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Launched last fall as a pi-lot program, HornRaiser, the University’s own crowdfund-ing platform, helps students and faculty to fund small projects created by members of the UT community.
On crowdfunding sites, people can solicit donations to fund business ventures or charitable projects. Well-known crowdfunding sites, such as GoFundMe and Kick-starter, have helped fund inde-pendent movies, tech startups and independent musicians. According to Adrian Matthys, the University’s Annual Giv-ing Programs director, Horn-Raiser is a solution for students and staff who wish to promote philanthropic ventures.
“We wanted to give [stu-dents and staff] an opportu-nity to raise their own funds and have those gifts stew-arded and thanked in a way that is as seamless as possible,” Matthys said.
Online donors are given the option to donate in certain increments. A description is listed below the donation to inform the donor where the money goes.
Matthys said Annual Giv-ing started a trial run for HornRaiser last fall with a few student-led projects. In order to participate, students
have to apply and provide a one-sentence mission state-ment for their venture.
During the pilot program, students from Projects for Under-served Communities (PUC), a collaboration be-tween the International Of-fice, Cockrell School of Engi-neering and School of Social Work, launched a fundraiser
on the site to improve mu-nicipal infrastructure in Ni-caragua. They raised $5,495 through HornRaiser — 37 percent more than their goal of $4000 — to build handicap ramps, sidewalks and drain-age ditches for low-income communities outside of the capital city of Managua.
“We had a lot of success
with [the HornRaiser] pilot program, so we decided to try again,” said Fiona Mazu-renko, public affairs specialist for the International Office.
PUC has raised $9,020 so far through HornRaiser for a project in Tanzania to build a new set of latrines for visu-
Last fiscal year, UT ex-cused about $9.7 million in tuition revenue for 1,034 student veterans and their families as part of the Texas Hazlewood Act tuition ex-emption, according to a Leg-islative Budget Board report.
State lawmakers are working to reduce losses to university revenue and the number of students who qualify for the exemption through House Bills 3566 and 3572, among others. The two bills were heard and left pending in com-mittee Wednesday.
“It is clear that the bur-den we are asking our state institutions to bear is un-sustainable,” said Rep. John Zerwas (R-Richmond), member of the House High-er Education Committee and author of HB 3572.
The Hazlewood Act is a state-mandated tuition exemption of up to 150 se-mester credit hours for cer-tain veterans residing in the state. If a veteran does not use the credit hours, they may be transferred to his or her spouse or children.
The two bills heard in the House Higher Educa-tion Committee would limit the exemption to those who have continuously lived in the state for eight-years or
After 17 years of develop-ment, UT’s astronomy de-partment successfully flew Texas teachers to the strato-sphere as part of an outreach program called the EXES Teacher Associate Program.
In 1997, the Univer-sities Space Research
Association awarded a grant to the astronomy department to construct a space-based telescope called the Eche-lon-Cross-Echelle Spectro-graph, or EXES. The EXES was designed for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, bet-ter known as the SOFIA, the largest flying astronomical observatory in the world.
The EXES Teacher Asso-ciate Program gave a variety of Texas teachers a firsthand glimpse into the develop-ment of the EXES so the teachers could relay informa-tion about the EXES to their own students. UT research associate Keely Finkelstein was one of the 10 teachers who boarded the SOFIA.
On the SOFIA, the
teachers used the EXES in-strument to observe evolved stars and certain molecules that had not previously been visible with the clarity and precision EXES provides, Fin-kelstein said.
“EXES takes very detailed, exquisite spectra of objects at midinfrared wavelengths,” Finkelstein said. “This work can’t be done from
the ground — light at these wavelengths gets absorbed by our atmosphere before reaching the ground.”
Mechanical engineering freshman Calvin Wong be-lieves the EXES Teacher As-sociate Program should be replicated by other profes-sors in different fields.
Fashion designer and UT alumna Dina Chavez thinks women shouldn’t have to choose between sexy and mod-est or professional and sporty. They should have it all.
Chavez’s Austin-based brand, SixChel, launched in 2011 and has participated in Austin Fashion Week since 2009. This year, Chavez will show three formal looks at
AFW’s finale Saturday. Her pieces are a part of the capsule collection, which highlights lo-cal designers who primarily do custom work.
Chavez, an established local designer, has shown collections at New York Fashion Week and won Project Runway Rio Grande Valley. She designs ev-erything from cocktail dresses to business-casual attire.
“I decided that I wanted to
The 2006 Rose Bowl game typically conjures up images of Vince Young tearing apart the USC defense and sneak-ing across the goal line with 20 seconds left on 4th-and-5. But few fans remember the team-leading 10 receptions that tight end David Thomas hauled in to help Texas earn its first national title since 1970.
“We couldn’t have won it without that,” former head coach Mack Brown said.
But Thomas’ earned more than just a national cham-pionship during his time at Texas. In his four years, Thomas also won the 2005 Rose Bowl by a slim mar-gin and set the Longhorns’ record for receptions, yards and touchdowns by a tight end — records he still holds.
His play caught the eye of the New England Patriots, who selected Thomas in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft. He went on to have a fruitful seven-year career, in which he brought a Lombar-di Trophy to New Orleans.
But Thomas’ love for Texas football stayed strong until he retired after the 2012 sea-son. When Longhorn Net-work came calling, Thomas, a Texas native, leapt at the opportunity despite not hav-ing a communications de-gree or prior experience.
“I hadn’t really given a
whole lot of thought to get-ting into broadcasting,” Thomas said. “The first time I did it, I started to see that I could still be around the game and be able to give my opinions and cover a team that I love to cover”
The attributes that earned Thomas praise from NFL
and NCAA coaches and teammates have also gar-nered him strong reviews from his peers in the media.
