Name: 4480/Carnaval Mike Quinn Market; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Process color, 4480/Carnaval Mike Quinn Market; Ad Number: 44801 Austin’s Brazilian-Style Mardi GrasNon-Stop Dancing Totally Uninhibited RevelryNearly 100 Drummers! Live, Pulsating Music All Night Long“Best Public Bash” Texas MonthlyFeb. 27, 2O16www.SambaParty.com Palmer Events Center “Hotter than Burning Man. Better than a Rave. The best party of the year.” Friday, February 26, 2016@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidSPORTS PAGE 7LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8COMICS PAGE 6CITYAuto-pedestrian accidents increaseBy Mikaela Cannizzo@mikaelac16Stephanie Martinez-Arndt | Daily Texan StaffA man runs across a crosswalk at Avenue C on Thursday af- ternoon. There has been a rise in car-pedestrian accidents.ACCIDENTS page 2GOP candidates square off in HoustonNATIONALBy Forrest Milburn@forrestmilburnMike McGraw | Daily Texan StaffRepublican presidential candidates Ben Carson, from left, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich partici- pate in the last debate before Super Tuesday at the University of Houston on Thursday night. GOP page 2Ideas, values draw women from Clinton to SandersNATIONALBy Caleb Wong@caleber96WOMEN page 2STATECAMPUSNew Fine Arts degree plan blends technology, creativityHinojosa voices support for Austin’s ban on euthanizationBy Forrest Milburn@forrestmilburnBy Jasleen Shokar@jasleenshokarARTS page 2HINOJOSA page 2In May, Lydia Tsao, a self- described LGBT activist, sup- ported Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination when the former secretary of state announced her candidacy via social media. “I had never heard of Ber- nie Sanders before — I just knew that he was a socialist,” Tsao said. “I didn’t really care for him.” During summer break, how- ever, her friends persuaded her to support Sanders, a 74-year old senator from Vermont and self-identified democratic socialist who is widely consid- ered a serious contender for the Democratic nomination. Tsao, a psychology junior, is now an organizer for political student organization Students for Bernie, and is actively in- volved in campaigning for him on campus. Tsao said Sanders’ progres- sive record drew her away from Hillary Clinton. It had little to do with gender, she said. “What really drew me to him was his longtime support for the LGBT community,” Tsao said. “He was supporting gay rights before Hillary Clinton.” Tsao’s support for Bernie Sanders is indicative of a larger trend of young female voters favoring Sanders over Clinton in the 2016 presidential elec- tion. A recent Wall Street Jour- nal/NBC poll showed 64 per- cent of female voters under 45 backed Bernie Sanders, while just 35 percent backed Hillary Clinton. In the New Hamp- shire primary, 82 percent of Briana Vargas | Daily Texan StaffDemocrat candidate for House District 49 Gina Hinojosa stands with two puppies, Bernie and Hillary, during a rally. Incidents involving pe- destrians being hit by cars on the streets of Austin have increased within the past few years, according to the Austin Police Department. Operations Lt. Blake John- son with the Austin Police De- partment said there were 30 reported pedestrian fatalities in 2015. He said 26 of those incidents were the result of a pedestrian being in a prohib- ited location or crossing the street without a “walk” signal. “About 90 percent of pedes- trian fatalities involve people who were somewhere they shouldn’t have been when they got hit,” Johnson said. “A very small number of total pedestrian fatalities involve somebody who was doing what they should’ve been.” In instances where the pe- destrian was not at fault, John- son said collisions typically occur because of the driver’s failure to yield to pedestrians. Sgt. Brian Dillenberger with the University of Texas Police Department said instances of vehicles hitting pedestrians get have been reported on campus, but not as frequently as in the city because of lower speed limits and more traffic regulations, such as stop signs. According to UTPD re- cords, there have been 12 re- ported collisions around cam- pus involving pedestrians and motor vehicles since 2011. Dillenberger said none of the collisions reported to UTPD resulted in a fatality or HOUSTON — The remain- ing five Republican candidates for president wrestled to set themselves apart on immigra- tion reform Thursday in the fi- nal debate as Texans, and voters from 10 other states prepare to cast their ballots next week. On Thursday, Texas Sen . Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio heavily criticized businessman Donald Trump for saying he is against provid- ing citizenship for undocu- mented immigrants, while also having a history of employing many throughout his career. “It is a mistake to forgive those who break the law to al- low them to become U.S. citi- zens,” Cruz said. “That’s why I’ve led the fight against grant- ing citizenship to those here il- legally, and that’s why I will do the same thing as president.” Trump, who recently secured wins in Nevada, South Two puppies named Bernie and Hillary scurried around supporters of Texas house can- didate Gina Hinojosa Thursday during a rally on the West Mall in support of the no-kill status at Austin animal shelters. As one of the seven Demo- crats running for House Dis- trict 49, the district encom- passing West Campus and UT, Hinojosa stressed her support for the city’s ban on euthanising sick and hurt animals through- out Austin’s shelters. “She understands that be- ing a no-kill status [city] is part of what energizes this city,” Tamala Barksdale, a Hi- nojosa campaign volunteer, said. “She is the person in this race best positioned to repre- sent that value for Austin, and fight any legislation that would come up and jeopardize our no-kill status.” In February 2011, Austin City Council members ap- proved a ban on the euthaniza- tion of animals held in animal shelters, which allowed Austin to hold the title of the largest city in the country with a no- kill status. During the last legislative session, representatives pro- posed House Bill 1274, a bill that, if approved, would have held veterinarians working at animal shelters to higher Live sound mixing, video game displays and a whizzing 3-D printer accompanies fin- ger food and a dark room il- luminated by streaks of fuch- sia stage lights. Students from the Center for Arts and Entertainment Technologies classes in the College of Fine Arts, show- cased their final projects Thursday during the center’s launch event. CAET’s multi-tiered initia- tive begins with launching a new degree program in arts and entertainment technolo- gies in the fall of 2016. “Many of the courses have been running for the last three years,” CAET director Bruce Pennycook said. “But a degree for students officially begins this fall and we’re an- ticipating a big group, maybe over 100, so it’s really exciting for us.” Undergraduate stud- ies freshman Christian Woolen said he felt the at- mosphere in the classes was very nurturing. “You learn, but you don’t know you are learning,” Woolen said. “The profes- sors have such passion and before, I wasn’t confident in my art. Everyone has an ego, and getting over my ego and embracing myself was important.” UT alumna Cindy To, lead designer for her team on a video game called “Color- less,” said the skills she gained in the class sparked her inter- est in gaming as a career. “Having an entire studio set up with other teams pro- vided healthy competition and helped build knowledge,” To said. “It became the whole class helping each other with tips, what works, what doesn’t and it was like a real- life industry experience.” Another aspect of the ini- tiative is the opening of a creative “makerspace,” built in partnership with the Uni- versity’s library system. The Foundry, which will open in the Fine Arts Library this fall, will feature facilities and technology for students and faculty to develop their ideas. “This will be open to every UT card-holding member of our community and will in- clude a video and game mak- ing space with IM game sta- tions, 3-D printing, laser-cut fabric design and a voiceover studio for people who want to make sound effects for the movies they are making,” Name: Scientology; Width: 19p4; Depth: 4 in; Color: Black, Scientology; Ad Number: - 2Why do peoplehurt the onesthey love? FIND OUTBuy and ReadThe Modern Science of Mental HealthBy L. Ron HubbardPrice: $25Church of Scientology of TexasDIANETICS2200 GUADALUPE ST, AUSTIN, TX 78705PH: (512) 474-6631Austin@Scientology.net2NEWSFriday, February 26, 2016Stephanie Martinez-Arndt | Daily Texan StaffA man sits in front of a video installation in the exhibition titled Come As You Are at the Blanton Museum of Art. 