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This month, Project Con-nect — a coordinated effort between the City of Austin, Capital Metro and Lone Star Rail — will begin mapping out routes and pursuing funding for a high-capacity transit system for Austin.

Joe Black, Lone Star Rail director, said Project Con-nect’s goal is to coordinate a public transportation system in which people can use buses, light-rail and trains to travel the Austin area seamlessly.

“[Transit customers] want a system that offers good quality and frequent service that is affordable,” Black said.

Jake Gutekunst, the presi-dent of the Institute of Trans-portation Engineers, said he thinks the project would especially help students in North and East Austin.

“It provides an alternative to the bus system, which is useful but is sometimes un-reliable on student-heavy routes,” Gutekunst said.

Black said if the project goes according to plan, a portion of the rail will be in service in five to six years. He said it could take up to 10 years to build the entire system.

“We’re not under any kind of illusion that the traffic prob-lems will get better,” Black said.

The Belo Center for New Media was evacuated Mon-day after a bush caught fire outside the building. The fire, which affected several bushes lining the sidewalk on Dean Keeton Street, did not appear to damage the building itself.

According to UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey, UTPD felt confident the fire was caused by a cigarette.

Bert Kivell, a private con-tractor for the University who was on the scene at the time, said he contained the fire using a fire extinguisher before emergency personnel arrived at the scene and put out the fire.

The Belo center was evacuated after an un-known individual pulled the fire alarm. Posey said the fire alarm should not have been pulled.

“We ask people, when they see a fire outside, to call 911,” Posey said.

Students inside the build-ing were directed to the

street after the fire alarm sounded. They were asked to remain a safe distance away from the fire while it was be-ing put out.

“I didn’t know the emer-gency procedure,” said Da-vina Bruno, a public relations

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Route plans, funding for light rail to be exploredAt a specially called meet-

ing Monday morning, the UT System Board of Regents unanimously approved new

football head coach Charlie Strong’s five-year contract and authorized President William Powers Jr. to con-clude negotiations.

Although Strong had al-ready accepted the position, the board must approve any

athletic contracts exceeding $250,000 per year. Accord-ing to the term sheet provid-ed by the UT System, Strong will be paid a minimum of $5 million annually for a five-season term ending in 2019, with $100,000 increases

per year, starting in 2015. Strong will be granted

bonuses if he meets certain goals, such as meeting team-wide GPA standards. If the team’s average GPA reaches 2.9, 3.0 or 3.1, Strong will re-ceive bonuses in increments

of $25,000 every time a new standard is reached.

Strong will also receive bonuses if the team ap-pears in bowl games — they’ll be higher if the

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Jonathan Garza / Daily Texan StaffPresident William Powers Jr. and Moody College Dean Roder-ick Hart sing the alma mater in celebration of the jounalism school’s 100th anniversary Monday afternoon.

School of journalism celebrates centennial

The Moody College of Communications’ journal-ism school kicked off its 100-year anniversary cel-ebration at a ceremony Mon-day, during which speakers addressed the school’s suc-cesses over the last century, while also discussing recent developments including the tense relationship between

President William Powers Jr. and the UT System Board of Regents.

Powers praised the jour-nalism school’s faculty and said the school’s diversity and vitality are due mainly to the leadership of its professors.

“In the future, we will maintain a … journalism education [that emphasizes] not only the ‘how,’ but also

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Pu Ying Huang / Daily Texan StaffUT contractor Bert Kivell extinguishes a brush fire that ignited outside the Belo Center for New Me-dia on Monday afternoon. The source of the fire is believed to be a cigarette, according to UTPD.

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team wins — and if he is chosen for prominent coaching awards.

In addition, the Univer-sity has agreed to also pay the University of Louisville more than $4 million to buy out the remainder of Strong’s contract as Louis-ville’s head coach.

The contract also outlines several benefits Strong will receive, including 20 hours worth of flight time and the use of two courtesy cars.

If Strong is terminated without cause, he will re-ceive the entirety of his an-nual salary for each year re-maining in his contract.

Rumors spread just over a week ago that Strong would be leaving his post at Louisville to take the recently vacant Texas head coaching position. He in-formed the Cardinals’ ath-letic director Tom Jurich of his official decision to leave on Jan. 3, and, two days later, Powers and ath-letic director Steve Patter-son introduced the newest Texas coach at a formal press conference.

Strong comes to Austin with 31 years of coaching experience. He spent the

last four years as head coach at Louisville, where he led the Cardinals to a 37-15 re-cord and won back-to-back bowls games during the last two seasons. In 2013, Strong’s Louisville team led the nation in total defense, rushing defense, fewest turnovers and fewest first downs allowed.