“[Thomas is] a really bright guy who earned his degree before going to the NFL,” said Brown, who is now a
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“When I was a high school student, I would have loved to learn about developments in mechanical engineering, like the design of bridges, from my physics professor,” Wong said. “Programs like these influence students to follow certain academic paths in their lives.”
However, the program has faced criticism, even from within.
John Lacy, astronomy pro-fessor and the initial lead sci-entist for EXES, dropped out of the EXES project in 2009 because he didn’t believe that the astronomical benefits of SOFIA outweighed the envi-ronmental costs.
“Each flight of the airline observatory will use as much aviation fuel as a round-trip flight across the country for 400 people,” Lacy said. “I didn’t think I could con-tinue to try to convince the students in my classes to cut their carbon footprints if I
was working on a project that would have much more of an impact than any of them would have.”
Finkelstein said the ex-perience on the SOFIA as
rewarding because many of the teachers have been involved with the EXES Teacher Associate Program for more than 15 years.
“It was also great to be
able to share this experience with a group of Texas teach-ers that have been dedicated astronomy teachers and learners themselves for many years,” Finkelstein said.
ally impaired students at an elementary school.
Sarah Rasheed, project manager the Tanzania PUC team and architectural engi-neering senior, said the team is working to develop the sep-tic tank for the set of latrines.
“At first, the funds started coming in from friends and family,” Rasheed said. “And then out of nowhere, we re-ceived a $5,000 donation.”
Marsha Reardon, coordi-nator of student philanthropy and special campaigns, said the University Development Office offers fundraising training and helps teams de-velop their page on the site to promote their venture.
“We want these Horn-Raiser projects to illustrate to the world at large that not only are we changing the world in these huge ways, we’re changing the world one small project at a time,” Matthys said.
were born in Texas. they would also offer 120 hours of course credit rather than 150, among other changes.
“I think all of us … want to continue the Hazlewood exemption in some form or fashion,” said Rep. Rick Mill-er (R-Sugarland), author of HB 3566. “It’s greatly benefi-cial to our veterans and fami-lies, so I think we are looking at a way to do that that is rea-sonable and cost effective.”
The residency requirement would replace a current rule that requires veterans to have
enlisted in Texas to receive Hazlewood benefits. The act is under scrutiny after a U.S. district judge found the act’s enlistment requirement un-constitutional in the case of an individual student.
“If the decision is upheld through the appeals process, it could signify an expansion that would open the door to many veterans,” Zerwas said.
Brantley Starr, deputy attorney general for legal counsel, said the eight-year-residency change may be found constitutional.
Prior to the Hazelwood Legacy Act, which was passed in 2009, family
members could receive the exemption if the veteran was deceased or perma-nently disabled as a result of his or her service. The Legacy Act expanded the exemption to all qualifying children of veterans.
The Legacy Act led to an increase of about $144 mil-lion in costs for universi-ties, according to the bud-get report.
“As much as I think I have earned my benefits — and I’ve done a lot, and I’ve given a lot to earn them — I also understand that they have competing interests, and they have a budget and a balance
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The Senate Committee on Higher Education heard bills Wednesday to limit tu-ition increases in higher ed.
In 2003, legislators de-regulated tuition, grant-ing universities control of tuition rates. Since the tu-ition deregulation, in-state tuition at UT has increased from $2,721 to $4,905 per semester, but for the past four years, tuition rates have been relatively constant.
“We now allow boards of regents to raise tuition on their own, and [they are] shifting funds away from states and to fami-lies,“ Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) said.
The committee heard two bills — one by El-lis and another by Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown). While both bills have slightly different implementation measures, their goals are essentially the same: to regulate tu-ition at the state level again.
Unlike Ellis’ bill, Schw-ertner’s addresses cap-ping student fees as well as tuition. His bill also only applies to public four-year institutions.
Ellis, author of SB 255, said he thinks the deregu-lation of tuition has placed a financial burden on Texas students and their families.
“That makes it hard for students to attend the schools that were built to serve them,” Ellis said. “It pushes families to a point where they incur debt.”
The availability of loans to finance student tuition limits universities’ interests in decreasing tuition, ac-cording to Schwertner, au-thor of SB 233.
“Because of readily avail-able access to student loans, universities never truly
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sheet,” said Dan Hamilton, international relations and global studies junior and a veteran using the Hazlewood exemption.
Hamilton said he thinks that if the state must make cuts to the act, they should priori-tize keeping benefits for veter-ans, not their families.
“As much as it would be nice to pass that benefit down to my kids, I think the obliga-tion the state has is specifically to the veteran,” Hamilton said.
The bills, in their current form, do not remove the leg-acy program.
According to Zerwas, Texas is one of two states, the other being Illinois, to offer full tuition exemptions to veterans. Zerwas said Texas is the only state to offer full benefits to their children.
At UT there are 41 depen-dents and 818 legacy stu-dents who would be eligible for the exemption without the legacy act using the act, according to the report.
“Veterans are generally el-igible for Post-9/11 [GI Bill], so more dependents [and legacy students] end up us-ing Hazlewood than veter-ans,” said Jeremiah Gunder-son, interim director for Student Veteran Services.
Gunderson said he is not sure how and if the Hazle-wood Act will change this leg-islative session, but he and the department will adjust to help student-veterans understand the law moving forward.
“Obviously, different stake-holders within the Univer-sity have different interests as far as the legislation goes,” Gunderson said. “I’m just here to advocate for veterans and to help our veterans and dependents the best I can.”
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Xintong Guo | Daily Texan StaffUT’s astronomy department successfully flew Texas teachers to the stratosphere as part of an outreach program called the EXES Teacher Associate Program.
One distinction be-tween Christianity and Islam regarding Jesus is that Muslims do not be-lieve Jesus died, nationally known Imam Siraj Wahhaj said Wednesday.
Wahhaj spoke about Jesus in the Quran at an event called “What Did Jesus Really Say?,” hosted as a part of UT’s Islam Awareness Week.
