The width of the average man’s foot is 4.1 inches, and the width of the average fe- male’s foot is approximately 3.6 inches. And a balance beam? About 4 inches — which probably feels smaller if someone has to flip back- ward and land perfectly back on the beam. The members of the UT women’s gymnastics team do this every day, not only managing to re-plant their feet firmly on the beam, but doing it with ease and grace. “I think it speaks a lot to a gymnast’s character that they do the impossible,” said Rachel Zarosky, math senior and team president. “People don’t understand what it takes to be a gymnast.” The balance beam is only one of four events where gymnasts “do the impos- sible.” The other events of women’s gymnastics include floor exercise, vault and uneven bars. Each is dif- ferent with its own set of skill requirements, yet all of them carry the risk of serious injury. Team captain Laurita Vargas has fought through two ACL injuries from tumbling on the floor and riding her bike. Despite being on the team for three years, this is the first year Vargas will actually get the chance to compete. Most injuries come from instantaneous, identifiable accidents, such as Vargas’. But some injuries, such as team treasurer and biol- ogy junior Sara Journeay’s injury, come simply from the repeated pounding and In a discussion on the role that race and other minority statuses play in creating art, Pulitzer Prize-winning au- thor Junot Díaz said he felt UT students should be more concerned about the societal implication of recently re- ported bleach bombings in West Campus. When asked about two inci- dents involving water balloons thrown at minority students this school year, Díaz said he felt a stronger community re- sponse was warranted. “Institutionally, the absolute lack of safety and disregard that that represents for a cer- tain community of the school [is something] I think should chill everyone,” Díaz said, re- sponding to a question from an audience member. “If there‘s not an energetic response from every member and every sec- tor of the institution, that’s an October marks the be- ginning of flu season, ac- companied annually by a flurry of sniffy noses and 100- degree fevers. Starting Monday, Univer- sity Health Services will offer flu shots to UT students, fac- ulty and staff on select dates through Oct. 17. The flu shot service is free for students who have insur- ance — except Health Main- tenance Organization plans, plans with insurance com- panies based outside the U.S. and governmental plans — and faculty and staff who have UT Select insurance. Other students, faculty and staff can be vaccinated for $10. Last year, UHS vaccinated a total of 5,400 students and 3,400 faculty and staff, ac- cording to Sherry Bell, UHS senior program coordina- tor, who is leading the flu shot campaign. Theresa Spalding, medical director at UHS, said she sees the most students come in af- ter Thanksgiving and winter break, peaking in February. Spalding said the depart- ment’s strategy is to vaccinate as many students as possible to avoid the spread of the flu. “If by chance, someone [is] exposed to the virus [after vaccination], they won’t get it and they won’t spread it,” Spalding said. Rachel York, a youth and community studies junior, received a flu vaccine last year. York said she plans to get vaccinated again this fall. Two UT professors are among several nation- ally chosen scholars to ana- lyze trends in young peo- ple’s tobacco use and how those trends correlate to targeted marketing. Alexandra Loukas, a kine- siology and health education professor, and Keryn Pasch, a kinesiology and health edu- cation assistant professor, are part of the newly founded Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults. The center is housed at the UT School of Pub- lic Health, which received a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health for its research. The research will include surveying UT students about their tobacco usage over a period of six months and will also document tobacco mar- keting around campus. “We’ll be documenting all outdoor tobacco marketing … and also marketing at the point of sale, such as at con- venience stores, gas stations, etc.,” Loukas said. “We’ll also document advertising and promotions in the maga- zines and newspapers that our participants read, on the websites they visit and the direct mail they receive from tobacco companies.” The goal of the study is not only to more closely un- derstand the ways in which UT students are being in- fluenced by tobacco mar- keting, but also to further understand the factors that can lead to long-term use of tobacco products. “Over the past 13 years, cigarette use has been declin- ing but use of non-cigarette alternatives is becoming in- creasingly more popular,” Loukas said. “Most non-ciga- rette alternatives are flavored. Flavored products appeal to younger, less experienced 1Tuesday, September 24, 2013@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidSPORTS PAGE 6COMICS PAGE 5LIFE&ARTS PAGE 4The Daily Texan speaks one-on-one with Junot