The 53-year-old now be-comes the first black coach in a men’s sport at UT and is the 29th head coach of the Texas football program.

Strong’s hire was pub-licly criticized by promi-nent booster Red McCombs — who has donated more than $100 million to the University — on the day of the announcement. Mc-Combs later apologized for his negative comments and has since expressed support

for Strong. Strong said he will not allow negative com-ments to impact his efforts as head coach.

“There are going to be statements made,” Strong said. “You can’t worry about that. You just move on. You have a job to do.”

Strong has spent the last week making his own hires and stamping his mark on the Texas coaching staff. Since his arrival, he has hired multiple new coach-es, with a focus largely on defense, including hiring a new defensive coordina-tor, but he has yet to make many moves on the offen-sive side of the ball. Salaries for many of the assistant coaches will likely exceed the $250,000 threshhold and also require approval from the regents.

Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan StaffA woman walks around the lake at Muller Lake Park on Monday evening.

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urban rail bypass line, if constructed, will move 30 freight trains into a new lane to create capacity on the track that runs parallel to I-35 from Austin to San Antonio. A passenger rail line will repurpose the ex-isting freight line, and fu-ture additions will extend the rail from Georgetown to Dallas.

Black said that, in the last month, agreements with Austin and San Antonio were completed to fund the maintenance and operation of the system.

Black said the funding mechanism will allow a por-tion of the increased property tax revenue generated from the presence of the rail sta-tion to fund the expenses. He said the city can expect prop-erty tax revenues to increase for, at least, 30-40 years.

“It’s not a very good po-litical climate to increase taxes, but we don’t have to consider that right now,” Black said. “When you have such a high quality of life, and about a hundred people are moving [to Austin] ev-ery day, tax revenues will increase for some time.”

Black said the total capital cost estimate for the transit system is $1.9 billion com-pared to the lowest cost esti-mate of $3.5 billion to build a new highway.

Black said the National Environmental Policy Act requires an environmental assessment to determine the ecological impact of major capital projects. The environ-mental study, which begins in January and will continue for two to three years, will allow federal funding of the project.

Although the project can-not be built until after that assessment is completed, Black said the project is al-ready initializing the final design process.

“We’re not going to wait until the whole line is com-pleted to begin service,” Black said. “It might be something as small as Aus-tin to San Antonio. We’ll get it commissioned and open and continue design-ing and building.”

Cheyenne Krause, City of Austin spokeswoman, said the project is not completely funded yet, but funding ne-gotiations will continue at advisory meetings begin-ning Friday.

Krause said the project has started to determine potential routes and what mode of transportation — bus, light rail or train — will be used in each area.

“We’re getting 70 new cars in Austin every single day,” Krause said.

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Monday marked the first day students hoping to get elected to Student Govern-ment could begin filing for candidacy.

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senior who was inside the building at the time. “The alarm told us to leave the building, but [outside the building] was where the haz-ard was. I don’t know what they would have done if the situation got more serious.”

Arryn Zech, a barista at Cappy’s Cafe, which is located on the first floor of the Belo center, said students inside the build-ing were confused and unaware of the specifics of the situation.

“I was honestly just following the masses [when evacuating],” Zech said. “My car was actu-ally parked outside of the building and someone was saying that they thought a car was on fire, so I was worried about that.”

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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

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AMIL MALIK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Daily Texan editorial board is responsible for writing the editorials that appear on the Texan’s opinion page. Follow the board on Twitter @TexanEditorial.

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.

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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-dol-lar NFL contract awaiting you, there’s no better 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 pro-duce intelligent, professional and compel-ling work on a quick deadline. You’ll also learn to represent something much big-ger 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.

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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.

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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 part two of the Daily Texan editorial board’s guide to the issues to watch at UT during the spring 2014 semester, a list that we started in Monday’s paper. As before, if you have more of your own to add, tweet them at us with the hashtag #Texanwatchlist.

The shape of the governor’s race Though the governor’s election won’t take

place until November, students should pay attention to both state Sen. Wendy Davis and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s guber-natorial campaigns, particularly as the two candidates begin to take positions on higher education. Thus far, neither candidate has

spoken explicitly about higher education is-sues, though Davis has proposed guarantee-ing the top 20 percent of high school juniors early acceptance into public state universities if they commit to a teaching career. But given the contentiousness of the Top-10-Percent law, not to mention the possibility that high school juniors might not be able to commit with confidence to a career they’ll enter more than five years later, students should demand a more concrete stance from Davis.

