1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 SPORTS PAGE 6 NEWS PAGE 3 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, October 2, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 UNIVERSITY Fixed tuition enrollment below estimate By Alex Wilts @alexwilts In the University’s irst se- mester ofering a guaranteed tuition plan, the number of students who signed up for the four-year ixed rate fell below University projections. he UT System Board the of Regents approved University’s irst guaranteed tuition plan in May in ac- cordance with House Bill 29, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2013. he bill mandated that all Texas institutions of higher education ofer a four-year ixed tuition plan to incom- ing freshmen and transfer students. he plan locks its students into the same tu- ition rate for each semester they attend the University. At the meeting, the Univer- sity proposal projected be- tween 2,000 to 3,000 students would sign up for the plan. According to University records, 1,094 students have opted into the plan — called “Longhorn Fixed Tuition” — since its implementation this fall. Including UT-Austin students, 1,640 students have registered for the guaranteed tuition plan across System schools, according to the Sys- tem. his total does not in- clude UT–Rio Grande Valley and UT-Dallas. UT freshmen and trans- fer students who enrolled in the plan for this fall are cur- rently paying a ixed tuition rate of 8 percent over the fall 2013 traditional cost. In fall 2015, the guaranteed plan will be set at 4 percent more than the fall 2014 guaranteed plan cost. he University also ofers a $3,500 rebate to TUITION page 2 Group rallies for imprisoned student CITY Mayoral candidates deliberate water, taxes By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng Seven mayoral candidates discussed water conserva- tion, transportation issues and curbing property taxes in a fo- rum at the Austin Convention Center on Wednesday night. Businessman Todd Phelps, retired engineer electrical Ronald Culver, City Council Member Mike Martinez, air- crat technician Randall Ste- phens, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole, retired technology writer David Orshalick and attorney Steve Adler sat down at a fo- rum hosted by the City Ethics Commission and League of Women Voters of the Austin Area. he only candidate listed on the ballot that did not ap- pear is activist Mary Krenek. Adler said the afordability cri- sis in Austin has been exacerbat- ed by the rising property prices. Cole said the increasing prop- erty tax rate is unacceptable. “We have to remember that it has two components: rate and appraised value,” Cole said. “What is really getting out of control is the appraised value. We have allocated money to work with the appraisal district to ight the appraisal values. We also need to go to the legislature and make changes there. I do not support a rate exemption, I support a lat tax exemption.” Orshalick said preemptive strategic planning would have stymied the water conservation FORUM page 3 CAMPUS By Josh Willis @joshwillis35 A group of demonstrators gathered Wednesday on the RLM bridge to raise awareness for Omid Kokabee, a former UT physics graduate student who has been imprisoned in Iran for almost four years. he group gathered in the shade of the building Koka- bee would have returned to for class ater visiting his family in Iran. Phys- ics professor Herbert Berk spoke at the demonstration about the circumstances of Kokabee’s incarceration. “It’s hard to understand what it was, and there was no trial to really shed any light because, at the trial, the judge looked at him and declared him guilty and put him in jail for 10 years,” Berk said. Berk serves as chairman for the Committee on In- ternational Freedom of Sci- entists, an organization that RALLY page 2 Ellen Hutchison (left) releases white doves on the RLM bridge Wednesday afternoon to raise awareness for former gradu- ate student Omid Kokabee. Kokabee has been imprisoned for almost four years after visiting family in Iran. Jenna VonHofe | Daily Texan Staff CAMPUS CAMPUS Crime prevention event engages students By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94 Students participated in a simulation of drunken driving, tested their pep- per-spraying abilities and met police officers to kick off National Night Out on the San Jacinto Residence Hall plaza Wednesday. involvement National Night Out is a nationwide event de- signed to promote com- munity in crime prevention. UTPD, the Division of Housing and Food Services and other campus organiza- tions partnered with each other to put on the annual event, which has been held at the University for the past 10 years. The event is part of Campus Safety Week, which is hosted by Student Government each year. “In essence, it’s to get law enforcement and the com- munity to come out to- gether and say, ‘We’re not going to tolerate crime,’” said William Pieper, UTPD crime prevention specialist and Campus Watch writer. National Night Out parties take place in neighborhoods across the country every Individual Madison Richards| Daily Texan Staff A group of professors held a discussion panel over important controveries in the book and ilm “Gone with the Wind.” Faculty panel discusses ‘Gone with the Wind’ By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13 A faculty panel discussed the controversy and histori- cal background surround- ing “Gone with the Wind” on Wednesday as part of the Harry Ransom Center’s ongo- ing exhibition, “he Making of Gone with the Wind.” “Gone with the Wind” was originally a book written in 1936 by Margaret Mitchell but was brought to the big screen in 1939 and was directed by David Selznick. he ilm was referred to as a classic of the golden age of Hollywood movies. At the time, it sparked controversy over how it portrayed sex, race and to violence in the South during both the Civil War and the Re- construction Era. According Jacqueline Jones, history department chair, “hate mail” was sent before and during production of the movie from radical labor groups, vet- eran groups and the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People. “hey were eloquent state- ments about the book and how the Union veterans were de- picted and how African-Amer- icans were depicted,” Jones said. “hey gave a sense of the real controversy that began even before production.” PANEL page 2 History freshman Angelina Medellin “pepper sprays” UTPD Oficer William Pieper during National Night Out in front of San Jacinto Hall on Wednesday evening. Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan Staff year on the first Tuesday of August. In Texas, the date is moved to Octo- ber because of the heat, Pieper said. “It started out just getting neighbors to put their porch lights on, so the bad guys knew, ‘Hey, you can’t com- mit a crime here,’ and then it evolved to actually com- ing out of your house and meeting your neighbors and getting involved with the community,”Pieper said. had Students the chance to practice their pepper-spraying skills with training spray and experience a simulation of drunken driving by us- ing Fatal Vision goggles, a tool used to simulate the effects of alcohol on a person’s vision. While wearing the goggles, stu- dents practiced throwing footballs beanbags and targets to demon- at strate how hand-eye co- ordination impaired is when intoxicated. “It really teaches you that drunk driving is not a good idea,” said James Rauhut, a management information systems senior who volun- teered at the event. lison Walker Business freshman Al- said she CRIME page 2 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Journalist discusses the signiicance of 1979. PAGE 3 Moody college dean discusses future plans. PAGE 4 Volleyball blows Iowa State away in straight sets. PAGE 6 Electric Dance Music cements its place at ACL. PAGE 8 Guest lecturer talks about new Blanton exhibit. PAGE 3 Powers got it wrong on tenure — here’s why. PAGE 4 Despite rough start, run- ning back still conident. PAGE 6 UT alumna publishes her second book of poems. PAGE 8 Can’t discreetly read the paper in class? Click your way to The Daily Texan’s website instead for all the latest news and stories. dailytexanonline.com PAGE 7 2 Thursday, Octorber 2, 2014 NEWS 2 FRAMES featured photo CRIME continues from page 1 felt the event was a good way to build community between students. “I think a lot of times people in the dorms kind of stay to themselves, but this really helps people get out and meet their neigh- bors and other people,” Walker said. Campus Safety Week will include other safety events such as Fire Safety Day, Cop Day and Law Enforce- ment Day for students to learn more about UTPD and community policing, Pieper said. Applied learning and de- velopment junior