Díaz. See full interview with Díaz at dailytexanonline.com. ONLINENEWSGreek students are over- represented in SG. PAGE 4Horns Up to Junot Díaz for speaking with students. PAGE 4OPINIONTexas running backs bounce back. PAGE 6Stat Guy: Examining the rest of the Big 12. PAGE 6SPORTSMagnum Photos are on display at Ransom Center. PAGE 4The new Drake album shows his softer side. ONLINELIFE&ARTSA UT classical archaelogy professor went to Ukraine to laud an excavation site’s U.N. designated World Heritage status. dailytexanonline.comONLINEREASON TO PARTYPAGE 5Students who ride UT shuttles to campus will need to find alternate methods to commute to class starting in the spring. The Capital Metro board of directors voted unani- mously at a meeting Monday to eliminate the Wickersham Lane shuttle route and de- crease the coverage of the Cameron Road shuttle route beginning in spring 2014. The Cameron Road route will only serve students in the Camino La Costa area north of campus — where many graduate students reside — until the end of the spring se- mester, when the route will be eliminated completely. Pat Clubb, vice president for university operations, said the University tries to support routes that carry the largest number of students. The University pays $6,435,315.18 to CapMetro for bus and shuttle service, CapMetro spokeswoman Melissa Ayala said. The University’s funding to Cap- Metro remains flat even though CapMetro would have required the University to in- crease shuttle funding because of rising transportation costs to keep all current routes. “As choices are made, if a route has a low ridership, then it becomes a candidate for elimination since those dollars can support a route with much greater ridership,” Clubb said. Many graduate students CITYCAMPUSCAMPUSBy Amanda Voeller@amandaevoellerFabian Fernandez / Daily Texan StaffJohn Langmore, vice chair of Capital Metro’s board of di- rectors, listens to Austin locals voice their concerns about various issues Monday morning. BUSES page 2UHS takes precautions for flu, gives free vaccinesBy Leslie Zhang@ylesliezhangBy Wynne Davis@wynneellenCapMetro axes two UT shuttle routesPulitzer Prize winner talks diversity, cultureCharlie Pearce / Daily Texan StaffPulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz reads from his book, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” to an audience at the Blanton Auditorium on Monday evening. Díaz’s complex characters often reflect his own experiences as a Dominican-American immigrant. CLUB SPORTSRESEARCHDIAZ page 2FLU page 2GYMNASTICS page 6SMOKING page 2By Rachel Wenzlaff@RachelWenzlaffGymnasts balance competition, injuriesSam Ortega / Daily Texan StaffFreshman Anna Curl of the UT women’s gymnastics team balances on the horizontal bar during practice last week. 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FRAMES featured photo BUSEScontinues from page 1DIAZcontinues from page 1FLUcontinues from page 1SMOKINGcontinues from page 1who live far from campus ride the shuttle twice a day, while many students who live in West Campus ride the shuttle multiple times per day, so the graduate students are underrepre- sented, sociology graduate student Chelsea Smith said. “We’re paying the same amount as everybody else, but we’re [counted] as less,” Smith said. Smith said CapMetro should count how many people ride the bus in addi- tion to the number of rides the bus provides. “We all pay these fees, and the numbers on ridership that CapMetro and [Parking and Transportation Services] are using refer to rides as op- posed to riders,” Smith said. David Villarreal, Gradu- ate Student Assembly com- munications director, said he thinks the ridership data CapMetro used for this de- cision may be incorrect. “Supposedly, every time a student enters the bus from either the front or the rear, they pass through lasers that count them,” Villarreal said. “However, if you go to any UT shuttle, you will see that the reflectors are only on the front door and not the rear exit. This is impor- tant because many students enter and exit through the rear doors without ever be- ing counted.” Columbia Mishra, Grad- uate Student Assembly president, said she thinks CapMetro and UT should have given students more time to become informed on the issue instead of discuss- ing it in the summer when a majority of students were not at school. CapMetro held seven public meetings in early September and held a public hearing on Sept. 16. Mishra said transporta- tion services should hold these types of public forums on campus because it is in- convenient for students to go to the CapMetro headquar- ters to voice their opinions. Smith said the route cancellations will hurt graduate and low-income students who live far from campus because they will be forced to move to areas along shuttle routes, and these areas will have inflat- ed housing prices. “[This will] have impli- cations for overall hous- ing costs in all of Austin,” Smith said. “If people are forced to move into spe- cific areas that are catered to by shuttles, that is going to increase housing costs in