“Muhammad is mentioned in the Quran four times, while Jesus is mentioned 25 times,” Wahhaj said. “Further, the Quran mentions more miracles from Jesus that are not in the Bible. For example, the Quran says he spoke from the cradle.”
While Christians believe Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, Muslims believe he never died and as-cended into heaven, accord-ing to Wahhaj.
“Why do we study Jesus?”
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In recent years, some students have complained about a perceived de-cline in school spirit for UT sports.
“The motto is ‘Come early. Be loud. Stay late,’” said Leah Vann, econom-ics sophomore and secre-tary for Students for Texas Athletics (STA). “Where is the spirit?”
Vann said when she came to UT as a freshman in fall 2013, the fan turn-out for football games dis-appointed her.
“I finally get to come to a college football game, and I am the only one shouting at the ref,” Vann said.
A potential cause of the issue could be related to promotion, according
to Teri Pierce, associate athletics director for en-gagement services.
“On a campus this big, it’s hard to get the word out,” Pierce said.
Mechanical engineer-ing senior Austin Hill said it’s hard to get motivated to attend sports such as golf and rowing when the venues are so far away for students. He said he feels cross-promoting the more popular sports with the less popular sports would increase student turnout.
“I think being good gen-erates hype,” Hill said. “Ev-erything seems to rise and fall with the hype of our football team.”
Vann said STA has plans to try and motivate students to come out for more UT sports games.
“We are going to cre-ate the biggest tailgate in
the country,” Vann said. “It would be so convenient if we could just tailgate on campus.”
Vann said STA plans to provide a student-tailgat-ing area on campus. STA also plans to establish a bus route from West Cam-pus to the baseball field for students to take to UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
“It’s hard to walk to. It’s across [I-35]. It’s just a pain,” Vann said.
The first route is sup-posed to be available for the weekend of the
three-game baseball series against Texas Tech starting May 1, Vann said.
STA is working to make student IDs the only ne-cessity to get into games, if students have pur-chased the Big Ticket, the all-sport ticket pack-age for students and staff, Vann said.
“We are working with a consultant who is working with our fan experience,” Pierce said. “If there is a ticketed event, we’re going to try and make it a great ex-perience for the fans.”
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Thalia Juarez | Daily Texan Staff Imam Siraj Wahhaj, world-renowned speaker on Islam and the current imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa in New York, speaks with two women after a talk held in the UTC on Wednesday night.
Graeme Hamilton | Daily Texan Staff Attendance was low for the UT women’s softball game Wednesday evening. Leah Vann, economic sophomore and secretary for Students for Texas Athletics, noted that the ball fields are hard to access because they are across the highway.
Students attempt to boost UT spirit
The Senate Committee on Higher Education heard bills Wednesday to limit tu-ition increases in higher ed.
In 2003, legislators de-regulated tuition, grant-ing universities control of tuition rates. Since the tu-ition deregulation, in-state tuition at UT has increased from $2,721 to $4,905 per semester, but for the past four years, tuition rates have been relatively constant.
“We now allow boards of regents to raise tuition on their own, and [they are] shifting funds away from states and to fami-lies,“ Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) said.
The committee heard two bills — one by El-lis and another by Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown). While both bills have slightly different implementation measures, their goals are essentially the same: to regulate tu-ition at the state level again.
Unlike Ellis’ bill, Schw-ertner’s addresses cap-ping student fees as well as tuition. His bill also only applies to public four-year institutions.
Ellis, author of SB 255, said he thinks the deregu-lation of tuition has placed a financial burden on Texas students and their families.
“That makes it hard for students to attend the schools that were built to serve them,” Ellis said. “It pushes families to a point where they incur debt.”
The availability of loans to finance student tuition limits universities’ interests in decreasing tuition, ac-cording to Schwertner, au-thor of SB 233.
“Because of readily avail-able access to student loans, universities never truly
have an incentive to con-trol costs or lower tuition,” Schwertner said. “Universi-ties know that the financ-ing will always be there.”
Plan II and biochemistry senior Andrew Gulde testi-fied at the hearing in sup-port of Ellis’ bill. He said the only way for students to have a say in UT’s tuition decisions is through the nonvoting student regent.
“I support SB 255 be-cause it’s the only bill that allows families like mine and me to hold legislators accountable for tuition de-cisions,” Gulde said. “I be-lieve the Legislature — not an elected board — is the proper place for these deci-sions to be made.”
University library as-sistant Kathryn Kenefick testified on both bills. Kenefick said she supports the strong push in the Tex-as Legislature for tuition.
“I hear tales from stu-dents as they are getting ready to complete school and looking for jobs and have the terrible burden of student debt that has come from the institutional costs,” Kenefick said.
When Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) asked Schwert-ner if he thought the bill would pass through the full Senate, Schwertner chuck-led and said, “There’s al-ways hope, Senator.“
Islam Awareness Week features lecture on perspectives of Jesus
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—Leah VannSecretary for Students for Texas
One distinction be-tween Christianity and Islam regarding Jesus is that Muslims do not be-lieve Jesus died, nationally known Imam Siraj Wahhaj said Wednesday.
Wahhaj spoke about Jesus in the Quran at an event called “What Did Jesus Really Say?,” hosted as a part of UT’s Islam Awareness Week.
“Muhammad is mentioned in the Quran four times, while Jesus is mentioned 25 times,” Wahhaj said. “Further, the Quran mentions more miracles from Jesus that are not in the Bible. For example, the Quran says he spoke from the cradle.”
While Christians believe Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, Muslims believe he never died and as-cended into heaven, accord-ing to Wahhaj.
“Why do we study Jesus?”
Wahhaj asked. “We believe one of the signs of the Day of Judge-ment is the return of Jesus. We believe that he will come back and die on that day.”
Islamic scripture states that all of the prophets, in-cluding Jesus, were human, Wahhaj said.