Carolina Medina, who works as a resident assistant in Prath- er Hall Dormitory, said she thinks the event was a good way for UTPD to build re- lationships with students on campus. “It really puts a face to the police department here, and you meet them and re- alize that they’re really fun people,” Medina said. Biology freshmen Hallie Williams and Lauryn Overhultz relax in a hammock in front of SRD on Wednesday afternoon. Ellyn Snider | Daily Texan Staff RALLY continues from page 1 ights for imprisoned sci- entists. He said the reasons for Kokabee’s imprisonment are unusual. “He was declared inno- cent of some of the [origi- nal] charges, but then they convicted him of conspir- ing with the United States government and getting illegal income, which is, as far as we can tell, the income from being a TA here,” Berk said. Berk said Kokabee has lost weight and has come down with diferent medi- cal alictions while in the Iranian prison system. “Omid is under some very bad conditions, and, in fact, he’s been ill for a while,” Berk said. “He has several difer- ent things, like heart palpita- tions, and he has trouble with kidney stones that periodi- cally come, in part, because of the poor water that’s there.” the world, Nobel laureates have writ- ten petitions asking that Kokabee be set free. Berk said petitions collected by Amnesty International will be delivered to the Iranian representative at the United hroughout Nations assembly in a couple of weeks. Ellen Hutchison, a former UT student and acquain- tance of Kokabee, said that the demonstration is a pow- erful way to spread the mes- sage and encourage others to speak out. “Public awareness re- ally does help the situa- tion of political prisoners. Anything [the public] can do to increase awareness would be helpful,” Hutchi- son said. “This makes a statement not only about the Omid, but about freedom of scientists to study what they believe is beneficial to society.” At the demonstration, white doves were released from the bridge that had been trained to ly out and return to their home. Rebecca Brat- ton, the business owner that provided the doves, said that the doves represent what ev- eryone hopes for Kokabee. “White doves represent peace, hope, love and faith, which is very itting this oc- casion because it’s what it’s going to take to get Omid back where he needs to be,” Omid Kokabee Former UT physics graduate student Bratton said. “Once the birds are set free, they return to their home, which is what we want for Omid.” Name: 3230/Harry Ransom Ctr 19-7475- 0; Width: 19p4; Depth: 8 in; Color: Black, 3230/Harry Ransom Ctr 19-7475-0; Ad Number: 3230 Volume 115, Issue 36 CONTACT US Main Telephone (512) 471-4591 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 Sports Ofice (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & Arts Ofice (512) 232-2209 dtlifeandarts@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. 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De- spite this, African-Americans were typically portrayed by white actors in ilms. “We didn’t have a lot of visu- al representations of African- Americans during this time period,” Berry said. “his was a ilm that you inally had Af- rican-American actors and ac- tresses playing slaves on stage.” he protagonist in the ilm is Scarlett O’Hara, a south- ern belle who is the daugh- ter of a plantation owner in Georgia. According to Jones, a sort of “melodrama” en- sues from Scarlett’s romance and conlicts. Jones said that Scarlett, played by Vivien Leigh in the ilm, starts out as a spoiled brat on a plan- tation and transforms into a self-reliant lumber dealer. “Scarlett embodies this new South,” Jones said. “She’s very enterprising, becomes ob- sessed with money and really lost touch with the value of the land. She’s become self-reliant, and that’s what some young women reacted to.” Radio-television-ilm pro- fessor homas Schatz said that during the time period the movie was one of the irst to have a female lead. “he female audience was so important to Hollywood at the time,” said Schatz. “What this movie was doing with race and gender was so won- derfully complicated, and it’s the way Hollywood intended it to function.” he exhibit for the ilm in- cludes on-set photographs, audition footage and fan mail. 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Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 10/02/14 Texan Ad Deadlines Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m. Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m. Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) TUITION continues from page 1 guaranteed plan who graduate in four years. students Mary Knight, the Univer- sity’s associate vice president for inancial afairs, said new students were informed of the plan through emails and at orientation sessions during the summer. She said the en- rollment numbers might be low because many students may have decided to risk the luctuations in tuition costs rather than pay more money up front. “he rate for the ixed tu- ition is actually higher than the traditional [rate], and that is just to account for the fact that costs will go up over the four-year period,” Knight said. “Each student needs to decide what their inancial situation is, and I can’t predict what that decision is or why they made that decision.” he Board of Regents ap- proved the guaranteed tuition plan, which was implemented at all System universities, at the same meeting when it decided not to increase undergradu- ate in-state tuition rates for the 2014-2015 academic year. Be- cause tuition rates are not going up, students who opted into the plan are paying more money for tuition this academic year. If the regents decide to increase tuition in future years, students under the guaranteed plan would keep their current rate. Since 2009, UT-Dallas has automatically enrolled new students into a guaranteed tuition plan upon their en- trance into its university. Matt Sanchez, director of new student enrollment at UT-Dallas, said even though NEWS Thursday, October 2, 2014 CAMPUS Guest lecturer discusses Cezanne’s inluence on Latin American art W&N 3 CAMPUS 3 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Study explores water use in fracking irds n to t we By Chris Mendez @thedailytexan A guest lecturer spoke about French painter Paul Ce- zanne’s inluence on the work of Latin American artists Di- ego Rivera and Jesús Soto at the Blanton Museum of Art on Wednesday. James Oles, a Latin Ameri- can art professor at Wellesley College, specializes in modern Mexican art and architecture. Oles presented the works of Cezanne and spoke about the natural images in the paint- ings. He also discussed the dif- ferent landscapes used in Ce- zanne’s works and emphasized the importance of brushwork. Oles pointed out the same elements in Mexican painter Rivera’s work. According to Oles, Rivera started as a cubist artist in 1914 and then shited to a modernist style ater ob- serving the works of Cezanne. According to Oles, Rivera emulated Cezanne’s land- scapes in his own works and portraits but incorporated his own style with more space and separation in his images. Other aspects of Rivera’s art that Oles talked about included his geometric pat- terns and depiction of work- ing class people. also discussed Oles By Aimée Santillán @thedailytexan that A study led by a UT re- searcher the found amount of water used for unconventional gas and oil production, such as hydrau- lic fracturing, is about the same as is used for conven- tional production. he study, published on Sept. 18 online in the “Envi- ronmental Science & Tech- nology Journal,” was led by Bridget Scanlon, senior re- search scientist in the Jack- son School of Geosciences. “We’re using more water for hydraulic fracturing be- cause we’re producing more oil using hydraulic fractur- ing,” Scanlon said. “It is not because hydraulic fracturing is more water-intensive per unit of oil production.” Scanlon said she decided to conduct the study to answer existing questions about the vulnerability of unconven- tional gas and oil production because of water shortages and the use of hydraulic fracturing. “here is a concern about FORUM continues from page 1 problem, and that the best way to meet all their recom- mendations is by putting ev- erything into one city plan. “With one strategic city plan, we wouldn’t have to have these conversations every one, two [and] four years,” Orshalick said. “he Water Task Force found a lot of things for us to do. One of the recommenda- tions of the Water Task Force was that we have a water master plan. I think that the recom- mendations are very good.” Adler said he believed Austin needs to improve wa- ter conservation. “People are conserving more and more water and ex- pect their bills to go down, but they don’t, and they don’t