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Camilo Sanchez, Andrew Serice Student Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jannice Truong Special Editions/Production Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephen SalisburyACCIDENTScontinues from page 1WOMENcontinues from page 1HINOJOSAcontinues from page 1SG from page 1Helgren, UT from page 1of young female voters voted for Sanders. “[Clinton’s] message reso- nates more with more mature female voters,” government professor Sean Theriault wrote in an email. “Young women do not see their gender as more distinctive than their age, at least at this point in the campaign.” Assistant government pro- fessor Bethany Albertson said Sanders has won over more young voters in gen- eral because the election is driven more by ideology than by experience. “They want the candidate who shares their values, and they see Sanders as more con- sistent with their values,” Alb- ertson said. “They’re less con- cerned with experience.” Feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Al- bright have suggested women have a duty to support Clinton based on their gender. These comments have not helped Clinton persuade young voters to support her, Albertson said. “I think that attitude isn’t helpful,” Albertson said. “It’s so important to get young people involved in poli- tics, and I’m more enthused about that and less enthused about criticizing the ways in which they are forming their political opinions.” Sonia Woiton, a govern- ment junior who volunteers for Hillary for America, said young women have been widely casting their support for candidates based on policy issues, and not on gender. “I think people who don’t support Hillary — especially young girls — it’s not be- cause she’s a woman,” Woiton said. “It’s because they don’t agree with her policy stanc- es or don’t think she’s an inspiring candidate.” Sanders still has to win over minority coalitions be- yond young women — and young people in general — to win the Democratic primary, Albertson said. “Young people are less likely to vote, and that his- torically has been the case, and those differences are magnified when it comes to primaries and caucuses,” Albertson said. “When we think of stereotypical young persons supporting Sanders, we’re tending to be think- ing of someone who’s white — and that’s not always the case, but it becomes re- ally important when you’re thinking about how Sanders is going to play and court young voters.” serious injury. Crowded intersections and areas with high traffic, such as 24th Street and Dean Keeton Street, are prime spots for col- lisions to occur in the campus area, according to Dillen- berger. He said a lack of focus while pedestrians cross the street during congested times, or driver distractions such as navigation systems, typically cause crashes. Johnson said the majority of collisions reported through- out the city occur on roadways with a speed limit of 45 mph or higher, rather than on local streets. He said there is not a specific location that is more problematic than others, but these collisions largely depend on pedestrians’ behaviors. Dillenberger said runners are not necessarily at a higher risk for being hit by vehicles, but warns runners to travel against traffic, in order to view vehicles coming toward them and make adjustments if needed. “The jogger is going to be in the intersection a less amount of time compared to a walker,” Dillenberger said. “It adds to their safety, but because of their speed and the vehicles entering, the vehicle may not see the jogger running into the intersection so it kind of increases their chances of not being seen or noticing the ve- hicle as well.” Finance junior Lauren James said a Ford Escape trav- eling at about 30 mph hit her while she was out for a run at the intersection of Eighth Street and Congress Avenue. She said a bus blocked her view of traffic and the traf- fic signal flashed, but she de- cided to sprint across after two pedestrians in front of her proceeded to walk through the intersection. “I, like most other runners, never expected or thought a car would hit me while run- ning,” James said. “Since the accident, I never cross the street if the red hand cautions me not to. I wait at the light regardless of whether I can tell that people are coming or not.” Carolina and New Hampshire, defended his views on immi- gration and border security Thursday night by arguing he won the majority of votes from Nevada’s latinos in the state’s Feb. 3 caucuses. “[Hispanics] are the rea- son I won Nevada, they are incredible people, they get it,” Trump said. “I’m going to be bringing in a lot of new peo- ple in. We’re building a new Republican Party.” Although some polls have shown Trump with low fa- vorability numbers nation- wide, exit polls from Nevada show Trump won 45 percent of all latino Republicans to Rubio’s and Cruz’s 27 and 18 percent, respectively. While most of the action was between the top three candidates, retired neurosur- geon Ben Carson and Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) were also in Houston, Thursday night, to share their visions to voters. Thursday’s debate was the final chance for candidates to state their case before Su- per Tuesday, when voters in Texas and 10 other states will head to the polls on March 1 to cast their vote. Until Super Tuesday, with a combined 595 total delegates available, most of the candidates had been fighting for a handful of delegates from relatively small states. Trump currently has 82 delegates allocated to him from the early primary states, while Rubio has 17, Cruz 16, and Carson 4. Candidates need 1,237 delegates to secure the nomination. Supporters of Cruz ac- knowledge the senator must perform well in his home state of Texas if he wants to secure the nomination. “People can not stay home,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, who endorsed Cruz Thursday morning. “Texas voters, prob- ably as much as any voter in the United States, [focus] on core conservative values. Ted Cruz embodies those conservative values.” Cruz is currently projected to take the highest portion of the 155 Texas delegates on March 1, with 37 percent choosing Cruz over 29 for Trump and 15 for Rubio, ac- cording to a Texas Tribune poll released Tuesday. “It is Cruz’s home state, and there is a lot of talk and mumbling about whether he’ll win his state or not,” said Col- lege Republicans President Madison Yandell, a govern- ment senior. “If he’s losing his home state, that’s not a good sign going into the rest of the election.” regulatory standards. Opponents of the failed bill, including Hinojosa, argued it would have required veteri- narians to discontinue treating hurt animals until their hold- ing period, which usually lasts three days, had ended and would have led to euthanizing hurt animals as a last resort. Although Austin’s no-kill status is an important issue for many in the city, Hinojosa also stressed her support for investing more higher educa- tion funding, another critical issue for Austinites. “We’re seeing a different re- ality for students than we have in the past with a shrinking middle class in this country and in this state,” Hinojosa said. “It’s all about our futures and our opportunities to engage and be a part of a community.” Hinojosa supporters and students who walked by — mainly to pet the pup- pies — stressed local house races, like the one in Austin, are arguably more important and vital to students and vot- ers than statewide or even presidential races. “What happens in the lo- cal races and primaries affects students more closer to home as opposed to what’s happen- ing in the presidential race on a bigger scale,” said inter- national relations sophomore Anthony Mireles , a supporter of Hinojosa. With early voting coming to an end today, voters can still cast their ballots on campus at the Flawn Academic Center on March 1, election day for Texas voters. Pennycook said. Douglas Dempster, dean of the College of Fine Arts, said we forget the arts and tech- nology are already related. “The arts and technology have always been in constant conversation with each other,” Dempster said. “Just consider that the Greek amphitheater, piano and electric lamp were all technological advances that affected art. Art is con- stantly testing the boundaries of technology.” I think people who don’t support Hill- ary — especially young girls — it’s not because she’s a woman. It’s be- cause they don’t agree with her policy stances or don’t think she’s an inspiring candidate. —Sonia Woiton, Government junior W&N 3Name: 4478/Arbor Car Wash; Width: 19p4; Depth: 4 in; Color: Black, 4478/Arbor Car Wash; Ad Number: 4478 CAMPUS CAMPUS CouponsCouponsadd yours at texanmedia.orgNEWSFriday, February 26, 20163SG candidate teams outline platformsSTUDENT GOVERNMENTHelgren, Kim invite UT to share storiesChapman, Robinson: ‘We give a shit’Dror, Shannon hope to ‘Turn Up Texas’Dimitroff, Guadiana promote actionFridays at 5 p.m. Listen to The Daily Texan newscastBy Rachel Lew@rachelannlewBy Rachel Lew@rachelannlewBy Rachel Lew@rachelannlewBy Rachel