NATIONAL University to ile brief regarding Fisher case By Caleb Wong @caleber96 UT will ile a brief to the Supreme Court regard- ing the Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas case on Monday, according to University spokesperson Gary Susswein. he brief will respond to a brief iled by plaintif Abi- gail Fisher in September. Susswein said Fisher’s party will also have a chance to respond to UT’s brief. he case challenges the constitutionality of UT’s airmative action policies. UT denied admission to Fisher — who is white — in 2008, who then sued the University on charges of racial and ethnic discrimi- nation. he Supreme Court heard the case in 2013 and sent it back to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals for further review. he 5th Circuit ruled that UT did not discriminate against Fisher based on race. On June 29, 2015, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case for a second time. Oral argument is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2015. President Gregory Fenves said he believes the University’s admis- sion policies are consti- tutional, according to an oicial statement. “Under the Supreme Court’s existing precedent, the University’s commit- ment to using race as one factor in an individualized, holistic admissions policy allows us to assemble a student body that brings with it the educational beneits of diversity for all the statement students,” read. admissions policy is narrowly-tailored, FISHER page 2 “Our 1 SPORTS PAGE 6 COMICS PAGE 7 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, October 26, 2015 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 CRIME Violent crimes rate stays low at UT By Zainab Calcuttawala @zainabroo96 The amount of vio- lent crimes on UT cam- pus stayed about the same in 2014, whereas violent crimes in the Austin area rose by 15 percent, ac- cording to the FBI’s violent crimes report. Although the official number of violent crimes on campus jumped from four instances to eight in- stances, the increase is at- tributed to the higher num- ber of reported rapes on campus, from one instance in 2013 to six instances in 2014. UTPD Lieutenant Charles Bonnett said this increase would partially be attributed to an expansion of the federal definition of rape that occurred in 2014. Without factoring in the reported rapes, the number of violent crimes did not change significantly, ac- cording to the report. “What they have done is take out the parts that say physical force has to be used because sexual assault does not necessarily mean that someone is using phys- ical force or threatening you with a weapon,” Bon- net said. “It can be a chemi- cal or alcohol manipulation or threats or any number of ways that someone can coerce another person into have a sexual interaction that is unwanted. The defi- nition has been expanded to better capture what sex- ual assault really is.” The increase in reported rapes can also be attributed to the success of sexual as- sault awareness campaigns led by students organiza- tions and Voices Against campus, on Violence according to Paul Liebman, University Compliance Services officer. UTPD’s crime prevention department has worked closely with the community over the past year to edu- cate students and faculty about measures to prevent violent crimes on campus, Bonnet said. “UTPD has really tried FBI page 3 New UT shuttles may include fare boxes CITY By Lauren Florence @laurenreneelo Students may have to start swiping their student IDs every time they ride on a UT shuttle bus route ater Capi- tal Metro phases out the old- er bus models for city buses. Capital Metro plans to gradually trade out the or- ange and white UT shuttle buses for the city-style mod- els in part to standardize the look of the bus system, Amy Peck, communications specialist at Capital Metro, told he Daily Texan in late September. While the current UT shuttle buses don’t have fare boxes for students to swipe their student IDs, the city buses have fare boxes at the front of the bus which re- quire students to swipe their ID card to serve as their fare. UT students are able to ac- cess any Capital Metro ser- vice for free with their stu- dent IDs. Melissa Ayala, communi- cations specialist at Capital Metro, said the UT shuttle buses have been scheduled to be phased out for nearly ive years. “If changes are made, Capital Metro and the Uni- versity will work closely to communicate the transition to students,” Ayala said in By Ezra Siegel @SiegelEzra Redshirt freshman quarter- back Jerrod Heard said Tues- day that Texas wants to be a “run-irst, nasty, get-in-your- face ofense.” He wasn’t lying. Texas ran the ball on 76 percent of its plays in its 23-9 win against Kansas State. Se- nior running back Johnathan Gray ran for his best game this season with 103 yards, while junior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes rumbled for all three of Texas’ touchdowns. In to- tal, the Longhorns racked up 274 yards on the ground. “We’ve always wanted to run the ball,” said Jay Norvell, wide receivers coach and of- fensive play-caller. “We’ve been patient with it, we’ve stayed with it and that’s a big Illustration by Melanie Westfall | Daily Texan Staff an email. “We understand it would be a change for stu- dents, but believe the transi- tion will roll out smoothly operationally as we have extensive experience in ID/ fare swiping at the fareboxes on our mainline leet.” Peck said the transition is also occurring because the UT shuttle buses are reach- ing the end of their lifespan. “Based on the fact that those UT shuttle buses date back to 1997, and they’ve lived out their lives, and so, as we can, we’re re- placing them with Capital Metro-branded or Capital vehicles,” Metro-looking Peck said. Civil engineering fresh- man Juan Aguirre said he rides the shuttle buses al- most every day to get across campus from his dorm to work and said that the pay boxes would be a little in- convenient for him. “I know it’s just a little “It’s said. efort just to swipe a card, but it’s just more of an in- convenience than anything,” Aguirre easy just to hop on the bus and just get of within ive to 10 minutes than swiping the card and having CAPMETRO page 2 rather FOOTBALL | TEXAS 23-KANSAS STATE 9 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Texas defeats Kansas State with physical running game Grant gives $15 million for sustainable biofuel research By Jameson Pitts @jamesonpitts he to maximize light-brown