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Patrol rifles, Humvees and a mine-resistant vehicle are among some of the military-grade equipment the UT System acquired under a U.S. Department of Defense program. Known as Section 1033, the program allows law enforcement agencies across the country, including the System police, to receive sur-plus military supplies from the government since 1997.

System spokeswoman Karen Adler said the pro-gram helps universities ac-quire supplies used by po-lice in a cost-effective way.

“The UT System partici-pates in the 1033 program so that we can acquire equip-ment necessary to protect stu-dents and staff at little or no cost to taxpayers,” Adler said.

According to Adler, the System has acquired several forms of military equip-ment, including rifles, a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle and two Humvees over the past few years. Most of the equip-ment is used to fulfill policy requirements or protect po-lice and victims in the event

of an emergency, Adler said.“The rifles acquired by the

UT-Tyler police department, for example, fulfill a System policy that requires all System police officers to have access to a patrol rifle,” Adler said. “The two Humvees acquired by UT System are used by the System Rapid Response Team in the Rio Grande Valley to protect the UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American cam-puses and would also be de-ployed elsewhere in the Sys-tem, if needed.”

While one of the most in-timidating pieces of equip-ment acquired does not carry weapons, it could also be used for either police or civilian protection in an emergency or natural disaster, Adler said.

“The Mine Resistant

Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, was acquired this past spring and is located at UT System’s police academy,” Adler said. “It doesn’t carry any weapons, but it would be used to provide protection to officers or victims in the event of a catastrophic armed in-truder or active shooter. The vehicle also would be used to access areas devastated by a natural disaster to locate and rescue survivors.”

UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said UTPD had not received any equipment from the 1033 program, although it is part of the System.

Adler said universi-ties are required to provide

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University officials an-nounced in a University-wide email the online video tutorial site Lynda.com is now available to all students and faculty at no cost.

According to Lynda.com, the site provides more than 115,000 tutorials and more than 2,400 expert-led courses on topics ranging from leadership skills to video editing.

Erika Frahm, a senior program coordinator for Human Resources, said the University originally implemented a trial run of the Lynda.com services for staff member training. After a successful pilot program, Frahm said the Staff Council worked with Human Resources and the Office of the President to make Lynda.com accessible to students and faculty.

“This tool can help stu-dents in any major explore new topics, get immediate answers about a technology

question simply by search-ing for their question, write a résumé, and learn presenta-tion, time management and research skills,” Frahm said in an email.

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announcement Thursday, the University agreed on a contract with Lynda.com to pay $435,600, or $2.20 per student per year, for the

After being unsure about their housing situation, some Pointe on Rio leaseholders say they have been told they will be without housing after Oct. 15.

Before the start of the fall semester, future residents found their complex, locat-ed at the intersection of Rio Grande Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, still under construction. According to an email sent on July 24, the building was supposed to be completed by Aug. 16, but construc-tion was delayed. In the email, the future residents were told the building would be ready for move in by Oct. 15.

Future residents were of-fered two options for living arrangements: They could opt to stay at Dobie Cen-ter with rent covered by the Pointe on Rio, or they could stay in self-funded outside housing.

Former UT student Sam Antonio, who purchased a lease at the complex and is now staying at a friend’s apartment, said Pointe leas-ing agents began contacting residents last week informing them that construction will most likely not be complete by October.

“Finally, last week, a Pointe staff called to

What Lynda offers is a better option for them because you can slow it down and rewind it – some of things you can’t do in a classroom.

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Thanksgiving break took a step closer to being one day longer.

The Faculty Council voted to extend Thanksgiving break at a specially called meeting Monday. The new schedule is expected to be implemented in 2016, once approved by Presi-dent William Powers Jr. and Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost, accord-ing to University spokesman Gary Susswein.

The Faculty Council previ-ously approved extending the break in May, moving the pro-posal to a general faculty vote. Because too few general faculty members were in attendance at Monday’s meeting for a quo-rum to be present, the Faculty Council took the vote instead.

To make up for the missed Wednesday, the Faculty Council approved

The UT System Board of Regents unanimously voted Monday to deny requests from two state legislators to monitor interviews relating to the external investigation of UT’s admissions process.

At a special meeting over telephone conference call, the board discussed a Sept.

