1 COMICS PAGE 9 NEWS PAGE 5 SPORTS PAGE 6 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, September 4, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 CITY Candidates discuss affordability By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng Five Austin mayoral can- didates met Wednesday at the Alamo Drathouse on South Lamar Boulevard to talk about afordability and early childhood education. he event, hosted by United Way for Greater Aus- tin, sold out the theater in which the debate was held, prompting the organizers to open a second theater livestreaming the debate. During the candidates’ discussion on afordabil- ity, candidate Todd Phelps thinks everyone said he should be able to live in Central Texas and that tax initiatives should help long-term residents. “We need to give them re- lief, and lobby state govern- ment and anticipate prop- erty value raises and protect people in that zone,” Phelps said. “Another way would be to not support initiatives and bonds that would push them out of town just because they would not be able to aford tax increases, and that’s what we’re looking right now at the rail bond tax.” Council member Mike Martinez said he worked to help Austin become more MULTIMEDIA Watch Austin’s may- oral candidates par- ticipate in a debate covering issues from transportation to the city’s economy in a video at www.daily- texanonline.com. afordable by holding down property taxes. “We [have been] doing everything we can over the last four years to lower or hold your tax rate lat,” Mar- tinez said. “Providing that upward mobility, ensuring that the entry-level position is not the only one you stay in when you enter the work- force. I’ll continue to push for a higher living wage than $11 per hour.” he cussion also candidates’ dis- focused on providing early childhood education opportunities. Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole said child care is important to Austin’s infrastructure, citing her role as a mother MAYORS page 2 Ater buyout, Players prepares to close FOOTBALL Two tackles suspended from Texas football team By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman Senior offensive line- man Desmond Harri- son and junior offen- lineman Kennedy sive Estelle have been suspend- ed for this Saturday’s game against BYU. Multiple reports first said both starters had been dis- missed by head coach Char- lie Strong on Wednesday evening; however, Texas announced later that night they were just suspended for this weekend’s contest. With the loss of senior center Dominic Espinosa — who started all 40 ca- reer games — to injury, Estelle was Texas’ most experienced offensive line- man with nine starts. Har- rison was suspended for the game against North Texas, but, on Monday, Strong announced him eli- gible to play this Saturday against BYU. Texas’ most experienced ofensive linemen are now junior guard Sedrick Flow- ers and sophomore tackle Kent Perkins, who have both started just two games. he Longhorns are down to 14 active ofensive line- men on the roster for this three Saturday, walk-ons and true freshmen, making Flowers the only letter winner let on the ofensive line. including three Since Strong took over last January, he has dismissed seven players. Junior running back/wide receiver Daje Johnson and safety Josh Turner are also still suspended for Satur- day’s game. Employee Joshua Cook serves a customer at Players on Tuesday night. Players will close Nov. 30 after 33 years of busi- ness to make room for Robert B. Bowling Hall, a graduate student building for the McCombs School of Business. Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan Staff Not all traditions stand the test of time Abbott calls for easing college education costs STATE By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng Greg Abbott, attorney general and Republican gu- bernatorial candidate, advo- cated Tuesday to make cred- its transfer more easily and expand online credit-eligible courses in his higher educa- tion plan. Abbott unveiled the plan at UT-Dallas and outlined six points that would be hit by the fourth phase of his policy. Calling for UT and Texas A&M University to become two of the top three public universities in the U.S., Abbott said afordabil- ity was key for higher educa- tion in Texas. He said com- munity college courses need to be more transferable to increase afordability. “For many high school stu- dents and returning adults, is community college the ladder,” next step up the Abbott said. “But these stu- dents sometimes spend an additional year taking courses that don’t transfer to four-year universities. hat’s a waste of their time, and it unnecessari- ly adds to their tuition expense and debt burden.” Abbott promised to be in- volved with the education im- provement process. “I will work with [universi- ties] to recruit the best talent, to develop partnerships with the private sector and to el- evate their national research standing,” Abbott said. In his plan, Abbott also said public universities in the state should accept Advanced Placement test scores of three and above for college credit. Education associate profes- sor Anthony Petrosino said, while the policy may have had good intentions, there may be unintended consequenc- ABBOTT page 2 Illustration by Connor Murphy | Daily Texan Staff Before Austin was of the building’s superstitious beginnings, and this fact is less commonly known today. the nightlife mecca of Central Texas, far fewer evening activities at their disposal. hey oten found themselves spending their date nights wandering around the 40 Acres along students had a familiar path. his tradi- tion originated when “Maj. Littleield donated $3,000 in 1901 