prairie grass that ills the green- house on the roof of Welch Hall might look plain, but stu- undergraduate the dents analyzing samples in the adjacent laboratory are working its full potential. University researchers will receive $15 million in government grant funding to lead a national study on the biofuel potential of the switchgrass and panicgrass crops, housed in the roof- top greenhouse. Portions of the funding are earmarked for a Freshman Research Initiative course and under- graduate internships. lab Large-scale production of Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff Junior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes ran for all three of Texas’ touchdowns Saturday. The Longhorns defeated Kansas State behind its running game, racking up 274 rush yards. part of the running game. … Our kids love to run the football.” Texas came out pounding the ball from the get-go. he Longhorns ran the ball on 19 of their 21 plays in the irst quarter. hey followed up with two rushing touchdowns from quarterback KANSAS STATE page 6 junior Matt Robertson | Daily Texan Staff Thomas Juenger, a researcher with UT’s biology depart- ment, stands among samples of switchgrass in the Welch roof greenhouse. reduce biofuels can the climate change efects of to fossil University researchers. fuels, according homas Juenger, a UT runs an researcher who integrative biology lab, will direct the research across the country. To rapidly de- velop a biofuel candidate, GRASS page 3 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Students eat Edible crick- ets at a nutrition event. PAGE 3 Failure to reinstate Green Fee harms University. PAGE 4 Running game carries football to win. PAGE 6 UT alumnus knits hearts to raise suicide awareness. PAGE 8 Watch our video interview with Austin Dog Mayor candidate Sid the beagle. Panel discusses careers in gaming. PAGE 3 SCOTUS likely to strike down afirmative action. PAGE 4 No. 2 volleyball sweeps Kansas in Austin. PAGE 6 Candidate for Austin dog mayor launches campaign. 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Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan Staff NEWS BRIEFLY Austin can expect sun after rainy weekend Austin residents should expect sunshine Monday morning and through the rest of the work week af- ter a weekend of persistent rain, according to UT’s in- cident meteorologist Troy Kimmel. The rain will most likely return by next week- end, Kimmel said. Rainfall in the Central Texas region broke the Oct. 24 calendar day record for inches of rainfall in the Aus- tin Bergstrom International Airport area and the Aus- tin City and Camp Mabry area, according to the Uni- versity’s inclement weather report. 4.79 inches of rain fell in the Austin City and Camp Mabry areas, and 5.16 inches of rain fell in the airport area. The pre- vious records were set Oct. 24, 1949, when 1.94 inches of rain fell in the Austin City and Camp Mabry areas and 1.62 inches of rain fell in the airport area. the area begins to settle into a rainy El fall, Niño pattern should Austin residents continue using caution when leaving their homes when flood warn- issued, Kimmel ings are said. El Niño is a weather flash this As phenomenon character- ized by unusually warm temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that lead to harsher weather conditions. Kimmel said on the in- report clement weather that only about .10 inches of the rain over the week- end could be attributed to moisture coming into the area from Hurricane Pa- tricia, which made land- fall in Mexico on Friday. The rest of the moisture came in from a separate storm system from the Gulf of Mexico. “Between us and [Mexi- co] are two huge mountain chains … so yeah, the rem- nants come overhead, but RECYCLE your copy of A Texas fan wearing a poncho watches the football game against Kansas State on Saturday afternoon. Graeme Hamilton| Daily Texan Staff there is little Pacific contri- bution to the region,” Kim- mel said. “It hasn’t been the media portraying this, it’s been other folks mostly, but we need to think about this if we want to be a scientifi- cally literate country.” CAPMETRO continues from page 1 to get it out — and you could forget it.” Linguistics junior Noli Chew said she likes to take the Intramural Fields shuttle bus instead of the Woodrow/South Fith bus, even though they follow a similar route, because the shuttle bus is easier to get on. “I can live with [the the pay boxes], but huge scramble to get here all the way from North Campus — when there’s already so many people piling on to the point where sometimes the buses have to stop up,” picking Chew said. people Chew said although she wouldn’t find the im- plementation of pay box- es to be too much of an inconvenience for her- self, she said she thinks it would definitely affect non-UT students who use the shuttle buses. “Personally, it doesn’t affect me too much, but it would affect non-UT people who use the [shut- tle buses],” Chew said. “It would be sad to see that they wouldn’t be able to have the same kind of transportation — even though it’s not meant for them.” FISHER continues from page 1 constitutional and has been upheld by the courts multiple times.” In a statement to he New York Times, Fisher said she hopes the judges will rule in favor of admis- sions not based on race or ethnicity. “I hope the justices will rule that UT is not allowed to treat undergraduate ap- plicants diferently because of their race or ethnicity,” Fisher said. NEWS Monday, October 26, 2015 FBI continues from page 1 to partner with the Univer- sity campus to use a com- munity policing program to combat crime,” Bonnet said. “We have done a good part to educate the commu- nity and surrounding area on what we are doing and why we are here. There are programs on how to walk to and from places on and off campus, rape aggression defense, what to do if some- one comes in and there is an active shooter in your workplace or classroom.” Linguistics junior Mack- enzie Summers said she did not feel less safe in Austin over the past year, although she does feel safer on cam- pus than in other areas of the city. “I didn’t feel less safe than previous years,” Sum- mers said. “But I definitely feel more safe on campus than elsewhere in Aus- tin. Campus is very well- lit, and there is usually a stronger police presence on campus.” Bonnett said PD’s strength the university nity’s perception of department’s officers. UT- lies in commu- the “It