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Austin’s newest food truck specializes in Indian and Mediterranean food, but the menu isn’t the only thing that sets the truck apart — what makes Kaba-beque special is that it is owned and operated by a UT sophomore.

After working at a friend’s food truck dur-ing last year’s South By Southwest festival, chem-istry sophomore Fahad Raza decided a food truck would be a manageable and profitable business

venture. He purchased a food truck on Craigslist, painted it himself and be-gan planning a menu. The truck opened Friday at Fifth and Colorado streets.

“[Kababeque] a way to make income with-out taking away from my school time,” Raza said. “Since it’s on weekend nights, it makes it much more manageable.”

Raza began making plans for Kababeque with his brother-in-law in No-vember. Like many food truck owners, he was able to quickly start the busi-ness. Tony Yamanaka,

owner of the website Food Trailers Austin, said most people who want to start

up a food truck business

It didn’t take long for people to start fawning over former head coach Mack Brown.

Mere hours after Brown announced he was stepping down in December, social media exploded with col-leagues, former players, media members and fans singing Mr. Football’s praises.

“As class acts go, Mack Brown belongs on the front row of the team photo,” ES-PN’s Gene Wojciechowski

tweeted. “In time, even his critics will appreciate how good of a coach he is.”

“Words won’t do justice for what coach Brown was to UT and its program,” former Texas defensive tackle Frank Okam said. “His legacy won’t be measured in wins but the lives he touched.”

Okam’s comments are a reflection of the trend that followed Brown’s resigna-tion. Everybody wanted to talk about the coach’s impact off the field — and right-fully so. The Tennessee na-tive led the Texas football program just how one would expect a southern gentleman to do so — with class. In his 16 years at Texas, the football

Charlie Strong became the 29th head coach in Texas football history on Jan. 5, replacing Mack Brown after 16 seasons.

It wasn’t a splashy hire. Instead, Strong’s resume is based on his 23-3 record at Louisville in the last two seasons, his defensive back-ground and his expected ability to revitalize the pro-gram. When he arrived with the Cardinals four years ago, they had a .416 winning per-centage in the previous three seasons. When Strong left, that number had ballooned to .712 over the next four.

“He’s the right person to represent our university on the field, on the campus, in the community, in the living rooms of potential recruits,” President William Pow-ers Jr. said at Strong’s Jan. 6 press conference. “He’s the

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Joe Capraro/ Daily Texan StaffCharlie Strong, who was hired Jan. 5, will follow in Mack Brown’s footsteps. The former head coach at Louisville and defensive coordinator at Flordia will look to turn around a program that has taken a few steps back in recent years. STRONG page 8

Charlie Pearce / Daily Texan StaffMack Brown’s final game against Oregon didn’t go as hoped. In his 16 year run at Texas, Brown made two championship games, in ’05 and ’09, but claimed just two Big 12 titles.BROWN page 8

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Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan StaffChemistry sophomore Fahad Raza opened up Kebabeque, an Indian and Mediterranean food truck, on Fifth and Colorado streets this past Friday.

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Though most UT students used the break to catch up on sleep, crime never takes a vacation. On average, UTPD reported two cases of crimi-nal activity each day over the course of winter break.

About 26 thefts, 18 al-cohol-related crimes and eight instances of illegal drug use were reported since classes ended. Com-piled from UTPD reports, here are a few of the most notable incidents:

A UTPD officer found a man, who was not a UT

student, asleep in the driv-er’s seat of his parked vehi-cle near the UT parking lots on Red River Street on Dec. 13. The officer found more than five pounds of marijua-na stashed in his Chevrolet pickup truck, along with a large sum of cash. Upon fur-ther investigation, the police discovered a rented storage unit in the man’s name con-taining more than 45 pounds of marijuana.

The Texas Department of Public Safety requested as-sistance from UTPD when a group of three UT students

Chenxi Deng, who was charged with aggravated as-sault after stabbing his es-tranged girlfriend with a fork in the Engineering-Science Building in September, spent less than a week in jail before being bailed out and is now suspected to be in China.

A judge at the Travis Coun-ty Central Booking facility set Deng’s bond at $50,000, which was paid by an un-known individual on Sept. 30, five days after his arrest.

James Young, Travis County assistant district at-torney, said he suspects Deng returned to China to avoid trial in the U.S.

“Once he’s in China, there’s no getting him back really,” Young said. “I just don’t see that happening.”

If Deng did return to China, he would not face any further penalties, Young said. The U.S. and China do not have an extradition treaty, which is an official document that would require China to surrender Deng and other people bearing arrest warrants to the U.S. judicial system.

Deng followed Li You, a UT graduate student, from Beijing, where the two had maintained a romantic relationship. Deng audited several classes in an at-tempt to contact You before he crossed paths with her in the Engineering-Science Building.

Deng and You attended Peking University together, though You left China after graduation to pursue her mas-ter’s degree at UT. Deng and You were talking in the hall-way when the conversation escalated to physical violence. According to the police affida-vit, You had visible puncture

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Despite concerns voiced by faculty and staff, the Shared Services Steering Committee will hear recommendations for the implementation of a Shared Services pilot program next week.

The Shared Services Plan is a list of recommenda-tions intended to reduce the University’s spend-ing through the elimina-tion of 500 jobs and the centralization of several University services.

Kevin Hegarty, UT’s ex-ecutive vice president and chief financial officer, said the centralization will focus on services in the areas of finance, information tech-nology, human resources and procurement. Cur-rently, these services are offered through individual units within varying col-leges and departments. Hegarty, who is the chair of the steering committee, said the elimination of 500 jobs will be made primar-ily through natural attrition and retirement.

The committee created the pilot subcommittee after a series of campus-dialogue sessions, in which members of the steering committee sought to receive feedback from the UT community. University spokesman Kevin Almasy said the pilot pro-gram would take place in small-scale University de-partments on a volunteer basis to accommodate for some of the apprehension voiced in dialogue sessions.

“As campus dialogue pro-gressed, it became clear that there was an understand-ing for the rationale behind Shared Services, but that there was not a willingness for cam-pus-wide implementation,” Almasy said.

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do so because it is fairly easy to operate a mobile vending truck.

Raza said he is look-ing forward to seeing how his food truck venture will expand.

“We’ll see how South By Southwest goes because that’s a real moneymaker,” Razad said. “Once that gets us some revenue, hope-fully we’ll do another food truck or wait it out a cou-ple more years and have a restaurant somewhere.”

Unlike traditional restaurants, food trucks re-quire fewer operating hours, less maintenance and a smaller staff. Raza said the experience will teach him how to be an entrepreneur. He said his goal is to eventu-ally make enough revenue to have his own staff and more food trucks. UT students will receive discounts at Kaba-beque with their student IDs.

Yamanaka said a rough estimate of food trailers in the city can be found through how many mobile vending permits are is-sued, though that license

is also for people who vend at farmer’s markets, and not every license means the truck is active. In 2013, the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Servic-es Department issued 1,239 mobile vending permits.

Yamanaka said there are likely 300 to 500 ac-tive food trailers, and 215 are registered with his website.

Yamanaka said he sees many food trailers fail because owners do not put enough effort into the business.

“It’s a totally different

beast,” Yamanaka said. “You’re not able to make the same kind of money you can in a restaurant, so people say it’s a lot cheaper to get into, but it’s also not as lucrative.”

Raza and his broth-er-in-law plan to do all the cooking, cleaning and money managing for Kababeque.

“I’m excited about the fact that I’m learning how to be an entrepreneur while in college,” Raza said. “Worst comes to worst, I’ll have those skills that I can use later on in life.”

refused to pay a cab fare on Dec. 13. According to the UTPD crime log, a DPS of-ficer arrested one of the stu-dents for public intoxication and failure to produce valid identification. The other stu-dents were issued citations for consumption of alcohol by a minor.