for the construction of a walk that would surround the original Forty Acres. It begins at Twenty-First Street and Guadalupe, goes north to Twenty-Fourth Street, east to Speedway, south to Twenty-First Street, and west to Guadalupe.” According to Menefee, Maj. Littleield deemed the path “Peripa- tus,” derived from a Greek word meaning “to walk around.” his walk has long since fallen out of popu- larity, largely because of the expansion of campus TBT page 7 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Safe Ride pilot program to launch Thursday. PAGE 2 Partisan debate over Perry beside the point. PAGE 4 Defense ready to avenge last year’s loss to BYU. PAGE 6 UT traditions change throughout the years. PAGE 7 Organizations recruit at Party on the Plaza. PAGE 5 Islam offers lessons on racial harmony. PAGE 4 Dalton back for Horns af- ter missing 2013 season. PAGE 6 Science Scene: Why doing good makes people happy. PAGE 7 Check out The Daily Texan’s experiences at various yoga studios dur- ing the Free Day of Yoga. dailytexanonline.com PAGE 9 CAMPUS By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman Players is closing down ater 33 years of feeding the UT community’s late-night burger cravings. he University purchased Players in 2012 for Univer- sity expansion from own- ers Carlos Oliveira and Edward Hempe, according to an email obtained by he Daily Texan. Hempe said, when the University approached them with the ofer to buy the property, they agreed and made a deal that allowed the restaurant to operate until the University was ready to take over the property. he owners received $4 million as compensation for the sale, $1 million of which would be used to fund the restaurant for, at most, 10 years. “We were hoping to get to 40 years or maybe 50, you PLAYERS page 2 THROWBACK By Fred Tally-Foos @fredtallyfoos In its 131 years of exis- tence, the University has seen traditions come and go. According “Some traditions are hu- morous, some serious, some historical, but all are a part of the school,” Daily Texan stafer Marjorie Menefee said in a 1958 edition of the paper. to Menefee, when the University was es- tablished, “a charm against rheumatism, locks of beauti- ful girls’ hair, a cigar, a street- car token, a pecan, copies of current newspapers, and various oicial documents” were laid into the foundation of the original Main Building. But campus lore is not always common knowledge. At the time the article was written, most students were unaware 2 Thursday, September 4, 2014 NEWS 2 FRAMES featured photo Volume 115, Issue 16 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. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or email managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2014 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TOMORROW’S WEATHER High 97 Low 77 Haha! Public affairs graduate students Peter Morrison and Hunnay Javed play in a squash match at Gregory Gym on Wednesday afternoon. Griffen Smith | Daily Texan Staff UNIVERSITY Committee publishes report on technology commercialization By Alex Wilts @alexwilts he he Technology Com- mercialization Committee published a report Wednes- day that discussed ways to improve the commercializa- tion of technology devel- oped at the University. committee was formed based on recommen- dations produced in “Smarter Systems for a Greater UT,” a report compiled by a group of 13 alumni and business leaders to examine the Uni- versity’s business operations. he committee’s recom- mendations included creat- ing a web-based portal to allow people not ailiated with UT to beneit from its “intellectual capital” and add- ing two licensing associate po- sitions to the Oice of Tech- nology Commercialization to increase the capacity of its licensing team. Juan Sanchez, chairman of the committee and vice presi- dent for research, said in an email that the licensing team is responsible for protecting and promoting intellectual property developed by faculty and students. he report also recom- mended the creation of a commercialization and entrepreneurship coun- cil, which would consist schools of deans and colleges whose fac- ulty members are engaged technological research in from and entrepreneurship. “Although the primary role of the council will be to provide strategic guidance in commercialization and entre- preneurship activities across campus, it will also develop mechanisms for avoiding, decreasing or resolving actual and potential conlicts relating to University commercializa- tion and entrepreneurship ac- tivities,” the report stated. According to the report, it will also be the council’s role to facilitate ideas and inno- vative thinking. entrepreneurial “he intention of the rec- ommendations is not to cen- tralize ac- tivities, which at present are quite healthy across campus,” Sanchez said. CITY Pilot program of Safe Ride planned to begin hursday By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman A pilot program of Safe Ride will begin hursday ater being postponed last week. Safe Ride is a student driving service that provides users with rides home from downtown Austin. According to an email sent out to students Wednes- day, the program will service West Campus and East River- side areas and run from 11:59 p.m.