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At the board meeting Mon-day, Regent Gene Powell read a motion rejecting Martinez Fischer and Larson’s request to be involved in the interviews conducted by the firm.

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MILITARYcontinues from page 1justification for why they need certain pieces of equipment.

“The process requires law enforcement agencies to ap-ply through the Texas De-partment of Public Safety and submit justification,” Adler said.

According to the Texas De-partment of Public Safety web-site, participating agencies in the program are given equip-ment free of charge and are pro-hibited from reselling or leasing the gear. They also must pro-vide updates on the location of “tactical” gear, such as armored vehicles and weaponry.

APD Lt. Kurt Rothert said APD has also received sev-eral items through the pro-gram, particularly military helmets and helicopter parts.

“We probably get around 400 to 500 helmets a year,” Rothert said. “They’re useful for crowd control situations, and being able to reuse items is a good use of money be-cause, otherwise, we’d have to pay hundreds of dollars for them on the civilian market.”

Rothert said items are either transferred to other agencies or returned to the government after they have outlived their usefulness.

Adler said all UT System of-ficers go through a minimum of 833 hours of basic training, which reduces the possibility of any equipment misuse.

“Through training and policy, we bring to an abso-lute minimum any possibility that mistaken or inappropri-ate use of equipment could occur,” Adler said.

NEWS BRIEFLYUT System selects president search committee

With President Wil-liam Powers Jr. set to re-sign June 2015, the UT System announced Mon-day the full list of mem-bers on the search com-mittee to find candidates to replace him.

Headed by Pedro Reyes, the System’s executive vice chancellor for aca-demic affairs, and Larry Faulkner, former presi-dent of UT, the commit-tee also consists of regents, alumni, University faculty and student representative Geetika Jerath, president of the Senate of College Councils.

The three faculty members — music pro-fessor Martha Hilley, integrative biology pro-fessor David Hillis and philosophy professor Er-nest Sosa — were voted to be on the committee by other faculty in late August and approved by the regents earlier in September.

All members of the committee will be re-sponsible for helping propose candidates who will succeed Powers as University president. Once the candidates have been selected, the committee will pres-ent their recommen-dations to the regents, who will then make the final decision.

The System also hired Spencer Stuart, an ex-ecutive search consulting firm, to aid the commit-tee in the search process.

“Finding a new leader who will continue the work of positioning UT-Austin to be America’s top public research uni-versity is a priority for the Board of Regents,” said Paul Foster, System Board of Regents chair-man, in a statement. “The distinguished indi-viduals who will serve on this advisory committee bring a broad perspec-tive, varied experience and sound judgment to this important selection process. The board is grateful for their willing-ness to serve and looks forward to receiving their recommendations.”

—Alex Wilts

A column that ran in Friday’s edition cited a quote from a National Review article that has since been corrected. It was, in fact, Operation Rescue senior policy analyst Cheryl Sullenger who called Davis’ abortions “alleged.”

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include one or more mem-bers of the Legislature in these interviews would com-promise the independence and integrity of the inter-views and of the investiga-tion,” the motion said.

The System conducted its own inquiry into legislative influence over the Universi-ty’s admissions in July 2013, after Regent Wallace Hall brought up issues with two emails he uncovered from one of his record requests to the University. In May, the System announced the inquiry found no evidence of a structured system of fa-voritism or wrongdoing but determined letters of recom-mendation sent by legislators to President William Powers Jr. or a dean likely influence the admissions process.

Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announced in June that the System would launch a full external investigation of University admissions be-cause of remaining concerns about the process.

Prior to the reading of the motion during the open session of the meeting, the regents also discussed the potential ramifications of continuing to invest System money into Russia, which has recently become over-whelmed with sanctions be-cause of international politi-cal and social issues.

“Divesting from Russia, in and of itself, would not necessarily be an overly sig-nificant event,” said Bruce Zimmerman, CEO and CIO of the University of Texas Investment Manage-ment Company. “We have about $200 million dollars invested in Russia cur-rently. The larger concern I think would be if we did begin putting in changes to the investment policies re-lated to political and or so-cial issues, then there could very well be a substantial domino effect.”

The regents agreed to con-tinue discussing the issue at future board meetings.

