Index is actually static, no reason for logic

- views is back to being empty

uta_apps/settings/urls.py

+# django imports
 from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+# app imports
 import uta_apps.views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    url(r'^', uta_apps.views.HomePageView.as_view(), name="index"),
+    url(r'^', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html'), name="index"),
 ]

uta_apps/uta_apps/views.py

@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 # core django imports
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.views.generic import DetailView
+from django.views.generic import DetailView, TemplateView, View
 # third party imports
 from braces.views import LoginRequiredMixin
 from cas.views import login as cas_login
 # app imports
 # from .models import TODO
-
-class HomePageView(DetailView):
-    template_name = 'index.html'
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return render(request, self.template_name)