Former sophomore basketball guard Martez Walker was charged with criminal trespassing on the UT campus Tuesday, according to a Travis County affidavit. Aſter Walker was charged with assault with injury in the San Jacinto Residence Hall last week, he received a letter from Soncia Reagins-Lilly, dean of students and senior associate vice president for student affairs, prohibiting him from returning to campus without permission from the vice president of student affairs, according to the affidavit. In the letter, which went into effect ursday, Reagins- Lilly said, “If you violate the terms of this letter, you will be arrested for criminal trespass, in accordance with Texas’ Criminal Trespass statute.” Despite the letter, Travis County records report he was seen entering the dormitory at 10:08 a.m. Monday. Once an officer arrived at the dorm, Walker was taken into custody for criminal trespass and transported to the Travis County Jail. Aſter Walker’s first arrest Friday for the alleged assault, men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes suspended Walker from the team indefinitely last Friday. UT athletics declined to comment on Walker’s second arrest, and calls to his attorney were not returned. While UTPD said the incident happened Monday, the affidavit reports Walker was booked Tuesday. If convicted, Walker faces a Class A misdemeanor charge, which carries a penalty of up to $4,000 and/or a year in jail. Additional reporting by Garrett Callahan. Texas head coach Charlie Strong announced Wednesday evening that junior quarterback David Ash will no longer play football aſter suffering his third concussion earlier this season. “We just decided because of his health, which was always critical and the number one concern for us, that he’s no longer going to play,” Strong said. “But he’s still going to be around the team, because he deserves to be on this team and around this program.” Ash, who earned a medical redshirt in 2013 aſter missing 10 games because of concussions, returned this summer to his team and was named the starter for the 2014 season. In the season opener against North Texas, he completed 19-of-34 passes for 190 yards. He recorded both a passing and rushing touchdown, playing the entire game despite taking a hard hit in the first quarter. Later that night, Ash called the trainers with concussion-like symptoms, which sidelined him for Texas’ next two games. “We’re always concerned about a young man’s health and will never jeopardize his health for the good of a football team,” said Strong in a Sept. 1 press conference aſter announcing Ash as out “indefinitely.” ough few believed Ash would return, his decision was not official until Wednesday. Strong said there was “no way” they were going to let Ash back on the field aſter his history of injuries, but he thinks it’s important Ash remains a part of the team. “It’s a very tough call for him,” Strong said. “He’s very emotional — done a lot for this program, been a major part of this University. Any player you’d like to finish his Aſter receiving harsh criticism from some students, faculty and staff members during the 2013-2014 school year, Shared Services has made some changes. Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, said the pilot programs in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the College of Education look vastly different than the original Shared Services Plan first introduced to the UT community almost a year ago. e original Shared Services Plan, presented by the Shared Services Committee in October 2013, called for the elimination of 500 jobs and the centralization of University services such as finance, human resources and information technology services. “e initial concept that we presented to campus was, ‘Let’s build a center, and, eventually, it’s going to have 500 people to provide all those services, and it’s probably going to be off- campus,’” Hegarty said. “at’s no longer the vision.” e Shared Services Committee held open forums on campus aſter releasing its plan for faculty and students to discuss and ask questions about the implementation of the program. Hegarty said aſter engaging in these discussions, the committee decided to study different versions of Shared Services already being implemented by the McCombs School of Business and the College of Liberal Arts. Agustín Rossi, the Argentinian minister of defense, discussed foreign affairs and peace in Latin America at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday. Rossi, who spoke with a translator during the event, brought documents dated from the 1970s and 1980s to give to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection. Introducing Rossi, James Galbraith, government/ business relations chair and government professor, said Rossi has had a major impact on various social movements in Argentina. “Rossi was the prime mover behind significant social reforms in Argentina,” Galbraith said. “He is a great friend to many of the causes we believe in.” Rossi said that, for the first time in history, the Latin American countries have been brought together by an organization called UNASUR, the Union of South American Nations. “The establishment of UNASUR, which was born out of the effort of the Brazilian president, was the first time we were able to have all 12 nations of Latin America become member states,” Rossi said. “This promoted the possibility of more cooperation.” Rossi said that soon aſter the creation of UNASUR, the organization was able to keep conflicting countries from going to war. “e first secretary general of UNASUR was ex-president Kirchner,” Rossi said. “e first challenge that this organization took on was to avoid a diplomatic conflict that existed between Colombia and Venezuela.” Peter Cleaves, president of DRG International, an international business advisory firm, said that he understands why it was necessary to create organizations such as UNASUR. “e Argentine military and other militaries in the Latin American region are engaging in international cooperation [and] new kinds of projects, which, in effect, deflect their previous interest in watching the civilian politicians,” Cleaves Students in the School of Social Work assisted a group of Northeast Austin middle school students with a photography project depicting life in the Rundberg community through the eyes of the youth. e photography project was completed by students enrolled in a summer program, designed for at risk youth at Dobie Middle School as part of Restore Rundberg, an Austin Police Department initiative that aims to reduce crime in the neighborhood. e project developed out of a UT class taught this summer by social work professor Cal Streeter. According to Streeter, much of the course content focused on the real-world question of how to engage a community like Rundberg, such as giving students an opportunity for hands-on experience. “ey get to see first-hand how empowering that is for, in this case, the group of students,” Streeter said. “One of the projects we decided to do was to learn more about the community through the eyes of young people in the community, and photo-voice is one methodology that you can use to do that.” Angela Baucom, social work graduate student, was one of four UT students who walked the middle school students through the process of taking photographs that captured life in their community and how to explain what made their pictures meaningful. She said she had a slightly different perspective than some of her fellow social work students because she used to work as a teacher in the public schools. “I came at it from that point of view, of reaching out to kids and trying to get them involved in their community, which is something that I’ve done in the past,” Baucom said. Baucom said the project was not something originally outlined in the APD initiative, which receives federal funding from the Obama administration's Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. “is is kind of a next step beyond just the actions that have been taken to try and kind of approach some of the crime in the area,” Baucom said. “is is more about incorporating the youth perspective to enhance the relationship not only between the APD and the community, but also just the project in general and the community. 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Former sophomore basketball guard Martez Walker was charged with criminal trespassing on the UT campus Tuesday, according to a Travis County affidavit.