those areas.” Biology senior April Shultz said she is worried about the CapMetro mainline buses becoming more crowded. “[The 7 and 37 buses] are going to be really, really crowded now, more than they were before,” Shultz said. “It’s just not really a good decision all around for the community, for this area, for the students that live here and for the other residents.” “I used to always get the flu when I didn’t get the flu shot, and ever since I got the shot, I don’t get the flu so I make sure to get it,” York said. Business freshman Fariha Hossain said she gets vac- cinated approximately every other year and plans to visit UHS sometime this week to get the flu vaccine. “I have a really weak im- mune system,” Hossain said. “I get sick when the weather changes rapidly.” Some students don’t be- lieve the flu shot helps them avoid the flu. “I only get it if I’m required to,” biology freshman Marcia Rondonuwu said. “In high school, I was in a premed program. Because I volun- teered at a hospital, I was re- quired to get a flu shot.” Despite some students’ claims regarding the flu vac- cine’s inefficiency, UHS said it offers the vaccines in the best interest of the students. “We’re here to keep stu- dents healthy so they can per- form well academically and in their personal lives,” Bell said. “Getting a flu shot is the best way to prevent the flu.” A full schedule of vac- cination dates, informa- tion about the flu and flu symptoms can be found at healthyhorns.utexas.edu. tobacco users.” According to Loukas, this sort of marketing might in- troduce young college stu- dents to tobacco through seemingly harmless alterna- tives and cause them to get hooked to nicotine, leading them to cigarettes and other health consequences com- mon among smokers. “I don’t smoke myself but I know a few people who do,” biology junior Ashley Fenuyi said. “A lot of my friends love going to hookah bars, but I don’t think they really know the possible health effects that come from things like that.” Public health junior Des- tinee Clark noted the signifi- cance of the research. “I think that understand- ing the effects that come from these things [is] impor- tant,” Clark said. “We need this information so we can make wiser decisions when it comes to tobacco.” The FDA and the National Insitutes of Health will use the findings of the research to in- fluence regulation of tobacco products, which will protect the health of college students and the health of the public as a whole, Loukas said. “Because our study is funded by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health we hope that our study can inform regulation of products that are currently unregulated,” Loukas said. RECYCLE .The Daily TexanAFTER READING YOUR COPY CORRECTIONSBecause of a reporting error, a story on the Sept. 20 issue of The Daily Texan about renovations to Auditorium Shores misattributed a quote about the benefits to students. Terry Jungman, Austin Parks and Recreation department representative, said the quote. Because of an editing error, a graphic that ran on the Sept. 23 issue of The Daily Texan with a story about AUF funding at the UT System used an incorrect logo. The logo should have been from UT-Permian Basin in Odessa.extraordinary thing.” Díaz read a selection from his award-winning 2008 novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” and en- gaged guests in a Q-and-A session at the Blanton Mu- seum of Art on Monday. He spoke as part of the Texas In- stitute for Literary and Tex- tual Studies series, “Reading Race in Literature and Film.” French professor Alex- andra Wettlaufer, whose class reads “Oscar Wao,” said she was excited to hear Díaz speak. “It was great to hear him speak because he has such a great voice in his novels, and I think in person he has a very distinctive voice and way of connecting to the audience which breaks down barri- ers,” Wettlaufer said. “You felt like he was talking directly to each one of us, and I feel like there’s that same energy and creative explosions in the way he speaks that we fell in love with in ‘Oscar Wao,’ ‘[This Is] How You Lose Her’ and his other stories.” Díaz spoke about his ties to the Caribbean and the impact of masculine gen- der stereotypes on his life, an issue he said affects so- ciety as a whole today. Recently Díaz wrote a piece called “Monstro” for The New Yorker, which takes place in Haiti and falls into the science fiction realm. At- tendees asked him how he found himself writing about a post-apocalyptic world. “Science fiction allows us to really see what happened in the Caribbean where re- alism doesn’t,” Díaz said. English senior Omar Gamboa said he read “Oscar Wao” in a freshman English class and he simply had to see the author in person. “His work really strikes a chord for me, remind- ing me of home, the ma- chismo I grew up with and just, well, being a hopeful nerd in the midst of it all,” Gambao said. The Capital Metro Board of Directors met Monday to discuss a number of issues, including the possible shut- ting down of two low-rider- ship shuttle routes that cater mainly to