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The current rate of eco-nomic inequality in the United States, as well as the rest of the world, is higher than it has been in the past several decades and is continuing to grow, according to James Gal-braith, a government and public affairs professor, at a lecture Monday.

At the seminar, called “Capital and Inequality: Up from Piketty,” Galbraith discussed his review of a book by Thomas Piketty about inequality, titled “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” Galbraith said Piketty misleads read-ers mainly because he takes their attention away from important questions that should be asked about the issue.

“In the wake of the crisis, [the important questions are] the dysfunction of the financial system, the actual character of technologi-cal change, the continuing deterioration of the world economic order, and a fourth one is the instability

of the resource situation,” Galbraith said.

Galbraith said he defines “capital” as more than just monetary value. According to Galbraith, anything that allows an entity to make con-trolling decisions can be re-ferred to as capital.

Mark Metzler, Asian studies and history profes-sor, attended the talk and said he believes the cur-rent height of inequality across the world is a result of those with higher status rapidly accumulating more wealth and power.

“The rate of return of capital normally runs at a much higher rate than the rate of economic growth,” Metzler said. “[This] means

that the people who hold claims to capital will natu-rally be getting a larger and larger share of the national wealth.”

Dashiell Daniels, Asian studies and history junior, said he believes that cor-porate institutions and fi-nancial sectors play an im-portant role in the growing inequality across the globe, especially in the post-WWII era.

“Institutional and finan-cial rigidity and accumu-lating the incomes into a very small sector of the population, where you have almost a monopolistic con-trol of finance and produc-tion [are driving forces],” Daniels said.

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City Council member Chris Riley announced his plan to move toward legal-izing ride-sharing apps in Austin. According to local laws, the only way ride-sharing companies, such as Lyft and Uber, are legal in Austin is if they operate under ground-permitted transportation services.

“Uber and Lyft’s current operations present both a concern and an opportu-nity,” Riley said. “Austin should be leading the nation in embracing new transpor-tation options. If we can be assured that a company like Uber or Lyft is operat-ing safely, we ought to work cooperatively with them to make this kind of service legal and readily available.”

The Austin Police Depart-ment has been impounding ride-sharing drivers’ cars, as well as handing out citations for lacking a proper permit. The Austin Transportation Department announced in May that APD would cite and impound cars of driv-ers who do not have a city chauffeur’s permit.

Jahnavi Shriram, a Plan II and public health freshman, said she used Uber for the first time in San Francisco, the birthplace of the app.

“I was visiting [a friend], and she and a couple of her other friends were get-ting Japanese food, and we thought we would be able to walk home,” Shriram said. “For some reason, we realized the walk was so much longer and really dif-ficult. We called an Uber cab and it was nice and

really convenient.”Shriram said she thought

regulations would be fine but should not be too strict.

“The company should make sure that the people they hire are absolutely safe people,” Shriram said. “The beginning of the implemen-tation of this — there should be a third party that does background checks, make sure its completely safe. But, beyond safety measures, I think it should definitely be legalized.”

Riley was joined at a press conference Mon-day by several supportive groups, including mem-bers of startup incubator Capital Factory, the Austin Technology Council, the Downtown Austin Alliance and Student Government. Riley is scheduled to speak at Tuesday’s SG meeting.

next three years of service, said Frahm. A basic mem-bership to Lynda.com costs $25 a month, according to the website.

R adio-te lev is ion-f i lm lecturer Benjamin Bays said he plans to use Lyn-da.com tutorial videos as coursework for his classes on visual effects and mo-tion in video, rather than standard textbooks.

“In the past, when I’ve tried to use a textbook, it gets outdated really quickly,” Bays said.

Bays said Lynda.com can help students who may need more time to learn software programs.

“What Lynda offers is a better option for them be-cause you can slow it down and rewind it — some of things you can’t do in a class-room,” Bays said.

Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, a Latin American studies graduate student, said she hopes to use video editing tutorials available at Lynda.com for her thesis.

Although she does not have a background in video production, she said she hopes the video tutori-

als will help her produce a short documentary.

“I don’t have the skills, but I have the ideas,” Diaz-Hurtado said. “These pro-grams hopefully can help me communicate my ideas through video.”

Bays said Lynda.com can help all students who are presenting their work online.