After Walker was charged with assault with injury in the San Jacinto Residence Hall last week, he received a letter from Soncia Reagins-Lilly, dean of students and senior associate vice president for student affairs, prohibiting him from returning to campus without permission from the vice president of student affairs, according to the affidavit.
In the letter, which went into effect Thursday, Reagins-Lilly said, “If you violate the terms of this letter, you will be arrested for criminal trespass, in accordance with Texas’ Criminal Trespass statute.”
Despite the letter, Travis County records report he was seen entering the dormitory at 10:08 a.m. Monday. Once an officer arrived at the dorm, Walker was taken into custody for criminal trespass and transported to the Travis County Jail.
After Walker’s first arrest Friday for the alleged assault, men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes suspended Walker from the team indefinitely last Friday. UT athletics declined to comment on Walker’s second arrest, and calls to his attorney were not returned.
While UTPD said the incident happened Monday, the affidavit reports Walker was booked Tuesday.
If convicted, Walker faces a Class A misdemeanor charge, which carries a penalty of up to $4,000 and/or a year in jail.
Additional reporting by Garrett Callahan.
Texas head coach Charlie Strong announced Wednesday evening that junior quarterback David Ash will no longer play football after suffering his third concussion earlier this season.
“We just decided because of his health, which was always critical and the number one
concern for us, that he’s no longer going to play,” Strong said. “But he’s still going to be around the team, because he deserves to be on this team and around this program.”
Ash, who earned a medical redshirt in 2013 after missing 10 games because of concussions, returned this summer to his team and was named the starter for the
2014 season. In the season opener against North Texas, he completed 19-of-34 passes for 190 yards. He recorded both a passing and rushing touchdown, playing the entire game despite taking a hard hit in the first quarter. Later that night, Ash called the trainers with concussion-like symptoms, which sidelined him for Texas’ next two games.
“We’re always concerned about a young man’s health and will never jeopardize his health for the good of a football team,” said Strong in a Sept. 1 press conference after announcing Ash as out “indefinitely.”
Though few believed Ash would return, his decision was not official until Wednesday. Strong said there was “no way” they were going to let
Ash back on the field after his history of injuries, but he thinks it’s important Ash remains a part of the team.
“It’s a very tough call for him,” Strong said. “He’s very emotional — done a lot for this program, been a major part of this University. Any player you’d like to finish his
After receiving harsh criticism from some students, faculty and staff members during the 2013-2014 school year, Shared Services has made some changes.
Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial officer, said the pilot programs in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the College of Education look vastly different than the original Shared Services Plan first introduced to the UT community almost a year ago.
The original Shared Services Plan, presented by the Shared Services Committee in October 2013, called for the elimination of 500 jobs and the centralization of University services such as finance, human resources and information
technology services.“The initial concept that
we presented to campus was, ‘Let’s build a center, and, eventually, it’s going to have 500 people to provide all those services, and it’s probably going to be off-campus,’” Hegarty said. “That’s no longer the vision.”
The Shared Services Committee held open forums on campus after releasing its plan for faculty and students to discuss and ask questions about the implementation of the program.
Hegarty said after engaging in these discussions, the committee decided to study different versions of Shared Services already being implemented by the McCombs School of Business and the College of Liberal Arts.
Agustín Rossi, the Argentinian minister of defense, discussed foreign affairs and peace in Latin America at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday.
Rossi, who spoke with a translator during the event, brought documents dated from the 1970s and 1980s to give to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection.
Introducing Rossi, James Galbraith, government/business relations chair and government professor, said Rossi has had a major impact on various social movements in Argentina.
“Rossi was the prime mover behind significant social reforms in Argentina,” Galbraith said. “He is a great friend to many of the causes
we believe in.”Rossi said that, for the
first time in history, the Latin American countries have been brought together by an organization called UNASUR, the Union of South American Nations.
“The establishment of UNASUR, which was born out of the effort of the Brazilian president, was the first time we were able to have all 12 nations of Latin America become member states,” Rossi said. “This promoted the possibility of more cooperation.”
Rossi said that soon after the creation of UNASUR, the organization was able to keep conflicting countries from going to war.
“The first secretary general of UNASUR was ex-president Kirchner,” Rossi said. “The first challenge that this organization took on
was to avoid a diplomatic conflict that existed between Colombia and Venezuela.”
Peter Cleaves, president of DRG International, an international business advisory firm, said that he understands why it was necessary to create organizations such as UNASUR.
“The Argentine military and other militaries in the Latin American region are engaging in international cooperation [and] new kinds of projects, which, in effect, deflect their previous interest in watching the civilian politicians,” Cleaves
Students in the School of Social Work assisted a group of Northeast Austin middle school students with a photography project depicting life in the Rundberg community through the eyes of the youth.
The photography project was completed by students enrolled in a summer program, designed for at risk youth at Dobie Middle School as part of Restore Rundberg, an Austin Police Department initiative that aims to reduce crime in the neighborhood. The project developed out of a UT class taught this summer by social work professor Cal Streeter. According to Streeter, much of the course content focused on the real-world question of how to engage a community like Rundberg, such as giving students an opportunity for hands-on experience.
“They get to see first-hand how empowering that is for, in this case, the group of students,” Streeter said. “One of the projects we decided to do was to learn more about the community through the eyes of young people in the community, and photo-voice is one methodology that you can use to do that.”
Angela Baucom, social
work graduate student, was one of four UT students who walked the middle school students through the process of taking photographs that captured life in their community and how to explain what made their pictures meaningful. She said she had a slightly different perspective than some of her
fellow social work students because she used to work as a teacher in the public schools.
“I came at it from that point of view, of reaching out to kids and trying to get them involved in their community, which is something that I’ve done in the past,” Baucom said.
Baucom said the project was not something originally
outlined in the APD initiative, which receives federal funding from the Obama administration's Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.
“This is kind of a next step beyond just the actions that have been taken to try and kind of approach some of the crime in the area,” Baucom said. “This is more about
incorporating the youth perspective to enhance the relationship not only between the APD and the community, but also just the project in general and the community.
