Police Respond to Safety Concerns Austin Areas by Cassandra Jaramillo on Campus Are Being Reviewed
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1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 COMICS PAGE 7 SPORTS PAGE 6 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, April 7, 2016 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid CAMPUS CITY High-poverty Police respond to safety concerns Austin areas By Cassandra Jaramillo on campus are being reviewed. UT police will continue to & Caleb Wong The Austin Police Depart- assist APD with the investiga- see increase @thedailytean ment will lead the investiga- tion, along with University of tion into the homicide, ac- Texas System police, the Texas in residents UT will provide increased cording to an email sent to Department of Public Safety safety measures for students as the University community and the Texas Rangers. the homicide investigation on Wednesday afternoon. How- According to an email By Forrest Milburn campus continues. ever, law enforcement and the Fenves sent to the University @forrestmilburn In addition to extra officers University have not released Wednesday morning, law en- When advertising senior and police vehicles patrolling further information because forcement agencies working on Christina Ewin bikes around campus, the University will it would “compromise their the investigation have finished her neighborhood in East Aus- provide extra van shuttles for efforts,” according to an email processing the crime scene. tin, she can go to her favorite students after their evening re- from Fenves. Meanwhile, stu- “[The law enforcement coffee shop, grocery store and hearsals near the Winship and dents and UT parents raised agencies] are working to iden- pub, all on the same street. Fine Arts buildings. UT Presi- concerns about the lack of in- tify the victim and are focused Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan Staff This convenience — and a dent Gregory Fenves said oth- formation surrounding a pos- UTPD officer Wusterhausen stands watch near the site calmer atmosphere — always er enhanced safety measures sible suspect. page 2 HOMICIDE where a woman’s body was found Tuesday morning. remind her why she got out of West Campus as soon as she could: peace of mind. CAMPUS “Often, the areas surround- ing campus were so packed with students … that I felt like I was in a bubble,” Ewin said. “It Historic home relocation faces pushback just wasn’t ideal.” While some students, such By Bharath Lavendra as Ewin, decide to flee busy @burreth West Campus for more quiet nights east of Interstate 35, they Developers are attempting are more the exception than to relocate a historical house the rule in terms of moving to in West Campus to make way lower-income neighborhoods for more student housing but throughout the city. face opposition from a histor- Ewin’s neighborhood is one ical preservation group. of many Austin census tracts The Dabney-Horne house, that have seen rapid growth located at 507 W. 23rd St. be- in the concentration of poor hind the University Co-Op residents living in high-poverty parking garage, was desig- areas since 2000, according to a nated as a historic site by the study released last week. City of Austin in 1992 and is The report from the Brook- also protected by a restrictive ings Institution’s Metropolitan covenant agreement. This Policy Program shows the over- agreement prevents any own- all share of poor residents living er of the house, even future, in high-poverty neighborhoods, from moving the house to a or neighborhoods with a pover- new location. ty rate of at least 20 percent, rose David Kanne, owner of the 12 percent in Austin from 2000 Dabney-Horne house and to the 2010–2014 census period. broker at Austin City Realty, Austin’s rate is higher than other which has an office inside the large metropolitan areas, add- house, is selling the site to de- ing statistical evidence to con- velopers Johnson Trube and cerns over income disparities Associates. He applied to re- throughout the city. locate the house so the future “Even as poverty is becom- owners could build a new Stephanie Tacy | Daily Texan Staff ing more regional, it’s also be- apartment building. Kanne Developers want to relocate The Dabney-Horne house, currently located at 507 W. 23rd St., to a different space in West come more concentrated in said he was not surprised the Campus to allow more student housing. high-poverty neighborhoods,” project faced pushback. said Elizabeth Kneebone, a more beds for students, create UT track coach Clyde Little- Austin, a nonprofit organi- of the board of directors at “We’re following all City Brookings Metropolitan Policy more historical sites and make field, which is also being con- zation aimed at preserving Preservation Austin, said lift- staff recommendations on Program fellow and one of the the area safer with less traffic.” sidered