“It is a digital world,” Bays said. “Regardless of whether you’re produc-ing digital content or you’re producing some-thing completely differ-ent, we still present our-selves online in a variety of different ways.”

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extending classes to the Mon-day after the break — a day that would normally be a dead day. This vote follows May’s decision to add an extra day to the end of the semester, push-ing back dead days to Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We talked about it, wheth-er we should start earlier,” said Hans Hofmann, integrative biology associate professor and chair of the Universities Calendar Committee. “There was a lot of concern about that because of the summer ses-sion. There are a few days that would be available for profes-sors to recover before the fall semester starts.”

Astronomy professor Har-riet Dinerstein said she was concerned that shortening the period before finals would negatively impact students because they would have less time to review course content.

“Adding that extra day at the end not only increases the disparity between Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes and

Tuesday-Thursday classes but basically removes half of the study time that the students have between the end of class-es and the beginning of finals because we now have two days for the weekend and two more dead days,” Dinerstein said.

Other professors, such as mechanical engineering pro-fessor Raymond Orbach, said they were concerned students would start skipping the Mon-day before Thanksgiving break instead of Wednesday.

“The change would mean that Wednesday would no longer be taught, and I think, frankly, that the students that normally don’t come on Wednesday would probably not come on Monday,” Orbach said. “And what we would see is an attrition of the class.”

Student Government President Kori Rady spoke at the meeting as a student representative. Rady said having the Wednesday be-fore Thanksgiving off would allow out-of-state students easier and safer travel.

“The out-of-state students are not being put into consid-

eration,” Rady said. “There are a lot of UT students who are not from Texas — roughly 10 percent of our student body.”

According to SG Vice Pres-ident Taylor Strickland, since many professors cancel class anyway, the change will allow students to be in class more.

“Every year I’ve been here, my teachers have always can-celed class,” Strickland said. “We pay for every class we go to, and the loss of value to us for canceling a class is far greater than getting a day off.”

After faculty members and the student representa-tives voiced their opinions, the proposition was ap-proved 27 to 19.

Andrew Clark, former Sen-ate of College Councils presi-dent and author of the original proposal, said he thinks the extension of Thanksgiving will provide safer travels for stu-dents and give them a needed break before finals.

“Since we’re so close to fi-nals at that time, it gives a short mental break for people to relax with their families,” Clark said.

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Recently, Student Government, at the urging of government senior Alexander Dickey, began deliberating a proposal to make the Flawn Academic Center, current-ly open 18 hours a day Monday through Thursday for most of the semester, a 24-hour building. This is not without prec-edent, as the building — previously known as the Undergraduate Library — once in-deed opened its doors 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Back in February, we even ran a letter from Dickey lamenting the appar-ent decline in student services resulting from the elimination of an all-hours stu-dent center. Today, sadly, no building on campus is open to all students throughout the day and night.

Although the Perry-Castañeda Library is open 24 hours on weekdays in the middle of the semester and 24/7 closer to final examinations, a perpetual place for nocturnal and otherwise up-at-4 a.m. students to congregate is absolutely vi-tal. We commend Student Government for bringing renewed attention to this important matter.

A section of the library at the University of Houston already opens its doors around the clock, while Texas A&M at least does

so throughout the academic week. Just in the past few days, Louisiana State Univer-sity announced plans to make its library 24 hours.

But the beauty of a 24-hour FAC study space is that the facility can easily accom-modate the transition, easing resource re-quirements for the more expansive PCL. Students merely need a quiet space for preparation, or even just a computer. For the students who lack ownership of our electronic staple, or perhaps have checked it into a repair shop, university facilities can often be the only way to engage with the online world. For all of us who have checked our emails or text messages in the middle of the night, we should be able to empathize.

Keeping a building open for six more hours while the vast majority of us are sleeping or engaged in other nocturnal ac-tivities likely will not mean much at all to most. But it will mean the world to those who truly need the expanded service. For the sake of the 3 a.m. studier or for the stu-dent who just wants to chat with friends a few minutes after midnight, extending the hours at the FAC would change our Univer-sity for the better.