David Contreras, executive director and founder of LaunchPad the Center, a
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Rundberg photo project gives youth voice
Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan Staff Social work graduate students Angela Baucom and Shubhada Saxena were two of four students to help with the Rundberg photo-voice project at Dobie Middle School this past summer.
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Madison Richards | Daily Texan Staff Argentinian Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi visits the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Wednesday afternoon.
nonprofit organization which hosted the afterschool program for the students, said the experience was personally impactful for the younger students because they felt like they were able to share their perspective on their own community.
“I guess the bottom line is they felt empowered to really convey a part of the city that, unless you’re from this part of the city, it’s hard to identify with the different types of challenges that exist
on East Rundberg Lane,” Contreras said. “They felt like, ‘Somebody wants to hear how we think.’”
Baucom said the project will continue this semester — seven new middle school students will be participating in the program this semester.
“Personally, I always love seeing young people engaged in creative pursuits,” Baucom said. “That’s not an opportunity a lot of youth get, especially youth in areas like the Rundberg neighborhood that are suffering economically and from heightened crime.
said. “So all of these clubs, projects and mutual defense pacts are to keep the military busy doing productive activities, certainly more productive than plotting against the civilian regime.”
Argentina has made headlines for its attempt at keeping a territorial hold on the Malvinas Islands in the Southern Atlantic. Rossi said he supports Argentina’s stance on their right to the islands.
“Argentina claims sovereignty over these islands and will continue to do so," Rossi said. "As a matter of fact, it is part of our national constitution, which declares that we have sovereignty over the Malvinas and the South Atlantic region,” Rossi said. “They belong to Argentina, and we will continue to claim these rights in international forum.”
Rossi said that the Argentinian government has pushed to work peacefully with other nations over the past 40 years so that Latin America can propel itself forward.
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career — that’s why they sign up to be a part of something special. What’s important is that he feels a part of this and [doesn’t feel] like he’s been pushed aside.”
Ash finishes his career with 22 starts, 385 completions and a 62.8 percent completion rate. He threw for 31 touchdowns, tallying 18 interceptions, finishing with a quarterback rating of 138.41. Now, Ash will continue to attend practices, team meetings and potentially travel, Strong said. He will help younger quarterbacks, acting as a coach on the team.
Sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes took the starting job after Ash’s injury and will continue to start for
the Longhorns, with redshirt quarterback Jerrod Heard assuming the backup position. Strong said he has not decided whether they will burn Heard’s redshirt — guessing it will be a game-time decision.
Senior defensive tackle Desmond Jackson will also undergo possibly season-ending foot surgery and could potentially apply for a medical redshirt at the end of the season.
Amy Zhang | Daily Texan Staff After three concussions in the past year, senior quarterback David Ash has decided to end his football career at Texas.
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After reviewing the results of these two programs, Hegarty said two pilot programs were created in the provost’s office and the College of Education.
“The implementation team went in and studied the provost’s portfolio,” Hegarty said. “[They] studied the College of Education,
and they divided the implementation of Shared Services — what units get brought into the Shared Services center. We call it the Central Business Office, the CBO.”
The CBO, now located in the UT Administration Building on Guadalupe Street, used to be made up of small groups of people located in various offices on campus. Previously, the CBO provided services to small units, including the Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs and other organizations that could not afford to have large staffs.
Hegarty said the CBO began offering its services to the College of Education and the provost’s office about six to eight weeks ago, after the smaller offices merged into one.
While the provost’s office has seen positive results, Hegarty said some departments in the College of Education have been disappointed with the services they have received from the CBO.
“We knew purchasing volume rises dramatically in August, and we knew that in the first 12 days of class, there are a lot of [human resources] transactions going on — appointments of faculty and appointments of staff, etc.,” Hegarty said. “While we tried to staff up ahead of that, we didn’t have enough staff. The service levels came down below quite honestly what CBO expected and certainly below what the college had expected.”
Hegarty said, since this occurrence, the College of Education asked his office to stop adding the school’s services to the responsibilities of the CBO until quality of service levels are back up to speed. According to Hegarty, there have been no layoffs as a result of Shared Services.
“Where a position has been displaced, we’ve been able to offer an opportunity in the CBO or elsewhere on campus to make sure that person lands on their feet,” Hegarty said.
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If you see UTPD officers in blue uniforms biking around campus, chances are they’re part of UTPD’s new bike patrol unit, which launched Wednesday.
UTPD Chief David Carter said the new unit was created as a way to increase the awareness and presence of officers on campus.
“The idea is really just to have a more visible presence on campus,” Carter said. “It’s about students feeling comfortable and seeing their officers.”
The new unit has a fleet of 20 bikes, 12 of which were just purchased for the unit. According to Carter, five full-time officers will patrol campus.
“This is a full-time unit, so these guys are like a rapid response for us,” Carter said. “If we see a rising trend in incidents, we’ll focus on that area.”
Carter said officers will patrol on and near campus, especially during times when students are on campus.
“We’ll be patrolling on campus, west of campus and really anywhere there’s a safety concern,” Carter said. “The unit will be on campus mostly on days when students are here, but they’ll be flexible and can respond on weekends and evenings as well.”
Carter said the bike unit will make it easier for officers to respond quickly to incidents and get to areas where patrol cars might not be a feasible mode of transportation.
“Let’s face it — there are issues of traffic congestion, pedestrian congestion, bicycle congestion and all of those things make it difficult to patrol in a police car at times,” Carter said. “We’re looking to focus this unit in areas that are difficult to access with a patrol car, like the West Mall. If we
were to come around [campus] in a car, it would take us a few extra minutes. But these guys on bikes — they’ll be able to beat the traffic.”
According to Carter, this is the first time UTPD has had a full-time bike unit.
Carter said the plan for a bike unit has been under construction since the first few months of his appointment as police chief in July 2013.
“I’ve wanted to do something like this ever since I got here, but we had the chance to look at how we operate and actually have the staffing and manpower to make it possible,” Carter said. “We had eight new officers that got cut loose on their own, so that freed up some people for me to start this unit.”
Carter said he hopes the new unit will encourage students to feel comfortable around officers and report any suspicious incidents.
“I want students to know that we’re not doing this as a thing to clamp down on them, but we really just want the students to be comfortable and talk to the officers,” Carter said. “Sometimes, students notice something strange or suspicious, but then they don’t report it. This is a way to encourage students to let officers know what’s going on.”
