1Wednesday, November 30, 2016@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidSPORTS PAGE 5LIFE&ARTS ONLINECOMICS PAGE 7STUDENT GOVERNMENTBy Sarah Philips@sarahphilips23SG page 2STATEBy Paul Cobler@PaulCoblerLegislative student or- ganizations at UT are dis- cussing coming together in support of undocumented students at UT, as well as calling on the University to declare itself a “sanctu- ary university.” Joint Resolution 2 was introduced to the Stu- dent Government gen- eral assembly Tuesday, and Speaker of the As- sembly Santiago Rosales, the resolution’s author, hopes the legislation will make a statement to the student body about the support they have for undocumented students. “Knowing that the Trump administration has made particular promises with regards to how the enforcement of particular immigration laws will be, we felt it necessary to look at what the University can do to make sure that un- documented students can have a fair education and support,” Rosales said. Another large part of the resolution is calling upon the University to declare itself a sanctu- ary campus, similar to a sanctuary city in which the University would re- fuse to cooperate with Im- migration and Customs Enforcement officials. The legal repercussions to this are uncertain, but federal funding could potentially be revoked STRAUS page 2University recommends mea- sures to prevent Zika. PAGE 3Local business women give advice to young professionals. PAGE 3NEWSConservative politicians must consider sciencePAGE 4Students should engage with Trump supportersPAGE 4OPINIONLonghorns lose third game in a row to UTA at home. PAGE 6Texas paintball team con- tinues to grow on campus. PAGE 6SPORTSStudent survivors speak out, share their experiences to raise awareness on campus PAGE 8LIFE&ARTSNew restaurant encourag- es carnivors to try vegetar- ian cuisine atdailytexanonline.comONLINEREASON TO PARTYPAGE 7NATIONALRESEARCHBy Van Nguyen@nguyen_vanU.S. Secretary of Edu- cation John B. King Jr. released a letter last Fri- day arguing more work needs to be done by uni- versities to ensure cam- puses are safe, inclusive and supportive environ- ments, which encourage student success and college completion. The letter accompa- nied an 89-page report commending the Obama Administration’s efforts to increase campus diver- sity and inclusion, and it looked at ways to continue this effort going forward. “We have far more work left to do — be- yond supporting diversity through admissions and enrollment alone — to en- sure that our campuses are safe, inclusive, and sup- portive environments that encourage student success and college completion,” King Jr. said in the letter. Since the beginning of the Obama Administra- tion, the Department of Education has made it a priority to make col- lege more affordable and Secretary of Education calls for inclusionDIVERSITY page 2By Will Clark@_willclark_ The Palestine Solidar- ity Committee hosted a “teach-in” event last night on campus with the Uni- versity Leadership Ini- tiative to discuss and examine issues facing undoc- umented people, especially undocumented students. ULI’s “teach-in” consisted of a presentation and dis- cussion of the organization’s work in the community and ways to get involved with their efforts. PSC member Moham- med Nabulsi, a third- year law student, said his organization and ULI face similar issues. “The most important lesson we gained from the meeting is that our struggles are inextricable,” Nabulsi said. “We need to as Pales- tinians and as allies as Pal- estinians show up for the struggle of undocumented people in this country.” ULI, which led the ma- jority of the meeting, is an organization founded by undocumented UT students in 2005 with the goal of empowering undocumented youth. Estefania Ponce, an American Sign Language interpreting junior at Austin Community College, said as an undocumented student, she’s fighting for more than her own future. “Not only are we fighting for ourselves, we’re fighting for our families,” Ponce said. Ponce said another pro- gram ULI advocates for is Deferred Action for Child- hood Arrivals, a program that provides temporary legal status for young un- documented people. DACA could be in jeopardy, Ponce said, with the incoming STEM page 2With the Texas Legislature convening in six weeks, House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San An- tonio, weighed in on the Nov. 8 election and the upcom- ing 85th legislative session in a conversation with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on campus Tuesday. “I can say with a lot of con- fidence that it was an election everyone is glad to have be- hind us,” Straus said. “Ameri- can people were very angry with Washington, and under- standably so.” Straus supported former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush during the GOP primaries and never publicly backed President- elect Trump. Straus did say the opportunities for Repub- lican-leaning policy after the election were “enormous” and added Trump seemed flex- ible on some of his policies and ideals. When asked about the pos- sibility of a Trump adminis- tration repealing or replac- ing Obamacare, Straus said Texas has asked for flexibil- ity in Medicaid programs in the past. “My hunch is [Obamacare] won’t be completely or quickly dismantled,” Straus said. “We can’t have [a plan] until the new administration takes place, but we do have a plan to work with them.” Straus said a new adminis- tration under Trump provides an opportunity to address is- sues he feels hasn’t received enough attention. “I feel good about the team we have,” Straus said. “I feel good about the new blood that comes in.” Straus said the state couldn’t continue to double the bor- der security budget every legislative session as they have done in the past to enforce le- gal entrance to the U.S. on the Mexico border. “It’s time to go the other way,” Straus said, adding that border security was going to be a bigger concern for the incoming Trump administra- tion. “It’s time for the federal government to assume their responsibility on border secu- rity. Anything that alleviates the Texas budget, I’m strongly CAMPUS‘Teach-in’ helps build support for immigrantsAngel Ulloa | Daily Texan StaffState senator, Kirk Watson, discusses spending, taxes, and the economy in regard to the 85th Legislature on November 29th. By Freya Preimesberger@thedailytexanLess than 25 percent of science, technology, en- gineering and math — or STEM — jobs are held by women, according to the U.S. Department of Com- merce. Researchers at UT, Cornell University and Syracuse University set out to analyze this gender gap. Their study, which was published Sept. 28 in So- cial Science Research, found that while many women study STEM fields, they disproportionately study fields such as life sci- ences, which provide fewer jobs than fields such as computer science and en- gineering. The study also reported that, unlike men, women are not seen as more valuable if they delay marriage and children. Researchers looked at data from a survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics which included men and women born between 1957 and 1964. This co- hort includes women who came of age during the second-wave feminism of the 1980s. During this period, women graduated from college at a rate high- er than men for the first time. This study showed that 53 percent of men who received a bachelor’s degree in STEM found a job in a STEM field within Chase Karacostas | Daily Texan StaffSantiago Rosales, the student government assembly speaker, answers questions on Joint Resolution 2. TEACH-IN page 3Illustration by Geo Casillas | Daily Texan StaffGender gap persists in STEM fields, study saysSG debates ‘sanctuary’ status for UTHouse Speaker Straus looks ahead to 2017 2Main Telephone(512) 471-4591Editor-in-ChiefAlexander Chase(512) 232-2212editor@dailytexanonline.comManaging EditorJackie Wang (512) 232-2217managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.comNews Office(512) 232-2207news@dailytexanonline.comSports Officesports@dailytexanonline.comLife & Arts Office(512) 232-2209lifeandarts@dailytexanon- line.comMultimedia Office(512) 471-8618multimedia@ dailytexanonline.comRetail Advertising(512) 471-1865advertise@texasstudentme- dia.comClassified Advertising(512) 471-5244classifieds@ dailytexanonline.comCONTACT USVolume 117, Issue 78TOMORROW’S WEATHERHighLow664424 DAYS TILL CHRISTMASCOPYRIGHTCopyright 2016 Texas Student Media. 