un- derstand why,” Adler said. “It’s because we have high capital expenditure that keep those bills up. We should be doing a better job with conservation and reuse. San Antonio reuses about 40 percent of its water. Austin reuses 3 percent.” Culver proposed adding an express lane to alleviate traic congestion on the highways. Phelps stressed the impor- tance of legalizing transpor- tation network companies to help with the traic problem. “We need to greenlight companies like Uber and Lyt immediately,” Phelps said. “We can create low in this city. As James Oles, a Latin American art professor at Wellesley College, speaks at the Blanton Museum of Art on Wednesday afternoon.. Jenna VonHofe| Daily Texan Staff Venezuelan artist Jesús Soto, whose major works appeared in the 1960s. He is most nota- bly recognized for penetrable sculptures, which consist of dangling tubes through which people can walk. “[Cezanne] wanted to make visible the world that touches us,” Oles said. Oles also showed Soto’s opti- cal wall works, which modeled the idea of Cezanne’s by creat- ing “vibration” through the use of diagonals. In contrast to Rivera’s art, Oles pointed out that Soto made his paintings more three-dimensional. Oles concluded by saying that both artists had their own interpre- tations of Cezanne’s art. Oles said that other Mexi- can abstract artists, in addition to Rivera and Soto, have been inluenced by Cezanne’s work. Oles also talked about the im- portance of students getting a hands-on experience of art. Mathematics sophomore Jacob Caudell said he is in- terested in the underlying structure of realities. “I’m interested in how art develops over time,” Caudell said. “hey took the same body of work and did very diferent things with it. Ater this presentation, I’m under- standing more about how artists respond to the art that has come before them.” Oles will be giving another talk at the Art Building andMu- seum on hursday at 7 p.m. using water, especially in times of drought,” said Kristine Uhl- man, research engineering/sci- entist associate. “With this re- search, people can understand that the method for generating energy is not necessarily what’s causing more water use.” According to Uhlman, hy- draulic fracturing, fracking, is a process in which liquids are injected into fractures of rocks to extract natural gas and oil. Conventional oil and gas accumulates in reservoirs and is extracted through the use of conventional, vertical wells. Unconventional oil and gas is trapped in dense rock, typically shale, and cannot be extracted except through the use of unconventional, hori- zontal wells. Uhlman said the unconventional oil production method has been useful to reach unconventional oil. “Unconventional oil and gas production is helping the United Sates be energy inde- pendent,” Uhlman said. “We have enough energy to sustain ourselves because of this new unconventional development of unconventional oil and gas.” Scanlon said the results of this study could be used in future economic and policy studies about environmental impacts of unconventional energy production. She said the research was based on a well-by-well analysis of water use in hydraulic fracturing and used a number of difer- ent databases. She looked at thousands of wells used for conven- tional and unconventional oil and gas production and came up with ranges of how much water is used to con- struct them. hey found the same amount of water is used for both methods. “he diference is not how much water is used, but when it is used,” Uhlman said. Uhlman said that this study could provide people with a better understanding of the relationship between water and energy. Research scientist associate Robert Reedy and research scientist Jean-Philippe Nicot, both with the Jackson School of Geosciences, also contrib- uted to the study. Ellyn Snider | Daily Texan Staff Steve Adler, candidate for Austin mayor, discusses eficient and environmentally friendly energy for Austin on Wednesday night. far as the transportation sys- tem of the future, we need to look at something that’s smart and technology driven.” Martinez said expanding access to diferent social ser- vices is imperative. “We invest about $18 mil- lion a year in social service con- tracting,” Martinez said. “We estimate we have over 100,000 residents in Travis County who are eligible but not enrolled in food service programs.” Stephens said the way to expand social programs would be bringing back Tex- an tax dollars. “Our governor has cor- rectly pointed out that we are a donor state, and I wouldn’t be ashamed to ask Congress to give us some of our money back to us,” Stephens said. he candidates also ad- dressed the issue of rental properties not kept up to city code. Orshalick said the City Council was to blame for sub- standard housing. “Social equity is part of my platform,” Orshalick said. “he fact that we have sub- standard housing in Austin, Texas, speaks very poorly of us. When it came time to pass a long-term rental ordinance — we started in 2009 and we still don’t have one. his would include automatic inspections of very rental property and en- sure performance to city code. his is long overdue.” Martinez said mandatory rental registration for landlords was necessary to help renters in substandard housing. “We absolutely must bring these folks outside of the shad- ows,” Martinez said. “We must be able to contact these rent- ers. We can’t do that unless we can access the people who own these rental properties.” Madison Richards | Daily Texan Staff Journalist Christian Caryl lectures on his new book, “Strange Rebels,” in Sid Richardson Hall on Wednes- day afternoon. In his book, Caryl argues that events of 1979 were formative for the world today. Journalist asserts impact of 1979 on politics, economy By Adam Hamze @adamhamz Although many people might think the most crucial moments in the 20th century would include World War II, the civil rights movement or the Vietnam War, journalist Christian Caryl said the cur- rent state of the world was most afected by events in 1979. Caryl, who is a senior fel- low at the Legatum Institute and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine, gave a lecture hosted by the Clements Center for History, Strategy and Statecrat at the University on Wednesday. Caryl said there were ive moments in 1979 that caused it to be a formative year: the election of Pope John Paul II, the rise of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the economic revolution in China led by Deng Xioaping, Iran’s shit into theocracy under Ruhol- lah Khomeini, and Margaret hatcher being elected as the British prime minister. According to Caryl, au- thor of “Strange Rebels: Why We Still Live in the Shadow of 1979,” these events were close- ly correlated and, together, contributed to paradigm shits across the world. He said the Pope’s involvement in Poland and the Islamic Revolutions in Afghanistan and Iran con- tributed to the fall of commu- nism, while the economic shit to free-market capitalism in China and Great Britain chal- lenged socialist systems. “he reason we need to pay attention to this year is not just because of the transforma- tions, but I believe we need to because it transformed the world far more than we usual- ly give it credit for,” Caryl said. Caryl believes the impact the events of 1979 had on politics and economics today is overlooked because of the complexity of the events. He said it is much easier to ana- lyze concrete events such as WWII, and the reason 1979 contained a multitude of historical events is because the world is constantly going through cycles. “here are cycles in his- tory … periodic outburst of fervor, then reaction, then religious revivals,” Caryl said. “Not many people noticed the shiting of attitudes until they had already happened.” “Bringing Jacqueline Chandler, pro- grams manager at the Cle- ments Center, said the aim of the department is to help stu- dents learn from history and become more efective leaders. in historians from all sorts of backgrounds is really important to bring that message home,” Chandler said. “Sometimes people tend to focus on one event or signa- ture thing [in history] and will miss the whole picture.” Government junior Andy Trimble, who attended the lec- ture, said if the general public had a better grasp on the histo- ry of regions engulfed in con- lict, they would have a better understanding of the context of the situations. “If [people] know what happened in the past and could make accurate links, their view of history would be much more linear, instead of just chopped up in these big moments,” Trimble said. “his way, people would have more informed opinions and be less ignorant about certain topics.” Free Food & Fun! MLK & Brazos look for the daily texan tent 4 hours before kickoff RILEY