comes down to some of the partnerships that we have put in place,” Bonnett said. “One of our main con- cerns is to be visible and to be approachable and that is what our officers strive to because when people see us and feel comfortable talk- ing to us, that leads to peo- ple reporting more crime to us.” W&N 3 Violent crimes reported on campus 2013: 4 total violent crimes 2014: 8 total violent crimes 3 50% Robbery 25% Rape* 25% Aggravated Assault 25% Aggravated Assault 75% Rape *Indicates that the statistic is based on the legacy deinition of rape. Source: 2013 and 2014 FBI Violent Crimes Report Infographic by Kelly Smith | Daily Texan Staff CAMPUS Video game panel discusses industry careers, innovation By Claire Allbright @claireallbright A panel of guest speakers discussed current develop- ments and careers in the video game industry hursday. he panel, hosted by UT’s Electronic Gamers Develop- ment Society, consisted of ive industry professionals and game makers who spoke about the evolution of gaming sot- ware, app development, sound and music in games and game making as a career. Autumn Taylor, the group’s event oicer and public rela- tions senior, said she coor- dinated the event to bring a game conference environment to students on campus. “I hope that [students] get excited about the game indus- try and about making games, and maybe they will come back to [our group] and make a game,” Taylor said. “We are really just hoping that people are inspired and get the op- portunity to network with our speakers.” John Nagle, chief technical oicer of virtual reality devel- opment studio Phaser Lock Interactive, discussed the past, present and future of video game development. “It’s an exciting time right now because there are no rules,” Nagle said during his presentation regarding new visual technology. “hat’s the fun thing about it for us: We are creating con- tent that no one has ever done before.” reality Fellow panel member Pat- rick Curry, of middleware de- veloper Unity, gave students advice for making themselves marketable and pursuing video game development as a career. “I would hope that students would realize that video game development is a career that is accessible,” Curry said. Curry said he thinks video games are a creative outlet for developers to impact society. “I don’t think, as a medium, video games have an impact themselves so much as it’s a place for people to express themselves in ways that are ei- ther productive or nonproduc- tive,” Curry said. homas Matlock, Plan II and American studies senior and audience member, said his interest in video games devel- opment came ater his fresh- man year when he began to play video games again. “I had been in liberal arts not really knowing what I was doing,” Matlock said. “It just kind of struck me that all of my diferent interests are com- bined [in video game develop- ment] and thought I should look into this more seriously. I also had been reading that a lot of my favorite designers who I really respected had liberal arts backgrounds.” Food Day explores nutritional beneits of insect-based food Yuan said. “They use less resources than beef and chicken, but they have a comparable amount of protein. We want to get rid of the stigma that bugs are icky because they’re very good nutritionally.” According to the Hopper website, crickets use 1,000 times less water for the same amount of protein as beef, while producing 80 times less methane for the same mass. Crickets are also rich in different vita- mins and minerals, such as iron and calcium. Hopper co-founder Marta Hudecova said there are many different ways to eat crickets, such as by roasting them with lime or dipping them in choco- late. According to Hude- cova, cricket flour is the most popular way of eat- ing crickets in the western world because it doesn’t look like bugs or have the same texture. “The flour is a stepping stone to get you to eat crickets, so hopefully peo- ple won’t be scared to eat crickets and other types of insects,” Hudecova said. According to Crick- ers Leah co-founder Jones, crickets are farmed for consumption in the States. Austin- United based edible cricket com- panies get cricket flour from Aspire Food Group, where the crickets are fed an organic, gluten-free grain diet to mesh with a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition sophomore Christian Nguyen, who tried the roasted crickets, said they tasted OK. “I won’t say I liked it, but I didn’t dislike it,” Nguyen said. “It was an interesting experience.” Economics freshman Jacques Pelletier, who tried crackers from Crickers, said that while this was not his first time trying crick- ets, he had never eaten crackers made from cricket flour before. “It tasted just like a nor- mal cracker,” Pelletier said. “If you hadn’t told me it had crickets in it, I never would have known.” FOOD Nutrition seniors, Lucy Lengfelder, left, and Helen Yuan, right, pose for a picture with nutrition faculty member Diane Pappillion, cemter. Pappil- lion was one of many who tried samples of crick- ets Friday after- noon as part of a Food Day event hosted by Texas Nutrition. Gabriel Lopez Daily Texan Staff By Selah Maya Zighelboim @SelahMaya When people hear the chirp of a cricket, many think of calling an exter- minator, but others may think of calling someone else — a chef. Throughout the country, the edible-insect move- ment is growing, and at a Food Day event hosted by Texas Nutrition on Friday, students tried samples of roasted crickets, cricket granola, cricket crackers and cookies flavored with cricket spice packets. The event overlapped Sustain- with Campus ability Week and aimed to show students the envi- ronmental and nutritional benefits of eating crickets, according to Helen Yuan, Texas Nutrition president and nutrition senior. Three vendors — Hop- per, Crickers and Cramen — gave out samples of food made from crickets at the event. “Crickers are a sustain- form of protein,” able GRASS continues from page 1 Juenger said his team will use genomic selection to reduce the time it takes to breed traits into the crop. “he grant is a large collab- orative project,” Juenger said in an email. “UT will act as a hub for interaction, data shar- ing and integration.” Brandon Campitelli, who teaches the Biology of Bio- fuels course in the initiative, said the new grant fund- ing will allow researchers to grow switchgrass at test plots across the country in order to study the genes responsible for traits that are beneicial in certain regions. “If this is going to become a major biofuel candidate, then we want to know how it’s going to perform at all these diferent locations,” Campitelli said. Public health junior Ni- cole Carrabba, who began working with the Juenger Laboratory ater taking the Biology of Biofuels course, is currently studying varia- tion in switchgrass seed size. “I saw biofuels, and I was like, ‘it’d be really cool to contribute to something so important,’” Carrabba said. “I can be a little, small part to the puzzle.” sup- addition In porting biofuels the course, the funding also to John Nagle, chief technical Oficer of Phaser Lock Interactive, speaks to students Friday night about the past, present and future of game development. Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff Name: 4129/Nergia c/o DCW Media Corp; Width: 39p8; Depth: 5.5 in; Color: Process color, 4129/Nergia c/o DCW Media Corp; Ad Number: 4129 THE LO NG RUN A BOLT OF ENERGY GREAT-TASTING ENERGY SHOT FROM NATURAL INGREDIENTS GLUTEN FREE • TAURINE FREE • NON-GMO POWER UP AT HEB & NERGIA.COM I saw biofuels, and I was like, ‘it’d be really cool to contribute to something so impor- tant. I can be a little, small part to the puzzle. —Nicole Carraba, Public health junior includes “Research Expe- riences,” undergraduate research internships. “One of our ideas in the future … will be to hire students using these Re- search Experience grants to send them to some of these locations and actually do research with [collabo- rating institutions] there,” Campitelli said. he Freshman Research Initiative allows students gain experience that can laboratory lead to future to positions, Erin Dolan, executive di- rector of the program that oversees freshman the research initiative. according “FRI is really our gem, a major program that in- volves in do- students ing the work of science,” Dolan said. 4 OPINION CLAIRE SMITH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | @TexanEditorial Monday, October 26, 2015 4 COLUMN Airmative action likely to be struck down By Daniel Hung Daily Texan Columnist @TexanEditorial With the Supreme Court hearing oral argu- ments on Fisher v. Texas this December, UT’s airmative action policy is likely to be struck down as early as next year. he U.S. Supreme Court has nine justices and a majority opinion will require at least ive votes. In Fisher v. Texas, however, instead of nine justices, only eight justices will vote, as Justice Elena Kagan has recused herself. In a 4-4 split, the ruling from the Court of Appeals would stand and UT would prevail. But a 4-4 split is less likely than a 5-3 decision against UT, based on the justices’ past voting records. For a case to be heard by the Supreme Court, at least four justices need to agree to hear it. Justices supporting airmative action would not agree to take up the case, because current precedent already permits airma- tive action. herefore, at least four justices on the Supreme Court could rule against Texas. hree of those four justices are almost cer- tainly to be the solidly conservative Justices homas, Scalia and Alito. Some might question whether Chief Jus- tice Roberts will once again vote with the liberal justices like he did in NFIB v. Sebe- lius — the Obamacare case — but his past voting records indicate that this is extremely unlikely. Roberts famously wrote in a 2007 opinion that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Government lecturer Alan Sager said his “guess is that Roberts has not moved permanently farther toward the let side of the court.” hus, though there is a minuscule possibility that Roberts will vote with the liberals. Law professor Lino Graglia, the A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law, said he believes the decision will turn on Justice Kennedy. Kennedy is conservative on some issues and liberal on others. His past voting records in- dicate that he is against airmative action. In Grutter v. Bollinger, which allows airmative action for diversity, Kennedy voted with the conservative dissent. Graglia pointed out that in Ricci v. DeStefano, which concerned work- place airmative action, “Kennedy wrote a very strong opinion holding that the New Haven Fire Department cannot invalidate the promo- tion test because none of the black ireighters scored high enough to be promoted.” Additionally, it has been reported that Kennedy and the four conservative justices were ready to rule against UT in 2013, but compromised in sending the case down to the Court of Appeals to apply strict scrutiny. hat the Supreme Court took the case up Abigail Fisher addresses the press outside the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 13, 2013. Fisher v. University of Texas, iled in 2008, will be reheard by the Supreme Court in December. Charlie Pearce | Daily Texan File Photo again indicates they did not agree with the ruling of the Court of Appeals. Graglia said he believes the probability of striking down airmative action is “better than 50-50, but the ruling might not be clear-cut.” If the justices rule consistently with their prior voting records, airmative action will be struck down. Hung is a second year law student from Brownsville. WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK TUESDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY Check out the Daily Texan Editorial Board’s voting recommendations in this year’s election, taking place on Nov. 3. Flip to Columnist David Bordelon’s col- umn on switching majors and its efect on registration and degree completion. Read a point-counterpoint on cultural appro- priation and Halloween costumes by Colum- nists William Hutson and Maria Kroeger. Join us in the Texas Union heatre on hursday, Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. for an interview with President Greg Fenves. COLUMN COLUMN Social media may instill apathy through exposure By Benroy Chan Daily Texan Columnist @BenroyChan When tragedy strikes, communities come together to comfort each other and restore a sense of stability and compas- sion. However, although the advent of so- cial media fosters global connectedness, people are ironically becoming more and more apathetic towards tragedy and, in some cases, disrespectful. Two weeks ago, a forest ire began in Bastrop County, burning down several homes and mandating the evacuation of many residents. Smoke from the ire drit- ed into Austin and sparked curiosity from students at UT. When a freshman posted on the