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For night owls, hard studiers, 24-hour FAC is absolute must

Our nation’s founding fathers disagreed about many issues: slavery, the presidency and foreign policy. They almost universally shared a belief about the military: It was a necessary part of the “common defense,” but it had to remain small and strictly under civilian control. The founders detested the British soldiers forcibly quartered in Ameri-can homes before the revolution, and they believed that bloated militaries had under-mined good governance in Britain and other societies. For the founders, a democratic military had to come from the people, it had to remain subservient to Congress and the president, and it had to disperse as soon as it defeated its foes.

Our current arrangements for the U.S. mil-itary would be unrecognizable to the found-ers. Instead of a small military mustered only in extreme moments, we now have one of the largest permanent military establishments in the world, and Americans spend far more on the armed forces than any other nation. Our soldiers are no longer part of society at large; they are a professional force trained and edu-cated differently (and sometimes better) than the rest of the population. The U.S. military is organized in the Department of Defense (cre-ated in 1947), with a civilian cabinet secretary and a military chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Although they loyally follow the orders of the president, they are now one of the most powerful political and economic forces in our country, influencing everything from industry and education to basic research and popular culture. The U.S. military is, in fact, one of the few government institutions that is widely revered among citizens.

This shift from the tiny military of the 18th century to the huge behemoth of today was probably unavoidable. As the United States grew, it needed a larger military. As the United States confronted more diverse and technologically sophisticated foes, it needed a more advanced set of defenses — including a wide array of nuclear, intelligence and spe-cial operations agencies. We cannot turn back the clock and return to the somewhat simpler world of the founders. Nor would most of us wish to do that. We benefit enormously from the wealth that accompanies modern Ameri-can power.

A historical perspective on the military is important because it reminds us of two important things. First, American institu-tions of national defense evolved in response

to specific threats and pressures over time. These institutions have served our country well, but they will only continue to do that if they adjust to new threats and pressures. Cheering for the military and thanking our soldiers for their service is appropriate, but it is not nearly enough. In a world filled with multiplying small groups that have the capac-ity to harm American assets and large states that have more powerful weapons, we must ask if our current military is designed ap-propriately to protect our current interests. Why do we build so many large and expen-sive weapons systems that are outdated be-fore they even hit the battlefield? Why do we continue to send massive amounts of military aid to regimes that support terrorist groups? Why do we continue to underemphasize the kinds of nation-building activities that our military has found itself doing time and again in Afghanistan, Iraq and other dangerous conflict zones? A historical perspective on the military reminds us that internal changes in institutions, training and expectations are necessary for success, even when you are the biggest and strongest on the planet.

Second, and perhaps more important, the growth of the U.S. military has meant trade-offs for American democracy. Enhanced se-curity is necessary for freedom, but it can also undermine freedom. This was a core insight from the founders that we are wise to remem-ber. Those of us who believe in a strong but democratic military should be forthright in expressing our concerns about the excesses of surveillance, interrogation and even tor-ture that the U.S. military has perpetrated in the last two decades. The continued existence of a military-run prison for alleged terror-ists, denied due process, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, contradicts America’s basic tenets of freedom. And it matters to all of us because the powers used in these ways are not eas-ily controlled by the elected officials who are supposed to manage them. A military that overreaches, out of the best intentions, im-perils democracy.

We need to talk about these issues, espe-cially at our universities. As we enter a new set of wars in Iraq and Syria, we owe our-selves a serious analysis of what kind of mili-tary we need and what kind we should have in a democracy. Young people should play a vital role in this public discussion. You are the ones who serve in the military, and you are the ones who will live with the consequences. The founders were correct: Military affairs re-quire vigilant civilian attention.

Suri is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Department of History.

On eve of new conflicts, time to reconsider role of military

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Gabriella Belzer / Daily Texan File PhotoCarl Evans sits in a parking lot near Austin Resource Center for the Homeless in January 2013.

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According to Austin’s Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, tonight there will be over 2,000 homeless men, women and chil-dren on the streets of Travis County. We all pass some of these people every day on our way to class or work. Some of us may have a tendency to think to ourselves, “If only they were not so lazy and just got a job instead of asking for my (parents’) money.”

This thought is as useless as it is naïve. Peo-ple become homeless and fail to escape the trap for a number of reasons: lack of afford-able housing, substance abuse, broken fami-lies, poverty, disabilities, etc. Tonight there will be 2,000 homeless men, women and children on the streets of this county, and I am here to give you a message: There is a solution; there is hope.

