1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 SPORTS PAGE 6 COMICS PAGE 7 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, February 3, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid UNIVERSITY Frost holds back class schedules Cops charge student with credit card fraud Hart said instructors have to decide for themselves how to make up classwork. another day at the end of the semester,” Hart said. decisions about weather- related closures. By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou POLICE announced a result of ice storms that ac- companied a Central Texas cold front. On Tuesday, the a University delay at 8:20 a.m. and ulti- mately decided to close for the day around 11:30 a.m. University oicials look to local meteorologists — who analyze regional forecast in- formation — when making Faculty Council chair- woman Hillary Hart said the University does not resched- ule classes ater closures; the decision lies solely with in- dividual instructors. “[Professors] don’t get any help, it’s not like the Uni- versity’s going to tack on “We are required to have a certain number of days of instruction, and if the is bad and the weather University has to close, ev- erybody’s excused and that day just doesn’t count,” Hart said. “We have to just make it up in our classes as we go.” Labs typically begin in the second or third week of the semester, so professors were more likely afected by Tuesday’s closure, according to Hart. CLASSES page 2 Professors tweet about Super Bowl ads Undeclared freshman Grace Bellone (left) and public relations plan II freshman Caroline Read (right) watch the inal min- utes of Super Bowl XLVIII at Tower Pizza Bistro on Sunday evening. Jonathan Garza / Daily Texan Staff this year’s panel had a nice mix of perspectives, as each contributor focuses on dif- ferent aspects of the ads. in the interested brand,” Burns said. “And in how I’m well the spot supports the interested “I’m Advertising image I’ve got of the brand.” assistant professor Carlos Hernan- dez said he looked for emotional appeals of the advertisements. SUPERBOWL page 3 There’s a way in which advertising on the one hand relects our culture, and other aspects where advertising helps create or articulate our culture. —Neal Burns, Advertising and public relations professor MEN’S BASKETBALL l COLUMN ART Texas inds defensive rhythm through rebounding, blocks Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan Staff Denying Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins the ball, sophomore center Cameron Ridley grabbed 10 boards Saturday in Texas’ 81-69 win. not to let up defensively.” So the Longhorns did. hey didn’t just keep their feet on the Jayhawks’ throats — they kept their bodies between the Kansas basket and the ball. Junior forward Jonathan Holmes and sopho- more centers Prince Ibeh and Cameron Ridley combined BLOCKS page 5 Pre-Incan cultures revived in art By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94 For thousands of years, the art of ancient South American re- mained shrouded in mys- tery — but now, a new cultures into the exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art provides a glimpse life- styles of many ancient Andean groups. exhibit, “Between Mountains and Sea: Arts the Ancient Andes,” of he premiered at the Blanton museum Saturday with a series of public tours. It fea- tures ceramics and textiles from a variety of pre-Incan cultures, such as the Paracas, BLANTON page 2 2 1 0 R I L 2 A P THREE YEARS LATE SINCE 1997 FEBRUARY 2012 ? 7 9 9 E ’ S M Y S I N C E 1 R E D U D E , W H For the biggest, tastefully vulgar laughs around campus. UT’s Student Humor Publication. February 26th Students and professors had mixed reactions to last week’s weather closures, with some inding the can- cellations easier to cope with than others. Classes on Jan. 24 were canceled the night before as CAMPUS By Kate Dannenmeir @kater_tot7 For many TV viewers, the Seattle Seahawks’ 43-8 thrashing of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XL- VIII Sunday night was a dis- traction from the real game going on — the ads. At a yearly panel orga- nized by the public afairs, advertising and public re- lations departments of the Moody College of Commu- nication, seven advertising professors came together to discuss the Super Bowl’s ads via Twitter. University professors and lecturers tweeted their opinions on the Super Bowl commercials under #SBAdJudge. University advertising and public rela- tions students also tweet- ed under #AdGradBowl and #ADV378S. Public relations junior Hugo Rojo said the Su- per Bowl is as much of an event for those interested in advertising as it is for football fans. “It’s almost a national hol- iday for sports aicionados, so you can imagine what it’s like for us advertising and PR folk,” Rojo said. Advertising professor Neal Burns said he thinks By Jori Epstein Daily Texan Columnist @JoriEpstein When freshman point guard Isaiah Taylor entered the locker room at Satur- day’s haltime, he had much to be proud of: 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting. No. 25 Texas (17-4, 6-2 Big 12) had a 15-point advantage over Big 12 leader and sixth- ranked Kansas (16-5, 7-1 Big 12). But head coach Rick Barnes wasn’t convinced the efort was enough. “[Barnes] told us that to keep the pressure up,” Tay- lor said. “We knew we were up double digits at half time and he just told us to keep our foot on their throat and By Jordan Rudner @jrud Ater reviewing security camera footage and records from a card proximity reader at Gregory Gym, police ar- rested senior Gabrielle Fran- kel and charged