BRANDS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Thursday, October 2, 2014 4 Q-AND-A Communication dean discusses TSM, future plans for Moody have magazines and newspapers and broadcast, and we still have some of that, but now pretty much any journalism student that graduates is going to have a range of skills that we didn’t have to do in the past, so I think they’re working hard to keep current, as you know, but the busi- ness keeps changing. he modalities change all the time, so we have to keep iguring out where things are going and try to get students there be- fore that happens. But I think we’re still regarded as one of the very best programs in the country. DT: How has the relationship between the Moody School and Texas Student Media (which oversees he Daily Texan) evolved over your tenure as dean? Hart: I didn’t have to pay very much attention to it for the irst eight-and-a-half years. Obvi- ously very supportive ... A lot of our alums are products of Texas Student Media, and I would meet them at receptions, events across the coun- try and they would always ask about [TSM], and in some ways, I wasn’t always up to date on what was happening ... I was approached by the Vice President for Student Afairs, and Charles Roeckle, assistant to the president, asked if I was willing to come to a meeting and would I be open to [taking it on]. he question was, “Can it be done, and could I get some help from the president during the transitional period?” So then I got to know a lot more about Texas Stu- dent Media than I ever had, particularly the i- nancial procedures ... [If I had a time machine,] I would have started fundraising 40 years ago for Texas Student Media, because as time goes on and people become wealthier, they still talk about their days on the Texan or on the TV station, the radio station. hey still talk about it even though they’re now 50, 60 years old, as they do about Plan II. But Plan II , they’ve been raising money all that time, and we have not ... Particularly in today’s media environment, you have to have multiple ways of advertising. he way it has been done in the past, it’s just not alone going to be enough, and that’s true of cor- porate journalism as well, so philanthropy has to be part of it. I think it should be. DT: How will the health communications center collaborate with the med school? Hart: I hope it will be an intimate connection. Our message is that AIDS in Africa is not going to be cured by medicine. It’s going to be cured by communication. Getting third world people to understand and embrace irst world medicine, and that’s a cultural communication issue. You can’t get better unless you have the medication; you won’t take the medication unless you believe that it is culturally and intellectually acceptable... DT: We heard a story on the radio the other day. It was talking about the changing environ- ment of journalism employment and how it’s moving from a less stable environment to more freelance work. Do you have any advice for graduating students on how to adjust to this less secure employment environment? Hart: All of that is true and not true at the same time. In all of human history, there have never been more job openings for people with professional communication skills. In all of hu- man history. he diference is, in the past, most of the jobs would be headquartered in big build- ings and big companies, like CBS or the Dallas Morning News or these large places that held large numbers of people. hese days, however, it’s really important for people to understand that if they have a skill level, that there are more jobs than ever before in human history. It just means they have to think more creatively. So the question is really more of a inance question. Who will pay for the kind of information that journalists provide, which is tested, reliable and dependable evidence. And someone will pay. Figuring out how and when is the question. So I think there will always be jobs. I can’t imagine a ield that has a greater upside ... It’s an exciting time, but it’s a little crazy too. Great time to be a student. Amy Zhang / Daily Texan Staff Editor’s Note: his is the second in a series of Q-and-A’s with the deans of the University’s 18 schools and colleges. Roderick Hart has served as the dean of the College of Communication, recently rechristened the Moody College of Com- munication following a large donation from the Moody Foundation of Galveston, since 2005. he Daily Texan: It was recently announced that you’ll be stepping down from the deanship at the end of the academic year. Could you tell us why? Roderick Hart: I’ve been in the job 10 years, and I was an accidental dean. I agreed to do it for one year as an interim, and we had a nation- al search, and we brought 10 people to campus and not all of them turned out to be what the University wanted, and so they put some polite pressure on me. So I eventually decided to do it because I thought, I’d been here for, at that time, 25 years, and I thought, well, I’ve been here. I know the culture, I know the student body, I know the state. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to be able to ind someone to help us build a build- ing. And we did. So it’s been a good 10 years, but I got into this business because I love teach- ing and writing, and it’s what I want to do. So I still want to teach; I still want to write. And I’ve kind of done everything I can do. We’ve got the building. We’ve named the college. We’ve got the ... endowment. It’s now time for someone else. DT: How do you think that the communica- tion school prepares journalism students for the workforce? Hart: We’ve got a good number of them out there, and a great many of them have been very successful, so I guess I am pretty conident that we’ve done a good job, but one thing that we know is that the workforce is changing. So part of what the School of Journalism has done in the last couple years is to really revisit the curricu- lum — the journalism curriculum — and now they train people across platforms. We used to COLUMN COLUMN Powers’ State of the University gets it plain wrong on tenure Contrary to popular belief, Islam demands respect for women By Douglas Bruster Guest Columnist Editor’s Note: his column originally appeared as a blog post on the Daily Texan webiste. In a sentence of two dozen words during his inal State of the University address last Monday, President William Powers, Jr. loated an omi- nous trial balloon. “We need to use tenure,” he said, “when it is most needed: where competi- tion is the keenest and where research is more central to the enterprise.” his is a troubling statement for several rea- sons. At its base is the idea of tenure as some- thing like a corporate retention tool — a git to be reserved, perhaps, for professors in such ields as law, engineering, business and the sciences. More worrying is a possible misunderstanding of what tenure is and the corresponding redei- nition of the University itself. If tenure is a git, it’s not the kind of golden handshake that faculty in well-compensated ields need as incentive. Instead, tenure is a git of time and security to established scholars. Im- portantly, it is also a git to students, alumni and citizens generally. How does tenure beneit those inside and outside the University? It does so in part by buy- ing time for committed researchers to imagine, design, and conduct their inquiries, to publish them, and to engage with other scholars over their ideas. Just as crucially, tenure promotes the integrity of this process. It helps guarantee that scholars, and their research and teaching, remain free from external inluences. In a perfect world, there would be no need for such protections. Men with money and power would leave the University alone, not seeking to inluence scholarship or teaching. We don’t live in that world. We live in Texas, where interfering in the business of others is bad form for the great majority of us but a lifetime hobby for the very wealthy. Skeptical of the dangers to free inquiry? Con- sider a handful of topics: Economic heories and Practice, Education, Elections, Electronic Surveillance, the Emancipation Proclamation, Eminent Domain, Employment Discrimina- tion, Energy Production, the Environment, Equal Rights, Ethics, Evolution. You’ll note that these all begin with the letter “E.” As such, they are only a small selection of the areas where an untenured faculty member could expect to be ired for producing the “wrong” an- swers or accounts. Imagine a donor making a large git contingent upon a department hiring or iring faculty members of a particular ideol- ogy or political ailiation. Or imagine our leg- islature doing the same. It hasn’t been so long, historically, since faculty, staf and students were required to sign a loyalty oath in order to be