A fist fight between three male students in an alley near the 400 block of West 27th Street was broken up by a few witnesses on Dec. 14. The three males, who were bloodied and wearing disheveled clothing, were surrounded by a crowd of onlookers. Once a UTPD officer arrived, each of the fighters were given citations for both disorderly conduct and consumption of alcohol by a minor. No serious inju-ries were reported.

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Transportation Servic-es staff member alerted UTPD of a possible ve-hicle burglary in progress at the intersection of 21st and San Jacinto streets on Dec. 16. UTPD officers ar-rived on the scene to find three cars — a green Ford, a gray Lexus and a tan Jeep — had been broken into by two men who fled the area. The case is still under investigation.

A door alarm on the fifth floor of the Student Activity Center was set off on Dec. 18. At the time, the fifth floor of the build-ing was restricted by proxy card access via the elevator. A UTPD officer arrived to search the building and ob-served a man exiting a side door. The man was arrested for criminal trespass.

The Pickle Research Campus lost $7,600 worth of copper wire, stripped wire and batteries on Dec.

20. The property was stolen from an unsecured storage room in Building 33. Police are not certain of the num-ber of people involved in the theft, but the investigation is ongoing.

Graffiti that read “BUCK, BTK, BOREU” was report-ed in a men’s restroom in Waggener Hall on Dec. 20. The markings were made on the outside of the restroom windows in black permanent marker. There are no sus-pects, and the case has been categorized as inactive.

A UTPD officer on patrol found a vehicle stopped in the middle of the intersec-tion of 15th and Lavaca streets on Dec. 21. The driver, an intoxicated stu-dent, had struck a bicycle. The bicyclist was not seri-ously injured. The driver was ticketed for driving under the influence and driving without a license before be-ing released.

wounds on the left side of her nose from the fork.

Deng was able to attend one of You’s classes through UT’s class auditing pro-gram, which allows non-UT individuals to take college courses without earning credit. Auditors need the class instructor’s signature and $20 to secure a seat in the classroom, though it has not been determined whether Deng went through the official process.

According to Jim Whit-ten, a senior administrative associate for the Office of the Registrar, class auditing pro-vides a chance for people to learn at their own leisure and for a fraction of the cost.

“For maybe a retired per-son would want to take a class for their own enjoyment or just anyone who wants to take a class, we offer that abil-ity,” Whitten said.

No record is taken of

previous class auditors, ac-cording to Shelby Stanfield, vice provost for enrollment management and regis-trar. There is no system in place to keep past audi-tors, such as Deng, out of the classroom.

“As long as the instruc-tor signs off on the person’s ability to take the course, they’re in,” Whitten said.

Jimmy Moore, a UTPD of-ficer in the Crime Prevention Unit, said safety policies have not been altered in any way since the incident.

Deng, charged with a sec-ond-degree felony and facing up to 20 years in prison, disre-garded his Nov. 22 court date, according to Young. Because Deng failed to attend his court hearing, his bond has been for-feited and there is now a war-rant out for his arrest.

Deng’s whereabouts re-main uncertain, but he was given an emergency pro-tective order that prevents him from being within 200 yards of You at any time.

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Despite concerns voiced by faculty and staff, the Shared Services Steering Committee will hear recommendations for the implementation of a Shared Services pilot program next week.

The Shared Services Plan is a list of recommenda-tions intended to reduce the University’s spend-ing through the elimina-tion of 500 jobs and the centralization of several University services.

Kevin Hegarty, UT’s ex-ecutive vice president and chief financial officer, said the centralization will focus on services in the areas of finance, information tech-nology, human resources and procurement. Cur-rently, these services are offered through individual units within varying col-leges and departments. Hegarty, who is the chair of the steering committee, said the elimination of 500 jobs will be made primar-ily through natural attrition and retirement.

The committee created the pilot subcommittee after a series of campus-dialogue sessions, in which members of the steering committee sought to receive feedback from the UT community. University spokesman Kevin Almasy said the pilot pro-gram would take place in small-scale University de-partments on a volunteer basis to accommodate for some of the apprehension voiced in dialogue sessions.

“As campus dialogue pro-gressed, it became clear that there was an understand-ing for the rationale behind Shared Services, but that there was not a willingness for cam-pus-wide implementation,” Almasy said.

At the last Faculty

Council meeting in Decem-ber, a pair of professors in-troduced a resolution calling for “the immediate suspen-sion of pilot Shared Services implementation.” The resolu-tion, which was co-authored by Dana Cloud, associate communication studies pro-fessor, and associate English professor Snehal Shingavi, supported the suspension of further implementation of the plan until more data is produced about the effects of the Shared Services Plan. The council did not vote on the resolution.

“Shared Services is expen-sive and risky,” Cloud said in an editorial she co-authored for The Daily Texan. “The proposal presents no measures of likely success or failure. We urgently need a transparent discussion of the plan’s risks.”

Associate vice president Mary Knight, a member of the steering committee, said she understands the cautious attitude some individuals on campus have regarding Shared Services.

“There’s still skepticism, and we understand that,” Knight said. “I think it’s healthy for people to be skep-tical because they’re going to provide good questions, and we’re going to have to figure out answers to those good questions.”

“I think one thing that some people are not think-ing about is the plan that we are on, and that we’ve been on for the last handful of years,” Hegarty said. “We have been, as I’ve told the campus, not filling positions and not laying people off, but that is the future, if we do nothing. We will reach a point where we will have to start laying people off.”

Almasy said the committee intends to submit a final copy of its plan to President Wil-liam Powers Jr. in February for him to review.

In a letter to UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigar-roa, the committee inves-tigating the actions of Re-gent Wallace Hall stated it will continue to “exercise its oversight authority” over the System even though testi-monies for the investigation have concluded.

The House Select Com-mittee on Transparency in State Agency Operations is trying to determine whether Hall overstepped his duties as a regent and whether he should be recommended for impeachment. Some accused Hall of conducting a “witch hunt” against President Wil-liam Powers Jr. after he filed open records requests with the University for more than 800,000 pages of informa-tion. At a December meeting, the chancellor said he would not recommend Powers’ fir-ing to the regents, despite the “tense relationship” between Powers and the regents.

The letter, written by State Reps. Carol Alvarado and Dan Flynn, co-chairs of the com-mittee and sent at the end of last month, said there are no future hearings scheduled, but the committee will continue to monitor the System to ob-serve the System’s responses to the investigation.

The committee’s letter listed seven directives, which consisted of requests for a va-riety of information, includ-ing a list of any open-records requests that will be filed by regents or System employees within the foreseeable future and several descriptions of how the System has changed — and plans to change — as a result of the investigation.

At the last hearing in

December, the committee moved to have a report pre-pared, cataloging the find-ings of the investigation. The letter to Cigarroa said the di-rectives are intended to “help the Committee as it works with counsel to produce a final report,” and stated “the report may be expanded to include additional informa-tion in the future.”

At one committee hear-ing in November, UT System lawyers testified that Hall was mistakenly given access to private student informa-tion — possibly in viola-tion of federal privacy acts — which he subsequently shared with his private attor-ney. At this hearing, Francie Frederick, general counsel to the UT System Board of Re-gents, said regents are only allowed to view documents with information protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act if they have a “legitimate educational purpose.”

At the same hearing, State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, motioned to have Rusty Hardin, legal counsel to the committee,

review Hall’s actions in sharing confidential documents and determine whether Hall com-mitted a crime. At the last hearing in December, Hardin had not finished his review.

Powers testified at the final hearing in December and es-timated that Hall’s actions cost the University more than $1 million. Cigarroa testified the same day and said Hall’s ac-tions were incredibly disrup-tive and upsetting to several System employees.

Even though he is the sub-ject of the committee’s inves-tigation, Hall declined the invitation to testify and said through his attorneys that he will only do so in the future if a subpoena is issued.

“Mr. Hall has said time and time again that he was anxious and more than willing to tell his side of the story,” Alvarado said at the last hearing. “I be-lieve he could have provided this committee with match-less testimony that would have helped us set the record straight. Transparency requires cooperation. As my co-chair and I have stated, our invita-tion to Regent Hall to testify still stands.”