her with credit card abuse, a state jail felony. Frankel was ar- rested outside the gym on hursday aternoon. Police had issued Frankel a Class B warrant, implying probable cause but not nec- essarily determining guilt. On hursday, Frankel’s bond was set at $25,000 at Travis County Central Booking. At press time, Frankel was no longer listed as an inmate. On Monday, management information systems senior Gabriela Peralta told UTPD oicers that her small pink purse had been stolen from the women’s locker room at Gregory Gym. According to the arrest warrant issued for Frankel, Peralta said her Ci- tibank credit card was used repeatedly ater the thet. According to the police aidavit, Frankel allegedly spent $129.89 at Tekgnar Skateshop, $54.13 at BC Smoke Shop, $42 at TCBY — all three of which are located near each other on West Martin Luther King Jr. Bou- levard — and just under $5 at the Texas Union Building. Alex Fuller, a manager at Tekgnar, said police con- him Wednesday tacted about the shop’s security camera footage. “We use security to moni- tor everything that goes on,” Fuller said. “[Frankel’s pur- chase] was pretty standard — she bought a skateboard, a THEFTS page 2 Portland natives Gregory and Sarah Camp view artwork at the “Between Moun- tains and Sea” exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art on Sunday afternoon. The art in the exhibit sheds light on the behaviors and rituals of an- cient Andeans. 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Blanton museum do- cent Connie Shortes said the exhibit’s wide range of history and the per- spective it provides into ancient cultures makes it distinctive. “It covers the period before the Inca, which is probably the most com- monly known era, so you see a lot of the origins that led up to that,” Shortes said. “Over 2,000 years of history.” he works for the ex- hibit came from the Uni- versity’s art and art history collection, which consists of ancient artifacts and historic objects from the Americas and Africa. he exhibit, featuring 80 works from the collection, fo- cuses on the artistic devel- opment and traditions of pre-Incan cultures. Art history professor Julia Guernsey said the impor- pieces provide tant clues to the behavior and rituals of people in the Americas. “heir designs can be used to help us under- stand ancient religious track beliefs, shared cultural traditions and explore the range of ar- tistic variation that ex- isted in the ancient past,” Guernsey said. History junior Alex Wendland said he enjoyed seeing diferent materials used in the construction of ancient art. “I was amazed at how well the textiles were preserved,” Wendland said. “It’s a way to think about art that I hadn’t thought about before. Massive graves have been found of people who have been sacriiced and chunked off of mountains. [There are] rituals that seem hard to under- stand, like human sacriice, which is endlessly fascinat- ing to us because we’re so far removed from it, but it’s part of human history. —Connie Shortes, Blanton museum docent I usually think about stone and metal be- ing used in art, instead of fabric, so it was a cool approach.” Shortes said many of the behaviors reflected in ancient Andean art, such as those of the Moche, remain intrigu- ing because of their unconventional nature. “he Moche were known for their ritual of human sacriice,” Shortes said. “Massive graves have been found of people who have been sacriiced and chunked of of moun- tains. 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On hursday, Frankel was working out in Gregory Gym again when police ap- proached her and brought her outside. History sophomore Cole Wilson, who witnessed the arrest, said police oicers questioned Frankel before taking her to central booking. “hey were questioning her about a water bottle, and then put her in handcufs,” Wilson said. NEWS BRIEFLY Democrat group leader restricts member voting he president of Central Austin Democrats, known as CAD, attempted to prevent its members who also vote in University Democrats, from voting at the groups’ combined endorsement meeting Saturday. On Friday, CAD President Glen Coleman posted in his organization’s Facebook group and announced that those who are members of both University Democrats and CAD would not be given a CAD ballot to de- termine the candidates the club would endorse. CAD members must live in Central Austin, while admission into University Democrats is restricted to any current student, staf or faculty members at the University. “I think we can reasonably intuit that if the endorsements of the two clubs jointly form the Austin Progressive Coali- tion, then members could not, or should not, be voting in both clubs,” Coleman wrote. “I will not be issuing a CAD bal- lot to individuals with active memberships in UDems.” CAD member David Chincanchan, who was a University Democrats mem- ber until he graduated in De- cember, said Coleman’s deci- sion stirred up controversy among CAD members. “A day before the endorse- ment meeting happened, the president tried to unilaterally decide that he would not be giving ballots to certain CAD members,” Chincanchan said. Ater an hour of debates at Saturday’s meeting, CAD members rejected the rule change and allowed all mem- bers ballots. “I wouldn’t say he’s unit to lead the club, or anything like that,” Chincanchan said. “Af- ter it was obvious the move was not what the member- ship wanted, he didn’t ight for it.” Coleman said he knew his rule change would face op- position but said he felt it was important to combat the inlu- ence of a group of University Democrats members who he