as- sociated with the University of Texas. But the security to learn the truth, and to teach it, is only part of tenure’s git. Tenure al- lows scholars to think about things without im- mediate monetary or political value. So when Powers suggests that the University give tenure only in areas “where research is more central to the enterprise,” we can rightly wonder, “Which enterprise is that?” and “When?” I don’t know what Powers was doing Sept. 10, 2001. But it’s a safe bet that, like me, he wasn’t thinking about the Center for Afghanistan Stud- ies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Or about the prudence of that University, and Ne- braska’s taxpayers, in having funded, three de- cades prior, a center for studying such a far-away place. What sense did it make for this Great Plains state to tenure speakers of Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Persian and Hindi? hat next morning in September, the wisdom of supporting such scholars became as clear as the blue skies above. To imagine that we know the future is to go against everything we have learned from the past. As the receding months and decades have taught us, no one knows what subject or discipline will become essential, or even useful. Universities exist to advance universal knowl- edge. A university of the irst class cannot aford to restrict its enterprise by redeining tenure as suitable for only a select few ields. To do so is to misunderstand our mission and charge. Powers’ notion to give tenure in competitive ields gets things exactly wrong. When profes- sors in law, science, business and engineering justify their high salaries by pointing to what they could earn in private industry, they are revealing a safety net that protects them from reprisals over their scholarship and teaching. It is scholars without this safety net that tenure is for — those, for example, in the languages, his- tory, social science and the ine arts. Tenure in these ields is a valuable investment by the Uni- versity, a way to nurture research that has no im- mediate monetary value but may prove priceless in advancing knowledge of our shared human condition. I have served under a number of excellent university presidents, none iner than Powers. It is diicult to put into words how hard, and faithfully, he has worked for our University. As phrased in his recent State of the University ad- dress, however, his ideas about tenure seem a distinct misstep and a departure from the sen- sitive understanding of higher education for which faculty, staf and students have more than once expressed their gratitude. Bruster is an English professor. By Syed Rizvi Daily Texan Columnist @SyedMuzziRizvi Editor’s Note: “Peace be upon him” (abbrevi- ated “pbuh”) is a salutation for the prophets of Islam. Who receives salutations depends on the school of thought. It is a mandatory practice per the Quran and hadiths. NFL players such as Ray Rice and others have infamously made national headlines for alleged abuse. Unfortunately, some of our very own Longhorns are facing the same charges. Martez Walker, of the Longhorn basketball team, has been suspended indeinitely ater being charged for assaulting a woman, and both Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander, of the Longhorn football team, were sus- pended indeinitely ater being arrested and charged with sexual assault, a second-degree felony. his streak of violent acts making the headlines exposes a longstanding reality of sexual violence, causing alarm to many com- munities. Actress Emma Watson recently gave a speech at the U.N that highlighted the He- ForShe campaign, “a solidarity movement for gender equality that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other of hu- manity, for the entirety of humanity.” On this same note of solidarity for justice, the Texas Muslim Council, a representative body of all the Muslim organizations at the University of Texas at Austin, released a statement on Tues- day spurning such acts and calling for com- munity wide solidarity against this “stain on humanity.” Eight Muslim organizations make up the Texas Muslim Council, representing a diverse Muslim demographic. heir public statement came out of an obligation to speak up against what they see as an “injustice that threatens justice everywhere.” hey argue that remain- Actress Emma Watson recently gave a speech at the U.N. that highlighted the HeForShe cam- paign, “a solidarity movement for gender equality that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity, for the entirety of humanity.” ing silent makes one complicit in any form of oppression. his is also an opportunity to make clear that while the Muslim world does experience gross violations of women’s rights, Islam is very clear on protecting women’s rights. he unfortunate reality of women’s rights in the Muslim world is the result of culture corrupting religion and ignorance be- traying the legal sources, like the Quran. Islamic law is derived from three sources, the Quran, the sayings of the Prophet Mu- hammad (pbuh), and the traditions or actions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). From each of these sources, the message of love, af- fection and mercy are consistently made clear. Of the many instances, the Prophet Muham- mad (pbuh) is said to have consoled his wife, lain in her lap and assisted in housework. Such narrations and traditions exemplify what the Quran preaches. “And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may ind tran- quility in them; and He placed between you afection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.” In addition to speaking out against these violations, the Muslim community is taking an active role in providing relief and com- bating the problem. For example, on Oct. 9, the UT Muslim Students Association will be holding its irst-ever fundraising dinner con- cerning domestic abuse. he charity dinner will be co-hosted with UT Voices Against Vi- olence, a program under the Counseling and Mental Health Center that addresses issues such as relationship violence, sexual violence and stalking, and the Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation, an organization that seeks to em- power, promote and support all women and their families. he fundraiser will be the irst of the “Be an Anchor” initiative through VAV. he proceeds raised will support VAV Sur- vivor’s Emergency Fund, which provides aid to victims of domestic and sexual violence in the UT Community, and will go toward mak- ing UT MSA the irst “anchor,” or sponsor, for VAV. It is regrettable that it takes the suspensions of football players and the like to have this conversation, but nonetheless, we are present- ed with an opportunity to make it extremely clear that violence against women will not be tolerated and will not represent the UT com- munity or humanity. he march in solidarity for women’s justice is a long one, but the right one. It will not be easy, but we have a diverse group of allies. Islam is not a religion that con- dones abuse against women, and its followers are allies. Let’s end abuse together. Rizvi is a government senior from Chicago. 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. 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Electric Daisy Carnival in Cal- ifornia and Ultra Music Festi- val in Florida were among the irst events that drew relative- ly small crowds of dedicated EDM fans. the to Flash-forward 2006, when Dat Punk’s appearance at Coachella music festival drew a large amount of atten- tion to the genre. he show was a spectacle with an elaborate setup, which featured a pyr- amid-shaped stage and light show. In 2009, EDM made it onto mainstream radio with the help of several top-40 art- ists such as David Guetta, he Black Eyed Peas and Cascada. GASLIGHT continues from page 8 DT: How about a favorite album? AR: I wouldn’t say I have a favorite. I don’t think you should. I wouldn’t like one more than the other. hey’re like my children. DT: What do you do out- side of performing and writing for the band? Any hobbies or talents? AR: I play a lot of video games, nothing too crazy. Currently would be “Destiny,” it’s this irst-person shooter game. his one did have a lot of hype prior to being released. I’m sucker for advertisement. I have the same classic favor- ites that people my age have — Final Fantasy, Zelda, Su- per Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog. I still play those games sometimes. DT: What was the irst From there, electronic music exploded. Electric Daisy Car- nival and Ultra began drawing their biggest crowds yet, and the number of festivals that showcased only EDM artists multiplied. Other music fes- tivals, including Lollapalooza and Coachella, started incor- porating EDM into their line- ups to keep up with the trend and draw bigger