graduate students. According to Capital Metro, the University is no longer giving them enough funds to keep these routes running. The Capital Metro board had a chance to keep the Wickersham Lane and Cam- eron Road shuttle routes, the routes in question, open, but after hearing testimony from a few key players in the de- bate, it approved their elimi- nation unanimously, 7-0. The move didn’t come as all that big a surprise to Co- lumbia Mishra, president of the Graduate Student Assembly. “It was a formality on Cap Metro’s part to approve [the proposal],” Mishra said. That proposal came about through discussions last year by the UT Shuttle Com- mittee, which included 11 graduate students. Accord- ing to Parking and Trans- portation Services Director Bobby Stone, the committee voted 10-1-4 in favor of the changes now to be enacted and against fighting for ad- ditional funds to maintain the routes. Still, the move will have a profound impact on gradu- ate students. In an interview with the Daily Texan edito- rial board early this month, Mishra pointed out that many graduate students have to look for housing in the areas the routes in question service because of a combi- nation of low salaries and high rents. Luckily, the pain won’t be felt all at once. While the Wickersham Lane shuttle, which serves several apart- ment complexes south of Riverside Drive, will be dis- continued at the end of this semester, the Cameron Road shuttle will be phased out by the end of next semester. In- stead of being given the ax in December, the northernmost shuttle will instead be lim- ited to the apartments along Camino La Costa starting next semester before being canceled completely at the end of the school year. At the hearing, Capital Metro’s Principal Planner Ro- berto Gonzalez reiterated the agency’s reasons for accepting the proposal, including low ridership counts and the pos- sibility of rerouting city buses to fill the gaps left by the route cancellations. However, we remain concerned about the accuracy of the data on which so much of this decision was based. Sociology graduate student Chelsea Smith took the op- portunity today to question whether simply counting the number of rides taken in a day was a fair measure of route popularity. “To me that [measure of ridership] counts rides, so as UT students we’re all pay- ing into this budget, so this number that we’re using is the number of rides that happen [throughout a] day,” Smith said. “If a student living in West Campus takes it to and from campus multiple times a day, that could be, say, six to eight rides, but as graduate students and other students living farther away, we’re only taking the shuttle in once a day ... We’re paying the same amount as everybody else, but we’re counting as less.” In addition to Smith’s concerns, GSA communica- tions director David Villar- real, who was not present at the hearing, has called into question the reliability of numbers obtained by the agency’s onboard automatic counting technology. “Supposedly, every time a student enters the bus from ei- ther the front or the rear, they pass through lasers that count them,” Villarreal said. “Howev- er, if you go to any UT shuttle, you will see that the reflectors are only on the front door and not the rear exit. This is impor- tant because many students enter and exit ... without ever being counted.” We understand that Capi- tal Metro offered students several chances to speak out against the proposal. We also understand that there were a number of graduate students on the committee that originally put forth this proposal. However, we have to side with Mishra, who told the board that “[stu- dents] need more time” and opportunity to participate in the process. Granted, members of the public were allowed one last chance to weigh in to- day, but the actual vote was shoehorned into the end of the meeting in a package of measures that included un- related items of business such as the approval of contracts to implement a customer WiFi system on city buses and to demolish and remove an ex- isting HVAC chiller. Students deserve better than that. At the very least, they deserve a “public forum on our campus,” as Mishra called for Monday. While some of the changes are slat- ed to be implemented next semester, the damage done Monday is not irreversible. The responsibility now lies with students to look for a funding solution to keep students on the shuttles. This Tuesday, less than a month into the semester, stu- dents will be asked to vote in the first Student Government election of the school year when they elect two first- year representatives from the freshman class. In the buzz that surrounds both this election and the larger elec- tions in the spring, I, myself a Greek member of the Stu- dent Government Assembly, find myself struggling with an issue that is often spoken of but rarely confronted: dominant Greek representa- tion in Student Government. More than half of the peo- ple who represent students and who make decisions re- garding students’ academic, external and internal con- cerns come from 14 