Who is responsible for the health of our community? Who must be called to take on this challenge and assist those in need? Is the answer the government? We do pay the gov-ernment taxes, right? Isn’t this their responsi-bility to clean up? Perhaps you don’t want to deal with it because you’re just one person, and you don’t want to live in reality by admitting the problem. But ignorance is the easy way out. Why do we have to wait for government action to help our neighbors? We, as a com-munity, can act together with the joint mission to solve this problem.

This plan has already been acted on by vir-tuous individuals in Austin. There are many organizations that have answered the call to fight homelessness and have offered a way for us, yes us, to get involved in the mission.

These include the already-mentioned Ending Community Homelessness Organization, as well as Feed My People, to name just two. Feed My People meets at the First United Methodist Church’s Family Life Center downtown early every Tuesday and Thursday morning to serve breakfast to the homeless. Student volunteers play a vital role in its success.

Another organization I have come to ad-mire is Mobile Loaves and Fishes. Their mis-sion is not only to give food to the homeless, but also to give them a new beginning. One of their programs is called “Community First,” which brings people off the streets and into homes. The homes make up small communi-ties in which they are all given jobs. Those who join the community must work in order to pay rent for living there. The president of MLF, Alan Graham, asserted the belief that what they are doing is “groundbreaking and is going to shift how we think about the community here in the U. S.”

Mobile Loaves and Fishes designed and built what are known as “microhomes” for this community. A microhome is a very small but efficient house that can be set up quickly. Some of these homes were designed and built by UT students in Professor Stephen Ross’ architec-ture class as a project. Mobile Loaves and Fish-es has other programs that assist the homeless while also allowing them the opportunity to hold a job themselves.

These are amazing organizations, but I can-not fully explain within this column all the good work that they do. I strongly encourage that you check them out on your own and get involved in the mission to help our commu-nity become stronger. Graham also stated that the hope of the Community First program is that it will “truly inspire young people into a lifestyle of service with the homeless. [They] would love a stronger connection with the stu-dents at the greatest university in the world!” It is time for us to step up.

This problem cannot be solved by ignoring it. If we continue to ignore, continue to back away from this issue we will see no end; rather, we will only see it get worse. We cannot wait for others to magically fix this problem. Some of your neighbors have begun to lead the way. It is time for us to rally behind them and serve.

Olsen is a finance senior from Argyle.

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Lauren Ussery | Daily Texan file photoResidents of Pointe on Rio, located in West Campus, expected to be able to move into their apartments by Oct. 15, but many now doubt whether the construction will be complete.

inquire about my plans post Oct. 15,” Antonio said in an email. “I told him it was hard to have a clear idea without a set target date. I also told him I was open to any op-tion whether it be staying at Pointe-provided hous-ing or just terminating my lease altogether.”

Oscar Becerra, govern-ment sophomore and lease-holder at the complex, said he learned construction would likely not be com-pleted by October because he directly asked a Pointe on Rio employee.

“My roommates are also Pointe residents, and they were not aware that the con-struction is still going to go past October,” Becerra said.

Becerra said he was told their housing would be covered while they lived in Dobie Center — even after Oct. 15.

“They offered to con-tinue paying our rent here at Dobie as long as we don’t get off the contract, be-cause after Oct. 15 we are allowed to get off the con-tract,” Becerra said. “I feel like they are really incon-

sistent with their word, but at the same time they are giving us the convenience of providing free housing for us.”

Heather Cox, Pointe on Rio manager, declined to comment but said they hope to make an official an-nouncement about the con-struction this week.

Sociology senior Chelsea Ebert, who is a leaseholder and former employee at Pointe on Rio, said she plans

to sign on another lease be-fore Oct. 15, like some other displaced residents. Ebert, who is currently staying at Dobie, said she is confident the building will not be fin-ished in a month.

If Pointe on Rio is com-pleted by Oct. 15, Ebert said she will be bound to two leases.

“A lot of places have al-ready filled to capacity, so, if I don’t sign a lease soon, I’m at risk of living 30 minutes

away from campus in Round Rock or Westlake or some-where,” Ebert said.

Ebert met with a Univer-sity attorney earlier in Sep-tember, but they found no way out of the lease.

“As far as the actual legal document goes, there’s no way I could have gotten out of it at that point because they protected themselves with this lease,” Ebert said. “They put clauses in there just in case this happened.”

