter. With Strong’s motto earning privileges, for Joe also needs to earn his spot on the playing field. Now, Watson believes Joe’s summer showing has proven that. “Lorenzo Joe is going to be a factor in our sea- son somewhere down the road,” Watson said. “When? It’s probably go- ing to be when the oppor- tunity presents itself, but he’s been prepared.” Though he’ll no longer jog out to center, Joe has worked closely with ju- nior starting quarterback David Ash throughout training. Ash said Fore- man and Joe showed a “tremendous amount of dedication,” which will translate to execution on the field. “It was a hard camp,” SEC continues from page 6 possibility of pushing the already tipping recruit- ing scale further towards SEC schools. The Longhorn Network has struggled to reach the majority of viewers within Texas, although a new carriage agreement with Dish is expected to help the issue. Meanwhile, July esti- mates ranked the SEC Network the fifth larg- est sports network in the country with an ex- pected 75 million sub- scribers and a revenue of $611 million. share After accounting for the costs and the rev- enue taken by ESPN, the estimates pre- dicted that each of the 14 member schools will haul Jason Hall Freshman defensive back Lorenzo Joe Freshman wide receiver Ash said. “It was a grind, and those guys came out every day, and they im- proved each and every day. They learned more and more, [showing that], beyond the shadow of a doubt, they have the ca- pability and the ability to play football at this level. It won’t be long before they’re a huge part of what we do.” Defensively, Strong an- ticipates freshman defen- sive back Jason Hall will also see playing time. Ac- cording to Strong, ESPN’s No. 87 safety in the nation has positioned himself to contribute. The All- State 5A honorable men- tion tallied 57 tackles, six interceptions and six pass breakups his senior year of high school, claiming the compliments of Texas’ leading defensive back Quandre Diggs. “He’s a guy that will come up and hit you,” Diggs said. “He’s rangy. He’s like 6-foot-2, 6-foot- 3, and he’s smart. He’s instinctive. He’s a fresh- man who came in and worked his tail off. He’s always had a hunger for the game.” Freshman running back Donald Catalon has also garnered recognition, although Watson antici- pates giving him a little more time to develop be- fore he hits the field. The Longhorn Network has struggled to reach the majority of viewers within Texas, although a new carriage agree- ment with Dish is expected to help the issue. in around $19.6 million this year from the SEC Network and total TV revenue could balloon to $40 million by the net- work’s third year. To put into those fig- ures comparison, in 2012-2013 Texas re- ported $33.4 million in total royalty and licens- ing including the cash influx from the Longhorn Network. revenue, The channel accounts for a huge role in Tex- as claiming the title of wealthiest athletic de- partment in the country, it helped make and few the Texas one of that has been schools able to distribute ath- letic revenue to academ- ics rather than the other way around. to Money has not —and should not—be a problem for the Longhorn Network thanks the 20-year, $300 million deal ESPN signed in 2011, guaran- teeing a large revenue stream to Texas Athlet- ics. However, Florida and Alabama could dethrone the NCAA’s Texas things revenue king go as planned for the new network. as if 7 ASH continues from page 6 to put in the extra efort to make sure he does whatever he can to help his team win. “If I hand it of 60 times and we win, I’m totally com- fortable, but, if I’m hand- ing the ball of, and it’s not working, and I’m going to have to throw, I’m totally comfortable throwing,” Ash said. “I’m totally comfortable doing whatever it takes to help this team win, and that’s the job of the quarterback. It’s not about stats. It’s not about fame. It’s not about be- ing known as this, as a gun- slinger. It’s about winning football games.” do it.” Ash’s critics oten question his intangibles and abilities to guide his team to victory, as he has seen insubstantial game action through the past two seasons. But now enter- ing his fourth year in the pro- gram, he has worked to make strides in that capacity. “He has become a true leader,” said senior receiver John Harris. “You know he’s a senior, and he’s been in this position before. I don’t think that’s going to be a problem for anybody to fol- low him. We’re going to be right there with him. We know he can lead this team. We just want to see him Ash’s biggest concern this season will be staying healthy, and, if he can do so, he will be able to provide strong leader- ship for his revamped team. Quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson has already seen Ash’s desire to prove himself ater an injury-riddled 2013 campaign. “He really wants to be a great player, and I think he has unsettled afairs ater the kind of year he went through last year,” Watson said. “I respect that. I’ve listened to him. He has worked really hard, and he has played very eicient football. He’s had a great training camp. I’m re- ally proud of him.” Caleb Miller | Daily Texan ile photo If the college football playoff was around in 2008, the Longhorns would have had the chance to play for the national championship instead of settling for the Fiesta Bowl. PLAYOFF continues from page 6 good change in the system, providing a new aspect to the entertainment of the sport. The 13-member com- mittee will be chaired by Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long and will consist of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, former Ole Miss QB Archie Manning, former Nebraska athletic director and coach Tom Osborne and former U.S. Secretary of State Condo- leezza Rice. The committee will meet weekly, starting Oct. 28, with the rankings re- leased Tuesdays. Each committee member will rank the top-25 teams in the country and assign teams to the Cotton, Fi- esta and Peach Bowl when they aren’t hosting semi- final games. Committee members will be recused from certain teams be- cause of possible conflicts of interest, such as Long from Arkansas. The new system likely won’t do away with all con- troversy, though, as the No. 5 team will likely claim to be “robbed” of a chance. But that’s theoretically bet- ter than having the No. 3 team be “robbed.” In addi- tion, some teams will have the chance to boost their resumes at the end of the season with a conference championship game — an advantage the Big 12 and Texas won’t have. Although Texas isn’t to be a part expected of the new excitement, it should be fun to wit- ness college football his- tory as the new playoff system unfolds. 