“The Quran lets us know Jesus was human because he was born; he ate food; and all of the prophets said they were human,” Wahhaj said. “Jesus is great. We love him, we respect him, but we would never, ever worship anyone other than the Creator himself.”
Many Christian and Jewish students were surprised by this information, according to Kareem Abdi, government sophomore and Muslim Stu-dents’ Association education-al director.
“Many people told me hearing Jesus and our love for him is important in Islam made them feel more unity among the religions than they had previously imagined,”
Abdi said.It is important to come out
and learn about other religions because UT is such a diverse campus, nutrition sophomore Caitlin Etherton said.
“It is so valuable to learn more about your peers so that you can understand them and connect with them in deeper and more effective ways,” Etherton said.
This lecture was part of Is-lam Awareness Week 2015, which encourages the Uni-versity community to learn about Islam. There were more non-Muslim students in at-tendance than at other pre-vious Islam-related events, according to the Muslim Stu-dents’ Association.
Many students base their ideas on the media because they haven’t gotten to know a Muslim, Abdi said.
“This week, students can meet and talk to their Mus-lim peers and Muslim schol-ars, and that is invaluable,” Abdi said.
We now allow boards of regents to raise tuition on their own, and [they are] shifting funds away from states and to families.
—Sen. Rodney Ellis D-Houston
AMIL MALIK, FORUM EDITOR / @TexanEditorialThursday, April 16, 2015
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Visting prof a ‘rare bird of fashion’
Looking at fashion ahead of UT Fusion Fashion Show April 23EDITOR’S NOTE
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By Angela MorisetteGuest Columnist
Illustration by Melanie Westfall | Daily Texan Staff
Iris Apfel, the 93-year-old “Rare Bird of Fashion,” has held many honors to this day: an exhibit dedicated to her style at the Met-ropolitan Museum of Art, her own line of clothes on the Home Shopping Network, a fashion spread for Italian Vogue and advertis-ing campaigns for Coach and Kate Spade. She has been the face of MAC Cosmetics and is the subject of an Albert Maysles documentary. Apfel is also a visiting professor at UT, a title she holds dear.
Each year, 15 students dedicated to the fashion industry are chosen for the School of Human Ecology’s UT in NYC course that takes place every May.
Under the direction of Nancy Prideaux, the program coordinator and a senior lecturer in the Textiles and Apparel Department, selected students thoroughly research industry lead-ers and events. Then they meet with Apfel in New York City for a number of company vis-its. This unique opportunity allows students to take their classroom to the heart of the fashion industry and learn from firsthand experience.
The UT in NYC program is unparalleled. While many universities with fashion-related programs take trips to New York City to ex-plore the industry, none are led by an industry icon as notable as Apfel. Apfel opens doors to the likes of J. Crew, Bergdorf Goodman, Kate Spade and Alexis Bittar — retailers, designers, public relations firms and more with a lot of prestige in the industry.
Students are selected for the program through a competitive application, which in-cludes an interview and faculty recommenda-tions. The program itself seeks to incorporate students from varied backgrounds and expe-riences to participate in a robust exchange of ideas with each other and industry members.
When Sue Meller, BA ’75 and member of the school advisory council, visited the Met-debuted “Rare Bird of Fashion” exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Boston, she was unaware of the series of events that would un-fold.
During her visit, she commented to a do-cent that the exhibit would be a wonderful experience for UT students. To her surprise, she received a call from Apfel herself soon af-ter, curious about our school. Apfel felt a true connection to UT, commenting that other schools didn’t seem to be as interested in their students. Notable faculty, including former College of Natural Sciences Dean Mary Ann Rankin and others from the School of Human
Ecology, met with Apfel in New York City over dinner in December 2010. Then, with the oversight of Prideaux, the course was born, and the first UT in NYC course occurred five months later.
The trip to New York City is a treasured networking experience for the students, who connect with industry professionals and all textiles-apparel grads in the city at an alumni event at the trip’s culmination.
Supply chain management senior Meghan McGowan attests to how the trip shaped her career: “It’s invaluable to hear from leading professional influences — hearing their sto-ries and the different experiences they have in their toolbox that got them to where they are today.”
Apfel’s star power certainly isn’t lost on her students or Prideaux. Merchandising senior Kelsey Cowan Barajas believes visiting profes-sor Apfel has had a huge impact on industry executives because she is “not afraid to be un-compromisingly herself or speak her mind.”
As the faculty member who has worked with her to develop this program, Prideaux describes it as “‘truly a once in a lifetime ex-perience to be in the presence of a creative ge-nius and most astute businesswoman.’”
Apfel began her career at Women’s Wear Daily and founded Old World Weavers, a textile mill, with her husband Carl Apfel. The textile mill produces replicas of historical tex-tiles, many of which have been enlisted for the White House.
The UT in NYC course has truly influenced the Textiles-Apparel Program and elevated it to compete with other programs nation-ally. The University’s experience with Apfel allowed it to become a member of the YMA Fashion Scholarships Fund organization. The camera crew for Albert Maysles’ documentary “Iris” — set to be released April 29 — filmed portions of the first UT in NYC course dur-ing the students’ time with Apfel in New York City.
Apfel will be in Dallas for the launch of her documentary at the USA Film Festival later this month. The documentary has received critically acclaimed reviews and is set for private viewings in New York and other ven-ues. We are fortunate to have the support of a fashion icon with so much wisdom, clout and exuberance under her belt. The guidance of visiting professor Apfel provides students the encouragement and enthusiasm to follow her lead in this competitive industry.
Patel is a business honors, finance and tex-tiles and apparel junior from Sugar Land.
By Avani PatelGuest Columnist
The summer after my freshman year, I had the opportunity to take an internship position in Fendi North America’s flagship office in New York City, right above their Fifth Avenue retail store.