Texas men’s basketball was one of the biggest sur-prise teams last season.

After posting a disap-pointing 16-18 record during the 2012-2013 campaign, the Longhorns rallied behind a cast of tal-ented underclassmen last season to improve to 24-11 and pick up a victory in the NCAA Tournament. This season, the Longhorns hope to continue improv-ing and contend for a Big 12 title. Now, though, es-pecially with sophomore guard Martez Walker sus-pended indefinitely, the numbers suggest Texas must improve in several key categories.

Based on recent history, the Longhorns need to boost their scoring output considerably in order to climb up the conference standings. Texas registered just 74.1 points per game last season, which was good for seventh in the

conference and 84th in the nation, in terms of points per game.

Kansas, on the other hand, finished fourth in the conference and 22nd in the nation, in terms of points per game, with 79.6 points per game en route to the outright conference cham-pionship. Oklahoma, who finished second in the Big 12 standings despite hav-ing the conference’s worst scoring defense, finished, in terms of points per game, second in the Big 12 and seventh in the nation with 82.2 points per game. The best offensive team in the conference, though, was Iowa State, who aver-aged 83 points per game — sixth in the nation — and went on to win the Big 12 Tournament.

For the Longhorns to elevate themselves to the level of those three teams this season, they’ll almost certainly need to score at a greater clip. To do that, they’ll need greater indi-vidual performances from

several players.Kansas, Oklahoma and

Iowa State each had at least one player average 16.5 points per game or more last season and at least two players average 13.5 points or more. The Long-horns, on the other hand, didn’t have any, as leading scorer Johnathan Holmes averaged just 12.7 points per game.

Texas could have a go-to scorer in freshman for-ward/center Myles Turner, who averaged 18.1 points per game as a senior at Trinity High School last season. Still, the Longhorns will likely need someone like Holmes or sophomore guard Isaiah Taylor to boost their scoring output in order to match up of-fensively with the other top teams in the Big 12.

The numbers also say the Longhorns must im-prove their passing game, as they finished eighth in the conference and tied for 161st in the nation, in terms of assists per game,

with 12.8 assists per game. Conversely, Iowa State led the nation with 18.4 assists per game, while Kansas and Oklahoma each finished among the top five in the Big 12 in averaging at least 14.9 and 14.6 assists each night, respectively.

Lastly, in order to join the conferences’s elites, last season indicates Texas must improve its field goal per-centage. The Longhorns fin-ished ninth in the Big 12 and tied for 236th in the nation,

making just .431 percent of their shots last season. Kan-sas (.493) and Iowa State (.474) finished first and sec-ond in the Big 12, respec-tively, and Oklahoma fin-ished sixth with a .447 field goal percentage.

Coming off their impres-sive 2013-2014 campaign, the Longhorns boast the po-tential to compete with any-one in the Big 12 this season. But in order to do so, the numbers indicate they must first improve offensively.

Following the blowout loss to BYU on Sept. 6, head coach Charlie Strong didn’t hesitate to call the game as he saw it.

“It’s an embarrassment,” Strong said. “It’s an embar-rassment to this program. It’s an embarrassment to this University, and I knew it, and I didn’t do anything about it.”

Before that game, Strong saw that his players weren’t ready to take on BYU, and the 41-7 shellacking proved him right.

In the week leading up to the matchup against UCLA, the coaching staff hung up new signs around the locker room. The signs read PRIDE, an acronym which stands for “Play-ers Respond In Difficult Environments.”

The signs sent a message to the players, as the Long-horns responded with one of their hardest fought loss-es in recent memory. Texas left AT&T Stadium deject-ed, having snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the game’s closing minutes.

“I feel for the kids because they fought their butts off,” said defensive coordinator

Vance Bedford.Even though both games

were losses, Strong saw vast differences in how Texas played against BYU and UCLA.

“Well last week, it just wasn’t our football team,” Strong said. “And today was just an indication of how well we just go out and play and play as a team and just stay focused and prepared, how well we can play. But last week, that wasn’t us.”

With conference play looming after the bye week, the Longhorns know it

will be critical that players don’t let this loss hurt the team’s chances to win future ball games.