percent of UT’s general population. There are 16 students who are members of Greek or- ganizations sitting on a 31-person legislative body, not to mention the student body president, who is also a member of a Greek organiza- tion and holds the power of appointment for more than 17 executive agencies. This imbalance is not something that has gone un- noticed, nor is it something that I believe should go un- addressed. The University of Texas at Austin is devoted to creating a diverse and in- clusive campus. However, within Student Government, we fall short of achieving that same demographic ideal. It would appear that the Greek candidates almost always win their elections, presumably because Greeks have the privileged support of a large and active voter base. Unfortunately, while the support for Greek can- didates is tremendous, even humbling, it creates an un- necessary barrier to entry for the remaining 86 percent of our campus, resulting in the lower level of representation of non-Greek students in the assembly. All this raises the question: How is Student Government as an organi- zation supposed to address student issues if there isn’t a diverse range of students to contribute their perspectives and solutions? The answer is quite simple: It can’t. Not fully, anyway. In addition to the obvious problems with having a ma- jority Greek assembly, there are many misconceptions about Greek representatives caused by the advantages Greek students have in the election process. Below are three examples of complaints myself and other Student Government members have heard and the corresponding responses I would give, given my own experiences: 1. Greek assembly hope- fuls don’t have to campaign because they automatically get the Greek vote. The Truth: As a whole, we do run campaigns. We dedi- cate hours standing on the West Mall and have trash cans of flyers no one actu- ally reads to prove it. We have YouTube videos, Twit- ter accounts, Facebook pages, damaged grades during elec- tion season, friends that are inundated with notifications about our platform points and a whole lot of organi- zation meetings to attend in order to get our names out there. 2. Greek assembly mem- bers make sure their friends get positions within Student Government. The Truth: All representa- tive positions are elected, and there is no feasible way in- ternal members could grant anyone those positions. Re- garding appointments, the Executive Board (composed of the President, VP and five other members that essential- ly serve as their “cabinet”) ex- tensively interview everyone who fills out the appointment applications and officially put people up for appointments. Once nominated for ap- pointment, each appointee is carefully reviewed by the As- sembly Board (a committee comprised of all committee chairs, typically representa- tives with experience or rel- evant platforms), and finally the Student Government As- sembly (composed of college, First Year, and University Wide Representatives) ques- tions, debates and votes on the appointees. 3. Greek members of the assembly are not dedi- cated and don’t make any real change. The Truth: Absolutely un- true. There are, admittedly, representatives who are elect- ed and drop the assembly for a variety of reasons, but there is no trend that sug- gests these are predominant- ly Greek members. Most of us have excellent attendance records, work regularly with administrators and students and often achieve our plat- form points by the end of the session. In short, Greek students have had many positive impacts on our University through Student Govern- ment. But that doesn’t change my belief that the advantage possessed by Greek candi- dates in Student Government elections is unfair. Conse- quently, I encourage you to endorse the candidates who best represent your views, whatever background, cul- ture, organization or politi- cal affiliation they themselves may hold. The Greek com- munity is by no means the only area of campus capable of mobilizing a large support base, and more communities on campus would do well to follow the Greeks’ example of voter engagement. Become excited, start campaigns and don’t let the Greek commu- nity represent you as much as it does if you don’t feel that it can adequately address your issues. And lastly, be thoughtful when you log into www.utexasvote.org. Dimitroff is a government sophomore from Houston. 4A OPINIONLEGALESE | 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 | E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. 3LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TEXANEDITORIALTuesday, September 24, 2013EDITORIALGALLERYLauren Moore / Daily Texan StaffHORNS UP: JUNOT DIAZ DAZZLES STUDENTS WITHOUT SEATSCOLUMNBy Kallen DimitroffGuest ColumnistHORNS DOWN: LGBTQ TEXANS CAN’T GET ANY SUPPORT Students should still fight bus route closure In an article published in the Austin-American States- man on Saturday, The Associated Press pointed out that none of the Republicans running for statewide office in 2014 support expanding protections for LGBTQ groups. Considering the socially conservative nature of our state, this makes sense, but that doesn’t mean we can’t resent whoever chained fiscal conservatism to archaic and im- moral policies against LGBTQ citizens. Would it be too much to ask for a conservative who dislikes the deficit but doesn’t mind if a man marries a man? In Texas, ap- parently, the answer is yes. Fabian Fernandez / Daily Texan Staff Members of the Capital Metro Board on Monday. Proportion of under- graduate students in Greek life, as of Fall 2012: 14.7% of total population in Greek lifeProportion of students in Student Government Assembly in Greek life, as of Fall 2013: 45% of assembly is GreekAt an event at the Blanton Museum of Art on Monday night, Pulitzer-prize-winning author Junot Diaz went out of his way to accommodate the roughly 100 students who were not able to get a seat in the packed auditorium to hear him speak. Before the event officially started, Diaz walked outside to the crowd and took student questions for more than 10 minutes. It’s not often that a Pultizer-prize-win- ning author is so generous with their time, and we thank Diaz for making the money spent on his appearance well worth it. 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Magnum, a coopera- tive photo agency founded in 1947 by photographers Robert Capa, David Sey- mour, George Rodger, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Wil- liam Vandivert, was the first photo agency of its kind, created by photographers, for photographers. “It’s a picture agency which, by its very incep- tion, changed the whole process of photo agencies and, therefore, the face of journalism in the 20th cen- tury,” said Roy Flukinger, se- nior research curator at the Ransom Center. “It was a radical concept.” Before Magnum, publica- tions hired photographers for a story and then owned the rights to the photos. 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ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566YAKSLEAPERAMPADAMALPINEGEEOMNIPOPPYSEEDSOGRESLEAXOUTSNAKEEYESRINSEFIRODEDOGEAROSOSAERATEHONORSTUDENTSORATORTRIMTRACEDASAADAHEROSWALLPAPERECONBAGIPODSCAMERAFILMROLLONAORELSETOITWTSBERETSARPSThe New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550For Release Tuesday, September 24, 2013Edited by Will ShortzNo. 0820Crossword 6Name: 1947/House; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Black, 1947/House; Ad Number: 1947ACL FESTIVAL3-DAY PASSGIVEAWAY! MUST HAVE CURRENT UT ID TO WIN6CHRIS HUMMER, SPORTS EDITOR / @texansportsTuesday, September 24, 2013Longhorns dash back to successComing into the season, many believed Texas’ big- gest asset would be its stable of talented and experienced running backs. After a dominating per- formance in which the Longhorns rushed for 359 yards in Week 1, Texas’ ground attack scuffled, averaging just 128 rushing yards and 3.4 yards per car- ry over the next two games — both losses. Texas turned things around in a major way against Kan- sas State on Saturday, racking up 227 yards on the ground on 47 carries while rushing for three touchdowns. Not coincidentally, this rejuve- nated performance by the backfield guided the Long- horns to their first victory in three contests. Junior run- ning back Malcolm Brown believes the running backs possess an extremely high ceiling. “It can be great,” Brown said. “The offensive line was opening up those holes. We can find them if they’re out there. It was great and we can do things like that every week.” Brown turned in his best performance of the season against the Wildcats with 40 rushing yards and a touch- down, but it was sophomore running back Johnathan Gray who stole the show. Gray ran for a career-high 141 yards while scoring two touch- downs, and he believes the Texas offensive line was the key to the group’s turnaround. “Our offensive line did a great job this week, prepara- tion, knowing the schemes, what K-State was going to bring at us,” Gray said. “They did a great job of block- ing. I had some big open holes. Our job as backs was to hit them and that’s what we did tonight.” The Longhorns know they are at their best when the running backs are set- ting the tempo for the of- fense, as evidenced by last Saturday’s performance. While the running backs garnered most of the at- tention following the win, co-offensive coordina- tor Major Applewhite be- lieves every member of the Texas offense deserves credit for the ground game’s turnaround. “I thought it was a great team effort. I thought we did a good job up front blocking,” Applewhite said. “I thought our backs did a great job in breaking tack- les. When you run the ball, the backs get a lot of credit. It’s the other 10 guys put- ting you in that position.” The Longhorns real- ized their ineffective- ness on offense in losses against Brigham Young University and Ole Miss stemmed from an imbal- ance on offense. Because of this, Texas placed in- creased emphasis on improving the rushing at- tack heading into its game against the Wildcats. “We really made it a point at practice that we wanted to improve in our running game and be more