Committee continues monitoring UT System post regent hearings

Joe Capraro / Daily Texan file photoAn ongoing investigation seeks to determine whether Regent Wallace Hall should be recommended for impeachment.

Though Student Gov-ernment president Hora-cio Villarreal and vice president Ugeo Wil-liams have not set con-crete plans for the sec-ond half of the school year, Villarreal said the pair will maintain their platform goals of in-clusion, safety, service and accessibility.

Villarreal said they will maintain programs such as upper-division tutoring and continue attempts to engage students in spring athletics and student life overall.

The duo created a cul-tural showcase during the fall semester to show the diversity of students. Wil-liams said he plans to con-tinue educating students on cultural diversity by getting them involved in discussions surrounding social justice.

A social justice pro-gram was mandatory several years ago for incoming freshman at orientation, but was switched to an optional program. Now, the man-datory campus safety course at orientation cov-ers dating violence, aca-demic stress and various other obstacles of college life, but Williams said there are other things the University could touch base on such as a cultural component.

“You may know one thing about a particu-lar culture or one par-ticular sexual identity, but that doesn’t mean you know them all,” Williams said. “It is a growing process that everyone will learn and in-teract with as they grow in the world.”

Villarreal also pro-moted upper-division

tutoring through the Sanger Learning Center. He said he plans to continue this pro-gram in the spring and make sure it is running smoothly.

Biology junior Benja-min Choy said he went to one-on-one tutoring at Sanger for his lower division classes and has since used it for upper division genetics.

“If you’re having trou-ble in your classes or understanding a con-cept, you don’t have to just go to office hours or the TA because Sanger is open all the time,” Choy said.

Another platform goal of Villarreal and Wil-liams’ campaign was to promote school spirit. Williams said they plan to work with the market-ing and athletics office to encourage more students to attend spring sports, such as basketball, tennis and track.

To encourage school spirit, Villarreal cre-ated the Lone Star In-tramural Showdown.

This program al-lowed students in intramural flag football to continue the age-old ri-valry against Texas A&M. Villarreal said he plans to continue the pro-gram for intramural basketball season in the spring.

“There’s a differ-ent twist to intramu-ral sports,” Villarreal said. “You never really

know what you’re getting yourself into.”

According to Williams, one of the duo’s main goals is to see more stu-dents gravitate toward being part of student government. Williams, who wasn’t in SG un-til his junior year, said he hopes students will not give up if they aren’t in the organization their first year.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

1. Inclusion -Boost student involvement in LSO’s -Rally to emphasize various student identities -Expand social justice programming -Promote school sprite2. Safety -Increase lighting in high residential student areas -Promote safety on and off campus3. Service -Educate students on how trademarking and

licensing works -Merge Longhorn Internship Connection and hirealonghorn.org -Creat University-wide mentorship program4. Accessibility -Make more lockers accessible for students -Install bike pumping stations -Support upper-divison tutoring at Sanger Learning Center -Offer healthier food options

HORATIO-UGEO PLATFORM

Marshall Nolen / Daily Texan file photoThis spring semester Student Government President Horacio Villarreal’s plans to influence more students to join student government.

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COLUMN

The Texan watch list: UT’s top issues for spring

INTRODUCTIONS

Why work for The Daily Texan? Fame, fortune and a soapbox

Meet the Texan Editorial Board

Laura Wright is a senior from San Antonio studying Plan II honors. Prior to being elected editor-in-chief, Wright worked at the Texan as an opinion columnist and a Life&Arts senior writer. Wright also spent three years in the Senate of College Councils, two of them as co-chair of the curriculum committee. Wright is passionate about feminism, public policy and Texas history. Email Wright at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @wrightlauras.

LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

CHRISTINE AYALA, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

RILEY BRANDS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

ERIC NIKOLAIDES, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

AMIL MALIK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Riley Brands is a senior from Austin studying linguistics. Prior to being an associate editor, Brands worked at the Texan as a copy edi-tor, associate copy desk chief, copy desk chief and Life&Arts writer. Brands is passionate about LGBTQ issues, equal employment op-portunity and the relationship between UT students and the city of Austin. Email Brands at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @ribran.

Editor’s Note: Tryouts for opinion and all other Daily Texan departments are current-ly underway and will continue until Friday, Jan. 31. Apply online at dailytexanonline.com/employment or walk into our base-ment office at 2500 Whitis Ave.

If you’re a student at the UT, it’s safe to assume that you’re interested in learning valuable skills, preparing for a career and making a name for yourself. If you fit that description and don’t have a million-dollar NFL contract awaiting you, there’s no bet-ter place at UT to accomplish all three of those goals than The Daily Texan.

However competent a writer you are before you start at the Texan, your skills will grow more than you ever expected as a result of the job. At the Texan, you’ll learn through practice and example how to produce intelligent, professional and com-pelling work on a quick deadline. You’ll also learn to represent something much bigger than yourself, alongside some of the most talented and driven members of the UT community.

As an opinion columnist in particular, you’ll have your views read, considered and critiqued by an audience of thousands on one of the nation’s biggest university campuses. You’ll choose your topic so you can find what’s important to you as a UT student and have a space to show the rest of the 40 Acres why your issue-of-choice should be important to all of us, too. As wide-ranging as your column’s impact can be, the words will be yours to show off, now and for years to come. Few jobs past college encourage you to both build your soapbox and then stand on it and yell. As a Texan opinion columnist, you’ll do just that.

Obviously, this is a hiring pitch, but let it also serve as a word to the wise. The Tex-an is one of the largest and most award-winning student newspapers in America, and Texan staffers go on to great things in a multitude of industries. Many of them can attribute much of their success to their time here. Don’t let the opportunity go to waste.

Few jobs past college encourage you to both build your soapbox and then stand on it and yell. As a Texan opinion columnist, you’ll do just that.

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Amil Malik is a sophomore from Austin studying business hon-ors, finance and Plan II honors. Prior to being an associate editor, Malik wrote for the Texan as an opinion columnist. Malik has also led the Texas Squash Club, served in the BBA Women’s Council and worked at The Global Commercialization Group researching business development opportunities for foreign innovators. Malik is passionate about economic policy, state politics and education funding. Email Malik at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @amil_malik.

Christine Ayala is a journalism junior from Grand Prairie. Prior to being an associate editor, Ayala worked at the Texan as a special ventures reporter, associate news editor, senior campus reporter and podcast co-host. Ayala is interested in students’ environmental impact, the complexities of University traditions and underrep-resented student issues. Email Ayala at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @christine_ayala.

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Eric Nikolaides is a senior from Cincinnati studying government and Spanish. Prior to being an associate editor, Nikolaides wrote for the Texan as an opinion columnist for two semesters. During his time as a Longhorn, Nikolaides has also taught English to immi-grants in the Austin community, worked at the ACLU and hosted a radio program, in addition to being an avid musician. Nikolaides is interested in politics and the injustices that policy decisions can often cause. Email Nikolaides at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @Eric_KTurner.

Mack Brown is entering retirement with a newfound hobby: exploring Twitter. Since leaving the Longhorns, Brown has taken to tweeting near-poetic questions to his audience: “Broncos or Chargers & why?” and life advice fit for a needlepoint pillow: “You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent.” His tweets read like those of a grandfather who’s just learned how to

use his desktop computer, and there’s something charming about a man with as much power as Brown once had tweeting out, “Just having some fun! That’s ok. We all need to have more fun.” Of course, there are also the oddly placed exclamations, like the “Sorry!” Brown tacked at the be-ginning of a tweet that said nothing even remotely offensive. Sure, we’re tempted to tease Brown for his clumsy tweets and gratuitous use of the abbreviation “U,” but we’re just too damned charmed by his new, more open online persona to say anything that would discourage it.

Following UT politics is hard, but it’s often the most difficult things that are worth doing — or in this case, worth watching. Below is the Daily Tex-an editorial board’s guide to the issues to watch at UT during the spring 2014 semester, a list we will continue in Tuesday’s paper. And, if you have more of your own to add, tweet them at us with the hashtag #Texanwatchlist.