Lew@rachelannlewExecutive alliance candi- dates Kallen Dimitroff and Jesse Guadiana come from different backgrounds, differ- ents cities and different cam- pus organizations, but they share a passion for the Univer- sity and its students. Through their platform slogan “Running For What You’re Running Towards,” Dimitroff and Guadiana said they want to bring together the perspectives of all types of students and provide a practi- cal plan to address important student issues. “We want to make sure that students who typically don’t feel represented by Student Government have a voice at the table along with students who are traditionally repre- sented,” Guadiana said. Their platform includes re- working a contract with Ara- mark — the University’s food service provider — in order to provide more healthy food options on campus, repeal- ing certain city sound ordi- nances and providing support for sexual assault survivors. Dimitroff and Guadiana also proposed a system of provid- ing free transcripts. Dimitroff said the money that is made from transcripts provides the money neces- sary to pay the salaries of those who work in the regis- trar’s office and can amount to $125,000-$200,000 every year. Dimitroff said she and Guadiana have come up with solutions to offset the cost of transcripts. “We just got a 3.1 percent tuition increase,” Dimitroff said. “If we could lobby for some of that money to be al- located to the registrar’s office, that would be awesome. UT is also getting a new mainframe system ... we’re hoping that we can move transcripts online, which is already in the works in Senate and get them to be free that way.” Dimitroff said other op- tions include obtaining funds from Student Services Bud- get Committee and making the first five transcripts free for students. Dimitroff and Guadiana are both government seniors but are involved in different groups on campus. Dimitroff is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Lib- eral Arts Council and has been involved in Student Gov- ernment since her freshman year. Guadiana is a member of Sigma Lambda Beta frater- nity, is involved with Latino Community Affairs Agency and worked as an orientation advisor during the summer of 2014. Houstonian Dimitroff said he participated in musical the- ater before college and played soccer for a long time. “I also love to write, watch NPR shows and eat pad Thai,” Dimitroff said. Guadiana, Dallas native, said he loves romantic com- edies, golden retrievers and sports. Both Dimitroff and Guadiana love the show Parks and Recreation. “I feel like I’m living in the show with myself as Ron Swanson and Kallen as Leslie Knope,” Guadiana said. “We don’t always see eye to eye, but we get along and work well together.” Ruddy Reyes, Guadiana’s friend and fraternity brother, said Guadiana is trustworthy and hard-working. “We’re not directly related, but I consider him a brother,” mathematics junior Reyes said. “He’s humble, has a dif- ferent sense of humor than most people and is a good role model for a lot of people, espe- cially for people from a minor- ity background who want to do something for themselves.” Dimitroff’s friend and ad- vertising senior Emily Puig said Dimitroff is the most loyal person she knows. “I believe wholeheartedly that anything she promises the student body during this cam- paign, she will try her hardest to make come to fruition,” Puig said. Photos by Rachel Zein | Daily Texan StaffJonathan Dror and Delisa Shannon are running for ex- ecutive alliance and want to “Turn Up Texas” in the process. Through the platform theme of “#turnuptx,” Dror and Shan- non hope to engage the student body as a whole and simplify students’ daily lives. “Our campaign slogan is #turnuptx, and we think it really embodies both of us,” Dror said. “It’s fun, it’s very relatable, and the main idea behind it is to engage more students, have more turnout at every event and really get more people involved.” Dror and Shannon’s plat- form includes establishing 24/5 hours at the SAC, providing a game day shuttle service from locations such as Riverside and North Campus, taking measures to end sexual as- sault and increasing mental health awareness. “Jonathan [Dror] and I are both passionate about individ- uals on this campus,” Shannon said. “We both have very differ- ent experiences and come from very different backgrounds, but this campus has given us so many opportunities, and we share the want to give back to this campus tenfold what we’ve gotten.” Shannon said their cam- paign hopes to unite the cam- pus by opening pathways for conversation between students from different walks of life. Dror and Shannon want to emphasize Texas traditions and help student athletes feel like a part of the UT commu- nity through an initiative called “Longhorn Fever” that will award points to students who stay at sporting events from start to finish. “For ‘Longhorn Fever,’ the idea behind that is to engage students and increase turnout for sporting events, plays and [lecture] speakers,” Dror said. “We already started speaking with athletics about that, and they realize that attendance at these events are an issue.” Economics junior Dror is a member of Zeta Beta Tau fra- ternity, has served as university wide representative in Student Government and is involved in the Ransom Notes acapella group. Journalism junior Shan- non is vice president of Texas Pom, brand ambassador for the University Co-op and so- cial media chair for the Society of Professional Journalists. Dror is a first-generation college student from Houston, Texas. When he was younger, Dror said he wished was on Disney’s “Suite Life of Zach and Cody.” In addition to his love for classic Disney Channel shows and movies, Dror said he is obsessed with mashed potatoes. Samantha Reichstein, Dror’s longtime friend and journal- ism junior, said Dror is one of the most genuine friends she has. “I’ve had the privilege of being his friend since middle school, and to watch him transform into the leader he is today is an awesome ex- perience,” Reichstein said. “He instantly connects with anyone he meets, is confident and isn’t afraid to do things he is passionate about. He’s a natural-born leader, a go-getter and someone who is ready to implement unique and creative ideas to the 40 Acres.” Shannon said she enjoys long walks in the rain, the Dis- ney movie Hercules — which she watches at least three times a week — she hates bad wi-fi. Julianna Nicks, Shannon’s friend and rhetoric and writing junior, said Shannon is a uni- versal person that gets along with everyone she meets. “She’s down for everything,” Nicks said. “I’ve known her for years and she’s the best friend I could call to watch a movie or to go out. She’s friends with any and every type of person there is.” Executive alliance candi- dates Daniel James Chapman and Austin James Robinson have two things in common: they have the same middle name and, more importantly, they give a shit. Economics and mathemat- ics senior Chapman, econom- ics and mathematics senior is involved in Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honors Society, and Q&A, an LGBTQ Asian-American group. He is also the advocacy policy di- rector within the Executive Branch of Student Govern- ment. Robinson, English and UTeach liberal arts senior, is involved in Texas Blaz- ers, Alpha Phi Omega and Education Council. Chapman and Robinson filmed a campaign video at Texas A&M asking students if they have heard of cur- rent UT Student Govern- ment President Xavier Rot- nofsky and Vice President Rohit Mandalapu. “Wait, that was A&M?” Robinson said. “I thought that was UT. But serious- ly, we just wanted to make people laugh and trick some Aggies in the process. You’d be surprised at the amount of students at A&M who think that Rotnofsky-Mandalapu is their current study body executive alliance.” Chapman said the campaign theme “We Give a Shit” was in- spired by his friend’s idea. “We give a shit in the sense that we truly care about all stu- dents here at UT, not just the ones who vote in SG elections,” Chapman said. “This is some- thing we touch on in our plat- form — trying to get students civically engaged not just with SG but with city and state poli- tics as well.” Their platform includes pro- moting real inclusivity, increas- ing university affordability, ad- dressing the issues of student mental health and of sexual assault and making UT more democratic by adding Student Government assembly seats for various geographic regions including West Campus, North Campus and Riverside. “People think we’re in the race only for satirical purposes, but we are 100 percent serious,” Chapman said. Delaynie Fritz, Chapman’s friend and history sopho- more, said Chapman is always helping people. She met Chapman while volunteer- ing at a camp for middle and high schoolers. “He’s always going out of his way for the people he cares about — which seems to be everyone he meets,” Fritz said. “He gets super involved