Abbott, on the other hand, has yet to com-ment on higher education. The only official word from his campaign about higher edu-cation policy has been the affirmation that under Abbott’s leadership, Texas will “enter a new era of education reform.” Considering the importance and complexity of an issue

like higher education, students should de-mand more than just empty political rhetoric from Abbott and his campaign.

While both Davis and Abbott have yet to lay out a complete plan for higher-education policy, students should pay close attention to see if they agree with what Davis and Abbott have to say — after all, the next one to make it to the Governor’s Mansion will also be the next one to appoint regents. If students have learned anything at all from Gov. Rick Perry’s time in office, it’s that a governor with an ac-tive stance on higher education reform can wage quite a battle.

Student Government elections For most students, Student Government

elections are a time to press your earbuds into your ears and march through the West Mall twice as fast. There’s no denying student apa-thy: In 2011, only 15.7 percent of UT students voted for the executive alliance. The weird, misogynistic blog posts of Thor Lund, the 2012-2013 Student Body president, didn’t help to distinguish the office much. And while the current Student Body President Horacio Vil-lareal and Vice President Ugeo Williams have steered clear of controversy and made good on several of their campaign promises, there’s nothing to indicate their ability to stay out of trouble will draw any more students to the polls. As of Monday, the first day to file for the election, two candidates, Kenton Wilson and Kori Rady, had filed to run for the SG presi-dency. Both men have experience within SG. Both men are members of the fraternity Te-jas, and Rady is a member of the spirit group Spurs, while Wilson is a member of the Texas Cowboys. In short, though qualified, the expe-riences that advantage both of their candida-cies are also what may keep them from draw-ing more of the student body to the polls: They fit the mold a little too perfectly to bring to the position the diversity it requires.

Given all of that, why should students still pay attention to the elections? Those inter-ested in state politics should consider that, in Texas, as in many Southern states, there’s often a straight line from offices in Student Government to offices in the state legisla-ture, and the stances taken by student gov-ernment candidates now are indicative of what we may see from politicians in the next decade. For example, 1967 student body president Lloyd Doggett went on to serve as a U.S. Congressmen, a position he has held since 1995. A mainstream executive alliance in support of rights for undocumented stu-dents and benefits for UT faculty and staff domestic partners would be nothing to ig-nore. Though the Student Body president may have, in reality, a tiny jurisdiction in the context of the entire 40 Acres, his ability to influence public perception of students at the University is damn near unlimited. To the winner of the student elections go the CNN appearances, the Op-Ed columns and the opportunities to rub shoulders with ad-ministrators and politicians who may hear the SG president’s opinion on student affairs at the expense of hearing anyone else’s. It’s not the platform points that matter as much as the platform we choose to give them.

In Texas ... there’s often a straight line from offices in Student Govern-ment to offices in the state legisla-ture, and the stances taken by stu-dent government candidates now are indicative of what we may see from politicians in the next decade.

John Massingill / Daily Texan Staff

Ralph Barrera / Associated PressAttorney General Greg Abbott addresses supporters at a recent event.

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the ‘why’ and the ethics and the way of going about get-ting the truth,” Powers said.

At the event, Powers praised State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, whom he referred to as “our BFF.” Zaffirini — who received an undergraduate degree from the school of journalism and later earned a doctorate from the college — sits on the Sen-ate Higher Education Com-mittee and has been vocal about her frustrations with the conduct of current mem-bers of the Board of Regents.

In her speech, Zaffirini said Powers has had a posi-tive impact on the Univer-sity and on the journalism school in particular but said she was aware others did not share that view.

“I wish all the members of the Board of Regents felt the same,” Zaffirini said.

Powers and several re-gents, including Wallace Hall, who is currently under in-vestigation for overstepping his bounds as a regent, have had a tense relationship over the course of the last several years. At a Dec. 12 meeting of the board, UT System Chan-cellor Francisco Cigarroa rec-ommended Powers remain in his position but described relations between Powers and the board as “strained.”

Zaffirini also presented an official proclamation from the Texas State Senate, which salutes the journalism school with “an expression of esteem.”

Moody College Dean Roderick Hart said he places

significant importance on the school of journalism’s duty to educate the next gen-eration of “ambassadors of the truth.”

“A journalist’s job is pro-viding the truth, and telling the truth, and telling it right, and digging deeper, and ask-ing unpleasant questions and pushing a little bit harder so that the rest of us can all profit from an enlightened

democracy,” Hart said.Journalism sophomore

Dylan Samuel also said that he is proud of what the school has accomplished within the past 100 years.

“We have some great guys, [such as] Walter Cronkite,” Samuel said. “It also doesn’t hurt that the school is bringing us into the digital age with a focus on social media.”