audiences. Despite this growing trend, ACL remained hesitant to in- clude electronic music in its lineup. hat is, until now. For years, ACL has built up a repu- tation for showcasing authen- tic live music across varying genres. Since EDM features a primarily computerized setup and a DJ, some longtime ACL- goers see the infusion of the genre as a sign of the festival going against its traditional festival roots. “Music is constantly chang- ing [with] what’s trending,” song you fell in love with? AR: I can be totally honest and say “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham! I was about two and a half years old, and my cousin bought it for me, and I would throw a tantrum if my mother didn’t play it. he irst song I can actually remember loving is “Dazed and Confused” — that’s going back far. hat or something by David Bowie. He was the irst artist that I remember going “Whoa, that’s not a human being.” DT: Is David Bowie one of your inspirations? AR: His music, yes, but not his sense of fashion. DT: Do you have any crazy fan stories? AR: We’re pretty boring. We sit on the bus and watch TV. he craziest thing that hap- pened last night is that one of our roadies got tickled. We’re not your typical rock band. CLASS 5 ACL is part of a big corporation. They want to make a lot of money and bring in a lot of people. They’re obviously looking at the trends to see what’s popular.” —Tyler Pratt, On-air producer and host for KUTX said Courtney Brown, Austin native and nine-time ACL at- tendee. “It’s no surprise that music festivals evolve as well. I understand that ACL is chang- ing, but it’s going in a diferent direction.” Pratt, meanwhile, said that he thinks ACL’s inclusion of more EDM was inevitable. “he problem is that ACL is part of a big corporation,” Pratt said. “hey want to make a lot of money and bring in a lot of people. hey’re obviously looking at the trends to see what’s popular.” hough this year’s ACL lineup may be adhering to a growing trend, the festival hasn’t lost sight of its roots. If anything, highlighting a new genre diversiies the lineup, and hopefully, welcomes more festival-goers eager to embrace the ACL tradition. THROWBACK continues from page 8 from anything anyone has seen in this town,” Lisa Schickel, then-director of promotions at Capital Sports & Entertainment, told Wistrom. Each year since the de- but, ACL has increased in popularity, size, and, espe- cially, price. he price of a one-day ticket has sky- rocketed from the original $25 to $90, and the price of three-day passes rose from $45 to $225. he original lineup boasted 70 ACL bands. his year more than 130 artists will be perform- ing. While 30,000 people was “astonishing” for ACL’s irst year, the festival now averages 75,000 people per day. “More 25,000 than tickets have been sold,” Wistrom wrote. “he fes- tival is not expected to sell out due to the event area’s size.” In 2014, it is not a ques- tion of whether ACL will sell out of tickets, it’s a mat- ter of when. No one knew how big ACL would get. Schickel asserted the possibility that it “might” become a perma- nent part of Austin’s hectic concert schedule, but no- body could be sure. At the time, Schickel said ACL was only scheduled to go on for the next three years. Fortunately, it has lour- ished into 2014 and shows no signs of going away. “he irst day of the two- day Austin City Limits Mu- sic Festival proved what many had hoped: Not only could this festival be real- ized, it was a fascinating, carefree time,” Dentler said. In the past 12 years, ACL has transformed from a public television show, to a small festival, to a musical @thedailytexan Follow us for news, updates and more. 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You constantly have to condition yourself or your writing voice will become weak.” Longtime friend and writer fellow Margo Rabb read “In- stant Winner,” prior to its publication. “Carrie writes about the experience of moth- incredible erhood with beauty, originality, and articulates grace; emotions experi- and ences with extraordinary insight and truth,” Rabb said. “I devoured her new book in one sitting.” she Kristin Matzen, Foun- friend and senior tain’s publicist at Penguin Group USA, says “Instant Win- ner” is a much more per- sonal piece. “Her voice is deep and loose,” Matzen said. “You can really sense the person behind the poetry.” Since writing her first book of poetry, “Burn Lake,” Fountain says she has gotten much closer to realizing what her voice is and what she wants it to be. 5 Carrie writes about the experience of mother- hood with incredible beauty, originality, and grace — she articulates emotions and experi- ences with extraordi- nary insight and truth. —Margo Rabb, Writer “‘Instant Winner’ feels more like this is my irst book than my second book because it seems truer to my voice as a poet, more authentic somehow,” Foun- tain said. is While her poetry inspired by private ex- periences, Fountain has always written with the sharing her work. intent of “I have always felt like I want to have an audience,” Fountain said. “hat is something that has always been a part of my person- ality and my writing. I have always wanted to speak to others through poetry, and I feel like ‘Instant Winner’ does that.” Fountain will be speak- ing at St. Edward’s Univer- sity on Oct. 2 to celebrate the recent publication of “Instant Winner.” ESPERANZA continues from page 8 team blended the popu- lar Mexican hacienda- style architecture with the Mission Revival style of California. “Our set has elements of both places. Although it is a permanent struc- ture, it harkens to both Mexico and California,” Novacek said. Novacek hopes that “Es- peranza Rising” will give audiences a message of hope and perseverance. “I wanted to be able to show people that even though you might be on your own, there are still ways to make connections — to live a fruitful, lov- ing and comfortable life, even if you’re away from home,” Novacek said. “You can ind a home within yourself and within the support of the people around you.” The play is set to pre- miere at the B. Iden Payne Theatre stage Fri- day. 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I liked what I saw.” Texas swept the Cyclones (25-23, 25-15, 25-15) in its irst home game since Sept. 13. he Longhorns opened up the irst set with some nerves as they commit- ted some surprising errors. Texas was able to squeeze past Iowa State 25-23 in the opening set thanks to six kills by senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman. “It was great to inally have the stands for us and not against us and not have to go 15 [players] against 8,000 and 15 against what- ever West Virginia had,” Eckerman said. “It was great for us to kinda get back into our routines and just play at home and get as comfortable as possible.” While Iowa State gave Tex- as trouble in the irst set, the Longhorns were able to ind their stride in the second set as they calmed down. Senior FOOTBALL Senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman dominated the net for the Longhorns on Wednesday night with 14 kills and zero attack errors in Texas’ 3-0 win over Iowa State. Jenna VonHofe | Daily Texan Staff middle blocker/outside hitter Khat Bell said the team was able to rely on the coaching staf to push them through their early game struggles. “he coaches keep re- minding us just to relax and play through it and stay fo- cused,” Bell said. “[We have to] make sure we’re manag- ing our game. We just can’t get riled and pushy when things aren’t going our way.” Alongside Bell’s perfor- mance in the second set, Eckerman continued to play well as she added six more kills to her total. Texas also got help from sophomore setter Chloe Collins as she recorded nine assists in the second set. he Longhorns claimed the second set with a 25-15 win. Texas used the momen- tum from the second set to close out the match in the third. Iowa State fought val- iantly early in the third set, but the Longhorns were too much for Iowa, as the Texas claimed a 25-15 win in the third set. With the victory, Texas remained undefeated this season and pushed its Big 12 winning streak to 18 games. he Longhorns have yet to drop a set this season in Gregory Gym. Despite claiming a seem- ingly easy victory, Elliott says the team must play better if they want to beat Kansas on Sunday. “Kansas is a big time match for us,” Elliott said. “hey’re playing at the high- est level along with Kansas State, so we’re going to have to play better than we did to- night to come out with a ‘W.’” Longhorn rushing duo remains conident despite recent struggles Eckerman’s 14 kills lead Horns in win VOLLEYBALL By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox It’s no secret that senior out- side hitter Haley Eckerman is the biggest name on this Long- horns