Law professor Henry Hu will be the second person to receive a Massey Prize for Research in Law, Innovation, and Capital Markets from the School of Law for his scholarly work in the capital market and corporate governance.
The Massey Prize, established in 2009, was created through a gift from alumni John and Elizabeth Massey. The prize is awarded to an individual who has completed innovative research in the field of law.
Hu said the prize has given him new inspiration to revolutionize the way the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approaches certain economic dilemmas. After joining the University faculty in 1987, Hu was hired by the SEC’s Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation to head the division of economic and risk analysis, a job which he held from
2009-2011.According to Hu, a
pressing issue in the field of economics is the complexity of the circumstances required to be explained to investors by corporations before investments are made. He believes a solution to this problem is to simplify the process by giving the necessary information to investors, allowing them to analyze the information themselves.
“What I’m calling for involves a rethinking of the basic approach to information that’s been used by the SEC since the Great Depression,” Hu said. “New approaches to information are essential.”
Hu said this proposed solution, along with a number of other ideas and terms that he has coined, comes from his combined knowledge of science, law and economics.
“You need a very eclectic approach to deal with today’s very complex problems and transactions
— knowing just the legal rules is not enough,” Hu said. “The exercise of genuine judgment and the bringing together of different fields in creative ways can be critical.”
Upon graduating from Yale Law School, Hu worked as a clerk for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Higginbotham said the award is an honor not only for Hu but for the rest of the law school faculty. He said Hu impressed him early in his career when he first started working with Hu.
“He was an extraordinary, bright young man, and some of his greatest characteristics include quickness in mind, coupled with powerful self-discipline,” Higginbotham said. “I’ve known him to be very hardworking, and when you put together a brilliant mind and hard work, what you get is a productive scholar.”
A symposium celebrating
Hu’s award will be held Sept. 26. The keynote speaker at the symposium will be Robert Charles Clark, Harvard University distinguished professor and former dean of Harvard Law School. Ward Farnsworth, law professor and dean of the UT law school, said the event will be a fitting tribute to Hu’s work.
“It’s a ‘who’s-who’ of the leading thinkers in the country at the intersection of law and finance,” Farnsworth said. “It will be a day of great conversations and a day to celebrate one of UT’s wonderful faculty members.”
Hu said success has always been hard for him to define, regardless of his passion and interest in the field.
“I relished opportunities to work on complex and fascinating financial innovation related matters,” Hu said. “Whatever ‘success’ might mean, you can never anticipate it.”
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The hosts and producer of “Two Guys on Your Head," the KUT radio show on science and the brain, discussed their show and the public understanding of science at a talk at the Belo Center for New Media on Wednesday.
Art Markman and Bob Duke, UT professors and hosts of the show, and the show’s producer, Rebecca McInroy, spoke about the establishment of “Two Guys On Your Head” and the importance of teaching this science to young students. The show features discussions on various aspects of psychology and the scientific process.
McInroy said she invited Markman, psychology professor, to appear on the psychology episode on her radio show “Views and Brews” after receiving a call from one of his affiliates.
“I was under the impression
that we had to play music,” Markman said. “Thank goodness that wasn’t the case, but I called [Duke] up anyway to accompany me on the show.”
Duke, music and human learning professor, said he recorded two episodes with Markman before McInroy realized that she wanted to create a new show focusing on the brain.
“We didn’t want the show to feel teach-y” Duke said. “What’s missing from science education is work on the scientific process.”
McInroy said each show is a collaborative effort.
“I wanted people to feel like they had been to a dinner party after each episode,” McInroy said. “One thing that’s great about working with [Markman] and [Duke] is that we trust each other.”
Duke said they discuss a specific topic each episode, with an emphasis on psychology.
“Science is about a process,” Duke said. “The show works to teach the process and things that aren’t intuitive. A lot of students have the misconception that science is a group of facts. Science changes constantly.”
Markman said that a problem with the public’s understanding of science is a lack of good science teachers.
“I tell my colleagues to tithe 10 percent to the field, give 10 percent of your work time to teaching the community,” Markman said. “Luckily, a growing number of people are willing to teach the public.”
According to Duke, researcher bias creates an issue of trust between scientists and the public.
“There is no such thing as inherently dispassionate data,” Duke said. “So long as humans are involved, a bias will be present. A system was developed to thwart that bias though: That system is science.”
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Law professor to receive Massey Prize
UTPD launches new bicycle patrol team
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Ellyn Snider | Daily Texan Staff Art Markman and Bob Duke, stars of KUT radio’s “Two Guys on Your Head,” and host Ra-chel McInroy speak on a panel at the Belo Center on Wednesday afternoon.
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Law professor Henry Hu will receive the Massey Prize for his research in the field of law. Hu, who has been with the University since 1987,is a lead-ing thinker in law and finance.
Let’s face it — there are issues of traffic congestion, pedestrian congestion, bicycle congestion and all of those things make it difficult to patrol in a police car at times.
—David CarterUTPD chief
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Council Member Riley is right:Legalize TNCs like Lyft, Uber
Cut Coach Strong some slack
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Erica Ndubueze / Daily Texan Staff
Despite my previous commentary on frus-tration with the athletic department’s ticket-ing system prices and options, I believe foot-ball head coach Charlie Strong is doing an excellent job leading the football team. Even with a tough loss last weekend, he is mak-ing the best of what he can with the players provided and continuing to be a leader in the face of defeat.
Since our devastating near-blowout loss to BYU, Strong has received his fair share of negative feedback. Our football team now holds a 1-2 season record, which could possibly get even worse as two of our next three opponents are ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation. Unfortunately, one of those teams is Oklahoma — but don’t worry, OU still sucks! Plenty of people are already criticizing Strong because he hasn’t pro-duced an undefeated record after only three games with the program. But to be fair, there are only two teams in the Big 12 with 3-0 re-cords at this point of this season.
What many forget is that Strong did not start with a clean slate. Although he is the head coach, Strong did not have the opportu-nity to execute his excellent recruiting skills. It is important to remember that Strong was hired last January, with National Signing Day
the first week of February. The players UT signed this year were recruited under Mack Brown, not under Strong. Strong was known for his strong recruiting classes at Louisville, and I am excited to see the players he is able to acquire throughout these next few years.