in things he’s passionate about.” Robinson, a first-gener- ation college student from Brownwood, Texas, said he loves volunteering, specifi- cally for educational purposes such as at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and VICTORY Tu- torial. Robinson said he is the most qualified because he has the same name as one of Barack Obama’s nephews. Robinson, who hopes to be a high school English teacher, said his mom is mad at him for including the word “shit” in his campaign and thinks he should change it to “shoot.” Christina Boatman, Rob- inson’s friend and social work junior, said Robinson is the greatest friend and mentor she has ever had. “He is incredibly selfless and the greatest source of support in my life,” Boatman said. “When I was changing my major, Austin [Robinson] supported me every step of the way and even got me in contact with the assistant dean of the School of Social Work. His compassion and dedication towards others is definitely something that makes him stand out among his peers.” be in amount walker,” adds to because of vehicles may not into kind of of not the ve- Lauren trav- hit her a run Eighth Avenue. blocked her traf- she de- after of her through runners, thought a run- Since the cross the cautions light can tell or not.” Executive alliance can- didates Kevin Helgren and Binna Kim want to encourage students to share their stories — all 50,000 of them. Through the campaign theme “Share Your Story,” Helgren and Kim hope to encourage participation from students who are not typi- cally involved with Student Government and to listen to the unique experiences of UT students. Helgren and Kim’s plat- form includes combating sex- ual assault, building a home atmosphere for students who are new to the University, in- creasing food and exercise options, representing the di- versity of students and elimi- nating the stigma associated with mental illness. Helgren, a neuroscience and psychology senior, has served as a university wide representative in Student Government, student direc- tor at Camp Texas, media and public relations chair of Texas 4000 and student ambassa- dor in the Office of Admis- sions. Marketing junior Kim is the Kappa Delta delegate for University Panhellenic Council, a founding mem- ber of Not On My Campus and serves on the executive board for Undergraduate Business Council. Helgren, who grew up in Austin, said he was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome — a neurological disorder char- acterized by repetitive, in- voluntary movements — in sixth grade and said mental health is an issue he is deeply passionate about. “Binna and I want to work with CMHC and bring aware- ness to existing resources as well as establish MindBody Labs [self-paced environ- ments designed to help UT students explore resources for improving their emotional and physical health] in the SAC,” Helgren said. “We also want to include a list of men- tal health resources on the dorm desks of all incoming students and create a week devoted to ending the stigma surrounding mental illness.” Kim said she and Helgren would like to mainstream communication with or- ganizations that combat sexual assault, such as Voices Against Violence and Not On My Campus. “We want to create a cul- ture that is supportive of and receptive to the stories of sexual assault survivors,” Kim said. “We want them to be able to share their stories if that is what will help them overcome their experiences.” Helgren said his peak was the time he sang “Jar of Hearts” and performed an interpretive dance in a male beauty pageant dur- ing his sophomore year at t he University. Brittany Le, Helgren’s friend and biology senior, said she has never met anyone who is more passionate about UT and its students. “He is one of the most driven people that I have ever met,” Le said. “The thing that drives him and makes him a successful leader is his passion and unwavering dedication to people. I know that if I ever needed Kevin for anything, he would drop everything in an instant and be there for me.” Kim is from Plano, Texas, loves basketball and said her claim to fame is winning the championship game with her middle school basketball team, The Little Dribblers. Tyler Scott, Kim’s friend and marketing senior, said Kim makes everyone around her feel appreciated without expecting anything in return. “Binna [Kim] sets all of her goals with the intention of reaching and impacting as many people as possible,” Scott said. “I think our cam- pus could greatly benefit from having someone like her at the forefront — she just sim- ply gets people.” engage community.” and walked by pup- house Austin, important and vot- even the lo- affects home happen- race inter- sophomore supporter coming can still campus at Center day for Austin James Robinson (VP) and Daniel James Chapman (P) Binna Kim (VP) and Kevin Helgren (P) Delisa Shannon (VP) and Jonathan Dror (P) Kallen Dimitroff (P) and Jesse Guadiana (VP) After winning three straight Republican contests in New Hampshire, South Caro- lina and Nevada, Donald Trump is closer than ever to becoming the Republican presidential nominee. Trump has been able to win these states with little more than 30 percent of the votes due to the fact that the GOP field is so heavily divided. At this point, the only way to stop Trump is for three of the remaining four non- Trump candidates to drop out and support the one most able to defeat Trump in a one- on-one primary. And the best candidate to do that is Senator Marco Rubio. According to State Rep. Jason Isaac (R- Dripping Spring), Rubio’s Texas co-chair, “if this was a Trump vs. Rubio race, Rubio would win overwhelmingly.” Polling shows that Rubio would defeat Trump 57 percent to 41 percent in a one- on-one primary. Though Ted Cruz claims that it is a two- man race between him and Trump, this is certainly a stretch when Cruz placed third to Rubio’s second in the two most recent contests in South Carolina and Nevada. The reality is, Cruz has hit his ceiling of support like the two past winners of the Iowa cau- cus, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. Even worse, in the South Carolina Republican primary, Trump beat Cruz among evangelical and conservative vot- ers, two groups thought to be Cruz’s core base of support. “Cruz, Kasich and Carson have to real- ize that staying in the race would lead to a Clinton or Sanders presidency,” Isaac said. According to a recent Fox News Poll, Clinton would defeat Trump by 5 percent, while Sanders would crush Trump by 15 percent. Polls also show Rubio would per- form better against Clinton and Sanders than Cruz. I hope people don’t make the same mis- take I did, which was voting for my first choice candidate, who ended up dropping out a few days later. If your first choice is Cruz, Kasich or Carson, you should strongly consider voting for Rubio instead. If Cruz wins the Texas primary, the race will drag on until Trump becomes the Re- publican nominee. If Cruz loses in Texas, he will likely drop out, allowing Rubio to defeat Trump. A recent poll shows a three- way race within the margin of error in the Texas Republican primary: Cruz sits at 29 percent, Trump at 28 percent and Rubio at 25 percent. Rubio outperformed the poll- ing average by 6.2 percent in Iowa and 3.7 percent in South Carolina, so he is in striking distance of placing first in Texas. If you want a Republican president, you should vote for Rubio. A vote for some- one other than Rubio will help Trump win the Republican nomination, which will in turn help Clinton or Sanders become President. Rubio is the only candidate that can unite the Republican Party and defeat the Democratic nominee. Make your vote count and vote for Rubio. Hung is a second year law student from Brownsville. In just the past two weeks, two Sikhs were stopped by airport security. Actor Waris Ahluwalia was told that he could not board his Aeroméxico flight because of his turban. Airline officials didn’t budge. He spent another night in Mexico in protest, after which the airline issued a formal apology vowing to strengthen its protocols to better reflect the cultural and religious values of its customers. This type of discrimination, unfortunately, is far from isolated. Just this past Monday, Youtuber Jasmeet Singh, known as JusReign to his viewers, was also asked to remove his turban dur- ing his encounter with airport security’s extra screening. After finding nothing suspicious in Singh’s turban, he asked for a mirror to re- wrap it, but the security had the audacity to tell him to simply walk over to the near- est restroom in the terminal. It may be difficult for those who don’t wear extra religious clothing to under- stand its significance to an individual who never walks out of the house without a headdress. To both Muslim women and Sikh men, their respective headdresses are an integral part of their appearance. It isn’t just something thrown on with an outfit, but rather represents their