1. The ongoing saga of Powers v. UT System

On Dec. 12, after four and a half hours of closed-door discussion, the UT System Board of Regents refused to take action on the employ-ment of President William Powers Jr., adding a new chapter to the nearly three-year-long battle between the president and the board. Given the personal turn the struggle has taken in recent years, with a state committee on transparency considering the impeachment of Regent Wal-lace Hall for overreaching his authority and the governor himself referring to those opposing the

regents as “charlatans and peacocks,” the tense speech given by Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, in which he accused Powers of misrepresenting the regents’ goals to those outside the situation, seemed about the best possible outcome.

“In this context, understanding that I am hopeful that this strained relationship can be im-proved, it is my recommendation that Bill Powers should continue his appointment as president of the University of Texas at Austin,” Cigarroa said.

Though Powers’ supporters were quick to de-clare a victory, there’s no indication that Powers will take Cigarroa’s advice to heart — or, for that matter, that Powers was any more guilty than the regents were of playing petty personal games at the expense of focusing on higher education policy. Granted, things are different this time around: Perry’s on his way out — though he might suggest he’s on to the presidency — mean-ing he can exert less influence through lasting appointments to the board. Powers, after years of fighting, may be just too damn tired to keep up the fight. And, with Mack Brown out, the insistent boosters rumored to be pressuring the regents to force Powers to oust his close friend or lose his own job are no longer an issue, if they were even one in the first place.

But the fate of Regent Wallace Hall has yet to be decided, leaving a gaping hole in the narrative. Though the transparency committee weighing Hall’s fate has no future meetings scheduled, it has asked the UT System to reply to a series of directives on the regents’ history of open records requests by Feb. 1.

But above all else, students should keep their eyes on this issue to see what happens if the pow-ers that be stop lighting fires and allow the smoke to clear. When the fight between the regents and Powers started, the issues were educational in nature: how much to charge for tuition, how many students to put in a classroom, whether to fund online education expansion at the expense of on-campus initiatives. It’s only in the past year and a half that the struggle has devolved into

arguments about the cost of open records re-quests and the influence politicians exert to get their children admitted to the University.

Beyond the constant personal fights, the UT System is still struggling to balance raising its prestige with providing affordable education to an ever-increasing number of willing students. Those issues are worth fighting for, and it’s high time our regents and our president returned their attention to the proper battle.

2. The fates of the two “first” black head coaches at UT

On Jan. 4, Charlie Strong accepted the po-sition of UT’s head football coach, just under three weeks after Brown’s era ended when Brown stepped down from the position amid intense pressure from fans and pundits.

It’s no secret that Strong wasn’t the first choice for Texas: When asked on Dec. 12 if the Long-horns would be able to bring much-sought-after Alabama football coach Nick Saban to Texas, booster Red McCombs responded, “Oh, I don’t think there’s any question about getting him. Hell, all the money that’s not in the Vatican is up at UT.”

But that money failed to lure Saban to the land of burnt orange, and after several other rumored candidates, including Baylor’s Art Briles, publicly declared their disinterest, Strong accepted.

In a radio interview, McCombs called Strong’s hiring “a kick in the face.” McCombs has since apologized to Strong, but his statement is the clearest indication yet of the hurdles Strong may

have to face to find success in his new position. Unlike his predecessor, Strong is in no way

part of the good-old-boys booster network that has traditionally supported Texas football. And, as many members of the media have pointed out, Strong doesn’t even look like them: Unlike most men of influence in Texas, Strong is black, making him the first black football coach in Texas’ history.

If the significance of Strong’s race is lost on any members of the UT community, they would do well to remember that the difference between black male representation on campus and black male representation on revenue-generating ath-letic teams at UT is 66 percent. And there are few black men enrolled at UT in the first place: only 842 as of 2011.

Strong, of course, isn’t technically the first black head coach in Texas history. That title goes to Bev Kearney, the former women’s track coach. Kearney filed a $1 million lawsuit against UT in November after she was removed from her po-sition for having a relationship with a student. The Kearney case, with its ever-unraveling lay-ers of potential race and gender discrimination, may cast a cloud over the progress that is Strong’s hiring. Any student with an interest in equal-ity should keep a close watch on both of Texas’ “first” black head coaches.

President William Powers Jr.

New head coach Charlie Strong

[Brown’s] tweets read like those of a grandfather who’s just learned how to use his desktop computer.

Unlike his predecessor, Strong is in no way part of the good-old-boys booster network.

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CAMPUS

The campus’ post office plans to close because its contract with the University expires at the end of February.

The campus post office, lo-cated in the West Mall Office Building, will permanently close its doors to all custom-ers on or before Feb. 28. The post office, which houses 400 individual P.O. boxes, has already started its search for relocation space outside the University.

The United States Postal Service’s contract was ini-tially set to expire Sept. 1 of this year but was granted a five-month extension by the University.

“After being granted a contract extension from the University through February, we have ultimately decided to vacate our current cam-pus office and seek reloca-tion elsewhere,” USPS Texas spokesman Sam Bolen said.

The vacancy would make the branch at 111 E. 17th St. the nearest USPS location to

the University.Private mail delivery com-

panies operate mailing and shipping centers near cam-pus. FedEx has a location at 2711 Guadalupe St. near Tor-chy’s Tacos, and UPS has one at 2002 Guadalupe St. near Emo’s Kitchen.

“I had no idea the post of-fice was closing,” biochemistry junior Marissa Medina said. “I work as [a resident assistant] in the Kinsolving dormitory and normally direct people to the post office whenever they want to send packages.”

Geology junior Gabrielle Ramirez was also unaware of the post office’s impend-ing closure.

“This is really sad,” Ramirez said. “Having a post office on campus is so con-venient, and I go there reli-giously when I have to mail off scholarship or internship applications. I live in River-side and currently have no idea where the next nearest post office is.”

University officials said they will soon release a state-ment regarding the closure.

Helen Fernandez / Daily Texan StaffThe campus post office, located in the West Mall Office Build-ing, is set to close on or by Feb. 28.

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Strumming a name for himself

Zachary Strain / Daily Texan StaffBill Collings, a master luthier, has been building hand-crafted guitars for 40 years. Some of his clients include Stephen Spielberg and Conan O’Brien.

Bill Collings knows ev-erything there is to know about guitars — but he can-not play one.

Collings is the man behind Collings Guitars, an interna-tionally renowned brand of acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and ukuleles built in a factory just outside of Austin on Highway 290. In-side, a slow-moving, human-powered assembly line builds only 15 instruments per day. Each of these instruments is distributed to dealers around the world and then sold for an average of $5,000 a piece.

Some of these expensive instruments are sold to fa-mous guitarists including Marcus Mumford, Robert Plant and Pete Townshend. Thousands of other names aren’t recognizable now, but they could be in the future. It would not be the first time a musician became famous playing a Collings guitar.

Somewhere between mak-ing one guitar a week on his kitchen table in a tiny Hous-ton apartment and purchas-ing the current building that

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The world of plant biol-ogy is a mouse click away from researchers at UT, thanks to a renewed $50 million grant that will help fund the iPlant program.

The program is a web-site that builds cyber in-frastructure to support plant and animal science research. Developed in partnership with the Tex-as Advanced Computing Center at UT, it received this five-year grant to con-tinue the project, which started in 2008.

iPlant works to provide tools for plant scientists, including ways to store

data, create their own work environment for public use and share large data sets in one space.

“We make computation

and storage available to researchers,” iPlant deputy director Dan Stanzione said. “We also build some of the user-facing tools

like web-based environ-ments to make it easier for those doing things like

By Nicole Cobler@nicolecobler

An exhibition held Satur-day examined the work of John S. Chase, the first Afri-can-American enrolled at UT and the first licensed to prac-tice architecture in Texas.

Chase recently passed away on March 29 at the age of 87.