While Brown was an excellent coach dur-ing his tenure, I was not impressed with his recruiting efforts his last couple of years, which ultimately resulted in no Longhorns being drafted into the NFL this past April. Brown also missed out on two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks from Texas in recent years — I played high school football with Robert Griffin III, so I witnessed this personally. Griffin won the Heisman Trophy at Baylor of all schools. Another recruit was a quarterback who ended up winning the trophy at Texas A&M the next season. Both of these players were successful in college football and could have been superstars here on the Forty Acres. Imagine the possibilities once Strong has the chance to recruit future Heisman caliber candidates to UT.
Despite the criticism, Strong has contin-ued to be a leader. During press conferences he has taken full responsibility for his team’s actions. In an interview after the BYU loss, Strong said, “I take responsibility and all the blame for this loss.”
Strong has laid down the law with players. He has stood by his principles and dismissed or suspended players from the team even when it would be more convenient to just let them play. This is especially true for lead-ers or starters on the team. We don’t know specific team rules that some of the players violated, and some of these violations may just be minor, but Strong is sticking with his principles. Five years from now — presum-ing Strong is still the head coach — some of these same violations may be given a slap on the wrist. But early on, Strong has no choice but to rule with an iron fist.
Strong is a true leader and will lead Texas back to our glory days in the future. Let’s give him some time to recruit star players, mold them into superstars and not be so quick to judge his success after only three games.
Daywalt is a government senior from Copperas Cove.
Lauren Ussery / Daily Texan Staff
College goes by quickly, and students soon find themselves contemplating what they will do after they graduate. Many will consider graduate school. I have had the privilege of being a graduate student in the history department at UT for sev-eral years, and will be finishing my de-gree this fall. Pursuing a graduate degree is an intense and rewarding process I en-courage students to consider. Choosing a university for graduate school involves some of the same steps high school stu-dents take when looking at colleges, such as preparing for standardized tests and visiting campuses. Yet the process of ap-plying to graduate school requires even more preparation. The following is advice I hope prospective graduate students will find helpful.
First determine if a graduate degree will aide you in pursuing the career you de-sire. In today’s world, an advanced degree is more and more a necessity, for both financial and professional advancement. Choose a field of study that will benefit you in your occupational goals, and also one that you find interesting. You will be spending a lot of time studying and re-searching in your subject, so make sure it is one that will hold your attention.
Talk to your professors and teach-ing assistants about their experiences in graduate school. They will give you good perspective about the application process and the rigors of successfully completing a graduate degree. The insights provided by my undergraduate professors espe-cially helped me determine that I wanted to attend graduate school. Furthermore, professors and TAs most likely will write your letters of recommendation for your application, so you will want to make sure they know you and understand your ca-reer hopes.
Reach out to faculty members and grad-uate coordinators at potential schools. Your relationship with your faculty ad-viser will be critical to your success in graduate school, especially if you pursue an advanced research degree in the liberal arts or sciences. Look for professors with similar research interests to your own. Visit campuses and make appointments with prospective faculty advisers. Many departments host recruitment events for potential graduate students. Attend these, and talk to faculty and graduate students about the program and life at their uni-versity.
Be aware that graduate school requires a significant time and financial commit-ment. Most master’s degree programs are at least two years, while doctorates take several years longer to complete, depend-ing on the program. Recently, schools, in-cluding this University, have come under pressure to decrease the amount of time students take to earn degrees. Familiar-ize yourself with degree requirements, including time limits for completion. Ask questions about courses, examinations, laboratory work, theses and dissertations. Perhaps most importantly, do research on funding opportunities for your time in graduate school, including the availabil-
ity of teaching assistantships, fellowships and grants. You will be spending money on tuition and books in addition to living expenses, so talk to graduate coordina-tors and other students about costs. Also discuss subjects such as health insurance, on-campus medical services and what life is like at the school and in the city that may soon be your home. This is espe-cially important if you have a spouse or children.
Most graduate schools require comple-tion of a standardized test, such as the GRE or GMAT, in the application pro-cess. Consider taking a test preparation course or buying a study guide for the exam. I took the GRE, which consists of language, writing and mathematics sections. I found the Princeton Review guidebook very helpful in preparing me for the exam. Find out what score re-quirements particular schools mandate, and dedicate time to preparing for the test, much like you did with the SAT and ACT in high school.
I also would like to note the benefits of working as a teaching assistant in graduate school. In addition to receiving tuition re-imbursements and monthly stipends, you gain valuable teaching experience that will serve you well in your career, especially if you want to go into academia. True, grad-ing exams and papers can take up a lot of time, but I have found working as a TA very pleasing. It has given me the opportu-nity to learn teaching and research meth-ods from so many gifted faculty members. Working as a TA has also allowed me to meet undergraduate students from all over the state, country and world, and get to hear about their exciting plans for the future. The skill and dedication of under-grads at UT have inspired me in my own work and goals. Students should make an attempt to get to know their TAs. We want to help you succeed and make the most out of your time in college. Additionally, if you are thinking about graduate school, we can give you advice and tell you about our own experiences.
I encourage students to consider pursu-ing graduate education. Graduate school is a lot of work, no doubt, but it is im-mensely gratifying. Immersing yourself in a subject you love studying and devel-oping relationships with faculty members and other students are experiences that will deeply benefit you in both your ca-reer and life.
Briscoe is a history graduate student from Carrizo Springs.
By John DaywaltSenior Columnist
@JohnDaywalt
On Tuesday, Council Member Chris Ri-ley addressed Student Government on what he referred to as the urgent need to address the growing transportation shortage in Aus-tin with transportation network companies, known to most students as services such as Uber and Lyft. We would like to see these sleek new services available for legal use by students in the near future, but as Riley pointed out repeatedly during his remarks, the Council needs to develop a reasonable accommodation that both ensures continued safety for passengers and allows for fair com-petition with legal cab companies by ensuring everyone follows the same rules.
Riley’s recent proposal before the Austin City Council to legalize TNCs forces them, like cab companies, to have $1 million in li-ability insurance for the services (Uber and Lyft voluntarily provide such coverage), as well as strict background and drug checks, vehicle inspections, 24-hour customer service representatives and service for the disabled population. All are good regulations that must be followed if we legalize these exciting new transportation options.