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In the future, we will maintain a … jour-nalism education [that emphasizes] not only the ‘how,’ but also the ‘why’ and the ethics and the way of going about getting the truth.

—William Powers Jr., President

The Longhorns blitzed the Mountaineers with a 12-2 run at the end the first half to grab a 14-point lead they never re-linquished en route to an 80-69 win in Morgantown, W. Va on Monday night.

Texas (13-4, 2-2 Big 12) held a six-point lead with 4:09 remaining in the first half when it began to con-sistently attack the bucket. In the run, the Longhorns exploited their quickness

and size advantage over West Virginia (10-7, 2-2 Big 12) as each of the team’s next 12 points came inside the paint or at the free-throw line.

Balance spurred the Long-horns on the offensive end. Four Texas players reached double digits, with sopho-more guard Javan Felix lead-ing the way with 19 points. Freshman guards Isaiah Tay-lor and Martez Walker added 10 points each, and sopho-more center Cameron Ridley notched a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

The Longhorns’ biggest advantage over West Virgin-ia was on the boards, where an undersized Mountaineer squad had a difficult time competing with the bulk and length of Texas’ frontcourt.

Before Monday night, the Mountaineers had out-rebounded opponents by two boards a game. At home against the Longhorns, they were out-rebounded 49-30, making it difficult for West Virginia to find second-chance attempts.

The Mountaineers, who rely heavily on the three to

score, couldn’t find their touch behind the three-point line. West Virginia made only four of 25 attempts, well be-low their season average of 46 percent. The problem only in-tensified when Texas gained a large lead. The Mountaineers were forced to chuck up more deep balls in an attempt to make a comeback.

Texas played one of its most efficient offensive games of the season, shooting 52.7 percent from the field. The Longhorns shot only nine three-pointers on the night,

tying their lowest attempt to-tal on the season.

A late run by West Vir-ginia made the game close in the final minutes, but the Mountaineers never cracked the 10-point barrier.

Taylor, the Longhorns’ starting point guard and spark plug, suffered an appar-ent hamstring injury midway through the second half and went to the locker room. But Taylor returned to action minutes later and played the remainder of the game with-out any visible discomfort.

When students left Austin for winter break, the women’s basketball team was about to face off against its toughest opponent of the season, No. 3 Tennessee.

Although four Longhorn players posted double-digits in the game — senior Chas-sidy Fussell, juniors Nneka Enemkpali and Krystle Henderson and sophomore Empress Davenport — they couldn’t take down the pow-erful Lady Vols, and eventu-ally fell 75-61.

Despite the loss, the Long-horns showed much im-provement since last season and even since earlier this year. The development of the team proved to be a preview for how the rest of its holiday-break games would play out.

Texas went on to handily beat Sam Houston State 109-48 at home the next week. The victory allowed the Long-horns to build confidence af-ter their loss against Tennes-see and began a three-game winning streak. Texas earned large-margin victories against Northwestern State (90-60) and Idaho (87-58).

The win streak came to a halt in the Longhorns’ first Big 12 matchup of the season against No. 11 Oklahoma State. The Longhorns lost by six points but held Okla-homa State under its season scoring average by more than 14 points and under its sea-son averages in field-goal percentage, three-point field-goal percentage, rebounds, assists and steals.

Texas’ second Big 12 op-ponent of the season was

Kansas State. Texas came away victorious. Although the game looked great on pa-per, head coach Karen Aston wasn’t completely satisfied.

“They had a tremendous first half from an energy per-spective, and I thought we were really good on the de-fensive end,” Aston said in a statement. “Then we went in at halftime and maybe went to sleep a little bit. I didn’t think we were as interested in execution and energy in the second half.”

The Longhorns gave As-ton just what she asked for in their next matchup against No. 22 Oklahoma — an en-ergized and passion-filled second half.

The Longhorns trailed the Sooners by 12 at halftime but managed to cut the deficit to three with just 36 seconds to go. That’s when senior GiGi

Mazionyte jumped up to sink a three-pointer to send the game into Texas’ first over-time of the season.

The Longhorns dominated, mainly from the free throw line, finishing on top, 79-74.

Texas seemed to be mak-ing overtime games a habit when its game Sunday morn-ing against West Virginia also went into extra minutes.

The score was tied at 48-48 with 14 seconds to go. A missed layup opportunity for the Mountaineers kept the score stagnant and sent the game into overtime. Unfor-tunately for the Longhorns, this overtime wouldn’t play out in their favor, as they suf-fered their fifth loss of the season in Morgantown.

The Longhorns will play their first home game of the spring semester Wednesday against Kansas at 7 p.m.