Fred McGhee, an adjunct as-sociate anthropology professor at Austin Community College, said Chase strove to provide the African-American community with a platform to end racism. The buildings he was commis-sioned to design ranged from schools and churches early in his career to convention

centers and other public build-ings for various governmental agencies after Jim Crow laws were repealed. McGhee said Chase’s work gave the civil rights movement a base of op-erations across Texas.

After the repeal of Jim Crow laws, Chase’s public commissions in Houston include the renovation of the Astrodome, the George R. Brown Convention Cen-ter, the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and the Martin Luther King, Jr. School of Hu-manities at Texas Southern University.

McGhee said the network

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A mere commitment was all head coach Rick Barnes asked of his young team at the start of the season.

A commitment to dedi-cate themselves in practice, be willing to learn from their coaches and play hard, from start to finish, every time they take the court — all things last year’s team strug-gled to do.

“It’s about daily prepa-ration,” Barnes said at Big 12 Media Days before the season began. “You have to be prepared for a lot of different things as you go. The goal is to get your guys to understand the fact that regardless of what the situa-tion is, if you’re in it togeth-er, can you find a way to get things done?”

Barnes’ bunch did just that throughout the first two months of the season, scrap-ping its way to a surprising 11-2 record in non-confer-ence play.

While most students were getting ready to head home for the holidays, the Long-horns were preparing for their toughest stretch of the early season: back-to-back games against perennial powerhouses North Carolina and Michigan State.

Texas traveled to Cha-pel Hill, N.C., riding a five-game win streak, its longest of the season at the time. A 53-point first half perfor-mance gave the Longhorns an 11-point lead at the break, which proved to be just enough as Texas held on for an 86-83 upset of the Tar Heels, who were No. 14 in the country at the time.

Riding the confidence-boosting coattails of their

biggest victory of the sea-son, Barnes and Co. head-ed back home for their matchup with Michigan State, which was No. 5 at the time. Tom Izzo’s Spar-tans proved to be too much for the young Longhorns on that night, beating Texas 92-78.

But even in defeat, it was clear that Barnes was im-pressed with the cohesion his team had demonstrated throughout the young sea-son and the maturity of his underclassmen.

“I love this team because they really love each other,” Barnes said after the loss. “They work for each other. They respect each other. It’s a group of guys that

have gone business-like about it.”

After bouncing back with a win over Rice to close out the non-conference schedule, the Longhorns were set to open up Big 12 competition at home against Oklahoma.

Early season games give coaches a chance to see what their team is made of and hopefully begin to build a strong NCAA Tour-nament resume. But an ex-perienced head man such as Barnes, who is in his 27th season as a Division I head coach, knows that it is after New Year’s Eve, in confer-ence play, when a team’s season is defined.

“The intensity goes up,” Barnes said prior to the

Oklahoma game. “It’s almost like you’re getting started all over again. For the next 18 games, you’ve got to be ready

and you’ve got to be ready to play for 40 minutes.”

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SEATTLE — It was a shocking end to a great season.

The buzz around Key Arena during the Final Four in Seattle was about a Texas-Penn State rematch. So when the top-seeded Longhorns were upset by No. 12 Wisconsin, who fin-ished fourth in the Big Ten, in the semi-finals, disap-pointment befell the play-ers, fans and head coach Jerritt Elliott.

“I was shocked,” Elliott said on his team’s perfor-mance. “It was a really tough way to end the sea-son with our poorest per-formance to date.”

But the season as a whole was anything but a disap-pointment. All season long Texas was dominant. One game was disappointing as they fell short of champion-ship expectations, but the season was full of great mo-ments to reflect on.

They went more than three months without a loss, winning 23 consecu-tive matches. They went undefeated in the Big 12 for the first time in pro-gram history, never even

having to go to a fifth set. They knocked off Stan-ford and Penn State, who were No. 2 and No. 1, re-spectively, in back-to-back games in front of a boister-ous home crowd.

It’s tough to compare this to a season where they won it all. But in reality, this team was just as good, if not better. They just had one bad game at the worst possible time.

Moving forward, the look of Texas will change.

The energy-filled de-fensive specialist Megan Futch’s career has come to an end. Senior setter Han-nah Allison moves on, as freshman Chloe Collins is likely to take over full time. Senior libero Sarah Palmer

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Women’s basketball falls in overtime

For the second game in a row, regulation wasn’t enough for the Longhorns (11-5, 2-2 Big 12). After knocking off the Sooners in the first game Wednes-day, they weren’t so lucky Sunday afternoon in Mor-gantown, W. Va., falling to West Virginia 56-49 (14-2, 2-2 Big 12).

The Longhorns held a nine point lead with 12:37 remaining before West Virginia made its run. After a three-point-er cut the Texas lead to two, the Mountaineers’ Averee Fields tied the game at 48 on a lay-up with 14 seconds left and Texas was unable to score on the final pos-session of regulation.

In overtime, it was all West Virginia. Texas managed just one free throw in the extra period as West Virginia escaped with the victory.

The Longhorns outshot and outrebounded the Mountaineers but were un-able to claim the victory in part because of the number of turnovers. The Long-horns committed 26 turn-overs in the game, twice as many as West Virginia.

Sophomore Imani Mc-Gee-Stafford led the Long-horns with 13 points, six rebounds and four blocks while junior Nneka En-emkpali added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Three Longhorns on Bowerman watch list

Junior Ashley Spencer, junior Ryan Crouser and sophomore Johannes Hock were named to the preseason watch list for The Bowerman this past week.

The Bowerman is pre-sented by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Coun-try Coaches Association to the most outstanding male and female collegiate athletes in the nation.

Ten women and 10 men were named, and Texas is one of just three schools with three stu-dent-athletes on the list, joining Florida and rival Texas A&M.

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deal with controversy, and, when it did, Brown always knew what to say.

But head football coaches don’t get paid for the impact they make off the field, they get paid based on the suc-cess their team has on it. And Brown, who for a portion of his tenure at Texas was the highest paid coach in the country, often failed to live up to the high expectations that come with such a title.

Brown led Texas to two national title games, win-ning one of the school’s four crystal trophies in the pro-cess. Aside from that, his resume was less than stellar.

Other than the two years in which he led his bunch to Pasadena for the na-tional championship game, Brown has no champion-ships to speak of. Those title years brought Texas its only two conference crowns of Brown’s tenure.

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, who arrived in Norman a year after Brown came to Austin, has led the Sooners to eight Big

12 Championships. Kansas State’s Bill Snyder has won the conference title twice, equal to Brown’s total, but for far less money and with much less talent.

While Brown’s overall record at Texas is padded with blowout victories over weak non-conference op-ponents and perennial Big 12 cellar dwellers, his re-cord in big games was not so impressive. Coach Feb-ruary — as rival fans call him because of the stellar recruiting classes he would sign to Texas every Febru-ary — had 34 wins and 31 losses against ranked op-ponents over the course of his tenure, including a 2-2 record in conference championship games and a mere seven wins in 16 at-tempts against Oklahoma in the annual Red River Rivalry game.

Brown, the personal-ity, will always be remem-bered as a nice guy who did things the right way. But Brown, the football coach, leaves behind a legacy comprised of equal parts success, frustration and disappointment.

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Coaching experienceStrong has 31 years of

coaching experience at the collegiate level. The former Central Arkansas safety started his coaching career at Florida as a graduate assistant and has since held positions at Texas A&M, Southern Illinois, Mis-sissippi, Notre Dame, South Carolina and Louisville.

After spending seven years as the defensive coor-dinator at Florida, Strong took his first head-coaching job at Louisville in 2010. At Louisville, he posted 37-15 record and led the Cardinals to four-straight bowl appear-ances. Last year, Strong led the team to a Sugar Bowl up-set of Florida and followed it up with a 12-1 record in 2013 while grooming potential No. 1 NFL Draft pick Teddy Bridgewater as quarterback.

Defensive mindOf Strong’s 31 years of

coaching experience, 21 have been on the defensive side of the ball. Strong has been a defensive play-caller at two different schools and spent several years under coach-ing greats Urban Meyer and Steve Spurrier at Florida.