-3 a.m. hursday through Saturday for the fall semester. he program will drop of stu- dents directly at their homes, apartments and dorms. Student Government Presi- dent Kori Rady set the initia- tive in his campaign platform. Rady said he planned for Safe Ride to begin during the irst We’re really excited to bring this program to UT. It has been a long time coming. A lot of our peer institutions have programs similar to this. —Kori Rady Student Government president class week of the 2014 school year, but because of issues with the insurance contract for uRide — the driving company SAFE RIDE page 5 By Eleanor Dearman aford their own child care. Martinez agreed with pro- viding early educational op- portunities and child care. “We don’t create dropouts in their teenage years; we create them at the age of 4 by not providing that early childhood education,” Mar- tinez said. “It is our respon- sibility as a community to understand that impact and issue that we face.” Candidate Randall Ste- phens supported the idea of pre-kindergarten programs and ater-school programs being supplemented by funding from tax-exempt organizations. “I believe in a safe place af- ter school and where a child can ind a tutor, but, if the city can’t pay for that tutor, the tax-exempt organizations can,” Stevens said. “Austin is a city on the move, and by supporting our children we’re protecting the great na- ture and soul of the city.” Phelps said he supports ater-school programs — if there are suicient funds. “I think we need to make sure the money is there by not wasting money on frivolous things like the water treatment plan and bonds that don’t make sense,” Phelps said. he November mayoral election is the irst under the city’s new 10-ONE plan, which reformats City Coun- cil into 10 district represen- tatives with one citywide, elected mayor. the same training and val- ue if they take the same class here at UT? It’s a very tricky question.” said Petrosino online courses also raise questions of credibility. “his notion of expand- ing access to online courses and counting them towards degree requirements — there’s an area that needs Petrosino development,” said. “I do think we have to be a little relective of the is- sues that come up with qual- ity. Is it the same experience for the students? Is the con- tent learned online a similar experience to taking courses in person?” Petrosino said the policy points only touched on the edges of a bigger issue. “here’s this fundamental is- sue about how much the state, in general, supports public ed- ucation at the university level,” Petrosino said. “As they pull away from supporting public universities, operating budgets put more pressure on families for tuition [and] on universi- ties for being more eicient. 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The entire Travis County DA’s office recused them- selves from proceedings, and the brunt of the investigation was undertaken by Mi- chael McCrum, a special prosecutor who is definitely not a Democrat. McCrum himself was first appointed to this case by Judge Bert Richardson, who is actually the Republican nominee for a seat on the Court of Criminal Appeals this year. At its core, this indictment is about co- ercion. Perry threatened Rosemary Lehm- berg, the Travis County DA, telling her that he would slash her funding if she did not resign. Yes, Lehmberg is a drunk driv- er who perhaps should have resigned any- way, but Aesop teaches us a tyrant always finds a pretext for tyranny. What if Perry had demanded UT President Bill Powers’ resignation, or threatened to veto the Uni- versity’s appropriation from the state? He could have surely used the dubious allega- tions raised by Regent Wallace Hall. But the most important part of all this is that it is merely an indictment. I, for one, zealously look forward to a trial. But re- member, UDems, this means he’s innocent until proven guilty. Innocent people don’t typically resign. Horwitz is a government junior from Houston. By Noah M. Horwitz Associate Editor @NmHorwitz At the risk of sounding like a cliche of the political novice, I do not find a whole lot of sense in either of the political angles presented to this paper last Friday on the topic of Gov. Rick Perry’s recent indict- ment. From the Democratic perspective, it appears that Perry is at the center of some type of grand conspiracy, nefariously scheming to silence a righteous prosecutor who was closing in on the hotbed of feloni- ous lawbreaking going on at CPRIT. From the Republican perspective, it appears that Perry is a wondrous moral crusader, one who put his neck on the line to stand up against a drunk driver in the DA’s office. In reality, of course, it is not quite as exciting. First, the notion that the investigation of CPRIT — the embattled cancer research institute long investigated for impropriety — is connected with the veto and threat in question is just completely untrue. A recent affidavit released to the public by Perry’s legal team shows that the Travis WRITE FOR US Wanted: Smart, dedicated journalists Editor’s Note: Tryouts for opinion and all other Daily Texan departments are currently underway and will continue until Wednes- day, Sept. 10. Apply online at www.dailytex- anonline.com/employment or walk into our basement oice at 2500 Whitis Avenue. If you’re a student at UT, either just start- ing or returning, it’s safe to assume that you’re interested in learning valuable skills, preparing for a career and making a name for yourself. If you it that description and don’t have a multi-million-dollar NFL con- tract awaiting you, there’s no better place at UT to accomplish all three of those goals than he Daily Texan. 