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TEXAS WEST VIRGINIAVS.SIDELINEMEN’S BASKETBALL

Longhorns blow past WVUShelby Tauber / Daily Texan file photo

Sophomore center Cameron Ridley jumps for a ball against Texas State earlier in the season. Ridley finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds during Monday night’s game against West Virginia in Morgantown, W. Va.

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Davis leaves Trojans after less than a week

Former defensive tack-le coach Bo Davis is mak-ing another move less than a week after joining the coaching staff at USC.

Davis, who spent the last three seasons with the Longhorns, will become the defensive line coach at Alabama, a position he held for four seasons be-fore his time with Texas.

Not long after Charlie Strong was named Texas’ head coach, Davis was announced as USC’s next defensive line coach un-der Steve Sarkisian, USC’s new head coach.

Davis will be switching roles with Chris Rumph. Rumph was recently hired as the defensive line coach at Texas after spending the last three seasons at Alabama.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

1980Olympic swimmer and former UT swimmer Tommy Hannan is born. Hannan helped lead the Long-horns to con-secutive national championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Charlie Strong has been in Austin a little more than a week, and he has not wasted any time in picking a coaching staff.

Strong announced mul-tiple hires for his new staff this week. The biggest of these moves came as Vance Bedford was hired as defensive coordinator last Friday.

Bedford, who is fol-lowing Strong from Lou-isville, is Strong’s biggest tie to the state of Texas. Bedford attended UT and was a defensive back for the Longhorns in the late ’70s and early ’80s, when he served as the defensive captain.

Strong and Bedford have been together since 2008, where they were both on the defensive staff at Florida. The duo led a resilient de-fense with the Cardinals, including a No. 1 finish in total defense in 2013. Bed-ford’s connection to Texas will be useful to Strong as he tries to regain the Long-horns’ recruiting prestige in the state.

At the same time as Bed-ford’s hire, Strong brought linebacker coach Brian Jean-Mary to Texas from the same position at Louisville.

Also on the defensive side of the ball, Strong dis-missed longtime defensive back coach Duane Akina from his position. Chris Vaughn will replace Akina, who has spent 12 years with Texas. Vaughn will coach the secondary after coming from Memphis, where he spent the past two season as the corner-back coach.

Nearly completing the defensive staff will be Chris Rumph, who will coach the defensive line. Rumph spent the last three seasons at Alabama, holding the same role and helped lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back na-tional championships in 2011 and 2012. Rumph replaces Bo Davis, who also came from Alabama before spending the last three years at Texas.

Strong has yet to final-ize his offensive staff, but many positions are start-ing to fill. Shawn Wat-son, who was Louisville’s

offensive coordinator un-der Strong, will become the quarterback’s coach at Texas. As Louisville’s offensive play-caller, Watson coached Cardi-nals’ quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to a potential No. 1 pick in the upcom-ing NFL draft.

In addition, Tommie Robinson will replace Larry Porter as the run-ning back coach. Robin-son served the same role with the Arizona Cardi-nals for three seasons be-fore spending the last year at USC.

While Strong has yet to find an offensive coordi-nator, Oklahoma State’s Joe Wickline will report-edly be the next offen-sive line coach. Wickline, who was also targeted by Texas during the coaching changes in 2011, has been known to develop athletes into NFL players and has been one of the best in doing so.

Tight end coach Bruce Chambers appears to be the

only Texas assistant to be recalled from Mack Brown’s staff. Pat Moorer, who fol-lows Strong from Louisville, will replace former strength and conditioning coach Bennie Wylie, who left the

program last week.Although Strong has

yet to make any of these hires official, the Texas coaching staff will look decidedly different in the coming days.

After a week to digest the news of Texas hiring Charlie Strong as its new head football coach, the buzz has yet to sub-side. Amid the wild predictions that are sure to surface over the next several months, there is one thing to expect from the Longhorns under Strong: a stingy, tenacious defense.

Strong is regarded as one of the top defensive minds in col-lege football. As a coordinator and head coach, he has fielded top-10 defenses in each of his three coaching stints over the past 15 years, including Lou-isville’s top-ranked defense in 2013.

From 1999-2001, Strong served as South Carolina’s de-fensive coordinator, in which he emerged as a rising coach-ing talent. In his brief time with the Gamecocks, his defenses finished twice among the top-20 scoring defenses, includ-ing the 2000 unit that finished sixth nationally after allowing just 15.8 points per game.

Impressed by Strong in their SEC match-ups, Florida hired him as

defensive coordinator in 2002. Although his early Florida defenses did not resemble his dominant Gamecock teams, the Gators never placed lower than 32nd in scoring de-fense from 2002-2004. Urban Meyer recognized this talent when he took over as Florida’s head coach in 2005, retaining Strong as the only assistant coach from the previous staff.