Additionally, all TNCs should carry 24-hour commercial insurance, even if pas-sengers are not present in the car. Too many incidents have occurred in which a personal
insurance company has denied coverage to an Uber or a Lyft driver after a wreck where no passengers have been present. This is specifi-cally dangerous for pedestrian students.
The council should also foster a competi-tive business environment between the tra-ditional cabs and TNCs by ensuring that the elimination of a regulation for one category results in elimination for the other. Houston did this in one instance when they legalized Uber and Lyft last month, allowing vehicles-for-hire to charge variable rates, higher or lower than city-set fares. This is one solution Austin should consider implementing.
As Riley said on Tuesday, the city imple-mented regulations governing taxis for good reasons. At one time, pre-set fares forced price stability, permanent dispatch centers required accountability and strict medallions prevent-ed the market from being flooded. But chang-ing technology has indubitably rendered some of these regulations obsolete. It is up to city regulators to responsibly update these codes and allow new technology and new blood into the marketplace without sacrificing the safety of the public or the transportation options of some of its most vulnerable members. Riley wanted what he called a “major overhaul” of taxi laws. We say bring it on, but make sure to do it right.
Our football team now holds a 1-2 season record, which could possibly get even worse as two of our next three opponents are ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation. Unfortu-nately, one of those teams is Oklahoma — but don’t worry, OU still sucks!
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Keanu Reeves returns to action flicks after the criti-cal and commercial failure that was “47 Ronin.” In “John Wick,” Reeves portrays a former hit man on the run from a former ally, who has been assigned to mur-der him. Promising to be a pulse-pounding thriller, the film also stars Bridget Moy-nahan, Willem Dafoe and Jason Isaacs.
After a man named Ig is accused of murdering his girlfriend, he wakes to dis-cover horns growing on the sides of his heads. Soon after, he realizes that he possesses incredible, sinister powers. Desperate to discover who actually killed his love, Ig becomes seduced by dark-ness and begins to use his new powers to his advantage. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, “Horns” both examines and combines the fantasy, drama and mystery genres and tells an interesting tale of love and horror.
When a Boy Scout troop convenes for their yearly camping trip, the scouts be-come frightened by the leg-end of a murderous, feral boy that roams the forest. Assured by the troop leaders that the tales are false, one scout be-gins to see evidence there may, in fact, be some truth to the legend. Belgian direc-tor Jonas Govaerts’ feature debut, “Cub” seems to em-brace extreme, graphic hor-ror and bleak humor to tell a story of a terrifying trip into the woods.
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Starring Jake Gyllen-haal as a desperate crime journalist, “Nightcrawler” delves into a world where people rush to docu-ment mayhem for profit. Influenced by classical noir films and containing a strong, moody atmo-sphere, the movie teases intense action along with thrilling surprises for the audience.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, over one half of teen-age girls and about a third of teenage boys control their weight us-ing unhealthy behaviors, such as skipping meals and fasting.
The “Freshman 15” is most likely a myth that encourages unhealthy attitudes about weight gain. To remain healthy, stay active while main-taining good eating hab-its. Remember, there’s no shame in asking for extra crush’ns at Amy’s Ice Cream.
society has shifted in terms of values and expectations. A husband shortage is most likely not on the list of wor-ries for college women on campus during this day and age.
Although some of Davis’ statements are cringe-wor-thy at best, it is a reminder that despite the setbacks and challenges faced in to-day’s society, norms seem to have changed for the better. The hope for today is that reputable schol-ars’ speculations about women and their respec-tive position in wartime society have changed for the better.
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6GARRETT CALLAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsThursday, September 18, 2014
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Hate when the dream is cut short because of health
issues. Best wishes @david_ash14.
Great opportunities lie ahead. Enjoy school though.
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1990Atlanta is chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host the 1996 Summer Olympics, which marked the 100th anniversary of the Olympics.
Texas, Michigan agree to play in 2024, 2027
Texas and Michigan will square off in 2024 and 2027 as part of a home-and-home foot-ball series, the university announced Wednesday.
The Longhorns will travel to Ann Arbor to play the Wolverines in the Big House in 2024, with Michigan travel-ling to Austin in 2027.
The two programs are among the most win-ning football teams in the country. Michigan is first in the nation with 912 all-time wins while Texas ranks third with 876.
The schools have only met once in the 2005 Rose Bowl. The Long-horns won the game 38-37 behind Dusty Man-gum’s game-winning 37-yard field goal.
—Jacob Martella
SPORTS BRIEFLY
VOLLEYBALL
Collins finds her spot in second yearOn and off the volleyball
court, Texas is chock-full of personality, something noticeable during many games. But it’s sophomore setter Chloe Collins’ goofy nature that stands out the most.
“I’m always laughing about something,” Collins said. “My teammates are like, ‘Make sure you’re fo-cused,’ but, little do they know, me being goofy and the playful person that I am — that’s my focus for getting with the team.”
Collins, at 5 feet 7 inches tall from Cypress, stepped onto campus while most of her high school friends were living up their senior year. For Collins, it was im-portant to get onto campus as she was ready to become a member of the Long-horn volleyball team, a challenging feat.
Collins faced the nor-mal challenges of adapt-ing to college life. She got homesick and had to ad-just to life in Austin, but the biggest obstacle in her way was fitting in with the multiple personalities present on the team. While fitting in was difficult at first, getting onto the team and UT’s campus a se-mester early helped with the transition.
“It was a beneficial tran-sition for me,” Collins said. “I was able to get ahead in a lot of things, like aca-demically and as well with bonding with the team for last year’s season. It just helped me to get [to] know players more instead of just coming right in the summer and having to
develop quickly.”Now in her second sea-
son, the coaching staff has noticed that Collins is fit-ting in better.
“I think [Collins] has gotten a lot more relaxed,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “I think she’s starting to get comfortable. She’s starting to have fun, which is great.”
That newfound sense of relaxation has helped Col-lins’ performance this sea-son. She leads the team in assists with 121 this season and averages 5.5 assists per set.