Louisville ranked second in the country in sacks and forced 19 fumbles last season, in addition to being the sec-ond best scoring defense in the nation. Florida was also considered a strong defensive team during Meyer’s time with the Gators, and Strong played a large part in that.

Turning things aroundStrong’s first task as the

Longhorns head coach is to return Texas to being the dominant program it once was. The Longhorns have lost at least four games in each of the last four seasons, includ-ing the 5-7 disaster in 2010. Since 2010, Texas has gone 30-21, compared to its 45-8 record the four years prior.

Strong has experience turning around a diminishing program. Before he arrived in Louisville, the Cardinals had posted three straight seasons below .500. Strong inherited a team that won just five con-ference games and went 15-21 in three years. Since then, Louisville has won three of its last four bowl games and gone 23-3 the past two seasons.

Strong cultureStrong’s teams are know for

their competitive edge. Strong has gained a reputation of toughness and aggression throughout his coaching ca-reer, something many people point to as lacking at Texas in recent seasons. The no-non-sense attitude that produced two straight double-digit victory seasons for Strong at Louisville made him a top tar-get for the Longhorns.

Historic hireStrong is the first African-

American head coach of a men’s sport in school his-tory. The Longhorns have only hired one black head coach since the school was founded in 1883: Bev Ke-arney, the former women’s track and field head coach who is currently suing the University alleging racial and sexual discrimination.

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press conference. “He’s the right person to carry on the winning tradition that we have here — winning with integrity that was cultivated by Darrell Royal, DeLoss Dodds, Mack Brown.”

Strong preached tough-ness and championships in his introductory press con-ference. He smiled and joked but made it clear the culture in Austin would be altered.

“It’s time to put the pro-gram back on the national stage,” Strong said. “The mentality is always going to be physical and mental toughness. You have to build your program on toughness. That’s where all the success-ful programs, that’s what they do.”

Strong won his initial splash with the Texas fan base. He came off as engag-ing, yet tough, striking just the right balance of leaving intact Brown’s legacy of in-tegrity mixed with a drastic change in the mental forti-tude of the program.

But it will be an uphill bat-tle for Strong in Austin.

With variation comes

resistance, and the first tremors of that came quickly from Texas booster Red Mc-Combs. The billionaire and namesake of the University’s regarded business school said he and many other boosters were left out of the hiring process, and were up-set because they had a lot of football knowledge to add.

“I think the whole thing is a bit sideways,” McCombs

said of the selection process to ESPN 1250 San Anto-nio. “I don’t have any doubt that Strong is a fine coach. I think he would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator.”

McCombs later apolo-gized for his comments, but his initial reaction is just a part of the murky power system at Texas that Strong must navigate. In his 16

seasons, Brown cultivated a close circle of powerful friends that significantly in-fluenced the direction of the program. Strong isn’t likely to share the same CEO-like attitude toward football, so he must win to keep the Longhorns’ wide alumni base satisfied.

The resources are there, and Strong has a history of success, from his time

as a defensive coordinator at Florida to winning BCS bowl games at Louisville. The foundation is laid at Texas; he just needs to juggle Texas’ traditional methods with his new boots-to-the-ground approach.

“I can just add another brick to it because the bricks are there,” Strong said. “I just need to put another brick on top of it.”

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Charlie Strong was hired as Mack Brown’s replacement on Jan. 5. In his tenure at Louis-ville, he turned a below .500 team into a Sugar Bowl champion, while grooming the potential No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL Draft, Teddy Bridgewater.

Charlie Strong has many important tasks now that he is the head football coach at Texas, but one of his largest will be recruiting.

Texas has always been a popular destination for high school athletes. In the past five years, the Longhorns have had four recruiting classes ranked in the top five of the nation by Rivals.com. But after a few consecutive disappointing seasons and a 2013 recruit-ing class that ranked just 24th, one of Strong’s biggest focuses is on regaining that recruiting prestige. “We’ll recruit with fire, and we’ll recruit with pas-sion,” Strong said at his Jan. 6 press conference.

Strong is in a similar po-sition as Mack Brown was when he first came to Texas in 1998. Brown, coming from North Carolina, had few ties to Texas.

Despite the lack of a Lone-Star background, Strong looks to regain the Longhorns’ large recruiting presence in-state, which has started to drift in favor of Baylor and Texas A&M in recent years.

“Nationally, the Texas high school coaches are king,” Strong said. “My staff and I will be committed to closing the borders on this great state and making them realize that this is their program. We’re devot-ed to making Austin the state capital for college football.”

While not a priority, Strong will also look to expand his

recruiting base outside of Tex-as. Strong, who has 31 years of coaching experience under his belt, spent several years at Florida, which has opened up the state as a large recruiting base for his teams.

In past years, he has had lit-tle trouble recruiting in Florida and stealing top athletes from hometown schools, such as Florida, Florida State and Mi-ami. During his four years in Louisville, 44 percent of his re-cruits came from Florida, and he will look to continue that strong presence while at Texas.

Still, Strong’s main pre-cedence is controlling his own backyard.

“I want to make sure that I control this state, and then we’ll cherry pick outside the state in Florida because of the

ties that I’ve had in Florida or Georgia,” Strong said. “But I want the high school coaches to understand that when we leave this state, don’t think your player isn’t good enough to play here because I want the best players.”

Only a week into his new job, Strong’s program has al-ready had some big news on the recruiting front. Three four-star defensive tackles decommitted from Texas last week following the news that defensive line coach Bo Davis would be leaving UT to fill the same role at USC. Trey Lealaimatafao and Courtney Garnett made their decisions last Tuesday evening.

Then there was the Zaycoven Henderson saga. Henderson, another four-star defensive

tackle, also decommitted after hearing the news about Davis. But after a conversation with Strong shortly after his decom-mitment, the Longview native recommitted to Texas. But, less than 24 hours after recommit-ting to the Longhorns, Hen-derson changed his mind once again and has now committed to play at Texas A&M.

Despite these recent de-commits, Strong is expected to steal other top recruits — who were previously com-mitted to Louisville and oth-er schools — in the coming weeks. The 53-year-old has proven his ability to recog-nize talent and then develop it further. As he starts his journey at Texas, he should have no trouble bringing top athletes to Austin.

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graduates, and sophomore Kat Brooks and incoming High School All-American Cat McCoy from South Lake Carroll are waiting in the wings to don the black jersey that Palmer has owned for four years.

But, the biggest loss will come on the outside as Bailey Webster is fi-nally finished at Texas. The former No. 1 overall recruit from Baltimore, Md., lived up to the bill-ing. She was named Most Outstanding Player of last year’s tournament and an All-American. Sopho-more Amy Neal and Tif-fany Baker, coming off a redshirt season, will

compete for her spot.International standout

middle Mirta Baselovic will join sophomore Mol-ly McCage and Khat Bell to form one of the more lethal middle-blocking tandems in the nation, a position that is almost too deep for the Longhorns.

Big 12 Freshman of the Year and second team All-American Chiaka Ogbogu, who was originally sup-posed to be redshirted, will only continue to improve. Meanwhile Nicole Dalton, who played a big role on last year’s championship team but was forced to sit this year out with a medi-cal redshirt, should be back

and healthy.And of course, you can’t

forget Haley Eckerman who still has another year left. The All-American may just be the best hitter in the na-tion next year.

This season ended in dis-appointment, but the future remains bright for Texas under the direction of El-liott. The Longhorns now find themselves in the same class as volleyball power-houses like Stanford and Penn State.

You don’t make it to five Final Fours in six years by chance. There are many more championship runs to come, and Texas volleyball is at the top to stay.

The Longhorns have lost two of their first three Big 12 contests so far, to Okla-homa and Oklahoma State, with their lone win coming

against Texas Tech on Satur-day night.

While it may not be the start they wanted, there is still plenty of time for the Longhorns to make a run at the NCAA Tournament. For a team many thought was

destined for failure, these Longhorns have already surpassed expectations.