Strong excelled in his final five seasons at Florida, serv-ing as co-defensive coordina-tor and assistant head coach on the Gators’ title-winning teams in 2006 and 2008. In both of those seasons, the Florida defense allowed few-er than 14 points per game and intercepted more than 20 passes. By comparison, Texas only fielded one de-fense in the Mack Brown era that held opponents to fewer than 16 points per game.

Strong’s accolades contin-ued during his tenure as head coach of the Louisville Cardi-nals from 2010-2013, where he turned around a losing program that had not had a top-60 defense since 2006. In each of his four seasons there, the Cardinals held a win-ning record and appeared in four bowls games — three of which they won. Strong fin-ished on a high note in 2013 when his defense allowed 12.2 points per game, the second lowest in the country.

The numbers prove Strong

has a keen ability to build teams into defensive juggernauts. Over the past 15 seasons, he has coached nine teams that have finished in the top-20 nationally in points allowed, including four that finished in the top six. In that same time frame, Texas has fielded six top-20 defenses, but just one top-six unit. In addition, five

of Strong’s defenses have in-tercepted more than 20 passes in a single season, whereas the Longhorns have only ac-complished that feat twice in the last 30 years. Strong will be taking over a team that has not finished better than 34th nationally in defense since 2010 — a team where change is more than welcome.

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Charlie Pearce / Daily Texan file photoSenior safety Adrian Phillips tackles an Oregon player during the 2013 Valero Alamo Bowl. Defense has been a weak spot for Texas in the past few years, but new head coach Charlie Strong is expected to change that during his time in Austin.

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Breanna Stewart left a last-ing impression at the U.S. women’s basketball team training camp last fall.

Now UConn’s sensational sophomore is one of six col-lege players on the national team pool announced Mon-day by USA Basketball. Join-ing Stewart in the pool were UConn teammates Stefanie Dolson and Kaleena Mosque-da-Lewis, along with Baylor’s Odyssey Sims, Maryland’s Alyssa Thomas and Notre Dame’s Kayla McBride.

The six college players complement Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and seven other members of the London Olympic team that won the gold medal. From the 33-player pool, the team will be chosen for the 2014 World Championship and 2016 Olympic teams. The Americans won the world championship in 2010 and have five consecutive Olympic gold medals.

“When I was invited to the minicamp, it was kind of like, ‘Wow. Like, I have an oppor-tunity to try and be on the 2016 Olympic team or the World Championship team,’” Stewart said. “When you see things like that, it’s even more motivating because you want to be a part of that.”

Stewart is far from a rook-ie with USA Basketball. She has always been playing be-yond her years, moving up age groups in international competitions. She is on pace to be the first player to win a gold medal for the U.S. at every major international

competition. All that’s miss-ing are the World University games, World Champion-ship and Olympic golds.

If she does make the worlds, she would be the youngest player to compete for the U.S. since Kara Wolt-ers played on the 1994 World Championship team.

Stewart, who earned out-standing player honors at the NCAA Final Four last April, has already played in 47 in-ternational games — the ninth-most of any players in the pool.

This isn’t the first time col-lege players have been part of the national team pool. Maya Moore played for the U.S. at the 2010 World Champion-ship in Czech Republic while she was enrolled at UConn. Three college players were part of that pool. Six is the most since the U.S. started us-ing pros in 1996.

“Being part of this group means so much,” Notre Dame’s McBride said. “It’s something you always think about, the opportunity to play with the best of the best, play-ers like Candace Parker, Di-ana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and so many oth-ers. To have had the chance to practice at the USA Basket-ball minicamp was a blessing all to itself, but to be included with them as part of this play-er pool is humbling.”

The U.S. most likely will not announce its roster for the worlds until late summer. The worlds start on Sept. 27 and run until Oct. 5 in Turkey.

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first love and growing up, anchored by two incred-ible performances from Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. Teller, in par-ticular, is fascinating, harnessing his charac-ter’s self-destructive im-pulses into a hurricane of boozy charisma, while Woodley’s unguarded vulnerability and warmth allow the two to build a tender, fragile intimacy. Supporting work from Bob Odenkirk, Brie Lar-son and Mary Elizabeth Winstead bring melan-choly touches, but the movie’s most profound-ly emotional moments come from these wound-ed, delicate kids find-ing something to love in each other.