team and that when she’s on a roll, good things usually happen for Texas. Against Iowa State, Eckerman dominated the Longhorn attack with 14 kills and a .560 hitting percent- age. Eckerman registered the inal two kills of the irst set and began the second set with three kills in the irst ive points, which helped Texas jump out to a 5-0 lead in the set which they won 25-15. Eckerman also had zero attack errors for the second time this season. Neal’s time at the serving line While Eckerman was domi- nating at the net, junior outside hitter Amy Neal helped the Longhorns in a big way from the serving line. With Texas up 10-9 in the irst set, Neal scored an ace and led the team in a 5-0 run for the Longhorns while she was serving en route to a irst set win. Neal then opened up the second set on a similar 5-0 run with back-to-back ser- vice aces and help from Eck- erman’s three kills. Neal also added four kills and eight digs. Lack of errors Texas’ struggles Sept. 24 were due largely to errors. Texas posted 19 attack errors and 12 service errors in the ive set win and had a .172 hitting percentage through the irst two sets of the match. But against Iowa State, those errors were much more limited. Texas had only eight attack errors and ive service errors compared to Iowa State’s 15 attack errors and six service errors, and Texas posted a .350 hitting percent- age in the win. Making it a quick match in In that ive-set win at West Virginia last week, Texas made the mistake of letting a team looking for a big upset hang around too long in the irst two sets and paid the price. he Longhorns had multiple opportunities early that match to put it away but failed to do so. Wednesday against the Cyclones, the Longhorns made sure that the same thing wouldn’t happen, jumping out to leads 14-9, 10-3 and 12-6 in each of the three sets. Texas also never trailed in each of the last two sets as well. Digging it up he Longhorn defense played a strong game with six blocks and 44 digs, giving the ofense opportunities to make plays. As she has all season, freshman Cat McCoy led the way with 12 digs along with four assists and now has 145 digs this season — the most on the team by 78. At the net, senior middle blocker and out- side hitter Khat Bell had ive block assists, while sophomore middle blocker Chiaka Og- bogu added three block assists and a solo block. Junior outside hitter Amy Neal led the Longhorns with three service aces and eight digs in the win over the Cyclones. Jenna VonHofe | Daily Texan Staff Senior running back Malcolm Brown cuts through the offensive line, a rare sight with a struggling offensive line. Still, Brown remains conident they can run the ball effectively. Amy Zhang| Daily Texan Staff By Stefan Scraield @StefanScraield In their last year together, senior Malcolm Brown and junior Johnathan Gray were expected to make up one of the most dominant back- ield tandems in the country for Texas. Ranked as the second best and best running backs in their respective recruit- ing classes, Brown and Gray battled injuries and were forced to share carries with former Longhorn Joe Bergeron throughout their irst years together in Aus- tin. Following Bergeron’s dismissal, and Brown and Gray looking healthy head- ing into 2014, the two Texas natives were poised to have career seasons. But four weeks into the season, Brown and Gray are struggling. he two are averaging a total of just 103 yards per game and 4.2 yards per carry. And even the under- whelming numbers don’t tell the full story as, aside from a few big carries, the two backs have spent the majority of the sea- son running into a stacked line front seven at the of scrimmage. “It’s It’s tough to blame the ball carriers for the early season woes, as the combination of an unproven passing attack and a depleted ofensive line has made it much easier for defenses to stop the run. just so hard for [Brown and Gray] right now because it’s all about putting a body on someone, and we’re not always getting a body on someone,” head coach Charlie Strong said. “It’s so tough to evaluate those two running backs. I know they may get frustrat- ed at times by where we are right now.” Sophomore quarter- back Tyrone Swoopes is improving each week and proving to be a viable re- placement for David Ash, who recently retired from football, but the offensive line is still a major area of concern. With three starters out thanks to a dismissal, sus- pension and season-end- ing injury, the Longhorn offense is left with a slew inexperienced of young, linemen who have been thrust into the spotlight. But, with the help of line esteemed offensive coach Joe Wickline, the patchwork group has im- immensely since proved making its debut against North Texas. “You can see the differ- ence from the first week to last week,” said sopho- more defensive tackle Has- san Ridgeway, who works against the offensive line in practice each day. “The incredible. difference is They’re working every week to get better.” A few strong perfor- mances from Texas’ defense have covered up for a lack- luster running attack so far this season, but against Baylor’s high-powered of- fense, that isn’t likely to be the case. Given Swoopes’ inexpe- rience in big games, it will be up to the Longhorns’ veteran backs to get the ground game going, and they’ll need some help from the big guys in front of them. “We’ve just got to get ev- erything clicking,” Brown said. “We’ve just got to stay positive about things and keep everybody’s head up. hat’s all it is — just have to get better and start clicking.” 6 SIDELINE NHL GIANTS PIRATES PENGUINS RED WINGS CAPITALS SABBRES TOP TWEET Sheroid Evans @sheroidevans I was judging someone and tripped on a curb not even a second later.. #goddontlikeugly TODAY IN HISTORY 2005 The Arizona Car- dinals and San Francisco 49ers compete in the irst NFL regular season game outside of the United States. The Cardinals won the game 31-14 in Mexico City. SPORTS BRIEFLY Three Longhorns named to preseason Big 12 Honors Senior forward Nneka Enemkpali, freshman guard Ariel Atkins and junior center Imani Mc- Gee-Staford were named to preseason All-Big 12 honors, which the confer- ence released Wednesday, in women’s basketball. Enemkpali was named to the All-12 Big 12 pre- season team ater landing a spot on the All-Big 12 irst team a season ago. Last year, she averaged 12 points and just over eight rebounds per game and totaled 28 assists as a forward. Her 3.1 ofensive rebounds per game in her career ranks her third all- time at Texas. Atkins was named the preseason Big 12 Fresh- man of the Year, despite not having stepped onto the court yet for the Longhorns. Atkins was key a part of the Duncan- ville Panther team that had a 105-game winning streak. In her senior year with Duncanville, Atkins averaged 17.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game and was named the Mor- gan Wootten Player of the Year. McGee-Staford earned a spot as a preseason hon- orable mention ater lead- ing the Longhorns with 2.2 blocks and 12.1 points per game in conference play last year. Heading into her junior campaign, McGee-Staford sits sev- enth in Texas history with 147 career blocks. — Jacob Martella Name: 3225/Wizard World TRADE; Width: 60p0; Depth: 3 in; Color: Black, 3225/Wizard World TRADE; Ad Number: 3225 COMICS 7 Name: 2892/Presidium Group; Width: 29p6; Depth: 1 in; Color: SUDOKUFORYOU t 1 2 8 3 5 8 1 8 9 5 7 6 9 1 3 6 1 7 9 3 5 4 5 2 8 3 3 4 6 8 Today’s solution will appear here next issue 6 1 7 5 9 3 4 2 8 9 5 3 2 8 4 1 7 6 4 2 8 1 6 7 5 3 9 7 9 2 4 5 8 6 1 3 3 4 6 9 1 2 8 5 7 5 8 1 7 3 6 9 4 2 1 7 5 8 2 9 3 6 4 8 6 4 3 7 1 2 9 5 2 3 9 6 4 5 7 8 1 Prep to the highest degree. MCAT® | LSAT® | GMAT® | GRE® Available: In Person LiveOnline Use promo code DailyTexan$150 to save $150 on classroom prep. PrincetonReview.com | 800-2Review 8 L&A LAUREN L’AMIE, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Thursday, October 2, 2014 8 ACL FESTIVAL THROWBACK Adithya Sambamurthy | Daily Texan ile photo Hilary Simon, an elementary school teacher, tries on hats at the Antigua stand, one of the many vendors displaying wares at the Art Market Saturday. Ater 12 years, ACL still gaining popularity One of the top 5 ques- tions at the city visi- tors’ desk is how to get tickets to Austin City Limits tapings. This is the irst time Austin City Limits has opened its doors to the world. —Wendy Morgan, Director of Music Marketing ‘Austin City Limits’ record- ings,” Wendy Morgan, former director of music market- ing for the Austin Conven- tion and Visitors Bureau, told Wistrom. “his is the irst time Austin City Lim- its has opened its doors to the world.” In a separate article re- viewing the festival, former Texan stafer Matt Dentler wrote that the approximately 30,000 people in attendance of the irst day “seemed to know they