UT Class of 2019 Facebook page to ask about the smoke, one person accurately informed others of the ire while many were quick to use the situation as the butt of a joke, obliv- ious to the severity of the problem. PACE freshman Elena Cole responded to the distasteful comments by asking oth- er students to be mindful of others on the page who may be directly afected by the ires but received backlash. “I knew that none of the people posting harsh comments would be saying those things had they known the smoke caused such devastation,” Cole said. “I knew that there were people personally affected by the fires that would have been hurt to see people making such rude jokes about their situation.” his incident is a pertinent example of how social media reduces empathy in in- dividuals. A 2010 study found that almost 75 percent of students rated themselves as less empathetic than the average student ONLINE We’re inundated with violent situa- tions all of the time. This is a pretty violent society where we’re more worried about partial nudity than we are showing someone getting shot in the head. —Robert Quigley, Senior lecturer, School of Journalism in 1980, 30 years prior, with a particularly steep decrease between 2000 and 2010. While one cannot attribute this drop in empathy solely to social media, the ability to scroll away from depressing posts or situa- tions likely plays a role in it. When the news media shows graphic images from events such as the Boston bombing, these types of events attain a sense of normalcy. Accord- ing to Robert Quigley, senior lecturer in the School of Journalism, when people are sur- rounded by tragedy, they can tune out infor- mation they don’t want or care to hear. “We’re inundated with violent situations all of the time,” Quigley said. “his is a pret- ty violent society where we’re more worried about partial nudity than we are showing someone getting shot in the head.” Social media exists to connect people, but in a lot of ways, it leads to social iso- lation. It would be unreasonable to ask individuals to dwell on every misfortune that happens in the world, but asking for sensitivity and consideration is more than justified. Chan is a journalism freshman from Sugar Land. Our commentary doesn’t stop on the page. For more of our thoughts on the issues of the day, check out our blog, A Matter of Opinion, at dailytexanonline.com. Briana Vargas | Daily Texan Staff Karen Blaney, program coordinator for the Ofice of Sustainability, addressed students about the Green Fee on Sept. 22. Legislature hurts campus sustainability eforts By Mubarrat Choudhury Daily Texan Columnist @MubarratC Last week, the UT Office of Sustainabil- ity held its annual Campus Sustainabil- ity Week, which promoted and educated students about different green programs around campus. This included informa- tional tabling about the Green Fee to pro- mote discussion for the policy’s renewal, which has been stagnant in the State Legis- lature for no apparent reason. “Right now we need to get a coordinated ef- fort and create a cohesive movement,” said Jac- lyn Kachelmeyer, former director of the Cam- pus Environmental Center. “he loss of the bill would be a loss for sustainability on campus.” he Green Fee is an allocation of $5 from every student’s tuition each semester and $2.50 for the summer semester designed to promote eco-friendly projects on campus. Passed in 2009, the Green Fee was imple- mented on campus in 2011 and was set to expire ater ive years. The Green Fee’s benefits are clear to those on campus, but not to the State Legis- lature. Although Student Government and the Green Fee Committee tried lobbying for the law’s renewal, it ultimately failed in the Senate. This is problematic, as many ongoing and potential projects could lose a source of funding, according to a Daily Texan interview with UT Director of Sus- tainability Jim Walker. “hey would have a challenge to igure out how to keep their operations going,” Walker said. “Now we would help them with that, but there’s not more money lying around the uni- versity, so it would be a challenge.” he Green Fee provides research and project grants to various University organi- zations, including the solar power charging stations, microfarms, greenhouses, recy- cling initiatives and the Organic Bike Proj- ect. hese projects have made tremendous impacts across campus, such as rerouting over 27,000 pounds of UT’s compost from landills, planting over 75,000 seedlings, and growing 250 pounds of produce. Since its implementation, the Green Fee has issued 103 grants and 67 distinct projects and has employed over 100 students. Almost 6,800 students across 20 student organizations submitted a letter to the State Legislature in support of the Green Fee’s re- newal. Yet the 84th Texas State Legislature, like those of other states such as Florida, sees environmental policy as too “liberal” or a lux- ury, instead of objective and a necessity. he inability for the Senate to pass the re- newal shows its disregard for student voices, and it divides an issue as big as sustainability across partisan lines. Choudhury is an economics freshman from Dallas. LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE | Email your Firing Lines to editor@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. 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CLASS 5 5 Local dog seeks mayoral position Facebook Instagram Twitter /thedailytexan @thedailytexan @thedailytexan @texancomics @texaneditorial @texansports The Daily Texan Comics Editorial Sports R E C Y C L E ♲AFTER READING YOUR COPY Name: 4027/Trudy’s; Width: 19p4; Depth: 6 in; Color: Black, 4027/Trudy’s; Ad Num- ber: 4027 LIFE&ARTS Monday, October 26, 2015 OFFBEAT By Thomas Boswell @thomasboswell11 Sid the beagle is running for Austin dog mayor, and his canine platform isn’t some- thing to wag your tail at. he beagle mix, donning his $250 tailor-made mayor suit, and his owner of ive years, Alex Hopes, launched a campaign to elect Sid to oice earlier this month. he symbolic position is the irst of its kind for the city of Aus- tin and will provide a new outlet for the community to address animal rights issues. he two hope this position will provide adequate representa- tion for dogs in Austin and raise awareness for adop- tion shelters such as Austin Pets Alive! When Sid’s former fam- ily could no longer take care of him, Hopes adopted the six-month-old puppy, and the two moved from Omaha, Nebraska to Austin