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FRAMES featured photo thedailytexanSTEMcontinues from page 1from the University, like how federal funding is revoked from cities re- fusing to cooperate with ICE. Across the country, many other Universities have received similar calls from their student bod- ies to declare themselves sanctuary universities. SG President Kevin Hel- gren said he supported the resolution, but the possi- ble legal repercussions the University may face as a public, state-funded Uni- versity concern him. “In my opinion, [un- documented students] are just as deserving of the longhorn label as citizens of the U.S.,” Helgren said. “The spirit behind the resolution doesn’t concern me at all, but given that we are a public, state-funded institution, there are cer- tain things we can and cannot do.” Texas Gov. Greg Ab- bott recently listed a bill banning sanctuary cities in Texas as one of his top priorities in the upcom- ing 2017 legislative ses- sion. Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock introduced such a bill Nov. 15, Sen- ate Bill 4, requiring cit- ies to enforce federal im- migration laws, but the bill makes no mention of universities. The SG joint resolution will likely be considered by the Graduate Student As- sembly and Senate of Col- lege Councils sometime next semester, making it one of the first resolutions of the school year to be considered by all three legislative student organizations. Rosales said he hoped to include a clause in the res- olution calling on the Uni- versity to ensure UTPD is not used to enforce immi- gration laws on campus. “Your local police de- partment asking people about their immigration status or engaging in other similar activities has been questioned very often by federal courts,” Rosales said. “The other big point of this resolution is to make sure UTPD doesn’t ask those kinds of ques- tions, and if they’re ever contacted by immigration authorities, to basically defer to what localities should be doing and not focusing on immigration enforcement.” Undeclared freshman Mayte Lara Ibarra, who is an undocumented immi- grant, said she believes the University should declare itself a sanctuary campus in a show of support for its undocumented students. “Our parents brought us here, sacrificing every- thing to make sure we were given the opportunities they weren’t given,” Ibarra said. “We’ve all worked very hard to validate those sacrifices, and having that security to be able to study and work hard will make us feel safer and more protected.” accessible, particularly for low-income students and stu- dents of color, according to the report. The report includes Obama’s overhaul of the Fed- eral Application for Federal Student Aid in 2009, through the elimination of 26 ques- tions and by allowing stu- dents to use tax information from two years ago. Educa- tional administration profes- sor Richard Reddick said this made the application much easier to finish. “Anything that facilitates and streamlines the appli- cation process for financial aid is a victory for first- generation college students, who along with low-income students, are the population most in need of federal fi- nancial aid,” Reddick said in an email. The report highlights the administration’s in- crease of Pell Grant awards and expansions of grant competitions to promote student success. According to the report, the number of black and Hispanic college students has risen by more than a million since 2008 from the efforts of the admin- istration. It also said the number of Hispanics with bachelor’s degrees has risen by 4 percent. The report also provides recommendations on how to keep college affordable for low-income students and students of color, as well as ensuring campuses are safe and inclusive. “Too often, high school students of color, low-in- come students, and first- generation students feel that college is a place they do not belong,” the report said. “Col- leges and universities can work to make their campuses inclusive, safe, and hospi- table environments, where all students feel respected, to help ensure that everyone is able to pursue their educa- tional opportunities to their fullest potential.” UT President Gregory Fenves said diversity and inclusion are top priori- ties of his at his State of the University address in September. “Diversity cannot just be measured in numbers but in assuring that every student has access to all the aspects of a high-quality college education, both on and off the campus,” Fenves said in September. “While we have made progress in overcom- ing the legacy of past in- justices, our efforts must not wane as a society, or as a university.” Earlier this year, Fenves announced the Diversity Action Plan, which Grego- ry Vincent, vice president for diversity and com- munity engagement, said will be a blueprint for di- versity and inclusion for the University. “[The Diversity Action Plan] is meant to bring resources together across campus and to give the University some direction,” Vincent said to The Daily Texan earlier this month. Leslie Blair, executive di- rector for communications at the division of diversity and community engage- ment, said the plan should be available for cam- pus review and feedback in January. DIVERSITYcontinues from page 1SGcontinues from page 1in support of.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has al- ready released his top 10 legis- lative priorities for the session, which includes issues such as school choice, passing the budget, prohibiting sanctu- ary cities and banning “partial birth” abortion. Straus, refer- ring to these priorities, said his role in the House varied from that of Patrick’s, who presides over the Senate. Straus said technically he is not the Speaker of the House until he is elected by House members at the beginning of session, meaning he shouldn’t have an outlined agenda for the session. “I’m a House member on the first day of session un- til I’m elected, hopefully, by House members,” Straus said. “It’s not appropri- ate for a speaker to have a hard-driving, lengthy agenda of specifics.” When asked about one Patrick priority in particular, the Women’s Privacy Act — commonly dubbed the “bath- room bill” — Straus said it wasn’t a main concern of his. The bathroom bill, Pat- rick has argued, is needed for women’s privacy and safety, and would require people to use public restrooms, showers and locker rooms based on their birth gender rather than the gender they identify as. “I know the lieutenant gov- ernor is very enthusiastic about this idea — let him run with it,” Straus said. “But if it creates a situation North Carolina went through, my enthusiasm level won’t be high for that.” The Texas 85th legislative session will begin Jan. 10. STRAUScontinues from page 1two years of graduation, compared to 41 percent of women. The researchers found that the bulk of the gap was due to the underrep- resentation of women in fields that most often lead to jobs in