devotion to their religion. A turban is of huge cultural importance for Sikhs and represents dig- nity and courage. “I rarely fly because I’m constantly wor- ried about how TSA and [how] other pas- sengers will react to me boarding a plane,” biology senior Sunny Sandhu said. “The funny thing is that I’m heading to North Carolina this March to present at the Southern College Health Association Conference, and I’m actually more worried about going through security at the airport than I am about my 90 minute presentation.” Both Singh and Ahluwalia have proven that it is possible to be successful in the entertainment industry, while still wear- ing turbans and practicing Sikhism. Yet, both encounters have proven that if you’re successful at what you do but you look dif- ferent, you have to prove your humanity more than everyone else. Ahluwalia remarks that in the midst of his reaction to the Aeroméxico staff, he realized their training did not prepare them to respectfully handle other cul- tures. The problem is the education of some staff and the policy they enact be- cause of their prejudice. “Honestly it’s depressing to think how society has linked the definition of ter- ror with a specific outward appearance,” Sandhu said. “I may have a dark complex- ion and wear a religious headdress, but I’m just as concerned about the national security of this country like any other American. We should be judged by our actions and contributions to society, not by how we look. The way that JusReign was treated is disgusting.” The very essence of this country is di- versity. When a country that was found- ed on religious tolerance fails to respect the differences of others’ practices, it has failed to its core. A turban isn’t equivalent to a hat. There are centuries of religious and cultural sig- nificance behind it that should be respect- ed. When JusReign was asked by the TSA staff simply walk to the closest restroom, the staff failed to understand the impor- tance behind the turban to a Sikh and of- fered an unreasonable alternative. If the TSA feels threatened by every seemingly religious person, they should at least pro- vide mirrors and appropriate protocol for them to proceed on their flight. Saifullah is a neuroscience sophomore from Richardson. In California, “wrap it up” took on a new meaning in the adult film industry after state officials attempted to approve a measure that would have required porno- graphic actors to wear condoms on set. On paper it made sense, despite the strong op- position from within the industry. Howev- er, the regulation became impotent when it fell one vote shy of passing, a thought still lingers — how could a thin sheath of latex jeopardize the porn industry? For porn to survive, it should cater to the fantasy of its audience. To put it gen- tly, the reflective foil of a condom turns off viewers because it jerks them back into into the cold, clammy hands of reality. The hard truth to swallow is that the adult film industry is not responsible for teaching the ABCs of safe sex, and wearing con- doms only hinders their business. Supporters for this statewide initiative attempted to kill two birds with one stone by arguing the regulation would not only protect the performer’s health, but also promote safe sex practices. Adult perform- ers are already required to be tested every 14 days to prevent a breakout of sexually transmitted diseases. Instead, the most significant change for the industry is that the initiative inadvertently turns porn into a PSA announcement. At the end of the day, adult films are fictional. This is apparent when you take into consideration that the average Joe’s rumpus lasts any where from three to seven minutes. In porn time, a seven to 15 minute scene might take up to an hour to film, and with a rubber, friction is not their friend. It’s entertainment, plain and simple. People don’t learn to drive from watching “The Fast and Furious.” They learn under a fluorescent lit classroom with a manual in hand. So why should porn be a substi- tute for safe-sex education? This facilitates a conversation about the inadequacy of the U.S. sex education sys- tem. I can already sense a PTA mother burn her quiche as I proclaim that an unsurpris- ing amount of teenagers are learning about sex through porn. Consequently, many teens have an unrealistic expectation about what sex should be. The U.S. sex education system is border- line puritanical, at best. Regularly failing to teach students how to use and obtain condoms, the inadequate sex education system has caused a pandemic of misin- formation, especially since accessing porn is as easy as turning safe-search off. Porn is not meant to teach teens about sex. But the lack of proper, comprehensive sex education creates unrealistic expectations about sex for these inexperienced students. There are efforts to differentiate fact from fiction, as Obama recently removed abstinence-only education from the fed- eral budget. What is necessary is an effort to teach teens about sex, but changing the ins-and-outs of the porn industry isn’t the answer. After all, sharing is caring. But a condom would beg to differ. Fernandez is a Spanish and rhetoric and writing junior from Allen. 4 OPINION4CLAIRE SMITH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | @TexanEditorialFriday, February 26, 2016LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE | E-mail your Firing Lines to editor@dailytexanonline.com. 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COLUMNGOP must rally behind Rubio to avoid TrumpBy Daniel HungDaily Texan Columnist @DailyTexanEditorialIllustration by Albert Lee | Daily Texan StaffBy Alyssa FernandezDaily Texan Columnist @blancoalyssaCOLUMNPorn is the misleading stand-in for real sex educationIllustration by Lexi Acevedo | Daily Texan StaffCOLUMNAirport screening process needs more cultural understandingBy Khadija SaifullahDaily Texan Senior Columnist @coolstorysunaoCruz, Kasich and Carson have to realize that staying in the race would lead to a Clinton or Sanders presidency. — Jason Isaac, State Representative (R-Dripping Springs) I rarely fly because I’m constantly worried about how TSA and [how] other passengers will react to me boarding a plane. 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Abilene Christian sent two different pitchers to the mound in the inning, but the change didn’t slow Texas down. Sixteen Longhorn hitters went to the plate and all nine starters got on base. Senior outfielder Rachel Scott entered the game as a pinch hitter and tabbed her first hit and RBI of the season. The second inning wasn’t quite as explosive, but it did give some of the Longhorn reserves a chance to come to the plate. Senior Holly Kern, junior Taylor McAllister and freshman Bekah Alcozer all en- tered the game as pinch hitters. McAllister hit a RBI single to left field, and Alcozer recorded her second hit of the season. “I’m real pleased with the effort from our hitters the first half of the game,” head coach Connie Clark said. “I love that we’re able to get some different people in. Good, solid team ef- fort to be able to get everyone some looks.” The Wildcats got small vic- tories in the second half of the game. Defensively, they kept Texas scoreless in the third and sent the Longhorns down in order in the fourth. They put a couple of scoring threats together and were able to capi- talize by putting a run on the board in the fifth. Junior pitcher Tiarra Da- vis got the win for Texas, but struggled at times. Although she gave up just four hits, she walked four Wildcats and al- lowed Abilene Christian to get its leadoff hitter on base in four of the five innings played. “Tiarra labored a little bit to- night,” Clark said. “She struggled, had too many walks and wasn’t hitting her marks real well. But she kept a good mindset and that’s what you’re looking for.” Texas and Abilene Christian will rematch on Friday at noon before the Longhorns take on Tulsa at 2:30 p.m.. Texas is five wins away from tying the best start in program history, but that’s not where the focus is. “We’re not thinking about that at all,” Hathaway said. “We just need to make sure we’re playing our game, not get too carried away and focus on do- ing what we can right now.” There’s a single moment of quiet, when the water is still amidst the chaos of cowbells and whistling. With a single beep and simultaneous splash — the women’s 400 medley relay began. The burnt orange on the sidelines erupted in cheers minutes later as the relay team of Madisyn Cox, Tasija Karosas, Rebecca Millard and Mimi Schneider came in first with a time of 3:30.43, setting a meet and conference record. A raucous crowd showed up to the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center for the second night of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Cham- pionship, where Texas swept every event of the evening. Freshman Townley Haas began the night for the No. 1 Texas men’s team, earning