a year later in 2011. “I went down to look at this dog and paid 50 dollars for him,” Hopes said. “I tucked him inside of my jacket at the time because it was snowing. He’s been the best decision of my life.” here are currently four other dog mayors around the United States, including an actual city mayor that was elected in Cor- morant, Minnesota, ater taking a majority of the 12 eligible votes casted. Hopes said the humane societies and animal shelters in their respective cities have ben- eited from the creation of these mayoral positions. “I think Sid could be the face for a lot of fundraising eforts for these non-proits,” Hopes said. “Sid already has a pretty big following, and, if he can funnel that attention to those causes, then I think that’s a win-win all around.” International relations senior Dylan Snoddy owns a Jack Rus- sell terrier named Reiley that he adopted from Austin Pets Alive! Multimedia Want to learn more about Austin’s dog mayoral candidate? Check out our video at dailytexanonline.com ater coming to college. He said the position of dog mayor would improve the relations between the community and city government. “I think dogs currently have representation because of the people who live here,” Snoddy said. “Having a igurehead for the community to channel ini- tiatives would be a ‘paws’itive development for animal rights policies in Austin.” Hopes said the two are us- ing Sid’s social media follow- ing to stimulate their electoral dreams. Sid’s Facebook and Instagram proiles depict pic- tures of him holding food in his mouth or playing with his blue bouncy ball, and his ac- counts enjoy over 50,000 fol- lowers. Hopes attributes his dog’s popularity to his expres- sive face and carefree attitude. “I get people who contact me very oten who say that Sid is just the brightest part of their day,” Hopes said. “It’s really upliting to see my dog can make such a large impact on people’s lives.” focus Sid’s platform calls for big- ger doggy treat portions and naps for guard dogs, but his primary is keeping Austin a no-kill city. Sid and Hopes promote adoption from animal shelters rather than going to a breeder and buying an animal. he mayoral candidate’s initiatives come at a conten- tious time for the dog-loving community as petitions circu- lated earlier this month to pre- serve the life of a dog named Neville. In September, an Aus- tin judge ordered Austin Pets Alive! to euthanize Neville af- ter the dog bit a small child in the face. he current order has now been rescinded in part Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff Sid the beagle sports his custom-made mayor suit. Sid is running for Austin dog mayor in hopes of raising awareness of animal rights issues. because of a petition, which re- ceived over 200,000 signatures. “I think animals are play- ing a much larger role in our homes and our lives,” Hopes said. “We as a society are moving more towards humane rights for animals, and it makes a lot of sense to respect the animal more than we have in the past.” Hopes said when he and Sid irst moved to Austin, he was surprised to see how dog-friendly the city was, with patio space available to dogs at local businesses and open spaces like Zilker Park and the Barton Creek Greenbelt. To- day, Austin is ranked one of the top ten dog friendly cities in the United States according to DogFriendly.com. “All the dogs seem com- pletely happy,” Hopes said. “I think that’s a representa- tion of the people who live here. 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F R O M O N L Y plus t/s WWW.UBSKI.COM 600 West 28th St, Suite #102 1-800-SKI-WILD • 1-800-754-9453 6 SPTS JORI EPSTEIN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Monday, October 26, 2015 Ofense inds identity in run game FOOTBALL By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74 Tyrone Swoopes sloshed his way into a rain-soaked end zone, completing a 23-9 win over Kansas State. The tough running by the junior quarterback from Whitewright embod- ies the reputation Texas is trying to establish. “We just kind of line up and run at people,” Swoopes said. “Our ofensive linemen have gotten real physical. We’ve got physical [run- ning] backs. We found our identity, and, with that, we just kind of play with it.” Swoopes found the end zone three times against the Wildcats while running for 50 yards on seven carries. he 6-foot-4, 244-pound quarterback wasn’t the only rusher who had success fresh- Saturday. Redshirt man quarterback Jerrod Heard and running backs senior Johnathan Gray and sophomore D’Onta Fore- man rushed for a combined 207 yards Saturday, adding to the Longhorns’ rugged rushing attack. “I think we really are iden- tifying with [being physi- cal],” said Jay Norvell, wide receivers coach and ofen- sive play-caller. “hey take a lot of pride in it. It takes a certain kind of mentality.” Texas’ physical mentality begins on the ofensive line. he unit looks the most co- hesive it has in years, opening up holes for its running backs KANSAS STATE continues from page 1 Tyrone Swoopes in the sec- ond quarter to jump out to a 16-6 irst-half lead. “It’s just kind of smash- mouth football, and every- body loves that,” Swoopes said. “When we go out there, everybody kind of knows what’s going on. Our ofen- sive linemen, the running backs, the tight ends do a great job of blocking. We just go out and do our thing.” By Claire Cruz @claireecruz5 No. 2 Texas handed No. 7 Kansas its first loss of the season with a sweep Friday night at Gregory Gym. The match was expected to be an intense, power- house battle, and it didn’t disappoint. Kansas had Texas on the ropes at times, but the experience and depth of the Longhorn ros- ter carried Texas to victory. “It’s a big win when you’re in a race to win the confer- ence,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “More impor- tantly, I’m so proud of the way we prepared, how well we did with the game plan and our overall focus.” Junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame dominated in Set 1. Ce- rame tallied seven kills behind big swings and strategically placed tips to start the match. Junior setter Nicole Dalton had several digs to keep ral- lies alive. Miscues from Kansas, including several missed serves and ball- handling errors, helped Texas. The Longhorns hit .517 as a team to take the first set, 25-16. Kansas came out firing in Set 2, delivering hard hits and big blocks to flus- ter Texas’ defense. The Jay- hawks jumped