When I first interviewed and toured the of-fice, I had a magical feeling. Pictures of illus-trious models were draped around the office. The furniture was chic and pristine. The office employees seemed bursting with happiness in every department as I toured and interviewed there. I happily accepted the offer to work there — even though it was unpaid — as I thought I would be able to see what made Fendi such a luxurious and highly regarded brand.
Though my time as an accounting intern at Fendi was interesting and enlightening, the biggest feeling I had working there was discov-ery. My experience working on the corporate accounting side was filled with interdepart-mental projects and investigations into fashion industry-related issues that I didn’t even know existed. It was a huge learning opportunity and also an important realization of some of the truths and myths of working in the fashion industry.
When I started, I thought everyone would have to dress in couture because it’s a fashion company.
My first day in New York City, the day be-fore I started work, I spent the whole day ob-sessing over my outfit. I am not someone who dresses with the style of a true fashionista — in other words, on most days you can find me in jean shorts and T-shirts, without makeup and with my hair in a messy bun. But I shopped for a cute outfit, bought new makeup and debated over which handbag to bring to impress my sure-to-be fashion-minded co-workers.
When I stepped into the office, though, I quickly realized that the cute outfits I saw on recruiting day weren’t the norm.
While some people were definitely stylish, the common attire of the office seemed to be capri gaucho pants, quirky T-shirts and other eccentric fashion statements.
After spending a few weeks in the office, I realized that the majority of my coworkers were not at Fendi because they themselves were fashionistas. Like me, they were there because they liked working for a big brand, and also because they didn’t want to leave New York City for familial reasons.
Once I discovered this similarity — that we all weren’t fashion-inclined by our nature — I
gained more confidence proposing ideas and presenting work.
In my first few days, I also realized that de-partments with more artistic qualities took priority over the more quantitative business units, which surprised me.
The finance and accounting side of Fendi (located basement floor with no view of the city) was literally and figuratively below the advertising side (top floor, windows and deco-rations). Every project I worked on in account-ing seemed to be a directive from advertising rather than finance.
For instance, one of my projects was to ana-lyze advertising budgets required by Fendi’s leasing contracts. When I presented my find-ings to my boss, which advocated for a sub-stantial cut to the budget, she thanked me for doing a good job on it but then hinted that ad-vertising would not make the cuts.
The sentiment was if advertising felt like they needed the advertising, they would spend the money on it, regardless of financial justifi-cation. This is because the advertising depart-ment held more power and clout in the busi-ness than finance or supply chain. I learned that if I were to return to the fashion world, I would like to be in an area like advertising so that I could make significant impacts on the business.
While I never had to do things like get coffee for people, I was tasked with rectifying Fendi’s fraudulent credit card claims, which was a job involving emailing and calling credit card companies to get them to refund Fendi for cer-tain return claims.
Even though this task was not glamorous, I actually didn’t mind it too much, as I learned about true business operations that made Fen-di function at the lowest level. But in the grand scheme of things, it was not an important job, which taught me that as a fashion intern, I’d most likely be doing menial tasks.
At Fendi, like at any business, not all work is glamorous. For me, learning this lesson early on in my career has been instrumental. It gave me motivation to try harder when I re-turned to UT my sophomore year so I could ultimately be placed in a role that was a level higher than basic corporate functioning tasks. My Fendi internship humbled me, for which I am grateful. No work is “beneath me,” and this has given me a better attitude moving forward for other jobs. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work at the firm.
Morisette is a business honors and marketing senior from Houston.
A summer intern’s take on FendiCOLUMN
By Amil MalikForum Editor
Photo Courtesy of Kelsey BarajasVisiting professor Iris Apfel talks with fashion designer Austin Scarlett.
The last Forum issue included an article about the University’s annual fashion show. This week we’re expanding on that to include other aspects of the indrustry — drawing par-ticular attention to a program in the School of Human Ecology: UT in NYC. The program
intends to bring apparel design, conserva-tion and merchandising students together for a broad look at the apparel industry with an entrepreneurial focus. One of the aspects of the program that is particularly special is the opportunity students have to learn from visit-ing professor Iris Apfel.
Apfel is an American businesswoman, in-
terior designer and fashion icon whose style has been exhibited in the Costume Institute in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Called the “Rare Bird of Fashion,” Ap-fel’s insights into both the business and design elements of the industry are unparalleled. The opportunity to work with her is second to none.
Yet, not all parts of the industry are glam-orous. So, on another note, this page also focuses on the corporate side of fashion — mainly a former intern’s insights on working in the accounting side of a major fashion house.
Malik is a Plan II, business honors and fi-nance junior from Austin.
make clothes for women that have a sense of every part of us,” Chavez said. “I chose Austin as my networking city, as where I wanted to live and where I wanted to grow my brand.”
This year’s AFW will be Chavez’s first time reintroduc-ing herself into the local fash-ion scene since taking time off after her sister’s cancer diag-nosis. Her sister died two years ago, and Dina is now helping raise her nephew while run-ning SixChel.
“I had to disappear for a while, but I feel like this is my comeback,” Chavez said. “I feel like it’s more meaningful for me this time.”
Chavez earned a degree in costume design from UT in
the early 2000s. She said she continues to use techniques she learned in school, including making patterns and conduct-ing fittings, in her professional career. She said the current fashion design program has grown since she left, and it now plays a vital role in AFW.
“The school used to be really small, and now it’s a staple of the fashion industry in Austin,” Chavez said.
Chavez designs, manufac-tures and sells all of SixChel’s clothing herself. Chavez said she uses black as a staple color in her garments because it rep-resents the modern, city-chic look she wants for SixChel.
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She said she wants to
ensure her designs allow women to express them-selves as professionals and leaders.
“I feel like our independence is being taken away from us again,” Chavez said. “When a woman chooses to be a power-ful woman and be an indepen-dent woman, she can display that in her clothes.”