Texas next plays Monday at 6 p.m. against West Vir-ginia in Morgantown, W. Va., The game will be tele-vised on ESPNU.

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The Longhorns took on Southeastern Conference foe, No. 8 Auburn on Thurs-day, marking Texas’ return to dual-meet competition, and the first time it has hosted the Tigers at home in four seasons. The Texas div-ers wasted no time getting re-acquainted the dual-meet format. Redshirt junior Will Chandler took the one-meter event with a score of 367.05 followed by sopho-more Cory Bowersox and freshman Michael Hixon, solidifying a Texas one-two-three finish.

The meet also featured the young talent Texas swimming

possesses. Sophomore John Martens added an NCAA “B” cut and a victory in the 200 butterfly, helping the Longhorns to a 162.5-132.5 overall victory.

Texas continued its success with a 169-126 victory over Georgia on Saturday. Hixon swept the diving events and posted a personal best on the three-meter board. In the swimming portion, sopho-more Sam Lewis captured a come-from-behind win against the All-American packed Georgia contingent in the 500 freestyle.

“[Lewis] is growing in our sport right before our eyes”,

Texas assistant coach Kris Kubik said. “He has now come to realize he is in the argument for the top racers in the country in the middle-distance events.”

Cory Bowersox Sophomore

No. 8 Texas (8-3) resumed dual-meet competition ear-lier this month against No. 3 Stanford, suffering a 154-146 loss to the Cardinal in their first match up of the new year. Senior diver Maren Taylor appeared to return in full form, winning both the one-meter and three-meter diving events, after battling through injury most of last semester. Junior Gretchen Jaques won the 100 breast-stroke and the 200 breast-stroke for the Longhorns.

Following the loss to Stanford, Texas won nine

of 16 events en route to a 168.5-129.5 victory over No. 14 Auburn. The Long-horns won both diving events while sweeping the podium in the one-meter. Freshman Madisyn Cox won both the 200 breast-stroke and 400 individual medley, posting times of 2:15.34 and 4:16.61.

Led by senior swimmer Lily Moldenhauer, Texas rounded out its winter break competition against reign-ing NCAA champion Geor-gia. Moldenhauer posted two of Texas’ six victories,

winning the 100 backstroke and the 100 butterfly in a 157.5-142.5 loss to the No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs.

Lily Moldenhauer Senior

MEN’S TENNIS / DREW LIEBERMAN

The No. 20 Texas tennis team started off 2014 team-play right, sweeping SMU 7-0 Saturday.

First, sophomore Nick Naumann defeated Julio Olaya in straight sets (6-0, 6-3). No. 75 Junior Soren Hess-Olesen won in straight sets over No. 73 Arturs Ka-zijevs (6-1, 6-1). Junior No. 35 Lloyd Glasspool won in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) as did junior Adrien Berkowicz (6-1, 6-3) and freshman No. 24 George Goldhoff (6-2, 6-4).

Senior David Holiner won in three sets over Arki-djas Slobodkins (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) to sweep singles. In doubles, No. 5 Hess-Olesen/Glasspool defeated Kazi-jevs/Nowicki (6-1) while Sanders/Lammons of SMU knocked off No. 35 Holiner/Naumann (6-3). No. 55 Lew-is/Goldhoff defeated Russell/Slobodkins (6-5) as Texas took two of three in doubles play for the 7-0 sweep. It was their 17th consecutive sea-son-opening match victory.

Texas travels to Houston to take on Rice on Friday.

Nick Naumann Sophomore

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factions that citizens are restricted to, designat-ing her as a “divergent.” The movie promises both the action-adventure and the romantic aspects that have been used for similar book adaptations. Star-ring Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet, “Divergent” could be a potential spring blockbuster for teenage audiences and fans of the book series.

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”May 2Directed by Marc Webb

While the leading member of the Avengers is fighting his own battles, Marvel’s other su-perstar returns in “The Amaz-ing Spider-Man 2.” Directed by Marc Webb, the sequel to the

reboot sees Spider-Man facing adversaries Electro and Rhino in what’s described as his great-est battle, all while delving deep-er into his family’s past. Andrew Garfield returns as the title hero, along with Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Paul Giamatti. The sequel is sure to introduce more villains and expand the mythology of the famed super-hero. “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” is prepared to be the spring box office juggernaut and will likely become an-other successful entry into the rebooted franchise.

Phantogram will release its second studio album Voices this February. Eyelid Movies was a solid album that owed its breakthrough and prevalence to its powerful singles, includ-ing “Mouthful of Diamonds” and “When I’m Small.” “Fall in Love” was the first track from the new album to leak to the public, and if it is anything like the rest of the album, Voices promises to match all of Eyelid

Movies’ energy, if not push it even further.

St. Vincent — St. Vincent, Feb. 25

Fresh off of an inventive and spectacular tour with Talking Heads’ frontman David Byrne

for their collaborative album Love This Giant, St. Vincent returns to her solo work with a fourth studio album. Her re-cords have been a slow transi-tion from the guitar-based pop of Marry Me to more ambitious instrumentation, featuring lots of synth and heavier beats. St. Vincent follows suit with that pattern, but still keeps the clas-sic Beatles-inspired melodies St. Vincent has been known for in the past, as evident in the album’s first leaked track, “Birth in Reverse.”

EVENT PREVIEW

Green Day classic becomes Broadway show“American Idiot” is no

longer just the name of Green Day’s Grammy-award-winning album. Green Day’s leading man Billie Joe Armstrong and a Broadway team including director Michael Mayer cre-ated a Broadway musical set to the band’s music. Think “Mamma Mia” but with a much darker plot, and re-place ABBA’s pop songs with Green Day’s angst-ridden rock anthems. The punk-rock opera is coming to Bass Concert Hall this week.

With little dialogue, most of the plot is told through the production’s musical numbers. “American Idiot” is centered on a character named Johnny and his group of friends as they struggle to live their day-to-day lives in middle America.

“American Idiot”’s relat-able plot, paired with its modern yet nostalgic music, creates a show that seems to be tailored to college-aged audiences.

“We are always trying to get new productions in here, not the same old stuff,” said Gene Bartholomew, assistant director of communications and Broadway operations for Texas Performing Arts. “We are trying to appeal to a range of demographics, i.e.

‘American Idiot,’ which is ob-viously going to perform to a younger demographic that may not have been exposed to Broadway.”

Bartholomew said Broad-way tours can expose col-lege students to a different form of entertainment that may not be as easily available elsewhere, and part of having a well-rounded education involves experiencing things like Broadway shows, clas-sical shows and even punk-rock shows.

Broadway actor Daniel C. Jackson plays St. Jimmy, the drug-addict alter-ego of lead character Johnny. He says he uses personal expe-riences to understand and relate to the production’s characters and plot.

“It’s about the choices you make and the consequences that come with them — not necessarily the happy end-ing that follows you decid-ing to make a big decision,” Jackson said.

Even though he was always a Green Day fan, Jackson was skeptical about “American Idiot” when he first saw the show on Broadway, but, by the end of the performance, he was calling his agent to re-quest an audition.

“I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect with a Green Day musical because I’m not a huge fan of adaptations,” Jackson said “I’m one of those

snobs that thinks everything should be original and new. That’s an unrealistic desire. I went and saw it in previews and was blown away.”

It took Jackson a couple of years to make the cast, but when auditions for the nation-al tour came, he was cast in the ensemble and then worked his way up to the part of St. Jimmy — the role Armstrong occa-sionally played in the original Broadway production.

“Being in the ensemble is definitely more of a ful-filling thing,” Jackson said. “The head banging is very visceral. You’re able to put your own problems into the show and leave them on out on the floor. St. Jim-my is more calculated and a little bit darker. It comes from a different place. It’s a little lonelier.”

It was the middle-Ameri-can stories that sold Jackson

on “American Idiot,” as he grew up in a town with situ-ations and people similar to the ones portrayed in the musical.

