" h aS ite | 4.” oe AN +” * a>. oa ye A "3 2 7 4, . an . o PHOTO BY LAUREN: KC Ow eet "ye ‘? / . Peters.” Chae '. =’ ' od ~ seh yy rae Cope ® fad oy _* “5 ane oat oe reais | . NATIONA 12.| SUMMER journey ofa lifetime he first time senior advertising major As the riders were about to start the nine-mile Adam Laurenzo heard about the Texas ascent on Whistler Mountain, one of the members, 4000, he let it pass by. It was the day he Allanna Iverson, decided to use permanent arrived to campus his freshman year, and didn’t marker to write names on her legs. Each name is think it was more than a bike ride to Alaska. for someone she is riding for. Laurenzo later read online that Texas 4000 was “So then of course everyone else on the team was the world’s largest annual charity bike ride, raising like, ‘that is a great idea, Iam going to copy that,” money to help fund the search for a cure to cancer. McCarthy said. “So everyone starts riding down From Texas to Alaska. their legs with permanent markers, just like ‘this is “There was no way I was going to let that get who I’m going to ride for, I’m going to make it up away,” Laurenzo said. “I knew whatever else I had this hill and I’m going to kick its ass.” was going to be less important.” For McCarthy, the names were her grandmother, The next year, his sophomore year, he spent the her aunt and Baby James. Baby James is a story year in training to complete the 4,000-mile ride McCarthy picked up on during the summer. He through the middle of the country as one of the 22 was an eight-month-old boy who was born with a riders on the Rockies team. brain tumor. “He ended up passing away while I Eighty miles into the ride, they crossed the was in California,” McCarthy said. “I rode for him border into Colorado. all summer.” In mid-June, they rode through the Rockies in McCarthy needed the inspiration to make it Colorado. They made it into Wyoming on June 24, through the Whistler Mountain climb, famous in day 21. They saw Grand Teton National Park on British Columbia, Canada for its difficult hills. days 27 and 28 (June 30 and July 1), and then they “While we were riding we were like, ‘we do this saw Yellowstone Park the next day. They crossed to fight cancer’,” McCarthy said. “That’s all there is into Canada on day 36 and met up with the to it. That’s why we ride these ridiculous hills - to Coastal team on day 60 before crossing the finish fight cancer.” As the bikers reached the top, the line together on day 70. feeling of exhilaration kicked in. They still had Along the way, they spoke about cancer 14 days to go, but survived perhaps the toughest awareness in communities and tried to inspire climb of their ride. others to join the fight. “Just seeing the team make it to the top of the Laurenzo said looking back, his experience was hill and like cheer each other on and just be so nothing what he expected it would be. proud of each other to make it to the top of that “It ended up being so much bigger than was just so exciting,” McCarthy said. “There was anybody expects,” Laurenzo said. “Over the course so much great energy that day.” of 70 days you touch so many lives and you meet As the riders continued through Canada toward so many people who are fighting it.” Alaska, their journey slowly came to an end as day It’s called Whistler Mountain. 70 approached. “It’s one of those notorious climbs that everyone On the last day, McCarthy remembered not talks about,” senior and Psychology major Amanda wanting it to be over, and being overwhelmed with McCarthy said. “It’s nine miles long and very steep, happiness as she pulled into the finish line. and it’s just a very long and tough hill” “There were all those people there with the Whistler Mountain was one of the many climbs signs and everything and just cheering for us,” along the way to Anchorage, Ala. for the 22 riders McCarthy said. “I just wanted to hug everyone.” on the Coastal team, traveling up the west coast to STORY BY BOBBY BLANCHARD eventually meeting up with the Rockies team and crossing the finish line in Anchorage. McCarthy served as the Ride Director for the Coastal team. Whistler Mountain was on day 56 of their 70-day long ride. Alumni warn newcomers about it - it is one of the more difficult parts of the trip. But for McCarthy, it was the most uplifting day of her summer-long experience. LANE FOLLMAR, A MEMBER OF THE COASTAL ROUTE, rides through Arizona. The Coastal Route riders passed through Arizona before hitting the coast for the majority of their journey. PHOTO BY MELISSA ABRANTES 12 14|SUMM if x HS OE WS ON THE 32ND DAY OF THE CHARITY BIKE RIDE, alumnus Stewart Keltner gets back on his bike after a rest stop. The day included a 105-mile ride to Great Falls, Mont. PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILLASANA MEMBERS OF THE 2011 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 Team for cancer cycle through the Coast Mountains on their 70-day journey from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska. A non-profit organization, Texas 4000 is comprised of UT students who annually bike to raise money and awareness for the fight against cancer. PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILASANA 15 TEXAS 4000 Route Map There are two routes that the Texas 4000 riders can choose to take. Both start in Cedar Park, Texas and end in Anchorage, Alaska after 70 days of biking. The Coastal Route heads up the West Coast, spanning nine states and two Canadian territories. Cutting through some of the country’s most rugged terrain and Yellowstone National Park is the Rocky Route. This route takes the riders through seven states and three Canadian territories. 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Branded as a “prayer A few students voiced their opinions that Perry’s actions rally,” he described the event as a call to prayer for a nation in were acceptable because the main goal and message of the crisis. The event started and amplified the whispers that Perry rally was positively geared and it was able to bring together a was hoping to shake up the Republican field with a run for the mass of people to pray for America’s healing. nomination, which he eventually announced one week later. Combined with the precarious prayer rally situation, there “Father, our hearts break for America. We see discord at was unease among students with regard to Perry’s stance in home. We see fear in the marketplace. We see anger in the the realm of research at UT. After the hiring of Rick O’Donnell, halls of government, and as a nation we have forgotten who a political conservative and critic of UT research policy, as an made us, who protects us, who blesses us, and for that we cry adviser to the UT regents, tensions exploded. O’Donnell tried out for your forgiveness,” Perry prayed. to influence the regents to put policies in places that rewarded Perry’s 13-minute address included several Bible passages. professors for classes taught, rather than research, something His address included ideas of Christian repentance and Perry had championed when he challenged UT regents to salvation as the only savior of America’s troubled economy create a $10,000 degree. and moral character. A band performed contemporary “If Governor Perry was specifically targeting research as an Christian music while the crowd moved, arms lifted. Thirty unnecessary expense for the state of Texas, then I think he was thousand people opened their arms in prayer for America, taking a step in the wrong direction,” Ryan Lannan said. and approximately 250 reporters and camera crews were there Lannan, a Dean’s Scholar Biochemistry sophomore said that to capture their exercised faith. Many Republican bloggers research was “one of the things that UT does best” and “one viewed event as key for Perry, whose campaign brands him of the few things that will help us keep our edge against many as a fiscally conservative evangelical Christian with a job colleges that we’re competing against-- just keeping our edge creation record no one can beat. in the scientific world.” Some see him in a different light, a career politician who was Gov. Perry has been Texas governor for a little over a decade. pandering to an evangelical Christian base to propel him to The prayer rally was able to ignite an evaluation of Perry the Oval Office. and his platform within the context of the 2012 presidential Camille Fisher, a sophomore Biology major, said that she felt campaign, Texas, and the nation. disappointed by the event; saying it was using religion to gain “Perry’s main platform is that the highest number of support for the Republican card. new jobs in the nation have been created in Texas during “The main issue I have with Perry’s Prayer Rally is that it his administration, but the majority of those jobs have utilizes a large conglomerate of people for their voting power,” been minimum-wage jobs,” Holly Heinrich, a sophomore Fisher said. Government major, stated. Senior Government major Janette Martinez did not find the Others, like Henninger, believe that Perry has done a good political aspect of the event as offensive, but was concerned job so far of representing Texas. about Perry “overstepping the line.” “As governor, he has always stood for states’ rights and “There is a separation of church and state that needs to be has sought to further Texas’s interests in that regard during respected and Gov. Perry using his governorship to put this on his time as Governor and in his time on the national scene,” violates that,’ Martinez said. Henninger said. Others found Perry’s openness about his faith refreshing. UT will always be a source of political and religious Trey Henninger, a sophomore Chemistry and Chemical discourse, and it was no doubt that The Response invoked Engineering double major, was one. varied responses among the student body. “Could this have been accomplished in a less religiously focused tone from a political figure?” Henninger asked. STORY BY CHANAN DUONG “Perhaps, but I am just glad that our governor is seeking to bring comfort to the citizens of Texas and America during these troubled times.” Daniel Hawkins, a 5th year Dean’s Scholar Physics and Math major, disagreed, saying that it was a fundamental violation of the first amendment. He did, however, bring up that using religion in elections was not a new campaign strategy, even if previous candidates were a little more subtle. THE RESPONSE Gov. Rick Perry gives a closing address at the Response gathering at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Saturday afternoon. The event, which Perry promoted, drew a crowd of roughly 30,000 people. PHOTO BY ERIKA RICH reetenenee: é ase oe 1 reeseees i Sroaet: oes - . Worshippers.in Houston’s Reliant stadium, . during the seven-hour prayer rally held Aug. 6. » Gov. Rick Perry called on God to bless the ation’s military and political leaders and for Get Fresh rom figuring out your college classes to knowing where the best spots to eat, freshmen have a lot to do before the first day of class. But this year, freshman had less time to do all of this because budget cuts forced orientation to fit into two-and-a-half days, down from the four days that upperclassmen had. “We were one of the few universities in the country that had a four day orientation,” Communications Advisor Andrea Poag said. “Condensing the orientation to two-and-a-half days helped to streamline the information and keep the focus more on the major components of being ready to be successful as a freshman.” Poag said that topics that were missed due to cutback in time were covered later in the first few weeks of the semester at various events. However, she also said that Orientation was still being revised. “This change is a work in progress at this point,” Poag said. “I’m sure they will be reviewing the feedback from this summer.” Psychology Major and freshman Morgan Harnois said that she wished orientation could have been a little longer. “T feel like an extra day would have been a lot more fun to kind of meet more people and know them on a personal basis,” Harnois said. “It’s a lot INCOMING FRESHMEN Trina Bui, Valentina easier to meet people when there’s not 50,000 kids on campus.” Enriquez and Roshni Barghese complete This past year, many of the info sessions at orientation conflicted registration for the fall semester at the with one another. Computer Engineering major and freshman Thomas McCombs School of Business Wednesday afternoon as part of two and a half days of Schlabra said he had difficulty choosing between sessions. orientation programs. Fall 2011 was the first “If it was four days long I would be able to go to more things that I was year the University did not require incoming really interested in,” Schlabra said. “I wish it was a little bit longer than freshmen to attend summer orientation, although the turnout was high. shorter. That way...1 wouldn’t feel like I was always constantly busy.” PHOTO BY ERIKA RICH Poag thinks that orientation did still serve its purpose this year, which is to serve as a jumping point for incoming students. “The purpose is to help students learn about the university and their college, be advised, register for the fall semester and feel more comfortable with campus once they return in the fall,” Poag said. Harnois said that her advising appointment made her feel more ready for college. “My counselor was the most hilarious, awesome person ever, and she also made a lot of things more clear to me,” Harnois said. “In college, they hand you this huge course schedule and they’re like ‘here are all the classes we offer here, pick ‘em’ My counselor helped a lot with the whole idea of like, ‘well, here are the classes you need for what you want to do.” STORY BY BOBBY BLANCHARD MATH MAJOR EUGENIE HANUL KIM helps students register for classes at the business school. Incoming freshmen are encouraged to attend summer orientation to plan classes and learn their way around campus. PHOTO BY ERIKA RICH 22 ORIENTATION |1945 86 2.5oxs 7,046 T LH : iN & N OW First year of Orientation advisors in Time orientation program for Students who attended the orientation 2010 and 2011 incoming freshmen lasted summer 2011 orientation beginning summer 2011 ORIENTATION | 23 Joys Of Sisterhood nticipation and excitement mounted Bid Day marks the beginning of a four- NEW KAPPA DELTA MEMBERS are welcomed into the house as they walk by their new sisters as Kappa Delta’s new members year experience filled with memories on Bid Day, August 23, 2011. Bid Day was the rounded the corner of 24th and and friendships, says Jessica DeBella, a culmination of rush events that took place at the beginning of each year. Nueces Streets. The doors of the house then Kappa Delta member and sociology and PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON burst open once everyone had arrived in the international relations-global studies senior. front, and old members spiritedly welcomed “Coming in, I didn’t know what to expect another new class into their organization. at all; I felt overwhelmed by and wasn’t sure Similar scenes played out at sorority houses I would be able to do it,” DeBella said. “But it throughout West Campus. The showing is ended up being the best thing for me, because eccentric and high-energy, and the occasion it gave me a small niche to grow in.” is Recruitment (otherwise known as “Rush’”), She added that, contrary to some of the a seven-day-long event in which interested stereotypes commonly associated with Greek female students vie for a “bid” (that is, an offer life, being in a sorority helped her become of membership) from one of the 14 University more involved in philanthropy, social life and Panhellenic Council sororities. even academics. Recruitment is rooted in tradition, and it Among the newest members rounding the has somewhat of an odd look (and lingo) to corner and arriving at the house was biology it — especially from the outside looking in. freshman Michelle Byer, from Plano, Texas. Walking up the Drag, it’s hard not to notice the Smiling, and still taking in the myriad sights sorority hopefuls — sporting colorful summer and sounds unfolding all around her, she dresses — standing out from the masses of spoke optimistically about her next four years. other students. In place of the normal handfuls “Most of all, ’m looking forward to the of new textbooks and dorm supplies, most are amazing group of friends,” Byer said. “I really carrying high heels in one hand and a clear liked Kappa Delta during Rush. They were Ziploc bag full of essentials (no purses or cell real and I didn’t have to impress them and | phones allowed) in the other. just got to be myself.” Recruitment events begin a week before Regardless of whether they are old members classes, and each day has a different focus. The looking back on their last four years, or new first day consists of an evening convocation, members looking forward to their next four and from there, potential new members visit years, all Kappa Deltas have a family of sisters all 14 houses to learn about each organization, they can call their own. “Kappa Delta added meet its members, and learn about its so much to my college experience,” DeBella philanthropies. They preference the sororities said. “It made it more than it ever would have they’re most interested in, and those sororities been.” then decide who will receive an invitation to return for another visit. The process narrows STORY BY MATT PORTILLO as the week progresses, and Recruitment culminates in Bid Day, when each of the sororities offers its bids. KAPPA DELTA SORORITY MEMBERS sit in a lounge area after the new members were welcomed into the home during Bid Day festivities. 81 new members were invited to join in 2011. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 25 FIVE MILE FARMS’ NEW STAND provides shade for customers as they shop for locally- grown fruits and vegetables. The architecture students worked closely with founder Randy Jewert to create a design that would be both sustainable and promotional to the business. PHOTO PROVIDED BY BARBARA BROWN WILSON Growlng Design veryone wants to know what goes on in an “K design/build project is broader in scope and helps the architecture student’s life. What do they do in their designer understand the product in a much more tangible studios? What can they do? way,” Reid Joslin, second year Architecture student, said. Many things. Students like Joslin and Sadia Quddus both agreed that This past summer, a group of undergraduate and if given the opportunity, they'd give the program a go. graduate students from UT and various other colleges Quddus, a second year Architecture and Plan II student, across the U.S. participated in a five-week program said that this sort of work would help anyone “learn how called Public Interest Design. The purpose of this to work with limited resources, limited finances, and with summer course series was to teach the students the links people who are overlooked in society.” between design and environment within the context of The Public Interest Design program was able to make sustainability and practical social service. It gave them the some real change in our East Austin community, some real opportunity to apply their knowledge and hands-on skill tangible differences. into transforming a part of the Austin community. Target? East Austin. STORY BY CHANAN DUONG Their projects consisted of constructing a useful shed, creating a mobile local farmer’s stand, transforming an alley into a functional community asset, and building a fence to improve infrastructure within a neighborhood. ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS listen to a Lauren Bennett, a second year graduate student in presentation during a pin-up session, in Community and Regional Planning, worked on the alley which students present ideas after speaking to community members. By the end of the project. She said the inspiration for creating their project program, the students had implemented four was focusing on the residents of the alley. projects throughout the city of Austin. “Speaking for the alley group, we all gravitated towards PHOTO PROVIDED BY CONNER BRYAN the residents on the alley as a way to affect a large group of people as well as have a project that is scalable into larger projects throughout the city,” Bennett said. The alley project included pavement graphics designed to provide uniqueness, an address marker and garbage unit to provide safety and dictate ownership, and landscaping designed to beautify the area. The students’ final products—for all four projects— were successful and met with satisfaction. “Community members were very happy with the results and most importantly, they learned how sharing resources and sweat equity can vastly improve their community spaces,” Bennett stated. The Public Interest Design program opened great opportunities to twenty-nine cross-disciplinary students this past summer, and in doing so, proved to be a strong asset in the education for students interested in social work, sustainability, and design. 26 | 27 Whole New World ar away from the stores, skyscrapers, and crowded nobody works. On one of these days, the students were on their streets of Austin, is a world where running water is way to the fields to work when they met a group of widows who rarity, only 67% of the people are literate, and where the explained to them that no one was working that day. Salada life expectancy is only 54 years. This world is the country of used her day off to visit to the community center in town, which Cameroon in western Africa, where a group of UT students was run in a house. That day the widows were making crafts spent five weeks helping a group of widows earn income. that they sell through another town, and Emily joined them. The plight of widows in Cameroon is a serious one. When Before this, she had not gotten to really know any villagers well, their husband dies, they are expected to marry the next male but after this, they would joke and laugh with her. She did not relative, but usually that relative does not want to provide feel like a stranger anymore. for them and their children, so they have to find some way to “You worry a lot, but then you start worrying about more feed their families. Resourcefully, a villager named Anna had important things. You’re dealing with more every day, but started a coalition of widows to pool resources. Eventually, a you're able to handle it a lot better,” Salada said. nonprofit organization called African Roots donated trees to While the scenery and landscape of Cameroon were both help them start a produce business. The group formed by Anna beautiful and breathtaking, like everything, there were then put an ad online asking for help, which is where Nourish downsides. It would rain every day at the same time, and it International found out about them. was really important to be in the house by dark, because the Two students, Emily Salada and Ben DeMarsh, went through criminals would come out, and there were not any lights. The this organization to Cameroon, where they planted vegetables house they lived in during the trip was considered nice by and worked with a farmer to build a propagator box, which Cameroon standards. They had tile floors, cement ones in the is like a mini-greenhouse that uses sawdust instead of dirt to kitchen. They had running water, a rarity, but it was always help the trees bear fruit much faster. For example, mango trees very cold. Drinking water had to be purified every day, either normally require about seven years to produce fruit, but with with tablets or very small amounts of bleach. The mattresses the mini-greenhouse, it is only about one year. They worked they slept on had foam instead of springs, and bugs were side-by-side the people in the village, usually doing manual everywhere, all the time. labor in the fields. Of their experience, the students felt that it is great to become “Community and personal connection are everything here, exposed to a different culture and to become aware that there and it’s actually refreshing to be a part of it,” DeMarsh wrote on is so much going on in the world outside of their comfort zone. his blog. “People I met along the way make a point to come up It is known that there are third-world countries out there in the and talk to you, and it’s easy to strike up a great conversation.” situation that Cameroon is in, but going on a trip like this one Contrary to their expectations, the people of the village were makes connections to them and helps people to learn so much outgoing and friendly. They did not fully understand why more about the world. the students were there, but they were glad that they were. STORY BY SCARLETT KLEIN In Cameroon, there is a day called “Country Sunday,” where STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Emily Salada, Ben DeMarsh, Christina Trevino and Stephanie Kennedy along with their guide glorify in the moment, as they just finished climbing Mt. Boyo. Mt. Boyo was the tallest mountain in the region they were living in. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENNEDY IN THE FRUIT TREE NURSERY, Emily Salada is hard at work with Perpetua, one of the nursery’s workers. One of their main duties was to prepare soil for new seedlings. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENNEDY 29 Allison Peter BORN: ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS YEAR: SOPHOMORE, PRE-PHYSICAL EVENT: 200 M COMPETING SINCE: "| started in Gym: class when | was eight. | would say the CARIFTA games was when | first started taking it more seriously.” PRE-RACE ROUTINE: | like to listen to my iPod, | have a playlist that I've been building since probably sophomore year in high school. WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES MEDALS: Qualified for the Semifinals GOAL: Become a part of the 2012 Olympics for the U.S. Virgin Islands national team and win a medal. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX 2011 - 2012 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING HOPEFULS Heavy onghorns made history this summer competing in the World University Games and the International as Federation Championships. The World University Games is poleGies competition where the athletes not only represent their schools, but more importantly, their country. The Games were held in Shenzhen, China and somewhat mirrored the Olympics. Members from UT sports included swimmers, _ track and field participants, and tennis players. Each competed in their respective events for USA instead of Texas. China won the most medals with 145 in total while the USA came away with 50 EGE 8 of them from Longhorn athletes. As for the IAAF, track and field oe ee in Daegu, North Korea against professionals from around the world. The international competition is held every year, and is known for featuring former andup- in-coming UT Track and Field stars. Marquise Goodwin TRACK AND FIELD BORN: Lubbock, Texas YEAR: Junior, Kinesiology EVENT: Long Jump, 100 M COMPETING SINCE: | started when | was eight years old. My family would run and compete together in local events. My mom competed when she was younger and passed it on to me. PRE-RACE ROUTINE: I'm not superstitiou at all. | don’t have any sort of routine. WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES MEDALS Silver in Long Jump GOAL: Qualify for the 2012 Olympics and win an individual medal PHOTO BY CALEB FOX SWIMMING BORN: Hilo, Hawaii YEAR: Junior, Kinesiology EVENT: Freestyle, Fly COMPETING SINCE: I've been swimming competitively since | was five, but | could swim since around the time | learned to walk. PRE-RACE ROUTINE: | like to listen to my iPod, | have a playlist that I've been building since probably sophomore year in high school. WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES MEDALS: Gold- 100m Freestyle and 4x100m Freestyle relay; Silver- 4x200m Medley Relay Qualify for the 2012 Olympics and win an individual m PHOTO BY CALEB FOX Dax Hill SWIMMING BORN: Lewisville, Texas YEAR: Junior, Kinesiology EVENT: Freestyle COMPETING SINCE: | started to swim competitively when | was eight. Our neighbors brought home a yard sign for their league and | decided | wanted one of those too and asked my parents to sign me up. WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES MEDALS: Gold- in 4x100 m Freestyle and 4x200 Freestyle Relay GOAL: Qualify for the 2012 Olympics and win an individual medal. Get a job, be successful quickly and make a lot of money. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX i 34 | SUDe 7 SWIMMING BORN: Modesto, California YEAR: Senior, Exercise Science Major EVENT: Freestyle, IM COMPETING SINCE: | started to swim competitively when | was eight which was always funny because | failed swim lessons when | was younger. | didn’t get super competitive until high school. WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES MEDALS: Gold- 4x200m Freestyle Relay Bronze- 200m Freestyle GOAL: Qualify for the 2012 Olympics and win an individual medal. Either wants to go to med-school after graduation, or become a high school science teacher. PHOTO BY ALLEN OTTO LONGHORN OLYMPIANS | 35 Presented by the Office of the President with sponsorship from the University Co-op, Gone FACE THE CROWD Finalists for the third annual Gone to Texas video contest gather on stage as winners are announced. PHOTO BY CASSY MARTINEZ 38 | A Texas-sized Welcome he tower glowed orange and the Longhorn Band, Student Government representatives, the Innervisions Gospel Choir and other student groups convened on the main mall to welcome the class of 2015 to campus Aug. 19. After a performance of the “Eyes of Texas” from the Innervisions Gospel Choir, student government president Natalie Butler and vice president Ashley Baker opened the event with a speech about what it means to be a Longhorn. Butler said being a student at UT means living up to the vision that the state legislature had when they created the University. “Our student body is diverse, dynamic and above all, world changing,” she said. “We were brought here to be the best, and now, we have to think beyond ourselves. I’ve realized what I want to do, and I challenge all of you to do the same.” Since 1997, Gone to Texas has welcomed anyone who is new to the University each year, including freshmen, transfer students, graduate students and law students, said Susan Clagett, an associate vice president in the Office of Relationship Management and University Events. Clagett helped plan the event. “The program seeks not only to welcome but to help new students get acclimated and become as comfortable here as quickly as possible so that they can do as well as possible,” she said. “The event gives them the chance to get closer to their local community where they'll be doing academic work.” Clagett said she was speaking to a graduate student about her experience at UT on the day of Gone to Texas and the student pinpointed one of the biggest messages that the event should send. “She was talking about how special it is to come here,” she said. “There’s a pride about UT Austin that really is tangible here. Part of what the evening is about is the sense of pride and how special it is to start here and change the world. The brand is real, and we want new students to know what’s behind it.” Incoming undergraduate studies freshman Jonathan Ibrahim went to Gone to Texas after getting dinner at the Gone to Undergraduate Studies program. He said he is getting ready for a great year by learning more about his school through Gone to Texas. “lm excited because UT means a great college experience,” he said. “This school has the whole package.” STORY BY ALLIE KOLECHTA ORIGINALLY FOR THE DAILY TEXAN THE LONGHORN BAND supplied music for the grand finale of Gone To Texas, playing “Texas Fight” while the Texas flag was released against the Main Building. PHOTO BY CASSY MARTINEZ 39 ue: n seaduad ee aT TEN YEARS LATER n Sept. 11, 2001, American civilians rose out of bed, freshened up, and went about their ordinary routines. Children tottered off to school, adults clamored on the highways frantically trying to reach the workplace, teachers prepared their classrooms for another day of school, and police officers clocked into work all around the world. Nobody, not even for a slight second, realized that on this particularly blue-skied day, everyone’s lives would change forever. It wasn’t until later that morning that this day transformed the lives of our generation completely. Although the terrorist attacks happened so suddenly, every detail about that particular moment is engrained in American’s minds, even after ten years. In fact, many students today remember the exactly where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. Sophomore Farhana Khaja, a Pre/Med Pyschology recalls the day as though it were just yesterday. “T was in fourth grade at the time,” Khaja said, “and I remember that they moved us all into one room when the attacks happened. I saw all the panic and worry on everyone’s faces. It was because everyone thought that the next target would be NASA in Houston, where I lived.” Many other students had similar anxious experiences. John Connell, a sophomore finance major, also remembers his experience when the attacks occurred. continued page 44 PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILLASANA 42 | 43 “Now that it’s been ten years, I see how the world has slowly started to move on.” "4 was in 4th grade at the time,” Connell gotten Osama Bin-Laden, because in my opinion, it remembers. “My teacher tried explaining took ten years too long. And to have something so something terrible had happened to our close to home touch us...that was unnerving. I often country and turned on the television. We watched wonder where Al-Queda would strike next or if and listened for the remainder of the day.” there are going to be more attacks in the future.” Karen Solis, a sophomore textiles merchandising Questions still haunt our minds even today. But major, shared a similar experience, only her family one thing is for certain: the attacks on Sept. 11 was also at high risk when she heard about the news. brought our nation closer than ever. Through the “Everyone in my class started to get picked up worst, we endured, we struggled, and we survived, one-by-one, until there were only five kids left in and most importantly we were able to help those the class,” Solis said. “I was really worried, because who needed our love and prayers the most. I have a lot of family up in New York, and 1 was “No matter who you were or where you were hoping that they were okay the whole time.” that day,” McKelvey said. “We flew our flags to After the attacks, significant and dramatic symbolize that we were one nation under God, changes were being made throughout the country, indivisible, who pursued liberty and justice for all.” prompting unfair prejudices and stereotypes all In the last ten years, we learned how to cope, to declared “cautionary” preliminary procedures in move on, and to live with the memories of those the security departments; especially in the airports. who died in the attacks. “Now that it’s been ten years, I see how the We shall never forget. world has slowly started to move on,” Solis said. “However, | remember one day in the 8th grade STORY BY AKSHATA STEPHENS when me and the DC Club were taking a trip to New York. While going through security, my friend got pulled aside by the airport security because his last STUDENTS MINGLE following a candlelight name was Hussain. It was a really big deal. That just vigil to show support for 9/11 victims at the goes to show how big an impact 9/11 was. It was Tower. PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILLASANA more than a year later and security was pulling a 14 year old boy away because of his last name.” TWO WOMEN READ tributes written by citizens to the fallen vicitms of the September Manpreet Kaur, a sophomore and an undeclared 11th attacks outside the unopened National major, said she also feels that she is at times, wrongly September 11th Memorial and Museum. judged due to 9/11, even if it was a decade ago. PHOTO BY ALLEN OTTO “T still feel the racial discrimination against me and my family because we are Sikhs, a North Indian religion. But not a lot of people know that and we get mistaken for being Muslims and that automatically categorizes us as terrorists,” Kaur says. “It’s just wrong.” Although it’s been ten years since the attacks, the approach of the 9/11 anniversary still chills ee students to the bones, prompting insecurities and fears among the population. “T still feel a bit threatened even though Osama is dead, because there are still terrorists out there,” Kaur said. “I think it will be a long while until there is peace in the Middle East and that Americans will start to feel safer once again.” “The U.S always seemed invincible,” senior Plant Biology and Ecology major Daria McKelvey said. “I mean, it was a bittersweet accomplishment to have i oo is Sie eset oy ss pal - aa ene ReMi haere es i Ae hes ones aa ve eae “The day the show premiered on Lifetime on July 25, I woke up and had a Facebook message from a woman who worked at High Fashion, Industry Publicity, which is a fashion publicity company in New York,” Aguilera said. “She said they needed help for the Project Runway High Hopes finale and told me to email her if we were interested. So, I emailed her literally two seconds later. It was like serendipity.” From then on, the vice president emailed contacts at Lela Rose, a Texas- ost UT students only get to born designer known for her feminine experience fashion through looks, to begin organizing the trip. Putting shopping trips to vintage spreadsheets together regarding members’ boutiques on South Congress or online by flight information, researching hotels with visiting Style.com for the latest news on reasonable prices and examining modes of runway shows. transportation were just a few of Aguilera’s But for 26 University Fashion Group duties to ensure UFG members got the most members, delving into the realm of fashion out of their fashion week experience. took on a more intimate approach: assisting Assisting models backstage for the Timo designers Lela Rose and Timo Weiland Weiland show presented itself the weekend during their Spring 2012 collection shows for the UT organization was in New York, and, to New York Fashion Week Sept. 8-12. That, and make the most of their time there, members helping with the finale of Project Runway. did not hesitate to help despite the late notice. Receiving the opportunity to help Project Dressing models before they brought Runway backstage began with a Facebook designers’ looks to life on the runway at the message, said UFG Vice President Angeli Lincoln Center was one of Nicole Lopez’s Aguilera, a junior marketing and apparel and tasks, a sophomore advertising major minoring design major. in textiles and apparel. 48 | “T dressed a lot, and whenever we got “For Project Runway, we updated public you just don’t sleep much.” to the fashion show our main job was to relations contacts, knew who was com- In addition to assisting designers and dress and we also got assigned a differ- ing and how many seats were needed and the Project Runway finale, the members ent model,” Lopez said. “I also had to run things like that, but we got an inside look savored a bit of New York’s unique diver- around and see which models needed of media and public relations in general,” sions and witnessed the celebrity culture. help. The challenging part was mainly said UFG President Stefant Phonthep- From enjoying mountains of ice cream at buckling shoes, because it’s so difficult hasone, a senior studying textiles and Serendipity, meeting Rachel Zoe, Christian under a time restraint.” apparel. “We got a taste of that this time Siriano and the Victoria Secret Angels While most runway shows appear to which was different from other trips.” during Fashion’s Night Out, UFG members occur seamlessly, preparation backstage For Aguilera, working with the show acquired even more fashion experience can be hectic. The Lela Rose show was not was a dream come true. “Project Runway under their belts, designer-made or not. an exception. started when I was like a freshman in high “My model’s shoes were two sizes too school, and literally every season I cried STORY BY JONATHAN OCHART big, and I couldn’t find her for like an at the finale,” Aguilera said. “This is what hour before the show started,” Lopez said. I love and where I want to be. Just walking “You're supposed to meet your model and into the tents was so surreal after watch- STRUTTING ONTO THE RUNWAY, a mode! adorns tell them what they’ll be wearing before the ing the show for years, and sitting next to clothes to promote the spring 2012 line of clothing. show, and since they all looked the same - the contestants and judges was a crazy University Fashion Group members got to help style theme was blonde hair and their makeup epic moment.” and prepare the models for their moment in the spotlight. PHOTOS BY ALLEN OTTO was similar - I was freaking out trying to “One of the major challenges was explor- find where she was. And then she popped ing New York while making sure we were up like 20 minutes before the show started, awake for our jobs,” Phonthephasone said. and even though her shoes were too big. “Call-time for Project Runway was 5 AM, she luckily didn’t fall on the runway.” and by the time the show started for us While the main assignment during the to watch, we were falling asleep but not fashion shows was dressing models, work- because we were bored. It sounds bad but ing behind the scenes during the Project it was really hard to stay awake throughout Runway finale called for more public the week. New York during Fashion Week relations-related responsibilities. is like Austin during South by Southwest, 49 Parading Pride ith the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York and the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, 2011 was monumental year for the expansion of gay rights. And while Austin may be physically distant from New York, it managed to celebrate LGBTQ pride with enough fervor to rival the unrelenting Texas heat. Sponsored by the Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation, Austin’s 20th annual Pride event presented a myriad of activities and entertainment on Saturday, Sept. 10. The day kicked off early with the Rainbow Run, a 5k race downtown. After demonstrating physical prowess, pushing for the progression of LGBTQ rights continued with the parade. Taking place in the Warehouse District, various local associations marched, danced and floated to raise awareness of the LGBTO culture. Military members donning camouflage face paint carried a “Stand Army Strong” banner, while local drag queens topped their heads with elaborately bedazzled tiaras. Floats boasting American flags, balloons of various shapes, sizes, colors and ribbons galore drifted throughout the street while other participants marched and roller-skated nearby. Zach Frye, a graduate engineering student, serves as the co-vice president of UT’s Queer Student Alliance. “We’re a positive force and we're good for the UT community,” he said. “We’re ready to promote and be visible to our peers.” Stacy Guidry, who has lived in Austin for 12 years, attended the parade to “support people who are brave enough to stand out and claim who they are.” “I was proud to see the city council members and representative Elliott Naishtat participating as elected officials and showing that they support all walks of life of the community, and that they don’t feel threatened by putting their political career on the line by coming out and saying that all Austinites have a voice in matters,” Guidry said. Moreover, she was excited to see several religious groups and churches participating, which she noted was much larger than in previous years. Tim Pruitt, who works at Oilcan Harry’s on Fourth Street, also viewed the spectacle march by. Pruitt moved to Austin from Arkansas a year- and-a-half ago because he found the Texan city “more supportive.” “T really thought that the gay and lesbian cops walking in the parade were awesome, as well as the troops,” Pruitt said. Usually a nighttime event, this year’s parade, however, took place in the morning. While Pruitt wished it would have occurred in the evening, he enjoyed that “since it was an all-day event, it could be a family event.” “lm hoping for more openness towards the community and the community PERFORMERS ON FLOATS that towards us and that we all end up getting along together,” Pruitt said. participated in the annual Pride Parade on Congress Avenue wore beads, held flags, After all the glitz, glamour and gratification that resulted from the played music and decorated their displays parade, it eventually came to an end by noon. With citizens’ and with rainbow colors to represent the students’ dedication to expanding gay rights, however, Pride’s spirit booming LGBT social movement here in the US. PHOTO BY KATHERINE LEUNG continues to live on throughout the Austin community. STORY BY JONATHAN OCHART 50 FA momenealitcene ne : ener ee sasiasnerinteal PARADE PARTICIPANTS REJOICE and recline atop a small boat trailed by a car. The parade was a colorful procession of various vehicles and floats. PHOTO BY ERIKA RICH 51 ACL urns en CL: one of the most popular acronyms you will hear Austinites and Austin-lovers say. The Austin City Limits music festival had its tenth anniversary 3-day fest Sept. 16-18. Approximately 65,000 attendees-prepared themselves for the intensely hot, music-filled weekend. Thankfully, the weather was pretty nice all three days—sun, wind, and rain graced the music-lovers and the much-needed Texas dirt. Umbrellas dotted the grassy field, prepared for both the rain and sun. continued pg. 54 PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILLASANA ACL FESTIVAL-GOERS dance at the Big Boi performance the first day of the festival. PHOTO BY FANNY TRANG FOURTEEN-TIME GRAMMY award- winning rapper, Kanye West closes the festival the first night with a high-budget show. PHOTO BY FANNY TRANG STEVIE WONDER OPENS his set before thousands of festival-goers Saturday night at the Austin City Limits festival. PHOTO BY THOMAS ALLISON massive audience members when they performed at about 8 p.m. that night. Sharon Tsao was at the Kanye performance. Tsao, a junior Biology major, was expecting a few things. Kick Off “We all thought that Jay-Z was going to come out, but that didn’t happen,” Tsao said. She did not, however, expect Kanye to come out onto the stage ona cherry picker...and hover right above her head. Critics later panned Kanye’s performance, claiming evidence riday, Sept. 16 kicked off ACL with many of lip-syncing. performances of different music styles on seven The Friday lineup, at least the last bit of it, was the best different stages. Small bands like the husband- part of ACL for some. wife duo of An Horse were able to attract a fairly large “The best part about ACL was seeing all the famous crowd. Wild Beasts surprised the audience with their male artists like Coldplay and Kanye that I probably wouldn’t be falsetto voices combined with their indie rock music. able to see otherwise without coughing up a lot of money There were singer-songwriters like Brandi Carlile and for tickets,” Vaibhav Bhamidipati , a sophomore Human Sara Bareilles, as well as the reggae-hip hop of Nas and Biology major, said. Damien Marley. Mark Foster from Foster the People— one Saturday was busy and packed with good performances, of the largest crowds on Friday—crowd-surted, causing too. Performers in the morning like The Antlers created near hysteria and decibel-defying screams of enthusiasm. a very cathartic atmosphere; people spread out their The two headliners, Coldplay and Kanye West, attracted blankets and umbrellas to enjoy their easy-going music. 54 | The atmosphere changed to electrifying dubstep during “Helplessness Blues” and “Your Protector.” Skrillex’s show on one stage; Cut Copy matched their Finally, Arcade Fire opened the last performance of ACL energy with equal enthusiasm from the crowd. However, with their song “Ready to Start.” Quite simply, the audience the major headliners of Saturday were My Morning Jacket turnout was incredible. Arcade Fire could be considered and Stevie Wonder, both scheduled at 8 p.m. Stevie THE performance of the festival not only because it was the Wonder did not come out onto the stage on time, but when last great act but because the audience responded so well he did, he rocked his keytar and the audience went wild. to their music. People danced, thrust their arms to the sky, “T really liked the sort of crowd energy that you can’t and swayed to their tuneful melodies. It was a solid ending get on albums or recordings or video,” junior Computer to the tenth anniversary of the Austin City Limits music Science major Michael Teng said. festival. Teng went to ACL on Saturday and Sunday and said that The ACL 2012 Early Bird 3-day passes were already Cut Copy was one of the highlights of his experience. sold out the day they went on sale... Well, clearly, that’s Sunday, Sept. 18 marked the closing day of the festival. understandable. Chiddy Bang’s crowd was very similar to Skrillex’s: energized and ready to leap over the stage boundaries. STORY BY CHANAN DUONG They played “Opposite of Adults” and there were waves of body rocking and hands-over-the-head bobbing. Death From Above 1979 was a big hit because people were excited to see the band members perform after they had split up. Robert Pecknold’s voice stirred the audience as his band Fleet Foxes’ performed popular indie folk songs 55 JUNIOR MATTHEW LEACH AND the rest of team Tuggernaughts tries to salvage their ever encroaching defeat to the Wrangler Darlin‘s in the first round of the tug-of-war contest. Though the Tuggernaughts lost the first round they would go on to be semifinalists in the consolation bracket. PHOTO BY NICHOLAS CARTER Ye af ST. 1008 chs OCTe Pulling for Charity very year St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital helps on average 5,900 patients to overcome catastrophic childhood diseases, and the daily cost is about $1.7 million. One contributor is Tau Kappa Epsilon, and this year Texas Wrangler Darlins. Together they would put together Pulling for Patients, a tug-of-war competition that would raise money to give to the hospital, one of TKE’‘s national philanthropy charities. “Tt started last year because the fraternity felt it needed to take action and do an actual even, rather than individual things,” said Hillary Burgess, a sophomore Communications major. “Last year they partnered with a different organization, and this year with us.” Tau Kappa Epsilon partnered with Absolute Texxas last year, who, because of schedule and budget constraints, were TEAM SWOLE, lead by senior Allison Speno, unable to participate. The event was designed to contribute went on to win first place in the tug-of-war as much money to St. Jude’s as possible, and to achieve this contest. They each earned a gift card to Swirl. PHOTO BY NICHOLAS CARTER people within the fraternity and sorority would make individual contributions. One such individual was Rick Swan, a senior math and computer science major who pledged to shave his head if the event raised more than 5,000 dollars. “None of those cancer kids can have hair either, and I think it would be great if there were a lot of people here to raise a lot of money. That’s why I made my pledge,” said Swan. Aside from individual pledges within the two groups, raffle tickets were sold and various items that were donated would be given away. In-between the raffles the tug-of-war competition took place. The purpose of the tug-of-war was mainly to get people to the event so that they would donate money. “Our president last year came up with the idea,” said Nolan Brand, a sophomore mathematics major and TKE philanthropy chair. “We probably won’t win; we don’t really expect to. We’re just excited to go out and compete.” The final match of the day pitted the Dream Team against Team Swole. Team Swole went on to win the competition, and each member earned a gift card to Swirl. At the end of the day, all proceeds were donated to St. Jude’s to help battle catastrophic childhood diseases. “I feel ecstatic; we had an awesome time. My team obviously was really pumped up,” said Allison Speno, senior Journalism major and team captain of Team Swole. “I’m really happy about it, and it’s obviously a good cause. It’s a good way to do something good for the community and at the same time have a lot of fun.” STORY BY NICHOLAS CARTER 57 Race for Revenue f all the engaging dilemmas that tread the rumor mill at UT this year, the Longhorn Network has to be one of the most controversial ones. While the news of a TV network dedicated to Longhorn sports and Texas life every day all, day was a dream come true for fans, disputes between ESPN, cable providers, Big 12 teams, and even the fans themselves brought about the sobering realization that $300 million over 20 years cannot buy everything. In January, ESPN and UT announced the partnership and venture in establishing the network, and the problems have only mounted from that point. The deal will generate about $11 million per year for 20 ae years for the school, with the rest going to the media partner IMG. The [THE HOME DEPOT | partnership itself, was called into question by critics because ESPN will profit from increased advertising revenue and more consumers when UT is highly ranked, compromising the journalistic integrity. Another issue was that other Big 12 teams believed the network gave UT an unfair recruiting advantage and created an unequal distribution of benefits and wealth amongst them. FANS YELL AS CAMERAS ROLL on the set of “When you are in the position Texas is... there is a lot of envy that ESPN's College GameDay Aug. 26, 2011. The event goes along with the largest athletic budget in the nation that just was a special launch of Longhorn Network. got substantially large because ESPN paid you $300 million for your PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON rights,” said Lowell Galindo, Longhorn Network lead anchor. “IT think other schools do have a reason to be concerned. But in all honesty, they have their own networks; they are just not as widespread. Texas has the advantage because they have the national appeal,” said Junior Becca Rushmore. Rushmore is interested in the network as a Radio-Television-Film major. This has led Big 12 members to contemplate moving to different conferences or requesting special accommodations to even the playing field. Texas A&M will officially leave the conference in 2012 for the Southeastern Conference to play with defensive powerhouses like the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University. Oklahoma University was demanding a new conference commissioner. All were concerned when the Longhorn Network was contemplating airing high school football games, as that would have exposed potential blue-chip recruits to Texas and thus create a bias. Ultimately, the network backed down and the rest of the Big 12 stayed together with the addition of the University of West Virginia, but it was not an easy solution. Another issue that was incited by the Longhorn Network were contract disputes and its inability to get picked up by cable carriers that has in effect left many fans unable to watch exclusive games. continued on page 60 RECORDING SCHOOL HISTORY, Longhorn Network broadcasts student performance’s at the last Hex Rally. The Network exclusively covers UT events around campus. PHOTO BY CINDY BAI 58 | wh “a et Communication Breakdown CONTINUED FROM PAGE 58 “It’s unfair for one network to have exclusive content on games. It’s unfair for the fans, and the way the money is being dealt, students should be able to see it. It shows that the game is becoming more of a money generator,” Rushmore said. At the moment, Verizon FiOs and Grande Communications are a couple of the few providers, but until Time Warner and AT&T U-Verse pick up the network, many viewers, especially those in Texas, will be left in the sidelines. “It just made sense that we were going to get it and we did not ... Llive a block away and am a student but can’t watch,” said Alex Torres, a sophomore communications major. “The way this is all working out is, there is a certain price that both sides are trying to get... So what’s happening is ESPN is trying to find a place and a price that works, so this works. So that we are here for 20 years and for as long as the University of Texas is here,” said Galindo. For the 2011 season, fans were outraged when the first game against Rice was broadcast exclusively on the Longhorn Network for the non-ticket holders. “The important part is that we signed a 20-year deal with the University of Texas. We are committed to that deal. And a couple months down the road, once we talk to Time Warner and all the providers, we talk to them every single day, it will happen, and everyone is going to forget,” Production Coordinator Brittney Horine said. “So even if you guys can’t see it, I promise you will love it.” While the network is optimistic, there is no doubt that its establishment has brought, otherwise unnecessary, problems and criticism to the school. The benefits of this asset still remain to be seen. STORY BY JONATHAN OCHART 60 | SHOWING SCHOOL PRIDE, fans put their Horns up as a cameraman walks by. ESPN's College GameDay launched The Longhorn Network Aug. 26, 2011. KICKING OFF THE NETWORK, UT Baseball coach Augie Garrido speaks with a LHN reporter. The event brought out several coaches from various sports to discuss their seasons. PHOTOS BY ELISABETH DILLON 61 a rrr : ee.a »@p. ao : As 2. — Se ee : ae a a . rrr a 8 oF — a : PHOTO BY CALEB FOX “You just can’t put it into words. I’ve fought fire for 11 years and I’ve never seen y the first two weeks of September, Texas experienced at least 180 anything like it.” B different wildfires throughout the state, with more still burning as former ones eventually died off after causing chaos. Justin Musgraves, the Regional Coordinater of the Texas Forest Service in Lubbock, was petrified by this year’s wildfire streak, including the Bastrop fire. “You just can’t put it into words,” Musgraves said, describing the enormity and danger of the fires. “I’ve fought fire for eleven years, and I’ve never seen anything like it. Fires tend to become faster and bigger each season, and this past season has been truly devastating. We are facing hotter and drier days, and it was a lot of work battling the wildfires.” The wildfire that started up in Bastrop was said to have done the most damage, burning 34,000 acres alone and destroying more that 1,500 homes, and killing two people. The fire was said to have burned for at least two days straight, non-stop. Many students weren’t aware of how serious this situation was until one fine September morning, the campus was encompassed in a cloud of hazy smoke. Students were puzzled, confused, and then mortified at the extent of the wildfires and their effect. “It seemed odd at first,” junior and Marketing major Annelise Schuessler said. “The smoke made everything seem blurry and all the edges were blurred. It was only by the smell that I could tell it was an effect of the wildfires.” But UT students didn’t sit back and watch the annihilated areas. Instead, they sprung into action. Many organizations on campus got creative and helped out the wildfire victims. For one of my group projects, we had to do a service project,” Schuessler said. “We were volunteering with Austin Disaster Relief network, so last Saturday we helped with a garage sale helping to help out the victims.” Blessing Emeghara, a Public Relations/Business Foundations major and junior, and President of the organization Real Role Models also helped out the ”n victims of Bastrop. oc “We volunteered at the Saint Vincent De’Paul donations warehouse,” LLJ Emeghara proudly said. “Some of our members were in charge of putting co DATE FIRE STARTED: together care bags for the families with items like; towels, toiletries etc. = September 4, 2011 Another group put together backpacks filled with school supplies for the ee kids. The rest helped with the clothing donations and sorting. Even though < HOMES LOST: 1,645 we didn’t do much, we did something that was personal and took time. Each backpack and care package we helped put together went to someone that LL DEATHS: 2 deserved it, and that is all I could ever ask for.” =a Corina Trevino, a third year Communications and Science Disorders- -- HOMES EVACUATED: Audiology major, factored in all the victims of the fire, including pets, when she > put together a relief fundraiser called Baking for Bastrop for her organization approximately 5,000 faa) Longhorn Pets Alive! a. ACRES BURNED: 34,000 “Baking for Bastrop was a bake sale of homemade muffins during the morning class rush in Jester dormitory on campus,” Trevino said. “With the recent O central Texas wildfires Austin Pets Alive saw a major influx of animals taken oc ESTIMATED COST OF in from across central Texas. Funds raised at Baking for Bastrop went to those -- FIRE DEBRIS CLEANUP: Ta) $25,000,000 affected by the central Texas wildfires.” The relief efforts described above were only a few named, compared to the <— co several others that sprang up on campus once the news about the rampage TOTAL INSURED LOSSES: wildfires broke out. $250,000,000 “I was shocked, hurt and ready to do what I could to help,” Emeghara said when she first heard about the devastating fire. “Even though none of my immediate family was affected, one of my co-workers family was. Her family DATE FIRE BECAME 100% virtually lost everything they had, so it hit really close to home for me. I am CONTAINED: glad that I was able to really hear first hand, how it really affected the lives of so October 10, 2011 many innocent people. And I knew right away that I wanted to help.” STORY BY AKSHATA STEPHEN 64 | PAUL SANDBERG STANDS on the remains of the more than 30-year-old house that he built outside the city of Bastrop Tuesday morning. Although the Bastrop county fires remained classified as “uncontained” during the morning, many residents were anxious to return to their neighborhoods and evaluate the damage. PHOTO BY RYAN EDWARDS BASTROP FURIES @5 re _ at CASE MCCOY holds the pocket in an effort to complete a pass against rival Oklahoma. The sophomore quarterback completed nine of 16 attempts for 107 yards. PHOTO BY COREY LEAMON 66 | Red River Ravage oming in as the underdog, quarter, putting the score at 27-10. the Longhorn football team The Oklahoma offense wasn’t tried to stun a top-ranked finished for the half, with Jones tossing Oklahoma team, but five turnovers and a 19-yard pass to Wide Receiver Kenny a failure to stop the Sooners’ Landry Stills with less than half a minute left, Jones contributed to one of the worst putting the final touches on a 34-10 losses for the Longhorns in recent first half. memory. The final score of Texas’ “They came out ready to play and painful 106th matchup against the that’s one thing we weren’t prepared Sooners was 55- 17. for,” Whittaker said after the game. “T don’t think I’m shocked about Texas certainly wasn’t prepared for anything much anymore,” Brown the Sooners’ aggressive play at the said to reporters after the game. “I’m start of the second half. disappointed for the players.” Oklahoma Defensive Tackle Frank The game started well, with Texas Alexander forced a fumble from only trailing 6-3 at the end of the first Quarterback Case McCoy at the quarter. The defense kept Oklahoma start of the third quarter, resulting in out of the end zone, forcing them to another seven points for Oklahoma. rely on Kicker Mike Hunnicutt for The Sooners would add one more their six points. A field goal from touchdown that quarter, putting the Longhorns Kicker Justin Tucker score at 48-10 at the end of the third midway through the first quarter kept quarter. Oklahoma within reach. In the fourth quarter, the problems That all changed during the second continued. Oklahoma Defensive Back quarter, however, when an explosive Jamell Fleming forced a fumble from Oklahoma offense racked up another Wide Receiver Mike Davis, eventually 28 points. putting another seven points on the Three back-to-back touchdowns, board for Oklahoma. including one off an interception from A late scoring drive led by Ash Quarterback David Ash, put the score at would give the Longhorns their only 27-3 with three minutes left in the half. touchdown in the second half, putting Running Back Fozzy Whittaker’s the final tally at 55-17. record-breaking 100-yard kickoff return gave Texas its only points that STORY BY BRITTANY LAMAS Fired Up he sun was just setting as a parade of students holding tiny red candles marched up 21st street, past Littlefield fountain and up to the Main Mall to start the Torchlight Rally. This year’s rally on Oct. 5 was a bit more spirited than previous years. After a heartbreaking loss to UCLA before the annual rally last year, Longhorn fans were prepared to celebrate and cheer on their 4-0 team this year. A perfect start to the season sparked more excitement for the game and rally. “There was a lot more hype surrounding it this year,” Patrick Garcia, a sophomore engineering major, said. “Last year coming off a loss kept us from fully enjoying the rally.” True to Texas fashion, the entire West Mall was packed with fans and students prepared to cheer on the Longhorns all the way to the Cotton Bowl. It has been held since 1916 making this the 95th rally to send the Horns off to beat the Sooners. Texas leads the Sooners in overall wins with a record of 59-42 with five ties. u A : Ad? Ea The student chapter of the Texas Exes, an organization which THE TEXAS STATE flag hangs proudly off the UT Tower at the Torchlight Parade pep rally. represents more than 2,000 students, coordinated the event. The The flag is hung at the rally every year. Chapter worked closely with the football team, band and cheerleaders PHOTO BY CINDY BAI to provide a real Texas experience for everyone in attendance. The Texas Exes also worked with Texas Alpha Phi Omega who dropped the word’s largest Texas flag from the tower in a show of spirit and pride. The entire Longhorn community including students, faculty, and alumni, showed up clad in burnt orange to send off the football team to Dallas. Longhorn Band, Texas Pom and Texas Cheer entertained the crowd before the guests of honor, the football team, arrived. Speeches from a few senior football players pumped up the crowd. Seniors on this football team have seen two wins against the Sooners, and their speeches gave the audience confidence that they would be adding one more to that list.. Head Coach Mack Brown thanked everyone who came out, saying that this crowd was one of the most enthusiastic and largest since he has been at UT. Seniors Fozzy Whittaker and Blake Gideon pumped up the crowd, trying to make sure the fans were ready for Saturday. “Keep it loud on Saturday, because we’ll need all y’all’s help beating OU,” Whittaker said. “Y’all do your part and we’ll get out the win.” STORY BY BRITTANY LAMAS BLAKE BARBER, a member of the Texas Iron Spikes, lights his torch while getting ready for the parade. The Iron Spikes are one of the many spirit groups who are invited to march in the parade down Guadalupe Street. PHOTO BY CINDY BAI 68 | Fair Play nce visitors have entered the State Of course, food is not the foremost reason that Fair of Texas, there can be no escape students make the 198-mile trek to Fair Park. from the wafting smell of the famous It is somewhat of a longstanding tradition for Fletcher’s Corny Dogs, the constant shout many to attend the OU-UT game, which has of the Midway workers, or on the day of the taken place at the Cotton Bowl, right in the annual Red River Rivalry, the sea of crimson heart of the fair, since 1932. Espinoza, in her first red and burnt orange. year as a Hellraiser, explained that there are “It’s not like any other fair; it’s bigger, better numerous traditions surrounding the game and and has more entertainment. There are car the venue. shows, food shows, free food tasting. Everyone “The night before, we went to a bar across should go, it’s definitely a good representation the street and hung out together and danced; of Texas,” Mercedes Cordero said. This was it was so much fun. Then, we got up early and the first time for Cordero, a got hyped up for the game. We were all freshman journalism walking around the Fair in a group major, as a bona-fide of about 60 chanting and Longhorn, to go. hating on OU. Our song Each year for OU is really popular during the weekend CAN I SALSA BALLS so everyone laughs at us and they love it,” of the Red River GET SWEET TEA PICKLES DEEP FRIED FROZEN Espinoza said. For students, the Rivalry, hundreds THAT MARGARITA KOOL-AID BALLS traditions shared at the State Fair i students FRIED? a PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH IN GRAHAM of Texas are some of the most from UT CRACKERS. DIPPED IN significant parts of make the the 2011 Texas State Fair CHOCOLATE. ON A STICK. the season. trip up 1-35 featured more than 200 DEEP-FRIED BISCUIT AND GRAVY “It’s a great to Dallas food stands, including TAMALE BALLS tradition that should to the State some notable fried DEEP FRIED LATTE be continued. It Fair, joining the favorites FRIED CHEESECAKE reminds students to more than two take the opportunities million attendees that are offered outside of to the fairgrounds. their immediate environment or Popularly known as the Fried social group. Don’t be afraid to take a Food Capitol of Texas, fairgoers and weekend off and miss what’s going on here to students enjoy the tradition of various unusual see what’s going on elsewhere,” said Margaret fried food combinations. The 2011 fair included Weiss, a sophomore studying public relations. fried butter, fried beer, fried sweet potatoes, In recent years, nearly three million annual fried margaritas, fried biscuits and gravy, fried visitors have passed through the gates of bubblegum and many more. Dallas’ historic Fair Park, once home to the 1936 “Try as many fried foods as you can. That’s just Texas Centennial Exposition. hands down what the State Fair is known for. I “TSeeing] all of the different Texas traditions tried fried butter and I love it now; it’s really good fused into one experience, surrounded by family but it’s not really butter, it’s like a buttery biscuit and friends is a rare opportunity,” Weiss said. and you can put honey on it. I also tried the fried “Where else can you have everything you could bubblegum but I didn’t really like that because possibly want deep fried?” I don’t like marshmallows,” Victoria Espinoza, a freshman journalism major, said. STORY BY CHRISTINA FELTON , So0ae - panne" Ld a 7 a9 dee f a 70 | — ORIGINALLY CALLED “FAIRY FLOSS,” cotton candy has been a staple of American fairs for over a century. The State Fair of Texas provided 11 booths throughout the grounds for visitors to get their fix. PHOTOS BY COREY LEAMON Tl AS VISITORS CHECK OUT STUDENT ART, members of the Center Space Project spend time talking and promoting the Visual Arts Center The center contains work from faculty members, students and emerging artists. PHOTO BY CINDY BAI ee, Res Flavortful Art alk past the West Mall on any afternoon during the week and you'll have a hard time not seeing at least one group of students trying to sell cookies, brownies, cake, challah, cake pops, anything sweet and easy to carry. When the Center Space Project, a group affiliated with the Visual Arts Center, needed to raise funds, they used this tried and true formula, but with an artsy twist. To support the description of the “bake sale,” there were various miniature art pieces displayed in the Arbor Gallery of the Visual Arts Center on Sept. 16. There were some recreations of famous painting with an artistic food touch to them. For instance, Edvard Munch’s popular “Scream” painting was the exhibition, except instead of a agonizing backdrop painted behind, there were pieces of crisp bacon falling from the sky and onto the screaming character of the painting. The “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer was also amongst the recreations, but instead of the significant pearl earring dangling from the girl’s lobe, there was a small bunch of purple grapes instead. Many other were not re-creations of paintings, but abstract food art. One was a stove tile with plastered frosting a sprinkling globbed on at the corner of the tile. And several others were sketches and photographs. Emma Whetan, a senior Design/Studio Art major was one of the several contributors at the exhibition, selling a few candid photographs of a person and a chicken. “The overall theme is food,” Whetan said, “and my pieces will help the fundraiser for the Center Space project and funding.” Felipe Nunez, a senior marketing major, also supported Whetan’s statement. “This exhibition helps us a lot. It reaches out to those who are not art majors, and I like how it is in a more intimate setting rather than another crowded setting where other exhibitions would be.” Senior architecture major Jessica Parker agreed. “I love how every piece is so unique and different, just like the theme of the artwork is,” Parker said. STORY BY AKSHATA STEVEN 720! FOOD-THEMED ART hangs on display at the VAC Bake Sale. The money raised from the fundraiser sponsored the Center Space Project, a student organization associated with the VAC. CUPCAKES, BROWNIES AND COOKIES were sold at the bake sale to supplement the food-themed art on the walls. In addition to fundraising, the Center Space Project also got the opportunity to create and display art in the Visual Arts Center. PHOTOS BY CINDY BAI 73 The Kappa Alpha Order was first Two members were found to organized at Washington and Lee be racially insensitive at a Gin JANUARY College in 1865 under the guidance and Juice party. The chapter was 1865 of Robert E. Lee. 2003 suspended for three months. THROUGH THE YEARS After a hazing violation, the local OCTOBER 5 DECEMBER The local chapter was founded in chapter's registered status at the 1883 Austin on Oct. 5, 1883. 2004 University is canceled. Becoming Omicron oing local is a nice way of saying goodbye. “Instead they have been used ever since the local By going local, the Omicron chapter chapter took the action to organize as a separate and of the Kappa Alpha Order severed ties local entity.” with their national chapter, officially changing the While the National Organization and the Omicron name from “Kappa Alpha” to “Texas Omicron” as Chapter have their legal fight over the property, the a registered student organization. Following this University is making an investigation of its own. action, the national chapter filed a court petition, “We are investigating and reserve the right to saying the Omicron chapter “rejected the principles take action based on our findings,” Dean of Students of Kappa Alpha Order... and attempted to change its Soncia Reagins-Lily said in a statement. membership and purpose to depart from assisting and This isn’t the first time the Omicron Chapter was housing members of the Omicron Chapter of Kappa placed under the spotlight for rule breaking. In 2004, Alpha Order,” and therefore are not able to use the the University canceled the fraternity’s status as an property of the national chapter. organization due to the violation of institutional rules. According to the lawsuit, after the national officers “Farlier this year, we learned of a new allegation suspended the UT chapter due to the alleged hiring of hazing and of the national organization’s plan to of exotic dancers and alleged hazing of pledges in suspend the chapter,” Reagins-Lilly said. “We began June, the local chapter disassociated itself from the investigating immediately.” national chapter. According to the court petition filed KA had a very defined definition of hazing. Taken by the national group, the charter laws state that by from their section of risk management policy, doing this they have given up any right or claim to the hazing is defined as “any action taken or situation property of Kappa Alpha Order. created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity “However these defendants have continued to act as premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, a fraternity at the University at Austin, continued to embarrassment, harassment or ridicule.” recruit new members and continued to reside in the The risk management policy goes on to say that chapter house,” the petition said. hazing includes the use of alcohol, padding, creating The national Kappa Alpha Order’s press release excessive fatigue, and a number of other things. The claims that these assets exceed $200,000 in value. national organization would not comment on what “They should have been held by a receivership hazing specifically was done to pledges. committee for use when the chapter was re-established by the national organization,” the press release said. STORY BY BOBBY BLANCHARD THE FORMER Kappa Alpha Texas Omicron fraternity is facing allegations of hazing and sexual misconduct by the national Kappa Alpha organization. PHOTO BY TAMIR KALIFA A City of Austin fire marshal is shot DECEMBER Kappa Alpha returns back to the at and a student is charged with a 2006 University of Texas at Austin. 3 degree felony. In 2010, reports of another hazing violation caused the fraternity to be The National Chapter sues Kappa put on conditional registration for Alpha. Following this, KA emerges three months. under the name Texas Omicron. 75 TEXAS SWEETHEARTS talk at their tailgate before the Kansas game later that afternoon October 29, 2011. The Sweethearts were the only female spirit organization to host their own tailgates before football games. FRESHMAN RITA COLLIER makes her throw for a washers competition at their tailgate. Washers was a very popular activity among students at tailgates. PHOTOS BY ELISABETH DILLON the sweet spot tarting from MLK and all the way down by donations only, and we supply our own to the capital, the familiar set up of chairs, tents, coolers and just set up the rest,” burnt orange tents and smoky aroma Parsons said. are the telltale signs of some good old Texas Sweethearts also tailgate for almost all tailgating. While student groups, alumni and other sports including, but not limited to, casual fans gather to pump up for the game, basketball, baseball, tennis and swimming. one organization in particular embodies the They also boast that they are the only all-girl Longhorn spirit in a way only girls can. organization to make their own trip to OU. Texas Sweethearts is the only all-girl spirit For Molly Baker, sophomore psychology organization on campus that hosts its own major and a new member to the organization, tailgate. They take a lot of pride in supporting the Sweethearts offered something new. Longhorn football and all other athletics while “TSweethearts] are diverse, true to our promoting sisterhood, diversity and service. mission statement,” Baker said. “It is a big “We try to be a really cohesive group of girls. melting pot of cultures, which I find awesome. Tailgating brings us all together to support It just seemed like the perfect fit.” UT and bond,” senior marketing major Members new and old agree. Danielle Curcio said. “We really did form friendships among us. “Tt makes us feel unique that people from all It keeps us coming back every time,” said UT spirit organizations come to our tailgate... We alumnus ex-Sweetheart Karina Rodriguez. don’t have to tag along and just invite others STORY BY MARIA ROQUE to our tailgate,” Spirit Chair Kara Parsons, a senior Health Promotions major, said. This wasn’t always the case for the Sweethearts, though. The group used to be the sister organization of The Wranglers, an all-male spirit organization. In 2002, they broke away and simply continued doing their own tailgate. Now they are in charge of the planning too, but it is all a part of getting an awesome tailgate celebration together and having a great time. “We call the businesses and tell them about our organization. Our tailgates are run 76 | i Roberta F. Lavender is the first woman hired to teach classics until 1934. The University of Texas Battle designs the opens. University of Texas seal. Greek major housed in the School of Ancient Languages until 1887. William J. Battle joins the University of Texas faculty as a Greek professor. ii Greek major housed in Daniel A. Penick joins the the School of Greek. University of Texas faculty as a professor of Greek and Latin and professor of classical languages. Battle establishes the University Co-Op and served as its first manager. Chroncling the Classics In September 2011, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board eliminated the Bachelor’s degree in Greek from the school’s major catalog. The University of Texas was the last remaining public school in Texas to offer the Greek major to students. This infographic traces the timeline of the greek department at UT as well as its founding members and contributing faculty. 78 | FALL Battle begins serving as a chairman on the Faculty Building Committee until 1942 and was also a professor of classical languages until 1950. He was Professor Emeritus until his death in 1955. Greek major housed in the Department of Classics, in which it remained until 2011 Penick organizes the men’s tennis team and is the head coach until 1957. Penick becomes the assistant dean of the College of Arts of Sciences until 1940. Is Professor Emeritus until his death in 1964. © A i > 2 Battle is appointed President Battle Hall named in honor of the University. of William J. Battle. Penick becomes President of the Southwest Conference until 1935. Bachelor's of Greek major no longer offered at UT after a decision made by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to eliminate majors within the university with a low- producing graduation rates. Greek was the only low-producing major that faced elimination, Greek major housed in the while other low-producing majors were given Department of Classical temporary extension. Languages until 1961 RESEARCH BY ELIZABETH ROBINSON GRAPHIC BY BIANCA KRAUSE NT | 79 ASHLAND | ATLANTA | BOSTON | BUFFALO | CHICAGO | CINCINNATI | DALLAS | DENVER | EUGENE | HOUSTON | LAS VEGAS | LAS ANGELES | NASHVILLE | OAKLAND | PITTSBURGH | PORTLAND | PROVIDENCE | SACRAMENTO | ROCHESTER | SALEM | SALT LAKE CITY | SAN FRANCISCO | SAN DIEGO | SAN JOSE | SEATTLE | ST. LOUIS | SYRACUSE | WALL STREET | WASHINGTON D.C. Occupy Austin PHOTO BY THOMAS ALLISON Ry) sae . ~ a”, a ee 82 | IN SUPPORT OF National Bank Transfer Day, Occupy protestors march along Congress Avenue Bridge. PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILLASANA the 9% hey were a group of more than 1,000 people, but they had one voice. They were parents, grandparents, students, professors, employed, unemployed, men, “T don’t think this is a fad” Anderson said. “We'll always be here as long as Wall Street and the fat cats are going to not stand by our rules.” women and everything in between. Despite its origins as a movement against They’d had enough with so-called corporate corporate greed, the movement took also had greed, and now was their time to speak up. a deeper connotation. Protesters expressed On Oct. 6, 2011, the Occupy Austin protest their dissatisfaction with the current national began outside of Austin City Hall. The distribution of wealth, saying everyone deserved movement, however, was not something that an equal amount of money and therefore an arose out of thin air. equal say in the democratic process. “T believe in this because I like what it stands “All sorts of groups who try to get their voice for,” Joseph Hansley said. “To me, the message heard are a response to problems of scale,” Dr. is about equality and letting the people rule.” Stephen White, the department chair of the UT A blog post published on the Adbusters Department of Classics, said. “The government Media Foundation’s webpage in July spurred has gotten so large that their access to even an idea for the Occupy movement. Adbusters, having their voice heard, let alone having any an anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist sort of vote on a policy issue is minimal, and so Canadian organization, encouraged people to that drives people, to a certain point, act out or flood Wall Street and protest the influence of try to say something.” corporations on the American government, Police action in other cities hindered the calling for a more democratic government Occupy protests in other cities, but the overall influenced by America. peaceful nature of Occupy Austin allowed the On Sept. 17, people did in fact protest in movement to last until Feb. 3, 2012 duetoa Wall Street and encouraged members of other new rule that regulated the use of City Hall for cities in the nation to do the same. Occupy non-business activities during certain hours. movements inspired by the one in New York However, those emotionally invested in the City led to the establishment of branches movement did whatever it took with hopes to in other major cities such as Los Angeles, see the government make the changes they Phoenix, Houston and Austin. truly believed in. With the emergence of such a large “People have more power than they think movement, the Occupy movements were they have and I think that will be the legacy,” quickly labeled as merely an uproar that would Anderson said. lose steam within a few weeks. However, Jenna Anderson thought differently. STORY BY ELIZABETH ROBINSON 83 more than t was a season marked by nail-biters, against Kansas University in Lawrence, Kan. This disappointing losses and moments of brilliance time, however, Texas couldn’t pull out a win in double for the women’s soccer team. The Longhorns’ overtime, losing the match 3-2. After two victories ended the season with 11 wins, nine losses and one tie against the University of Missouri and Oklahoma overall, with five matches decided in double overtime. University, Texas faced another double overtime The season got off to a rough start with a 3-1 loss to against Oklahoma State University on Oct. 14, but Loyola Marymount University in the season opener. ended the game with a 1-1 tie. Two days later, Texas For Head Coach Chris Petrucelli, it all came down to was in double overtime again, this time against Texas the chances the Longhorns gave themselves to score. Tech University. The Longhorns couldn’t come back “There were times we played pretty well. We created after Tech leading scorer Jessica Fuston scored in the some chances but we didn’t put them away,” he said 14th minute on Gaul. after the game. “Not finishing those chances cost us After a 1-0 win against Seattle University on Oct. 23, the game as much as giving up goals did.” the Longhorns lost their final match before the post- After this early loss, the Longhorns went on to defeat season against the Texas A&M University Aggies ina the University of Houston, the University of Georgia, 3-0 shutout. California State University-Northridge, University In the Big 12 championship, the Longhorns faced of Texas at San Antonio and Dartmouth College. familiar foe Texas Tech University on Nov. 2. An Senior forward Kylie Doniak’s impressive two-goal early goal off the head of Kristin Cummins, a junior performance, her first goals for the season, against midfielder, in the 11th minute and an aggressive California State University-Northridge helped secure defense helped the Longhorns shut out the Red the 5-1 victory in that match. Raiders. In the semi-final round, the Longhorns found “We have great team chemistry and know where themselves once again in double overtime play against each other is going to be on the field,” Doniak said Oklahoma State University on Nov. 4. Gaul’s five saves after the game. “We’re just giving it our all. It’s been a during the match helped keep the Longhorns afloat, but good ride so far.” a goal from OSU’s Kristin Kelley with less than three The ride would continue with a disappointing 2-1 minutes remaining in the second overtime got away loss to the University of San Diego Toreros in the from Gaul and ended the match at 1-0. University of Southern California Invitational on Sept. The Longhorns ended their season in the first round 9, but defeated the University of Southern California of the NCAA championship tournament one week Women of Troy two days later in double overtime. At later with a 1-0 loss against the University of South halftime, USC had a 1-0 lead, but a goal off the head of Carolina. After giving up a goal in the seventh minute, sophomore midfielder Lexi Harris in the 80th minute Texas failed to capitalize on chances later in the tied up the match. Neither team scored in the last ten match. Texas ended the season 11-9-1 overall, with a minutes of regulation or first ten minutes of overtime. 3-4-1 conference record. It was junior goaltender Alexa Gaul’s save after a goal from junior forward Vanessa Ibeuweike that ended the STORY BY RACHEL NITSCHKE game at 2-1 in the second overtime. Texas couldn’t keep up the momentum, dropping the next match against Baylor University on Sept. 23. One week later, Texas faced another nail-biter THE WOMEN’S SOCCER team raise their horns as they get amped up for their Breast Cancer Awareness game against Seattle. PHOTO BY LIZZIE JESPERSEN 84 | LONGHORN FORWARD Taylor Knaack works the ball up the field. “We didn’t come out like should have,” junior goalkeeper Alexa Gaul said. “Baylor pressed us the whole game, and they created a lot of chances and we just didn’t create anything.” PHOTO BY THOMAS ALLISON 85 NUMBER 12 HANNAH ALLISON sets the ball in a tournament against Missour!. The Longhorns won 3-0: the win moved Texas to 14-4 on the season and 7-1 in Big 12 play, while the Tigers fell to 17-8 overall and 3-5 in league action. PHOTO BY FANNY TRANG 86 | Lifted he Texas Volleyball season team being able to build runs. started with a few early “When you have a server that can bumps, then they quickly keep it on the other side’s passers, found their stride on the road to the you just let the front court do it from NCAA tournament. there. You can go on the big runs,” “We started the season at 8-4 at one Adams said. point, and now we’re 22-4,” Coach Another bump came when UT, still Jerritt Elliott said. “We’ve grown a lot ranked eighth, lost to Oklahoma, as a team and we've built a lot of trust.” ranked no. 25 on Sept. 28. Alter falling The point that Elliott refers to is to a 2-0 deficit, UT was able to battle after the Longhorns, then ranked back to tie it before the fifth set. fifth in the country, were swept twice After this loss, the Longhorns won by an eleventh ranked Minnesota 15 straight matches against mostly team in the Burnt Orange Classic. in-conference opponents. After these two losses, the Longhorns The Longhorns would have to beat couldn’t handle the explosive Florida Oklahoma first to win the Big 12 Gators team. Championship. They didn’t give up and quickly After taking a loss in the first set, turned things around, winning their the Longhorns came back to win next five matches against Santa the next three sets, propelled by Clara University, Southern Methodist Eckerman’s serving, Adams’ kills and University, University of Texas at San decisive blocks from Bailey Webster, a Antonio, Texas Christian University sophomore outside hitter. and the University of Kansas, “We showed that we’ve come a which moved them up to eighth in long way since the beginning of the the rankings. season, and that we’re capable of Freshmen Madelyn Hutson, an beating them. Or even if we don’t, outside middle blocker, and Haley fighting through it and playing as a Eckerman, an outside hitter, propelled team like we have all season,” Webster the team during this stretch. said about beating the Sooners. Senior middle blocker Rachael Adams pointed to Eckerman’s serving STORY BY RACHEL NITSCHKE strengths as a key factor in the HANDS UP, outside hitter Khat Bell spikes the ball past UTSA blockers. The Horns would defeat UTSA three sets to one. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 87 Statein three straight sets ag am to the second round. ae ies ae SEA er tme ila, — 3: i — Pitan ne wae ibe See Starting Over Following a season of dissapointments, the Longhorns worked to changed perspectives and gain back status. New coaches brought strategy change and gave life to the team. Carried largely by sophomores and freshmen, the Horns pushed through a tough season to win at the Holiday Bowl. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON o CELEBRATING A TOUCHDOWN Whittaker gets hoisted into the air by an offensive lineman. Before his injury Whittaker would lead the Longhorns in touchdowns. PHOTO BY LAWRENCE PEART IN HONOR OF WHITTAKER wide reciever Marquise Goodwin wears a number two jersey with no name on the back. He, safety Kenny Vaccaro, and linebacker Keenan Robinson each wore a number two jersey in the games after Whittaker was injured. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON LOOKING DOWN FIELD FOR A TOUCHDOWN running back Fozzy Whittaker runs for one of his two fourth quarter touchdowns during the game against Rice. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 94 | FALL the wild fozz fter grabbing the ball, Fozzy back, Whittaker was able to find the holes Whittaker cut to the side fora and break free on run plays. Whittaker two-yard run, unable to finda took the snaps 24 time in the “wild” hole in Mizzou’s defensive line. It was formation the result bring 164 yards, and Whittaker’s fourth carry of the day and it five rushing touchdowns. would be his last of the season. His right Beyond his success on the field, knee buckled as he hit the artificial turf Whittaker has been a rallying point for on Farout Field, tearing the ACL and MCL Longhorn fans. Coming off a season of in his right knee. He clutched his knee disappointments, Whittaker, was one of the in pain as players, coaches and trainers few seasoned players during a rebuilding swarmed around him. year, and an obvious rallying point to put “I was upset, mad, sad, I was all of the the Longhorns back on track. above,” Whittaker said to reporters after “Tt was easy to cheer for him, the plays he the game. “I still can’t change it. My leg is was able to pull off were simply amazing. still hurt.” It was as if he knew how to get the crowd The senior corporate communications pumped up,” Lisandro Rodriguez said. graduate who is working on his master’s Rodriguez, a sophomore, is a in kinesiology emerged as a leader on the physics major. football team before the injury. After the injury, Longhorn fans still “Tt’s tough. He’s our leader,” Coach Mack went crazy for Whittaker. During the Hex Brown said after the Missouri game. “He’s Rally, the crowd broke into a “Fozzy” chant our guy on offense. Fozzy’s done so well as he walked in on crutches, and again and had such a great year; we hate to see when it was time for Whittaker to give his him get hurt.” motivational speech. On Senior Night, Before the injury, Whittaker had become Whittaker was greeted with a standing known for his ability to return kick-offs, ovation from the crowd. returning two for 100 yards each in To further show their appreciation for back-to-back to games, earning him the Whittaker’s leadership, the team organized Big 12 first team all honors award for for junior Kenny Vaccaro to wear kick-off returns. Whittaker’s jersey number with no name Whittaker was also the leading scorer for on the back during the Texas A&M game. the Horns. He had nine touchdowns, six For the Baylor game, both wide receiver of them rushing, two from kickoff returns, Marquise Goodwin and linebacker Keenan and a catch. Whittaker made the record Robinson wore number two jerseys in books, becoming the fifth player in school Whittaker’s honor. history to score a rushing, receiving, and “T thought it was a great way to show kickoff/punt return for a touchdown in the their support of Fozzy after all he had done same season. for team,” Rodriguez said. “After his injury, He was also known for his ability to break it was nice to see the team show their free in the “wildcat” formation. So much support. We all love Fozzy and hope to see so even, it began to be fondly called the him do well in the future.” “wildfozz” by students around campus. A play that involves no quarterback, but has STORY BY BRITTANY LAMAS the ball directly snapped to the running 95 Horns High Though Oklahoma beat Texas 55 - 17 at the annual Red River Shootout Oct. 8, the game proved to be important for the Longhorns’ freshman players. “You learn so much from a loss like this,” Quarterback David Ash said. “You learn what it takes to play at the level Oklahoma plays. They’re a great team.” PHOTO BY COREY LEAMON ae meee the Mark he Texas women’s volleyball team had were even until the 9-9 mark when Texas went on a strong showing in this year’s NCAA an 8-2 run led by three Webster kills. The Wildcats tournament with a sweep of Texas State and came back, eventually bringing the score to within a 3-1 win against the University of Kentucky before five at the 22-17 mark. a close match and loss against the UCLA Bruins. Conservative kills by Webster sealed the victory In the first round, the Longhorns brought out 27-25. The series culminated in another nail-biter, the broom, sweeping the Texas State Bobcats with 11 lead changes and 20 ties during the fourth 3-0 on Dec. 2. in Austin. Freshman outside hitter set. A kill from senior middle blocker Rachael Haley Eckerman led the charge with 16 kills and Adams and an error from the Wildcats ended the two service aces, with sophomore outside hitter match in UT’s favor, 25-23. Bailey Webster adding 15 kills during the series. Texas advanced to the regional finals to face The team won each set by a wide margin: 25-15 in the UCLA Bruins on Dec. 10 in Lexington, Ky. the first stanza, 25-23 for the second, 25-15 to close Even with a career-performance from Adams, out the match. double-figure kills for Eckerman and Webster, the “We can’t expect to play at that level every night,” Longhorns came up short 3-1. Texas started strong said head coach Jerritt Elliott. “We’d like to, but in the first set, going on a 14-4 run after the 11-8 the great teams are the ones that are able to win mark. Two kills from Adams and a Bruins service playing at different levels and finding ways to win. error sealed the win, 25-19. I’m assuming that I would like to go back and play The Bruins started the second frame with an at the same level that we left off at, but we know aggressive attack to lead by five at the 19-14 mark. we'll be in a battle, and we'll have to make some Three kills from Sha’Dare McNeal capped off adjustments throughout the weekend to be able to a 7-2 run, but the Wildcats answered to end the perform and come out of that bracket.” set 25-22. Texas fell behind again in the third set After the convincing win against Texas State, until a McNeal kill put the Longhorns up by one Texas faced a more formidable opponent in the at the 15-14 mark. Texas couldn’t pull away from second round with the University of Kentucky the Wildcats with a tie at the 21-21 mark. The Wildcats. The match started out with a nail-biting Wildcats finished the set with a 4-1 run that put first set that saw 13 ties. Texas, fueled by Webster the set at 25-22. and Eckerman, held the lead from the 6-5 mark on. The Bruins were up 20-13 in the fourth set and the Texas didn’t keep the momentum in the second Longhorns just couldn’t connect for the comeback. set, falling behind early and down by four at Texas put together a 5-1 run to close the gap at the 14-11 mark. After a rally led by Webster, the 21-18, but the Bruins came back to win the set 25-21 Longhorns were able to battle back for the lead at and the match 3-1. the 20-18 mark. The Wildcats answered with a 7-2 run to close the set at 25-22. Texas and Kentucky STORY BY RACHEL NITSCHKE 100 THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM played against Texas State on Friday, December 2, and won in three sets.. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON SETTING THE BALL FOR HER TEAMMATE sophomore Hannah Allison keeps the Horns in contention. Texas would come up short in the NCAA Championship PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 101 Fun Fun Fun Fest o one expects to get Passion Pit’s lead singer Michael Angelakos’ drumstick and jam with the bassist at their DJ set at Empire Automotive in Austin. No one expects to see their Communication Director of Biomedical Engineering at a concert, either. However, when at Fun Fun Fun Fest, these surprises are absolutely possible, and at 110 dollars for a student three- day pass, a very cheap possibility too. continued page 104 KATIE STELMANIS, frontwoman of Canadian electronic band Austra, takes the Blue stage at Fun Fun Fun Fest. Playing music from their haunting debut album Feel It Break, the band has gained a lot of attention. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX SINGER LYKKE LI crosses drum sticks during her performance at the Orange stage. All the way from Stockholm, Sweden the solo artist has gained a large following with hits like “Little Bit” and “| Follow Rivers.” PHOTO BY MARY KANG YACHT, a duo comprised of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of Marfa, Texas and Portland, Oregon play Fun Fun Fun’s Blue stage. In June they released the album Shangri-La. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX “This was my first year, but I was absolutely in a few of their new songs, which only fueled the only spanned two love with it. The tickets were surprisingly cheap fans even further to dance their hearts out. They days, so this year, for the amount of fun that I had,” Biomedical delivered a very upbeat performance. its addition of a Engineering freshman Rishi Goel said. After seeing Saturday featured M83, Donald Glover and his third day anda the aforementioned administrator, he found himself hip-hop act Childish Gambino, Lykke Li, Hot change to a larger rubbing elbows with Passion Pit later that weekend Snakes, Neon Indian, and an Air Sex Contest. The venue location during an after-hours performance at the music major headliners included Spoon, The Damned, points toward the venue Empire Automotive. and Major Lazer. Many people were pleased with fest’s increasing Fun Fun Fun Fest celebrated its sixth successful Childish Gambino; his song “Hero” opened his act, popularity. festival at Auditorium Shores this year on Nov. he improvised some rap tunes, and the Gambino The third and 4-6. It attracted approximately 15,000 music-goers fans stayed pumped throughout his stage time. last day included to three full days of music and fun. This year “One of the best moments of the festival was Mate of State, a the festival, nautically themed, brought about Childish Gambino’s wonderful and hilarious cluster of electronic female artists like Grimes and 147 acts of all kinds and split them up between raps,” Andy Tang, a junior majoring in Public Austra, Kid Dynamite, Flying Lotus, Architecture four stages of different genres. Each stage had Health, said. in Helsinki, and a Veggie Hotdog Eating contest. its own ship icon and color; the orange stage This year was Tang’s first year attending Fun Fun The headliners were hardcore metal band Slayer, housed mainly indie bands, the blue stage was Fun Fest. He expressed satisfaction and compared Blonde Redhead, and hip-hop group Odd Future. dominated by electronic and hip-hop artists, the his experience with Austin City Limits 2011. Slayer was the culmination of the festival. So black stage featured punk-rock-metal bands, and “It’s so much less crowded than ACL and smaller many people awaited the return of Slayer and the yellow stage was for stand-up acts and audience and easier to navigate to the stages. It can be a return they did receive. A huge mosh pit was participation games. These descriptions are fairly relatively easy to get in the front,” he said. instantly started, and at least ten people crowd- broad because each stage had its own diversity Goel expressed the same sentiments. surfed within the first five minutes of their song within their lineups. “Unlike ACL, people weren’t crazy obsessed with “Raining Blood.” Friday performances included YACHT, The the artists and attended to enjoy. Even though we Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 already has people anxious Thermals, Big Freedia, Okkervil River, the FFF were at the front of the stage for Passion Pit, the for its next surprises. Dating Game, and many other bands that played headliner, I still had enough room to dance. Unlike Michelle Jackson, a junior majoring in Public early in the afternoon and late in the evening. The ACL, where youre not just shoulder to shoulder, Health, is looking forward to what next year brings main headliners that day were Passion Pit on the but cheek to cheek with everyone around you,” for the up and coming festival.“This year was my orange stage, Danzig Legacy on the black stage, Goel agreed. first time going to Fun Fun Fun Fest, but I hope to and Public Enemy on the blue stage. Fun Fun Fun Fest definitely is smaller than ACL, go again,” she said. The blue stage had a great turnout for Public but it is also definitely growing as a big Austin Enemy, as did Passion Pit’s stage. They debuted event. Its 2010 venue was Waterloo Park and it STORY BY CHANAN DUONG 104 | a. et CHRISTOPHER OWENS, lead singer and guitarist of indie rock band Girls takes the Orange stage, performing their recently released album Father, Son, Holy Ghost. PHOTO BY MARY KANG PICTUREPLANE FRONT TRAVIS EGEDY performs Friday, November 4, at the Blue stage. Pictureplane is based in Denver, Colorado and played many songs from their newest album Thee Physical. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX 106 | FINAL FLAME With the departure of Texas A&M from the Big 12 Conference, the University lost one of its biggest and most Neated rivalries. Hook’Em shares his flame with assistant e cheer captain Trey Harrell. Mack Brown lit the first candle of PHOTO BY CALEB FOX The 118th game between Texas and A&M ended one of college football’s most legendary and heated rivalries. Texas won over A&M 27 - 25. “Sports can be really cruel,” Texas coach ~Mack Brown said. “I think it was a time tonight 4, where both teams deserved to win.” PHOTO BY LAUREN GERSON End of an Era n entire rivalry hinged on one second and a kicker at Kyle Field on Nov. 24. That one second gave Texas a 27-25 victory over Texas A&M and the bragging rights of a century. Predicted to be the last Thanksgiving match-up between the storied rivals for at least the foreseeable future due to conference realignment, this year’s Lone Star Showdown sent fans of both teams on a rollercoaster of emotions. From the kick-off, it looked like the Aggies would dominate on offense. Led by senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill, A&M scored a touchdown and field goal on their first two possessions, a blow to Texas fans who had gotten used to an almost impenetrable defensive line. After not scoring a single point in the first quarter, both sides of the Texas team found their rhythm in the second. A trick play from quarterback Case McCoy to wide receiver Jaxon Shipley, produced a wobbly but on-target pass downfield to senior Blain Irby. He hauled in the pass several yards away from any defenders before running into the end zone untouched. The touchdown cut the deficit to 13-7 with just under 10 minutes left in the half. On the next play, cornerback Quandre Diggs picked off Tannehill for what could have produced a momentum shift to the game, but a costly fumble gave the ball back to the A&M. The Aggies capitalized on the mistake, adding another field goal to expand their lead to nine at the half. “We didn’t play good at all in the first half or most of the game,” McCoy said. On the first drive of the second half, the Horns defense picked off Tannehill again, and Carrington Byndom returned the interception 58 yards for a touchdown. Texas was only down by two. The defense continued to rally and forced an Aggie punt on its next possession. Diggs grabbed the punt and returned it 81 yards to the A&M nine-yard line to set up a first and goal for the Longhorns. The Horns couldn’t produce a touchdown through the air or on foot. They settled for a Tucker field goal to give Texas a 17-16 lead in the third quarter. From there, A&M’s offense showed signs of crumbling, a consistent occurrence this season. Another interception, this time picked off by safety Kenny Vaccaro, led to a Longhorn touchdown, giving the Horns a somewhat cushioned eight-point lead. The Aggies were not down and out though, and came back in the fourth quarter with a field goal and touchdown to snag the lead by one point. With 1:18 on the clock, McCoy and the offense set out on a miracle drive. Suddenly finding an unstoppable rhythm, McCoy strung together play after play, driving the ball from the Texas 29-yard line to the A&M 23-yard line, even rushing 25 of those yards himself. “Tt was a really tough game,” senior offense guard David Snow, said about McCoy’s drive. “Seeing him come through at the very end for us and to be poised and to make the plays, it’s just amazing.” The entire Longhorn nation held their breath as Tucker set up and kicked. It was in. The final score: Texas 27, A&M 25. This final win put Lonestar Showdown at Texas 76, Texas A&M 37. “Growing up watching these games, you just know how special these games are,” Diggs said. “When you come out and get the last win in this rivalry, it’s very special. It’s something you can tell your great-grandkids.” 110 | V KICKING UNDER PRESSURE Justin Tucker sends the last second field goal through the uprights clinching the win with a score of 27-25 Texas. PHOTO BY LAUREN GERSON MALCOLM BROWN BREAK TACKLES as he carries the ball down field and breaks tackles. The Horns would win the last Thanksgiving game for the foreseeable future. PHOTO BYLAUREN GERSON ¥ e « |; Bo eres % my ‘as The Stallion n the ground floor of the Applied Computational “We are currently working with Blanton Musem to digitally Engineering & Sciences Building, in a dimly lit room sits record works of art,” said Urick while looking at Vincent van a monolith of computer technology whose purpose is to Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ “We can zoom in and you can see the actual display large quantities of data in graphical form. This display is canvas that it was painted on. You can also see each individual the Stallion and it is the world’s largest highest resolution display. brush stroke.” “The data displayed here is constructed over at the Pickle The display is used for a lot more than looking at pictures. Research Center,” Ben Urick, a Mechanical Engineering graduate It’s used to display large sums of data that might otherwise be student said. “The reason the Stallion is located on campus and cumbersome to observe on a normal computer screen. The data not at Pickle, is because it’s easier for people to work on their itself comes together and forms simulations, allowing people to project in between classes.” see the outcome of the event. The Stallion tiled display is composed of five rows and fifteen “One of the projects I’ve worked on was mapping how vaccines columns of thirty-inch flat screen monitors, with a total resolution enter the blood stream,” said Urick. “We were able to see how of 307 mega pixels, compared to 1.3 mega pixels of a normal the vaccine acted after it entered the body, and what areas were computer. Images on the stallion are about 236 times more effected.“ detailed than those on a regular monitor. Even with this highly sophisticated piece of technology, the 112 | a “#, , * Se <2 % staff at the Texas Advanced Computing Center are looking for new ways to THE STALLION TILED-DISPLAY system is the world’s highest resolution tiled-display. The enhance the interaction and manipulation of data. . 5 : , advanced piece of machinery is being used We are currently looking into more ways to make using the Stallion more to record works of art digitally at the Blanton intuitive,” said Urick. “Such as trying to get the Xbox kinect to work with it, Museum. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX that way people have more control of what they are seeing, with out having to sit down behind a computer.” One of the most important aspects of the Stallion is the opportunity engineering students have to use it. This can be very beneficial to those | looking to bolster their resume and separate them from the pack. “We offer to teach anyone interested in learning to use the system,” said Urick. “So anyone can come in and we will teach them how to use it, doesn’t matter if they are freshman or faculty, it’s open to all.” STORY BY NICHOLAS CARTER —— ! cece 5 Somes monensin eee sm Fa cstcs scaubanie ail ilar ekscca: ease te vieaiseatsmet cis eee Peace, ‘tis the Season he Butler School of Music hosted the Holiday Concert this year on Dec. 4 to ring in the holiday cheer for the upcoming winter holi- days. The concert is a mix of all the other UT choirs on campus including the Women’s Chorus, the Men’s Chorus, Concert Chorale, Longhorn Singers, Chorals Art Society and the Chamber Singers. Emily Mathis, a sophomore English and Music major was a part of this eccentric amalgam of talented singers since she is an active member in the UT Chamber Singers. “The choirs generally strive to feature works then celebrate not just Christmas but other winter holidays as well,” Mathis said. The whole concert consisted of the conventional “Holiday Cheer” melodies ringing in the nostalgic sugar-cookie holiday spirit. Overall, the concert was a huge success since Bass Concert Hall was packed with fellow winter melody listeners and other students ready for the holidays after a long semester. Being a part of the Chamber Singers has impacted Mathis’ life, providing her with life lessons she aims to carry into her future. “Not only am I afforded with the chance to sing with the best choral singers at UT, but I have learned how important teamwork is for the tradition... think this is a pretty valuable lesson to carry with me in life,” Mathis said. STORY BY AKSHATA STEPHEN | PHOTOS BY KENNY CHILTON Spirit of the Game {ter two lackluster seasons, UT was ready to play in San Diego at the Holiday Bowl. The Horns beat the Golden Bears with a lead score of 21-10, a low score due to the impressive defense from both sides. David Ash, who had an impressive 142 passing yards that led the Horns to victory. It was not all offense though. Cal fumbled six times, losing four. Texas Coach Mack Brown talked about the Holiday Bowl practices beforehand and how it will probably help the Freshman players: “They’ve learned so much,” Brown said. “You start looking at the shock of the Oklahoma game, coming back and fighting in the Oklahoma State game, the Kansas State game, trying to learn how to win and what that means and learning about turnovers and last second drives.” Junior WR Marquise Goodwin talked about heading into the game after ending the season with a loss. “You have to look forward and not worry about the past,” Goodwin said. “We have to move forward and keep pushing.” And the Horns definitely did, with eight tackles; Texas put it away on Cody Johnson’s 4-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter, which was set up when Maynard was sacked and fumbled, which was recovered by Chris Whaley at the Cal 44. Goodwin ran for 37 yards and Johnson had a 3-yard gain before his touchdown run. All in all, the Horns fought with amazing pride and strategy, finishing the season ranked 24th on the polls. STORY BY AKSHATA STEPHEN TEXAS’ MARQUISE GOODWIN outruns Marc Anthony for a third-quarter touchdown. California lost 21-10 to Texas at the 2011 Holiday Bowl. PHOTO BY LAWRENCE PEART TEXAS’ VICTORY in the Holiday Bowl was the programs third victory in five attempts, the last success coming in 2007 against Arizona State. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON Kings of the Court he 2011-2012 season was a ranked opponents. The horns showed signs disappointing one for the UT Men’s of promise by competing and keeping Basketball team. The Longhorns’ things tight against ranked teams, but the season ended early after losing to the Longhorns continuously failed to finish the job. Cincinnati Bearcats 65-59, in the second round Unfortunately, close doesn’t cut it. It’s all about of the NCAA Tournament. The early exit from the wins. the tournament came as a no surprise. The “We have had trouble listening, as opposed Longhorns struggled all season and almost to hearing. We come out of timeouts and failed to make the NCAA Tournament. don’t execute. We start the game and we don’t For the most part, the Longhorns won against understand the situations,” said Head Coach teams they needed to beat. They were 6-1 against Rick Barnes on losing close games against teams they lead in the Big 12 Conference. Their ranked teams. “We haven’t yet realized that if only loss was against Oklahoma State, 90-78. there is a guy on the floor with three fouls that Some of their wins, however, counted as more of we need to go after him. But, I would say the an escape than a win. biggest thing with this group is listening.” Against Texas Tech, Texas surrendered a Despite the Longhorn’s subpar season, junior 10-point run after holding a 25-point lead. UT guard J’Covan Brown had a stellar season. also had trouble closing out Texas A&M after Brown led the Big 12 Conference in scoring, building a nine-point lead. They allowed the averaging 20 points per game. He earned Aggies back in the game with an 11-5 run that a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team, joining brought the Aggies within three points, 60-57. players like Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge, “It’s hard to say because we didn’t play the D.J Augustin and P.J. Tucker. way we wanted to for 40 minutes. We need Unfortunately, Texas was unable to meet its to close out games like this,” said senior high expectations. The only positive thing forward Clint Chapman on Texas’ win against you can take away from this average season Texas Tech. “We played a little bit lax on the is the record against the Aggies. In what defense in the last eight to 10 minutes of the may be UT’s last year playing against Texas second half. That’s where you see a little bit of A&M, it feels good to say that at least the immaturity.” Longhorns were able to take care of business The dilemma for Texas was its shortcomings against the Aggies. against ranked teams. Texas was O-7 against STORY BY BRITTANY LAMAS 118 | TEXAS CRUISED PAST Texas Tech, 74-57. Texas was also the aggressor on offense and made 25 of 31 free throws. Tech only attempted 14 and made nine. The Longhorns converted 19 of 22 free throws in the first half to build a 40-25 lead at the break. PHOTOS BY ELISABETH DILLON 119 _ The Fina Winners s one of the longest running rivalries for both UT and A&M comes to an end after this year, a lot of hype surrounded every matchup. However, the men’s basketball team managed to rise to the occasion both games. During a hit-or-miss season, the A&M games were a bright spot. The first game, played Jan. 11 at the Frank Erwin Center, came out to 61-51. Freshman guard Julien Lewis took control of the game early, nailing two crucial three-pointers in the first half. Leading scorer J’Covan Brown, still struggling after a sprained right ankle, took a backseat this game. Freshman guard Myck Kabongo also helped out after grabbing a steal from A&M on their first possession. Texas had trouble with turnovers and defending A&M’s Jordan Green and Elston Turner. At halftime, the score was 26-24. After the half, UT still couldn’t manage to pull away until the final five minutes. After a defensive rebound from freshman guard Jonathan Holmes, Lewis nailed another three-pointer with less than four minutes to go to put the Longhorns up by nine. Brown’s six free throws in the final minute and the Aggies’ lackluster shooting put the Longhorns up by the largest lead of the game with the final score. UT Coach Rick Barnes credited Lewis’ performance and freshman guard Sheldon McClellan’s defensive performance with the win. “The fact is [the team] really tried hard tonight,” he said after the game. “For Sheldon [McClellan] and Julien [Lewis], they played harder defensively in the last couple of games than they have in their life.” Less than a month later, the Longhorns and Aggies met again, but this time at one of the Big 12’s loudest venues, Reed Arena in College Station. After a seven-game losing streak of games decided by six points or less, the pressure was on for the final matchup with the Aggies. During the game, Brown was a standout, leading with 20 points. McClellan contributed with 15, while freshman forward Jaylen Bond’s eight rebounds were crucial down the stretch. The Aggies bench outperformed the Longhorns during the first half 11 points to two points to put the Aggies up at the end of the first half 34-33. The game was within four points for most of the second half as well. With a few seconds more than a minute left to go, the score was tied 66-66. Holmes committed a costly foul on the Aggies’ Turner who went on to make one free throw and miss one. A layup from Brown on the next play put the Longhorns up 68-67. With 17 seconds left, A&M’s Naji Hibbert sealed the victory for the Longhorns by sending Brown, who started this season with the second-highest career free throw percentage, to the foul line. With two points from Brown, a miss and a point from Turner with three seconds left, UT won the game 70-68. UT will end this version of the LoneStar showdown much like the rest, putting the final tally at UT 137, A&M 85. STORY BY MARIA ROQUE JAYLEN BOND attempts to make a basket at the Texas A&M game. The final score was a victory of 70-68. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON ATTEMPTING to defend the ball, sophomore guard Chassidy Fussell dribbles past her Red Raider opponent. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 122 the alle Ch ampions we, he women’s basketball team had a rollercoaster in College Station. The Longhorns had lost the last 11 season this year with a strong start, heartbreaking straight meetings against the Aggies. Fussell led the team losses and an early exit from the NCAA tournament. with 22 points and four rebounds and Gayle added 17 The Longhorns ended the season with an 18-14 overall points and four rebounds in the 76-71 victory. record and an 8-10 conference record. After early wins “This was one of our goals, to finally beat A&M,” said against Michigan State and the University of California- Gayle. “Everyone was in attack mode.” Berkeley, hopes were high for the team going into a After closing out the season with wins against Oklahoma difficult holiday season schedule. The weaknesses started University (Feb. 25), the University of Missouri (Feb. 28) to show in a difficult game against the Kansas University and Texas A&M (March 4), expectations were high going Jayhawks on Jan. 4. into the Big 12 Championship on March 7 in Kansas City, Sophomore guard Chassidy Fussell and senior point Mo. Those hopes were dashed, however, when the team guard Ashley Gayle led the team’s effort defensively, each was upset in the first round of the tournament by a Texas pulling down nine rebounds and three steals. On the Tech University team that had five players in double other end of the court, the Longhorns could not connect. figures. The final score was 81-58. The team was seven for 27 field goal attempts during the The Longhorns entered the NCAA tournament first half. The defensive performance kept the game close as a ninth seed and faced the eighth-seeded West to end the first half at Longhorns 20, Jayhawks 30. The Virginia Mountaineers in Norfolk, Va. on March 17. The Longhorns’ shooting struggles continued in the second combination of a shooting slump from the Longhorns (one half, only putting four points on the scoreboard in the for 10) and an 18-2 run by the Mountaineers to close out first ten minutes of the half. The Jayhawks were up by 23 the first half put the Longhorns down by 13 at the break. points with less than ten minutes left to play. Senior guard Texas put together an impressive comeback with less Ashleigh Fontenette led the Longhorns’ comeback with than ten minutes remaining, coming within three with an aggressive performance on both sides of the court. The six minutes left to play. The Mountaineers pulled away Longhorns were able to cut the Jayhawk lead to three with again with led by sophomore guard Taylor Palmer. The 14 seconds left to play, but a missed three-pointer from Mountaineers won by 13 points with a final score of 68-55. Fontenette and two free throws from Kansas junior guard A few days later, Gostenkors held a press conference Angel Goodrich put the final score at 72-67. to announce her resignation. She attributed some of the “Watching it, I felt like the passion, the intensity, the teams’ struggles this season to injuries. “I’m not one to focus that you need to play just didn’t seem to me like it make excuses and that’s one of the things we always tell was there early on,” Head Coach Gail Gostenkors said after our players is that there are no excuses,” she said. “But the game. “I saw it the last 10 minutes, and that’s who we I think it would have been helpful to have a few more need to be and play like for 40 minutes.” healthy players this year.” The Longhorns were able to pull off a win against Texas A&M, then no. 12 in the standings, one week later STORY BY RACHEL NITSCHKE DURING the Texas Tech game, point guard Cokie Reed looks to pass the ball to one of her team mates. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 123 Winter Wonderland ustin (and Texas, in general) doesn’t have the benefit of seeing the streets covered in snow every winter. So to make some hopeful and optimistic students’ wishes come true, the Student Events Center committee on campus decided to put on a Winter Wonderland for the campus and students to enjoy. The festivities took place Jan. 30 in front of Gregory Gym from 3-9 pm. Students were able to enjoy tasting the free hot chocolate and cookies, decorating their own winter themed frame, and getting your picture taken for free. Of course, no wintry themed event is complete without ice skating. The SEC committee made it possible for people to actually ice skate in the Gregory Gym plaza by having a slab of what some thought was similar to “synthetic ice” surrounded by railings. Some described it as a “plastic with a lubricant.” The ice was actually a synthetic silicon that had a wet, slippery surface. The lack of friction against the skates created a similar to feeling to skating on real ice. Students were able to rent ice skates for free with a UT ID. Karina Lopez, a junior government major, had an interesting time at the event. “I thought the whole event was fun, since there was hot chocolate and cookies, and the ice-skating part was interesting,” Lopez explained. “We were skating on some slab of chalky fake ice---I was very intrigued by what we were skating on. Nonetheless, it was fun.” After a drizzle of rain at 5 p.m. kept some off the rink, students still came back to ice under the stars after it was dark around 7:30 p.m. The whole event gave UT students the chance to enjoy some winter celebrations and the joy of ice skating, since the crazy Texas weather can only allow so much winter festivities to occur. STORY BY AKSHATA STEPHEN 124 | ssOates n the clear morning in early February, the sky above Austin wasn’t just a bright shade of blue. Instead, it carried violets, blues, greens, pinks and oranges for the Annual Color Run. Thousands of Austinites run the five-kilometer race while being bombarded with an all-natural corn starch- based paint as they run the five-kilometer race. “l’ve never done anything like it,” freshman communications major Emily , | Hughes said. “Since I’ve always wanted to help out with Habitat for Humanity, I decided to run.” Ten percent of the run’s proceeds went to Habitat for Humanity. Austin was AUSTIN’S COLOR RUN began in Walter E. Long Park, while proceeds went to Habitat for Humanity. PHOTO BY DANIELLE VILLASANA pne of 20 cities to host a Color Run this year. The race started in downtown “Going through it was very difficult, since it rained and it was really muddy,” Austin in Walter E. Long Park and ended in the same area with a huge Hughes said, “but we all had a spirit about it. At the end of the race was a huge estival for the exhausted runners. The runners pass through the five “color colored powder paint party, and that’s how most of us became doused in an array sones,” and end a rainbow of different colors and sweat. Bystanders in each of colors.” bf the color zones are given their color paint and instructed to pepper the Not only was the Color Run a beneficial fundraising opportunity for society, it was junners as they pass by. Runners in the “high color zones” on the outside also a crazy, chaotic and color-filled event where Austinites everywhere could join in anes were hit the most. on the fun, contributing towards the artistic yet eccentric side Austin has to offer. + Hughes explained that at each one mile mark, bystanders threw a STORY BY AKSHATA STEPHEN Wlifferent color powder at the runners. Dance It Off ixteen students line up in the second-floor gym only cool with talking to someone I don’t know, but even in the Anna Hiss Gymnasium building, facing grabbing them for a quick dance.” each other in boy-girl pairs. Most are giggling Greene joined three years ago as a sophomore while nervously and talking until the instructor calls them to he was dating Brackett. Now, the two are just dance attention. partners and co-ofhicers. Greene serves as the group’s The room goes quiet and each set of hands connects. treasurer. “One-two-three, cross body lead, one-two-three cross His favorite aspect of his position is watching the body lead,” the instructor says while trotting in a circle students in class. with his arms stretched around the waist of an invisible “It’s so awesome to just see everyone dancing and dance partner. know that I helped do this,” he says. “If you just give The instructor is demonstrating the first steps ballroom a try, it’ll change your life.” of a Salsa move that ends with the man twirling his Greene now competes in ballroom competitions, even partner into a “cuddle,” or the man’s hands crossing his traveling to New York City last fall to dance the Jive, Cha partner’s waist from behind. The students are taking Cha and Rumba at the Big Apple DanceSport Challenge. the Beginner Salsa class, held every Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Latin dances are his favorite, along with a Swing as part of Texas Ballroom’s eight hours of dance classes dance called the Lindy Hop that came from the Harlem, offered every week. NY. jazz scene in the 1920s. Liz Brackett, the vice president of the organization For Evelyn Gaucin, a freshman public relations major, and a senior Biology major, tries to come every Tuesday swing dances aren’t her favorite. for the Salsa class. She joined Texas Ballroom as a “It’s salsa for me,” she says. “I’m Hispanic, but it’s not sophomore without any experience in ballroom dance. just that. When I am Salsa dancing, I feel like a woman.” “There were definitely times when I didn’t know what Gaucin joined the group this year in her first semester I was doing,” she says. “I had taken ballet and jazz for ten at UT. “I was so nervous when I first started,” she says. years, but there were so many things that I didn’t know.” “But I remember that second week of classes, ] was in What kept Brackett coming back was the people. class doing the Salsa, and all of a sudden, I just got it. 1 “lye met almost all of my close friends from class, and needed to just let myself go.” now I just love the social aspect,” she says. Every few Gaucin has also participated in a few competitions minutes, the students rotate to a new partner, who, in an this year. She danced the Foxtrot, Tango, Salsa and West organization with 115 members, is often a stranger. Coast Swing in November at Rice University. Jacob Greene, a senior double majoring in architecture “Dancing in front of people was cool and I felt like I and philosophy, says the “dancing with strangers” aspect was really good at this, being a dancer,” she says. has had the most payoff for him in real life. Texas Ballroom does have another benefit. “You'll be “At first, 1 wouldn’t say that I was really comfortable the life of any party, trust me,” Greene adds. just going up and being OK with myself enough to talk to someone | don’t know,” he says. “Now, it’s like I’m not STORY BY RACHEL NITSCHKE DURING A SWING DANCING lesson, members of Texas Ballroom learn to dip their partners. Texas Ballroom met multiple times each week, focusing on a different style of dance each time. PHOTO BY CHARLIE PEARCE 128 | TEXAS BALLROOM MEMBERS swiftly change partners. Partners constantly changed during lessons, as the men created a circle around the room while the women rotated positions after a couple of minutes. PHOTO BY CHARLIE PEARCE ve 129 The 5 D’s of Dodgehall odge, dip, duck, dive and dodge. That’s what Rip Torn’s character Patches O’Houlihan listed as the five D’s of dodgeball in the 2004 movie “Dodgeball.” On Feb. 17, 31 teams making up 112 students put all those into practice in UT’s first ever intramural dodgeball tournament. “We were definitely excited to get dodgeball started. We filled up almost immediately as soon as rules were posted,” said Jon Hager, a graduate assistant with Intramural Sports. There was a lot of diversity amongst the 112 total dodgeball players that evening. Whether they were friends, people just getting to know each other, classmates or sorority sisters, students of all majors made the kickoff of this tournament a fun success. “We had a lot of fun, hanging out with friends and meeting new people,” said Rachel Baine, a sophomore marketing major and team member of Sweatpants No Underwear. The rulebook was pretty simple. All teams were co-ed with three females and three males per team. Each game lasted thirty minutes with six balls on the court. When the referee yells “One, two, three dodgeball!” each team makes a mad dash to grab one of the balls lined up on the half-court line. After grabbing a ball, each team has five seconds to aim their balls at the opposing team. If a player is hit with the ball, they’re sidelined, but if he or she catches a ball instead, a sidelined teammate can come back on the court. Some students took the game seriously, while others saw it as a throwback to their elementary school days. “I haven’t played dodgeball since the fifth grade. It’s kind of a sport for us non-athletic losers,” said Evan Atherton, an advertising graduate student and member of team We Kick Ads. For the more competitive of the teams, there was one serious rule: no face shots. “One of the team captains had been talking to one of our officials for a while, and ended up playing that official later on in the tournament,” said Fletcher Edgington, an intramural program assistant. “He told us, ‘he was so nice earlier. But he was really scary to play against. He threw really hard.” The tournament consisted of a total of 31 games and four pools of teams. Advancers from Pool A were “Sweatpants No Underwear” and “Balls Deep.” Advancing teams from Pool B were “The Sorostitutes” and “915.” Teams advanced from Pool C were “Some of the Hardest Throwers in the League” and “Striking Cobras.” Teams advanced from Pool D were “Nutrition with Attitude” and “We Throw You Die.” “Nutrition with Attitude” took the cake though and has bragging rights to winning the first IM dodgeball tournament in UT history. STORY BY MARIA ROQUE 130| WINTER IN AN ATTEMPT to take possession for their team, Edgar Palomo, Charishma Alur, and Brooke Gillespie sprint toward the dodgeballs. 31 different teams competed in the tournament. PHOTO BY AUSTIN DAVISON TAKING POSSESSION OF TWO BALLS, one of the players gets ready to attack. At the end fo the day, team “Nutrition with Attitude” left with the title and a year’s worth of bragging rights. PHOTO BY AUSTIN DAVISON REFEREES SHREENDAM PARIKH and Charles Edington watch one of the dodgeball games they were to officiate. Referees watched over the tournament that consisted of 112 students. PHOTO BY AUSTIN DAVISON 131 ee oe ea a ete Library Assistant Sasan Rezale is better known campus-wide as the “PCL Voice.” Sasan has spoken over the intercom at the Perry Castaneda Library during late crunch-time hours for more than two years. In June, “The intercom voice at PCL” had Pee aSon le more than 2,500 fans. isa’ ee eS on es ae aai oN a‘ oe oleae i oe eas aAllce R evo lution ustin is known as city for “When we were trying to get people to marathon runners, but Texas Thon sign up for the event, they were turned puts a whole new meaning behind off to the name of Dance Marathon,” Paul ‘marathon, Each year, UT students put Lopez, a recruitment chair member, said. their dancing shoes on for 12 hours to raise “So we called it Texas Thon, and we started money for the Children’s Miracle Network pitching it in a different way and so far at Dell Children’s Hospital. that has had an impact we have about sixty Each dancer is required to solicit a more participants than we did last year.” minimum of $100 in donations from family, Aside from changing their name to friends and their fellow students in order appeal to more people they have turned to participate. This year’s dancers raised their focus to attracting more organization $50,838.51 for the hospital. such as fraternities and honor societies. A big change this year came with the They have also moved further away from rebranding of the event from its past dancing and focus more onjust standing moniker of “Dance Marathon” to the on your feet. They do this with games, current name of “Texas Thon.” activities, and dancing. “When I was a freshman an organization a difference because UT is such a large I was in was a part of it, I just participated diverse campus.” it in my first year,” Katlyn Leowl, the moral Even with the new changes and more co-chair, said. “This year has changed the people, the group’s focus has stayed the most. Every year we’ve increased in the same: to help afflicted children. amount of money we raised.” “It’s just great the heart is still there By presenting the event in a new light though all of these people who are here and changing the name, more people are today care so much about these children. taking notice, and the group raised twice They just want to do strangers big favor as much money as last year’s group. and raise money for these kids who need “The next step is to get even more it,” Baskin said. “We stand for the kids who participation because we want to be on the can’t stand for themselves.” same levels as other big state universities,” Chelsea Baskin, a junior business major and dancer, said. “If we get everyone to STORY BY NICHOLAS CARTER work together we could make so much of PHOTO BY MARISA VASQUEZ ae ee a Ble ae a a nt aw ae 5 a cone the . Pp rojec t any UT students may not have even Carpenter, Texas Exes assistant director. known where the Dove Springs and “Longhorns get out there and help their Onion Creek neighborhoods were before communities. This is about passionate people that Feb, 25. But on that day, more than 2,000 students, are doing things to change the world.” faculty, staff and alumni came together to paint Due to the event’s popularity, H-E-B, Home Depot murals, planted gardens and landscaped in 12 work and 1House have donated money, painting supplies, sites across the two neighborhoods. gardening tools and other resources. “The people of Dove Springs were so happy that “The Project is a huge event in Austin,” said UT students took the time out of their day and Amory Baril, the coordinator for UT’s volunteer out of their lives to come here and spent a day programs. “So many students participate in service with everyone in the community,” said Charlotte projects while they’re at UT, and now they can stay Hockens, a committee chairman for the project and involved after they graduate.” senior government major. “The community was so One of the attractive features of The Project is excited to have the students come, and that made it the alumni who come back year after year to join exciting for us.” the cause. “The Project” started in 1999 when a group of “We mainly do beautification projects, such as students joined with Keep Austin Beautiful staff landscaping, mulching and painting,” Cleveland for a student-run service project in the East Austin said. “However, some sites get a little more Rosewood community. Since then, the project has complicated, so volunteers do repairs as well. This expanded to become one of the largest single-day is a great opportunity for UT alumni to continue student-run service events in Texas. their passion for community service even after “It’s a good opportunity to show the community, leaving campus.” not only in Austin but all over the globe, that Longhorns aren’t just about sports,” said Laura STORY BY NICHOLAS CARTER FRESHMAN KRISTY HAN scrapes off old paint on the fence at the Dove Springs Recreation Center during The Project. Students performed similar beautification tasks throughout 12 different worksites in the Dove Springs and Onion Creek communities. PHOTO BY SKYLAR ISDALE UT STUDENT PUTS MULCH into a wheel barrow to be placed around newly planted trees at the Dove Springs Recreation Center. PHOTO BY SKYLAR ISDALE The American Short Course Championships, the final opportunity of the season for Texas swimmers to post qualifying times for the NCAA championships, proved successful for Longhorn swimmers. Photo by Elisabeth Dillon 138 | Swimming for Gold he 2012 has been one of great success and achievement for the Longhorn Swimming and Diving teams. For the men, the season started in October at the two-day Mansfield Invitational in Mansfield, Texas. A first place finish there set the stage for the season to come. In all meets, the men’s team only lost twice. The highlight of the season was the team’s spectacular performance at the Big 12 Championships in Colombia, Mo. They came in first with a total of 1014.5 points. This brings the total up to 33 consecutive conference titles. Standouts at the Big 12 conference for UT this year were Nick D’Innocenzo named the Most Outstanding Swimmer for the second straight year, Drew Livingston with his fourth consecutive Most Outstanding Diver honor, and Kip Darmody, was named Newcomer of the Meet. Coaches received praise as well; head coach Eddie Reese was named Swim Coach of the Meet for the eleventh time while Matt Scoggin earned the Diving Coach of the Meet award for the eighth time. Two divers, Divers Matt Cooper and Drew Livingston, and 15 swimmers, Jimmy Feigen, Eric Friedland, Michael McBroom, Neil Caskey, AustinSurhoff, Dax Hill, Cole Cragin, Nick D’Innocenzo, Charlie Moore, Jackson Wilcox, Kyle McNeilis, Tripp Cooper, Kip Darmody, Jake Ritter, and Clay Youngquist, qualified for the NCAA Championships at Federal Way Washington, and competed for Texas on March 22 to 24. For the Women, the season started on Oct. 21 with first place finish at the SMU Women’s Swimming and Diving Classic. Out of all of their regular season meets, they only had one loss. They earned a respectable second place at the Big 12 Championships in Colombia, Mo. with 873 points. Thirteen lady Longhorn swimmers and two divers qualified for the NCAA Championships this year that took place at Auburn University March 15 to 17. Longhorns ended up finishing in ninth place after the three-day competition. They have finished in the top 10 in 11 of the last 13 seasons and in four of the six seasons under head coach Kim Brackin. Ten standout team members were recognized for top 16 performances and earned a combined 20 All-America honors and seven honorable mention All-America ORT honors. These are Bethany Adams, Kelsey Amundsen, Karlee Bispo, Kelsey LeNeave, Ellen Lobb, Lily Moldenhauer, Katie Riefenstahl, Laura Sogar, Samantha Tucker, and Diana Wilcox. Despite the loss in Auburn, Alabama, Kelsey Amundsen, a junior swimmer, still said the experience was positive. “There have definitely been ups and downs. Overall it has been a pretty good experience. I am happy with how I did. It was a learning experience for us,” Amundsen said. “It is great that they made it and there was a lot of teaching and learning going on this weekend. It was a good experience for our team.” SR — STORY BY MARIA ROQUE fo THE AMERICAN SHORT COURSE RELAYS, held at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center, offer 10 events, five each for men and women. The three-day event is a final opportunity for swimmers from colleges across the country to earn points to qualify for the NCAA swimming championships. 