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While looking for one article, I came across another, more interesting one that asked students in 1983 what they thought UT would be like 100 years later, in 2083. he introduction to the piece read, “I would hope that by the year 2000, we no longer have to be concerned about ethnic, economic and cultural diversity on campus. he future student body should represent the full range of society. And access to educa- tion should be related to intellectual skill and ability.” Margaret Kidd, the associate director of the International Oice at the time, said, “[What]I hope to see happen is more equi- table distribution of foreign students.” Even 41 years later, the main goal expressed by the article is still being pursued. UT is still not nearly as diverse ethnically, culturally or economically as it should be. his lack of di- versity is now more apparent than ever, and if students aren’t made more aware of it, the issue will continue to rear its ugly horns. Almost half of the 40 Acres is populated by white students — 46 percent of the total stu- dent body, to be exact. In surveys conduct- ed by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute at hundreds of universities across the nation, a whopping 49 percent of UT- Austin students came from families mak- ing $100,000 or more a year, almost twice the median income — $50,740 — for Texas families. Sixty percent of UT Austin students’ families make more than $75,000 a year. his article, as well as the cold, hard facts of the current makeup of UT’s student body, should serve as a reminder of the work that has to be done. In the 40-plus years since this article was written, many positive changes have been made at UT, but in terms of fulilling the crystal ball prophecies of UT’s students and employees circa 1983, we are a long way of. Berkeley is a Plan II and public relations sophomore from Austin. In this May 21, 1964 ile photo, Malcolm X speaks during a news conference at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York. File photo / Associated Press By Syed Rizvi Daily Texan Columnist @SyedMuzziRizvi Editor’s Note: “Peace be upon him” (abbreviated “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. Malcolm X once said, “America needs to un- derstand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.” In the context of the aforementioned quote, Mal- colm X addresses the point that western impe- rialism and the colonization of foreign lands led to the subjugation of its native peoples, which, among other things, led to the deprivation of identity and heritage. Institutional racism was at the heart of the grievances of civil rights activ- ists. Considering our foreign policy, immigration policy and the legal system, these grievances are still dangerously relevant. Nothing better dem- onstrates this than the tragedy that is unfolding surrounding Ferguson. As a Muslim UT student, I’m reminded of the bleach bombings in West Campus, and that Islamic wisdom would pre- vent such racism, regardless of religiosity. Islam addresses all the diferent roots of racism, from the social to the economic causes. To briely ex- plore how Islam rejects racism, I will address four types of racism. Pre-relective gut racism is racism that de- scribes the progression of feelings of wonder to fear to aggression, to things which are alien to us. his is where emotions rule over the intellect, and a diference in appearance evokes fear. he Quran tells us that God made us into diferent peoples and tribes so that we might know each other. he Quran goes beyond accepting diver- sity by celebrating it. By commanding us to know each other, ignorance is removed, making pre- relective gut racism impossible because fear is supplanted with curiosity and community. Post-relective gut racism is racism that de- scribes the rationalized belief in a race’s superi- ority over another, like Zionism. he previous Quranic reference also notes that all humanity shares a common origin, and it’s only those who are God-conscious who are honored in the eyes of God. Humanity’s common origin undermines any claim of a race’s superiority. In addition, it’s the metric of “God-consciousness,” not one’s race, that determines self-value. his is exempli- ied in one of the narrations of the Prophet Mu- hammad (pbuh), which states: “…all of you are from (Prophet) Adam and Adam was (created) from mud… best servant of Allah is that servant who has consciousness of Him.” Cultural racism is racism that describes the belief in the superiority of one’s culture. his is GALLERY wholly rejected by Islam in many accounts since cultural racism in the form of tribalism was one of the major signs of ignorance that was abol- ished by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). To ad- dress tribal and nationalistic racism, the Prophet Muhammad is said to have stated, “… all of man- kind — from the time of Adam until our time — are like the teeth of a comb (all equal to one an- other) and there is no greatness for an Arab over a non-Arab and no greatness for a red-skinned person over a black-skinned person, except due to one’s consciousness of Allah.” he rejection of racism goes beyond scripture and narrations. When Muslims were being pros- ecuted, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) sent his followers to take refuge with a black Christian priest. his same priest, who later converted to Islam, performed the marriage rites between the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his wife, Umm Habiba. Institutional racism is racism that describes institutional diferential treatment based on race. his form of racism manifests itself in diferent ways, such as discriminatory policies, immigra- tion laws and legal systems. Considering the points made thus far, institutional racism cannot stand, but to be thorough, consider the Islamic rituals which institutionalize community, thus rejecting institutional racism. he primary ex- amples of such rituals are prayer and Hajj. Prayer, especially congregation prayer, is a ritual wherein ive times a day Muslims submit to God, evoking humility and God-consciousness. Hajj, the