STEM, such as engineering and computer science. Women were more likely to find employment in fields outside of STEM, including healthcare and education. “It’s really a puzzle be- cause … [the survey] had a larger representa- tion of women in com- puter science than there is today,” said Katherine Michelmore, assistant pro- fessor of public adminis- tration and international affairs at Syracuse Univer- sity and co-author of the study. “There’s all sorts of things as to why that could be the case — there’s talk of tipping points where, once women make up a certain threshold, it signals to oth- er women that it’s a major they can also succeed in. For computer science, it could be something about the climate of the major.” The study defined sever- al “ideal worker attributes” such as disinterest in get- ting married and having children in the near future. Men who expressed these attributes were more likely to find a job in STEM, but women with the same at- tributes did not receive the same benefits. Career- oriented women were not any more likely to enter a STEM job than women who intended on marry- ing and having children early on. “We call this ‘statistical discrimination,’ which is the belief that all women will act as the average woman does,” said Jen- nifer Glass, UT sociology professor and co-author of the study. “In this case, that means leaving the la- bor force to stay home and raise children at some point in their career, after a business has invested time and money in training that professional.” The male participants in the survey tended to have much more traditional views regarding gender ideology and women in the workforce than female par- ticipants. According to the study, this may discour- age women from pursuing certain fields. Unlike women in the survey, men who intended to hold a STEM job ex- pected support from their spouse and few familial re- sponsibilities. “No men are asked to forswear marriage or children in order to show their devotion to work,” Glass said. “It shows that women have to display ex- traordinary commitment to their scientific or tech- nical career in order to get considered for jobs in their field.” W&N 3 NEWSWednesday, November 30, 20163presidential administration. “We’re not able to tell them exactly what’s going to hap- pen,” Ponce said. “We want to relieve that fear. It’s our duty to be hopeful.” Ponce said she has talked to several lawyers who believe there is a high likelihood the program will be dismantled. “It’s a fragile pro- gram,” Ponce said. “It’s very vulnerable.” ULI member Karla Peredo, an international relations and government junior, said al- though the program may be taken away, they will continue to push for undocumented immigrant protection. “With DACA possibly go- ing away, we’re going to go out into the community more and ask for something more,” Peredo said. “It’s okay if DACA leaves, we’re going to ask for something more.” Peredo said another strug- gle facing many undocu- mented high school students is counselors who might lack re- sources and knowledge about the process of applying as an undocumented student. Ponce said empowering and inspiring undocument- ed students to graduate and receive an education is on everyone’s shoulders. “It’s on teachers and it’s on the parents, but I also think it’s on us, it’s on the youth,” Ponce said. “It’s on those that are al- ready here in a way to inspire those that are in high school or middle school or even elementary school.” ULI members then showed a video in which protesters stood in front of a bus of undocumented people being taken to ICE detention centers. After the video, ULI members asked for reactions from the room of PSC members. “I’d rather be pepper-sprayed than have my family separated,” Nabulsi said as he fought back tears. “That was a very emotional video for me, and I think it’s a wake-up call for us in the room who aren’t undocumented.” Newly-elected Travis Coun- ty Sheriff Sally Hernandez has said she will work to diminish ICE’s power in Austin, and Maya Guevara, Latin Ameri- can studies junior, said ULI will continue to work to end the program. “I believe that [Hernan- dez] has said in the past that she would end collabora- tion [with ICE], so it’s about us holding her to that,” Guevara said. CAMPUSLocal business women give professional adviceJenan Taha | Daily Texan StaffHaley Odom Ackerman, right, gave business advice to female audience members at the Google Fiber Space on Tuesday. Ackerman and three other women shared their paths to success at the Texas Master of Science in Technology Commercialization event. A panel of four local women, who are leaders at their companies, ad- vised female professionals based on their own expe- riences about how to suc- ceed in male-dominated work environments. The Texas Master of Sci- ence in Technology Com- mercialization Program, a one-year master’s program from the McCombs School of Business, hosted the event, “40 Things Women Can Do to Get Ahead in Business and Venture,” Tuesday at the Google Fiber Space. Mandy Reyes, Texas MSTC Program marketing director, said the event was intended to provide women with suggestions they can immediately implement to advance themselves and ad- vocate for each other. Each speaker presented 10 tips to the audience on how to grow professionally. Christy Childers is a glob- al employer brand manager for Dropbox, an online file storage platform. Childers said underestimating the value of factual data can limit women’s opportunities. “Using data to tell a story is the most powerful way to get people’s attention,” Childers said. “Your gut is almost always right, but it takes data to give you that credibility you need with others.” Jane Claire Hervey, founder and head of opera- tions of #bossbabesATX, a nonprofit that empowers women, said leaders must take responsibility for set- ting the tone for their team. “When you’re the boss, you have to own that paper,” Hervey said. “If someone’s got a bad attitude, it might just be them, but if the whole team’s got a bad atti- tude, it’s probably you. Take that as a sign to engineer your attitude a bit.” Melissa Murphy is a Mc- Combs School of Business lecturer and founder of The Pitch Academy, a communi- cation consulting firm that helps individuals present themselves professionally. Murphy said it’s important that women learn to say no when necessary. “It’s important to say ‘no,’ or to say ‘yes’ for the right reasons, and even further, to quit if you have to,” Murphy said. “We have a tendency to just put so much stuff on our plates, and it will burn [us] out in the end.” Haley Odom Acker- man is manager of legal operations for RetailMeNot, Inc., a company that pro- vides retail discounts to customers. Ackerman said women should seek oppor- tunities such as promotions even if they don’t meet every qualification, since statistics show men often do this. “Women really need to be cognizant of their own qualifications and not shortchange themselves,” Ackerman said. “They should promote themselves and advocate for themselves … that will close gaps in leadership. Just go for it.” By Hannah Daniel@hannnahdanielUT responds to Zika caseBy Catherine Marfin@catherinemarfinThe University sent an email to students yesterday after- noon following the first local transmission of the Zika virus in Texas, recommending pre- ventative measures for students traveling over winter break. The Centers for Disease Control announced Monday a woman in Brownsville con- tracted the virus but was not pregnant, and had not traveled to or had contact with anyone who had traveled to a Zika- infected area. While Austin has not experi- enced local transmission of the disease, the University is still taking preventative measures. Areas