8 L&A 8 TBT continues from page 10 Wilson cautions students about crossing the street, explaining that there is one traffic light that “no one, neither drivers nor pedes- trians, seems to observe, so they should soon be- come quite adept at dash- ing across the drag, dodg- ing the trucks, jalopies, and bicycles which fly back and forth.” Current freshmen probably can’t imagine any- one trying to rush across busy Guadalupe Street, al- though they are sure to see it happen many times over the coming months despite the increasing amount of jaywalking tickets handed out to students. that In the article, freshmen are reminded they should never feel lost in the shadow of the Tower, as it “serves as a sort of bea- con when one gets lost on campus.” Wilson advocates for friendliness on campus and encourages frightened “freshies” to never hesitate to ask questions. “University students, faculty, even the Navy, love to display their knowledge and will divulge any facts about the campus which they happen to know,” Wilson said. Walking the now-expanded campus in 2014, it is easy to see why around so many students dread the first day of classes — many of the same trepidations and fears about experienc- ing life on campus were held 71 years ago. That students were learning the same lessons then as they are now may hint at feel- ings of solidarity or frus- tration — but keep in mind that, year after year, the first day has never been too terrible because there has always been a second day. Thursday, August 28, 2014 LIFE&ARTS QWERTY continues from page 10 not designed for nearly that kind of speed. In fact, the only reason we still use the QWERTY keyboard layout is for historical rea- sons, rather than practical ones. hat is not to say that QWERTY is the only key- board ever developed. he very irst typewriter, the Hansen Writing Ball, was drastically diferent. his device, which looks like a kind of steampunk pincushion, with many keys coming out of its semi-spherical body, was manufactured in 1870. It sat above a rolled sheet of paper and typed sideways with letters printed from top to bottom rather than let to right. Additionally, the machine completely covered the paper it wrote on, so users could not check for mistakes until ater they had inished a page. Thankfully, a few years later, E. Remington and Sons produced a more sensible typewriter, with a flatter design that makes more sense to modern sensibilities. It also had letters arranged the in current QWERTY our order, but there are no known records that sug- gest how this order came about. Some suggest that intended the designers to slow down the typ- ist and prevent typebars from getting stuck, but a closer look shows that this is not the case. For Eng- lish, the QWERTY con- figuration is actually more likely to have colliding typebars than a randomly designed keyboard. One thing is more or less agreed upon: QWER- TY is not the optimal lay- out for somebody typing in English. The design overworks the pinky fin- gers. Each pinky finger is responsible for letters as well as “shift” keys. The left hand, non-dom- inant for the majority of the population, is used 57 percent of the time. left hand In fact, the can type many common words by itself. Part of the reason for these problems is that the original typewriter was meant for “hunt-and-peck” typing, not touch typing. But that makes the design even more baling, as stud- ies have conirmed that it is much easier to hunt for let- ters if they are arranged in an order that makes sense, such as alphabetical. With exception the of certain places in Eu- rope where a few keys are switched, the design is used in a majority of countries across the world. People have proposed better de- signs, but, despite its laws, QWERTY still works pretty well. Average typists eas- ily achieve speeds of above 50 words per minute, and those with particularly speedy ingers can double or even triple that. Those critical of QWERTY often choose Dvorak, a configuration designed to solve many of the problems inherent in QWERTY. When using Dvorak, the right hand does more work than the left and the most com- monly used letters are on the home row. It also takes comparative finger strength into account. The index and middle fingers do more work than ring fingers and pinkies. There is also an emphasis on al- ternating hands, which results in faster typing with less exhaustion. Un- fortunately, these changes have not added up to any practical benefits. De- spite several studies that have looked into it, there is no strong experimental evidence to suggest that the Dvorak keyboard pro- vides a real improvement for most users. It is unlikely we would arrive back at anything like QWERTY if we started from scratch, but at least we’re not stuck lugging around laptops that look like a Hansen Writing Ball. Perago, a cloth- ing company started by UT freshmen Ronnie Edwards and Will Barbrow, has only one design currently, but it has experienced success because of it Photo courtesy of Perago Clothing PERAGO continues from page 10 T-shirt with Barbrow and four other team members. Although they only have one shirt design, Barbrow the small company