once- in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca, is a ritual where unity is constantly reinforced to partici- pants in a myriad of ways, like shaving one’s head and donning a white cloth, a symbol of unity and submission to God’s will. Malcolm X notes that poverty is racism. Without economic freedom, a people will be disadvantaged, deprived and oppressed. hat is why Islam, in rejecting racism and its causes, mandates that the economics of a society must protect the values of Islam, sharing wealth and opportunity. he Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) gave, against protests of the racist Arab elites, Bilal, who was a black ex-slave, the important re- ligious post of Muaddhin, or the one who made the call to prayer. he Prophet Muhammad ex- plained his action as a denunciation of racism and the promotion of character. Remember, racism has many faces with many causes. Racism in Ferguson or in Austin cannot be resolved simply by equality in the eyes of the law; we must recognize irst what racism truly is, all four of its types. More than equality, we need justice in the execution of law, in society, and economics. Islam taught me this. Rizvi is a government senior from Chicago. 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Erica Ndubueze / Daily Texan Staff NEWS Thursday, September 4, 2014 CAMPUS NEWS 5 5 Party on the Plaza inishes of Longhorn Welcome By Caleb Wong @thedailytexan he Gregory Gym plaza was illed with students Wednesday attending the an- nual Party on the Plaza event. he event, hosted by the Di- vision of Recreational Sports, provides student organiza- tions and commercial ven- dors a venue to connect with UT students at the beginning of each school year. Sara Beirne, co-chair of the Party on the Plaza committee, said the purpose of the event is to raise money for the Student Emergency Fund, a reserve of money designed to help out students with short-term i- nancial needs. he event raised money from the mandatory $20 Student Emergency Fund fee organizations must pay in order to host a table at Party on the Plaza. “If [students] are dealing with diferent types of bills they can’t keep up with, we have a fund to help with lease assistance,” said Krista Anderson, coordi- nator for Student Emergency Services. “We will work with students through any type of inancial crisis.” Party on the Plaza was the last part of Longhorn Wel- come, two weeks of events hosted by the Division of Stu- dent Afairs intended to help new students acclimate to cam- pus. Aerospace engineering freshman Shawn Killian said Party on the Plaza helped him become familiar with various student organizations. “I thought [Party on the Plaza] was well put together,” Killian said. “I feel like I was ex- posed to a lot of things I would have never even considered.” Undeclared freshman Bailey Saldana said the event helped her ind organizations that made her feel like more than just a number. “I think it’s been really helpful so far,” Saldana said. “It makes you feel like a part of UT and not just someone that goes here.” Organizations, such as Texas Quidditch, use the event as a Members of Student Gov- ernment met Wednesday to discuss the handling of interview notes for external and internal appointments. he meeting was called by the Rules and Regulations Committee to discuss speciic ways of altering the appoint- ment process for internal and external positions to increase the involvement of SG assem- bly members, while still fol- lowing rules under the Oice of the Dean of Students. he discussion follows an August decision from the Oice of Legal Afairs not to release interview notes for PLAYERS continues from page 1 never know,” Oliveira said. “But the way things trans- pired, it probably worked out for the best.” The Players property and area surrounding will be the site of the new Robert B. Rowling Hall, a separate graduate stu- dent building for the Mc- Combs School of Business. The building will have an underground expansion of the AT&T Executive Education and Confer- ence Center, a food ser- vice area and a 400 space parking garage. he University announced in May that the $172 million project would be completed in 2017. Oliveira and Hempe also received an email in May from Kirk S. Tames, the University’s interim execu- tive director of real estate, notifying the owners that Players must be closed by Nov. 30. In the email, the two were told they would ide day ed ram n g. r way to recruit students. “We really like Party on the Plaza because it draws out a lot of the freshmen,” said Audrey Wright, physics senior and vice president of Texas Quid- ditch. “Not only are we getting students from Party on the Plaza looking for something to be a part of, [but] we’re also getting the people on the way to the gym.” Braydon Jones, Party on the Plaza committee co-chair and Student Government assembly speaker, said the party is impor- tant for new students to attend. “You can always make a large university small, and you can do that by being in- volved,” Jones said. “We have a lot of great events, and the dean of students’ oice want- ed Party on the Plaza to wrap it up and be the inal event.” ori Rady vernment president STUDENT GOVERNMENT page 5 By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman SG examines FERPA, interview procedures internal and external posi- tions under the Family Edu- cational Rights and Privacy Act — a federal law protect- ing certain student informa- tion. he SG Judicial Court previously ruled in May that the notes should be released. At the meeting, Sergio Cavazos, College of Liberal Arts representative, said SG should meet with UT legal representatives to better un- derstand FERPA. “I