alleges vote in CAD elections to inluence CAD’s endorse- ment roster. “I knew I’d be voted down, but I wanted to force the issue into daylight,” Coleman said. “I became aware that there was a walking majority, and I decided to take a stance against it.” University Democrats Presi- dent David Feigen, a govern- ment and communication studies senior, said he felt stu- dents had been unfairly singled out in Coleman’s decision- making process. “It’s unfortunate that stu- dents are being targeted,” Fei- gen said. “We were also un- happy with the methodology.” —Jordan Rudner W&N 3 3 NEWS Monday, February 3, 2014 MACK TWEETS Mack Brown @UT_MackBrown SUPERBOWL continues from page 1 “It requires a lot of cre- ativity and talent to create ads that can connect emo- tionally with their audi- ence,” Hernandez said. Advertisements with an emotional appeal domi- nated the airwaves this year. Advertising assistant profes- sor Angeline Close said Co- ca-Cola’s “America Is Beau- tiful” ad was efective. “America as one is the theme behind the Coca-Co- la spot. Superb use of music in advertising & multi-cul- tural branding. Pretty Ad.” Close tweeted. he professors also com- mented on the strategies employed by the advertise- ments. Michael Mackert, an advertising and public rela- tions associate professor, said he thought the RadioShack ad Since tweeting during the Super Bowl about ads is something I would have been doing anyway, it seemed like a fun way to engage with other faculty and students. —Michael Mackert, Advertising and public relations associate professor was especially clever. leaning “Interesting from Ra- into dioShack, the idea that it’s old and to outdated and needs change. that.” Mackert tweeted. Loved Burns said the Super Bowl commercials are important because they have the po- tential to not only relect, but inluence society. “here’s a way in which advertising, on the one hand, relects our culture, and other aspects where advertising helps create or articulate our culture,” Burns said. While the audience numbers for Super Bowl XLVIII have not been re- leased yet, last year’s event attracted about 108.7 mil- lion viewers. Becuase of the large audience size, a 30-second ad cost about $4 million. Mackert said the ads would be a point of focus for him with or without an or- ganized panel. “Since tweeting dur- ing the Super Bowl about ads is something I would have been doing anyway, it seemed like a fun way to en- gage with other faculty and students,” Mackert said. AFTER READING YOUR COPY: ♲ RECYCLE When opportunity knocks, it could knock here… It’s here. Last game. Super Bowl Sun- day. Lots to think about. Experienced against youth? Weather? Vote on Favorite SB Ads? Who wins? 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Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details. We are proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. 4A OPINION LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Monday, February 3, 2014 4 Q&A Q&A: Ramey Ko, candidate for Travis Co. Treasurer Editor’s Note: Ramey Ko, UT law lecturer and former candidate for the Texas House, is now running for Travis County treasurer against incumbent Dolores Ortega Carter. he Daily Texan editorial board sat down with him last week to discuss his plans and the importance of the oice to students. he answers below have been edited and condensed for clarity and space considerations. he Daily Texan: Why should students care about the race for treasurer? Ramey Ko: he Travis County treasurer handles all money for Travis County. I mean, that, in and of itself, is a huge responsibility. … hat means that, even if you’re a student who doesn’t own property in Austin, you pay rent, which means you indirectly pay property taxes through your landlord. If you register your car here, if you do anything like that, those are things you have to pay. If you vote here, if you go to court, if you end up interacting with any of those, the sherif ’s department. … hese are all things that the Travis County treasurer’s of- ice handles. DT: What speciically, though, could you do as treasurer to make Austin more afordable for Austinites and students in particular? RK: he treasurer doesn’t set policy, but the treasurer has the ability to, I think, advocate with the commissioners court for policies that the treasurer believes [create] better economic conditions and climate for the county. A lot of it can just be outreach. … And so that’s some- thing the treasurer’s oice can do without any policy changes. DT: Why does Travis County still need a treasurer, given that several other urban counties in Texas have abolished the post? RK: It’s not that many, actually. It’s nine, total. And of those counties, the biggest ones are Tarrant and Bexar county, so Dallas and … Harris, for example, still have theirs. he trea- surer’s oice, in theory, is important because it plays a check-and-balance role. he treasurer is an elected representative of the people, so [he is] directly accountable to voters. And the idea in the Texas Constitution and Texas law is that the treasurer is balanced by the auditor. DT: Is there any reason the treasurer’s oice couldn’t be merged with the oice of the tax assessor collector, who’s also an elected oicial? RK: he tax assessor collector is a huge of- ice already in terms of responsibilities because the other thing the tax assessor collector han- dles in Travis County is [voter registration]. So he has to handle the registration, process all of that, the motor vehicles department. … So I can tell you the tax assessor collector has already got their hands full. … But in other counties