of campus are peri- odically being sprayed, and areas with standing water are being removed or treated to combat mosquitos, according to the email sent to UT stu- dents by David Vander Straten, medical director for University Health Services. Of the 11 reported cases of the Zika virus in Travis County, all have been travel-related, ac- cording to the email. However, transmission of the virus could still occur, according to Shan- non W. Jones, director of the Travis County Health and Hu- man Services department. “We anticipate that local transmission of Zika virus may also occur in Austin/Travis County,” Jones said in a memo to Austin Mayor Steve Adler in September. “We do not think that it will be as widespread as has been seen in Brazil and Central and South America.” The University recom- mends students stay informed on preventative measures by regularly checking the CDC’s website. RESEARCHThe three winners of the Texas Research Showdown were announced after the six fi- nalists presented their research to a panel of student and faculty judges on Nov. 15. Petroleum engineering sophomore Karan Jerath placed first, followed by visual arts studies senior Julia Caswell and economics junior Joy Youwa- kim, who received third place. The competition was judged partly based on the merit of the research and the students’ pre- sentations. The researchers first submit- ted short videos introducing their work, followed by a two- week online voting period that was open to all undergraduates, which determined the finalists. Inspired by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Jerath focused his research on creating a sus- tainable solution for cleaning up oil spills. He used modeling software to create a device that could potentially save oil and gas companies money and prevent environmental damage. “[Deepwater Horizon’s idea] was called a cofferdam, and the idea of this was to sit over the spill and collect the water, oil and gas … [which] would then be incinerated,” Jerath said. “What I decided to do was to take that approach, but to change it in a way to where it had a sustainability factor to it. This included taking the phases that were coming in — the wa- ter, oil and gas — and separating them into homogenous phases. That way, you could recycle the phases immediately.” Caswell, who had the most votes after the online voting process, looked into creat- ing personalized experi- ences in art museums called audio walks. “Unlike audio guides or podcasts in a museum, au- dio walks not only allow the viewer to receive the information, but also embody the experience,” Caswell said in her video submission. “Au- dio walks can be a combina- tion of the sound from the actual surroundings overlaid with sounds from past expe- riences, soundtracks, musi- cal instruments, narrative and more.” Jerath, Caswell and You- wakim said the Showdown was a good opportunity to showcase their work and grow professionally. Alexandra Wettlaufer, professor of French and comparative literature, was a faculty judge for the fi- nal presentations and said undergraduate research is an important extension of the classroom. “No research is a waste of time,” Wettlaufer said. “Even if you don’t come up with your desired results or nothing con- clusive, you will have learned a lot more about the process.” By Burhanuddin Calcuttawala@thisisfordtexTEACH-INcontinues from page 1Angel Ulloa | Daily Texan StaffStudents conducted a ULI “teach-in” on Nov. 29th, to discuss the struggle undocumented Palestinians face in America. Texas Research Showdown selects three winnersHEALTH In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that individuals with an intellectual disability cannot be executed. However, this ruling failed to specify what standards should be used to judge an indi- vidual’s intellectual competency. Now the state of Texas is defending its use of out- dated measurements of intelligence in lieu of current scientific standards in the case of Moore v. Texas, which was heard before the court yesterday. The case looks at Bobby Moore, whose 1980 death sentence was reversed following the Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling. Despite a psychologist and expert witnesses testifying that Moore was intellectually disabled, the Texas Court of Appeals reversed the ruling in 2015. That final reversal, which is what is being challenged before the Supreme Court, hinges on Texas’ use of the Briseno factors. These outdated factors, which have been compared to something out of Steinbeck’s 1937 novel “Of Mice and Men,” disregard scientific and medical evidence in favor of fictional ideas of what an intellectually disabled person should look like. The seven factors, in plain English, essentially amount to a person who is able to follow through with an idea without clearly being manipulated to do so, meaning that they “could have” talked themselves out of committing a crime. If used, they can over- rule any scientific test. This sets a dangerous precedent within the United States, as it allows states to completely disregard scientific evidence in support of baseless standards that allow them to contin- ue executing people regardless of their intel- lectual competency. In multiple cases within Texas since 2002, the Briseno factors have been used to guarantee that no matter the IQ of an individual or the testimony of expert wit- nesses to their intellectual competency they are put to death. And it’s no secret that Texas loves to implement the death penalty. It tops the list of states in number of executions since 1976 by over 400 more than the runner up, Oklahoma. The continued use of the Briseno factors, and the implementation of them over scien- tific standards that should be nationally up- held, appears as just a way for Texas to en- act more executions. While the result of the current case is in the Supreme Court’s hands, they must reach a ruling that finds Texas’ use of the Briseno factors to be an inaccurate and unconstitutional way of determining intellec- tual competency. However this ruling must also be paired with legislative action. Either SCOTUS needs to strike down old, outdated methods of de- termining intellectual competency — both the Briseno factors and their preferred use of the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation diagnostic manual — or the fed- eral government needs to implement a na- tional scientific standard for such cases that includes testing conceptual, social and prac- tical skills and an individual’s IQ. This needs to be done not only to protect the rights of intellectually disabled individuals, but to protect the place of science within a chang- ing political climate. Berdanier is a philosophy junior from Boulder, Colorado. The rise of Donald Trump has been chill- ingly accompanied by a rise in white su- premacy and bigotry. Now, after his win, it’s more important than ever for those of us who fiercely disagree with his platform to substan- tively engage in conversations with those who support him. Maybe you’ve already had to deal with these kinds of uncomfortable political dis- cussions with relatives over Thanksgiving, or maybe you avoided them entirely. But this election’s aftermath will be felt for years — we can’t run away. As we go home over break, we must choose to have these difficult conversations with old friends and family members. The bubble that some of us existed in before this election — in which one could not comprehend half of the electorate voting for such a man — has surely since burst. It was reinforced by that echo cham- ber of social media, by the people who we surround ourselves with who have similar views, by the mostly liberal college cam- pus that we spend most of our time