1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 NEWS PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 5 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Friday, February 21, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid POLICE STUDENT GOVERNMENT Jogger arrested in West Campus Candidates found guilty of violation in hearing was just exercising and to let her go,” Quintero said. the woman jogged across the block. By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou City police oicers arrest- ed a woman around 10:45 a.m. hursday for failing to provide identiication ater she was stopped near the intersection of 24th and San Antonio, outside Big Bite Pizza & Grill. Advertising senior Chris Quintero, who witnessed the arrest, said Austin Police De- partment oicers were work- ing at the intersection when “I was sitting at the Star- bucks at 24th and San An- tonio,” Quintero said. “hen I hear a cop shout at an in- nocent girl jogging through West Campus with her head- phones on.” When the woman did not stop, the oicer grabbed her by the arm and quickly in handcufs, placed her Quintero said. “She repeatedly pleaded with them, saying that she In footage of the inci- dent that Quintero ilmed, the woman can be seen at- tempting to get up from the ground and being kept down by police oicers. “I was doing nothing wrong,” the woman said from her position sitting on the sidewalk. “I was crossing the street.” When police escorted the ARREST page 2 FRAMES featured photo APD arrested a young woman blocks from campus for failing to provide identiication and resisting arrest Thursday morning. Photo couresty of Chris Quintero Yair Horowitz practices his juggling for the Jugglefest at the Castle Hill graffiti wall Thursday evening. Fabian Fernandez / Daily Texan Staff New Senate executive oicers elected STUDENT GOVERNMENT CAMPUS Greeks to refrain from endorsing candidates By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler he Interfraternity Coun- cil decided not to endorse candidates this year ater re- ceiving criticism last year for an email sent to the leaders of the council’s 24 fraterni- ties endorsing current Stu- dent Government President Horacio Villarreal and Vice President Ugeo Williams’ ex- ecutive alliance campaign. “We got backlash from [last year’s email]. People’s biggest concerns were his use of the word ‘endorse,’” said Edwin Qian, Interfraternity Council president and management information systems and eco- nomics senior. “What [the council] meant was for it to be an informational email, not an endorsement.” he council held a meeting Wednesday to al- low all candidates running for SG positions to discuss their platforms to the leaders of the council’s fraternities. Ater the meeting, the coun- cil sent an email informing council fraternities about the candidates who spoke at the meeting, but did not endorse any of them, Qian said. “While the IFC is not en- dorsing any candidates in this SG election, we appraise these candidates for show- ing strong pro-Greek inter- est and thank them for tak- ing the time to speak to IFC leaders,” the email said. According to Qian, the council’s role in SG elections has been inconsistent in the past. Qian said he will urge candidates running for the IFC page 2 By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler he Senate of College Councils elected Geetika Jerath as its next president on hursday. Along with Jerath, Sen- ate elected Yaneli Rubio as vice president and Da- vid Engleman as inancial director. Both Jerath and Engleman are in the Liberal Arts Council. Senate is a legislative stu- dent organization represent- ing 20 college councils at the University. Elections are conducted internally, with each council allotted one vote to select the organiza- tion’s leaders. Jerath, an international and global studies junior, has been involved in Sen- ate since her freshman year and is currently in the Liberal Arts Council, a role she said makes her qualified to work with ex- ternal and internal parts of Senate. “Not only do I have inter- nal experience, but I’m also in a council,” Jerath said. “I know the direction Senate needs to go. I have innova- tive practices that I would like to see, and I know how to get us there.” the future.” Jerath said she hopes to develop a branding cam- paign and a strong presence at the Capitol. “I have a very unique vi- sion for Senate next year,” Jerath said. “It will defi- nitely be a change that I think the University and Senate needs to see for Rubio, a marketing and sociology junior, said her experience in Senate and other organizations qualiies her for vice president. Ater spending her last semester studying abroad in Paris, Rubio said she SENATE page 2 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Obama sent a UT profes- sor a personal apology. PAGE 3 Stealth dorm ban ensures quality housing. PAGE 4 Texas Baseball seeks fourth-straight win. PAGE 5 WXWC festival is in its last year. PAGE 8 UT climate response team releases irst report. PAGE 3 Firing Line: Toilet paper not a crappy cause. PAGE 4 Women’s Basketball looks for redemption in Iowa. PAGE 5 Engineering event intro- duces girls to the ield. PAGE 8 UT oficials say UT has strong database security. University will build new power plant for med school. dailytexanonline.com PAGE 6 By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler Three candidates for University-wide repre- sentative positions were found guilty of campaign- in association with ing each other, and have been banned from campaign- ing for two days, accord- ing to Ryan Lutz, chairman of the Election Supervi- sory Board and aerospace engineering senior. Rhetoric and writing sophomore Chandler Fos- ter, nursing sophomore Piper Vaughn and cor- porate communications junior Adrienne Gamez were reprimanded by the supervisory board after an anonymous tipster filed a complaint that the three students had been cam- paigning together. In ad- dition to a two-day ban on campaigning, each student will also be fined 10 per- cent of the total available expenditures for the Uni- versity-wide representative candidates. Typically, each candidate can spend up to $612 campaigning. In the anonymous stu- filed allegation dent’s the Monday, he alleged three candidates appeared together at the Sigma Chi fraternity house to give a speech encouraging fra- ternity members to vote for all three candidates as a group. In a statement issued by the board, each candidate was found guilty of cam- paigning in a way that did not distinguish the students from each other. “The candidates made no attempt to distinguish VIOLATION page 2 Plan II sophomore David Engleman, international and global studies junior Geetika Jer- ath, and market- ing and sociology junior Yaneli Rubio were elected to the three open positions in the Senate of College Councils on Thurs- day evening. 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TOMORROW’S WEATHER High 77 Low 59 I love sticky buns! What’s a sticky bun? 2 FRAMES featured photo Friday, February 21, 2014 NEWS SENATE continues from page 1 “I think returned with a fresh mind. studying abroad helps me a lot be- cause I was able to step away from university pol- itics, which a lot of uni- versity leaders get caught up in,” Rubio said. Rubio said as vice president she hopes to improve orientation. Her experience as an orienta- tion advisor inspired her to seek feedback from students to help the pro- gram grow. Engleman, a Plan II sophomore, said his ex- perience as financial di- rector of Liberal Arts Council has prepared him for the role of Senate fi- nancial director. He said he will guarantee that all councils will receive a fair allocation of Senate funds each year. “A major focus of my position this year and my position next year is to maintain and build strong relationships with the staf that help the inancial di- rectors do their job,” Engle- man said. Senate president Andrew Clark said he felt all can- didates were qualiied for their positions. Clark said serving as both vice presi- dent and president during his time in the organiza- tion taught him that Sen- ate needs leaders who can handle diicult situations and are able to respond to things quickly. “here’s no better way to learn how to do some- thing like this than just get in there and do it,” Clark said. “Everybody gets to put their own stamp on the organization, which I think is the best part about it.” Actor, dancer and singer Ryan VanDenBoom rehearses for “Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience.” Jonathan Garza / Daily Texan Staff Sports Ofice (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com UNIVERSITY Disruptions to accompany construction W By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM In an efort to complete the construction of the Dell Medical School on time for the school’s irst class of medical students in July 2016, UT oicials said the University will com- plete multiple construction projects simultaneously. Construction of the medi- cal school will begin in mid- March and is projected to cost $334 million. While Seton Healthcare Family will build a teaching hospital on the site of University Medi- cal Center Brackenridge, UT System spokeswoman Karen Adler said the Uni- versity’s irst phase of con- struction includes a research building, an education and IFC continues from page 1 executive alliance, Texas Stu- dent Media, University-wide representative positions and the Co-op Board of Direc- tors to discuss their plat- forms with fraternity leaders. “his year we’re still trying to promote the election be- cause our ultimate goal is to get more students involved and informed about the elec- This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25 Permanent Staff Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Adler said Red River Street will undergo extensive con- struction, which will result in the road’s closure between 15th Street and the Frank Er- win Center. “Red River likely will be closed by the end of the spring semester to accom- modate the utility work and realignment,” Adler said. oicials To minimize disruption, University plan to close the road ater the spring semester ends in May until the end of Decem- ber, according to Stephen Harris, director of facilities tion,” Qian said. “he only thing that’s really changed is that last year’s email didn’t really include any platforms, but this year we want people to know why they’re running and what their plans are.” Villarreal, a member of Sig- ma Phi Epsilon, and Williams were endorsed in last year’s email and won with more than 53 percent of the vote. Villarreal said he did not see last year’s email as a big issue and would expect other endorse organizations candidates who are members of their organization. to “It’s a tricky thing for someone that is involved in the community such as my- self,” Villarreal said. “I didn’t see it as an incredibly big issue, especially if whoever was running was involved in another organization.” to Qian, According if a member of the council chooses to endorse a candi- date, the endorsement would be personal and not a coun- cil endorsement. He said in- dividual fraternities are still entitled to endorse anyone they want. he candidates for the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees Meeting Friday, February 21, 2014 Executive Committee Meeting 12:00 p.m. Board of Operating Trustees Meeting 1:00 p.m. William Randolph Hearst Bldg. HSM 4.122 2500 Whitis Avenue Visitors Welcome We encourage any community member who has any kind of temporary or permanent disability to contact Texas Student Media beforehand so that appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. T E X A S S T U D E N T M E D I A The Daily Texan • Texas Student Television • KVRX 91.7 FM • Texas Travesty • Cactus Yearbook • Longhorn Life initiatives at the System Of- ice of Facilities Planning and Construction. Harris said before con- struction can begin, work- ers must move the existing facilities, including a parking lot and the tennis center, to new locations. involves “he irst phase of the real construction re- routing Austin utilities and installing University utilities down through the Red River corridor,” Harris said. A signiicant challenge in the project involves the complexity of constructing simultaneously, buildings Harris said. “We’re talking about 22 or 23 acres [that] are going to all be under construc- tion at once,” Harris said. “A lot of times in design, the executive alliance are not a part of a fraternity. Caroline Carter, the vice presidential candi- date running with presidential candidate Kenton Wilson, is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, a sorority in the Uni- versity Panhellenic Council. Wilson said he thought it was great the council would not be sending out an email en- dorsing a particular candidate. “It will keep us on our game to make sure we reach out to all students instead of just re- lying on some electronic form of communication,” Wilson said. “We’re getting more of a chance to explain ourselves because [Greek members] know the email is not coming out, so they can’t just sit back and wait on it.” Taylor Strickland, the vice presidential candidate run- ning alongside presidential candidate Kornel “Kori” Rady, said the change would give students an opportunity to learn about each platform. “I don’t think it afects the turnout as much, as it will re- ally urge people to go out and be informed voters, which is all we can really hope for as candidates,” Strickland said. process is linear. In the short schedule, a lot has to be done at once.” Harris said the University plans to minimize inconve- nience to pedestrians, but he said some restrictions in the area are unavoidable. “A lot of people park in those state garages,” Har- ris said. “It’s going to be very diicult, im- possible, to walk through Centennial Park.” if not According to Harris, the University’s master plan establishes that any newly constructed buildings must be certiied by the Leader- ship in Energy and Envi- ronmental Design, a fed- eral agency that aims to encourage the construction of buildings that minimize environmental waste. “We’re deinitely commit- ted to the sustainable initia- tives,” Harris said. “he Uni- versity will create a real sense of place on the street, create focus for pedestrian traic and create an iconic design element there.” Brina Bui, Plan II and bi- ology junior, said she thinks medical students can beneit from a well-designed envi- ronment that not only fos- ters learning but also allows for relaxation. “I think that, for me per- sonally, being outside is a stress-reliever,” Bui said. “I feel like if [the University] found a way to incorporate nature with the structure and making things more open — I think med school is stress- ful enough without being conined to a single room.” ARREST continues from page 1 woman into the police car, she began shouting and even- tually shrieking unintelligibly. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t do anything wrong,” she said. “I didn’t fucking do anything wrong. I just crossed the street.” Quintero said two addi- tional oicers on bicycles arrived on the scene to as- sist with the arrest. In foot- age, the oicers can be seen working together to secure the woman in the back of the police car. According to APD spokeswoman Lisa Cortinas, APD oicers do not target jaywalking spe- ciically, instead they focus on pedestrian and bike safety overall. “District representatives were working pedestrian enforcement at 24th Street and Guadalupe,” Cortinas said. “[In this case], the call is titled failure to identify.” APD spokeswoman Veneza Bremner said as far as she was aware, there was no concerted efort hurs- day to ticket jaywalkers. think “I don’t there’s any initiative going on out there, but [APD oicers] can go write tickets when- ever they see a problem out there,” Bremner said. Bremner said oicers oc- casionally patrol the area even when they have not been called to address a speciic crime. “I’m not sure how oten they do it, but I do know that they’re out there every now and then doing that,” Bremner said. “Whenever the call load allows, they’re proactively out there.” I don’t think there’s any initiative going on out there, but [APD oficers] can go write tickets whenever they see a problem out there. —Veneza Bremner, APD spokeswoman VIOLATION continues from page 1 themselves as individual candidates besides stating individual names,” their the statement read. “There was no distinction between platform points offered during the event. The can- didates admitted to visiting up to nine distinct organi- zations on [Feb. 17], all as a group.” Student planning Government election code prohibits “joint, collaborative cam- paigning, or activities,” and says “all alliance non-executive candidates in the election must campaign separately, without written or verbal endorsements, collabora- tion, financial or other tangible support from any fellow candidate in any campus-wide election.” he anonymous student who iled the complaint, the irst of the SG election season, did not go to the re- sultant Election Supervisory Board hearing because he said he was “put up to” iling the charge. In an email to the super- visory board and the three accused candidates, the stu- dent said he was not aware of the repercussions his com- plaint would have. “I will not be [at the hearing] tonight at 10:30 [p.m.],” Vaughn said, read- ing aloud from the email. “I was put up to this. I had no idea what it would mean for these girls or for me.” Lutz tipster did not want to pursue his allegations, but the board will investigate the charges anyway. said the “Since the complaint has been submitted, we have a duty to follow up with it,” Lutz said. John Brown, government sophomore and a candidate for University-wide repre- sentative, was asked to speak on behalf of the complain- ant. Gamez said she thought this was questionable. “One of my opponents, John Brown, was allowed to represent the plaintif in his absence when the plaintif clearly stated that he wanted to withdraw completely,” Gamez said. “his is a clear conlict of interest. Measures need to be put in place so future situations like this do not occur.” Gamez said the three candidates were not aware they were not al- that lowed to walk into the house together. “Any mistakes that were made I can assure you were done unintentionally,” Ga- mez said in a statement. “Although I respect the reso- lution of the Election Super- visory Board, I am unhappy with the way the complaint was iled and the way the proceedings that followed were handled.” By Chris Pr sial stat 3 CAMPUS Recent report reveals campus bias ofenses By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek he Campus Climate Re- sponse Team, or CCRT, re- leased its irst report hurs- day of reported bias-related incidents that occurred from August 2012 to August 2013, which revealed nearly half of the reports iled involved race and ethnicity. According to the report, 94 complaints were iled with the response team as a result of 82 separate incidents of bias on campus. he report states the most commonly reported incident involving bias was “the use of verbal harassment or slurs,” which constituted 47 percent of all iled reports. According to Ryan Miller, associate director of Cam- pus Diversity and Strategic Initiatives, response the team acts as a central point of contact for any stu- dent who is involved with or witnesses any incident involving bias. “[Bias instances are] any instances against individu- als or groups or ofense that’s motivated wholly or in part [by] an individual’s or groups’ identity,” Miller said. “We’re talking about the categories that are in the non-discriminatory policy, like disability, gender, na- tional origin, religion, sexual orientation, etc.” Miller said the report the response to provide to education” is part of team’s eforts “diversity the community. “For me, I hope that the report itself is an educational opportunity and that all stu- dents and staf on campus who aren’t aware of CCRT on campus can become aware,” Miller said. community he response team re- ports to Gregory Vincent, vice president for diversity engage- and ment. Vincent said he thinks the team beneits the entire campus community through their actions. “he irst Campus Cli- mate Trend Report pro- duced by the CCRT ofers an opportunity for students, faculty and staf to relect on our campus climate and culture,” Vincent said. “Cre- ating an inclusive campus is a responsibility for each of us at the University, and we hope this report prompts dialogue and relection as we work together to achieve this goal.” According to Miller, when a report is iled, a “lead team” of three administrators — in- cluding Miller — reviews the report and discusses possible courses of action. “Our priority in all cases is reaching out to the indi- vidual who iled the report and doing whatever we can to provide and ofer support for that individual,” Miller said. “here is not a certain playbook for each incident or even each type of inci- dent. We really evaluate the options in all cases.” Miller said the response team also tries to provide diversity comprehensive education individu- to als who were mentioned the in campus community. reports and to “We have a lot of educa- tional conversations ater re- ports have been iled because usually it gives us an oppor- tunity to knock on a door or invite someone to come in for a conversation with us about the intent and impact behind a certain incident,” Miller said. NEWS Friday, February 21, 2014 CAMPUS W&N 3 Cheryl Cooky, sociology and women’s studies associate professor at Purdue University, speaks about the underrepresen- tation of women in sports media coverage at the Moody College of Communication on Thursday afternoon. Jonathan Garza / Daily Texan Staff gin Women’s coverage in sports decreasing mmit- initia- ni- ense eate raic design d bi- hinks eit envi- fos- lows per- is a . “I sity] rate e and en — ess- eing m.” By Nicole Bueno @itsmorebueno he underrepresentation of women in sports media coverage was the subject of a talk by Cheryl Cooky, so- ciology and women’s studies associate professor at Pur- due University, at the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center on hursday. he talk, “Framing Silence: he Mainstream News Me- dia Coverage of Sports,” was sponsored by the Moody College of Communication’s Texas Program in Sports and Media and is part of a series ofered by the radio-televi- sion-ilm department. he series focuses on issues in sports covering topics includ- ing violence, performance- enhancing drugs and race. Cooky said the absence of women’s sports in news me- dia coverage speaks volumes about the current culture. “Silences are not simply the outcome of oppressive power relations,” Cooky said. “Sports can still serve as a site for oppression while also a site for empowerment.” As part of a longitudinal study of men’s and women’s sports coverage in news me- dia, Cooky and her colleagues have been collecting and releasing data on the issue every ive years since 1989. he study has found that 100 percent of the lead stories concerned men’s sports. Cooky said since Title IX, which prevents discrimi- nation based on sex and gender, was passed in 1972, more women are playing sports, but coverage of wom- en’s sports has decreased. To say that this is getting better is not right — in fact, it’s getting worse. We’re slicing it at 1.8 percent right now, and that’s just unacceptable. “he increased participa- tion of girls and women in sports has not been relect- ed in the news media cover- age,” Cooky said. “Coverage of women’s sports is lower now than it was in 1989 when we started the study.” Sociology associate profes- sor Ben Carrington said he was upset when he learned about the small percentage of coverage for women’s sports. “To say that this is get- ting better is not right — in fact, it’s getting worse,” Car- rington said. “We’re slicing it —Ben Carrington, Sociology associate professor Cooky at 1.8 percent right now, and that’s just unacceptable.” that al- said though the objectiication of women in sports has de- creased since the late 1990s, she still hopes to see less “packaging” of women for men’s sports. “What puts me to sleep at night is the thought that in getting this work out there and to the people who can bring it to the masses, we could impact a sense of con- sciousness and bring about some change,” Cooky said. CAMPUS Obama apology to UT professor prompts dialogue on humanities By Christina Breitbeil @christinabreit Ater President Barack Obama made a comment about majoring in art his- tory, art history professor Ann Johns sent the White House a response refuting his statement. What Johns didn’t expect was to receive a apology from Obama. handwritten In a speech in January, Obama said people who technical degrees obtain or training might earn more money than people who graduate with art history degrees. “You folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree,” Obama said. Johns, posted who Obama’s apology letter on her Facebook last week, said she was “stunned” to re- ceive a personal letter from Obama and does not think he was being negative in his remarks. “I’d like to think of it as the beginning of dialogue about the value of a degree in the humanities and less as an apology,” Johns said. “We do emphasize critical thinking, reading and writ- ing skills, and our students become excellent research- ers, writers and presenters. his gives them the skills to pursue a wide variety of career choices.” letter, he apology in which Obama said, “art his- tory was one of [his] favor- ite subjects in high school,” was well received by Johns and other professors in the art and art history depart- ment. Jack Risley, art his- tory professor and chair of the department, said he was pleased with the presi- dent’s response and the posi- tive attention it is bringing the University. “It’s humbling for any- one to apologize, let alone a president,” Risley said. “In responding to Dr. Ann Johns, the president draws attention to the unrivaled concentration of art and scholarship that exists at UT and the state of Texas … he arts are going to be part of our future. hat is a given.” Art history sophomore Stephanie Gardea said she does not see degree choice as a major factor in post-grad- uate success. “In my eyes, I see it as re- ally however you make it,” Gardea said. “You need to be willing to put yourself out there and get involved to have a better career outcome ater graduation, whether you’re in ine arts, engineer- ing or manufacturing.” Art history students in Johns’ and art history profes- sor Julia Guernsey’s Art His- torical Methods classes sent another response to Obama on Friday. he students also listed their post-graduate plans, including law school at Harvard, medical school, Teach for America and an Islamic studies program. “We feel strongly that our education as art his- torians prepares us to do a variety of things, many of which are vital to the edu- cational well-being of our country, and some of which are also politically, socially and economically charged,” students in the response. told Obama Miriam Rousseau / Daily Texan Staff Professor Ann Johns received Barack Obama’s handwritten apology regarding his controver- sial statement about art history degrees. 4A OPINION LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Friday, February 21, 2014 4 Stealth dorm vote will help Austin in the long run EDITORIAL Last hursday at 2:30 a.m. the Austin City Council took an initial vote to limit the num- ber of unrelated adults that can live togeth- er in a single-family zoned property. Since 2002, that number has been set at six. But hursday’s 6-1 vote was the irst step toward amending the city code and reducing the oc- cupancy limit to four. To many Austinites and UT students, this amendment seems problematic, especially since the move to reduce the city’s occu- pancy limit is targeted at “stealth dorms” in the neighborhoods north of campus. Although it’s hard to deine the term with precision, a “stealth dorm” is essentially an apartment-like structure built on a single- family zoned lot, intended for co-habitation by unrelated adults and hardly suitable for use as a true single-family residence. And since many UT students call these struc- tures home, it makes sense that the UT com- munity would be skeptical of a plan aimed at combating stealth dorms in central Although it’s hard to deine the term with precision, a “stealth dorm” is essentially an apartment-like structure built on a single-family zoned lot, intended for co-habitation by unrelated adults and hardly suitable for use as a true single- family residence. Austin neighborhoods. Yes, opponents of the plan have raised valid concerns — namely, that it could limit the availability of afordable housing for UT students and stymie the efort to encourage much-needed, high-density development near Austin’s urban core. But we would do well to take a step back and consider the amendment for what it truly is: a solid plan that addresses a real problem. One crucial aspect of the plan is often overlooked by knee-jerk opponents: The amendment only applies to new construc- tion. In other words, any structure that already exists and currently houses five or six students would be unaffected. Stu- dents who live in these houses would not be forced out, and their landlords could continue to lease the property to up to six unrelated adults for as long as the property exists in its current form. The true goal of the amendment isn’t to force students out of neighborhoods like Hyde Park or North Loop; it’s to preserve the single-family homes that have existed in these neigh- borhoods for decades, and prevent preda- tory developers — who often live out-of- state and lack any ties to Austin — from taking over. And it’s not just the fact that these de- velopers are young and disconnected from the communities in which they rent their properties. hey are also building aston- ishingly cheap, shoddy structures to re- place reliable, decades-old housing stock. According to Ellie Hanlon, a member of the steering committee for the Hyde Park neighborhood association, one developer in particular builds stealth dorms for $85 per square foot. Which is much less than the average. According to Hanlon, “if you talk to a construction company, [the average] is $150 per square foot at a minimum. So you think, ‘what are they building?’ It’s the dis- posable house that they’re building to make a lot of money.” Developers are attracted to the idea of building stealth dorms because they don’t require an investment of millions of dollars like a true, multi-family apartment complex would. his might be excusable if it were done in the name of creating afordable student hous- ing. But these shoddy structures are oten more expensive than the single-family homes they replace. “he developers are coming in and destroying older, single-family structures that are afordable,” Hanlon said. “here’s one duplex on Red River [Street], and each side rents for $3,200. So that whole lot is bring- ing in $6,400. Whereas the house next door to me, which has three students, rents for $2,500. So a family could move in there. Or students could live there, which is great.” Sebastian Wren, the chair of the North Loop Planning Team, agreed. “here’s abso- lutely no doubt,” he explained to the Texan. “he older structures are cheaper. But the older structures can’t house as many people,” hence the incentive for developers to build stealth dorms. But all of that is not to say that there aren’t problems with the amendment. Wren admit- ted that, with 110 people moving to Austin every day, “we do have to create housing” in the city’s urban core, “and we have to create a lot of it to accommodate the need.” Increasing density must be one of the primary goals of Austin’s urban planning eforts, but, accord- ing to Wren, building stealth dorms “dis- guised as single-family housing is not the way to do it. here’s a better way.” We agree. Right now, it’s cheaper for devel- opers to build stealth dorms on single-fam- ily zoned property than to build true, high Moving forward, we would like to see the city upzone more land in central Austin to allow for the high-density housing that the city’s urban core des- perately needs. This way, we can preserve historic neighbor- hoods... density multi-family housing, which by law must include adequate parking, dumpsters for trash, sprinkler systems and other ameni- ties. his amendment will efectively elimi- nate the inancial incentive to build stealth dorms and will, in turn, encourage develop- ers to invest in building on upzoned prop- erties that are suited for high-density hous- ing. Moving forward, we would like to see the city upzone more land in central Austin to allow for the high-density housing that the city’s urban core desperately needs. his way, we can preserve historic neighborhoods such as Hyde Park while still allowing Austin to move forward as the fastest growing city in America. Ultimately, this amendment isn’t targeted at pushing college students out of historic neigh- borhoods for being disruptive neighbors or for not knowing when to take out the trash. he goal of the amendment is to eliminate the in- centive to build shoddy multi-family housing, and its adoption could encourage true high- density development. his would only beneit Austin as the city continues to grow, and it is a plan that we should all get behind. HORNS UP: CIGARROA BANS CIGARETTES IN UT SYSTEM BUILDINGS TAKE YOUR SHOT On Wednesday, the Daily Texan reported that all UT System administrative buildings, parking lots and outdoor areas will be smoke and tobacco free start- ing March 15. he announcement came from System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, who said employee concerns prompted the new health-conscious policy. Although this comes a year ater the Austin campus became smoke- and tobacco-free, we appreciate the efort to enforce guidelines for keeping system property smoke-free. Horns up to the System employees that pushed for the change and horns up to the administration for listening to those concerns. Friday Firing Lines: Memorial Museum funding, toilet paper Every Friday, he Daily Texan Editorial Board will publish a selection of tweets and on- line comments culled from the Texan’s website and the various Daily Texan Twitter accounts, along with direct submissions from readers. Our intention is to continue the tradition of the Firing Line, a column irst started in the Texan in 1909, in which readers share their opinions “concerning any matter of general interest they choose.” Just like in 1909, the Texan “will never express its ap- proval or disapproval of opinions given un- der the [Firing Line] header.” In other words, take your shot. Submissions can be sent to editor@daily- texanonline.com. TOILET PAPER LEGISLATION WOULD BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS I’m not actually sure who wrote the Op- Ed “Student Government Limits Legislation to Toilet Paper” due to the safety of the sign of, “he Daily Texan Editorial Board,” but I can guess that whoever wrote it is probably a boy. I can say this with such conidence be- cause anyone who has to wipe 100% of the time they use the bathroom knows how im- portant something as simple as toilet paper can actually be. But I don’t feel like this article was an at- tack on the Charmin, or lack thereof. No, this is an attack on our student government and the people who use their SG reps as a channel to voice their concerns. During my past four years at this University I’ve seen SG pass legislation from banning smoking on campus to the various “in support of ’s” that lack a tangible result. With the toilet paper legislation, however, this is a tangible issue that we can actually feel. Ater at least four years of begging our McCombs representatives to address our #1 and #2 issues, our cries are inally be- ing addressed only to be brought down by a lack of quorum and an article that at- tacks the voices of McCombs students. he Daily Texan Editorial Board calls this issue “bullshit,” but my question is if it’s not SG’s duty to protect our doodies, then whose duty is it? What makes one issue legitimate and the other one crap? One of the authors of the legislation, i- nance and government sophomore, Garrett Neville, said “I don’t understand why people are so butt hurt about the issue, because I don’t think it’s sensitive enough for a tissue. Liam and I are calling this the cry for two-ply.” I think this legislation really shows that the fact that we have single ply toilet paper is tearable. he University of Texas is an in- stitution that has hosted President Barack Obama, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Not to men- tion the thousands of donors to this Univer- sity that make our endeavors like the Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall a reality. Toilet paper may not be the number one im- pression they take away from the University, but a scratchy experience probably doesn’t sit well with them either. The author was kind enough to tell us that we used 133,380 rolls of toilet paper in 2012. With a raw number like that it’s hard to imagine how much that actually is, but without accounting for the thousands of visitors the University receives every year, we’re averaging 1.8 rolls per person each year with a faculty and staff of 24,000 and a student body of 50,000. At $125,044, we average $1.69 per year on toilet paper per person. Let’s not be so quick to flush this issue down the toilet. If the Univer- sity wants to raise my tuition by a dollar to account for the increase in the Facility Service’s budget, well, I’d say that sounds pretty good on the whole. his ight might be tough, but hopefully in the end it will mean our toilet paper won’t be. — Chandler Nunez, marketing senior, in response to “Student Government limits legis- lation to toilet paper” MEMORIAL MUSEUM DESERVES ALL THE FUNDING IT CAN GET “his is really pathetic. UT has helped fund Texas Memorial Museum for all of it’s Seventy-ive year history on campus. Now UT is abandoning it completely. If UT can’t fund TMM, the State should fund it direct- ly. he State just recently gave the Bullock State History Museum ive million dollars. It can’t help fund the Texas Memorial Mu- seum? What’s up with that?” —Online commenter Buck, in response to the news article “Faculty Council pushes to ind external funding for Texas Memorial Museum’s outreach activities” UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announces his resignation on Feb. 10. Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan Staff HORNS UP: FBI TO INVESTIGATE CEDAR CREEK HIGH TASER INCIDENT On hursday, the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV conirmed that the FBI is opening an investiga- tion into an incident at Cedar Creek High School last fall where Bastrop County Sherif’s Deputy Randy McMillan used a Taser on 17-year-old Noe Nino de Rivera. Ater McMillan ired the weapon, Rivera fell to the ground, hit his head on the loor and has sustained permanent brain damage. In an editorial last week, we condemned the use of Tasers in schools on children, and we support the FBI’s decision to look further into the incident to determine if McMillian used exces- sive force or abused his power. We hope that the inquiry will help discourage other school resource oicers from using potentially deadly force on students in our schools — ater all, Tasers can kill. HORNS UP: AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVES INCENTIVES On hursday, the Austin City Council voted 5-2 to approve incentive packages for two technology irms, Websense and Dropbox. Combined, the companies said they planned to add 640 jobs in the city, accord- ing to the Austin American-Statesman. Websense is moving its headquarters from San Diego to Austin and plans to create at least 470 jobs with an average annual salary of $82,000 as a result of the move. Dropbox, which already has a small oice in down- town Austin, will create 170 jobs and make a capital investment of $5.5 million. he state- operated Texas Enterprise Fund has also committed money to both irms and other similar incentive deals are in the pipeline. hough some question the city council’s move to take an active role in Austin’s economic development, we believe the council’s decision is both sen- sible and farsighted. It’s also one that will beneit UT students. Dropbox has already started to recruit at the University, and we presume that Websense will follow their lead as well. LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE | E-mail your Firing Lines to editor@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@TexanEditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. BASEBALL By Matt Warden @TheMattWarden Texas When the ofense isn’t scoring, it’s hard to stay on track. But ater three straight wins, Texas’ ofense looks to be right where it needs to be. entered Tuesday night’s game on a two-game win streak ater dropping its irst two games of the season to California. A 10–run erup- tion against Texas A&M-Cor- pus Christi put the pop back in the Longhorns’ bats. Head coach Augie Gar- rido’s “get on base” mentality has translated into 21 runs and three wins in the last three games for the Long- horns. Garrido is most im- pressed with the team’s de- fense to this point, though. “I think we got better on the defensive side,” Garrido said ater the 10-0 win against the Islanders. “Everything in the scheme really is about the pitcher. When we’re on de- fense, it’s all about getting to the pitcher and getting all the outs we can to protect him.” Ater allowing nine runs in its irst two games of the season, the Longhorns have given up just two runs during their winning streak, and the pitchers have combined for 17 and one-third consecutive SPTS 5 STEFAN SCRAFIELD, SPORTS EDITOR / @texansports Friday, February 21, 2014 Longhorns prepared for ofensive battle NBA 5 SIDELINE HEAT THUNDER NUGGETS BUCKS Senior outielder Mark Payton has carried the Texas offense through the irst ive games of this season, hitting .524 with four RBIs. NCAAB DUKE Shelby Tauber Daily Texan Staff NORTH CAROLINA 74 scoreless innings, compiling a 0.86 ERA for the entire season. “We’ve put ourselves into situations where we had to ight our way out,” Garrido said. “I thought it was good for our young pitchers to have the conidence to con- tinue to throw to the mit.” Almost half of the team’s lineup has been composed of freshman in the irst ive games of this season, but senior Mark Payton has continued to provide the star power, hitting .524 with four RBIs to this point. De- spite early struggles for the newcomers, Payton feels the Longhorns have the leader- ship to help them get in the groove of things. “Just try to keep them positive,” Payton said. “We’re working hard, and this is a young team. If something doesn’t go right, they’re just going to learn from it and get better the next time.” Texas will enter this weekend’s series against a Stanford team that has scored 21 runs in its last two games to improve to 2-2 on the sea- son. Stanford has won the last six games against Texas and holds a 31-27-1 record in the all-time series with the Longhorns. games, “We’ve always had very competitive and they’re a very detailed or- ganization,” Garrido said. “hey’ll take advantage of any little thing you’ll give them. And that’s always good to reveal your weaknesses so that you know what to practice next.” Ater surrendering six runs — all unearned — in a loss in his irst appearance of the year, ace Parker French will toe the line for Texas in the opening game Friday night. he two historic programs are set up for an intriguing series, with both ofenses rolling into this weekend ready to play. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOFTBALL Texas maintains .500 record By Scarlett R. Smith @ScarlettRSmith Texas jumped out to an early lead hursday dur- ing the Mary Nutter Classic tournament, scoring a run in the top of the irst inning ver- sus unranked UNLV. he No. 25 Longhorns added another in the third to go ahead 2-1 on a sacriice ly by Lindsey Stephens that scored Brejae Washington. Starting pitcher Lauren Slat- ten threw 4 innings but did not inish the ith inning before being replaced by irst base- man Holly Kern. Slatten gave up three runs on nine hits, while walking two and strik- ing out three – a season high. Although Texas garnered ive hits to the Rebels’ 14, Texas was still in a position to win with the score tied at four heading in the seventh inning. A walk-of base hit for the Rebels handed head coach Connie Clark’s team their sec- ond straight loss in a season that has so far been deined by near victories and close misses. Junior Gabby Smith took the mound for the Longhorns in the second game of the day against another unranked team Shweta Gulati / Daily Texan Staff Junior Gabby Smith picked up her fourth win of the season Thursday against Cal Poly, allowing seven runs in 4.2 innings pitched. in Cal Poly. Taylor hom hit the 30th home run of her career with a two-run blast to right ield of freshman Mustang pitcher Sierra Hyland. hom now ties Loryn Johnson for the eighth-most home runs of all time. Taylor Hoagland — the star third baseman for the Longhorns from 2010-2013 — is the current record holder with a whopping 58 home runs, 22 more than the next best. Lindsey Stephens extended Texas’ lead to 9-0 with a grand slam in the top of the fourth as part of a seven-run inning. In the bottom of the ith, the lead had become 11-0 before Cal Poly mounted a comeback with a grand slam and seven runs of their own to avoid be- ing run-ruled. A triple by Stephanie Ceo and sacriice ly by Washing- ton pushed two more across for Texas, extending their lead to six and what proved to be the inal score, 13-7. Clark’s team stayed at .500 on the season and will look to improve that mark Friday aternoon when they take on undefeated Washington (11-0). he tournament will con- tinue for Texas into the week- end with play against Fresno State and California. WEEKEND PREVIEWS MEN’S TENNIS / BRIANNA HOLT Coming out of the ITA Indoor National Team Championship last Sun- day, the Texas men’s tennis team had a six-day break until its next match, which will be held against UT- Arlington on Sunday at the Penick-Allison Tennis Cen- ter at noon. Texas is now nationally ranked in the ITA Rankings at No. 6 after defeating California. In addition to their up- coming match against UT- Arlington, the Longhorns are scheduled to play Texas A&M-Corpus Christi lat- er that evening at 6 p.m. Just like the match against UT-Arlington, sec- ond match of the day will also be held at the Penick- Allison Tennis Center. the MEN’S GOLF / COURTNEY NORRIS travel team will he No. 20 Texas men’s golf to Humble on Friday as the returning champ to play in the annual Bayou City Collegiate Championship, hosted by the University of Houston and Rice. Tee times for the event start at 10 a.m. on Friday and Sat- urday, with a shotgun start on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. he tour- nament will be held at the Golf Club of Houston (par 72, 6,982 yards). he Longhorns will face several higher-ranked teams: No. 17 Houston, No. 19 South Florida and No. 25 Arkansas. Last year, the champion- ship was held at the Redstone Golf Club (par 72, 6,982 yards), where Texas — then No. 2 — came in irst with a 21-stroke victory. Texas came in seventh at its irst tournament of the season, he Amer Ari Invi- tational, which was held on Feb. 8 in Waikoloa, Hawaii. Live standings of the championship can be found at www.golfstat.com. WOMEN’S GOLF / MATT WARDEN he women’s golf team man- aged a season-high 11th place inish in its last competition, the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Texas began the tournament shooting a shaky 23-over par, but rebounded in the inal two rounds with a combined score of 25-over par. Shooting a team-low 6-over par, junior Bertine Strauss buoyed the charge for the Longhorns. he mark notched her a 15th place inish, which tied for her season-best. Team- mate and midseason enrollee Lara Weinstein inished six strokes behind Strauss to inish tied in 35th place for her debut. he Longhorns will look to get back into the swing of things this weekend when they head to New Orleans on Sun- day for the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Senior Chassidy Fussell is second on the team with 10 points per game this season. Lauren Ussery / Daily Texan Staff Horns head to Iowa ater close loss to OU By Rachel Wenzlaff @rachelwenzlaff redeem Iowa State The Longhorns hope themselves to against in Ames, Iowa, on Satur- day after a disappointing 1-point loss to Oklahoma Wednesday night. and Junior forward Nneka senior Enemkpali guard Chassidy Fussell posted solid numbers in Wednesday night’s game. Enemkpali completed the game with 17 points and four rebounds, while Fus- sell let the court with 16 points and four rebounds of her own. to According head coach Karen Aston, the problem wasn’t neces- the points, but sarily the defense — an area in which the Longhorns typically excel. “Defensively, we just weren’t good enough down the stretch,” Aston said. In their upcoming game against the Cyclones, the Longhorns need to whip their defense back into shape and return to the high defensive standards they set earlier in the season. Ater a tough loss, Texas needs a decisive win to re- store its conidence and get the momentum rolling in the right direction. Ide- ally, the Longhorns would take on an unimposing team such as Texas Tech, which would give them leeway to play around with changes and make correc- tions. But the Longhorns will have no such luck with the Cyclones. Iowa State is a team the Longhorns have a good chance of beating, but af- ter such a devastating loss, their chances have been pressed thin. he Longhorns narrowly pulled out the win against Iowa State in their last meeting. Texas secured its irst lead at the 2:55 mark and managed to hold on to it long enough to walk out with a 71-64 win. On Sat- urday, Texas won’t be able to take any chances with a slow start. he Longhorns haven’t had the best luck in dealing with dire situations in the inal minutes. Further compromis- ing Texas’ shot at victory is the fact that Saturday’s game is on the road, where the Longhorns are 3-6 on the year. he last time the Longhorns faced of against the Cyclones, Iowa was ranked No. 23 and Texas pulled of the upset. But that was at home in the Frank Erwin Center. Iowa State is coming out of an upsetting loss as well. On Wednesday, while the Long- horns were heading home with their heads down, so were the Cyclones. Baylor ran over Iowa State, scoring 89 points to the Cyclones’ 51. With two teams seek- ing Satur- day’s game is likely to be a close one. redemption, In their upcoming game against the Cy- clones, the Longhorns need to whip their de- fense back into shape and return to the high defensive standards they set earlier in the season. TOP TWEET Mack Brown @UT_MackBrown “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” George B Shaw-Get negative people out of your life SPORTS BRIEFLY Texas - KU rematch in Lawrence on Saturday he last time the Long- horns faced the Jayhawks the inal result was never in question in an 81-69 route. Expect a much dif- ferent experience Satur- day as No. 19 Texas trav- els to Lawrence to face No. 8 Kansas. he Jayhawks have only one home loss this season, and head coach Bill Self has more Big 12 to championships his credit during his 11- year stint with Kansas than home losses. Al- len Fieldhouse is among the most deafening ven- ues in college athletics, and the crowd will add an extra daunting ele- ment to Kansas’ already uber-talented team. features two likely lottery picks in the 2014 NBA drat — An- drew Wiggins and Joel Embiid — on top of a unit stufed with top- ranked recruits. Shooting 50 percent per game, the Jayhawks have the coun- second-best ield try’s goal percentage and their length at all ive posi- tions makes them a solid defensive unit. Kansas in Texas found success against Kansas the team’s previous meeting because of their quick- ness on the outside with Isaiah Taylor and Javan Felix, picking their way into the paint consistent- ly. Wiggins also had one of his worst outings of the season, as 6-foot-2 De- marcus Holland held him to seven points. Containing Wiggins and an up-tempo ofen- sive pace will once again be the points of emphasis for Texas, but the big- gest test may be handling the atmosphere. With just one game separating the teams in the Big 12 standings, this game has signiicant con- ference title implications as well. Kansas holds at least a share of the past nine Big 12 regular sea- son titles. 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You don’t have to be this brilliant sci- ence and math person,” Berry said. “You need to be a problem solver, you need to like to explore, you need to GIRL DAY Who: Women in Engineering Program (WEP) When: Saturday, Feb. 22 Where: UT engineering complex and igure troubleshoot things out and anybody can really do that.” ART continues from page 8 broaden the understanding of art history. “The speakers are com- ing from different back- grounds, so they’re each of- fering a unique perspective on this broader topic,” Wil- liams said. “It will be an in- teresting, lively lineup, with strong personalities and backgrounds in the area of collecting and thinking about art.” Part of the goal of the symposium is to encour- age people to consider art collecting as more than a hobby for rich people — anyone can begin to col- lect art, whether it’s posters or postcards. More serious art collectors often leave their collections to muse- ums and galleries after they pass away, contributing to the kinds of art available to It’s the problem with the way in which art history as a discipline was formed and how art has become historicized. —Eddie Chambers, art and art history associate professor the public. “In New York, the Schomburg Center grew out of one collection of one man,” Chambers said. “His library, art, artifacts, books — all that material is now the Schomburg Center and is now a major resource for so many subjects. So the ways in which individuals have this wonderful poten- tial to make contributions above their own interest, that’s really what we’re ex- ploiting here.” he symposium will of- fer guests a comprehen- sive insight into Green and as Christian’s collection, well as information on how to explore art collecting for themselves. “The key message or as- sertion of the symposium is that people should be encouraged to not be in- timidated by the prospect of collecting and to know their contributions are go- ing to make a difference and are going to be worth- while,” Chambers said. “One can visit a graduate- degree show at a local school and buy the work of a student. There are all sorts of ways that each of us has the potential to make a contribution.” FESTIVAL continues from page 8 a “We were little worried,” Salazar said. “Some of us went to diferent [co- op] houses and talked to the members about the festival. Luckily, people just came through. I guess they real- ized they really wanted this to happen.” Hunt this year’s WXWC features a variety of artists with diferent levels of experience and only has two returning acts from previ- ous years’ lineups. his year’s lineup also has more rap and hip hop artists than in years past. said “he fact that I don’t know most of the bands is such a good thing,” Hunt said. “here’s going to be a lot of chiptunes, lots of weird and a lot of hip hop.” Dacoit, a newly formed Texas band, is one of the many acts performing at the Eden House on Satur- day as a part of WXWC. Vocalist Zoe Yin said the festival has an air of may- hem and mystery to it that few events maintain. “[Band member Jake Hieber and I] both went to high school in Austin and this was one of the irst shows we would hear about, and say, ‘hose college kids throwing down grassroots and music,’” Yin said, “It was a cool, mystical thing.” With Hunt and Wittenmy- er adamant about the festival being in its last year, mem- bers of the arts community are concerned with the loss. R a d i o - tel e v is i on - f i l m sophomore Daniel Abramson is the director of “David,” one of the eight ilms selected to play at the WXWC ilm por- tion. Abramson said WXWC helps to showcase student talent that would other- wise be undiscovered, and shouldn’t be taken away from the community. “If it’s already an estab- lished thing, please, just ind someone to give us an ex- cuse to chill out for an eve- ning and view other people’s work,” Abramson said. “If someone can keep [WXWC] going, by all means, please keep it going. here aren’t enough of these opportuni- ties to go around.” Hunt said while there was over speculation whether they would con- tinue the festival after last year, both she and Wit- tenmyer agree it’s time to move on, and encourage other students to start their own festival. “On the back of the shirts this year it has the date and says, ‘Start your own,’” Hunt said. “I know it’s easy to join West By be- cause the brand has been established, but start your own thing. It’s not like West Campus has too much culture going on. There’s plenty of room for lots of different things.” Matthew McConaughey acts in a scene from “Mud.” A few years ago, Matthew McConaughey’s career had bottomed out in rom-com mediocrity. He resolved to alter his path, and the rebirth that followed reaches an apogee with his Oscar nomination for his performance in “Dallas Buyers Club.” Jim Bridges / Associated Press he ‘McConaissance,’ inspected ilm by ilm NEW YORK — Six years ago, Matthew McCo- naughey was starring in a movie called “Surfer, Dude,” a ilm about as good as its title implies. He played a surfer plunged into an exis- tential crisis when his good luck with waves ran out. McConaughey under- went an existential cri- sis around that time, but it wasn’t about the surf. His career had bottomed into rom-com me- out diocrity, depen- overly dent on the charm of his Texas drawl. What has followed, the so-called “McConaissance,” has been one of the most mid-career remarkable metamorphoses in mov- has ies. McConaughey abruptly shited to more challenging roles and ilms in a creative burst that has re-energized him. It’s been a steady re- part building newal, by part. Here is a ilm-by-ilm ac- count of how he got here, a step-by-step guide to the McConaissance: THE LINCOLN LAWYER — his 2011 ilm came ater a two- year gap in McConaughey’s ilmography. Whereas Mc- Conaughey was made fa- mous by 1996’s “A Time to Kill” playing an altruistic lawyer defending a black man in the South, in the “he Lincoln Lawyer,” he plays a money-hungry, un- scrupulous Los Angeles at- torney with “NTGUILTY” emblazed on his license plate. It’s a slight, but im- portant, course alteration toward darker material. BERNIE — McConaughey’s career was essentially start- ed by Austin ilmmaker Richard Linklater with “Dazed and Confused.” he role of David Wooderson has remained for McCo- naughey not just one role among many, but a guid- ing ethos. He frequently quotes his “You just gotta keep livin’ man, L-I-V-I-N” and dubbed his production company J.K. Livin. So it makes sense that any restart for McConaughey would include Linklater, whose “Bernie” features McCo- naughey as district attorney Danny Buck in a comic tale of small-town murder. KILLER JOE — McCo- naughey is again on his home turf, Texas, in Wil- liam Friedkin’s adaptation of Tracy Letts’ twisted com- ic crime tale. As a police detective with a side busi- ness of murder-for-hire, his chilling title character steals the ilm. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB — Mc- Conaughey’s transformation becomes literal in the story of HIV-infected Ron Woodroof. Losing some 45 pounds, it’s as though McConaughey physi- cally sheds his former self. But, of course, Woodroof is a classic McConaughey charac- ter: a swaggering, swashbuck- ling Texan. But Woodroof’s desperation — his white- knuckled fear and ferocious will to survive — is the more striking metamorphosis for the once golden, ever-grin- ning McConaughey. TRUE DETECTIVE — More than “Dallas Buyers Club,” the currently airing HBO series represents the very height of McConaughey’s abilities. McConaughey plays the police detective Rust Cohle in two very dif- ferent versions, separated by numerous years. he older, long-haired, hard-drink- ing version is more typi- cal McConaughey. But the younger Cohle is something diferent entirely: intellec- tual, poised and laconic. It’s itting, perhaps, that McCo- naughey’s best performance should be alongside Woody Harrelson, “Surfer, Dude” co-star. his AND BEYOND? 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Girl Day is a national event that serves as the fi- nale of “Engineers Week,” a weeklong attempt to spread awareness and celebrate the field. The first year UT hosted the event, 92 stu- dents were in attendance. This year, WEP expects more than 2,000 attendees. Although most participants come from Central Texas, girls from all over the state are invited. More than 800 students volunteer along with local companies to guide and help the girls throughout the day. Jordan Keller graduated from UT with a degree in chemi- cal engineering in 2013 and is now returning to volunteer at the event. “his will be my irst year volunteering as a graduate, and I am beyond excited that my company is coming to volunteer,” Keller said. “Girl Day is my favorite day of the year. I think it’s great for these young girls to see so many women engineers and realize that they could grow up to be engineers, too.” The afternoon will be spent with a variety of en- gineering-themed activities coupled with demos and ART interactive displays. Girls will be split based on their grade level for hands-on creativity. Projects range from building domes with gumdrops to building roll- er coasters, offering girls of all ages an introduction to the possibilities engineer- ing presents. Mechanical engineering sophomore Allison Rich participated in Girl Day as a high school student. As a Girl Scout, she hosted a robotics booth at the event and let the girls drive her 5-foot robot creations. Now, as a UT student, she gets to be on the other side of Girl Day and engage with girls who could be in her shoes in just a few years. “Our biggest goal is to have girls realize that engi- neering is everywhere, that it is perhaps a possibility for them and that math and science and engineering is fun,” WEP director Tri- cia Berry said. “We’re not to necessarily trying make all of them be en- gineers, but just to have heard that word engineer and to have met a lot of female engineers.” Right now, women make GIRLS page 7 Illustration by Stephanie Vanicek / Daily Texan Staff WEST CAMPUS West By West Campus organizers take last bow with inal festival By Samantha Grasso and James Pinkerton @DailyTexanArts his is the last year for West By West Campus ac- cording, to founders and or- ganizers Waldo Wittenmyer and Tessa Hunt — and they mean it this time. While the organizers orig- inally weren’t going to host another West By West Cam- pus this spring, they’ve de- cided to run the festival for a ith and inal year. WXWC is an annual lo- cal music and ilm festival that began in spring 2010. he event is free to the public and does not have age restrictions. “It’s not that we want the sentiment to die,” Witten- myer said. “[The founders are] not in that scene as much anymore. The whole point of West By is to em- power the true nature of West Campus.” Wittenmyer said the idea to put on a festival originally WEST BY WEST CAMPUS When: Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22 Where: 21st Street Co-op, Eden House Co-op and French House Co-op Cost: Free came from the live bands constantly performing at the diferent West Campus co-ops, including 21st Street Co-op and former co-op House of Guise. “We just had this idea to combine into everything one giant show,” Witten- myer said. “I don’t know if there was any reason at the time for that, but it seemed like we should get as crazy as possible with music in West Campus.” Wittenmyer said WXWC 2014 is diferent from pre- vious years in its physical layout, with all three music venues located on 21st Street If it’s already an estab- lished thing, please, just ind someone to give us an excuse to chill out for an eve- ning and view other people’s work. —Daniel Abramson, Radio-television-ilm sophomore for a stronger block-party feel. he funding for WXWC also changed, with the orga- nizers hosting a Kickstarter campaign with a $3,000 goal instead of relying heavily on company sponsors. While the Kickstarter goal was reached in the last 15 hours of the campaign, organizer William Salazar said they were anxious about reaching the goal. FESTIVAL page 7 A guitarist perfroms during West By West Campus 2013 last year at 21st Street Co-Op. This is the last year for WXWC, an annual local music and ilm festival that began in spring 2010. Guillermo Hernandez / Daily Texan ile photo Andrea Kurth / Daily Texan Staff The Green-Christian Collection, featuring works from the 1940s to the turn of the 21st century, is in the Visual Arts Center until March 8. Symposium to discuss role of art collecting in art history By Carmen Rising @carmen_rising Collecting art is more than a hobby or inancial investment — personal col- lections oten contain works by underrepresented art- ists. When diverse private collections are displayed in museums and galler- ies, they broaden people’s understanding of art his- tory by providing access to works of various styles and backgrounds. Local art collectors Ru- dolph Green and Joyce Christian collect African- American and African di- aspora art. Pieces from their collection are currently on display at the Visual Arts Center and are open to the public until March 8. On Saturday, the center will host a symposium with guest lecturers who will dis- cuss how to collect art and why collecting art afects art history. he Green-Christian Collection of Art of the Caribbean and African Di- aspora consists of works spanning from the 1940s to the turn of the 21st century. he collection features artists from the U.S. and the Carib- bean. Eddie Chambers, art and art history associate pro- fessor and the symposium’s organizer, explained that the portrayal of the artists and their communities in the me- dia is a prominent subject in the exhibition. “It relects the images of people and artists them- selves,” Chambers said. “hat tends to be a wonder- ful manifestation of culture. It means a lot when an art- ist visualizes him or herself and their communities. You have artists who give explic- it social narratives.” Robin K. Williams, cura- torial fellow and graduate student, said the collection is important because Euro- pean artists dominate the mainstream art world, while African-American and Af- rican diaspora artists tend to be sidelined. GREEN-CHRISTIAN COLLECTION When: Saturday, Feb. 22 Where: UT Visual Arts Center “It’s the problem with the way in which art history as a discipline was formed and how art has become histo- ricized,” Williams said. “Art has always been produced by all kinds of people, so the collection is important for bringing those voices into the conversation because our culture is more plural- ized, and it should be.” Saturday’s symposium will host professors from around the country who will discuss their personal experiences as curators and scholars. Each speak- er specializes in African- American or African dias- pora art and will address the topic of how these kinds of collections help ART page 7