“We just got to pick our-selves back up, and know how well you are going to handle adversity, and there’s going to be some tough loss-es,” Strong said. “So we’ll just see what type of team we are and how we bounce back. We bounced back last week, so we can continue to get better and better.”

Redshirt senior lineback-er Jordan Hicks knows his team will need to continue to

improve to win games in conference play and thinks they are on the right track to do so.

“We are nowhere close to where we need to be right now, and we’re nowhere close to where we are going to be,” Hicks said. “We will continue to work [and] get back in the lab. Like I said, we got an extra week. We got a great coaching staff that are going to keep us on the right track, and we’ll bounce back.”

Strong believes it will only be a matter of time before his team starts seeing the

results of their hard work. “The thing is that when

we come back up for that bye week, [it’s] conference play again. So now every-thing counts,” Strong said. “So we just got to get — it’s only three games now — so we just got to pick ourselves back up, and you just got to know how to handle adver-sity. And there’s going to be some tough losses. So we’ll just see what type of team we are and how we bounce back. We bounced back last week, so we can continue to get better and better.”

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Continuing its domina-tion of college sports and college football, in par-ticular, the SEC placed five of its 14 teams in top-15 range of AP’s ranking this weekend. Highlighted by Alabama at No. 3, Auburn at No. 5, Texas A&M at No. 6 and LSU at No. 8, SEC teams also tallied 10 wins this weekend and just three losses — two of the losses dealt by rivals within the conference. The most poi-gnant loss came Saturday, when Florida beat Ken-tucky 36-30 in triple over-time. Kentucky redshirt freshman Austin MacGin-nis completed consecutive game-tying field goals be-fore the Wildcats fell short.

“We wouldn’t even be in those overtimes if he didn’t make it,” Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops said. “I take my hat off to him. He was clutch. He made some very difficult kicks. I’m proud

of him.”Stoops said he never ex-

pected the team to lose the match.

Sooners spoil SEC funOklahoma, who downed

Tennessee 34-10, was the lone outsider to beat an SEC team this week. The Soon-ers maintained their lead throughout the game, al-lowing the Volunteers just one touchdown in the sec-ond quarter and a field goal in the third quarter. Still undefeated, No. 4 Okla-homa faces West Virginia on Saturday. Sophomore running back Keith Ford, Oklahoma’s leading rusher, will miss the game after sus-taining a “slight fracture in a non weight-bearing bone in his ankle” against Tennessee, ESPN reported.

Rushing for 194 yards and five touchdowns this season, Ford has dominated the Sooner offense. He also clocks in at No. 3 among receivers on the team with 100 yards.

“You hand the ball off to [Ford], and he’s going to get yards for you,” Sooners quar-terback Trevor Knight said. “He’s such a physical back and just sees the field so well.”

Ford is expected to miss two to three weeks, a time-table that would ensure he’s eligible just in time for the Texas vs OU Red River Ri-valry on Oct. 11.

Fan injured at texas game At the Texas-UCLA Ad-

vocare Cowboys Showdown, one of the 60,479 fans fell 12-15 feet over a railing in level 100, dropping into a field-level suite at AT&T Stadium. The man was con-scious when medical care arrived and transferred him to a Fort Worth Hospital, according to Lt. Lee Tovar, a spokesman for Arlington Fire Department. Sunday, Tovar said the man was re-ported in critical condition in an intensive care unit, but, by Monday morning, his status improved to “good condition.” The cause of his

fall was unknown.

UCLa staying quiet on Hundley injury

Also injured at AT&T Stadium that night, UCLA starting quarterback Brett Hundley left the game in the first quarter with a left elbow injury. In response, UCLA head coach Jim Mora said he’s “not going to tell anybody anything un-til kickoff versus Arizona State. Nobody. Nothing.”

Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman tweeted Sunday morning that Hundley was diag-nosed with slight hyperex-tension of his left elbow and is expected to be cleared by the end of the week. Hund-ley should have time to re-cover, as the Bruins, who rose to No. 10 in the USA Today ranking after the 20-17 victory against Texas, take their bye week this week before facing Arizona State in Tempe on Sept. 25.

Charlie Pearce| Daily Texan file photoDespite the SEC dominating Saturday, the Oklahoma Soon-ers spoiled the conference’s fun by beating Tennessee.

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