on. But now that reality has set in, we must use that knowledge to grasp why this division exists and how to overcome it. This isn’t about compromising our be- liefs, but rather trying to reach greater un- derstanding with those we disagree with so markedly. Rather than normalize the fascist and racist rhetoric spouted by some of Trump’s supporters, we should take se- riously the anxieties of those who voted for Trump because they believed he would bring them economic prosperity. Instead of condescending to those voters, or un- equivocally demonizing the sorts of poli- cies they thought they voted for, let’s have an open, honest dialogue. As they say in activist circles, people should be “called in” instead of “called out.” Frankly, we have little choice otherwise. Donald Trump won the presidency, and he got there at least partially by courting white Americans’ racist anxieties. He’s already cho- sen to appoint a known white supremacist to a prominent position in his administration, and has shown little interest in wholehearted- ly denouncing the acts of racism committed in his name. He’s in power, and with that, he has empowered people with despicable views. So rather than cutting ourselves out of the dialogue and retreating to our liberal en- claves, we must start talking to the people closest to us and begin finding common ground. Otherwise, we’ll be shut out — and we need to be on the offensive. But we can only be persuasive and convincing if we have these conversations in the first place. It’s certainly going to be a long, frustrat- ing series of discussions — but progress has always been frustrating. The people Trump’s administration will target can’t wait for you to start talking again to your uncle who wouldn’t shut up about emails. Nemawarkar is a Plan II sophomore from Austin. Finals week approaches and PCL reser- vations are getting harder and harder to come by. All across campus, Longhorns are frantically reading, studying and googling with the hope of acing their finals. While most students will stick to their course literature or do independent research, the less astute among us will take matters into their own hands and spend three hours writing about why they think alpha par- ticles are the ones that can bench the most. Much like these “Broscientists” who jump to false conclusions and re-imagine science, politicians often take scientific theorization into their own hands to make policy decisions. All too often conservative policy makers make their country-altering decisions based on faulty or non-existent science, making them no better than the average Broscientist. The Republican stance on climate change is a prime example, with Senator Ted Cruz leading the charge against cli- mate change evidence. Last year, Texas’ favorite Senator stuck it to John Kerry in a Senate science sub- committee hearing for having incorrect projections of when the Antarctic glaciers would melt away, then proceeded to dis- miss climate change as a hoax. To support his argument, Cruz cited two pieces of evidence: the personal account of an unnamed group of New Zealanders and two decades of satellite data, which the researcher said Cruz took out of context. In contrast, NASA evidence utilizes some 400,000 years of atmospheric data and car- bon dioxide levels. Evidently, the only part of Cruz’s open- ing statement that turned out to be true was that Kerry got it wrong. Nevertheless, the Senator That Could clings to his mis- quoted statement to this day. Public Policy Polling results from 2015 show that Cruz is just one of the 66 percent of Republicans who don’t believe in global warming. Continuing the trend of Republicans Against Science, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took a lot of heat last year for dodging a question on whether or not he believed in evolution, but quickly clari- fied his stance. As you may have guessed, Walker affirmed that “science and [his] faith aren’t compatible.” This would put him with the 49 percent of Republicans who don’t believe in evolution, against the 37 percent of Republicans who believe in evolution. That is to say, there were more Republicans who found Benjamin Netan- yahu “favorable” than there were those who believed in evolution. The problem is that science shouldn’t have to be compatible with someone’s personal beliefs. Anti-intellectual stances like these inhibit meaningful discourse on subjects like climate policy and space ex- ploration, since scientific interpretations draw credibility from data. With Republicans having taken both houses of Congress and the White House, 2017 may see science fade further into the background, preventing meaningful prog- ress in energy and environmental policy as the environment continues to degrade due to human activity. It’s too late to elect sci- entists to Congress — and we don’t want another Ben Carson — but it’s never too late to send your state senator some epi- sodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy. Baby steps people, baby steps. Duran is an international relations and global studies freshman from Spring. 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COLUMNCOLUMNSeek common ground in family political argumentsBy Janhavi NemawarkarDaily Texan Senior Columnist@janhavin97Texas’ executions disregard intellectually disabledBy Emma BerdanierDaily Texan Columnist@eberdanierAll too often conservative policy makers make their country- altering decisions based on faulty or non-existent science, making them no better than the average Broscientist. Rather than normalize the fascist and racist rhetoric spouted by some of his supporters, we should might take seriously the anxieties of those who voted for Trump be- cause they believed he would bring them economic prosperity. Illustration by Mel Westfall | Daily Texan StaffIllustration by Geo Casillas | Daily Texan StaffAnti-intellectual stances like these inhibit meaningful discourse on sub- jects like climate policy and space exploration, since scientific interpre- tations draw credibility from data. 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She said watch- ing the news or scrolling through social media made her feel like she was reliving her experience. “The way society views what happened is incred- ibly damaging,” Alice said. “It doesn’t just end after the physical act of assault, it escalates through people’s careless comments. [It’s] the inability for a victim to feel as though society will help them.” Sometimes, she would get negative or invalidating comments from people she thought were friends. “One of my friends told me that it wasn’t the worst thing that could happen be- cause at least I didn’t have a gun to my head,” Alice said. “As though that should com- fort me. I’ve also been told I have too much baggage and I need to ‘just get over it.’” Alice found solace in reaching out to the Coun- seling and Mental Health Center on campus where she recently spoke at a Voic- es Against Violence event. There, she was able to con- nect with a therapist and other survivors and make sense of the events that hap- pened to her. “Finding a supportive group of friends — people who accept what happened but don’t cast any judg- ments because of it — has helped,” Alice said. “I’ve also been to a few of the VAV events and even spo- ken during their open mic opportunities because it’s something that helps me feel empowered.” Alice hopes breaking the silence surrounding her as- sault will encourage others to talk about their experi- ences as well. “Whenever I speak up, I do it for the girl, my past self, who didn’t feel like she had a voice,” Alice said. “I’m trying to do what I can to use my voice and take back control. Sexual assault is sexual assault. It doesn’t matter who it’s from or un- der what circumstances it occurred. There will never be a time when it is okay.” ALICEcontinues from page 8safe as I thought I was.” He tried to have sex with her while they were in the woods together. She remembers telling him no twice, but at 6 feet 6 inches tall and 270 pounds, he towered over her. There was nothing she could do to stop him from raping her. For eight months, she kept quiet. He was a prominent member of her friend group and his mom was a teacher at their high school. When she finally brought it up to him, he shot her down, telling her she had been drunk and was lying. “He told me all the things I was scared everyone else would say: ‘You liked me and we were both drunk.’ ‘I didn’t hear you [say no] so I think you’re lying,’” Blair said. “So I never said any- thing about it after that.” Blair grew up in a “town of misogynists” that clocked in at less than 4,000 people. She never pressed charges because she believed the people in her hometown would side with her assaulter. Instead, she bottled it up and left. She moved to a nearby town after gradu- ation and started drinking more frequently and sleep- ing around. She blamed herself for what happened that night: for drinking too much, for going into the woods, for wearing short shorts. “I was just disgusted with myself,” Blair said. “It took me until I was 20 years old when I finally realized, ‘No, you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s not your fault. He did that.’” After her string of hook- ups ended, she met Caleb, who reminded her what it felt like to be valued and cared for. He would help her gain back the self worth that had been taken from her in the woods two years before. They got married and moved to Austin, where Blair said she experienced a huge culture shock. Caleb’s love and accep- tance, combined with the sex-positive and feminist friendly atmosphere of the city allowed her to release all of the blame she had been harboring. It wasn’t until Trump’s campaign gained traction that Blair started being vo- cal about her position as a rape survivor. But now, she thinks of all the women who have suffered or will suffer like she did. She thinks of her little sister back home. “If she ever feels threat- ened in any way, I want to make sure she understands that it’s not her fault. Be- cause I definitely didn’t have that mentality until I was 20, and that is a long time to feel like you’re not worth taking care of,” Blair said. “I don’t want her to feel that way.” BLAIRcontinues from page 8her pants and touched her. Afterward, he forced her to perform oral sex on him. She couldn’t escape. “I didn’t really under- stand what was happening,” she said. “I obviously wasn’t going to fight them off, so I just screamed bloody mur- der [hoping] maybe some- body would hear me and they’d stop.” After he finished, the two swapped places. Once she performed oral sex on the second assaulter, she desperately began crying for help. Her screams grew louder, but no one came. After half an hour of forced sexual acts, Eva’s assaulters feared someone would dis- cover them from the sound of Eva’s screams, and they released her. Eva grabbed her clothes and ran to a friend’s house in the neighborhood. “It’s devastating to have your friends turn around and do stuff like that,” she said. “I’ve always been told the people that are clos- est to you are the ones most likely to do something like that. That was all the proof I needed.” Eva didn’t report the sexual assault because she didn’t have hard evidence the crime was committed and was discouraged by the legal processes. “I was scared,” she said. “I’m the person that freezes in ter- rible situations. Some people fight, some people run away. I took it very hard internally and emotionally. It’s still hard now.” At first, it took a while for her to process what hap- pened. Once she did, she kept the story to herself, but her assaulters told a differ- ent one: Eva had voluntarily had a threesome with them. To those who bothered to ask for her side of the story, she told the truth. But most of the school wasn’t on her side. “I felt terrible,” Eva said. “I would never commit suicide, but I did not want to go any- where, I didn’t want to see anybody, I didn’t want to be at school.” For the remainder of the semester, she was depressed. Eva buried herself in the clubs and sports she was involved in. It was her way to cope. “[I told myself] ‘I’m better than them,’” she said. “I’m not going to let them destroy who I want to be and what I want to do. I knew I just had to focus.” Today, Eva is more vo- cal about her experience and has even told a crowd of more than 200 people that she had been assaulted. She said she hoped doing so would encourage her peers to be more mindful of others’ experiences. “It’s sad how quiet it is, and that people don’t know there’s other people out there who have been through that,” she said. “I know how lost you feel and how alone you feel. Nobody should ever have to feel that way.” EVAcontinues from page 8self to report it. It was her first semester at UT and she didn’t want to get into any trouble. Before college, she barely partied or drank, but after this, she turned to alcohol and drugs to cope. “I was very damaged emo- tionally,” she said. “I devel- oped a drinking problem. I would show up to class drunk from the night before. I thought I couldn’t be sad if I was drinking.” At a party later that fall, she was hanging out with another fraternity broth- er. She could tell he liked her, but she didn’t feel the same way. They were sit- ting on the couch in the middle of the party when she blacked out. The next morning, she was naked in his bed. “He knew what had hap- pened with the other guy, but he kept telling me I had asked for it,” Hailey said. “I told him ‘You know me sober wouldn’t want to do that.’” Following the rape, years of built up anxiety snow- balled out of control. She tried harder drugs and went home with more guys. “Being assaulted like that, it made me not care about who I went home with,” Hailey said. “I thought ‘I’m already so messed up, why should I care?’ It got to the point that a lot of guys started seeing me as easy. As much as I tried not to care, it was still so damaging.” A year’s worth of avoiding the consequences of her ac- tions came to a head when she suffered a panic attack. “I felt like I wasn’t a good person,” Hailey said. “For the longest time, I kept think- ing ‘I shouldn’t have had that much to drink,’ But the guys’ intentions weren’t right. They didn’t black out. They remember.” Needing a new way to deal with her experiences, she turned to campus awareness groups to share her experi- ence and prevent it from happening to others. Although she said she received constant support from her sorority sisters, she thinks more can be done to address sexual assault on campus. “Not everyone goes out, not everyone drinks. I didn’t feel like that was an expecta- tion going into Greek life,” Hailey said. “But [sexual as- sault] is a huge problem on campus. And no matter how hard we try and get guys in- volved, it’s hard to get some of them to take it seriously.” HAILEYcontinues from page 8“I’ve always been told the people that are closest to you are the ones most likely to do something like that. That was all the proof I needed.” LIFE&ARTSWednesday, November 30, 20165—Eva“For the longest time, I kept thinking ‘I shouldn’t have had that much to drink,’ But the guys’ inten- tions weren’t right. They didn’t black out. They remember.” —Hailey Texas got off to an explo- sive start Tuesday against UT- Arlington, scoring the game’s first bucket on a breakaway dunk by sophomore guard Kerwin Roach Jr. But any momentum from the Longhorns’ emphatic start