that have abolished the position, they’ve been able to basically divvy up the re- sponsibilities between the budget oice, the auditor’s oice, the investment oice. … So it is possible. … And so what I’ve told people is that I’m willing to look at abolishing it because I do think that there is the potential for some savings and some beneits, but I’m not ready to make that decision yet. DT: Why are you running for this job? Not long ago, you were running for state rep, but I know you didn’t meet one of the residency requirements. How did you end up in this race, which seems light years away? RK: I started looking at treasurer because I was approached by some folks in the com- munity who had been trying to ind someone to run for this for a while. And, in fact, I re- member meeting with somebody a few years ago who had been asked to look at the race, and he thought about running in that race but ultimately decided not to, I think because his own personal political circle overlapped a lot with the incumbent [Dolores Ortega Carter], so I think he thought that would create some issues there. DT: Can you tell me who that was? RK: I’m not going to say … because he didn’t end up coming out and running. … So I knew … that there had been some discon- tent out there about this oice for a while, but, you know, I hadn’t looked at it really closely, so I got approached this summer, last year, by some folks, people I respect, Democratic Party leaders, activists, and said, ‘You know, we think you’d be a great candidate for this oice.’ And so I said, ‘OK, well let me take a look at it, do my research. … Let me talk to some folks and get input, see what people think, and I’ll get back to you.’ So I spent about three months re- searching the position, talking to people in the community, reading about everything I could ind about it, just kind of relecting. And, ulti- mately, I came to the conclusion that this was a good opportunity and I would like to pursue it. [One of the nice things] about a county trea- surer’s oice as opposed to a [legislative one] is that it’s a sovereign oice, which means if I get elected, it’s my oice, my budget, my staf. If I want to implement policies, you know, that’s something that I can do without having to go through a hostile Republican majority. And I won’t have to deal with being a freshman … in the House, which limits you a lot in what you can do. DT: So it doesn’t sound like there was any- thing speciic to the position that drew you to it, and to some it might seem like you were just looking for the easiest race to jump into. RK: I wasn’t going to originally run. … My original thought was that if I didn’t run for the legislature, I would just wait, so the … main reason I did it was because I was approached; I was asked to do it. The treasurer has the ability to, I think, advocate with the commissioners court for policies that the treasurer believes [create] better economic conditions. —Ramey Ko, Canidate for Travis County Treasurer I’m one of those people who feels that elected oicial positions, despite having dif- ferent functions, actually have a lot more in common than people think … because I think at the end of the day, being a treasurer, yeah, the function of the oice is inancial, and there are a lot of duties that are speciic, but … the elected oicial is not just an employee. he elected oicial is a manager and leader, so there’s a responsibility to set strategy, to set vi- sion, to set long-term goals. … It’s just like a good manager can manage a group of engi- neers or a group of accountants, you know? DT: Is there anything else you’d like stu- dents to know? RK: As someone who teaches at the Uni- versity, who’s been very actively involved in student organizations, like UDems. … Since I’ve been here in Austin, I’ve been very pas- sionate about working with young people, and I continue to be passionate about that. his is a great chance to get somebody who has a very direct tie to students at the Uni- versity into an important public oice, one that maybe people haven’t heard so much about but, you know, can really have a big impact. HORNS UP: MACK BROWN’S CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TWITTER COLUMN Former head football coach Mack Brown is slowly get- ting the hang of things on Twitter (emphasis on “slowly”). Brown started exploring some of the features of the social media platform Sunday, engaging followers in a Q-and-A and even discovering the retweet button. here’s still just one hang-up, though: he former coach’s tweets aren’t reaching all his followers, at least not in their feeds, be- cause he’s leaving out a crucial punctuation mark: the period. As several Twitter users tried to ex- plain to Brown, tweets only appear in one’s feed if one follows everyone mentioned in the tweet, unless a period is placed in front to override that feature. Brown, however, continually placed the punctuation before his own Twitter handle, regardless of where it came in the tweet, even when given explicit formatting instructions. We will continue to support Brown as he learns the ropes of Twitter, and damn if we aren’t impressed by his persistence — the former head football coach even went so far as to retweet a user who had linked to an article explaining just where to place that pesky period. Horns Up, Mack Brown, for being a class act, if not a luent tweeter. As several Twitter users tried to explain to Brown, tweets only ap- pear in one’s feed if one follows everyone mentioned in the tweet, unless a period is placed in front to override that feature. Brown, however, continually placed the punctuation before