1 SPORTS PAGE 6 COMICS PAGE 7 L&A PAGE 8 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, October 30, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Students move past satellite explosion By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13 What was meant to be a successful mission to space ended in lames Tuesday night for the Texas Space- crat Lab. NASA’s unmanned An- tares rocket was scheduled to launch Tuesday at 6:22 p.m., but, just seconds af- ter liftoff, the rocket ex- ploded. The spacecraft carries supplies for the In- ternational Space Station along with the RACE sat- ellite built by graduate and undergraduate students in the Texas Spacecraft Lab. The satellite was a collaborative project with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. “We were all watching it and expecting it to go smoothly,” aerospace en- gineering professor Glenn Lightsey said. “But we re- alized pretty quickly after launch that something was wrong.” Aerospace engineering senior Cody Colley and his fellow team members watched the launch together via live stream. “What I was most im- pressed with was how within half an hour [ater the launch], everyone in the room said, ‘OK, we’ve got work to do still,’” Colley said. Colley said there are two other projects the lab is working on. One is the Bevo-2 satellite, a second in a series of missions that were started in 2006. The other is a satellite named the Armadillo, a proj- ect sponsored by the U.S. Air Force. “We actually had the SATELLITE page 2 FRAMES featured photo CITY New biking app aims to help users avoid traic By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94 The Austin Transporta- tion Department is devel- oping a new phone app that could help students avoid traffic when biking to campus. The app, which is being developed with the Kimley- Horn consulting company, can communicate with traf- fic lights to time them effi- ciently and make sure a cy- clist has the quickest route to travel. Marissa Monroy, senior public information special- ist at the Austin Transpor- said tation Department, the app is designed to work with both Android and iOS operating systems. Cyclists start the app before starting to ride, and it communi- cates their velocity to traf- fic lights when they enter a detection zone near an in- tersection. This communi- cation would help time the changing traffic lights with the biker’s movements. The app also provides an audio confirmation for cyclists, so they know the app is track- ing them correctly. Monroy said the app is still in the beta phase of testing, but the transporta- tion department plans to do trial runs with it in January. The department hasn’t set up all of the intersections for the app yet, but it plans to focus on Central Austin, where there are the most cyclists, and may include intersections on Guadalupe APP page 2 Children play a chance rubber duck game at Family Fest hosted by Hyde Park Baptist Church on Wednesday evening. Jenna VonHofe | Daily Texan Staff CITY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Cole encourages political participation Mayoral can- didate, Sheryl Cole, addresses students on the importance of educated voting in Robert Welch Hall on Wednesday evening. One of eight candidates, Cole encourages students to be informed about local politics. Jenna VonHofe Daily Texan Staff By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng With Election Day near- ing, Sheryl Cole, mayor pro tem and mayoral candi- date, encouraged students to research their local gov- ernment candidates and vote at a talk in Welch Hall on Wednesday. At the event, co-hosted by the Lambda heta Phi fraternity and the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Cole said she difers from her opponents in her eforts to get the com- munity’s voice heard, espe- cially in her work to connect with students. “I care about involving the community and espe- cially the student communi- ty in the process of making policy so that we can lit all our voices,” Cole said. “I’m happy to report I received he Daily Texan endorse- ment, and I believe that’s be- cause my oice did so much student outreach on issues that afect you guys, like oc- cupancy limits.” The mayoral race features eight candidates, including attorney Steve Adler and City Council member Mike Martinez. Lambda heta Phi Presi- dent Mario Gonzalez said a fraternity brother and UT alumnus suggested hosting the event. heir organiza- tion does not endorse any candidates, Gonzalez said, but wants to educate stu- dents on local politics. “Even though most stu- dents are here for four years, most students don’t get in- volved with politics,” Gonzalez said. “While we might not stay here for life, we’re still part of the Austin community.” Occupancy limits, Cole said, are something that need to be moderated. According to Cole, the further a student lives away from campus, the more points they lose from their grade point average. “I was the one who reached out to the students and said, ‘What do you think of it?’” Cole said. “I voted for occu- pancy limits, but I made sure it was in a narrow area of the city so that Riverside would not be impacted, and the sup- ply wouldn’t go down and in- crease prices in a bigger area.” Cole said she had the record most moderate of anyone in Austin City Council, something that would help her balance de- cision making as mayor. “When you take your oath of oice, you swear to do what is in the best interest of the city as a whole,” Cole said. “I try to come up with a win- win situation for both sides, COLE page 2 Luis Sentis, assistant mechanical engineering professor, demonstrates the “Dreamer” robot. Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan Staff UT engineers dream of robotic potential By Chris Mendez @thedailytexan In discussing the future of robots Wednesday, Luis Sen- tis, mechanical engineering assistant professor, said the University will have an im- portant role for research in the area of robotics. “Texas and Austin are a very important hub for technolo- gies, competitions in high-tech and for robotics,” Sentis said. “Dreamer,” a robot de- veloped by Sentis and the University’s Human Cen- tered Robotics lab, held up the “Hook ’em Horns” hand sign and waved hello to at- tendees of the lecture, held in the Jackson Geological Sci- ences Building and hosted by UT Libraries as part of its ROBOT page 2 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY Students seek for UT to recognize Indigenous Day. PAGE 3 UT System should divest from genocidal countries. PAGE 4 Offense hopes to rebound against Texas Tech. 