his first Big 12 title with a win in the 500 freestyle, with a time fast enough to make him the all-time fifth-fastest Long- horn in the event. Last year’s Big 12 Swimmer of the Year, junior Will Licon, earned the sixth fastest time in the country this season in the 200 individual medley. This was Licon’s second con- secutive title in the event. Freshman Tate Jackson swam a personal best in the 50 freestyle, earning his first Big 12 title, with sophomore Brett Ringgold and senior John Murray taking second and third, respectively. Texas capped off the night with the 400-yard medley relay, where John Shebat, Licon, Joseph Schooling and Jack Conger set a Big 12 meet record. Freshman Joanna Evans broke the 4:40 mark in the 500-yard freestyle event, the first Longhorn to do so in 24 years, earning her first Big 12 title. “That has been an elusive goal for the program, and obviously for a long time,” head coach Carol Capitani said on Evans’ swim. “I was talking to one of our alumni, and 24 years ago they had three people go under 4:40. They were all Olympians, and they were tough.” Cox took the 200 indi- vidual medley for the third consecutive year and posted a meet record. In the one-meter spring- board diving final, senior Meghan Houston won her first Big 12 crown after finishing second in the event in 2015. Going into day three of the Big 12 Championships, both Texas teams have a comfort- able lead. The men hold an 82-point advantage over West Virginia while the women sit 172.5 points ahead of second place Iowa State. SOFTBALLBy Claire Cruz@claireecruz5TRACK & FIELDFor the past weeks, the Longhorn track and field ath- letes have focused more on their individual performances. But now, with the Big 12 In- door Championships at hand, the focus is on defending their team titles. “In our previous meets throughout the year, it’s about performing in your best in your individual events,” senior sprinter Morolake Akinosun said. “But at the conference meet, the team aspect of track and field really comes out.” Longhorn men won last year’s championships by a historic margin of 44.5 points, tallying 140 points total. Senior sprinter Zack Bilderback emphasized their desire to light the Tower orange once again. “I feel like everyone is will- ing to do whatever is necessary to win,” Bilderback said. If they told me to go run the mile or the 800, I would say, ‘OK, sure, if it’s what I got to do.’ Whatever it takes to win the trophy.” Bilderback, who holds the school record in the 400-meter at 45.98 seconds, will be look- ing for a 1-2 finish with team- mates junior A.J. Bailey Jr. or junior Chris Irvin in the 400. Byron Robinson will join the group in the men’s 4x400 meter relay, which currently stands at No. 13 in the NCAA. On the field, the men hope to claim titles in long jump and shot put. Freshman jumper Steffin McCarter currently stands 9 centimeters behind the conference leader, Kansas State jumper Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye. Senior thrower Ryan Crouser hopes to become the first collegiate to throw 70 feet in the shot put. Last year, the Texas wom- en seized the title with the final event, the 4x400 me- ter relay, overtaking Kansas State in an overall tally of 139 to 132.5 points. This year’s 4x400 meter relay team consisting of Morolake Akinosun, Chrisann Gordon, Ariel Jones and Courtney Oko- lo currently ranks No. 1 in the NCAA. Akinosun is also look- ing for a 1-2 finish alongside freshman Teahna Daniels in the 60-meter. Looking to add more points to the board are senior Court- ney Okolo and junior Chri- sann Gordon in the 400-meter. Okolo currently holds the fast- est time in the world at 51.16 seconds, while Gordon stands at No. 3 in the Big 12. The Big 12 Indoor Cham- pionships are the first step to- wards the NCAA Champion- ships on March 11 and 12. But head coach Mario Sategna said they’re not looking ahead. “The goal that we first talk about in our first team meet- ings is first and foremost the conference championship,” Sat- egna said. “We are not looking ahead to the NCAAs, it’s really solidifying and adding to that history and tradition.” By Leah Vann@Vanntastic_LeahZoe Fu | Daily Texan StaffJunior Will Licon swims in a relay at the Big 12 champion- ships on Thursday. Texas swept day two. SWIMMING & DIVINGBy Adair Odom@adair_odomTexas takes day two of Big 12 ChampionshipsBig 12 Indoor Championships await TexasBig first inning propels Longhorns to winJoshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffFreshman outfielder/catcher Reagan Hathaway prepares to catch a fly ball against Abilene Christian on Thursday. 6 SPTS6Friday, February 26, 2016COMICSToday’s solution will appear here next issue SUDOKUFORYOU 7 2 3 6 2 1 4 5 3 6 5 1 3 9 4 8 7 1 3 5 4 9 1 6 7 8 7 4 8 9 4 7 7 3 6 1 8 4 5 7 2 92 4 5 7 3 9 1 8 69 8 7 6 2 1 3 5 46 5 4 2 8 7 9 1 37 9 8 1 6 3 2 4 51 3 2 5 9 4 6 7 88 1 6 3 5 2 4 9 75 2 9 4 7 6 8 3 14 7 3 9 1 8 5 6 2 A win at Tennessee, a trip to the Sweet 16, at least a second place finish in Big 12 play, two engagements and over a dozen individual awards: these are just a few items on the 2016 senior class’s resume. But even with a resume as extensive as that, senior guard Empress Davenport doesn’t predict she’ll cry Saturday night as she plays TCU (15-12, 7-9 Big 12) at 7 p.m. on “Senior Night.” “No, I can’t do that,” Dav- enport said as she laughed, adding that fellow senior center Imani Boyette “prob- ably will, you know she’s a very emotional person.” Davenport, Boyette and senior guards Celina Rodri- go and Brady Sanders came in with head coach Karen Aston four years ago. In their first season together, they finished with a 12-18 record. Since then, the No. 8 Long- horns (25-2, 14-2 Big 12) have become a top-ten team in the country, winning 25 games for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Head coach Karen Aston said the seniors’ commitment makes them special. “Every time we turn around we are doing some- thing that has never been done,” Aston said. “It’s a lot to them, and it’s a lot to our team that we are accom- plishing things on a daily basis that haven’t been done in ten years.” While each of the seniors contributes to the team in their own way, Aston said they all play a huge part in the team’s overall success. Rodrigo has been the starting point guard for all four years and anchor of the backcourt. Davenport is also a four-year starter and according to Aston, always guards the other team’s best offensive player. Boyette, too, has been a regular starter and nearly averages a double double. Sanders, who has seen her minutes decrease since last season, has been a key contributor off the bench, averaging 2.5 points and about one assist per game. The former starter said she prepares the same, regard- less the amount of minutes she plays. “This is really all the bas- ketball I have left so whether its reps in practice or minutes in a game, I value them the same,” Sanders said. “For me, it’s not hard whether I play one minute, thirty seconds or twenty minutes, it’s all the same to me.” Like Sanders, Rodrigo re- alizes her time is almost up, but can’t believe how fast the four years flew by. “I can’t believe I’m a se- nior already,” Rodrigo said. “I’ve enjoyed every moment. I’m just proud to be out there and represent Texas.” The seniors still have goals to reach and their lega- cy is unfinished. A potential Big 12 championship and long NCAA Tournament run still hang in the balance. But Aston said regardless of what happens from here on out, they’ve left an impact on the program. “This group never wa- vered from wanting to make a difference at Texas, and I think that’s going to be something that they will be really proud of,” Aston said. COMICS 77JACOB MARTELLA, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsFriday, February 26, 2016MEN’S BASKETBALLTaylor, Texas admiring Hield’s gameIsaiah Taylor thought about who should win Big 12 Player of the Year. The junior guard listed off some of the usual sus- pects — Iowa State senior forward Georges Niang, Kansas forward Perry Ellis and even himself. He didn’t explicitly say it, Taylor couldn’t hide his ad- miration for Buddy Hield — the Oklahoma senior guard who ripped Texas’ heart out on Feb. 8 in Norman, but also Taylor’s buddy. “He’s a good player, he’s a friend of mine,” Taylor said. “Being at camps with him throughout the whole sum- mer, I’ve been watching him.” The two will meet for the last time on Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center, when No. 25 Texas hosts No. 3 Oklahoma. They became friends well before Saturday, though. Hield and Taylor connected right be- fore Taylor’s sophomore year when they both attended a LeBron James camp in Las Ve- gas. Since then, the two have taken different paths. Hield is a favorite for plenty of national honors on the No. 3 team in the country and is a likely lot- tery pick in this year’s NBA Draft. On the court, Hield has improved his scoring average from 17.4 points last year to 25.1 this year. Taylor, meanwhile, had an up-and-down sophomore campaign that ended in a coaching change for Texas. But, like Hield, he has im- proved as well, averaging career-highs in points, assists and field-goal percentage. “He’s a good player,” Taylor said. “We just want to make it tough on him and get the ball out of his hands.” The Longhorns did that for nearly 39 minutes the first time Texas and Okla- homa met up this season. Texas kept Hield in check for most of that night, but Hield scored the final 12 points of the game, including a game winning 3-pointer. It wasn’t the first time Hield has put Oklahoma on his back, and even Long- horns other than Taylor have taken notice of his game. “We’ve watched him from afar just to see how success- ful he’s been,” senior guard Javan Felix said. “He’s been tearing it up the whole year.” Head coach Shaka Smart has taken notice as well. “They’ve got Hield, who’s an assassin,” Smart said. “He’s the nicest guy in the world, but he’s an assassin.” The admiration is recip- rocated. After Hield beat the Longhorns the first time just a few weeks ago, he praised what Texas is doing under Smart. “They fight, they’re always going to be fighting,” Hield told ESPN. “The Red River Rivalry is always about the fight, it always comes down to the last second.” But it’s Taylor who said he has enjoyed watching Hield improve from year-to-year and doing well — unless it’s against the Longhorns. “I want to see everyone do good, not versus us, but I want to see everybody do good,” Taylor said. “Espe- cially people I know. Just to see everybody live out their dreams, it’s a great feeling.” As long as they’re not play- ing against each other, they’ll still be buddies. By Akshay Mirchandani@amirchandani41Mike McGraw | Daily Texan StaffJunior guard Isaiah Taylor looks to make a play against Texas Tech on Feb. 6. Taylor and the Longhorns play Buddy Hield and the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Sooners beat Texas 63-60 in Feb. 8. WOMEN’S BASKETBALLLonghorns ready for senior night against Horned Frogs Stanford takes down Texas in extra inningsBASEBALL | STANFORD 1-0 TEXASJoshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffSenior guard Empress Davenport protects the ball against two Oklahoma State defenders. Davenport and the rest of the seniors celebrate senior night on Saturday against TCU. By Jasmine C. Johnson@AllThatJasssJoshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffFreshman pitcher Nolan Kingham winds up to throw a pitch against Stanford. The Longhorns lost 1-0 in extra innings. SIDELINENBAWARRIORS MAGIC Every time we turn around we are doing something that has never been done. —Karen Aston, Head coachHe who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. Javan Felix@JavanFelix3TOP TWEETTODAY IN HISTORY1989Dallas Cowboys fire Tom Landry after 29 years. Women’s tennis traveling to AlabamaThe Longhorns will hit the road again this week- end for the Blue Gray Classic in Montgomery, Alabama, after a brief few days back in Austin. In attendance along with Texas will be Ala- bama, Auburn, Big 12 op- ponent Oklahoma State, Pepperdine and Princeton. No. 58 Texas will open the weekend against the No. 10 Pepperdine Waves. The Waves are bringing along their top player, 4th in ITA rankings, freshman Luisa Stefani. Stefani has been ranked as high as No. 10 in the ITF junior world ranking and was one of the top-ranked recruits in the world before committing to Pepperdine. Texas’ own top-10 ranked senior Breaunna Addison will be looking to keep up her singles winning streak. Addi- son is currently sitting with eight straight wins Breaunna Addison eight straight wins under her belt and is ninth in the ITA rankings. To beat the Pepperdine squad, Texas will need to break their two-week los- ing streak and get their first win on the road. “The 4-3 result is em- blematic of the direction this team is taking,” first- year head coach Howard Joffe said about last week’s loss to Duke. The winner of the first match will move on to play either No. 28 Alabama, who has won the tourna- ment the last two years, or unranked Princeton. Longhorn play begins at 12:30 p.m. Friday. —Aspen DetrickSPORTS BRIEFLYPELICANS THUNDER CELTICS BUCKS Texas scored 21 runs against UNLV last weekend, including 18 in the series’ fi- nal two games. It could have used some of those runs on Thursday night. The Longhorns fell to Stan- ford 1–0 in an old fashioned pitchers duel at UFCU– Disch Falk Field. Texas had numerous opportunities to win the game with runners in scoring position through- out the night, but none came to fruition. “We struck out more than they did, but we also hit balls hard,” head coach Augie Gar- rido said. “So the game went 0–0 for a long time. We had some quality at bats, it just didn’t produce results.” Both teams trotted out true freshmen in the open- ing contest of the weekend. Freshman Nolan Kingham stranded runners in each of his first three innings for the Longhorns, while Stanford’s Kris Bubic threw with pin- point command. Bubic came onto the hill throwing darts for the Cardinal, striking out the side in the top of the first. After three frames, neither squad was able to break the scoreless tie. “Coming off the third in- ning, I wasn’t really in con- trol” Kingham said. “But I had a short inning in the fourth and fifth, and I felt like I had some good stuff there.” Both starters were pulled prior to the fifth inning, giving way for both bull- pens. But hitters couldn’t even get to them. After Kingham’s 4 2/3 inning outing, the Texas bullpen went nearly seven consecutive innings with- out giving up a run. Garrido said a strong bullpen is criti- cal if Texas wants to succeed in 2016. “[The bullpen] gave us a lot of good innings,” Garrido said. “They really did well, and competed, and that’s a good sign.” Texas threatened in both the ninth and tenth innings, even loading the bases in the tenth. But both times the Longhorns failed to convert, striking out to end each frame. The lineup that proved so potent the week before ended Thursday night with 18 team strikeouts. The Longhorns inability to score runs finally caught up to them in the top of the 12th. The Cardinal loaded the bases with one out, and scored on a grounder to third as Texas was unable to turn a double play. Just as they had all night, Texas failed to produce in the 12th. The Longhorns went down meekly, unable to advance a runner into scoring position. Despite a frustrating loss, Garrido said it shouldn’t be at the forefront of their mind. “What I asked them to do was, don’t dwell on the loss,” Garrido said. “Get all of your negative thoughts out of your mind because of one run.” By Michael Shapiro@mshap2 It took a journey of over 5,000 miles for Jordan Ring to realize human trafficking was much closer to home than she could imagine. Ring first learned about human trafficking while visiting Bosnia and Herze- govina. She said even years after the Bosnian War, she could still see the after- math of using systematic rape as a tool for warfare. But it wasn’t until she re- turned home to Louisiana that she discovered hu- man trafficking wasn’t just a postwar phenomenon in faraway countries, but a widespread problem oc- curring in almost every major city in America. The prevalence of hu- man trafficking led Ring to community activism and to eventually becoming the community engage- ment coordinator for Allies Against Slavery, an Austin- based nonprofit that seeks to make cities across Texas slavery-free through educa- tion and advocacy. “All of my connections kept pointing me to Allies Against Slavery — it was one of the first things I did when I moved to Austin,” Ring said. “It’s a space for the community to come together — no matter their background — about an is- sue they care deeply about.” John Nehme, Allies presi- dent and CEO, has led the organization since its start. He said that instead of try- ing to be a voice for the voiceless, Allies focuses on walking alongside victims as they share their own stories. “Listening to some- one who has survived this and hearing them reach new levels of healing and self-aware- ness, being empowered to tell their story — it’s extremely powerful to watch,” Nehme said. For the past five years, Nehme has worked to share these experiences by producing the documen- tary “American Love Story,” which follows the life of a sex trafficking survivor. “So many people want a quick, sensational story,” Nehme said. “We want to learn, we want to walk with you and tell a differ- ent story. We had to earn it and say, ‘This cause is our cause, as well.’” When big festivals like Austin City Limits or South By Southwest pass through Austin, they bring with them big busi- ness — from tourism to human trafficking. “We often think about it as being kidnapped, being snatched off the street, and their mobility is restricted and there are locks, bars, chains and sometimes that is the case, but