said has had success. some According to Edwards, a large part of the company’s success resulted from a thorough social media cam- paign on both Twitter and Instagram. In one of their two shipments, they were able to sell 80 shirts in four days in their hometown of Killeen. Currently, Perago only takes orders through Twitter and Instagram but plans to launch an online store next month. “There’s a lot of interest in it,” Barbrow said. “A lot 2014 of it is from our hometown, and a lot of it is from right here at UT.” he line is being estab- lished at three universities. Edwards’ brother has been marketing it at the University of North Texas, another part- ner has been marketing it at Texas State, and Edwards and Barbrow have focused on marketing it at UT. “UT is pretty much the perfect breeding ground to get your name out there,” Barbrow said. According to Edwards, students have shown inter- est in both wearing the line and helping out with the company. Ater discovering Perago on Twitter, aerospace engineering freshman Char- lie Folger helped Edwards and Barbrow with packaging and promoted the company on his own Twitter page. “When I irst heard about Perago, I thought, ‘Wow! his sounds like something I want to be involved with and help out with.’” Folger said. “Ever since then I’ve been helping. We’ve all worked together to promote this new cloth- ing line. We helped package it and are trying to get it well known on campus.” For Edwards and Bar- brow, Perago has become something more than a way to make money. Edwards said Perago has become more of a movement and a concept than a clothing line. “We’ve deinitely learned by this point that it is not about the money,” Edwards said. “All the money that you make is going straight back into the shirts. We want to bring longevity to [the cloth- ing line]. We want people to connect with it.” Edwards, Barbrow and their team chose the name Perago for a reason. Pera- go is a Latin word mean- ing “to conquer, inish and and complete.” Edwards Barbrow have also turned into the acronym Perago “pursuing re- excellence quires ambition, goals and opportunities.” Barbrow said these two meanings convey the way they want to reach their customers. “I think our goal is to get an idea across,” Barbrow said. “We want it to be about inspiring and helping others to go out and get personal fulillment. 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MCAT® | LSAT® | GMAT® | GRE® Available: In Person LiveOnline Use promo code DailyTexan$150 to save $150 on classroom prep. PrincetonReview.com | 800-2Review 10 L&A LAUREN L’AMIE, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR / @DailyTexanArts Thursday, August 28, 2014 10 THROWBACK Freshmen face same irst day stress as 1943 ‘freshies’ invest in war bonds — report- er Marifrances Wilson de- picts newcomers’ experienc- es in an article titled “Cheer Up, Freshie! hose Buildings Won’t be So Strange Ater a Week.” The heightened pres- ence of the military is ap- parent when Wilson warns students of the “marching columns of khaki which you have to dodge on your way into the commons.” the armed These days, forces still have a home on campus, but students are likely to see more columns of khaki shorts or sorority T-shirts than uniformed young men. The University itself was much more constrained in terms of space during World War II, fitting nicely inside the actual 40 Acres. Food, drinks and entertain- ment were all sought out primarily in the building known today as the Texas Union. In 1943, a slew of common monikers was Walking around the now-expanded cam- pus in 2014, it is easy to see why so many students dread the irst day of classes — many of the same trepida- tions and fears about experiencing life on campus were held 71 years ago. used for the building, such as “The Chuck Wagon,” “Commons” and “The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You.” Just west of the Union, where Wilson suggests new students try to find their bearings, stood the Uni- versity Co-op on the Drag. TBT page 8 By Fred Tally-Foos @fredtallyfoos Editor’s note: his is the irst of a weekly series docu- menting past articles he Daily Texan has covered in its 114-year history. Freshmen stepping onto the 40 Acres for the irst time tend to ind the hectic comings and goings of roughly 50,000 students jarring, but, in 1943, there was a diferent kind of bustling energy because of the overbearing presence of World War II on campus. In the Sept. 1, 1943, issue of he Daily Texan — along- side an editorial discussing the pros and cons of “think- ing men” staying home and an advertisement urg- ing students and faculty to SCIENCE SCENE QWERTY keyboard ineicient Illustration by Albert Lee | Daily Texan Staff Back in 2010, Austin was home to the Ultimate Typ- ing Championship, where the winner, Sean Wrona, typed an extremely dii- cult passage full of unusual symbols and punctuation with an average speed of 124 words per minute. It is even more impressive when one considers that the keyboard he used, the standard QWERTY that we all grew up with, was QWERTY page 8 By Robert Starr @RobertKStarr Illustration by Hannah Hadidi | Daily Texan Staff CAMPUS Freshmen seek to conquer fashion world through Twitter, Instagram By Brigit Benestante @BBenestante While most students bring their clothes and belongings with them to college, business freshman Ronnie Edwards and bio- chemistry freshman Will Barbrow brought a little something their clothing line. extra: Edwards and Barbrow helped create Perago Cloth- ing this summer and have sparked interest among stu- dents by building a strong social media presence. to idea According the Ed- for a wards, clothing line came after a number of attempted projects with a group friends, of high school including Barbrow. “There’s a group of us that tried tons of group projects,” Edwards said. “We tried to be rappers; we used to make beats. 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