out to a 5-0 lead and controlled the ear- ly half of the match behind VOLLEYBALL | TEXAS 3-KANSAS 0 SOCCER | TEXAS 1-BAYLOR 2 Longhorns secure top spot in Big 12 with sweep of Kansas Texas battles late, falls short in loss to Baylor Jonathan Garza | Daily Texan File Photo Junior offensive lineman Kent Perkins lines up against UNT in Texas’ season opener last year. The Longhorn offensive line’s physicality at the line of scrimmage helped lead the offensive turnaround and create opportunities for a tough running game. and attacking defenders. “[The offensive line] has played two straight weeks where we’ve been able to control the line of scrim- mage,” Strong said. “We just got to continue to improve there. … They’re doing a really good job. They’re staying on blocks and moving people at the point of attack.” Junior ofensive lineman Kent Perkins said account- ability has been key in the ofensive line’s improvement. “We have been getting better,” Perkins said. “The key thing for the O-line and, you know, the guy next to you — you built that bond, and you are all on the same page. That’s when things happen like today.” The offense is establish- ing a tough reputation, and the defense is following suit. The defense started the season with a rough first three games but has improved in Big 12 play. After giving up an average of 512.3 yards per game in its first three games, the defense has only given up 379.75 yards per game in conference play. Junior defensive tackle Hassan Ridgeway said the defense has turned around because the players are out there for each other. “Every team moves at a diferent pace,” Ridge- way said. “Once we get our groove, we’ve got our groove. We got to keep it going.” With two straight wins and a new-found identity, the Longhorns are starting to prove they’re tough. “We’re definitely tough,” Gray said. “We got tough tough, physical kids — kids. Guys want to go out and play football. When we stay focused and mentally tough and fundamentally sound, we can be as tough as we want to be.” Ater the run game shined in the irst half, the defense controlled the game in the second half. he Wildcats picked up a ield goal early in the third quarter, but they failed to score the rest of the contest. he Longhorns excelled at making stops on third downs, holding the Wildcats to a 28.6 percent third-down conversion rate. Texas’ defense also spe- cialized in creating big plays — something it struggled to do early in the season. he unit collected ive sacks and consistently wreaked havoc in the Wildcats’ backield. he Longhorns also forced a crucial turnover when junior safety Dylan Haines halted Kansas State’s comeback at- tempt with an interception in the inal minutes. “his is exactly what we wanted to be,” senior line- backer Peter Jinkens said. “At the beginning of the season, things weren’t clicking like they were supposed to. But as the season has gone on, we are where we want to be now.” Following Haines’ inter- ception, Swoopes sealed the game with three straight runs, netting 52 yards and touch- his down. He leads the team with ive rushing touch- downs this season. third rushing he win marks the irst time the Longhorns have won back-to-back games this season. It’s also just the sec- ond time the team has won consecutive games under head coach Charlie Strong. he coaching staf empha- sized that the team needed multiple wins to sustain con- idence. Ater winning two in a row, the Longhorns have a foundation to build on head- ing into their inal ive games. “We’re just putting games together,” said. “All along we’ve understood we’ve got to execute and put games together. When you do that, you build con- idence. Everybody is coni- dent and excited about the rest of the season.” Swoopes By Aaron Torres @aaron_torres95 Texas would have been a lock for the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 with a win Sunday. A win over Baylor would have given the Longhorns 16 points in conference play, and no team could have caught them. Even a tie would have given Texas a point. Instead, a crowd of 799 watched the Longhorns come up empty. Texas lost to Baylor 2-1 at Mike A. Myers Stadi- um on Sunday afternoon. The hopes of finishing No. 2 in the Big 12 de- creased with each goal the Bears put in the back of the net. Texas entered the game with 13 points and remain at 13 points after the loss. “I really think we battled,” redshirt fresh- man forward Mikayla Flores said. “Even though we were down 2-0 with about, what, 20 minutes left, we still fought our hearts out.” At the 64:45 mark, se- nior defender Brinkley Field was called for a handball inside the box. Baylor senior defender Katie Daigle scored on the ensuing penalty kick. hree minutes later, senior midielder Lindsey Meyer headed the ball out of the box, but it went right to Baylor freshman forward I think we really battled. Even though we were down 2-0 with about, what, 20 minutes left, we still fought our hearts out. —Mikayla Flores Redshirt freshman forward Lauren Piercy. She ired from 13 yards away to give Baylor a 2-0 lead. “Just the misfortune on a windy day,” head coach Angela Kelly said. Both goals were results of Texas errors. The ball bounced up and hit Field’s arm. Meyer cleared the ball, but it went straight to Piercy. Texas answered back with 4:53 left. Freshman forward Alexa Adams passed the ball to Flores inside the box, and Flores scored to cut the deficit to 2-1. “We just ran out of time there at the end,” Kelly said. “But to be honest, I am proud of the way we responded in the last 15 minutes.” Texas sprinted and fought for a chance to tie the game in the last ive minutes. “That’s the important piece to a squad,” Kelly said. “That’s where we’ll never break.” Junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame helped lead the Longhorns to victory with 16 total kills in a sweep of Kansas. Charlotte Carpenter| Daily Texan Staff five blocks and quick tips that kept Longhorn passers out of sync. But then seniors outside hitter Amy Neal and mid- dle blocker Molly McCage took over. Neal turned in a six-kill performance, and McCage led a Texas front line that recorded six blocks. Texas rallied from a 16-12 deficit to win the set, 25-19, behind hustle plays, big blocks and great pro- duction from its veterans. “In the second set, I just thought to keep managing my game and being smart with the ball,” Neal said. Both teams came out fast in Set 3 and treated the ca- pacity crowd to a plethora of big swings. Each team traded points for the first half of the set until Texas went on a 10-point run to put the win away, 25-14. “We talked a lot in the locker room about taking [this game] like any other conference game,” Neal said. “We made sure to come out with the same mentality, don’t get extra hyped up be- cause we’ve done that in the past. Every team is going to come out and play their best game against us.” Cerame finished with a team-high 16 kills, and ju- nior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu added five blocks. Texas secured the No. 1 spot in the Big 12, and the loss put Kansas at No. 2. “I’m very lucky to coach this group of young la- dies,” Elliott said. “They’re very talented, they’re fun to be around and they re- ally are all about the team. It’s pretty special to be a part of.” Texas returns to action Wednesday to face TCU in Fort Worth. 