Collins is even getting more help from her head coach. She had already built a relationship with
former associate head coach Salima Rockwell, but, now, the setter and head coach are creating a chemistry of their own, which is something Elliott believes will help Collins in the long run.
“Coming here, there’s always a lot of pressure with such high accolades and getting her comfort-able and having to com-pete last year and not earning the [setter] spot as much was tough,” El-liott said. “She’s grown up. She’s starting [to] under-stand who she is and has worked hard.”
But the coaching staff isn’t alone in noticing Collins’ hard work.
“I’ve known [Collins] since I was 13,” junior libe-ro and outside hitter Amy Neal said. “She’s incredible to play with on the court. She’s super easy to commu-nicate with. She always has a great attitude, and she’s just having fun and com-peting on the court.”
While her goofy person-ality may raise questions
about her focus, her personality is one of 15 different person-alities working toward a national championship.
“At the end of the day, we all want the same goal,” Collins said. “There’s no individual goal. The ulti-mate goal is to be in a na-tional championship with your team.”
By Nick Castillo@Nick_Castillo74
After helping Denmark advance to the Davis Cup, two-time All-American senior Søren Hess-Olesen has returned to Texas and will head to Napa Val-ley, California, to com-pete in the Napa Valley Tennis Classic.
Fellow seniors Lloyd Glasspool and Jacoby Lewis and junior Nick Naumann will join the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year in Califor-nia while other Long-horns will head to La-fayette, Louisiana, to compete in the Cajun Tennis Classic.
Hess-Olesen, Glasspool and Naumann were listed in the Intercollegiate Ten-nis Association preseason rankings at No. 5, No. 31 and No. 113.
The Napa Valley Tennis Classic features American top junior tennis players competing against some of the country’s top col-legiate players. Follow-ing three rounds of pool play, the pool winners will compete in a single-elimination, 10-point tie-break tournament. The winner of the tournament will receive a wildcard entry into a USTA Pro Circuit event that is yet to be determined.
Representing eighth-ranked Texas in Loui-siana are senior Adrien Berkowicz, sophomore George Goldhoff, junior Michael Riechmann, who recently transferred from Brown University, and freshamn John Mee.
Goldhoff ranked No. 56 in the Intercollegiate Ten-nis Association preseason
rankings, and Berkowicz made his debut as No. 106 in the rankings.
Eight teams will be represented at the Cajun Tennis Classic, including fellow Big 12 teams Okla-homa State University and Texas Christian Uni-versity, as well as ninth-ranked Georgia.
Play begins Thurs-day at 9 a.m. and runs through Sunday.
In some ways, senior wide receiver John Harris’ story is the same as that of many of his teammates.
A fifth-year player, an injury delaying his college progress, and a breakout season so far: All of these attributes apply to some of Harris’ teammates, such as linebackers Jordan Hicks and Demarco Cobbs and punter and place-kicker William Russ.
And yet, Harris finds ways to stick out. He had made just nine catches in his entire career up to this year’s season opener. And after Harris posted seven receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown against North Tex-as, many had the same question about Harris: Is he the new star on the team?
“I wouldn’t say that at all,” Harris said. “I’m just one of the guys they look up to and one of the guys that they can trust and go to.”
However, Harris’ team-mates and coaches tout his play a little bit more.
“His mindset has completely changed,” Hicks said. “They gave him an opportunity, and he took full advantage of it … I think everybody knew he had
it in him. Nobody is surprised at the numbers he’s putting up and his ability. He’s a very ex-plosive wide receiver.”
Harris has proved his explo-siveness through three games this season. Recording 19 re-ceptions and 247 yards, Harris also became the third player in program history to score touchdowns in each of the first three games of the season. His plays against UCLA were likely the most significant, as he cap-tured an 8-yard touchdown catch on third-and-goal late in the fourth, and a 33-yard pass on fourth-and-8 to enable Texas’ first touchdown drive that put the Longhorns up 10-3 at the half. Harris said he saw his team’s potential against the Bruins, but he was disappoint-ed with the end result.
“This one hurt a lot,” Har-ris said. “We had that game right there, so it hurts every-body in the locker room es-pecially. It was a hard loss for us. The heartbreak is there — that hurts. It hurts bad.”
But Harris isn’t the type to dwell on regrets when he can instead work toward improve-ment. He sees the near win against UCLA as “breaking through a wall” — proof that the skills are there even if the
luck is not. As he looks to capi-talize on the bye week to im-prove, it won’t be the first time Harris has translated adversity into motivation this season. When head coach Charlie Strong told Harris last spring that he needed to improve to stay on the team, Harris met the challenge head-on.
“I told [Harris] — what, two or three days ago — I said, ‘You remember the conversation we had?’” Strong said after the North Texas game. “[Harris] said, ‘Kind of gave me a wake-up call.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, and you needed that because you’re very talented, and you’re going to have this football team.’”
Harris is still developing as a starter, getting a feel for his catches and trying to elimi-nate mistakes. But he’s deter-mined to keep progressing, taking advantage of the start-ing position he’s been seeking.
“I was always told that a lot of people don’t get second chances,” Harris said. “And so, when you do get a second chance, you have to take the opportunity and grasp it. My brother told me, ‘Go out there, and just take it, and go get it when you have the opportu-nity.’ I thought about that, and just took it in, and just did it.”
Daulton Venglar | Daily Texan StaffIn her second year with the Longhorns, sophomore setter Chloe Collins is fitting in on the team. Splitting the setting duties with redshirt sophomore Nicole Dalton, Collins has posted 121 assists so far this season.
By Jori Epstein@JoriEpstein
Harris’ hard work paying off in final season with Longhorns
FOOTBALLMEN’S TENNIS
Horns set to compete in separate tourneysBy Jasmine Johnson
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Søren Hess-OlesenSenior
Jacoby LewisSenior
Amy ZhangDaily Texan Staff
Senior receiver John Harris is one of four fifth-year seniors making an impact for the Longhorns, with 247 receiving yards and three touchdowns this season.
She’s incredible to play with on the court. She’s super easy to commu-nicate with. She always has a great attitude, and she’s just having fun and competing on the court.
Of all the myths that strike fear into incoming freshmen — hours of dry textbook reading, choosing the wrong major, ending up with a homicidal room-mate — none inspire more terror than the dreaded “Freshman 15.”