for designation as a the architectural and cultural ing the covenant agreement this,” Kanne said. “This change co-authors of the report. The new site for the house historic site. heritage of the Austin area, would set a bad precedent for would increase affordable While the rate of poor housing in the area, create is 901 Shoal Cliff Court, next The main opponent of the according to its website. to the former residence of late relocation is Preservation Alyson McGee, president HOME page 2 POVERTY page 2 CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT Art building roof repair Helgren, Kim discuss goals for term to last until early June By Rachel Lew awareness of the University’s @rachelannlew mental health resources. By Zach Lyons that have plagued the build- Helgren said their platform @iamzachlyons ing for years, the project will Student stories were at the points were inspired by their address updated building heart of the Student Govern- own experiences as well as the Scaffolding and chain-link code requirements for insula- ment president-elect and vice stories people shared. fencing continue to surround tion and drainage holes on the president-elect’s campaign, “Our platform points were parts of the art building as UT’s building’s facade, Jones said. and now that the election is the first thing we did, and Project Management and Con- The new, more effective insula- over, they want to hear more that was intentional,” Helgren struction Services renovates tion should help lower the cost stories to help them create said. “We worked off the sto- much of the building’s roofing. of cooling the building as well. change on campus next year. ries people shared, and we sat PMCS project manager “There will be a tremendous After winning last week’s down and talked about issues Mark Jones said that while increase in [thermal resistance] executive alliance runoff elec- we ourselves are passionate most roofing on the building value, maybe tenfold, on the tion by 2.06 percent, Kevin about — for me it’s mental was intended to last no lon- roof,” Jones said. Helgren and Binna Kim said health, and for Binna it’s the Rachel Zein | Daily Texan file photo ger than 20 years, many of its Students in the art building they are looking forward to issue of sexual assault.” The newly elected executive alliance Kevin Helgren and Binna Kim sections are over 35 years old, have had to contend with nois- appointing members of their The team also hopes to begin to discuss the goals for their term in office. which meant a comprehensive es from the construction, de- executive board and meeting promote culture change, espe- replacement was in order. sign senior Jolie Durand said. with administration to discuss cially in light of this year’s pro- ence at all,” Kim said. “We want ing the affordability and avail- Mike Debow, associate di- “We’ll regulary be in class, platform points. longed executive alliance race. to combine seasoned perspec- ability of fitness programs dur- rector of PMCS’s project man- and it’s extremely loud drilling,” Their goals include forming Kim said she and Helgren plan tives with fresh perspectives, ing mid-terms and finals, and agement division, said the proj- Durand said. “It’s like you’re at a working group of members to create an internal reforma- look at the things that aren’t advocating for the expansion ect’s two million dollar budget a dentist’s office, and you just from various organizations tion committee to initiate working, and cut them out.” of gender-neutral bathrooms is “a significant investment into hear somebody drilling and to address sexual assault, change from within. Other platform points in- and the creation of gender- the long term viability” of the drilling.” including Voices Against “The committee will be clude helping transfer students neutral housing options. art building. Violence and the Women’s composed of both SG veterans feel at home at UT through a In addition to fixing leaks RENOVATION page 2 Resource Agency, and raising and those with no SG experi- mentorship program, improv- SG page 2 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY UT detective hired to focus UT should adopt City poli- Felix fuels Longhorns with UT alumnus creates art TBT: Movie remakes that on sexual assault. cy to fight drunk driving. late home run. show with bat sounds. surpass originals at ONLINE PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 Campaign warns against Guard your goods, create Gilbert brings up-tempo Students prepare for West texting and driving. healthier 40 Acres. offense to Texas. Campus Block Party. ONLINE PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 dailytexanonline.com PAGE 7 2 NEWS Thursday, April 7, 2016 3 HOME continues from page 1 thedailytexan FRAMES FEATURED PHOTO similar cases. “A covenant restriction agreement is between the property owner and an- other party, in this case the City,” McGee said.