balanced,” senior left guard Trey Hop- kins said. “We came in with the mentality that we were going to run the ball.” GYMNASTICScontinues from page 1Coming weeks daunting for Texasjoint stress that go with the sport. “I had elbow surgery and ankle surgery,” Jour- neay said. “I frayed my ligaments from overuse, and I broke off a piece of cartilage in my ankle they had to take out.” According to the Ameri- can College of Emergency Physicians, the annual injury rate of gymnasts is on par with rates re- ported from contact sports such as hockey, soccer and basketball. Despite these high rates of injuries, Texas gym- nastics continues to draw people back. “I think a lot of gymnasts will tell you, you spend so much time in the gym, it just kind of is your life,” Journeay said. “So when you stop doing it, you just kind of lose your sense of identity for a while.” Although gymnastics is mainly an individual sport, the team component is important for the squad. “I belong here with these people and they accept me and they love me,” Jour- neay said. “I love coming to [the] gym and I couldn’t imagine being with anyone else.” Although skills and experiences may vary, one thing remains constant across the team members: their passion for the sport and each other. “We don’t win all the time, but I think that we probably have the most fun at meets,” Vargas said. “I could not be more grate- ful to have a team like this.” Texas can’t seem to catch a break. Despite opening up their Big 12 schedule with a 31-21 victory over Kansas State — and taking some momentary heat off head coach Mack Brown — the Longhorns limped off the field Saturday after losing both junior quar- terback David Ash and ju- nior linebacker Jordan Hicks to injury. Hicks is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon, and Ash’s status is in question for the year as he deals with a potential second concussion in three weeks. Following its bye week, Texas takes on winless Iowa State on the road. On pa- per, it’s a favorable matchup for the Longhorns. The Cy- clones, who lost both of their home games this season, are averaging just 20.5 points a game. In addition, Iowa State is ineffective at running the ball, which has — sorry Jordan Hicks — been Texas’ Achilles heel. The Cyclones’ leading rusher, Sam Rich- ardson, only totaled 86 yards this season. The Longhorns could be in for a rough stretch when they head to Dallas for the Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma, who shellacked them 63-21 last season. Led by senior running back Bren- nan Clay and junior quar- terback Blake Bell, who had four rushing touchdowns in last year’s game, the Sooners boast a rushing attack that could give the Texas defense fits. Oklahoma has beaten the Longhorns by at least 45 points four times in the Mack Brown era, including each of the past two years. Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops would love nothing more than to send Brown out the door with one final tail kicking. After the Red River Rival- ry, Texas hits the road for two of its next three games, tak- ing on a TCU team that has stumbled out to a disappoint- ing 1-2 record. Although the Horned Frogs have yet to hold an opponent under 20 points, don’t underestimate their defense: They smoth- ered Texas in their 20-13 win on Thanksgiving last year. The following two games provide beatable opponents for the Longhorns. They face a weak Kansas team at home before heading to Morgan- town to play West Virginia, which holds a 4-6 confer- ence record since joining the Big 12 last year. By far, the toughest stretch for Texas will be its final three games, when it will take on Big 12 favorite Oklahoma State, upstart Texas Tech and offensive-juggernaut Baylor. Oklahoma State and Baylor look especially dangerous because they have something Texas doesn’t: a game-chang- ing quarterback. Despite splitting time, J.W. Walsh excelled in Oklahoma State’s three victories this year, using both his arm and legs to rack up 824 yards of offense and seven touchdowns. Baylor’s Bryce Petty has looked even better, throwing for 1,001 yards and eight touchdowns without an interception thus far. Though Brown preaches “one game at a time,” some of these games are surely loom- ing in the back of his mind. With four ranked opponents and only three home games remaining for the Longhorns, this team’s resilience will be tested. FOOTBALLSTAT GUYBy David LefflerDaily Texan Columnist@texansportsCharlie Pearce / Daily Texan StaffJunior running back Malcolm Brown escapes tacklers during in Saturday’s win against the Wildcats. Texas’ running backs have bounced back after two straight losses in non-conference play to BYU and Ole Miss and recorded 227 yards on the ground in the Longhorns’ 31-32 win against Kansas State. Elisabeth Dillon / Daily Texan file photoOklahoma running back Brennan Clay runs against the Longhorns’ defense in last season’s Red River Rivalry game. Texas will face off against the Sooners again next month in Dallas..RECYCLE The Daily Texan AFTER READING YOUR COPY OF THE DAILY TEXANBy Peter Sblendorio@petersblendorio