3. “Short Term 12”Brie Larson’s natural,

warm, perfectly calibrat-ed performance as Grace, a supervisor in a halfway home for at-risk kids, is only the beginning of what’s great about “Short Term 12.” The film brings viewers into the lives of these kids and plays out with genuine emotion, effortlessly breaking our hearts with something as simple as a character de-tail clicking into place. Keith Stanfield, Kaitlyn Dever and John Galla-gher Jr. all stand out in a stacked supporting cast,

their arcs playing out with an eye for powerful mo-ments that truly bring us into the characters’ psyches, each big scene hammering home what a fantastic, big-hearted film this is.

4. “Gravity”This is movie magic in

its truest sense, taking Hollywood actors to space without ever leaving Earth. After Dr. Ryan Stone (San-dra Bullock) is set adrift in space, her struggle to sur-vive makes for the year’s most essential cinematic experience — a dazzling advancement of technolo-

gy that redefines what film can and can’t do. Director Alfonso Cuaron cultivates a consistent sense of panic, drawing both wonder and terror out of the depths of space. Bullock shines as a rookie astronaut in a horrible situation, while George Clooney is tailor-suited for the role of the unflappable veteran astro-naut that helps her along.

5. “Stories We Tell”It takes true fortitude

for a filmmaker to turn the camera on himself, but Sarah Polley did just that in “Stories We Tell,” a fascinating documentary that’s equal parts memoir

and mystery. As Polley tries to find out who her true father is, she also un-earths interesting, candid truths about her family and about storytelling in general. It’s a meticulously structured, nuanced and effortlessly wise work that not only tells the story of a family but even exam-ines some of the underly-ing themes in Polley’s own work. “Stories We Tell” is a reflective documentary that never becomes self-impressed, but it does es-tablish Polley as one of the most interesting filmmak-ers working today.

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emotional vulnerability as she realizes that her desire for greatness has a cost. Her work in two later episodes is Emmy-worthy, as she copes with her complete lack of emotion following a devastating epiphany about the career and life she’s chosen. Dunham has been praised by many in the past for her fearlessness in re-gards to on-screen nudity, but the real bravery this season is displayed on her face. Her emotional hones-ty is crushing. As a writer, she never creates easy reso-lutions for her character; as a director, she doesn’t allow us to look away; as an actor, she makes us feel every blow.

Her co-stars have done just as good a job of fully realizing the emotions and physicalities of their char-acters this season. Wil-liams has become adept at knowing exactly when and how to let her character’s cracks show, playing Mar-nie as a wall of faux confi-dence. Kirke plays Jessa as guarded and infuriatingly mysterious as ever but slowly allows more hints of darkness and real emotion to creep in than in previ-ous seasons. It seems that she is building up to some-thing, and she gives the audience hints that make putting up with her worth it. Mamet is still charming and offbeat, while leaning into the stresses Shoshan-na faces as she moves toward graduation.

Driver continues his re-markable work from the past two years. Adam is bi-zarre, almost feral at times and beyond idiosyncratic, but he somehow remains the most stable character in the show. Shoshanna de-scribes him as “so dement-edly helpful,” and she’s completely right. Any time “Girls” is bogged down, Driver resuscitates it with a mix of madcap energy and true tenderness. Dun-ham gives him many of the show’s best monologues, and he always runs with the opportunity.

The third season of “Girls” is, in short, tremen-dous. Dunham, the show’s creator, writer and show runner, has always focused on subverting viewers’ ex-pectations of what sitcoms can do but by delivering a set of episodes that are poi-gnant, laugh-till-it-hurts funny and, most of all, true. Dunham has finally delivered the show she’s been striving toward.

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1. “Her” The year featured several great love stories in film, with the authenticity of “The Spectacu-lar Now,” the audacity of “Blue is the Warmest Color” and the bracing realism of “Before Midnight,” all shining for their intimate portrayals of rela-tionships. Spike Jonze’s “Her,” though, stands at the top. “Her” is an unconventional romance between a man and his com-puter executed with wit, heart and intelligence. Bolstered by a stunning duet of performances from Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix, “Her” isn’t just a great movie; it’s the best film of 2013.

Jonze crafts a wholly plau-sible future in which operating systems have evolved far past the likes of Siri, programmed so effectively that they become sentient. The lonely, recently divorced Theodore (Phoenix) purchases one on a whim but is surprised when Samantha (Jo-hansson) proves to be a vibrant, inquisitive presence, rather than a product. Despite the massive logical problems, the two fall in love, and, as Theo-dore wrestles with the concept of dating an invisible presence, Samantha’s thirst for life and knowledge threatens to over-whelm them both.

Samantha starts off as half computer and half therapist, but, as she grows, so does the scope of Jonze’s thematic in-tentions. He gives insightful life to concepts easily taken for granted, such as memory or desire, and every one of Sa-mantha’s discoveries feels like a layer of the human mind,

peeled back and examined. Johansson’s purely vocal per-formance is astounding, and, removed from any physical screen time, Johansson gives her best performance yet. She conveys tenderness, joy and regret with previously untapped depth, and plays off of Phoenix beautifully.