AFW founder Matt Swinney has worked with Chavez since the event’s launch six years ago. Swinney said Chavez’s custom designs fit many dif-ferent body types and have a distinctive Austin edge about them.
“She designs for very real women,” Swinney said. “She’s not necessarily creating sam-ples for size-two models all the time.”
AFW will debut 10
capsule collections at the fi-nale this year, and Chavez said AFW attendees are looking for custom designs that have an Austin vibe.
“People come from out of town looking for handmade items from Austin,” Chavez said. “I always felt that no mat-ter how you wanted to dress, it was acceptable in Austin.”
Swinney said the capsule collection portion of the finale is an opportunity for design-ers who don’t have as large or as traditional of a collection to gain exposure by showcasing some of their work.
“We really wanted to em-brace that designer who works in a different way,” Swinney said. “Somebody like [Chavez], who only creates one-off piec-es, who still wants to have their brand out there.”
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the system in the article.“It’s kind of a risky thing,”
Thornton said in the article. “You don’t get to see their faces until they ride with you.”
Students criticized the sys-tem when the boards eventu-ally became overcrowded and not enough needs were being met. One student put a note on the board pointing out the system’s flaws.
“The cards become stacked so thick that those on the bottom of the pile have no chance of getting rides,” the student wrote. “Chance determines who gets a ride. I come back and put my card on the top of the stack every day.”
Facebook groups and oth-er transportation options, such as Megabus, Uber and Lyft, have eliminated the need for rider boards, but students today still feel the urge to head home every now and then. One rider board participant summed up this desire in a note she posted.
“Whenever you’re going to my hometown, please call,” the woman wrote. “I would like to get there sometime this semester.”
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Graeme Hamilton| Daily Texan StaffFreshman third baseman Randel Leahy had a career game Wednesday against UT-Arlington. Leahy blasted a grand slam in the first inning of play and clinched the Texas victory with a walk-off, solo home run in the fifth.
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Graeme Hamilton | Daily Texan StaffThe Texas Fencing Club worked hard to raise money to attend the national tournament, where it placed 10th.
broadcaster himself for ESPN. “He knows the game and had so much awareness of what was happening on the field. He has great in-sight for both broadcasting and coaching.”
Although Thomas’ play-ing career is over, the re-cord-setting tight end still prepares for studio work as if he were going to take the field Saturday.
“It’s a very similar mind-set,” Thomas said. “I kind of get lost in the world of watching the scheme and watching the players and the matchups and figure out where the other team
is vulnerable and what can be exploited.”
Thomas reputation and experience led to a side job coaching with the Air It Out passing camp in December 2014. Alan Wartes, the camp director when Thomas’ at-tended as a high schooler, leapt at the opportunity to bring his former student and longtime friend on as a coach when Thomas retired from NFL.
“First and foremost, he’s just great for kids,” Wartes said. “David’s a great guy, and he’s a good ambassador for the University of Texas.”
As important as Air It Out may be to a camp alumnus such as Thomas, there are a few other players that take up
most of his time now. He has four kids, ranging from one to seven years old, and has taken on the responsibility of coaching all of their teams to stay as involved as possible in their lives.
Thomas is just two years removed from a champion-ship-winning career, but he has already found what he wants to do for the rest of his life.
“I’m thrilled with where I am,” Thomas said. “The game has done a lot for me and has opened a lot of doors for me and continues to open doors for me through these avenues. I’m very blessed to be able to do what I do and work with the people that I work with.”
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A lot of kids have the dream of making the pros and getting paid to do what they love.
For most, it’s just that — a dream. But for the eight Texas women’s golf team members, this dream of making the big leagues and playing in the LPGA Tour is close to reality.
“All have the ability to make the LPGA,” head coach Ryan Murphy said. “It’s just a question of if that’s what you want to do with your life.”
Murphy’s statement is twofold: it’s an endorsement of his players’ abilities and also a recognition of the difficulties of earning and keeping an LPGA Tour card.
There are three qualifying stages to earning the tour card. About 300 women be-gin the process with Stage I of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament. The top 100 players and ties from the first stage move onto the second tournament. From the second, the top 80 and ties advance to the third and final stage, which is a 90-hole tournament over five days, after which the
top 20 finishers receive LPGA memberships.
“Love and passion for the game is necessary to be a professional,” Murphy said. “I have inherited a group of young women who work hard and are capable.”
Last weekend at the Ping/ASU Invitational, junior Tezira Abe posted two sea-son-low rounds of 70 (-2). At that same tournament, senior Bertine Strauss tied for first place with a three-round score of 210 (-6).
A few weeks earlier at the Anuenue Spring Break Clas-sic, sophomore Julia Beck had her best finish — a tie for ninth. All three hope to parlay this recent success into professional careers.
“My goal is to play on the LPGA Tour and contend for major championships,” Beck said.
Her experience as a Long-horn has offered her the op-portunity to play against the best and understand how she can improve on the course, specifically with her driver in her attempts to hit the ball longer and shorten the course.
As for Abe, advice from Murphy has en-couraged her to be more prepared.
“Coach said that I should be first to arrive to practice and last to leave from prac-tice,” said Abe.
In addition to putting in the practice time and working hard, Abe said she has been able to learn from Kate Golden, 18-year LPGA veteran and associate head coach.
Murphy, a first-time Di-vision I head coach, be-lieves Texas won’t be the end of the line for Strauss.
“You’ll see Bertine on television soon,” Murphy said. “It’s been her dream for some time.”
These players all have aspirations of becoming the next member of the tour, but each at her own pace.
As a senior, Strauss hopes to finish this season, gradu-ate and pursue the tour this fall. Abe will graduate in December, play through her college eligibility and then move to achieve LPGA membership. As for Beck, she will make the journey to the tour once her game reaches a point where she believes she can contend among the best.
These players know their dreams are close. It’s just a matter of realizing it.