think that getting anything from legal specifying what in- formation is protected or isn’t protected is something that we need to do,” Cavazos said. “Especially with everything that has come up in the past couple of months concerning what happened in interviews — things people have said.” Cameron Crane, College of Natural Sciences representa- tives, said he had done research on his own and was confused about how students releasing information of their own ac- cord would be considered a violation of the federal law. “In my opinion, UT legal is just being cautious be- cause they want to keep the University from a potential lawsuit, so they’re just go- ing to say most things are FERPA related to prevent a potential lawsuit against the University,” Crane said. Melysa Barth, Rules and Regulations Committee chair, said the committee discussed the possibility of creating a waiver for all applicants of in- ternal and external positions that would allow the informa- tion to be reviewed by SG as- sembly members. “he point of the checks that we wanted to have in there was that you understand by applying that your applica- tion is going to be released to these entities,” Barth said. Another proposed solu- tion from the committee was the inclusion of assem- bly members during the in- terview process. “We were elected by stu- dents on this campus to vet the candidates that are be- ing put up for appointment,” Cavazos said. “I think that, at that point, if we can’t get a hold of the notes or understand their credentials, then I think there should be an inclusion of assembly members in the in- terview or the assembly itself running the interview.” SG Vice President Taylor Strickland said, while some limitations may need to be set, including assembly members in the interview process would help individ- uals not ailiated with SG to have more conidence in SG appointment decisions. Barth said the Rules and Regulations Committee will wait to propose a bill for the changes until the entire gov- erning document has been reviewed for rule changes. Name: 2845/Greyhound Lines; Width: 29p6; Depth: 5 in; Color: Black, 2845/Greyhound Lines; Ad Number: 2845 Above: Members of the Indian Stu- dents Association greet students attending Party on the Plaza, providing them with information about the organi- zation. Party on the Plaza gave organizations like ISA a chance to connect with stu- dents and recruit new members. Left: UT students spin a prize wheel at The Princeton Review booth during Party on the Plaza. Griffen Smith Daily Texan Staff SAFE RIDE continues from page 2 partnering with UT to create Safe Ride — it was postponed. “We’re really excited to bring this program to UT,” Rady said. “It has been a long time coming. A lot of our peer institutions have programs similar to this. It’s something that I think we re- ally do need, and a lot of stu- dents have expressed to me previously that it’s needed. he University and Parking and Transportation Services are bringing this to the Uni- versity and our students.” According to Rady, Safe Ride is sponsored by the Of- ice of the President and SG, making the service free to students. Students can sign up for Safe Ride on the Uni- versity’s Parking and Trans- portation Services website. $738,773.27 receive as compensation for the early termination date. According to Hempe, their contract with UT states the University could ask Players to close at any time, as long as the restaurant was given six months’ notice. Hempe said they were given warn- ings the notice was coming a few weeks before it was officially sent. “We igured it would take them two-three years to get all their dominos in a row, and that’s about what it took,” Hempe said. Oliveira and Hempe opened Players in 1981, ofer- ing around-the-clock service to students and other locals. “We thought it would be a good idea to have something here for the students,” Olivei- ra said. “We were one of the irst places to be open 24 hours. We got a lot of the late night business, and it kind of transformed from there.” Ater 33 years of business, Oliveira said Players gained many regulars and served everyone from students and government workers to ath- letes and politicians. He said their support is what kept the restaurant running for so long. “We hit a second-gener- ation years ago,” Oliveira said. “It’s pretty neat to see the parents, then their kids both coming to UT 25, 30 years apart.” Hempe said there are three smaller Players locations around Austin that he and Oliveira will focus on and re- locate many of their current employees to. According to Hempe, he and Oliveira are open to starting a new main res- taurant if they could ind a comparable property, but he said that seems unlikely. “Right now we have a half-acre in the middle of Austin with parking and a drive-thru,” Hempe said. “To duplicate that is go- ing to be real diicult for us. We’re looking, but we haven’t found anything that would suit our needs.” 