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Fire led an inspirational lecture titled, “Hope, This comment sparked a reaction from one Butler described the band’s relationship with Haiti, & Service” as part of the Distinguished audience member who was personally offended the non-profit organization, “..it was a real Speakers Series. The band focused their talk by the remark. Stephanie Mejia, University revelation because everything we had been on campus involvement in projects to improve of Texas student and Publicity Officer for thinking about, they had been thinking about social and health conditions in Haiti. The four the Distinguished Speakers Committee that for years and years”. . members discussed their involvement in the helped to organize the event said, “..that is The ongoing spread of the band’s music has non-profit healthcare charity organization exactly the kind of stuff I did in middle school ultimately benefitted the country of Haiti with ealled Partners in Health (PIH) and and high school and I could see from their each concert attendee. The friendship forged highlighted Haiti culture in connection with faces that people truly appreciated our help.” between the country and Arcade Fire has their personal lives and to their music. While attitudes toward volunteer efforts become a service effort that draws in crowds Nearly 700 students attended the lecture differed, Stephanie commented on their of people to become involved in volunteering. at the LBJ Auditorium in the Thompson compassion and enthusiasm toward their “l’m really excited about people learning about Conference Center where the Grammy cause for Haiti, “I think that [their effort in Haiti because it is so great,” band member winning band answered questions from the helping Haiti] inspires their fans and hopefully _ Regine Chassagne said. “It’s like helping a audience. One question about the dangers other celebrities to do the same.” friend become the best they can be.” of sending money to countries unmonitored Topics of inquiry also included their At the end of the lecture, Arcade Fire sparked controversy. Lead singer Win Butler advocacy for Haiti and their charity efforts involved the audience with an impromptu stated that the concern about charity efficiency with PIH through donations made by the band. acoustic performance of “Haiti’ and “Wake Up”. is one that should arise when people donate Butler detailed the success of their service STORY BY PAEPIN GOLF money. He commented, “If I donate a bunch work over the past four years noting that the PHOTO BY REBECA RODRIGUEZ ayA PLAYER A Forty Acre Fiesta ather than rushing from class to class with energy to set the mood, Music Entertainment books in hand, students strolled campus Committee advisor Dylan Smith said. from booth to booth with prizes in hand “It is our job to find a headliner who appeals down the South and East Malls. to a large number of students, is available and The 20th annual Forty Acres Fest hosted almost affordable,” Smith said. “Minus The Bear offered all 100 organization’s booths offering food, games, of those things and will create a good atmosphere.” henna tattoos, caricatures and inflatable obstacle Smith said although he enjoyed Minus The Bear, courses. Entertainment was provided by multiple seeing the student musicians and organizations student artists, and ended with the indie rock band coming together to give students a good time Minus The Bear as the headliner. while promoting their causes was the most exciting “We all need this right now,” Melissa Herman part of the day. said, organization co-chair and American studies “There is something at Forty Acres [Fest] for sophomore. “The end of the semester can be a everyone,” he said. “It’s so good to see months of stressful time because of finals and everything, so hard work paying off and everyone having fun it’s definitely nice to have the opportunity to beat together whether they are here to listen to great up a car for a couple of dollars on campus.” music, support great causes or just relax with Herman said the committee of 22 students began friends.” planning for the event in September. She said more Global Medical Training is one organization who organizations than ever signed up to participate participated in the festival this year. They had a pie this year, and creative planning was necessary throwing booth with candy and information about to accommodate them because of the current re- their organization. grassing of South Mall. “Forty Acres Fest is one of the biggest events of “One thing that has been different this year is the year, so we really wanted to take advantage of there is construction on South Mall so we have had the opportunity to tell people about us,” Melanie to work around that,” she said. “Booths went down Molina, Global Medical Training member and East Mall when they usually just go down South biology and Spanish senior, said. “It’s a great way Mall. It’s been very interesting to work around, but to recruit members and have fun.” it went fine.” Minus The Bear was chosen as this year’s STORY BY KAYLA JOHNSON headliner because their music brings a positive ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED /N THE DAILY TEXAN 148 | ANISH MOMIN, FINANCE MAJOR, goes up against Kashan Ali Qazi, mechanical angineering major, at the bungee run during M0 Acres Fest. The 20th annual Forty Acres est had food, henna tattoos, and obstacle courses. PHOTO BY BATLI JOSELEVITZ MINUS THE BEAR headlines this year’s Forty Acres Fest. Multiple bands, including a variety of student performers played earlier in the afternoon. PHOTOS BY MARISA VASQUEZ 149 A FULL SPECTRUM of colored powder flies through the air on the South Lawn. Holl was attended by approximately 3,000 participants this year — breaking previous records for the festival. PHOTOS BY TAYLOR BARRON ellow, pink and blue powder flew across campus as students welcomed the arrival of spring and celebrated Holi. Hosted by the Hindu Students Association, hundrends of students participated in Holi on the Main Mall through the traditional throwing of colorful powders. Holi, or the Festival of Colors, is a festival observing the beginning of spring and is celebrated by Hindus worldwide. Public health sophomore Navya Singirikonda said this commemoration is in honor of the god Krishna and his desire to be like everybody else. “Ks a child, he went to his mother and continuously asked her why he was darker than the other kids,” Singirikonda said. “His mother then took color powder and covered the kids so they would look the same.” The idea of welcoming spring, unity and joy are the central themes of Holi, Singirikonda said. 150 | Holi included participants throwing rang, or colored powder, at “Tt is a social gathering and really a fun time,” Amsavelu said. “It is just a each other while music spun by DJ Anish played. good opportunity to be with friends and other students.” Between each round, participants were given water balloons to Jaimin Patel, HSA president and biochemistry senior, said this year’s festival throw at each other. had the largest attendance ever with approximately 3,000 participants. “While it is a religiously motivated event, it is celebrated Patel said the festival was also covered by Longhorn Network which brought culturally throughout the region,” Singirikonda said. a new level of excitement to the event. Suwetha Amsavelu, Plan II and biology senior said seeing so “When everyone comes to Holi, there are various races and skin colors, but by many different students participate was truly remarkable. the time they leave, you cannot tell the difference because everyone is covered “In the end Holi is a religious event, so it is a true testament to in color,” Patel said. how open the UT community really is when you see people of all backgrounds come and check out this event,” Amsavelu said. STORY BY SHANNON KINTNER Amsavelu said she started participating in Holi more upon ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED /N THE DAILY TEXAN arriving at UT than in her hometown. 1St f' ‘p POV Z Vz 2 Sse SE tel { ‘= } LUE THE nless you were fortunate enough to catch attempted to do A$AP Rocky’s freestyle, and Jay-Z’s exclusive performance at the ACL although his flow may not be as smooth as the one Moody Theater, most music patrons did and only “Pretty Muthafucka,” London pulled it off. not really get a taste of what SXSW had to offer Although London put on a great show, it was until later. Opening up the music portion of the Santigold who killed it. Her band, decked out in annual festival were an assortment of groups, Devo-like 1980s apparel, went through songs “L.E.S. including Santigold, Theophilus London, Danny Artistes,” “Big Mouth” and “Creator.” For “Creator,” Brown, and Delta Spirit. the electropop songstress brought fans onstage La Zona Rosa foreshadowed the fun and to dance along with her. The different selection of unpredictability that SXSW is expected to bring dance moves offered by participants had Santigold with its Warner Sound Showcase. Up-and-coming amused and fans pleased; the onstage dancers artist Neon Hitch had no problem dazzling the received a round of applause from the audience, crowd with her sultry decor and sexy dance-club and a look of approval from the singer herself. tracks. Although the artist only performed three Warner Sound weren’t the only ones causing songs, it was more than enough; ending with “Love a ruckus; on the other side of town at 1100 U Betta,” the scandily-clad songstress dropped it Warehouse, rap magazine XXL hosted their low, leaving concertgoers on an energetic high. Freshmen Showcase, highlighting some of the Following Neon Hitch was Outasight, a rapper year’s brightest new rappers. The set included and singer based out of Yonkers, New York. It’s no rappers Future, Hopsin and the local Kydd, but wonder the guy has worked with the likes of Asher it was up-and-comer Danny Brown who stole the Roth; his party-friendly rhymes and sing-along show. His hair fluffed up and in disarray, Brown choruses were the perfect formula for La Zona looked like a madman whose schizophrenic Rosa’s young crowd. vocal delivery only contributed to his maniacal Theophilus London took to the stage soon after, demeanor. Switching between a high-pitched nasal and offered plenty of classics and new songs for drawl and declarative shouts, Brown’s performance fans. “Last Name London” and “Flying Overseas” was made even better by his charisma, giving the were mere appetizers to London’s new tracks, crowd a hyped-up set that will prepare them for the including the “Big Spender,” which features A¢AP shows up ahead. Rocky on the track. An onslaught of bass from the monitors had the crowd bumping butts; London STORY BY ELIJAH WATSON ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY TEXAN SXSW SHIFTS AUSTIN into a global stage for small local artists and international phenomenons. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Santigold takes the stage at La Zona Rosa. PHOTO BY ZACH STRAIN, Kasabian helped close out the Stubb's Interactive party. PHOTO BY PU HUANG, The Stubb's Interactive party welcomed hundreds of guests to their outdoor stage. PHOTO BY NATHAN GOLDSMITH, Theophilus London performed with his band at La Zona Rosa. PHOTO BY ZACH STRAIN 155 XSW FILM FESTIVAL $335 33 i+f ?i Pesssaee ienee Tt PEEANs se8 moe KIMBRA PERFORMS “Cameo Lover” at the Warner Sound SXSW Show March 14. PHOTO BY SHANNON KiINTNER JOSS WHEDON, proudcer of “Cabin in the Woods” is interviewed on the red carpet. His film had its worldwide premiere in Austin. PHOTO BY JORGE CORONA ASAP ROCKY PERFORMS at the 2012 mtvU Woody Awards, March 15. PHOTO BY ZACH STRAIN 156 | Sounding Off t’s not uncommon to find the third day of SXSW overwhelming. Where Tuesday and Wednesday saw an array of acts getting acquainted with the Texas vibe, by Thursday those groups are all ready to go, playing an assortment of shows jam-packed into one day. Hardcore punk group Trash Talk had the best performance of the day, playing alongside Cloud Nothings, Cities Aviv and Danny Brown at the Pitchfork Day Party. Trash Talk, a group notorious for their catastrophic performances, did not disappoint. With feedback bleeding through the speakers and waves of distortion swallowing the inside stage of the Mohawk, Trash Talk went right into their set. It was amazingly gruesome; bodies by the dozen were hitting the floor, and maniacal frontman Lee Spielman had no problem guiding his flock into absolute madness. “Everybody run around me,” said Spielman as he sat down in the middle of the circle pit, as if channeling their energy for his own use. “I want people to jump off the speakers, stage, soundboard; anything,” said Spielman before Trash Talk ended. Fans took those words to heart; no one was safe from the bodies diving in mid air. Aside from the enjoyable chaos that ensued at the Mohawk, most of the events were much more tame. The mtvU Woodie Awards featured performances from Santigold, A¢AP Rocky, Mac Miller and Steve Aoki. A$AP Rocky performed earlier in the day; the “Pretty Mothafucka” had fans energized for the rest of the day’s performances, stage-diving during his set. Steve Aoki’s show finished things off; the electronic artist brought out Lil’ Jon and Chidera Anamege from Chiddy Bang to hype the crowd up. The night served as a special moment for artists Mac Miller, Best Coast and Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), who all received a Woodie Award. Rapper MGK, who won this year’s Breaking Woodie Award, was excited about his winning. “Dreams do come true,” said MGK. “MGK is a very on the edge type of artist, and people either love me or hate me. So it was definitely surprising.” STORY BY ELIJAH WATSON ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED /N THE DAILY TEXAN FUN. PERFORMS at the 2012 mtvU Woody Awards, March 15. PHOTO BY ZACH STRAIN BREE SC gS SE eee aE ON SATURDAY the Phi Psi and Phi Delt fraternities host a multitude of festivities. In the afternoon, guests were encouraged to eat crawfish, drink beer and margaritas and slip down water slides. At night, rap artist Baby Bash performed on the stage in the fraternity house. PHOTOS BY CHARLIE PEARCE 160 | 161 leadoff batter in the second frame. The next Blue Devils hitter doubled before a throwing error by sophomore Erich Weiss allowed Duke to score two runs and the Longhorns to fall behind for the first time this season. CONTINUED ON PAGE 165 Se PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 62 | SPRING - out cia eae ee INFIELDER Eric Weiss slides into homebase in a game against Texas State University. PHOTO BY RYAN EDWARDS THE BASEBALL TEAM practices at the UFCU Disch-Falk Field. PHOTOS BY ELISABETH DILLON 164 | : Safe! | ut Texas didn’t trail for long as it Longhorns took a commanding 5-2 lead. took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the Freshman pitcher Parker French also second inning, thanks to a two-run made his college debut Saturday, throwing double by sophomore right fielder Mark three innings of scoreless relief for Texas Payton and an RBI sac fly from freshman after taking over for Milner in the sixth second baseman Brooks Marlow. Milner inning. The most impressive moment of lasted five innings while allowing four hits French’s outing came when he got out and three runs, striking out three to pick of an eighth-inning bases-loaded jam by up the win as the Longhorns triumphed striking out Duke shortstop Matt Berezo. over the Blue Devils, 5-3, and swept the Then, sophomore Corey Knebel, who tied a season-opening doubleheader. school record with 19 saves, picked up his “The best thing about the second game second save of the day by retiring the side was the instinctive response to going in the ninth inning. behind,” said Texas head coach Augie “At first, I think the nerves kind of got to Garrido. “If it intimidates a team, you'll see me,” French said. “For a second, I thought it. If it doesn’t and they respond to it, well, they were [going to take me out.] That was you saw it. Now that’s good a sign.” huge to see the confidence they had in me Texas was the beneficiary of several Duke in that situation. That’s just going to bring miscues in the fourth inning. Sophomore me more confidence down the road.” shortstop Christian Summers drew a four- Payton and Maitland, listed at 5’8” and pitch walk, which was followed by a single 5/11”, respectively, led the way for the from senior center fielder Tim Matiland. Longhorns offensively in the second game. Just a .206 hitter last year, Maitland filled Maitland, batting in the ninth spot of the in for junior Cohl Walla, who suffered a Texas lineup, went 2-for-4 and scored twice season-ending knee injury earlier this while Payton, the Longhorns’ leadoff batter, month, and went 3-for-6 between the two went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs. contests. Texas caps off its series against Duke Marlow, who hit a pair of homeruns Sunday at noon, when freshman John in Game 1, and Weiss each drew walks Curtiss starts on the mound for the to push another run across the plate. Longhorns and tries to help them sweep After Blue Devils starting pitcher Trent the Blue Devils. Stewart, a true freshman making his college baseball debut was pulled, a passed STORY BY CHRIS HUMMER, ORIGINALLY ball allowed another run to score as the PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY TEXAN Texas Classic Despite a chilly afternoon afternoon in which snow flurries and sleet made appearances throughout the game, Texas capped off a very successful weekend tournament with an 8-0 run- / ruled victory against the Colorado State Rams on Feb. 9. The No. 18 Longhorns went 5-0 in the Texas Classic, their season-opening tournament. CONTINUED ON PAGE 169 Peer ee on ea) PHOTO BY LAWRENCE PERT es TAYLOR HOAGLAND WATCHES her homerun ball as it sails over the fence. The Longhorns’ bats came alive as they scored 61 runs over the weekend tournament, and ruled the Colorado State Rams. PHOTO BY MARISA VASQUEZ BLAIR LUNA PREPARES a pitch against Colorado State Sunday in the Texas Classic. Luna is part of the Longhorns’ powerful pitching staff that didn’t give up a single run all weekend. The last time Texas went five games without giving up a run was in 2007. PHOTO BY MARISA VASQUEZ 168 | he Texas offense was overpowering at the Feb. 13 game and scored 60 runs against none for the visitors in five games. Four of the five games were ended early by a run rule, which occurs when a team is up by at least seven runs after five innings. In addition to the victory against the Rams, the Longhorns defeated Cal State Fullerton, 23-0, on February in five innings and defeated UTSA twice, both in five innings. Texas beat the Roadrunners, 15-0 and 8-0 the same weekend. The Longhorns were forced into seven innings only once, a 6-0 victory in their first game against the Rams on Saturday evening. The 23-0 victory against Cal State Fullerton was a single-game Texas record for runs scored. Senior Lexy Bennett and junior Taylor Hoagland both headlined the Texas offense. Bennett had two home runs and scored eight runs with 11 RBI on the weekend. Hoagland, who opened Sunday’s game with a solid home run to center field, connected for three home runs and eight RBI on four hits. In total, the Longhorns produced a staggering 62 hits in 27 innings. “I think as a team, everyone is going up to bat with one goal — just getting their job done,” Bennett said. “Regardless of how many outs or how many people are on base, you want to get the runs in. If there is no one on, we’re trying to get on base to make something happen.” Despite the easy victories, the Texas b coaching staff remains cautious about the rest of the season. They understand that the true test comes against tougher conference opponents when Big 12 play begins against Texas Tech in March. “We want to continue to play, battle and compete,” said Texas head coach Connie Clark. “Everyone is really committed and zeroed in... We still need to commit to bunts and get those down and that’s going to be something we continue to work on going forward.” Texas also lived up to expectations in the circle and on defense. The Longhorn pitching staff, led by junior All-American Blaire Luna, produced 27 innings of shutout pitching while only allowing 10 hits in five games. Luna pitched two complete games with 22 strike outs. Junior Kim Bruins, sophomore Rachel Fox and freshman Gabby Smith each started over the weekend. The Longhorn defense had a nearly perfect weekend with only two errors. “We have a solid defense and obviously a very good battery,” Clark said. STORY BY SARA BETH PURDY ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED /N THE DAILY TEXAN Perfect MATCH f you don’t like the weather in Texas, wait fifteen minutes and it will change. With the groundbreaking of UT’s new $8 million indoor tennis facility, tennis players won't have to deal with weather disrupting their lightning fast serves again. The Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center will open on the grounds of the University of Texas Golf Club in the summer of 2012. Thanks to the new addition, UT joins the ranks of major universities like Vanderbilt and Purdue with indoor tennis facilities. At the center, our players can practice their backhands at one of six indoor tennis courts and four outdoor tennis courts. “This facility is something our tennis programs have needed very badly,” said UT head women’s tennis coach, Patty Fendick-McCain. “We're absolutely thrilled to have a venue we can use in inclement weather and as a back-up site for our home matches.” In the past, certain matches have had to be canceled or postponed because of heavy rains, thunder, lightning, and even severe heat. But thanks to the new indoor tennis facility, coaches and players will be able to move the tournament or practice from the Penick-Allison Tennis Center on the UT campus to the new facility whenever weather threatens to derail the team’s plans. Coaches predict that the new facility will better prepare players to compete against teams who practice primarily indoors. For players used to playing mainly outdoors, transitioning to indoor matches takes time and practice. “Being able to practice indoors will reduce the chances of injury and illness, and it will maximize our opportunities to work with our student-athletes,” Fendick-McCain added. “We compete in national individual and team indoor events throughout the season, often against teams who are primarily indoor teams. Now, we will have greater opportunities to prepare for those matches.” STORY BY CASSY MARTINEZ 170 | TEXAS MEN'S Tennis Team plays a set of doubles against the UT Arlington team. PHOTO BY AUSTIN DAVISON SENIOR KRISTA DAMICO defeats Brittany Wowchuk of Northwestern University 6-2, 6-3 on March 2. PHOTO BY ZACHARY STRAIN 171 Fee When the Texas Track & Field team hits the ground, they hit the ground running. This year’s team even includes a few students that qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Sprinter Christy Udoh begins a race at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station. Texas placed second in both the men’s and women’s team rankings behind Texas A&M. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON 172 |SPRING oe . : Reha a JUNIOR POLE VAULTER Hayden Clark clears the bar at the 2012 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station. Clark tied for seventh at the meet with a final height of 4.85 meters. PHOTO BY ELISABETH DILLON iv a a ae 174| SPRING Leaps & Bounds he Longhorns’ spring track and field season The youth on Texas’ roster contributed to the strong came to an end at the NCAA Outdoor start by the men with All-American performances by Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The underclassmen. Sophomore Ryan Dohner finished men’s team started strongly, but finished tied for ninth seventh in the 10,000m run, while freshman Ryan place with 22 points on the weekend while the women’s Crouser finished fourth in the discus throw. team finished in 11th place with 20 points. A pair of sophomores, Danielle Dowie and Christy Junior Marquise Goodwin, also one of the Longhorns’ Udoh, also performed well for the women’s team, taking football stars, set the pace for men’s team, winning his matching sixth place finishes in the 400m hurdles and second national championship in the long jump on the 200m dash, respectively. Dowie, along with Angele first day of competition. Goodwin dominated the long Cooper, Briana Nelson and Kendra Chambers, also jump leader board, posting the top four jumps of the earned a fifth place finish in the 4x400m relay despite day and ending with a lengthy 8.23m (27-0) jump on his some handoff confusion during the event. final attempt. Additional All-American finishes included junior “It feels great,” Goodwin said. “It was a great day to Isaac Murphy in the decathlon and senior Jacob compete out here. There were a lot of great competitors Thormaehlen in the shot put, who both took seventh out here jumping that beat me before, but I just felt it place in their events. Junior Keiron Stewart also placed today and went out there and got it done.” eighth in the 110m hurdles. On the women’s side, sophomore Shanay Briscoe also “It’s good to be an All-American again,” Thormaehlen came close to a national championship after leaping a said. “As Texas, we’re a Division I institution and we’re career-best 1.90m (6-2.75) in the high jump. The mark top of the line athletics, so it’s expected of us. We was enough to capture second place, an improvement did what we expected. It’s a good thing to be an All- on her third-place finish in 2011. American, but it sucks not to win.” “Shanay is really evolving into an amazing STORY BY LOUIS SAN MIGUEL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY TEXAN competitor,” women’s head coach Beverly Kearney said. “She is still learning how good she is. She has learned to be a fighter and a competitor this year, which will help her next year.” DURING THE MEN’S 1600-meter sprint SENIOR STACY-ANN SMITH takes off medley at Texas Relays, senior Derek Dreyer during the first leg of the women’s 4x400- races past his opponents. meter relay at the Texas Relays. The relay PHOTO BY ZACH STRAIN team’s win marked the 17th win for the women’s 4x400-meter team in the history of the Texas Relays. PHOTO BY RYAN EDWARDS 175 Relgning Champs It took three years, but Texas finally avenged its 2010 National Title loss in football to the Alabama — Crimson Tide. Well, almost. Albeit in a different : sport, men’s golf defeated the Tide for its third national title and the first since the 1971-1972 back to back titles. “I heard from Mack Brown last night. He didn’t win his last one against Alabama, so : he told us to go win today,” said head coach John Fields. CONTINUED ON PAGE 178 aeen ee ee PHOTO BY CALEB FOX ) 2. 2 ee oe oe ee wa ae & Seas & STHOKE OF @ nlike the football game three years ago, the match came down to the wire, with the Longhorns and Tide both vying for the National Title until the 18th hole of the Sunday’s match-play championship. The first match to finalize came down to an eagle and birdie on the 17th and 18th holes by Alabama sophomore Bobby Wyatt to defeat Texas sophomore Toni Hakula. Next, Alabama senior Hunter Hamrick defeated Texas junior Julio Vegas in just 13 holes in the most lopsided match on the day. That’s when Texas junior Cody Gribble finished off his match against Scott Strohmeyer by a 6&5 margin. Gribble led Strohmeyer by six holes with just five holes left in the round, making a comeback from the Alabama junior out of the question. Followed by the matchup between two of golf’s best amateur players, Texas freshman Jordan Spieth and Alabama freshman Justin Thomas squared off, with Spieth emerging victorious with a 3&2 win. It all came down to the pairing of Alabama’s Cory Whitsett and Texas senior Dylan Frittelli. Frittelli birdied the 17th hole to tie up the final at 2 games apiece, and sent fans in droves to the all-deciding 18th hole. On 18, Whisett came bogeyed, leaving Frittelli needing only a two putt to clinch the team title. Instead, the senior rattled home a 30 foot putt from the edge of the green for the win and the national championship. “T was sure he was going to make the chip. To get my mind right I had to pretend it was going in. I wanted to make the putt no matter what,” said Frittelli. “When I saw him miss, it made it a little easier on me, but I still wanted to put it in.” Texas took home its 46th alltime NCAA Championship team title and 50th overall National Championship. It is the first title since Men’s Swimming and Diving were crowned NCAA Champions in the spring of 2010. “A lot is expected of us at Texas,” said Spieth. “When you commit to play any sport at Texas, you are committing to do everything you canto wina championship.” STORY BY DEREK LEWIS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY TEXAN FRESHMAN BERTINE STRAUSS has solidified the Longhorn lineup this season giving the team a solid option in the five slot with her 76 scoring average. PHOTO BY THOMAS ALLISON 178 | 179 — sili iia Sa Sra Stosteecsssaeee SSateosae SSS = a. ee error = SS SESS!ny as SSS Ssepeeea ees aN Sn : neat ne aS as SSpivossess Spee ats tees oheetsee = BLOCK 67 MEMBERS of the Community College Leadership Program, from left to right 1 Ben Ferrell, Evelyn V. Velasquez, Dr. John E. Roueche (director), Sherry Zylka, and Molly Beth Malcolm ! stand for a portrait on the plaza of the George S anc hez Building. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX 180 | Crafting Leaders he nation’s oldest doctoral program isn’t found at Harvard or Yale, but rather right here at the University of Texas. Established in 1944, the Community College Leadership Program in the Department of Educational Administration focuses on the preparation of key community college leaders. More than 600 students have graduated from the program since its inception, with over 508 in the past 40 years. In the past six years, the Community College Leadership Program has sponsored well over $20 million in research and dissemination activities to improve teaching and learning in American and Canadian community colleges. THE FOUR MEMBERS of Block 67 of the Community College Leadership Program meet with their professor and director of the program for 42 years, Dr. John E. Roueche to discuss their progress in the course. CCLP Is in the Department of Educational Administration, focusing on the preparation of community college leaders, and is the nation’s oldest doctoral program. PHOTO BY CALEB FOX 181 aeut ee weie i fai ‘il use a oe ae oe ee ae cae 0 : ne 3 : a Late USM ee HO ve cu i As a public research university, new sexual arousal, just to name a few. ideas constantly circulate, cultivated “We try to asses various psychological by the some of the most intelligent aspects of people from a sexual standpoint, minds in the nation. Within each building is senior psychology major Cassidy Laminack a professor looking to discover something said. new or further develop a hypothesis, hoping Research at the lab ranges from reading to change the way we see the world. Students transcripts and essays and coding underlying stand right beside them, minds bustling and themes within them to measure whether ambition mounting. photoshopped images of models affected It all seems serious, but one lab at women’s sexual functioning. The research UT does things a little differently in its is far from normal, but it offers insight into effort to improve the understanding of the human mind with regard to a sometimes human sexuality. Welcome to the Sexual Psycophysiology Lab, where Dr. Cindy controversial topic. Meston and her team of graduate and “You have to have a sense of humor to work undergraduate research assistants study here,” Laminack said. “We all take everything subjects such as oxytocin and monogamy, with a grain of salt.” depression and sexual functioning, and the sympathetic nervous system and women’s STORY BY ELIZABETH ROBINSON Si ea a Sea oa aes Se pis eeegeee coh cs a is a : 2 - > oe 238 oe Dee Sees : sehae sos kee ee nse —. . : oe eogiet eereees Sepasaeeestt Sea ba Soe re Biola ine ren a8 cane a : 2 e i. ee, oie oF : es - . OLOGY LAB | 183. Life Shavers {ter attending meeting upon meeting for different The UT Shave for the Cure was a unique fundraising event groups around the UT campus, Sofia Buitrago where participants committed to shaving their heads to raise was beginning to think she would never find an money and promote empathy for children with cancer. organization that both made a difference in the community “This fundraiser impacts the kids so much more,” Le and made its members feel completely welcome. said, who plans to volunteer at the event. “Seeing people Fearing she would never be satisfied with existing groups, dedicated to going bald for them is more powerful than just she created her own. handing them money.” “T was really involved in different groups in high school, Founded in 2000, more than 189,000 St. Baldrick’s but coming to a place as big as UT, it was difficult to find participants and donors have raised approximately $117 an organization that I really fit into,” said Buitrago, who is a billion for cancer research. Hispanic studies and pre-med senior. The inaugural year of UT’s event hosted 163 campus Buitrago enlisted the help of friend Danika de Veyrato to participants who have raised nearly $47,000 for the cause. found a new kind of service organization for people who Participant Kalie Kubes, human development and family shared similar interests. sciences sophomore and a three-time pediatric cancer “T knew that the name had to be SMILE, and I knew I survivor herself, said the main focus is to help the children. wanted to make an impact, but it was Danika who actually “St. Baldrick’s really cares about the kids and gives them a came up with the words for the acronym,” Buitrago said. huge chance to overcome cancer,” Kubes said. “Ultimately, Students Making Impacts ' I want to help save lives and through Love and Empathy, or hopefully find a cure for S.M.LL.E, was made an official pediatric cancer!” organization in September Kubes, who was bald as a 2008, and has since focused on child due to treatment for stage community work in pediatric four Neuroblastoma in her clinics around Austin. femur at age 3, said her family Members have the was initially confused by her opportunity to attend weekly decision to shave her head, but visits to a pediatric oncology the cause was really important clinic as well as scheduled trips to her. to the Dell Children’s Hospital. “It’s deeply embedded in my After hearing about the heart as a survivor,” she said. organization from a friend, “These kids deserve a chance to English sophomore Lan Le said the group was a good fit live and go to prom, go to college, get married and have a for her. family like their healthy peers.” “T wanted to be able to volunteer, have fun and actually The carnival-style event hosted booths with games and make a difference,” she said. And since joining, Le said she crafts for all ages. There were also door prizes auctioned off has volunteered at different clinics around Austin and feels to further raise funds. she is indeed making a difference. Students and family members were encouraged to join “Tt was really hard to get started,” Buitrago said. “It took in the festivities with the main event centering on the a lot of work to get people to trust us and let us come headshaving. volunteer.” “We've invited patients and their families, and the event What started out with volunteer trips once a week has is open to anyone,” Buitrago said. “All of the money raised grown into daily happenings, she said. The group also will go toward our St. Baldrick’s total.” participates in national fundraising events, and for the first time hosted St. Baldrick’s Foundation Shave for the Cure. STORY BY BRITTANY LAMAS 184 | ee MEMBERS OF THE student organization Texas 4000 laugh about and rub their freshly shaved heads after participating in the St. Baldrick's Shave for a Cure. PHOTOS BY CHARLIE PEARCE 185 BRADY MORRISON and international studies majors Julia Hudson and Caroline Thomas attend a meeting for UT's Invisible Childen chapter about the Cover the Night event. The event flooded Austin with more than 1,000 posters in different languages. PHOTO BY RAVEENA BHALARA apg a# ai en et Se “ “s ~" ai ~ “ * ie csiaii ge eerie a a oe ‘ pg i ' * a po Soman 2S ae | ‘ie. = * : i i : Spe ' 3 < e Silent Night n early March one viral campaign took the web community effort, encouraging creativity and by storm. Known as Kony 2012, it didn’t take discouraging vandalism. Examples of action to take long for this movement by Invisible Children were volunteering to clean a local shop’s graffiti-ed against the violent war in Uganda and surrounding walls and asking to paint a Kony mural instead, or countries to take over our news feeds and walls. cleaning a neighbor’s yard, and in return asking Launched as an awareness campaign to make them to post a Kony poster on their front lawn. Jospeh Kony, the head of the Lord’s Resistance “Since there are so many people involved now, it Army, infamous, the 30-minute video culminated is more of an individual event,” said Myers. in a call to action through an event known as Cover Still, Austin Street Team organized a smaller the Night. event with local youth groups, including UT’s On April 20, people all over the world, including Invisible Children club at the Hope Foundation Longhorns, went out after the sun went down to outdoor mural gallery at Baylor and 11th. Their volunteer in their communities, post posters, paint action plan consisted of cleaning the area, murals and spread the word on Kony 2012. gardening and painting a Kony mural. Cover the Night was locally organized by Austin Sierra Smith, UT Invisible Children club member Street Team, one of five groups located in major and Freshman International! Relations student, has USS. cities working for Invisible Children to been involved with Invisible Children for about mobilize local support. Cassidy Myers and Alex four years and participated in Cover the Night. Alberico are the city coordinators for Austin. “We really want to show that this is something “We are able to put a face with the organization we care about and that we are not just fickle for a lot of people, answer their questions and get teenagers,” said Smith. Fellow member and them involved,” said Myers. Sociology Sophomore Thu Nguyen volunteered as Austin Street Team worked with local well. organizations including UT’s Invisible Children “T’ve been involved with Invisible Children for club to carry out the goals for Cover the Night four to five years. I’m a huge supporter of Invisible according to Invisible Children’s guidelines. Children because I believe injustice,” said Nguyen. “The original intent [of Cover the Night] was A new red painting can now be seen at the Hope to make Kony famous. But now that has been Foundation outdoor mural gallery bearing the accomplished by the film, so [the goal] is for young inverted Kony 2012 pyramid symbol and the words justice advocates to see that they can do something “our liberty is bound together.” tangible with the passion they felt with the Kony “It needs to stay on the forefronts of people’s 2012 film,” said Myers. minds because it is not going to go away,” said Invisible Children’s motif for the evening was Myers. to “earn the right to be heard globally by acting STORY BY MARIA ROQUE locally.” They emphasized making the event a VICKY ADONG, a roadie for Invisible Children and native of northern Uganda, paints the background of a mural for the Kony 2012 campaign at the Hope Foundation’s outdoor gallery during “Cover the Night,” Friday. The international campaign aims to raise awareness of the infamous Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony. PHOTO BY ZACHARY STRAIN 187 Congr to 2012 The 129th spring commencement celebrated the achievements of the 8000 students who graduated May 17 - 18. Former United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates delivered the commencement address and encouraged students to give back to the country through public service. nn ee PHOTOS BY ERIKA RICH 188 | SPRING COMMENCEMENT 189 ad ET LAD &geePPLE ar a Y enaaeeseeaey Seer A Seth RSE tee de pert ts 191 ; oP ERB Seg ETF « w ec ee) ifo° * nee * * bee ri « rk a eave Kary UNDERCLASSMEN Michael Aaron Zachary Aaronson Ann Abraham Andrea Acosta Brenda Acosta Norma Acosta Abigail Adams Christopher Adams Lindsey Adams Ralph Adams Travis Adams Rohan Adiga Oluwafemi Adunbarin Mahdi Agha Brenda Aguilar Jorge Aguilar Sara Aguilar Adam Aguirre Princillar Agyapong Hamza Ahmad Elizabeth Aigner Julianah Ajose Joshua Akainda Washington Akharamen Lucas Akin Faria Akram Ali Al-Nahi James Alaniz Lario Albarran Corbin Albert 196 | PORTRAITS Isabella Albino Paulo Alcantara Christina Aldrich Akhil Alex Brandon Alex Christian Alexander Ryan Alexander Ane al Kiran Ali Bhai Elissa Allen Regan Allen Christopher Alley Ashley Allison Adrian Alonzo Willa Altman-Kaough Junior Alvarenga Alayna Alvarez Jordan Alvarez Kevin Alvarez William Anastassiou Erika Anderson Leonardo Jr Andrade Leslie Andrade Matthew Andrews Aneesh Angirekula Brian Aninzo Akua Ansah Aimi Araki Anfernee Arazoza Marlene Archila PORTRAITS | 197 UNDERCLASSMEN Jose Arguelles Addie Arnold Megha Arora Tejassai Arrabolu Andrew Arredondo Edward Arreguin Juan Arriaga Alyssa Arteaga Carson Ashbaugh Jaydeep Asodaria Alex Atkins Paige Atkinson Sarah Atkinson Amer Avelar Tanner Avery Julio Avila Miguel Avila Wesley Avila-Solis Estevan Aviles Christine Ayala Kyle Ayotte Oluwafunmlayo Babalola Oliver Babcock Mark Babin Daniel Baddeloo Allison Baker Austin Baker Sara Balagopol David Balderrama Evan Baldwin 198 | PORTRAITS Mercedes Ballard Ashlyne Balusek Shreya Banerjee Cassondra Bannerman Aakarshita Bansal Brittany Baptista Barbi Barbee Jeffrey Barker Dillon Barnes Joe Barrera Wate mene Chantelle Barretto Casey Barton Seuala Bereroia Zachary Barton Lindsey Bartos Nicholas Bartram imac’ Bachanat Mason Bass Alexander Batista Robert Batson Vincent Battafarano Carolina Bauraanis Marcus Bautista Molly Bayme Seth Beaugh Natahlie Beavers Rachel Beck Hannah Bedford Haley Bednarz PORTRAITS | 199 UNDERCLASSMEN Evan Beeler Nicole Beittenmiller Rose Belizor Jonathan Bell Caroline Beltran Oscar Beltran Taylor Benac Blake Bender Lylia Benhacine Fredis Benitez Bria Bennett Rachel Bennick Leyla Benshaaban Helen Benton Peter Benziger Adam Berenson Ashton Berger Doreen Berko Natalie Berko Joshua Berlin Luis Bermudez Paul Bernard Philip Berthelsen Giancarlo Besa Madeline Bethard Tanner Beuke Elizabeth Bevan Raveena Bhalara Shawn Bhalla Aditi Bhandari 200 | PORTRAITS Alex Bhattacharya Anik Bhattacharya Kajari Bhattacharya Nicholas Bhattacharya Anuj Bhutani Brooke Bickham Kyle Bickham Olivia Biehle Andrew Bieterman Bradley Billac Logan Bishop Briana Blacknall Kylie Blair Emily Blake Aaron Blanchard Robert Blanchard Joseph Blough Nicholas Boardley Jacob Bobb Maxx Boehme Kevin Boening Matthew Boettger Allison Bohanan Lacey Bolt Travis Bolton Brett Bolus Matthew Bonfante Jeremiah Bonney Tracey Borders Aaron Borik PORTRAITS | 201 UNDERCLASSMEN Breanna Borrego John Boudreaux Reema Bounajem Olivia Boutsabouabane Blaine Bowman Sam Boyce Dylan Bragers Ankita Brahmaroutu Brook Brashear Sava braticier Tyler Bratton Megan Brauer Courtney Brazzel Jacquelyn Brenna Brett Brewer Juliana Bridges Jeffrey Brindle Alexandra Brinegar Rachel Britt Shelley Broman Bianca Brons Corbin Brooke Raven Brooks Taylor Brooks Taylor Brooks Evan Brot Ashley Brown Brooke Brown Cody Brown Emma Brown 202 | PORTRAITS Wesley Brown Yael Brown Taylor Bruner Trudie Bruno Alex Bryan Caileigh Buchanan Sloan Buffum-Robbins Mong Bui Dominic Bunch Rohan Buntval Nathan Burchard Christina Burck Ehren Burgh Ethan Burgh Adalyn Burke Thomas Burkhardt Aaron Burkholder Marlee Burns Miranda Busbee Daniel Bush Matthew Butcher Francis Butler Laura Byrd Jared! Cait Marion Cain Denisse Calderon Janelle Calhoun William Calkins Garrett Callahan Rachel Calloway PORTRAITS | 203 UNDERCLASSMEN Perla Camacho Ryan Camacho Jena Cameron Hillary Camp Aaron Campbell Christopher Campbell Connor Campbell Hortenica Campbell Jacob Campbell Valencia Campbell Abby Campestre Daniel Campos Jessica Campos Jorge Campos Julio Canas Marissa Canas Matthew Canik Logan Canter Gary Cantu Steven Capece Koby Caplan Inez Cardenas Peticia Caraenas Marisol Cardenas Ryan Carlson William Carlson Nathan Carmichael Rebecca Carrender Ricky Carreon Brenda Carrillo 204 | PORTRAITS Monica Carrizal Omar Carro Benjamin Carroll Cody Carroll Ian Carroll Carsom Carrulia (Caroline Camrer Evan Carter Christopher Casanova William Case Julia Cassill Pamela: Gastaneda Megan Castle Zachary Cates Elaine Cen Reynaldo Cepeda Victoria Cernak Danny Cervantes Jonathan Cha Whitney Chan Annie Chang Ashley Chang Michelle Chang Danielle Chapa Mehak Charania Nikhil Chaudhury Armand Chauvin III Megan 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Sofie McComb Parker McCorkle Caleb McCoy Madalyn McDaniel Griffen McDonald Emily McGee Bailey McGinnis Connor McIntire Lauren McKenna 232 | PORTRAITS Justin McKinley Maxwell McKinnon Nicole McLellan Jacqueline McMahon Joseph McMahon Joseph MecNatt Maggie McNaughton Andrew McNeil Meagan McNeil Robert McNeil Sara McNeil Hillary McNutt Jeffrey McQuitty Andrew Mcdonald Dinah Lee Medrano Michael Meek Kristin Meeks Alisha Mendoza Jose Mendoza Erika Mendoza Sanchez Sarika Menon Barbara Mensah Amanda Menzie Erik Mercado Genesis Mercado Lucas Mercado Andrea Mercer Tara Mery Shaina Mesa Andrew Messamore PORTRAITS | 233 UNDERCLASSMEN Jesus Meza Sarah Micheletti Karl Migacz Matt Mihovil Anna Kate Miller Braden Miller Devon Miller Jennifer Miller Laura Miller Lindsey Miller Logan Mills Paige Minteer Zoe Mirtsching Destinee Mitchell Georgia Mitchell Marek Mlocek Nash Mock Carson Modrall Ahmed Mohamed Farnosh Mojtabaeezamani Saijel Mokashi Magdalene Molhoek William Monat Alondra Moncada Brittany 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PORTRAITS Hong Nga Nguyen Jacquelyn Nguyen Jeannie Nguyen Khanh Nguyen Laura Nguyen Lindsay Nguyen Michelle Nguyen Phuong Khanh Nguyen Quan Nguyen Quynh-Nhi Nguyen Steven Nguyen Tri Nguyen Vicky Nguyen Viet Nguyen Austin Nichols Glenn Nichols Kevin Nievera Derek Nissen Kyandra Noble Lillie Noe Paige Noel Amanda Nogay Marshall Norment Jessica Norrriss James Notari Nancy Noyola Melissa Null Sruti Nuthalapati Jennifer Nwaogwugwu Sean O’Connor PORTRAITS | 237 UNDERCLASSMEN Blake OHara Conor OLeary Kerry OLeary Kaylee ONeil Melisa Oberti Malathi Obeyesekere Francisco Ochoa Josh Oden Michael Odom Morgan Odom Michael Oesterling Joshua Ogbeide Kelsey Ogg Ye Oh Jonathan Ok Dara Oke Nicolas Olivarez Kelsey Oliver Randall Olmsted Seuliama, Oueneue Christopher Omenihu Brian Ong Frank Opolski Christopher Ormiston Joshua Orsburn Tess Ortega Jogiain Over Clifford Osborn Nicholas Osborn Kelsey Osborne 238 | PORTRAITS Bianca Osian Kesena Oweh Mariah Owen Samantha Owens Gabrielle Owusu-Ansah Margeaux 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