Phoenix, meanwhile, is quickly emerging as one of cinema’s great chameleons, able to completely immerse himself in any role given to him. His sensitive perfor-mance here is incredible, complementing a disembod-ied voice with wit and creat-ing scenes that are not just be-lievable but human and vital.

The rest of the women in Theodore’s life are equally well-cast. Amy Adams finishes off a great year of performances with a warm, uncharacteristi-cally funny turn as a friend of Theodore. Rooney Mara, play-ing his ex-wife, gives a per-formance defined by its stark juxtapositions — loving and gentle when viewed through the rosy filter of memory yet complex and frustrated in re-ality and equally authentic in

both modes. Olivia Wilde also shines in a short sequence as a wounded young woman set up on a blind date with Theodore.

Directing from his own script, Jonze brings a grace-ful, effortless intelligence to “Her,” and every sci-fi concept he introduces is creatively and thoughtfully explored. The fu-ture he creates is one that feels realistic but hopeful — every aspect of life a bit sleeker and warmer. The film’s central rela-tionship — the tricky dynamic around which “Her” hinges

— is a beautifully observed romance that uses the absurdity of its concept to get at some pro-found truths about the begin-nings and endings of love. Also worth commending are the gorgeous cinematography from Hoyte Van Hoytema, blending the skylines of Los Angeles and Shanghai to create a beautiful metropolis, accompanied with a lovely score by Arcade Fire.

“Her” is a gamble: a film with a laughable concept that works thanks to an honest execution, a script brimming with smart

ideas and uniformly excellent, low-key performances. It’s a work of surprising creativity and shattering empathy, and it uses its high concept to tell a nakedly personal story packed with so much wisdom and feel-ing that it becomes universal. It’s hard to judge what a film’s legacy will be so close to its release, but, if there’s any jus-tice in the world, “Her” will be regarded as a classic, a science-fiction film that wears its heart on its sleeve, and a relevant, heartfelt masterpiece.

2013 was a year brimming with fantastic films that both entertained and resonated with audiences — so much so that the films of this year couldn’t be limited to a traditional top 10 list. Even with 15 — and another 10 honorable

mentions — there are still another two dozen or so films worth mentioning, making 2013 an impressive year for film. The Daily Texan created a list of the top 15 films of 2013, starting with Spike Jonze’s unconventional, futuristic love

story, “Her.”

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Most good television com-edies take a while to hit their stride. The first two seasons of “Seinfeld” are funny, but it wasn’t until season three that the cast found its snarky rhythm that made the show famous. “Cheers” was the same way; It took a while to develop the right woman-izing tone for Sam Malone, and the right stuffy warmth for Frasier Crane. “Girls” has finally settled in, and the show and its cast have grown into something remarkable.

Season three’s narrative picks up a few weeks after the end of season two. Han-nah (Lena Dunham), with the help of her on-again boyfriend Adam (Adam

Driver), has stabilized her obsessive compulsive disor-der and is back to work on her e-book. Marnie (Allison Williams) is continuing the downward spiral she be-gan last year after losing her once-devoted tech developer boyfriend Charlie (Christo-pher Abbott). Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is in the midst of a six-week stint in a rehab fa-cility, and Shoshanna (Zo-sia Mamet) is filling her last semester at NYU with one-night stands, chain smoking and binge drinking.

The principal actors never fail to deliver in full char-acter each time they’re on screen. In previous years, the protagonists were more like caricatures than charac-ters: Hannah was an avatar of selfishness, Marnie was

all-consumingly ambitious, Jessa obnoxiously flighty and Shoshanna hopelessly naive. They were all easy to predict in every situation. This time around, the characters have been genuinely affected by each other’s presence. Han-nah shows a new ambition in her quest for publication, while Marnie masks her slide into depression with a bluster typical of Jessa. Shoshanna still talks incessantly, but now she’s trying on a bit of her friends’ cynicism.

The difference in character development in season three is astounding. Dunham’s performance has never been stronger. Hannah’s newfound determination feels natu-ral and is balanced by a real

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Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.Spike Jonze’s futuristic romance film was released nationwide Friday. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Theodore Twombly and Scarlett Johansson plays the voice of Samantha, Twombly’s artificially intelligent operating system.

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Charles Sykes / Associated PressJemima Kirke, Lena Dunham, Allison Williams and Zosia Mamet attend the premiere of HBO’s “Girls” third season on Monday in New York.

2. “The Spectacular Now” The year’s most authen-

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