6 SIDELINE NFL COWBOYS GIANTS DOLPHINS TEXANS JETS PATRIOTS TOP TWEET Orlando Thomas @Duke_Nukem21 Shoutout to all them Longhorns Fans that were out there supporting us! Great Team Win! TODAY IN HISTORY 1934 Washington Senators player- manager Joe Cronin is sold to the Boston Red Sox while on his honeymoon with Mildred Robertson – the niece and adopted daughter of Senators owner Clark Grifith. SPORTS BRIEFLY Addison advances to singles ITA Semifinals Breaunna Addison was the lone Longhorn to ad- vance past the round of 32 in this year’s ITA Texas Re- gional Championships.he All-American two-time notched her fourth straight win over Texas A&M fresh- man Domenica Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday ater- noon to advance to the singles semiinals. Rain moved the tourna- ment from College Station to indoor facilities at Baylor. Addison saw success with a win over Texas Tech fresh- man Alexandra Valenstein 6-4, 6-1 in the round of 16. he senior also defeated TCU junior Seda Arantekin 6-2, 6-2 on Friday in Col- lege Station and UT-El Paso junior Eduarda Nardi dos Santos in straight sets in the round of 64 on hursday. Addison earned a bye from the round of 128. Senior Lana Groenvynck advanced to the round of 32 with wins over Lamar junior Talisa Merchiers and UT-San Antonio ju- nior Meredith Hopson in straight sets in the rounds of 64 and 128, respectively. Groenvynck was elimi- nated in straight sets to Texas Tech’s Sarah Dvorak on Friday. Longhorns Dani Wagland and Chelsea Crovetti were both elimi- nated in the round of 64. Neda Koprcina fell in the round of 128. Addison is scheduled to play Rice junior Katherine Ip on Monday at 10 a.m. If Addison wins, she will ad- vance to the inals. —Samuel Williams Name: 4160/Wizard World TRADE; Width: 60p0; Depth: 3 in; Color: Process color, 4160/Wizard World TRADE; Ad Number: 4160 COMICS 7 Name: 3974/Princeton Review; Width: 29p6; Depth: 1 in; Color: SUDOKUFORYOU 3 2 8 8 1 6 6 4 7 5 9 4 7 8 1 6 6 3 4 2 6 8 9 7 4 1 5 6 3 2 2 1 4 Today’s solution will appear here next issue 2 6 8 1 7 9 3 5 4 1 5 3 4 6 8 7 9 2 4 9 7 5 3 2 1 6 8 3 1 5 7 9 4 8 2 6 7 4 6 2 8 5 9 1 3 8 2 9 6 1 3 4 7 5 5 8 2 9 4 1 6 3 7 9 7 4 3 2 6 5 8 1 6 3 1 8 5 7 2 4 9 8 L&A DANIELLE LOPEZ, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Monday, October 26, 2015 8 Knitted heart project raises suicide awareness ALUMNI By Katie Walsh @katiewalsh_atx one heart small is When his dinner check arrives, alumnus UT David James slides a small, red hand-knitted heart in with his credit card. he heart reads, “he world needs you.” he knit- ted of thousands dispersed across 20 countries, each with a tag reads #PeytonHeart- that Project beneath a positive message. he Peyton Heart Project, created by Jill Ku- bin, is named ater James’ son, Peyton, 13-year-old who died by suicide last October. Kubin, who lives in New Jersey who found James’ story online, said the project intends to increase suicide awareness and spread the message every life matters. that Followers “It’s the little things that can make a big diference in people’s lives,” James said. “It doesn’t have to be a grand gesture — it can be some- thing simple, like a little knit or crocheted heart.” of Facebook the project’s page scatter the handmade hearts in public places where they can be easily found — from bookstores to gumball machines. he Face- book page, which launched this summer, a meeting point for heart knitters and heart Kubin dispersers. manages the page with James and facilitates the exchange between creators heart and distributors. is Laura Watkins-Benoit, an active knitter and North Carolina resident, said she knits hearts by the dozen, scattering them around Fort Bragg, the military base where she works. Although Illustration by Isabella Palacios | Daily Texan Staff she doesn’t have a connection to James or Kubin, she said she was deeply touched ater reading Peyton’s story online. “I’m honored every time I put one of my hearts some- where,” Watkins-Benoit said. “Every time I hang one of them up, I say a tiny little prayer for Peyton’s family because really cannot I imagine their anguish.” People who ind the hearts oten visit the Facebook page and write posts detailing where they found the heart and how it made them feel. “I found this beautiful heart yesterday at Whole Foods,” reads one of the Facebook posts, accompa- nied by a photo of a heart. “It deeply touched my heart and soul during a diicult time in my life.” Although and James have never met, James said he calls her and her daughters his “angels from New In February, Kubin found James online because they were both involved with separate charity projects. Ater reading his story, Kubin Jersey.” Kubin asked him if she and her eldest daughter could hold a hat drive in honor of Peyton to bring attention to the consequences of bullying. James agreed, and ater the hat drive ended, Kubin presented him with he Peyton Heart Project idea. “It is a really sad story, but it’s a really important one,” Kubin said. “It resonated with me like no other story had and I don’t really know why. I just felt like I wanted to do something to help get his story out there.” a Peyton, lover of jokes and computers, “Doctor Who,” attempted suicide on Oct. 8, 2014. He battled depression, anxiety and bullying from his peers at school. On Oct. 13, ater ive days at the Dell Children’s Hospital, Peyton died. “[Peyton] was just a bundle of energy,” James said. “He was a creative, inquisitive, smart and loving kid. He was the one who always wanted to make sure you were okay. 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