Fortunately, studies have found that reports of a “Freshman 15” are grossly exaggerated.
An analysis averag-ing across several studies found that students only gain about five pounds, though, unsurprisingly, there isn’t much consisten-cy between said studies. Varying factors can have significant impacts on the final numbers.
Procedurally, these ex-periments are easy to con-duct. In September, take the weight of several freshmen — the more the better — and then weigh them again in May and compare the two numbers.
The problem is that not all of the subjects return in May. More often than not, it’s because they gained more weight than they ex-pected to.
The results show that the subjects generally gain 1.6 to 8.8 pounds over the course of their fresh-men year, meaning that many students probably overestimate the amount of weight that freshmen gain. Could the true av-erage be as high as 15
pounds? Probably not, but it’s possible.
There are plenty of diets that offer promises of mi-raculous weight loss, but they’re often ineffective in the long term and can be potentially dangerous. There aren’t shortcuts to health. Staying active and eating healthy are the best bets for keeping weight gain in check. Participat-ing in fun activities, such as basketball and dancing, can burn calories and help students lead a consistent-ly healthy lifestyle. Simi-larly, the best diet is one that’s not a chore to stick to. A recent study found that there’s no real differ-ence in effectiveness be-tween specific diet plans, as long as they’re low in fat or carbohydrates. In 2010, Mark Haub, nutrition professor at Kansas State University, lost 27 pounds on a 10-week diet consist-ing mostly of Twinkies
and other nutritional no-no’s. The only catch was that he never consumed more than 1,800 calo-ries in a given day. Not only did he lose weight, but his bad cholesterol count went down, and his good cholesterol count went up.
Haub does not endorse this diet as a long term solution. He simply used it to show that foods are not inherently “healthy” or “unhealthy.” Junk food
has a place in a balanced diet, and there’s noth-ing wrong with a trip to Chipotle or a late night ice cream study ses-sion, as long as it’s done in moderation.
Obsessing over weight, however, can be danger-ous. College-aged stu-dents, both male and female, are at a high risk for eating disor-ders. According to the
LAUREN L’AMIE, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan 8Thursday, September 18, 2014
THROWBACK
Husband shortage no longer “co-ed” concern
By Brigit Benestante@BBenestante
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Freshman 15 likely heavy exaggeration
by Robert Starr@RobertKStarr
There are plenty of diets that offer promises of miraculous weight loss, but they’re often ineffective in the long term and potentially dangerous. There aren’t shortcuts to health.
EVENT PREVIEW
Annual Fantastic Fest to come to Drafthouse
By Alex Pelham@TalkingofPelham
Photo courtesy of Red Granite PicturesDaniel Radcliffe takes on a sinister role in “Horns,” playing at Fantastic Fest Sunday and Sept. 24.
Film fanatics are gear-ing up for Austin’s annual Fantastic Fest, a week-long event at the new Alamo Drafthouse location at South Lamar Boulevard. A can’t-miss event for movie enthusiasts, espe-cially those who adore the horror genre, the festival promises to bring a fair amount of features, shorts and other special events to Austin movie lovers, as well as attract big name stars and other important figures in the film in-dustry. Here is a list of a few of The Daily Texan’s most anticipated films. The festival runs until Sept. 25.
ABCs of Death 2Thursday, Sept. 18, 8:40 p.m. & Thursday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m.
A follow-up to the ambi-tious cult classic, “ABCs of Death 2” features an an-thology of the most creepy shorts ever imagined, each separated by a letter of the alphabet. Helmed by 27 different directors, the film offers several unique takes on the horror genre and promises to shock and gross out as many viewers
as possible.
TuskThursday, Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m.
Directed by the legend-ary Kevin Smith, “Tusk” is a horror dramedy about a podcaster who is kid-napped by a man for nefari-ous purposes. “Tusk” is the director’s first film since the 2011 release of “Red State” and has received ad-miring reviews from crit-ics since its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Mi-chael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment and Johnny Depp.
After Dr. Victor Reed manages to clone the first hu-man being, he faces a strong backlash about the moral and ethical consequences of his discovery. Directed by Billy Senese, the film seeks to explore the ethics of such a decision and challenges the viewer’s own sense of what can be considered moral.
John WickFriday, Sept. 19, 8:30
Next to an advertisement for war bonds in a 1943 edi-tion of The Daily Texan, the headline “No Husband Shortage Yet, Girls! -- At Least, Sociologist Says Not” sits in bold letters. In the midst of World War II, a population decrease on the UT campus created what the writer calls a “husband-shortage” scare.
In the article, Kings-ley Davis, a UT graduate and former Princeton so-ciology research associ-ate, attempts to reassure his audience that the fear of becoming a spinster should not yet be a con-cern. While this particular headline would never be found in today’s paper — except perhaps in a satiri-cal context — it does show the shift in American soci-ety’s priorities and values, especially in times of war. The article itself is another testimony to the apparent concerns of students in 1943, particularly target-ing women.
“Co-eds need have no im-mediate fear of a husband shortage,” Davis said. “The sex ratio has favored males. Our losses in the war have been slight.”
Davis reports on India’s
population growth problem, which was start-ing to become evident 70 years ago. According to Davis, India’s population had increased by 50 mil-lion from 1930 to 1940 while the death toll de-creased. “What is to be done with all these Hin-dus?” Davis said. “Should they be forced to modify their customs, or should they be allowed to increase
and spread their cul-ture? Birth control conflicts with many native customs and taboos.”
Despite these statements, which in today’s context seem shocking, Davis was an acclaimed scholar. At the time of the article, he was the head of the soci-ology department at the University of Pennsylva-nia, a research associate at Princeton, had received
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UT and re-ceived a doctorate in phi-losophy from Harvard.
Davis also talked about sociology research, spe-cifically population trends, in the United States. He said the research con-ducted by American so-ciologists had the ability to flourish because other countries were not focused on studies.
“There is a real chance for American leadership because some other coun-tries have become intellec-tually bankrupt,” he said.
Such accusations from a respected source call attention to just how much
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Co-eds need have no immediate fear of a husband shortage. The sex ratio has favored males.
—Kingsley Davis, Former Princeton sociology research associate