6 SPTS GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Thursday, September 4, 2014 6 FOOTBALL Last year, Texas gave up 550 rushing yards to BYU, but senior defensive tackle Desmond Jackson and a revamped de- fense are ready to avenge that loss. Amy Zhang Daily Texan Staff defensive teams compete for the weekly “takeaway belt,” a bragging right the linebackers won first, but every squad has won at least once now. “If you emphasize stuf in practice and camp, it’ll carry over to the games,” Hicks said. “he habits become reality.” Coming into the locker room Saturday, the Long- horns won’t dwell on the Provo postgame experi- ence from last year. hey’re ready to put the loss be- hind them and show fans the new defensive prow- ess. If the nerves start up, or memories of last year’s locker room scene do begin to surface, the players just need to look at the walls of their home locker room. A series of signs were posted up on the walls before the season opener, all reading the same word — “FUN.” VOLLEYBALL Dalton contributing ater missing last year By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox When sophomore utility player Nicole Dalton stepped onto the court in the Lobo Classic last weekend, it was the culmination of a year- and-a-half of hard work and rehab. Following the Longhorns’ national title run in 2012, Dalton had surgery on her let and right hips last sea- son, forcing her to sit out for the majority of the year. Ater a tough rehab, Dal- ton returned to the court Friday against UTEP and played a key part in Texas’ three wins over the weekend. “I’ve been waiting for al- most a year-and-a-half to get back onto the court,” Dalton said. “It felt good to just get out there and play.” In her freshman year, Dal- ton played in 31 of the Long- horns’ 35 matches and posted a .206 hitting percentage, along with 35 kills and 184 digs. But two days ater Texas claimed its national title, Dal- ton underwent surgery on her let hip to help ix a labral tear. Dalton, a Colorado na- tive, went through the rehab process during the ofseason, only to have a setback with her right hip, forcing her to have a second surgery in September and redshirt last season. “It’s almost been a year, and I’m slowly but surely getting back onto the court,” Dalton said. Dalton described her time away from the court as one of the hardest things she’s done. However, during that time, Dalton found a new role for herself on the team as almost another coach, assistant helping the setters igure out where to go with the ball. “hey were really good with communicating with me and taking my feedback,” Dalton said. While the typical length of recovery for Dalton’s in- jury is six to eight months, it took her eight to ten months to complete her rehab. And once team doctors cleared her for action, winning a spot on the court wasn’t an easy task, considering the Longhorns’ stacked lineup. Still, Dalton was conident she would make the most of her opportunities and win a spot on the roster. In three matches this past weekend, she totaled 56 assists and 19 digs and was named to the all-tournament team. Head coach Jerritt Elliott is inally ready to have Dal- ton back. With such a young team, he hopes Dalton con- tiues to be a leader of the court, as she makes her way back on it. thinks “Everybody that this is a great team at this point, but we are extremely young in terms of the amount of time players have had on the court,” Elliott said. “[Dal- ton] has done a really nice job of being a veteran in this program and leading them and having the conidence to keep them calm.” With both hips now healed and the Longhorns eyeing a return to the na- tional championship, Dalton isn’t worried about injuries. Instead, she simply wants to play her game. “I have nothing to lose,” Dal- ton said. “Everything’s ixed.” T E X A S S T U D E N T M E D I A a real world job to jump-start a real world career Defense ready to stop BYU QB By Jori Epstein @JoriEpstein If the Texas defensive linemen could erase one memory from their col- lege football experiences, it would be their time in the locker room in Provo, Utah, last fall. “It was terrible and bewil- dering,” senior linebacker Jordan Hicks said. “We went into the game feeling ready, and it got handed to us.” Last season, in embarrass- ing fashion, the Longhorns lost to an unranked BYU team as then-sophomore quarterback Taysom Hill trampled them for 259 yards touchdowns, and gathering a program-record 550 rushing yards. three “hat’s the most embar- rassed I’ve ever been in my life,” senior cornerback Quandre Diggs said. “[he ilm] was embarrassing then, and it’s embarrassing now. But it’s a new year, day, team and coaches.” Much has changed since the Longhorns faced BYU. Ater then-head coach Mack Brown thought the defensive line needed new guidance, he replaced defensive coor- dinator Manny Diaz with Greg Robinson, who won the 2005 Rose Bowl with Texas. Vance Bedford has sinced replaced Robinson as defensive coordinator. “He came in and tried to simplify things, with the terminology and the schemes,” Hicks said. “Now, we need to make sure that every player understands the game plan, is on the same page and is working toward the same goals to execute his job.” Hicks creat- believes ing that solid game plan is the key to reversing Texas’ luck against BYU. He said Texas’ downfall in the 2013 matchup was missed as- signments that caused the team lost leverage. Now, the team stresses the need for accountability and gap in- tegrity on the ield, which it achieved in last week’s 38-7 Ater allowing victory against North Texas. just 94 yards of total ofense against the Mean Green last Saturday and picking four balls, Texas experienced something that it never even considered in Provo — it had fun. “We don’t care what other people do or what the media says — we’re just going to do what we do and go out and have fun,” Diggs said. “You could see last week we had fun, get- ting the sideline going and the crowd going. It’s a big week for us, and we want people in the stands to get the game sold out.” Although Diggs said the stadium energy factored into the enjoyment of last week’s game, the team’s de- sire to have fun dates back to weeks earlier. Strong and Bedford emphasize enjoy- ing the game throughout practices and camps, in- troducing inter-team com- petitions and prizes to up players’ motivation. The Name: 3026/House; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Process color, 