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Akinosun earns Big 12 Conference award
Junior sprinter Mo-rolake Akinosun earned Big 12 Conference Ath-lete of the Week honors after her impressive out-ing at the Texas Invita-tional on Saturday.
Akinosun won three events at the meet, a feat she has achieved twice this season. She anchored the gold medal 4x100-meter relay team and indi-vidually dominated the 100- and 200-meter races. Her time of 22.70 seconds in the 200 me-ters is a Mike A. Myers Stadium record.
This is the second time Akinosun’s has won this award. Two weeks ago, her efforts at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays helped her claim the honors.
Akinosun and her teammates will look to continue their success at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco this weekend.
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Most of the time, success comes at a high price. For the Texas Fencing club — which finished 10th at the College Fencing National Champion-ships — fundraising helped foot the bill for the successful and expensive trip to nationals.
“There is no qualifying path for our collegiate nationals, but there is a big price tag,” said Daron Jacob, team president and biology senior. “An aver-age national trip costs the club about $18,000.”
As fencing is such an expen-sive sport, it’s up to the club members to raise the funds necessary to compete.
“Every year, we need to fi-nance this trip through Rec Sports allocation funds, mem-bership dues and fundraising events, so you can say we made it to nationals with our awe-some teamwork,” Jacob said.
That fundraising paid off this past weekend, when the team returned from the nation-als in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, with a 10th overall finish, gath-ering three team and two indi-vidual medals. Many members trained vigorously for the com-petition and came to UT with prior experience in the sport.
“I train year-round either at [University of Texas Fencing Club] or my hometown club, Alliance Fencing Academy,” biochemistry senior Julia Cher-nis said. “Before a tournament, I attempt to smooth out any new skills I’m learning and fo-cus on my overall tactics.”
The club practices three times and additionally watches videos from Olympic com-petitions outside of practice. Members cite Olympic fencers, such as Gábor Boczkó, and the Korean team as their favorites to study.
“[Practice] is intense and challenging but always worth it,” Jacob said. “The coaches al-ways push us to our limits.”
A signature moment from the weekend came from the men’s epee in which Texas, ranked No. 21 out of 32 teams in team direct elimination, matched up against No. 12 University of Massachusetts in the first round.
The Minutemen had beaten Texas in all of its bouts during the first day of competition.
“When we heard we would be matched up against them the following day, we were a little worried,” Jacob said.
The match came down to the ninth bout, when one of Texas’ members faced off against UMass’ C slot, who had beaten the same Texas fencer the day before. Texas eventually got the final point, taking the encounter and upsetting the Minutemen.
While this weekend was very successful, the team wants to continue its momentum into the coming seasons.
“We have definitely grown in membership, size and skill,” Chernis said. “We always have prospective students who de-cide to pick up fencing during college and a steady flow of fencers with previous experi-ence that are willing to coach new members.”
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It didn’t take long for Texas to come out victori-ous over UT-Arlington on Wednesday night.
Behind freshman third baseman Randel Leahy’s two-home-run night, the Longhorns run-ruled the Mavericks, 8–0.
Texas (28–12) pounced on UT-Arlington (26–20) from the start.
Sophomore pitcher Tiarra Davis took the mound for the Longhorns and held the Mav-ericks scoreless. In the bottom of the first, the Longhorns launched an offensive strike. They started off quickly with a walk and a single from sopho-more shortstop Devon Tun-ning and sophomore outfielder Stephanie Wong, respectively, but a setback occurred as the Mavericks retired the next two batters.
Then, with two outs and the bases loaded, junior catcher Erin Shireman sparked a rally with a single to right field, knocking in the first two runs of the game. The next two hit-ters connected for two more singles to load the bases as Leahy stepped up to the plate. As the ball traveled from the mound to the plate, Leahy held her stance, connected on the pitch and launched the ball over the left-field wall for her first career grand slam to ex-tend Texas’ lead to 6–0.
“Great at-bats for Randel tonight,” Texas head coach Connie Clark said. “She’s re-
ally come along, and we’ve talked about it this season that she’s somebody we wanted to try to get in the lineup every single day.”
After Davis retired three in the second, Tunning and Wong struck again. Tunning led off the second inning with a single but was put out on a fielder’s choice off Wong’s bat. To com-plete the frame, Wong stole second, advanced to third on a ground out and crossed the plate on a passed ball to make
the score 7–0.The next two innings were
scoreless, thanks to Texas se-nior pitcher Gabby Smith’s six strikeouts.
Freshman Erica Wright came into the game in the fifth inning to pitch a perfect inning.
“Tonight was really about getting our pitchers work in a midweek, nonconference game,” Clark said. “All three of our pitchers did a great job of throwing to all zones and
mixing speeds efficiently. That’s what we need is for those three to get stronger and stronger as we go on this season.”
In the bottom of the fifth, the Mavericks sent two Long-horns back to the dugout and needed just one more out for another offensive opportu-nity to get back in the game. But Leahy hit her second home run of the game, to the same wall as before, to clinch the victory.
“[The softball I saw] was
pretty big,” Leahy said. “It was nice to come out tonight and redeem ourselves.”
Clark recognized Leahy’s success on a holistic level.
“Obviously, the grand slam was sweet, but to get the walk-off was tremendous,” Clark said.
The Mavericks were the last nonconference oppo-nent on Texas’ schedule. Four Big 12 series are all that re-main in the regular season for the Longhorns.
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You may not understand why you dreamed about riding Bevo naked down Sixth Street last night, but neither do the best scientists in the field of dream research.
Scientists have several theories on why we dream, but none are complete. Freud believed dreams represent wish-fulfillment; however, this theory has fall-en out of fashion for more complex hypotheses.
One of these hypotheses posits that dreams connect memories in the brain, us-ing the dreamer’s emotion as a guide.
Another, referred to as “threat simulation theo-ry,” assumes dreams are an evolutionary adapta-tion that prepare you for future dangers.