“When I was growing up, I was into a lot of stuff I shouldn’t have been,” Jackson said. “A lot of it is reminis-cent and parallels the story, not on as dramatic or theat-rical of a level, but kids get-ting into stuff and making bad decisions.”

With 62 stops in the United States and Canada, including the one in Austin, Jackson is trying to keep each performance as fresh as possible.

“I think about a lot of the people I went to school with and grew up with and think about if things had been dif-ferent,” Jackson said. “I could probably imagine that they would be St. Jimmys them-selves or Johnnys.”

Photo courtesy of Bass Concert HallPunk-rock opera “American Idiot” comes to Bass Concert Hall this week.

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ond Street district into an art-themed block party. Hosted by Art Alliance Austin, last year’s festival attracted more than 15,000 people and featured local food trailers and the Peo-ple’s Gallery exhibition at City Hall. Aside from serving as a platform for local and nation-ally recognized artists, Art City Austin also hosts several in-teractive projects for kids and adults alike. Some highlights from previous years include things such as face painting, interactive screen printing and origami workshops.

Austin Reggae FestivalApril 18-20

Auditorium Shores is sure to be overrun yet again with dreadlocks and Rastafarian pride at this year’s Austin Reg-gae Festival. After celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013,

the three-day reggae and world music festival is back for its 21st consecutive year. In previous years, Austin Reg-gae Festival featured artists like The Wailers, The Aggro-lites and Austin’s own Lance Herbstrong. Along with some of the biggest names in reggae, the festival also hosts more than 50 local artists and food vendors. Three-day passes are available for $35, and a por-tion of the proceeds go toward fundraising for the Capital Area Food Bank.

Moontower Comedy FestivalApril 23-26

Austin’s biggest comedy event of the year, Moon-tower Comedy and Oddity Festival welcomes some of the country’s most notable comedians each year. Past lineups have included na-tionally acclaimed comics such as Maria Bamford,

Michael Ian Black and Dana Carvey, as well as a selec-tion of local Austin comics. The festival takes place in a handful of Austin venues, such as The Paramount, The Parish and Scottish Rite Theatre. The comedy festival is a slightly smaller, slightly shorter version of the annual Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, which takes place every fall.

Austin Psych FestMay 2-4

Hosted at Carson Creek Ranch, this year’s Psych Fest offers on-site camping for the first time in the festival’s seven-year history. This year’s festival also brings the most notable lineup yet, with acts such as Of Montreal and Un-known Mortal Orchestra. It is the only Austin festival with on-site camping and could be on its way to becoming an early festival-season staple.

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Festivals

Movies

Albums

“The Monuments Men”Feb. 7Directed by George Clooney

Written and directed by George Clooney, “The Monuments Men” is a World War Two period piece that focuses on the efforts of a group of sol-diers dedicated to rescuing and preserving works of art captured by Nazi troops. Together, the characters race to stop Hitler from destroying all the precious works. Starring Clooney, Cate Blancett and Matt Damon, “The Monuments Men” looks to be a political thriller, full of action and adventure, centered in a well-examined point of his-tory. With a cast of war film veterans like Clooney and Damon, the film could be a potential Oscar nominee.

“The Wind Rises”Feb. 21Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The last film directed by Hayao Miyazaki — director of animated films such as “Spirited Away” and “Prin-cess Mononoke” — before his retirement, “The Wind Rises” explores the story of Jiro Horikoshi, who is known for creating the air-planes that the Japanese used during World War II. Keeping with Miyazaki’s trend of examining com-plex themes in his films, “The Wind Rises” explores the battle between pro and anti-war sentiments in the Japanese Empire. The film features the vocal tal-ents of Emily Blunt, Elijah Wood, Stanley Tucci and Joseph Gordon-Levitt por-traying Horikoshi. Having won many critical awards already, the film’s U.S.

release is eagerly awaited by Miyazaki loyalists and anime-lovers alike.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”March 7Directed by Wes Anderson

Directed by UT alum Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is another quirky, colorful movie in the director’s filmography. The film’s plot examines the daily life of the patrons of an exquisite European hotel in the 1920s. Told from the perspective of a lobby boy, a murder mystery involv-ing the employee’s boss un-folds along with the disap-pearance of a rare painting. The film features a wide cast that includes Ralph Fi-ennes, Adrian Brody, Sairo-se Ronan, Bill Murray and Harvey Keitel. The movie follows in the footsteps of Anderson’s “Moonrise

Kingdom” with a fantasti-cal setting and zany imag-ery, and may be gunning to make an appearance at the Oscars.

“Divergent”

March 21Directed by Neil Burger

Taking advantage of a year without a “Hunger Games” sequel, director Neil Burger’s “Divergent” aims to become the year’s

biggest young adult novel adaptation. The story is set in a futuristic society where a girl fails to fall into any of the predisposed

Mogwai — Rave Tapes, Jan. 20

Everything Scottish post-rock band Mogwai touches is immediately rendered beauti-ful. The group is a master of song craft and instrumenta-tion and has dominated the post-rock genre for most of the last two decades. Mogwai’s eighth studio release, Rave Tapes, aims to cement its po-sition as a post-rock icon. The band already shared the tense-sounding single, “Remur-dered,” which brings a more electronic sound to its expan-sive, sprawling style.

Broken Bells — After the Disco, Feb. 4

Indie-pop band Broken Bells is one of few music su-pergroups that continues to be successful. Fronted by James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse, Broken Bells are following up their 2010 self-titled debut al-bum with After the Disco. Two tracks, “After the Disco” and “Holding on for Life,” have already been leaked, and have a sound reminiscent of 1970s

disco groups like the Bee Gees yet maintain the tight drums and melodic vocal lines that won Broken Bells such critical acclaim on their first effort.

Beck — Morning Phase, Feb. 14

A once prolific alternative rocker who has slowed down as of late, Beck’s latest album Morning Phase is slated for a Valentine’s Day release. Morn-ing Phase looks to be a com-panion piece to Beck’s 2002 album Sea Change — a record that brought impressive vocal work and a deep emotional im-pact to listeners. If Beck rides the momentum from his 2008 Grammy-nominated Modern Guilt and combines it with the aesthetic of Sea Change, Morn-ing Phase should be yet anoth-er solid addition to the artist’s discography.

Phantogram — Voices, Feb. 18

As a follow-up to its 2010 release Eyelid Movies, which had listeners dancing to the beat-heavy, electronic tracks,

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Newcomers and long-time Austinites alike should know that spring-time in Austin brings a festival to the city almost every weekend. From the uber-popular South By Southwest to smaller ini-tiatives, such as Austin Psych Fest, Austin’s sec-ond-semester festival line-up gives students plenty of opportunities to be outside enjoying some of the city’s most pleasant weather.

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compiled a list and run-down of five of the spring’s most notable festivals.

South By Southwest + West by West CampusMarch 7-16

Every year, SXSW man-ages to simultaneously bring thousands of visitors to Austin and push plenty of citizens away from the city limits in an attempt to flee the 10-day chaos the festival is known for. Per-haps the city’s most notable festival, SXSW has a little something for everyone. The festival’s interactive portion is credited for Twit-

ter’s rise to fame in 2007, and the music portion is always packed with sur-prise celebrity appearances, such as 2013’s secret Justin Timberlake show at the Coppertank Event Center. Badge prices run from $495 for a film badge to $1695 for the highly coveted Plati-num badge, but plenty of free shows are announced in the weeks leading up to the event.

A popular — and free — SXSW avoidance tactic is the annual West By West Campus festival. Hosted in student co-ops in West Campus, WXWC is great

for students hoping to avoid the downtown mobs, or for those looking for after par-ties a bit closer to home. Ev-ery once in a while, the stu-dent organizers of WXWC manage to snag one of the SXSW artists.

Art City AustinApril 12-13

Not to be confused with the bi-annual Old Pecan Street Festival, Art City Austin is a weekend-long outdoor art fair that transforms the streets of downtown Austin along Cesar Chavez and the Sec-

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