3026/House; Ad Number: 3026 Free Food & Fun! MLK & Brazos look for the daily texan tent 4 hours before kickoff The largest college media agency in the nation, Texas Student Media, is looking for a few goal-driven college students to work as media sales consultants! CACTUS YEARBOOK Benefits: • • • • • Fun environment Earn money for every dollar sold Additional perks Flexible training Office on campus Do you have what it takes? Apply today! Email your resume to: advertise@texasstudentmedia.com and call (512) 471-1865 for more information SPTS/CLASS 7 LAUREN L’AMIE, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @DailyTexanArts Thursday, September 4, 2014 7 SCIENCE SCENE Happiness linked to daily doses of charity at home — to comedian Orlando shower- Jones ing himself with a bucket of bullets in an attempt to call attention to hatred in its various forms around the world. The origins of the challenge are unclear, as are the ways in which ice water has anything to do with ALS, but what isn’t unclear is this: People are helping others, and they’re having fun doing it. This is not very surprising. There’s quite a bit of lit- erature supporting the idea that helping others is one of the quickest pathways to happiness. Counter to most people’s assumptions, the amount of money given away has a much stron- ger impact on how happy a person will be than the amount of money a person has earned — at least once enough money is made to cover basic necessities. Studies have found that even the thought of mon- ey tends to make people less social and charitable, which, in turn, tends to make less happy. However, if money is spent in what researchers refer to as a “prosocial fashion,” it can improve one’s life. them Although most cynics might jump up and say that people only help others to make themselves feel good, charity doesn’t have to be arduous or painful to be effective. A short paper in a 2008 issue of Science Magazine sums up the issue in its title, “Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness.” As part of this study, re- searchers gave money to 46 people and told them how to spend it. hose who were told to use the money on someone else, either as a git or donation, ended up feeling better at the end of the study than those told to spend it on themselves. his efect was conirmed in a more recent paper that used subjects from Canada and South Africa, suggest- ing that the good feelings people get from giving may be an intrinsic part of human nature and not a product of cultural upbringing. Whether subjects in donated $5 or $20, there was no change the amount of happiness they felt after the fact. Still, one doesn’t need to give away money to help others; a different study from 2008 showed that volunteering may actually feel more re- warding than giving away a cash donation. Scientists also found a correlation be- tween the amount of time a person spent volunteering and how healthy they were. cyn- ics might jump up and say that people only help oth- ers to make themselves feel good, charity doesn’t have to be arduous or painful to be efective. he “ice bucket challenge” has brought in more than $100 million for the ALS Association over Although most By Robert Starr @RobertKStarr he average social media stream as of late has been overrun with people, across all ages, genders and back- grounds, the “ice taking bucket challenge.” he spe- ciics of the challenge vary, but the gist of it is that a per- son has to choose to either dump a bucket of ice water on his head or donate some money to an organization — typically one supporting research for amyotrophic lat- eral sclerosis, known as ALS. Usually, the participant does both and then challenges several of their friends to do the same. There have been many variations, ranging from chemistry students dump- ing liquid nitrogen on their heads — don’t try that Illustration by Isabella Palacios | Daily Texan Staff the last month. When com- pared to the $26.3 million the organization raised dur- ing the entirety of 2013, it’s easier to put those cynical thoughts on ice. Or, bet- ter yet, put them into an ice bucket and dump it on your head. hat is, if you’re willing to accept the challenge. THROWBACK continues from page 1 beyond the familiar 40 Acres. The familiar burnt or- ange and white that covers the campus each game day could have easily been burnt orange and maroon. Burnt orange and white, a color combination that is now so closely connected to the UT tradition, was not a unanimous decision. Be- fore orange and white was adopted, public opinion was split. “Students in Austin wanted orange and ma- roon; alumni, orange and white; and medical stu- dents, royal blue,” Menefee said. The decision came down to a vote. Orange and white prevailed with a slim 252-vote lead against or- ange and maroon. how story Another ex- plains Longhorns began singing “The Eyes of Texas.” The song was originally a parody of for- mer UT President Wil- liam Prather’s “habit of ending his speeches with these words: ‘Students of the University, remem- ber—the eyes of Texas are upon you.’” In 1903, John Sinclair wrote the present wording and set it to the tune of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.” The song was seriously sung the first time at President Prather’s funeral. for Reading Menefee’s 1958 article, it is clear that tradi- tions arise when there is a need for them. Longhorns maintain their love for their campus school and show it by en- gaging in Hex rallies and travelling to the OU game every year. “The has grown,” Menefee said. “It is closer to 200 acres rath- er than the original 40 — and with it has grown tra- ditions. 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