In a paper published in 1993 and revised in 2000, George Wiliam Domhoff, University of California- Santa Cruz sociology pro-fessor, attempts to show threat simulation theory is incompatible with current dream research.
Domhoff looked at stud-ies of people suffering from post-traumatic stress dis-order, which showed that people often experience se-vere nightmares relating to personal traumas. Dreams make it more difficult for PTSD victims to sleep at night and deal with their
past experiences.Domhoff also notes night-
mares more commonly oc-cur in people experiencing stressful situations or those more sensitive to mild stress-ors of everyday life, such as feeling like an outsider or be-ing self-conscious.
Threat simulation theory predicts dreams should an-ticipate difficult situations. Instead, the nightmares are a response to them.
This isn’t enough to throw out threat simula-tion theory completely, but it does show that dreams are complicated and may not
have a specific purpose.Perhaps the most difficult
type of dream to explain is the lucid dream. During lucid-dreaming situations, dreamers know they are dreaming and can sometimes control their surroundings. Researchers have investi-gated these self-aware states, and, while they’re interest-ing, they’re tricky to study.
To prepare for one ex-periment, researchers en-listed 20 participants to take place in weekly lucid dream training sessions. After four months, only six could become lucid three times or
more per week.For the study, subjects
slept with monitors attached to their heads to measure brain waves so that scientists could learn the differences between traditional dreams and lucid ones.
How can researchers know for certain the subjects are lucid dreaming? By monitor-ing the subjects’ eyes.
The scientists told subjects to move their eyes in a pre-designated pattern when they realized they were dreaming: left, right, left, then pause and repeat. This caused the subjects’ eyes to move in the
dream as well as in the real world, so scientists could de-termine the exact moment someone learned they were in a lucid dream.
The problem is that sub-jects reported more dif-ficulty in achieving lucid states in the lab. Perhaps this is because of performance anxiety, but it may also be because of the difficulty in trying to sleep with EEG ca-bles attached to their heads.
As a result, although the six subjects could reliably have lucid dreams on their own, only three managed to produce a lucid dream
during the course of the actual experiment.
Despite small sample size, the researchers pro-duced evidence suggest-ing that lucid dreaming is more like a state of be-ing half awake and half in a dream.
We may not be close to understanding dreams, but mystery is part of the fun of science. You’ve got as good a dream laboratory in your head as any researcher, so the next time you notice you’re dreaming, why not move your eyes around and run a few experiments?
Austin is steadily becom-ing one of the leading cu-linary cities in the nation. At the forefront of the food movement are vegan and vegetarian restaurants. The Daily Texan complied a list of the best meat-less op-tions around the city.
Counter Culture2337 E. Cesar Chavez St. Daily 11 a.m.–10 p.m.
Counter Culture epitomizes
a vegan-friendly restau-rant. What began in 2009 as a food trailer, evolved into a restaurant that serves up dairy-free and raw foods even carnivores would like. The savory dishes feature tempeh, seitan and cashew cheese, and the desserts are mainly sweetened with dates. Try the raw oat-meal banana split for $8 or the country biscuit bowl for $7.50.
Mother’s Cafe4215 Duval St. Monday –Friday
11:15 a.m.–10 p.m. Satur-day—Sunday 10 a.m. –10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday brunch 10 a.m. –3 p.m.
An Austin staple since 1980, Mother’s Cafe deliv-ers huge plates of comfort food, such as tofu lasagna and a variety of stir frys. If you’re feeling adventurous and up for a mess, opt for the sloppy momma joes, featuring textured veg-etable protein on a vegan whole wheat sesame bun. Finish it all off with a slice of vegan Belgian chocolate
chip cake for $4.95.
Casa de Luz 1701 Toomey Rd. Daily 7 a.m.–8:30 p.m.
The dining experience is a bit unconventional, but you can’t go wrong with Casa de Luz. The cafete-ria-style menu changes daily, and the options are few. Start by picking out a soup and salad to eat at their communal tables while you wait for your
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Ride-sharing sees advances since ’70s
As students without cars prepare to head home for the weekends or holiday breaks, many turn to UT Facebook groups, asking to tag along with people on their journeys home. Posts such as “Is anyone going to Dallas this weekend? Will pay for gas!” often flood students’ Newsfeeds.
Students have been dis-covering new ways to find convenient and inexpensive transportation for decades. According to an article pub-lished in The Daily Texan on Feb. 10, 1972, students in the 1970s filled bulletin boards and dorm walls with ride requests.
In the article, reporter Ja-mie Carter described how the Alpha Phi Omega ser-vice fraternity set up “rider boards” in the second-floor lobby of the Union and the lobby of Jester Center. The service fraternity mounted maps of the United States on the walls and separated them into 14 sections.
Students seeking trans-portation to anywhere in the U.S. filled out white tags with their names, destina-tions and phone numbers and placed them on the
map. Drivers could browse the board and contact pro-spective passengers or fill out separate orange cards to advertise rides.
“Will help with gas and driving,” one note read. “I will also provide amuse-ment and conversation, free of charge.”
A student requesting a ride to Virginia said he needed “to take much stuff. Hope you have a van or sta-tion wagon,” according to the article.
Ride-givers who filled out cards had their own offers and requests. According to the article, a driver named Paul wrote, “I love women,” and promised to “play guitar and sing.” One male student simply wrote that he “would like any female” to join him for spring break in Midland.
Giving rides to complete strangers gave some stu-dents apprehensions, ac-cording to the article. While students today can creep through people’s Facebook profiles before accepting or offering rides, this wasn’t an option back then. One student, Barbara Thornton, who offered to drive passen-gers to California, expressed her safety concerns about
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Hannah Riley, a server at
Mother’s Cafe, delivers food to
customers Mon-day afternoon. Mother’s Cafe
has been an Aus-tin staple since 1980, offering
huge plates of vegetarian-
friendly comfort food.
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