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According Cole, a lack of afordability was pushing out the African- American population. “I was one of the people really hard that worked with the African-American ROBOT continues from page 1 “Science Study Breaks” se- ries. he talk featured movie clips with robots from mov- ies such as “Paciic Rim” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” both of which featured Dreamer. Sentis talked about work- ing with the lab to create a robot that would eventually help those with disabilities. Travis Llado, a research assistant for the lab, said they hope to have a wheel- base operating in the next few weeks that would allow Dreamer to move on vari- ous surfaces. “We have a wheelbase that carries Dreamer around, but it can’t move on any surfaces beyond linoleum,” Llado said. “So we wanted one that could go of road.” Kwan Suk Kim, mechani- cal engineering graduate stu- dent, has also been involved in the lab. “Actually, nowadays, a lot of people are worried about the safety of robots,” Kim said. “Speciically, we’re focusing on the safety issue of robots.” said Kim they are Graduate student Yuting Chen sits in Blanton’s James Drake exhibit on Wednesday afternoon. Ellyn Snider | Daily Texan Staff Lightsey said the RACE satellite contained a ra- diometer, an instrument that would have measured the amount of water va- por in the atmosphere on a global scale. The mission aimed to help scientists measure the earth’s water cycle and improve their understanding of the im- pacts of global weather and climate change. According Light- sey, the satellite was small enough to fit in one’s hand, making it a relatively af- fordable project to go to to space. “The enabling part of this mission is the minia- turization,” Lightsey said. “What is hoped is that by making satellites smaller, we will be able to fly mis- sions to space at more af- fordable budgets. That’s the innovation.” According to Colley, he and the lab intend to look past the mission and concen- trate on their other projects. “It’s sad that we don’t have a mission to oper- ate anymore,” Colley said. “But we still have to keep website, the app works by using the company’s ad- vanced traffic management system technology to col- lect data and coordinate traffic lights. Once enough data is collected, it will help city officials moni- traffic patterns and tor work to decrease conges- tion in the worst areas, the website said. R a d i o - tel e v is i on - f i l m junior Andrea Chen said she thinks having another technological apparatus while biking might just add to the confusion of traffic around campus. “It might be helpful, but, for me, I’m really bad at multi-tasking, so it might Corporate communications senior Cilla Sutin locks her bike outside of Burdine Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Ellyn Snider | Daily Texan Staff be a little confusing to deal with,” Chen said. “Around campus, you have to watch for people and cars that through, so hav- come ing one more thing to fo- cus on might not be the best idea.” Quality of Life task force that studies economic issues and how it relates to the African- American community,” Cole said. “he population across the spectrum is chasing bet- ter schools and economic the opportunities outside city limits.” One of the ways to combat the afordability problem is giving out economic incen- tives to companies, Cole said. “We have metrics that we look at — the amount of jobs they will create, what impact will it have on school dis- tricts, charitable contribu- tions,” Cole said. “We don’t give tax breaks that don’t ultimately result in a positive net return for the city.” Zeta Phi Beta president Nikah Hatcher said, while she has already voted, she’s still trying to get the student population involved in the local election. “I know she has experience in local government already, and, as far as the black com- munity goes, she would be the irst female black mayor of Austin, and I know some people want to hear what she’s about,” Hatcher said. “I’m not trying to persuade them, but, hopefully, they try to get educated.” Early voting continues un- til Friday, and Election Day is Tuesday. to work on continuing Dreamer as more labs on campus improve further ro- bot technology. Sentis said he worked with Honda to de- velop robots that can mimic human actions. Sentis said these robots could assist in daily activities for humans. “hese robots can work as service and industrial mobile workers,” Sentis said. “hey can do assembly, welding and painting.” Along with their potential for helping people with dis- abilities, Sentis said research- ers would like to make robots more safe and cost-efective. “hey’re also being realis- tic about the costs of robot- ics,” Sentis said. According to Sentis, the implementation of robots in assembly lines would lead to job loss. “Robotics will eliminate human labor in some appli- cations by 2030,” Sentis said. Sentis said he hopes to see robots eventually imple- mented into various activi- ties for many people. “We’re trying to blend them into our daily lives,” Sentis said. “We can sort of simulate all the pos- sible outcomes for people with disabilities.” Name: 3099/House; Width: 29p6; Depth: 3.5 in; Color: Black, 3099/ House; Ad Number: 3099 NEWS Thursday, October 30, 2014 CAMPUS W&N 3 3 Students petition for Indigenous Peoples’ Day By Adam Hamze @adamhamz he second Monday of October could be known as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” instead of Columbus Day if a petition asking the Univer- sity administration to make the change is successful. he petition, which was created on Columbus Day by the Native American and In- digenous Collective and can be found on their website, passed 500 signatures last week. he NAIC is an orga- nization housed within the Multicultural Engagement Center and aims to provide services and host events for indigenous peoples. Jacob Barrios, Mexican American studies junior and co-director of Operations for the NAIC, said the peti- tion was inspired by a move- ment across the nation that began in the northeast to shit away from the celebra- tion of Columbus Day. Barrios said he believes the notion of celebrating Columbus Day and the idea that he “discovered” the Americas, even though there were already people living there is a harmful, Westernized mentality. “[Columbus] was the be- ginning of the exploitation of the land and resources of the Native people by Eu- ropeans,” Barrios said. “We think that instead of honor- ing that legacy through the celebration of Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day would celebrate the re- silience, resistance and the beauty of Native culture, instead of the start of this tragic demise.” Seattle and Minneapo- lis were the irst two cit- ies to oicially celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of Columbus Day this year. Barrios, who is indigenous to Mexico, said WORLD Jacob Barrios, government and Mexican American studies junior, is the co-director of the Native American and Indigenous Collective. The group has started a petition for UT to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan Staff he believes the Univer- sity has not made an active pursuit to recruit Native American students. “I don’t think UT as an institution is connect- ing with those communi- ties in the way that they could be,” Barrios said. “We think that Indigenous Peoples’ Day would be the start to changing the culture of UT.” According to the 2010 gov- ernment census, Texas has the fourth largest population of individuals who identify as American Indian or Alaskan Native, but the past four University freshmen classes have been composed of less than 1 percent American Indian population. UT spokesman Gary Suss- wein said the University does not currently honor Colum- bus Day, but it would con- sider honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day if a resolution were passed through Student Government. “We are always proud of UT students when they en- gage and drive debate on important issues, especially those that relate to equity and justice,” Susswein said. “If the proposal to use that day to honor indigenous peoples is approved by Stu- dent Government, Univer- sity officials would review it closely.” Max his- tory senior and president of University Democrats, said he believes the estab- lishment Indigenous of Peoples’ Day is an example of the community owning its history. Patterson, “Any telling of our his- tory has to be a complete one or else we are putting If the proposal to use that day to honor indigenous peoples is approved by Student Government, University oficials would review it closely. —Gary Susswein UT spokesman ourselves back,” Patterson said. “If we don’t recog- nize the incredible sacriice the Native Americans had over the past hundreds, thousands of years, we are doing a disservice and not paying a full credit to our history.” Barrios said the commu- nity can help in ways other than signing the petition, such as being cognizant of the contributions of the indigenous peoples to so- ciety and educating those who are unfamiliar with the history. Name: 3028/House; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Process color, 3028/House; Ad Number: 3028 In light of petition, Iran grants retrial for former UT student By Josh Willis @joshwillis35 With thousands of peo- ple having signed a petition asking for the release of Omid Kokabee from a pris- on in Iran, he was recently granted a retrial from the Iranian judicial system. imprisoned Kokabee, a former UT physics graduate student, has been in his home country of Iran since 2011. The petition was turned into the Iranian Mission at the United Na- tions in New York City on Tuesday, according to Am- nesty International. Physics professor Herbert Berk said the petition, signed by 31 Physics Nobel Laure- ates, could help get Kokabee released from prison. “Historically, if people are interested in people in jail, it usually makes a diference to make a statement,” said Berk, who also serves as chairman for the Commit- tee on International Free- dom of Scientists. “It should make a diference.” According to Amnesty thousands International, of people signed petitions for Kokabee’s release. Berk said this publicity could al- ready be helping Kokabee, as the Iranian Supreme Court has made a ruling declaring Kokabee will get another trial. “Very recently, the Ira- nian Supreme Court ruled that Omid’s conviction should be vacated because the procedures were not correct,” Berk said. “We’re expecting in a month or two he be freed, and they’ll retry him and hopefully re- lease him.” Berk said the conditions in the prison are very poor, and Kokabee is in need of medical attention. “Omid is ill because con- ditions are poor, and he is facing ailments,” Berk said. “He has kidney problems; he had heart palpitations, and he is losing weight. We have asked the Iranian government, while we’re waiting for the retrial, to at least give him a medical Omid Kokabee Former UT grad student furlough, so he can be treated of these diseases.” Berk said the Iranian gov- ernment poached Kokabee in an efort to get him to contribute to the country’s military research. “He chose to be in jail rather than do something that he feels is harmful to humanity,” Berk said. “And that is a very scientific, re- sponsible thing to do.” Before being imprisoned in 2011, Kokabee studied photonics and laser optics at the University. UT spokesman Gary Suss- wein declined to comment on the award and petition. R E C Y C L E ♲ AFTER READING YOUR COPY Free Food & Fun! MLK & Brazos look for the daily texan tent 4 hours before kickoff RILEY BRANDS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Thursday, October 30, 2014 4 EDITORIAL COLUMN UT System should not invest in companies that support genocide Despite extremism, Islam engages in productive, harmonious living Editor’s Note: Ali Breland, the author of the resolution discussed in this editorial, was an opinion columnist for The Daily Texan during the spring semester. He wrote a column supporting the UT System’s divest- ment from companies in Sudan, which can be read at www.dailytexanonline.com. Student Government introduced a reso- lution Tuesday calling for the UT System to divest from companies that support genocide. The University of Texas Invest- ment Company, known as UTIMCO, man- ages $25 billion in endowments for both the University of Texas and Texas A&M University, investing more than $12 mil- lion in companies that fund genocide in Sudan. Student Government is calling for the System “to create or agree upon a blacklist of companies that UTIMCO can- not invest in that is more thorough and comprehensive than the Texas Comptrol- ler’s blacklist.” In 2003, the genocide in Sudan began, and has killed nearly half a million people and displaced almost 3 million since then. The Sudanese government facilitates these murders, and our University System indi- rectly funds them. One company in par- ticular that the System should prioritize divesting in is PetroChina, in which the System invests approximately $1 million. PetroChina, which numerous companies have divested from in recent years, owns 40 percent of South Sudan’s oil assets and finally admitted in January that it has done business with Sudan, a U.S.-sanctioned country. In 2005, Harvard University voted to divest from this company, and in 2006, the University of California System, which the University of Texas System constantly competes with, approved a policy to do the same, in addition to divesting from eight other companies that also inadvertently contribute to genocide. UTIMCO should follow these schools’ leads and also divest. In 2004, the University of California System suggested divestment “when the United States government declares that a foreign regime is committing acts of geno- cide,” and in 2004, the U.S. declared this about Sudan. The UC System ended up agreeing upon a slightly different policy, but if the UT System decides not to create a thorough blacklist of companies it won’t invest in, it should at least divest from companies that work with foreign regimes the U.S. has declared are facilitating geno- cide. By keeping its investments in these companies, the University of Texas System is knowingly supporting genocide. Allow- ing our University to indirectly take part in this is completely unacceptable, and we agree with Student Government in urging the System to divest from these compa- nies. DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! Early voting is underway. I Voted Registered Travis County voters can vote at the Flawn Academic Center from now through Oct. 31. Polls are open the following hours: Mon. - Fri. : 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. COLUMN Growth in Central Texas presents work opportunities for graduates By Shannon Harris Guest Columnist If you want to stay in Central Texas ater graduation, consider this: Austin is growing at an unprecedented rate. he population has grown 37.7 percent since 2000. Some estimates state that as many as 110 people move to Austin each day. Because Austin sits on the Balcones Escarpment, part of a fault line running north and south through much of Central Texas, the geography of the city and surrounding areas presents un- common challenges to that physical growth while at the same time stretching our natu- ral resources. What this means for upcom- ing graduates from UT is that there is op- portunity in the area for young professionals in many disciplines. Some of those oppor- tunities are unique and require creative ap- proaches that will enable many of us to put theory into practice. For example, when I attended a western Travis County public water utility district meeting recently, many challenges of growth became evident. he training and education we receive at UT could provide meaningful leadership as Central Texas transitions. his area west of Austin needs knowledgeable en- gineers willing to work on the special prob- lems of waste water treatment plants and wa- ter delivery in a geographically diverse and demanding, yet sensitive environment. Parts of this district are situated over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, an area that supports important groundwater as well as a popular swimming hole, Barton Springs. he karst formations of the aquifer allow pollutants to pass quickly and almost entirely uniltered to local waterways. One of the area’s waste- water treatment plants was originally built only to serve a subdivision development but is now serving many more customers, including commercial customers. he plant was never intended to operate under these conditions. Failures in infrastructure of this kind could threaten the aquifer. A new hotel development in the western Travis County area underscores further evidence that creative thinkers with a wide range of skills are needed to handle prob- lems unique -qto Central Texas. On Sept. 18, a storm dumped more than seven inches of rain in less than 24 hours in the city of Bee Cave. he hotel’s parking garage, which is situated beneath the hotel, illed with drain- age water from the site. he water made its way into the city’s storm drains. Unfortu- nately, this city drain was not designed to handle the additional water, despite the fact that rain events such as this occur frequently in Central Texas, and the storm water ended up in the sewer system. University of Texas graduates trained to use innovative tech- niques in civil engineering, landscape archi- tecture and architectural engineering will be in demand as these problems begin to sur- face and require novel approaches. Finally, Central Texas needs profession- als trained to think holistically about infra- structure problems in such a sensitive envi- ronment. Luckily, Austin has already made progress toward this goal. In the 1970s, the city’s Watershed Protection Department be- gan to introduce planners into the engineer- ing-dominated ield. Since that time, both groups have learned to value lessons taken from each discipline and have created a de- partment that thinks outside the box about how to innovatively solve Austin’s storm wa- ter problems. he fast-growing areas outside of Austin — once small, sleepy communities in the country — need advanced problem-solvers now. University of Texas graduates should pursue opportunities in these cities, bring- ing with them the enthusiasm, energy and cutting-edge knowledge that we learn in our academic programs which can help solve the area’s burgeoning growth problems. Harris is an architecture graduate student from Athens. People of different faiths from the UT community share dinner at Nueces Mosque in West Campus on Oct. 15. Photo courtesy of Saifuddin Merliahmad By Syed Rizvi Daily Texan Columnist @SyedMuzziRizvi Editor’s Note: “Peace be upon him” (ab- breviated “pbuh”) is a salutation for the prophets of Islam. It is a mandatory prac- tice per the Quran and hadiths. In addition, note that Muslims believe that Jesus was a Prophet.” Two weeks ago, on Oct. 15, the Universi- ty Interfaith Council hosted the “Progres- sive Dinner” at Nueces Mosque, a Muslim place of worship located in West Campus, where the Muslim community engaged in meaningful dialogue and strengthened the bonds between the University’s different faiths on campus. Next week, on Nov. 2, Nueces Mosque will host an Open House Interfaith Dinner. These events are steps in the right direction, but we must do more. Without a doubt, the majority of ex- tremists today cite Islam as their justifi- cation for their bloody acts of terrorism. However, I would argue that the way to combat extremism, which most Muslims spurn, is not to attack Muslims or Islam but the opposite. By citing differences and inflaming tensions between Muslims and the rest of the world, we empower extrem- ists. Just this past Friday, Pastor Robert Jeffress of Dallas spoke on “The O’Reilly Factor,” stating that to his congregation, he preaches that Islam is a false religion and its Prophet Muhammad (phuh) is both vi- olent and false. Sadly, this is not just a Fox News problem. Bill Maher recently came under fire for his sweeping generaliza- tions and Islamophobic comments as well. If we want to hold the extremists at bay, we must start by discouraging and condemn- ing the pastor’s and Maher’s rhetoric, and additionally, we must realize that Islam is not inherently incompatible and antago- nistic to a peaceful and civic society. As a Muslim, I feel alienated, but as the follow- ing two examples will point out, we have lived together for a very long time, peace- fully and productively. First, every Christian knows the reli- gion’s holiest sites are in Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre or the Church of Resurrection, is the holiest of those sites. This church is believed to be where Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. Did you know that the holiest site in Christendom is opened and closed every day by Mus- GALLERY lims? To be specific, two Muslims, from two Palestinian clans who have been the cus- todians of the entrance to the Holy Sep- ulchre since the twelfth century, open the doors every day at 4:30 a.m. In an article by the International Business Times, the history of their stewardship is narrated by Nuseibeh, of the Nuseibeh clan, one of the two families to which the Church is en- trusted. “After the Muslim conquest in 637, the Caliph Omar guaranteed the Arch- bishop Sophronius that the Christian places of worship would be protected and so entrusted the custodianship to the Nuseibehs, a family who originated in Medina and had had relations with the Prophet Muhammad,” Nuseibeh said. “It happened again in 1187, after Sala- din ended the Crusader Kingdom of Jeru- salem,” Nuseibeh said. “He chose our fam- ily again to look after the peace between the different Eastern and Western Chris- tian confessions, which were at odds over control of the Sepulchre.” Next, there are multiple narrations de- scribing how Muslims saved the Jews dur- ing the Holocaust. In one such article, titled “Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II,” Noor Khan served for the British’s Special Operations Executive as a wireless operator in Paris, a position in which the average employee survived six weeks. She was later captured and mur- dered by the Germans. My argument is not to say that Mus- lims have made more positive contribu- tions relative to other faiths. Followers of all religions have at one point committed at least one crime against another, and it would be counterproductive to argue whose religion has been the aggregate plus for humanity. What I am arguing is that Muslims and non-Muslims have lived harmoniously and productively in the past, and we can do so now and into the future. Our scriptures encourage it, and our overwhelming example does as well. I’ll end with an excerpt from a letter sent by Imam Ali’s (pbuh), the fourth Caliph and first Imam for Shiites, to one of his governors. “Be not in face of them a voracious animal, counting them as easy prey, for they are of two kinds: either they are your brothers in religion or your equals in cre- ation.” Rizvi is a government senior from Dallas. LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE OR GUEST COLUMN | E-mail your Firing Lines and guest columns to editor@dailytex- anonline.com. Letters must be between 100 and 300 words and guest columns between 500 and 1,000. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. 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Gregory Castillo | Daily Texan Staff CLASS 5 LIFE&ARTS Thursday, October 30, 2014 THROWBACK Spooky spirits on, near UT do not make Austin ghost town 5 GRAVEYARD continues from page 8 “It’s a great way to ind a wider audience.” According to Aditi Mukherji, a Texas Book Fes- tival volunteer for the past two years, the Lit Crawl has been a valuable addition to the Texas Book Festival by attracting a younger crowd seeking a literary commu- nity to call their own. “Austin is an extremely literate city; people are engaged,” much more Mukherji said. “here are people who enjoy that inter- section of life.” can even Crawl show people a bit of Texas his- intersects tory when with an event such as the cemetery readings. it “Texas has such a dis- tinct and really unique his- tory compared to the other states,” Mukherji said. “he history of Texas as seen by the people who were buried there was really interesting.” Mukherji explains that there is a young community in Austin very interested in enjoying literature in a fun, social environment. he Lit Crawl ofers this during the exciting time around Halloween. Mukherji said the Lit “The fact that they are able to bring really pres- tigious from luminaries the literary world from all around the world is such a treat,” Mukherji said. “I’ve seen it grow from this contained weekend this ex- to experience travaganza with all these venues getting involved with literature.” Both Mukherji and Opitz agree that interactive events are important to help a growing population share their love of reading with one another. “It gets more people excited books,” about Opitz said. “hat’s why we need it.” By Logan Herrington @lherrington49 It’s easy for college stu- dents to get distracted from the true intention of Hal- loween. Dressing up like an anthropomorphic kitten or a lumberjack, partying with the same people you hang out with every week and buying smaller ver- sions of candy bars avail- able year-round at drug stores makes the spirit of Halloween a little hard to nail down. As confusing as Hallow- een may be to an outsider, it really can be described in one word: ghosts. Fortu- nately for Austinites, there is no deficit of haunted lo- cations to visit this year to get in the spirit. In 1999, he Daily Texan writer Lisa Matsumoto wrote an article about several of these places. Metz Elementary School served the Austin commu- nity for over 70 years be- fore it was demolished in 1990. During its demolition, the workers reported some eerie occurrences. Several people reported hearing voices of a teacher with her students. Con- struction machinery and watches would stop work- ing for short periods of time and then begin again, and one worker died after a piece of brick wall fell on top of him. After the new school was built in place of the old Metz, reports of the strange happenings became less frequent. However, Jeanine Plumer, a director of a Stories of rare, mystical occurances appearing around and on UT campus, have been sited by a couple sources — one piece of evidence even involving Littleield Dormitory. Daily Texan ile photo group that provides histori- cal tours around the city, said there were some bi- zarre tales circulating from people who worked at the new school. “A custodian had actually seen an apparition,” Plumer said. “he girl walked out of a classroom and turned the corner.” he little girl was described as wearing attire unique to the early 1900s when the school was built. There have always been speculations of a haunt- ing of the Littlefield Dor- mitory on the west side of campus, too. Jean Garner was a hall co- ordinator at the dorm for 13 years. Although she never experienced ghostly visitors, she had a few creepy stories of things that hap- pened during her tenure at the hall. any One summer in the early 1980s, when she was the only resident at the dorm, she noticed that a light was on in a room that was sup- posed to be locked. Seeing that the door was ajar, she tried to open it cautiously, but something forcefully pushed it shut. She called the police, but no one was found. Many of her residents would tell her that it was the One summer in the early 1980s, when she was the only resident at the dorm, she no- ticed that a light was on in a room that was supposed to be locked. Seeing that the door was ajar, she tried to open it cautiously but something forcefully pushed it shut. ghost of George Littleield’s wife, Alice. Margaret Berry, a his- torian who wrote several books on the University, disagreed that the building was haunted. “hose are made up sto- ries; they aren’t true,” Berry said. “here was a time when the house was rundown, and maybe that was when the stories got started. hough Austin may be a hot spot for ghostly visitors, Plumer said this is not cause for anyone to worry. “Ghosts are everywhere, and they’re not something to fear,” Plumer said. FEAR continues from page 8 of shadows. Although the children in the case study sufered vision diiculties that led to a fear of the dark, the researchers reasoned that low-light conditions may be enough of a vision impairment to inspire fear in any person. Today, the monsters that lurk in the city ater hours probably aren’t as scary as a hungry lion — unless you consider the slew of tasteless costumes on Sixth Street, in which case, you may be sorry that your night vision works so well. 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Apply on-line www.123Donate.com GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Thursday, October 30, 2014 FOOTBALL Ofense looks to rebound vs. Tech MLB By Drew Lieberman @DrewLieberman Kansas State shut out Texas for the irst time Saturday in over a decade. he Longhorns only ac- counted for 196 yards ofen- sively and never possessed the ball for more than 40 percent of the time of any quarter. “We just didn’t execute; that’s the bottom line,” sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes said. “We didn’t execute, so, when you don’t execute, it puts you in a really tough position to win.” Texas only possessed the ball 10 times, and all but two of those possessions ended with a punt. he Longhorns moved the ball less than 10 yards on six of the drives and failed to convert on two red zone opportunities. “If you watched me on the side line, I was frustrated the whole time,“ senior wide receiv- er John Harris said. “Just doing those quick three and outs — that’s not us.” For Texas Tech’s defense, Sat- urday was also a day that they would like to forget. he Red Raiders surrendered 82 points to No. 10 TCU, which was the most allowed in program history and the most scored ever in a Big 12 conference game. “If I’m a coordinator, and I just gave up 82 points, then you’re trying to igure out, ‘Hey, how did this happen?’” head coach Charlie Strong said. “You’re looking at your players on defense, and they’re really feeling down because they’re giving up that many.” But Tech’s defensive issues have lasted most of the season. Entering Saturday, the Red Raiders had allowed 44 points per game in their losses and over 460 yards per game in their irst seven contests. In contrast to the Tech de- fensive struggles, the Longhorn ofense has been almost non- existent in their losses. Entering Saturday, they had mustered just over two touchdowns in defeats and were nearly shut out in their losses to Baylor and BYU. “You have two teams com- ing of of a loss,” Strong said. “If I’m sitting there at Texas Tech, [we’re] probably iguring, ‘Hey, have this team coming in of a CLUB SPORTS Sophomore Andre Chelliah has found his role leading his intramural foot- ball team to the postseason. Jonathan Garza| Daily Texan Staff After improving in each of the two prior weeks, sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoops struggled last week against Kansas State, only throwing for 106 yards and zero touchdowns. loss, so we need to go play well because we were embarrassed.’ Both teams were embarrassed last week.” While the Longhorns failed to move the ball efectively and score points, that may not be the case this weekend. he Red Raiders defense has surren- dered at least 21 points in every contest and 30 or more points in six of the eight games played so far. Despite how badly Tech’s de- fense is statistically, the Long- horn players are anticipating maximum efort to compen- sate for last weekend’s beating. “hey are going to come back with a level of pride and a sense of urgency to try to for- get about that loss and just try to move forward as a defense,” Harris said. VOLLEYBALL Horns get tournament feel against Zhejiang By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74 As the volleyball season enters its inal month of regu- lar season play, Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott has been searching opportuni- for ties to replicate the feel of the NCAA tournament. his season, Elliott has matched his team against ranked opponents No. 8 Flor- ida and No. 14 Nebraska and has been in tough environ- ments during Big 12 play. “I love [being in tough en- vironments],” Elliott said. “We need to be as uncomfortable as possible when we go to these environments because it’s go- ing to help us come NCAA tournament time.” Although the Longhorns have already been in chal- lenging environments, El- liott wanted more oppor- tunities to test the team in order to prepare them for post-season play. he No. 5 Longhorns (15-1, 7-1 Big 12) got that opportuni- ty to simulate tournament play when they took on Chinese club team Zhejiang in two ex- hibition games, giving Texas an opportunity to rotate more players in and face a challenge. In game one, despite miss- ing ive players because of sus- pensions, Texas had an easy time getting past Zhejiang, but the second game provided a much more diicult challenge. “We told the team that we thought [Zhejiang] would play better [Tuesday], and we told them they would control the ball better,” Elliott said. “hey are a good volleyball team. hey were mixing up their tips and rolls, and they made us change a lot in our defense.” Zhejiang pushed the Long- horns to ive sets, but, in the end, Texas came out with a victory. We need to be as uncomfortable as possible when we go to these environments because it’s going to help us come NCAA tournament time. —Jerritt Elliott, Head coach With the two games against Zhejiang in the books, Elliott said that the games provided an ample challenge. “It is good to go for a rou- tine and go through the lineup again and watch them,” Elliott said. “I can’t duplicate 18-16 game-ive situations. [hese games were] good for our abil- ity to see where we are con- ditioning-wise and where we are doing a good job … hat’s what makes it fun — that is what volleyball is all about. Let’s enjoy this and execute to win.” hese games also allowed the team to regroup ater suf- fering an upset loss to Okla- homa. Against the Sooners, Texas committed 15 attack errors, 14 service errors and two blocking errors. Senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman said the second game against Zhejiang reminded the team that if they stick together, they can accomplish their goals this season. “he game versus Okla- homa let a bad taste in our mouths,” Eckerman said. “We just needed this to kind of help us know that whatever may be out there, that we can com- pete. It was a big motivation for us to get back to playing Texas volleyball.” Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff Senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman and the Longhorns found a dificult challenge with China’s Zhejiang, which they hope will prepare them for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Ellyn Snider Daily Texan Staff Chelliah succeeds in lag football By Reanna Zuniga @reannasioux he moments when ev- erything comes down to one play, when it is do-or-die, when it means the diference between celebrating or accept- ing defeat — those moments are where Andre Chelliah, English sopho- language more and co-ed lag football quarterback, thrives. “I like the attention, and I thrive under pressure,” Chelli- ah said. “I’m super aggressive, and I like to run. We never huddle. I like to call plays and make them line up really fast, and it’s confusing for the other team.” Under pressure, Chelli- ah has been able to make and game-winning plays his touchdowns, giving team a lead. last-second Although he may be a self- proclaimed “diva,” Chelliah said he doesn’t celebrate his game-changing plays. “I never celebrate because my dad always told me when I was growing up, ‘Act like you’ve been there before,’” Chelliah said. “So I take that as my own personal philoso- phy — I act like I’ve been there before. here is no need to cel- ebrate, like it’s a normal thing for me. I just hand the ref the ball, walk of the ield, high- ive some teammates and get ready for the next drive. Just as much as I’m a diva, I try to keep it modest.” Chelliah and his team- mates are a part of the Viet- namese Students Association, who formed the team “Only Tight Ends.” he team sufered their only loss to the Filipino Stu- dents Association, which put them at a record of 4-1. But, despite a winning record, the team would not have made it to playofs if they had not volunteered to play an extra game against a team from a diferent league. “Ater that loss to FSA, some of us were kind of de- lated because we knew we weren’t going to make it to playofs, but we stuck with it, and we actually got rewards,” Chelliah said. “We’re stoked about it.” Emily Tran, electrical engi- neering freshman and ofen- sive blocker for the team, said facing probable disqualiica- tion from playofs pushed the team to work harder and said the team bonded because of the extra efort. Sunday, in the irst playof game against “Royals-Delta Chi,” the team shut out their opponent 32-0. Chelliah said he knew they had the advantage going into the game, but they made sure not to let it afect the team’s ability to perform. “I didn’t really feel a lot of pressure ater I saw their of- fense perform; I knew we had the game in the bag,” Chelliah said. “From there, I just had to focus on keeping the team calm, playing our game and [avoiding] stu- pid mistakes that we could possibly make from being careless or overzealous.” And team will have on Wednesday, its the second chance for post- season success in its sec- ond playof game against “L1FEWAY YAY.” WEEKEND PREVIEWS SWIMMING | SAMANTHA HALBACH hursday and Friday, the Texas women’s swimming and diving team heads to Cali- fornia to race in its irst two dual meets of the season. he team will take up the chal- lenge of swimming against two of the Top 4 teams in the NCAA, No. 1 California and No. 4 Stanford. Last time Texas met with Stanford and Cal, Texas lost to both. Stanford won by a nar- row margin of 154-146, and Cal, by a 172-128 count. his 2014 Texas schedule is anything but easy. hurs- day, Stanford (2-0), who con- quered Oregon and Utah State in its irst meet, will host Texas (3-0) at 4 p.m. Not only does the Stanford women’s swim- ming and diving team have big talent overall, but their the freshman are stealing show. his season, Stanford’s freshmen alone have acquired 15 individual wins. Other than the swimming on hursday, Stanford will also be hosting a “Pink Out” to raise awareness for cancer, in which both teams will swim in pink caps, and both coaches have vowed to donate. Stanford head coach Gregg Meehan, will donate $1 for ev- ery fan who wears pink to the meet. In response, Texas head coach Carol Capitani tweeted: I “@Stanford_W_Swim: will be donating $1 for every fan in PINK. I will match Greg’s dona- tion, 100% to Komen Austin. Be there!” Capitani takes her team to the Spieker Aquatic Complex on Friday to swim against her alma mater, Cal, at 1 p.m. Emma Ivory-Ganja Senior Both teams have been held to high esteem in college swim- ming. hough Texas has won than more championships Cal overall, Cal has been at the forefront of the competi- tion in the NCAA in recent years. his meet will be especially interesting for senior diver, Emma Ivory-Ganja, who transferred from Cal to Texas her sophomore year. 6 SIDELINE GIANTS ROYALS WIZARDS HEAT ROCKETS JAZZ RED WINGS CAPITALS WHITECAPS FC DALLAS NBA NHL MLS TOP TWEET Nathan Thornhill @NathanThornhill Idk if those a&m uniforms are cool or embarrasing.. #solongago TODAY IN HISTORY 1974 Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round of a match famously known as “The Rumble of the Jungle.” SPORTS BRIEFLY Hess-Olesen to Compete in USTA/ITA Indoor Tournament Senior Søren Hess-Ole- sen will compete against some of the top collegiate tennis players in the USTA/ ITA National Indoor Inter- collegiate Championships ater receiving an at-large bid from the tournament, which begins Nov. 6 in New York. he two-time All-Amer- ican will be competing in the tournament for the second time, but this will be his irst time compet- ing in the singles draw. Last year, he and senior Lloyd Glasspool advanced to the doubles quarterinals. So far this fall, ith- ranked Hess-Olesen is 8-2 with a 5-1 record against ranked opponents. In his four years at Texas, Hess- Olesen holds a record of 81-34. —Jacob Martella COMICS Thursday, October 30, 2014 7 COMICS 7 Name: 3247/Princeton Review; Width: 29p6; Depth: 1 in; Color: MCAT® | LSAT® | GMAT® | GRE® Available: In Person LiveOnline Prep to Name: 2892/Presidium Group; Width: 29p6; Depth: 1 in; Color: the highest degree. Use promo code DailyTexan$150 to save $150 on classroom prep. PrincetonReview.com | 800-2Review 8 L&A LAUREN L’AMIE, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Thursday, October 30, 2014 8 CAMPUS GSC sparks feminist discussion By Alejandra Martinez @ahl3h Every Friday, the Gen- der and Sexuality Center tackles timely feminist top- ics as a part of their Femi- nist Friday series. his Friday’s event will address issues regarding a Halloween tradition: costumes. From the most the provocative insensitive, to costumes will be a subject of debate. two biggest “Well, I think initially the things that come to mind when talking about Halloween are culturally appropri- ate costumes and in terms said Tyler of women,” Grant, public health ju- nior and staff adviser for the Student Leadership Committee. “People slut- shame women who wear provocative costumes. At the same time, those tend to be the only op- tion for women, especially young girls.” Friday’s According Grant, or- ganizing talk began during one of the weekly meetings the Cen- ter holds with students. While this week’s Feminist Friday hopes to educate students, the Center will also be holding a screen- ing of “Hocus Pocus” and a session of pumpkin and cookie decorating. The GSC will also have Butterbeer visitors, providing a sober space to celebrate. for “Well, hopefully they’ll gain a new understand- ing and kind of a new per- spective, and it’ll be a lot of fun, too,” Grant said. I just kind of walked in one day because I heard there was free printing, and, then, I just kind of stayed here. Mostly because I feel a real sense of community with the people that visit here at the Cen- ter, and there’s a lot of good stuff about it. —Liz Elsen, GSC assistant director “I mean, everybody ‘Hocus Pocus,’” likes biweekly “Since it began last year, the student- run discussion series has facilitated similar conver- sations among students,” said Liz Elsen, GSC’s as- sistant director. “We’ve talked about Halloween [for] two years in a row. It’s one of our more popu- lar discussions because people have a lot to say about it.” Although the Center is well-known its work for with LGBT communities said and women, Elsen the to aims Center be inclusive. “We are a women’s cen- ter and an LGBT center here on campus, and we’re open for everybody.” Elsen said. “We’re actually, tech- nically, I think a LGBTQA center because we have plenty of allies who utilize our space.” For Ilse Muñoz, geog- raphy and Plan II senior, inding out about the GSC started with a search for a useful resource. “I just kind of walked in one day because I heard there was free printing, and, then, I just kind of stayed here,” Muñoz said. “Mostly because I feel a real sense of community with the people that visit here at the Center, and there’s a lot of good stuff about it. I feel like I’ve be- come a more educated per- son and have met a lot of really cool people, and I get really good resources here.” his sense of community and the numerous resources the Center houses have been a draw for students ever since the Center opened 10 years ago. “We have an amazing library; it’s off the UT li- brary system; we have workstations; we do pro- gramming,” Elsen said. “The heart of what we do is — we’re a hang- out students, for kind of a home-away- from-home.” spot SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CITY Study links night fright to sight Illustration by Shannon Butler | Daily Texan Staff By Paepin Goff @paepin his Halloween, many UT students will venture into Austin ater dark, dressed in costume garb, the unafraid. However, night wasn’t always so welcoming to human be- ings, and people weren’t al- ways so bold ater the sun went down. Today, some children have a seemingly irrational fear of the dark that mani- fests through talks of mon- sters under the bed and in the closet. Of course, there aren’t monsters lurking in our homes waiting to eat us. In other places in the world, though, there is danger in the dark, and the monsters are very real. In Africa’s Okavango Delta, a 2012 study inves- tigated coexistence among predatory species over three years. he study found wild dogs and cheetahs hunt more frequently by moon- light while lions and hyenas maintained a constant activ- ity pattern across the lunar cycle. heir results suggest that spe- sub-dominant cies are restricted by light availability because they encountering other risk hunting animals, whereas species higher on the food chain dominate the dimly lit savanna. Although we see our- selves as the dominant species on Earth, hu- mans weren’t always at the summit of the hierarchy. In fact, animals that evolved for a nocturnal environment have eyes that function bet- ter than ours do in the dark- ness. Lions, for instance, can see six times better than hu- mans at night because their visual anatomy is better de- veloped for night vision. If it is us against a lion at night, our eyes aren’t doing us any favors. Human senses evolved for the daytime. Our eyes include receptor cells called rods and cones, which send vision signals to the brain in response to light. While cones are useful for distin- guishing between diferent colors and small details, rods help us see at night because they have a much higher sensitivity to light. Nocturnal animals have a relective layer of cells behind the retina that in- creases the potential for the eye to absorb light waves. his means that noctur- nal animals can see under dimmer conditions because Illustration by Hannah Hadidi | Daily Texan Staff Night blindness, known as nyctalopia to the medical com- munity, is not a condition in itself. Instead, it is a symptom of a num- ber of vision defects including vitamin A deiciency, glaucoma and severe nearsightedness. their eyes make better use of the light than human eyes. If you shine a lash- light at a cat in the dark, their eyes will relect the ee- rie eye shine signature of a nocturnal predator. While humans aren’t particularly suited for the night time, most of us are still able to see in shades of black and white at dim- light levels. However, for a small portion of the popula- tion, vision defects inhibit night vision. 2003 study explored the pathological for children, who basis case A feared the dark, and found that, for subjects, night blindness was at the root of the problem. Night blind- ness, known as nyctalopia to the medical community, is not a condition in itself. Instead, it is a symptom of a number of vision de- fects including vitamin A deiciency, glaucoma and severe nearsightedness. with Children eye problems, causing night vi- sion diiculties, expressed a profound fear of the dark with one child even sufering a fear FEAR page 5 Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff Authors Adam Gidwitz, Michelle Knudsen and Danya Lorentz sign autographs for fans after reading a chapter from each of their books at the Texas State Cemetery on Saturday night. Lit Crawl takes on new life at state cemetery By Mary Cantrell @mkcant he Texas State Cemetery was teeming with storytellers and frightened guests Satur- day night. Crowd members passed out devil horn head- bands, and lightning bugs lit up the eerie darkness among the head stones as guests iled in to hear live readings from three diferent authors. his event, the Graveyard Reading, is one of many unorthodox literary events hosted yearly by the Texas Book Festival’s Lit Crawl. Stephanie Opitz, co-orga- nizer of the Lit Crawl and liter- ary director of the Texas Book Festival, has been working on recruiting authors and venues to participate for the past four years. Opitz said events such as Lit Crawl appeal to a wider audience who is interested in a literary community, as well as to authors who want to share their work in a new context. “It allows authors, who are maybe more performative or have quirkier stories, to present them in an environ- ment that really suits that,” Opitz said. “here are a lot of diferent ways you can see authors being themselves a little bit more.” It allows authors, who are maybe more performative or have quirkier stories, to present them in an environment that really suits that. —Stephanie Opitz, Texas Book Festival literary director increasingly During an technological age, where books are read online as e- books or listened to via pod- casts, Lit Crawl relects the changing climate of the lit- erary community. he event into incorporates authors the community in a fun way, making them accessible to their readers. Opitz said that the popu- larity of interactive events such as Lit Crawl has in- creased across the country in recent years in an efort to be more inclusive. “hat’s deinitely the hope for everything,” Opitz said. GRAVEYARD page 5