quickly dissipated. The team dropped its third- straight game to the Mav- ericks, falling 72–61. Texas had previously been 11–0 against UT-Arlington. The Longhorns once again succumbed to the poor shooting that plagued the team in last week’s Legends Classic. In their two games in Brooklyn, New York, Texas shot a combined 37 percent from the field and 26 percent from behind the arc. Those shooting woes were far from resolved in Tuesday’s matchup. The Longhorns fin- ished the game shooting 39 percent from the field, 56 per- cent from the charity stripe and a paltry 13 percent from behind the arc. Roach, who finished the game with 16 points, said he was happy with the shots the team was getting and said the team needs to convert from the outside when given an opportunity. “There wasn’t too many situations where it was late in the clock,” Roach said. “We were 3–23 from three, and most of them were wide open shots. We just got to live in the gym the next couple days and get our shots right.” In the first half, it appeared that the Longhorns could capture a victory despite their shooting struggles. Texas controlled the game for much of the frame and built a nine- point lead with seven minutes remaining until halftime. But the Mavericks went on a 20–8 run to a capture a 30– 27 lead going into the break. Unlike the Longhorns, the team recovered from a slow shooting start. UT Arlington shot 6–10 from the field in the half’s last seven minutes and drained two three point- ers after missing its first 10 from deep. The Mavericks would continue their hot shooting into the second half, drain- ing three threes in the half’s opening two minutes to open up a nine-point lead. The team would coast from that point out, at one point going up by 16. Texas struggled on the boards while getting out- rebounded 40–35 by a scrappy Arlington team hot pursuit of every loose ball. Head coach Shaka Smart said the Mavericks played with more aggressiveness and he needs his players to match that intensity. “When things like that happen, you kind of look at each other, and you need a guy or two to step up and say this is not going to happen,” Smart said. Freshman Jarrett Allen was one of the few bright spots for the Longhorns. The for- ward carried the team in the first half, pulling down 11 rebounds and notching eight points. Allen would finish the game with 13 points and 12 rebounds, good for his sec- ond career double-double. Going forward, Smart said the Longhorn’s issues on offense must be addressed and the team needs to find an identity. “We just need to increase the percentage of great-shot possessions,” Smart said. “Now how do we do that? Number one is to value the ball more. When you don’t get a shot at all, you have no chance to score. Number two, we need to make that extra pass more.” The Longhorns will look to snap their three-game skid this Friday when they take on Alabama at the Frank Erwin Center at 8:30 p.m. The Texas Swim- ming Invitational starts Wednesday at Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center, where the No. 4 Long- horn women and the No. 2 men will host 10 different schools. The women are the highest-ranked team par- ticipating in the meet, with No. 8 USC not far behind. No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 22 UCLA and No. 24 Arizona will also com- pete, making for a star- studded meet. The Longhorn men are coming off losses in both the season-opening meet at Indiana and against North Carolina State in Austin. Seniors Jack Con- ger and Clark Smith look to lead the team in a re- bound effort after post- ing the top national times in their respective events earlier in the season. This meet has been on the swimmers’ minds since the beginning of the sea- son. Senior Will Glass said that the meet against North Carolina State on Nov. 4 gave his team the prepara- tion it needs to perform well at this week’s event. “I would say that we could use [the NC State meet] to really gage where we’re at,” Glass said on Nov. 4. “But if we’re on our game and we’re swim- ming pretty well, that’s usually a good start from where we’re at.” For the women, senior Madisyn Cox looks to continue her successful season this weekend. Cox and her teammates have dominated opponents this year, leading Texas to a 7–1 record on the season. Its only loss came against No. 1 Stanford, whose women’s team will partici- pate this week. Texas’ women haven’t had an easy road, either. Four of the Longhorns’ wins came against top- 15 opponents. The Texas Invitational marks the first meet in which swim- mers will try to qualify for NCAA’s by meet- ing an ‘A cut,’ which is a specific time needed for each swimmer to punch their ticket to the national meet. The 800-yard freestyle relay is the lone event on Wednesday and will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday will feature five events, starting at 10 a.m. Fri- day and Saturday are full steam ahead with six events each, start- ing at 10 a.m. and 9 a.m., respectively. At 11 years old, Jack Sul- livan felt a special thrill when he shot a paintball gun for the first time at a birthday party. “I just fell in love,” Sul- livan said. “I raised my own money to play on a team and we won the world cup my senior year of high school.” Four years after his world cup title, senior aerospace engineering major Sullivan is president of the Texas Paintball Club, a team that has continued to grow in numbers and placed sec- ond overall at nationals this year. A game of paintball is played on a turf field 200- feet long and 150-feet wide with two teams of five play- ers called “lines”. It cen- ters around capturing the opposing team’s flag and hanging it on their starting gate without getting elimi- nated — shot with paint — within a five minute limit. Teams can also be penal- ized if a player continues to play after being eliminated. The Texas Paintball team started in 2008, but the team took a toll after grad- uating most of its players by 2010. Ryan Sutten, now a graduate, joined in 2010 with a mission to grow the team. He took charge early, starting as president of the club. He tabled on campus and cleaned up the team’s online presence. He switched from an old website to a Facebook page and joined several online forums based in Austin to gain exposure in the paint- ball community. He found players like Sullivan and professional paintballer Nathan Roberts to join his squad. “I play for AC:Dallas, a pro team that practices out of Austin.” Roberts said, “There are no collegiate laws that say I can’t play for Texas too.” Roberts has traveled the world playing paintball, including Amsterdam and London. He even plays with professional players from the Texas A&M team. Besides Sullivan and Roberts, most play- ers who join Texas Paintball have no prior competitive experience. “I played mostly recre- ationally before I came to UT,” Sutten said. “That’s how we bring in play- ers. We teach them basic fundamentals and we can make anyone a good player if they are committed to it.” And it’s worked so far. Texas Paintball received its highest placings at Nation- als on April 15-17 this year with the Orange line taking No. 5 overall and the White line taking No. 20 for a combined No. 2 finish. This fall, the team has participated in two tour- naments, taking home the gold in one of them for the first time since 2014. They are currently ranked No. 5 in the nation. Sullivan looks forward to the up- coming semester of tour- naments, especially nation- als on April 21-23. “My goal this year was to take two lines to nation- als,” Sullivan said. “We are running three lines right now, but by next semester that should be up to four. I’m hoping to take that first place next year. I don’t think a Texas team has ever