his own Twitter handle, regardless of where it came in the tweet. Should Texans elect their judges? By Noah Horwitz Daily Texan Columnist @NmHorwitz he irst time I voted in a general election (2012), I was shocked at just how long the ballot was. he presidential election had ob- viously garnered a fair amount of coverage, as did local races for Congress, sherif and the state Legislature. However, what took up the vast majority of the ballot were the myri- ad judicial contests. Pages upon pages of dis- trict and county benches were to be illed by the voters, in partisan elections. Democratic and Republican nominees had been selected in their respective parties’ primaries to run for the posts: civil, criminal, family, juvenile and probate courts. Texas is one of only a handful of states that choose their judges by this method. From the county courts to the state Supreme Court, every judge must pick a party and face the voters. If you think this is a rather ineicient way of selecting judges, you are deinitely not alone. Indeed, even Wallace Jeferson, the former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, has disavowed the age-old practice repeatedly, perhaps most notably in a Hous- ton Chronicle op-ed he penned in 2009. “My success depended primarily on a straight-ticket partisan vote,” Jeferson wrote in the aforementioned op-ed, shortly ater being re-elected to a third six-year term at the helm of the court. Jeferson asserted that, despite his arguably impeccable credentials, he was elected time ater time “because Tex- ans voted for Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchi- son and John McCain.” he drawbacks of this system are somewhat apparent, as par- tisan tides are an unreliable and untrust- worthy way to choose such an invaluable arbiter of justice as a judge. (In a spirit of full From the county courts to the state Supreme Court, every judge must pick a party and face the voters. If you think this is a rather inefi- cient way of selecting judges, you are deinitely not alone. disclosure, I should note that my father is a candidate for judge in my native Harris County.) here are, of course, some beneits to the policy as well. With literally dozens of judicial posts up for grabs every few years, nonpartisan elections would produce utter pandemonium, as low-information or otherwise casual voters would have little way to discern the plethora of candidates from one another. hen there is the issue of local control. In Massachusetts, for ex- ample, where I previously attended college, all judges are appointed by the governor. Under the current system, progressives in Austin, Houston and other settings are free to repudiate the poli- tics of the state government, and other remote areas may feel free to make their own decisions. However, there exist countless real ex- amples of these issues of local control. Last Monday, Perry illed an opening in the 212th District Court in Galveston County, recently vacated by Judge Susan Criss, a Democrat. Not only did the governor replace her with a Republican, but he picked this particular re- placement over the objection of the region’s state senator, who is also a stalwart conserva- tive Republican. “It is an unprecedented action for a Gov- ernor to overrule the objection of the home- town Senator whose district includes the ap- pointee,” State Sen. Larry Taylor wrote in a press release. Unprecedented, maybe. But this would be the rule — not the exception — if we moved to a Massachusetts-style system of judicial selection. “I am in favor of electing judges,” Judge Mike Engelhart recently told me. Engelhart, a Civil District Judge in Harris County, quali- ied his remarks by noting that a nonpartisan election, one even guided by a nominating committee (a diverse group of appointees with some discretion over the candidates) or the State Bar, would be preferable. However, he strongly reiterated his support for elected judges, noting, “I am in favor of democ- racy; I think voters should have a say in the judicial branch.” he common consensus among many ob- servers, including Jeferson and Engelhart, seems to be that Texas’ current process is im- perfect. Engelhart irmly believed corruption is inextricably attached to the money inherent to politics. “We need to get the money out of these races,” he said. “Strict fundraising and spending limits are needed.” I agree. Fund- raisers and corporate campaign donations are surely the type of inluence we want out of our judicial system, whether it is one elected by the people or not, and the improvement needed will be one that retains local control but curbs the corruption of politics. Horwitz is a government junior from Houston. Photo via twitter.com/badtylerly LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. 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You can’t do that one-on-one or two-on-two; you have to do it as a group.” Sophomore guard Demar- cus Holland spearheaded the efort as he sufocated fresh- man sensation Andrew Wig- gins. Wiggins fouled out with just seven 2:33 remaining, points to show for his 30 min- utes on the court. He has av- eraged more than twice that through the season. “On good teams, you’ve got to have that one guy that’s al- ways in the right spot, always trying to get an ofensive re- bound and trying to box out a key player,” Holland said of his role on the team. “I knew he would try to be aggressive and put fouls on me to get me out of the game.” Texas had never won four consecutive games against top 25 opponents in school history until now. But Barnes knows this stretch doesn’t guarantee much. He said he’s proud of what the team has done and earned — but half of conference play remains. “It is such a ine line be- tween winning and losing,” Barnes said. “If you start drinking the poison and think that you are there, it all gets away. his is one game, and I want them to enjoy it because they should. But we have a long way to go.” Against Kansas, Texas didn’t seem to be drinking any poison. he Longhorns were just caught up in of- fense and letting the hype get to them. he hype motivated disciplined play and Texas showed its defense would lay THE DAILY TEXAN CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS Self-serve, 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.com A D R U N S O N L I N E F O R F R E E ! w o r d a d s o n l y HOUSING RENTAL 349 Vacation Rental MARDI GRAS STUDENT SPE- CIAL Galveston Resort Apart- ment two bedrooms, two baths, sofa-bed, kitchen. Amenities visit www.silverleafseaside. ten persons com. Maximum permitted. Three nights from 03/02/2014 @ $220/night. 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Longhorns In front of an electrify- ing, sold-out crowd, the No. 25 overpow- ered No. 6 Kansas, 81-69, for their irst win against the Jayhawks since 2011. “I am very happy and excited for our guys because they went and earned it,” head coach Rick Barnes said. “hey worked hard and deserve this kind of atmosphere. I told them before the game that they deserve it but are going to have to earn it.” Texas and Kansas traded leads to start the game as the teams exchanged several fast- paced, sloppy early posses- sions. With 15:18 remaining in the irst half, freshman guard Isaiah Taylor hit a 3-pointer to give the Longhorns the lead — a lead they would hold for the rest of the game. Texas held the Jayhawks to just 23 points in the irst frame, Kansas’ second-lowest point total in a half this season. he Jayhawks produced more ofense in the second half, but failed to slow down the Longhorns’ scorers or cre- ate any real momentum as Texas outplayed the reigning Big 12 champions. Barnes used a combination of man and zone defense to hold Kansas to a shooting per- centage of just 38.5 percent on the day. Sophomore guard De- WEEKEND RECAP TRACK AND FIELD / GRANT GORDON he Texas track and ield program competed at both the Razorback Invitational and the Bill Bergan Invita- tional over the weekend, post- ing strong results without sending complete squads. he short-distance wom- en went to Ames, Iowa, for the Bergan Invitational and won each of the four events they entered. But the most impressive performance of the weekend came from Fayetteville, where senior distance runner Sara Sutherland won the women’s in convincing 3,000-meter fashion with the third-best time in school history. “[Sutherland] knocked it out of the park,” head coach Mario Sategna said. Sutherland led the entire race and inished 18 seconds ahead of second-place team- mate, senior Marielle Hall. Sophomore Zack Bilderback dominated the men’s competi- tion as he won the 400-meter at the Bergan invitational with a personal-best time of 46.98. he squad will return to Albuquerque, N.M., on Fri- day the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. for DIALOGUES ON FREE SPEECH Free Speech - Let’s talk about it. FREE SPEECH & PRIVACY A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH Q & A MARC ROTENBERG Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) JIM HARPER The Cato Institute FRED CATE Indiana University Law School & Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research THURSDAY, FEB 6TH AT 7PM CLA 0.128 Coming soon: Free Speech Essay Contest w w w. f r e e s p e e c h d i a l o g u e s . o r g Dialogues on Free Speech Sponsored by the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan Staff VIRGINIA Junior guard DeMarcus Holland inishes a reverse layup in the seocnd half of Saturday’s game. Holland was most impressive on the defensive end, holding Kansas’ freshman superstar Andrew Wiggins scored just seven points and two FGs in the game. marcus Holland led the squad on defense, helping contain the Jayhawks’ star freshman Andrew Wiggins, who had just seven points on 2-for-12 shooting from the ield. Wig- gins, who came into the con- test averaging 16.5 points per game, failed to record a ield goal in the irst half and fouled out of the game late in the second half. “[Holland] was outstand- ing,” Barnes said. “All year long, I am not sure if people have appreciated what he does. I’m telling you, though, his team- mates and our staf appreciate him. He understood what he needed to do.” Texas was just as impressive on the ofensive side of the ball, highlighted by performances from Taylor and junior for- ward Jonathan Holmes. Taylor inished with 23 points while Holmes poured in 22. It was the irst time this season that two Longhorns have surpassed the 20-point mark. “hey had us on our heels the whole game,” Kansas head coach Bill Self said. “heir speed ofset our length. I thought Taylor was the best player in the game. It was pretty much a dominating performance by the Long- horns over us today.” star-studded crowd came to watch Texas (17-4, 6-2 Big 12) earn its fourth A consecutive win against a ranked opponent, a irst for the program. Notable attend- ees included former Long- horns Colt McCoy, Fozzy Whittaker, Roger Clemens and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy. he Longhorns travel to Fort Worth Tuesday to take on TCU (9-11, 0-8 Big 12). he Horned Frogs are dead last in the Big 12 and are without a conference win. he game starts at 7 p.m. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Foul trouble plagues Horns Junior forward Nneka Enemkpali inished with 19 points against No. 9 Baylor this weekend. But Enemkpali’s offense paled against Baylor guard Odyssey Sims’ 44 points on the night. Shweta Gulati / Daily Texan Staff By Jori Epstein @JoriEpstein Though junior forward Nneka Enemkpali grabbed 15 boards to complement 19 points, Texas (14-7, 5-4) couldn’t maintain its halftime lead against No. 9 Baylor (18-3, 8-1). The Longhorns fell 87-73 to their in-state rival. “I’m very proud of our effort, but I don’t think we played very intelli- gently today,” head coach Karen Aston said. “Our guards will play and can play and have been play- ing a lot better than they played today, in particu- lar [with] shot-taking and decision making.” outrebounded, Texas outshot and outscored the Bears in a close first half that featured six lead changes and competitive play. A buzzer beater by freshman forward Nekia Jones gave Texas a 36-35 advantage to finish the first half. Texas’ pressure defense restricted senior guard Odyssey Sims to 6-for-18 from the field in the first half. The defense denied Sims’ teammates as well. The Bears connected on only nine field goals — their lowest first half total in conference play this season. “We didn’t shoot the ball particularly well in the first half,” Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey said. “We knew, though, that we were still in the game, and that we had a chance it, [even with] to win shooting 28 percent in the first half.” Texas allowed the Bears a boost of confidence as it plunged into foul trouble. The Longhorns commit- ted 20 fouls in the game to help Baylor finish with 37 points from the charity stripe. “We didn’t make ad- justments to the way the game was being offici- ated,” Aston said. “Baylor did a better job of making adjustments in the second half and not putting us on the line.” Texas ushered one Bear after the next to the free- throw line. The rampant fouls allowed Sims to com- pensate for 22 missed field goals, as she sunk 14 sec- ond-half free throws. She finished with 44 points, her fourth game with more than 40 this season. Sophomore guard Celina Rodrigo, who finished with 10 points and seven assists, said Sims posed a multifaceted challenge that Texas couldn’t handle. the “If you go over screen, a she’ll three, but if you go under the screen, help has to be there,” Rodrigo said. “Our defense struggled; our help wasn’t there, and we didn’t make the right rotations.” shoot Although Texas didn’t make the necessary team adjustments on defense, numerous players contrib- uted to its offensive threat. Five Longhorns reached double figures. Enemkpali — who led all Longhorns in points and rebounds — echoed Aston’s concern that they “lost the posses- sion game very clearly.” “If we had responded the way we should have responded [in] the sec- ond half and found a way to … secure the of- that fensive would’ve helped,” Enem- kpali said. “Offensive re- bounds really hurt us late in the game.” rebounds, Texas resumes con- ference play at 7 p.m. Wednesday night against Texas Tech at the Frank Erwin Center. NFL NBA SEAHAWKS BRONCOS MAGIC CELTICS NCAAM #10 MICHIGAN INDIANA #18 PITTSBURGH TOP TWEET TJ Ford @tj_ford @Zay_Ctmd11 is balling.. He’s the man. Has full control of the offense NOW.. SPORTS BRIEFLY Topping ive Men’s swimming and diving outpace Arizona sepa- rate events, No. 3 Texas pulled of a 194-153 vic- tory over No. 5 Arizona in the teams’ two-day dual meeting at Arizona’s Aquatic Hillenbrand Center. 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PrincetonReview.com | 800-2Review 8 L&A HANNAH SMOTHERS, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR / @DailyTexanArts Monday, February 3, 2014 8 ART Road trip spurs Earthworks show By Eleanor Dearman @EllyDearman For their senior spring break in 2012, UT studio art alumnae Ally Acheson-Snow, Karina Eckmeier, Maia Schall, Allie Underwood and Chan- tal Wnuk used their under- graduate professional travel grant to travel 3,600 miles and visit famous Earthworks. located in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Texas, are artworks created from the materials found in the sur- rounding environment. hese pieces, he trip resulted in a inal gallery exhibit, “Girls Gone West,” which opened at the Visual Arts Center on Friday. “A lot of students want to go to New York or Los An- geles or other big art capi- tals and go to museums and galleries, and we decided we wanted to do something dif- ferent and see these other art- works that weren’t accessible in that same way,” Schall said. Over 10 days, the girls visit- ed “Spiral Jetty” and “Amarillo Ramp” by Robert Smithson, “Double Negative” by Michael Heizer and “Sun Tunnels” by Nancy Holt. hey also later visited “he Lightning Field” by Walter de Maria in New Mexico a little more than a year ater the irst trip, since the piece was closed during their spring break. he pieces were complete- ly set in nature. For instance, “Spiral Jetty” is a large spiral made from basalt rock that can be seen in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. “It’s totally diferent than going to a gallery and seeing a painting on the wall because the trip there is part of the experience; also, the context of the work is extremely im- portant, so the surrounding UT alumna Maia Schall works on setting up the exhibit “Girls Gone West” at the Center Space gallery at the Visual Arts Center on Wednesday afternoon. The exhibit, created by Schall and several friends, will be on display from Jan. 31 to March 8. Marshall Tidrick / Daily Texan Staff landscape is a huge part of it,” Wnuk said. “hose are all things you can’t experience just through photos. You actually have to go and see the work.” he artists got lost on mul- tiple occasions and had many unanticipated roadblocks during their trip. Some of these were just bad luck, such as when the girls were forced to sit in their car and wait for a herd of about a thou- sand sheep to cross the road. Other challenges occurred because many of the sites were hard to ind because of natural factors, such as weathering and erosion. “Because [the pieces] are so site-speciic and they’re built from the land, they sort of start to blend in with the landscape,” Schall said. “Part of that is time taking over and the elements having an efect on the works.” Although the art inspired by the road trip is being displayed together as “Girls Gone West,” the exhibit is made up of the artists’ separate works of art. “I think each piece is really our individual reactions and the way that we approached the pieces and the way that we think about them aterwards,” Schall said. “I think that trip re- ally afected a lot of the things that we think about as artists and that has continued on to what we’ve made since the trip.” One of the pieces is a series of videos featuring Eckmei- er’s alter ego, Corey, a strong character and feminine named ater a body builder. In these videos, Eckmeier sets up diicult obstacles for Corey to complete. “For ‘Spiral Jetty,’ I swam the jetty, using the jetty as a lane because we found it un- derwater,” Eckmeier said. “For ‘Amarillo Ramp,’ I ran the ramp and touched the end.” he drive from location to location became just as im- portant as seeing the pieces. “Another important thing about the trip is it wasn’t just going to the works,” Wnuk said. “We really embraced the journey in between.” Wnuk, Eckmeier and Schall all said that some of the best parts of the road trip were the things other than the Earthworks. “So we went places like the Grand Canyon, Cadil- lac Ranch, et cetera,” Wnuk said. “We embraced the idea of the American westward road trip, which is kind of a romantic thing.” Have a great green idea? SUBMIT IT FOR FUNDING FROM THE UT GREEN FEE! CAMPUS Proposal applications due Sunday, March 9th, 2014 THE UT AUSTIN GREEN FEE COMMITTEE IS NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR THE 2014-2015 ACADEMIC YEAR AND BEYOND. Download the application BOOKLET AND BUDGET SHEET AT www.utexas.edu/sustainability/greenfee.php All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit ideas. Attend a workshop to maximize success Questions? EMAIL greenfee@austin.utexas.edu Group empowers young girls By Kat Sampson @katclarksamp While many of her fellow classmates were concerning themselves with J2’s ever- changing menu, nutrition junior Lauren Caton, the founder and current presi- dent of GirlAdvocates! was seeking out UT students to join her in an efort to reform societal standards. GirlAdvocates! is a UT organization focused on em- powering young girls through education, positive self-image and health. Like many young girls, Caton experienced a lack of self-conidence during her adolescent years, which led to a desire for guidance and need for support. She was able to emerge from her negative ex- periences with a goal in mind. “hese experiences helped me realize how much support one needs during this vulner- able time period,” Caton said. “Since then, I have always been passionate about help- ing young adolescent girls de- velop their potential.” he members of the organization serve as men- tors for girls in the sixth, sev- enth or eigth grade at Webb Middle School. Mentors have to go through a training ses- sion with Austin Partners in Education, which fosters vol- unteer-driven mentoring pro- grams in Austin Independent School District. he sessions help the mentors improve their communication skills. “[We] try to be on their level so they think of us as peers, not teachers,” GirlAdvocates! Vice President Anna Marie Pratas said. “Potential members must understand that it is an open discussion with the mentees.” While participating in Gir- lAdvocates!, members be- come role models and friends with their mentees, meeting in weekly mentor lunches. On any given Friday, Caton, along with two or three other members, drive to the middle school around noon. hey of- ten promise their mentees the week prior that they will bring Chick-il-A or candy with them to their next visit. GirlAdvocates! makes an efort to introduce the girls to the concept of going to college. By tuning them in at a young age, GirlAdvocates! hopes to inspire them to consider it a feasible option. Caton and her mentee Ashley Ortiz frequently talk about the UT campus, and more recently, Ortiz’s applica- tion for Breakthrough Austin, a local summer program that helps to prepare students for college. Ortiz is interested in the college experience. While the art school sparked her cu- riosity, she was quick to bring up an interest in chemistry. Caton and her fellow men- tors make an efort to be there for the girls every week. Role models do not come in the form of acquaintances — they form through consistent ex- posure and reliable support. GirlAdvocates! takes pride in creating and fostering these relationships in an attempt to prevent the negativity that Ca- ton and so many others dealt with during these same im- pressionable years. Friday, February 7th 12-1 PM SAC 1.118 Sunday, February 9th 2-3 PM SAC 1.118 Sunday, February 16th 2-3 PM SAC 3.106 Thursday, February 20th 12:30-2 PM SAC 3.112 GirlAdvocates! President Lauren Caton eats lunch with her mentee Ashley Ortiz at Webb Middle School on Friday afternoon. Claire Trammel / Daily Texan Staff