more often [it’s] force, fraud and coer- cion,” social work lecturer Laurie Heffron said. Human trafficking, the act of exploiting another human for sexual or eco- nomic gain by force, fraud or coercion, is the fast- est growing crime in the world. According to a 2012 report from the United Nations crime-fighting of- fice, 2.4 million people are regularly falling victim to human sex trafficking. Victims fall into traf- ficking, or modern slav- ery, several different ways. Heffron, whose research focuses on human traffick- ing, said some individuals are approached and re- cruited in their hometown, others get involved after hiring a smuggler to assist them in illegally immigrat- ing to the United States. “It could be somebody who is down on their luck, trying to put food on the table for their family, and they run into someone who knows somebody who knows somebody with a job in the U.S.,” Heffron said. Many of the survivors the Austin Police Depart- ment comes into contact with are juveniles, most of whom have run away from home or were drawn out over the internet. APD Sgt. Bob Miljenovich, head of the Human Trafficking Vice Unit, said it’s become more common for traffickers to recruit and exploit their victims online. Once pimps or traffickers come into contact with the victim, they coerce them into com- plying and deliver them to clients for just a night. Trafficking can occur in ominous abandoned manufacturing plants or inconspicuous bars or massage parlors with se- cret back rooms. To remain relatively mobile and avoid law enforcement, Heffron said some traffickers oper- ate out of houses or apart- ments, known as residen- tial brothels. The fraud and coercion components are often stronger than brute force when it comes to traffick- ing. Traffickers often use threats of violence, or de- portation for unauthorized immigrants, to create a cli- mate of fear, coercing the victim into complying. “Similar to the way we might think about domes- tic violence, and how a lot of times it’s just power and control that one party wields over the other, that is really very powerful,” Heffron said. “They don’t always have to resort to physical or sexual violence.” Because they often go unnoticed, Miljenov- ich said it’s important to recognize the signs that someone may be a trafficking victim. “You’re looking for somebody who’s obvi- ously under the control of somebody else,” Miljen- ovich said. “[It’s typically] somebody who’s fearful, who obviously isn’t able to make their own decisions. Someone else might con- trol their money or their identifying information. They might make very simple decisions for them — when they go to the bathroom, when they eat, when they sleep.” While Miljenovich said there’s been an increase in public awareness, there needs to be an increase in community involve- ment in order to eradicate human trafficking. “People think hu- man trafficking is a law enforcement problem,” Miljenovich said. “It’s re- ally a community prob- lem. We need people on the lookout. We need peo- ple to be willing to report it or use the National Hu- man Trafficking hotline if it looks like people might be getting exploited. We need support.” 8 L&ACAT CARDENAS, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan8Friday, February 26, 2016HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHTHalf-dressed women stand behind the windows lining the streets of Amsterdam’s Red Light District — some legal sex workers, others vic- tims of human trafficking. In Austin, these victims are harder to find, hidden in on- line forums rather than sold in plain sight. Calli Norris, director of operations at Redeemed Min- istries, a Christian group, works to combat Austin’s sex trafficking industry and pro- vides aftercare to survivors at the organization’s safe house. Before joining the organiza- tion in 2012, Norris traveled to Amsterdam and Cambo- dia to work with survivors. Though she was planning on staying abroad, Norris made the decision to come back to Austin after realizing how prevalent the issue was in her hometown. “In Austin, the victims of human trafficking are harder to find,” Norris said. “In Eu- rope, it’s right in front of your face, but usually here, these women are bought through the Internet.” Sgt. Bob Miljenovich, head of Austin Police Department’s Human Trafficking and Vice Unit, said the unit received over 100 reports of human trafficking last year alone. The vice unit works closely with organizations such as Redeemed Ministries when rescued survivors want to go to a safe house. If the women are interested in the ministry’s program specifically, Norris meets and coordinates with them. Once they arrive, the organization provides women with medical care and offers counseling and therapy. Because of their past expe- riences, Norris said it often takes the women a long time to open up. “When they first come to us, they’re very skeptical, which is understandable,” Norris said. “They’ve been taught that they can’t trust people, that you can’t get anything for free, that people don’t just love them for no reason. They’re coming to us very hardened, but once they’re able to trust us, then there’s beautiful relationships that are built.” Three years ago, Norris was involved in the rescue of two women. Though they were being trafficked to- gether, one of them had was attending UT during the day and being bought and sold at night. Norris said that though some victims of traf- ficking are given the freedom to attend school or talk to their families, their trafficker or pimp is often holding in- formation over them that prevents them from leaving. After law enforcement res- cued the women, one attend- ed and graduated from Re- deemed Ministries’ program, got a job and moved to her own apartment. While Nor- ris said the woman’s history was the most traumatic she’d ever known, they’ve remained friends throughout her transi- tion to a new life. “She had a really difficult time and was coming out of a rough month,” Norris said. “She was on the phone with me, and I will never forget she told me ‘I am so happy, this is the first time in my life I know what it means to be truly happy.’” In the past four years of working at Redeemded Ministries, Norris said she’s learned so much from the women she’s helped and taken on a sisterly role with many of the survivors. “[People] tend to look at these women as something other than people,” Norris said. “These women are people like you and I. They’re so much more than just victims. These women are so strong and so brave. They’re just people who are looking for love.” Trafficking victims find relief in AustinBy Cat Cardenas@crcardenas8Coercion, fear, fraud drive ongoing human trafficking in Central TexasIllustration by Joanna Levine | Daily Texan StaffIllustration by Joanna Levine | Daily Texan StaffBy Katie Walsh@katiehannawalshVictims of human traffick- ing live their lives out in the open, blending in with the people around them. While there is no current estimate of how many victims are living in Texas, a team of UT faculty are working to change that. Social work professor Noël Busch-Armendariz and lecturer Laurie Heffron are one year into the two-year Statewide Human Traffick- ing Mapping Project for Texas, intended to map and estimate the scope of human trafficking in Texas. Project manager Nicole Nale said the findings will be useful in creating new poli- cies, developing solutions and analyzing the economic impact of trafficking on the state’s economy. Nale said there are gaps in the current data on human trafficking in Texas, and this project will help fill those gaps. With the information collected through their research, she said policymakers would be better equipped when making decisions about allocating funds or writing policy about human trafficking. “There is more trafficking here [in Texas] than we are aware of,” Nale said. “You will hear people say that we only know the tip of the ice- berg. We only know about the victims coming forward, the victims being identified.” After a year of catalog- ing existing data on human trafficking in Texas, Nale said their team will use the second year of research to visit sites in various Texas cities where there is access to day workers. Nale said day workers, including U.S. citizens, unauthorized immi- grants and individuals with temporary worker visas, are at an above-average risk of being trafficked because of their socioeconomic status and the type of work they do. Nale said she hopes in- person interviews with day workers will help uncover the scope of human traffick- ing in Texas. “This project is really im- portant because we are trying to uncover a problem that, for the most part, has been pretty hidden,” Nale said. Local group combats modern slaveryBy Katie Walsh@katiehannawalshFaculty lead project to map human trafficking in TexasBy Megan Hix@meganhix95Illustration by Joanna Levine | Daily Texan StaffIllustration by Joanna Levine | Daily Texan Staff