were a part of history.” Artists including Los Lobos, Wilco and he String Cheese Incident per- formed during the irst-ever ACL festival. “It’s going to be more than just a cool concert, it’s going to be diferent THROWBACK page 5 By Kate Dannenmaier @kjdannen Twelve years ago, Austin City Limits made its humble debut to the music festival scene, but even in its irst year, the “multifarious iesta” intrigued former Daily Texan stafer Brent Wistrom, who wrote in 2002 the irst of the Texan’s many ACL articles. Long before ACL became a music festival on Sept. 28, 2002, “Austin City Limits” was a popular TV show on PBS. “Austin City Limits,” which ran for 28 seasons be- fore the festival began, was a music show that recorded live in Austin. One of the city’s “best-known assets,” the program premiered in 1974, originally featuring blues and country music. It featured more than 400 art- ists, including Johnny Cash, Norah Jones and Sheryl Crow, before producers de- cided to bring its live perfor- mances from the studio stage to the public arena. “One of the top 5 ques- tions at the city visitors’ desk is how to get tickets to Q-AND-A he Gaslight Anthem lead guitarist discusses album By Jackie Wnag @jcqlnwng he American punk rock band he Gaslight Anthem has been recording and per- forming since 2007. he band debuted its ith album, Get Hurt, in late August. It shot up to the No. 2 spot of Billboard’s rock albums. he Gaslight Anthem will per- form both weekends at Aus- tin City Limits. Lead guitarist Alex Rosamila answers ques- tions about the new album, the band’s relationship and some of his personal habits. The Daily Texan: How did you change your sound for the new album, Get Hurt? Alex Rosamila: Anything we do is going to sound like us. We’re going to have our own kind of vibe to it. We changed the way we write and recorded the song from what we used to do. We usually just use guitars, bass, drums and vocals, but we decided to branch out to piano, for textures, that kind of thing. hat process was a lot diferent. It’s hard to talk about music. Words and music don’t really work. DT: So how do you guys write music? AR: he songs kind of create themselves. Brian will write the skeleton, and we’ll play it together and lesh it out until it becomes a complete song, or I’ll have a guitar part, and we’ll play it and lesh it out. Someone will come in with a piece of something until it’s inished. We jam on it. It’s a deliberate process, and it’s also natural. DT: Do you have a favor- ite song on the album? AR: It changes. Today, it is “Underneath the Ground” — we’ve been playing it a lot live. It’s a diferent one for us. We don’t really do low key songs. GASLIGHT page 5 EDM artist Kaskade performs on Friday of Weekend One at the Austin City Limits festival 2013 on the Honda Stage. In order to keep up with other music festival such as Bonnaroo and Coachella, ACL is beginning to add more EDM and DJs to its weekend lineups. EDM lineup at ACL festival grows Sam Ortega | Daily Texan ile photo City Limits Music Festival lineup features more elec- tronic artists than ever before. Since 2009, ACL has included a few electronic dance music artists each year, but no past lineup can compare to the amount of DJs that will set up at Zilker Park for the next two weekends. he festival, known for sticking true to its usual host of rock, pop, folk and jazz artists, has made a surpris- ing change by featuring a once-limited genre. his year certainly boasts the most di- verse lineup thus far, with electronic artists like Skril- lex, Calvin Harris and Zedd headlining alongside Eminem and Pearl Jam. Tyler Pratt, an on-air producer and host for KUTX, said he thinks the 2014 lineup is proof that ACL is trying to pull in more top- 40 artists. “Electronic music is huge right now,” Pratt said. “ACL has to compete to stay in the big four music festi- vals — the other three being Bonnaroo, Coachella and Lollapalooza. Most people can only go to one. Because of competition, they have to include EDM.” EDM is a term that has only become popular in the past ive years. While this terminology might be is new, electronic music not. Ater becoming popu- lar during the ’80s in the European underground dance scene, the genre irst EDM page 5 UT alumna publishes second poetry book Mike McGraw | Daily Texan Staff Carrie Fountain, a writer-in-residence at St. Edward’s University, published her second collection of poetry, “Instant Winner,” on Tuesday. small children, and I felt like I couldn’t manage all three: writing, teaching and parenting.” Like the students she advises, Fountain often struggles with the self- discipline necessary to write every day. Accord- ing to Fountain, this self- discipline is crucial to de- veloping as a writer, and it should not be overlooked. “The rule I have made for myself is that I have to put my butt in the seat,” Fountain said. “My son has only been on the planet sixteen months, and he can sit quite well. capable is Everyone of this.” Fountain says while the POETRY page 5 ‘Esperanza Rising’ to premiere Friday By Lauren Velez @laurenvelz Catering to the demand of an increasingly popular genre of music, this year’s Austin ALUMNI By Briana Zamora @whateverwillbri There was never a mo- ment in Carrie Foun- tain’s life when she re- alized she was going to dedicate herself to po- etry. There was no grand epiphany, no trumpets, no flashing lightbulb. It just happened. Fountain says she did not have time to wait around for a sign or for some grand realization. said. “I would much rather impulses,” indulge my “Because Fountain that indulgence can lead to something greater, and in that way I can have small epiphanies.” Fountain says her new- est book, “Instant Win- is her collection ner,” epiphanies.” of The book of poems was published Sept. 30 and spiritual the chronicles “small THEATER & DANCE evolution Fountain expe- rienced as she adjusted to parenthood. Prior to having chil- dren, Fountain received her master’s degree in poetry at the Michener Center for Writers at UT in 2004. The UT alumna has since been honored with the Marlboro Po- etry Prize, Austin Library for Foundation’s Award Literary Excellence and Swink’s Award for Emerg- ing Writers. After having her second child, Foun- to resign tain decided from her teaching posi- tion at St. Edward’s Uni- versity. While she is no longer a professor, she still holds a teaching posi- tion in a reduced capacity as a writer-in-residence. “I had come to the point where I realized I really wanted to devote my time and energy to writing,” Fountain said. “I have two By Mary Cantrell @mkcant by Since day one of re- hearsals, the cast and crew of UT’s latest pro- duction, “Esperanza Ris- ing,” have been focused on accuracy. Their collec- tive desire for historical authenticity came in the form of a mariachi band and a Mission Revival stage design. Directed theatre graduate student Natalie Novacek, “Esperanza Ris- ing” is a play based on the best-selling novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan. The play chronicles the survival of a young girl, Esperanza Ortega, as she is driven out of Mexico and into a migrant labor camp in California. Esperanza is given no other opportuni- ty than to work for a wage and support her family. Novacek said the play of- fers valuable insight into what life was like in post- revolutionary Mexico in the 1930s. “he irst half of the play is set in Mexico, which has its own set of cultural rules.” Novacek said. “Really being able to predict the truth of the culture has been some- thing we have spent a lot of time on.” he “Esperanza Rising” cast, made up of 20 stu- dents and a mariachi band, spent most of their rehears- als learning proper greet- ings, how to dance and how close to stand to the oppo- site sex in public — all to achieve authenticity. “I am really interested in building the world of the play,” Novacek said. “We spent a lot of time in re- hearsal talking about our parents and our grandpar- ents and what their lives Courtesy of the UT Department of Theatre and Dance Shanon Weaver (left) as Immigration Oficer, Madison Palomo as Esperanza and Martinque Duchene-Phillips as Hortensia, will all star in UT’s production of “Esperanza Rising.” were like — how they were so different.” Acting soph- omore Madison Palomo, who plays Esperanza, said she draws on her own ex- periences growing up to help her develop the role of Esperanza. “She has inno- cence and a vulnerability about her,” Palomo said. an “But she grows up very fast. She is thrown into work and not allowed to complain.” Novacek said the cul- tural and historical aspects of the play are also repre- sented through the set and lighting. The set design ESPERANZA page 5 American punk rock band The Gaslight Anthem will be play- ing at this year’s Austin City Limits. Photo courtesy of Big Hassle Media