done that.” 6 SPTS6EZRA SIEGEL, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsWednesday, November 30, 2016MEN’S BASKETBALL | TEXAS 61–72 UT ARLINGTONLonghorns stumble in third straight loss By Shane Lewis@theRealSPLewisStephanie Tacey | Daily Texan StaffFreshman forward Jarrett Allen recorded 13 points and collected 12 rebounds but it wasn’t enough as the Longhorns dropped their third game in a row Tuesday night. Texas lost to UT-Arlington for the first time in the two programs’ histories. CLUB SPORTSTexas paintball team continues to thrive under Sullivan’s leadBy Leah Vann@Vanntastic_LeahSWIMMING & DIVINGCox, Conger guiding Texas into home meetBy Turner Barnes & Wills Layton@thedailytexanJuan Figueroa | Daily Texan file photoSenior Madisyn Cox and the Longhorns have suffered just one loss this season. They look to continue their winning streak this week in the Texas Swimming Invitational. NCAAMSIDELINESYRACUSE WISCONSIN MICHIGAN STATE DUKE TODAY IN HISTORY1952Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers accuses the New York Yankees of racism for neglecting to sign black players. The Yankees denied the allegations. “Prayers up for the Brazilian soccer team and their families dealing with this plane crash” Javan Felix@JavanFelix3TOP TWEETCourtesy of Texas Paintball Senior Jack Sullivan fell in love with paintball when he was just 11 years old. Over 10 years later, Sullivan still holds onto his hobby as the president of the Texas Paintball Club. Foreman to make decision on NFL soonRunning back D’Onta Foreman still has one year of collegiate eligibil- ity at his disposal. But the junior has yet to make a decision on whether or not he will return to don the burnt orange for one last season. According to his father, Derrick Fore- man, D’Onta’s decision could come at any time this week. “Everyone wants to know when D’Onta’s of- ficial announcement will come,” Derrick Fore- man tweeted on Tues- day morning. “[I] Don’t know exact day but it will be before or by Friday at the latest.” Derrick Foreman also said that reports this week about D’Onta al- ready signing with an NFL agent are false. D’Onta spoke with his father, his brother Ar- manti, his mother and newly appointed Texas head coach Tom Her- man this week about his looming choice. Should Foreman re- turn, the future looks bright on the 40 Acres. He rushed for 2,028 yards this season on a team that stumbled to a 5–7 record. Herman prom- ised championships for Texas, and an invigorated squad could lead to more individual accolades for Foreman. But if he decides to test the NFL waters, Foreman should still be in good shape at the next level, too. ESPN’s Todd McShay said earlier this month Foreman could wind up getting selected in the first round of the draft. —Tyler HorkaSPORTS BRIEFLY COMICS 7COMICSWednesday, November 30, 2016Today’s solution will appear here next issueArrr matey. This scurrvy beast be today’s answerrrrrr. out, or it’ll be the shes for ya! SUDOKUFORYOU 4 1 2 6 5 3 7 9 85 3 8 9 7 4 1 2 69 7 6 1 8 2 5 3 41 4 5 3 2 9 8 6 77 2 3 5 6 8 9 4 18 6 9 7 4 1 2 5 36 5 1 4 9 7 3 8 23 8 4 2 1 5 6 7 92 9 7 8 3 6 4 1 5 8 5 6 9 2 1 1 8 5 9 2 4 1 97 4 3 9 2 4 6 2 5 4 6 1 7 1 9 7 6 3 5 At first, psychology senior Alice Smith thought she was in love, but soon she began to realize she and her boyfriend had different ideas of what their relationship should look like. Smith found her- self in a relationship with a rapist. Alice’s relationship with her abuser began in 2012. At first, sex was consensual, but she would often get so uncomfort- able that she would ask to stop. Her partner became angry and frustrated at her for not “following through” and became increas- ingly demanding, angry and abusive. Rape is defined as non- consensual intercourse that is committed under threat of physical injury or emotional duress. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest Na- tional Network, three out of four rapes are committed by someone the victim knows. For Alice, having some- one so close violate her left her scarred. “I thought something was wrong with me for not wanting sex,” Alice said. “I thought the only option was to suck it up until I hope- fully liked it one day. I didn’t feel like I had a choice so I just stopped speaking up.” Looking back, Alice said she now understands why She knew she had been raped when she saw the condom wrapper on the nightstand. When Hailey, a UT sopho- more, went to his apartment the night before, she didn’t think anything of it when Jake suggested they take some shots. They had hung out and fooled around before, but ev- ery time, Hailey made it clear she didn’t want to have sex. So the next morning, when she woke up naked in his bed with no memories of the night before, she felt sick to her stomach. “I moved around and felt sore down there,” Hai- ley said. “That made me really nervous.” She confronted him. While at first, he reassured her they hadn’t done anything new, he eventually admitted that they had sex. “I was distraught,” Hailey said. “I told him I didn’t feel okay with what happened and he just said ‘I don’t un- derstand, you were asking for it.’” Later that week, she turned to her sorority sisters when they began noticing some- thing was wrong. Though she said she tried to justify his ac- tions at first, her sisters told her it was rape. Because her sorority had a good relationship with Jake’s fraternity and some of his brothers told her it was her fault, she couldn’t bring her- Raised by a policeman and a rape crisis counselor, Eva never walked alone at night or left home without her Mace. But she could never have prepared for her closest friends to be the larg- est threat she faced. After a breakup during her junior year of high school, two of Eva’s best male friends tried cheering her up by tak- ing her to a local park they had been visiting since they met in art history during her freshman year. While throwing around a frisbee, Eva hurt her ankle, so the boys put the back seat in the SUV down so she could elevate her foot. They started tickling her, like they sometimes did as friends. But soon, Eva real- ized their behavior was not friendly. Suddenly, one of them pinned her down by the wrists as the other took off Blair sat alone in a lawn chair 20 feet from the bonfire her friends built to celebrate senior prom. She didn’t feel like grab- bing another Dos Equis or talking to anyone. As her friends refilled their Nerf guns and returned to the forest, she thought about what had happened just moments before. She was drunk and had been roaming the forest with her longtime friend, who was drunk too. Their small group did all of the normal high school things together: football games, Halloween parties, prom. So when she found herself alone with him, she wasn’t worried. “I didn’t feel the need to be defensive,” Blair, a UT senior, said. “I felt com- fortable. I was just with my friends and it wasn’t some- thing that was new — we had drank together and hung out before. I don’t know ... I guess I wasn’t as 8 L&AELIZABETH HLAVINKA, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan8Wednesday, November 30, 2016The Uncomfortable TruthBy Mae Hamilton@thedailytexanBy Elizabeth Hlavinka@hlavinka_eBy Katie Walsh@katiehannawalshBy Cat Cardenas@crcardenas8EVA page 5BLAIR page 5HAILEY page 5Editor’s Note: This compilation of stories aims to share students’ experiences with sexual assault. The names in these stories have all been changed to protect their identity, In telling these stories, we hope to create dialogues surrounding the uncomfortable truth. ALICE page 5Hailey: Blacked out and blindsidedAlice: Breaking SilenceBLAIR: ROAD TO RECOVERYEVA: FAMILIAR FACESPhotos by Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff