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Name: 5426/Yellow Cab; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Process color; Ad Number: 54261Tuesday, February 7, 2017@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidSPORTS PAGE 5COMICS PAGE 7NEWS PAGE 3CAMPUSBlanton Museum to unveil renovationsBy Kayla Meyertons@kemeyertonsNATIONALExperts 
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effect of 
border wallBy Lisa Dreher@lisa_dreher97BLANTON page 3Chase Karacostas | Daily Texan StaffAfter years of renovations, the Blanton Museum of Art will 
completely reopen its second floor galleries Feb. 12.
WALL page 2CAMPUSFormer Google CEO advises studentsBy Reagan Ritterbush@RER0720SCHMIDT page 2Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffFormer CEO of Google Eric Schmidt spoke to UT students at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium on Monday evening. Schmidt gave 
students advice on business, sharing his own experiences.
UNIVERSITYNew grant aims to combat alchoholismBy Van Nguyen@thedailytexanLt. Gov. Dan Patrick at-
tacked claims that the “bath-
room bill” would have a 
negative impact on Texas’ 
economy during a press con-
ference Monday.
In December, the Texas 
Association of Business re-
leased a report that said if the 
Texas Legislature passes Sen-
ate Bill 6, also known as the 
“bathroom bill,” Texas could 
face $964 million to $8.5 bil-
lion in GDP loss and up to 
185,000 lost jobs.
“That’s data that we’ve 
known was faulty,” Patrick 
said during the press confer-
ence. “Fearmongering is what 
that report was about. There 
is no evidence whatsoever 
that the passage of Senate Bill 
6 will have any economic im-
pact on Texas.” 
PolitiFact Texas, a nonpar-
tisan fact-checking agency 
backed by the Austin Amer-
ican-Statesman, Houston 
Chronicle and San Antonio 
Express-News, declared the 
report to be “mostly false,” be-
cause the figures of GDP and 
job loss were based on weak 
evidence from 2015.
The Texas Association of 
Business responded to Politi-
Fact by saying they are the 
most influential and dom-
inant voice for public poli-
cy issues affecting business 
in Texas. 
“The Texas Association 
of Business will continue its 
efforts to protect Texas busi-
nesses and families from any 
STATEDan Patrick stands 
with ‘bathroom bill’By Claire Allbright@claireallbrightPATRICK page 2Eric Schmidt, the 
19th-richest person in the 
tech industry, has one big 
piece of advice for students: 
to pursue what they believe in 
and to do it passionately.
On Monday, the former 
CEO of Google visited UT 
to offer advice to young en-
trepreneurs based on his 
personal experience in the 
business world.
“If you are not intellectu-
ally curious, you will fail,” 
Schmidt said. “Everyone that 
I have seen fail in this busi-
ness were not intellectually 
curious enough to question 
everybody else’s ideas as well 
as their own.”
As the executive chairman 
of Google’s parent company, 
Alphabet Inc., from 2011 to 
2015, Schmidt was in charge 
of external matters relating 
to all of the holding com-
pany’s businesses, including 
Google, as well as consulting 
The Blanton Museum of 
Art will unveil five years 
worth of renovations when 
it opens to the public on 
Feb. 12.
The Blanton is remodel-
ing the collections on the 
second floor to include 
twice as much art, narrow-
er corridors, new galleries, 
a fresh architectural layout, 
colorful wall tinting and 
more cohesive explanations 
of the artwork itself.
“We have a new museum 
in Austin,” Blanton direc-
tor Simone Wicha said in 
a statement to the Austin 
American-Statesman. “I 
wanted the Blanton’s ex-
perience to represent the 
personality we embody at 
the museum — energetic, 
smart, fun, friendly, curi-
ous, sophisticated and col-
laborative. My challenge 
to the team was for us to 
reconsider the museum 
in a way that was more 
visually arresting, more 
thought-provoking and 
nationally innovative.”
Public relations special-
ist Christy Butler said the 
new gallery sections are 
completely reorganized by 
themes, media and styles.
“Basically this month 
we’re going to unveil a 
complete reinstallation of 
the permanent collection 
in the upstairs galleries of 
the upstairs museum,” But-
ler said. “We’re going to 
nearly double the amount 
of art that’s on view, (and) 
the new installation will 
A grant of $29 million 
for alcoholism treatment 
research may pave the way 
for new discoveries in the 
field at UT. 
The National Institutes 
of Health awarded a to-
tal of $29 million to the 
Integrative Neuroscience 
Initiative on Alcohol-
ism-Neuroimmune, an 
international consortium 
researching better meth-
ods to combat alcoholism, 
with $8.5 million going 
to UT. 
UT’s Waggoner Center 
for Alcohol and Addic-
tion Research will host the 
administrative headquar-
ters for NIH. Waggoner 
Center director Robert 
Adron Harris said he and 
his team are interested in 
understanding the neuro-
biology of addiction and 
alcoholism. Harris said 
he was notified by the 
NIH in early February of 
the award. 
“What changes in the 
brain?” Harris said. “How 
is it remodeled by exces-
sive alcohol use … and 
how can these changes 
be corrected?” 
In 2014, Harris and 
team members from the 
consortium found those 
who developed alcohol de-
pendence had thousands 
of genes turned on, com-
pared to those who were 
not dependent on alcohol. 
The research was the 
first time scientists used 
new technology target-
ed toward biological data 
to link different genes 
with alcoholism.
“We hope our model can 
serve as a type of Wiki-
pedia of alcohol depen-
dence, helping to break 
down the complexities of 
alcohol dependence and 
becoming a reference for 
future research into drug 
therapies,” said Sean Far-
ris, a postdoctoral fellow 
at the Center, in an article 
published in 2014.
Harris said he hopes the 
various research centers in 
the consortium can help 
further the progress made 
so far.
“As our basic science 
work becomes advanced, it 
needs to be translated into 
clinical work,” Harris said. 
“The Dell Medical School 
would be an excellent 
place for this translation 
to take place.”
Carlton Erickson, direc-
tor of the UT Addiction 
Science Research and Ed-
ucation Center, recently 
wrote about alcoholism 
research for UT News. 
Erickson said new re-
search is always helpful in 
alcoholism research. 
“Breakthroughs in ge-
netics, neurobiology and 
neuropharmacology have 
led scientists to know that 
some people who drink 
harmfully may develop a 
full-blown disease, leav-
ing them unable to stop 
drinking without help,” 
Erickson said in his essay. 
Educating others on 
alcoholism is key, Erick-
son said, and while there 
is already research on the 
topic, he said he believes 
more funding for research 
can greatly help the cause. 
On Jan. 25, President 
Donald Trump signed an 
executive order to build a 
Mexico-U.S. border wall, 
but UT immigration ex-
perts said the difficulty 
of going through customs 
and border control causes 
immigrants to cross un-
lawfully despite any phys-
ical barrier.
Denise Gilman is the 
director of the UT Im-
migration Clinic, which 
provides legal assistance 
to low-income immigrant 
families. Gilman said 
the tedious legal process 
causes families to opt for 
other ways to get through.
“You can’t come on 
any permanent basis, and 
so it’s difficult to cross 
through official customs 
and border control,” Gil-
man said. “Not because 
there’s a line at the border 
or because customs and 
border control is stop-
ping people, but because 
the way our law is set up, 
there’s no legal way for 
many, many intending 
immigrants to come into 
the United States.”
Gilman said immi-
grants are accepted by 
customs and border con-
trol mainly if they have 
family in the U.S., are 
asked by an employer to 
work in the states or are 
seeking asylum.
“It’s not so much about 
the physical border as it 
is about what the laws 
are that don’t acknowl-
edge the many categories 
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of people who would like 
to come and contribute to 
the United States,” Gilman 
said. “Immigrants who need 
to get to the United States 
will do so over, under (or) 
around any border wall.”
Anthropology senior Juan 
Belman is an undocument-
ed student whose family im-
migrated to the U.S. when 
he was 10 years old. Belman 
said his father had previous-
ly lived in the states, so his 
family joined him. Belman, 
who grew up in Santa Cruz 
de Juventino Rosas in cen-
tral Mexico, said his family 
did not go through the legal 
process others do.
“People cross this border 
for a better opportunity, and 
many times, people don’t 
make it,” Belman said. “The 
people who are coming over 
are people who are trying 
to get a better life for them-
selves or their family.”
Elissa Steglich, an 
Immigration Clinic facul-
ty member who represents 
Central American refugees, 
said three North Triangle 
countries — Guatemala, 
Honduras and El Salvador 
— have refugees reaching 
the border which a wall 
would block out.
“The circumstances of 
violence that is largely 
gang-motivated but also 
domestic violence … is 
acute in those countries,” 
Steglich said.
According to the Amer-
ican Immigration Coun-
cil, Honduras’ murder rate 
peaked in 2013 with 91.6 
murders per 100,000 people, 
although it decreased to 66 
murders in 2014, according 
to the Council’s website.
According to the Pew Re-
search Center, in 2009 there 
were 12.2 million unautho-
rized Mexican immigrants 
in the U.S., while in 2014 
it decreased to 5.8 million. 
Since 2009, unauthorized 
immigrants from Central 
America and elsewhere 
living in the U.S. increased 
by 325,000.
“I know a lot of people 
from Central America at the 
clinics, mostly who are run-
ning away from violence,” 
Belman said. “We haven’t 
seen any terrorists cross 
the border.”
According to The Wash-
ington Post, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security 
reported 137,616 families 
and children fleeing from 
the three North Triangle 
countries were apprehend-
ed at the border in the 
past year.
“We have forgotten that 
the folks crossing the border 
now are refugees, are people 
who have undergone exten-
sive trauma (and) violence 
themselves and should be 
welcomed … rather than 
detention and pledged 
to swift deportation,” 
Steglich said.
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RECYCLEyour copy ofSCHMIDTcontinues from page 1potential economic harm that 
follows when a state adopts dis-
criminatory legislation,” TAB 
said in a statement.
Patrick also said no busi-
nesses have moved from Hous-
ton after voters rejected Hous-
ton’s Equal Rights Ordinance, 
a non-discriminatory policy 
which would have allowed 
people to use the bathroom 
according to the gender they 
identify with. 
“I don’t know of any business 
that hasn’t moved to Houston 
because the voters stood up 
for the issues involved in SB 6,” 
Patrick said. “We’ve had bas-
ketball tournaments. We’ve had 
the greatest Super Bowl ever. 
No economic impact.” 
Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Bren-
ham, who authored SB 6, spoke 
Monday saying the bill has sup-
port across party lines. 
Both Kolkhorst and Partick 
stressed the intent of the bill 
was not discriminatory but 
rather concerned public safety 
and privacy. 
PATRICKcontinues from page 1WALLcontinues from page 1their CEOs on business and 
policy issues. He has spo-
ken about self-driving cars, 
virtual reality, fake meat, 
3-D-printed buildings, ma-
chine learning in education 
and any other technology 
he thinks will change the 
world in the next five to 
10 years.
“My outcome and ca-
reer has derived from the 
advantages I’ve had in life,” 
Schmidt said. “Students 
need to use their advantag-
es and ask themselves what 
kind of luck they have and 
do something with it.”
The first piece of advice 
Schmidt gave had nothing 
to do with entrepreneur-
ship, but the ability of stu-
dents to question the world 
around them.
“From birth, we are told 
what to believe by our par-
ents, friends and society,” 
Schmidt said. “The ability to 
listen to what other people 
are telling you to think and 
still choose what to think 
for yourself is the greatest 
challenge faced by anyone.”
During the talk, Schmidt 
put a lot of emphasis on 
learning and earning a 
college degree. He said 
the leaders today are go-
ing to be pushing harder 
for people who want to 
learn and build on current 
technological innovations.
“The only way to grow 
and prosper, as an entrepre-
neur and as a human being, 
is to want to answer hard 
questions,” Schmidt said. “I 
fear none of the major tech 
organizations these days are 
actually answering all the 
questions about how to help 
people. It’d be great if young 
people could come up with 
new ways to help people 
in need.”
While serving as the 
CEO of Google from 2001 
to 2011, Schmidt watched 
as the company grew from 
a Silicon Valley startup into 
a multinational technolo-
gy company. According to 
Forbes, Schmidt functioned 
as Google’s global ambassa-
dor and visited some of the 
world’s most tightly con-
trolled regimes, including 
Cuba and North Korea, in 
an attempt to promote open 
Internet access.
Economics sophomore 
Christopher Head said 
one of the most interesting 
topics Schmidt brought up 
was the invention and use 
of machine learning, where 
computers are able to learn 
without being programmed.
“The fact that this ma-
chine has the ability to de-
termine what you like and 
dislike and then create stuff 
based on it makes it ex-
tremely clear that our priva-
cy isn’t as safe as we think,” 
Head said.
Joshua Baer, who served 
as the moderator for this 
UT Distinguished Speak-
ers’ event, is the co-found-
er and executive director 
of Capital Factory, a center 
for entrepreneurs in Austin 
that provides funding, men-
torship and co-working for 
tech startups.
“I think Austin is the 
best it’s ever been for en-
trepreneurs in terms of 
funding and accessibility to 
mentors,” Baer said. “I only 
see great things for future 
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Internationally acclaimed 
artist Joseph Havel visited UT 
on Monday to share his experi-
ences and journeys as an artist 
within the Austin community.
The event was hosted by 
the annual Viewpoint Lecture 
Series, which invites leading 
curators, critics and schol-
ars of the contemporary art 
world three times during the 
spring semester.
“An implication of my work 
has been this idea that carries 
a different meaning now than 
it did before,” Havel said. “It is 
a construction of myself as a 
character in my own fictions.”
Havel, who is the director of 
the Core Program at the Mu-
seum of Fine Arts in Houston, 
took the stage and began his 
lecture by discussing his series 
“Precarity and Practice.” 
“This is probably the most 
traditional narrative based on 
my work, my recent work,” 
Havel said.
Jeff Williams, UT asso-
ciate professor of art and 
sculpture, said Havel’s work 
was influenced by the vari-
ous experiences he had in his 
personal life.
“I thought the lecture 
touched on some of the very 
important questions that 
don’t really have answers at 
the moment, how art is relat-
ed to everyday and how what 
happens in the larger world 
affects you as an individual,” 
Williams said.
Havel is known for com-
bining art with his own per-
sonal narratives, although the 
artist said these narratives can 
be imaginary.
“I try to work on these 
defining moments,” Havel 
said. “It’s a fiction, espe-
cially me. I create a faux 
conventional fiction.”
Havel concluded his lecture 
by displaying pictures from 
his studio and images from his 
“How to Draw a Circle,” “Hope 
and Desire,” “Seven Variations 
of Nothing,” “The Monument 
Apologizes” and “White Bod-
ies” series. The artist said many 
of his works are inspired by 
questions he has about the 
world or his own life.
“If these works look kind 
of funny and wonkers, it’s be-
cause there’s a serious pun in a 
lot of my work,” Havel said.
Studio art junior Jessica 
Vacek found Havel’s work 
unique and inspiring in its 
ability to collaborate with 
different media.
“It’s interesting to see how 
Havel has also collaborated 
with poets and just to see that 
crossover between two different 
mediums: poet and artist,” Va-
cek said. “I think that’s pretty 
stimulating for me and art 
students to see how you can 
bridge out and how art doesn’t 
has to be something you get 
very quickly. You need to look 
in depth and see him talking.”
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lecture series invites leading figures in the art realm to the University three times each semester.
CAMPUSJournalism professor receives award for 
media research, impact on communityBy Jenan Taha@jenan_a_tahaJournalism professor 
Stephen Reese was award-
ed the Paul J. Deutschmann 
Award, one of the top jour-
nalism research honors, 
for his long-term studies 
on how news can shape 
the public’s perception of 
the world.
“It’s very gratifying,” Re-
ese said. “It’s an award that 
many of my mentors have 
received. To join them on 
that list is very rewarding.”
Reese received the award 
from the Association for 
Excellence in Journalism 
and Mass Communica-
tion and will be presented 
with it at the organiza-
tion’s meeting in Chicago 
this August. 
Reese began his research 
in 1978 after becoming 
fascinated by political sci-
ence and journalism in 
high school.
“I’ve always been inter-
ested in how things work 
politically,” Reese said. 
“With journalism, it’s so 
closely tied to politics. 
You can see how not only 
the news communicates 
important information 
about political events but 
helps shape politics in the 
first place.” 
Reese said his research 
focuses on the factors 
that shape how stories are 
portrayed in the news. 
“I’ve been interest-
ed in what role journal-
ism has in society, poli-
tics in particular,” Reese 
said. “Journalists need to 
be careful and indepen-
dent and able to resist the 
easy explanation.”
Journalism professor 
Tom Johnson, a long-
time colleague of Reese, 
said Reese’s work has 
been impactful in the 
journalism world.
“He is very deserving of 
the award,” Johnson said. 
“He’s really done a great 
job of outlining how forces 
both within … and outside 
the (journalism communi-
ty) affect what gets writ-
ten and what people know 
about the world.”
Reese has made major 
contributions in sever-
al theories of journalism, 
such as framing, or how 
the media chooses to cover 
the news, Johnson said.
Assistant journalism 
professor Gina Chen, a 
colleague of Reese, said his 
work has been an import-
ant source for other jour-
nalists and researchers. 
“His research is direct-
ly relevant to journalism,” 
Chen said. “It is both 
helping us understand 
journalism, but it’s also 
helping journalists under-
stand why they do what 
they do and how it changes 
the concept.” 
Chen said Reese’s contri-
butions include co-writing 
a major book in the jour-
nalism world, “Mediating 
the Message in the 21st 
Century,” which focuses on 
how news is influenced by 
various factors. 
“He’s a perfect person 
for the award, because 
that award is really sup-
posed to honor somebody 
who has made contribu-
tions throughout their 
career to journalism and 
mass communication,” 
Chen said.
Zoe Fu | Daily Texan StaffJournalism professor Stephen Reese was awarded a top honor for his research in media and mass communica-
tion.
He’s a perfect person for 
the award, because that 
award is really supposed 
to honor somebody who 
has made contributions 
throughout their career 
to journalism and mass 
communication.
—Gina Chen, 
Assistant journalism professorpresent many works that 
have rarely been on view.”
The Blanton will show-
case collections of Latin 
American modern and 
contemporary art and 
Native American art in 
their own exclusive gallery 
spaces for the first time, 
Butler said.
Greek bronze figurines 
and Roman marble sculp-
tures will be presented 
for the first time as well, 
and three new galler-
ies will be dedicated to 
art from the ancient and 
Spanish Americas. 
Art history lecturer Ann 
Johns said the Blanton’s 
new emphasis on the Latin 
American collection is go-
ing to be a fantastic change 
to see at the museum. 
“I’ve been looking at the 
same stuff for years now,” 
Johns said. “There’s go-
ing to just be more stuff 
for students to see (and) 
for any of us to see, and 
that’s great because you 
always knew there was 
stuff in vaults and stor-
age, but I think most of us 
just want to see it. It looks 
really exciting.”
The museum space 
has also been divided 
up into more intimate 
galleries with the in-
stallation of more doors 
and small walls, Butler 
said. There will also be 
three rotating galleries, 
which will change every 
three months.
Johns said the timing 
of the museum’s renova-
tion project has had a mi-
nor impact on her online 
class schedule, which takes 
weekly visits to the muse-
um, but she said she thinks 
her class will benefit from 
the new artwork.
Studio art freshman 
Kaelyn Huang said she is 
currently in Ann Johns’s 
online art history class, 
and she has only seen the 
Andy Warhol exhibit at 
the Blanton this semester 
for the class.
“It’s really exciting,” 
Huang said. “It’s my first 
year here, so I’ve heard 
so many people say how 
the galleries weren’t full 
enough and it was kind of 
boring, so now that we’re 
getting so many new piec-
es, it’s really exciting to go 
see that.”
Alyssa Miller, art histo-
ry junior and museum in-
tern, said the Blanton will 
have more of a mix of dif-
ferent types of art with the 
recent renovations, which 
is important in order to 
reach all audiences visiting 
the museum.
“Everyone’s been real-
ly excited about it,” Mill-
er said. “(The narrower 
spaces) will be a great 
way for people to focus 
on what they’re looking 
at and to be able to really 
engage with the object that 
they’re viewing.”
The renovations will be 
revealed at a private gala 
Feb. 11 and opened to the 
public Feb. 12.
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4 OPINION

Texas has some of the most restrictive abor-
tion laws in the country, but the Abolition of 
Abortion in Texas Act, authored by Tony Tin-
derholt, R-Arlington, aims to make perform-
ing or receiving an abortion in Texas a felony. 
Though the bill is certainly intimidating, legal 
experts say the likelihood of it going into effect 
are slim to none. Despite this hopeful victory, 
a less engaged electorate has led to representa-
tives proposing more and more controversial 
bills which often become law.
Some of the language within this particular 
bill is concerning and raises additional ques-
tions. For instance, the bill states that “a living 
human child, from the moment of fertilization 
upon the fusion of a human spermatozoon with 
a human ovum, is entitled to the same rights, 
powers, and privileges as are secured or grant-
ed by the laws of this state to any other human 
child.” Does this mean that emergency contra-
ceptives like Plan B will be outlawed as well? 
Does a woman now need to consider legal rep-
resentation every time a condom breaks?
The bill’s wording seems to make it so. It also 
states that a physician is potentially liable for per-
forming an abortion which adheres to current 
Texas laws. Those same laws have been approved 
in previous sessions because the public eye was 
elsewhere, and not enough resistance was voiced. 
Not all laws evoke the same emotion as this one, 
which is fine, but if we are going to leave it to our 
representatives to fight less-impactful bills then 
we need to select them more carefully. 
Without the backing of a group in furious 
opposition, oftentimes people are unaware of 
what laws are being created in their backyard. 
Outrage is not always the best motivator — 
keep in mind that even the milder bills such 
as HB 48, which relates to the requirements to 
vote by mail, deserve our attention.
The likelihood that this iteration of the bill 
will become law is slim, particularly consider-
ing the opposition it faces. According to Tina 
Hester, executive director of Jane’s Due Pro-
cess, similar laws have been passed before in 
Texas that have been challenged all the way to 
the Supreme Court.
If the law was passed, Hester says it would 
likely be challenged on its first day. The poten-
tial cost of this process is daunting. “It would 
force our state to yet again spend millions of 
dollars defending a big waste of taxpayer dol-
lars,” Hester said.
If we are looking to avoid bills like this in 
the future, there is a simple solution. Without 
a change in representation, there will be no 
change in policy. “Unless the legislators them-
selves change, it won’t change,” said Hester. 
Though it is very unlikely that this particu-
lar bill will become law, there are plenty others 
that will. Whether you approve of or oppose 
those bills, you should know of their existence 
before hearing of it from an officer.
Marching, protesting, boycotting and fighting 
for what we believe in is important, but it is not 
enough. We need to show up when this issue is 
long resolved — before the next bill is drafted. 
We need to show up to midterm elections, and 
pay attention to what our elected officials are do-
ing. Now is the time to look up your represen-
tative and inform them of your concerns. Keep 
that fire in your belly, and the next time we elect a 
senator they will speak with your voice.
Bonfiligio is a journalism junior from Oak 
Creek, Colorado. 
When to use a T-chart: dividing labor 
for a group project, pros and cons of drop-
ping a class, grocery lists. When not to use 
a T-chart: explaining gender roles. Yet, the 
business communications textbook that 
every McCombs student uses, “Business 
Communication: Process & Product,” uses a 
two-column diagram to describe the differ-
ent communication styles of men and wom-
en. The “Career Coach” box explains that 
men use “take-charge speech,” while women 
default to “hesitant, indirect, soft speech.” 
Men “exhibit skill and knowledge.” Women 
“establish rapport.” Irritated, I immediately 
showed the section to my roommate who re-
acted with a similar disdain.
My main grievance is not with the text-
book, but with the misconception that we 
can sort human behavior like a deck of cards. 
The textbook claims that an awareness of be-
havioral trends makes one a “more sensitive 
listener,” but true sensitivity deals with each 
person as an individual, not a stereotype. A 
“knowledgeable listener” does not treat ev-
ery encounter as a data point that either con-
forms to or deviates from the norm.
Such clearly delineated gender roles create 
expectations of how people should behave. 
“It shouldn’t be shocking to meet a strong, 
authoritative woman,” noted Jessica Breck-
enridge, a business honors and marketing 
junior. However, authoritative women will 
shock someone who has internalized the in-
sidious reminders that women favor “small, 
confined” gestures. A meta-analysis in the 
Journal of Applied Psychology warns of a 
“backlash effect … against those who deviate 
from gender norms.” Highly individualistic 
women, for example, may come across as 
“unlikable” and leave a negative impression 
on potential employers.
The same study raises another issue with 
a T-chart approach to gender norms: Even 
if stereotypes are accurate in the aggregate, 
they often lead to inaccurate assumptions 
when applied to individuals. Even though 
the textbook’s author does not cite incorrect 
behavioral trends, the many exceptions indi-
cate that they should not inform professional 
interactions. 
I worry that after a cursory glance at the 
chart, a reader will conclude that women 
are naturally more likely to speak hesitant-
ly. Repeated, imperceptible exposure to such 
messages could lead people to believe that 
elevated levels of estrogen, perhaps, account 
for women’s timid communication style. In 
reality, studies suggest that different choic-
es and expressions of gender are learned 
during childhood rather than biologically 
predetermined. To be fair, the source of gen-
der norms lies beyond the purview of a busi-
ness textbook. However, if a textbook choos-
es to broach the topic of gender norms, it 
has a responsibility to justify its assumptions 
and simplifications. A source giving career 
advice cannot assume that its audience will 
glean an egalitarian message. 
The bad news: The book I have referenced 
was published in 2014 and cannot hide be-
hind the excuse of being “outdated.” The good 
news: Other forms of instruction in the busi-
ness world take a more productive approach 
to gender norms. Letitia Monsey, an academ-
ic adviser for the Business Honors Program, 
explained that in her professional life, discus-
sions about gender focus on “inclusive lan-
guage” and learning how to empathize with 
“students with different gender identities.” 
Textbooks can create “sensitive listeners” by 
emphasizing the range of experiences people 
bring to the table.
I see nothing productive about lumping 
behavior into two rigid categories unless we 
acknowledge that those categories could re-
sult from self-perpetuating social norms. It 
is not problematic to note that men are more 
likely to interrupt as long as women don’t get 
used to being interrupted.
Marabella is a business honors, Plan II and 
Spanish freshman from Austin. 
If someone from outside of Texas asked 
you to name some Texas traditions, what 
would you say? The foodie might name our 
world-renowned barbecue joints. The po-
litico might rattle off some facts about hy-
per-conservative politics in the state. I would 
bet that only a select few state legislators 
would offer up our unique legislative sched-
ule of 140 days every two years, despite being 
in the Texas constitution since 1876. Howev-
er, just because it’s traditional does not mean 
it should be exempt from criticism.
The part-time legislature in Texas falls in 
the category of non-professional legislatures, 
as our elected officials neither work all year 
nor receive full-time pay, or so I thought 
until I stumbled across a Dallas Morning 
News article on the not-so-part-time work 
schedule of our lawmakers. According to 
the Morning News, simply running a state 
makes for an intense job, let alone lawmak-
ing in just 140 days — as it turns out, law-
making is not limited just because you limit 
a lawmaking session. This is evident in the 
frequent 30-day special legislative sessions 
called by Texas governors. Former Gov. Rick 
Perry alone called 12 in 14 years!
This raises an important question: If the Leg-
islature is already working a nearly full-time 
schedule, why not just make it official? Research 
shows that professional legislatures are more 
efficient and representative than part-time. 
Citizens in states with full-time legislatures, in 
short, are better represented than those with 
part-time legislators — even those in Texas 
where lawmakers work longer-than-average 
hours. Perhaps this increase is an effect of leg-
islators thinking of themselves a policymakers 
instead of citizen-lawmakers, or perhaps still it 
is simply the more formal schedule. Whatever 
it is, Texans would likely be better off with full-
time, or “professionalized”, elected officials.
To be fair, the research linked above is just 
that of a Ph.D. dissertation — some would 
prefer some more formalized research. To 
avoid that critique, I offer the following. 
Research from the infamous political science 
book “Statehouse Democracy” noticed this 
phenomenon as early as the 1990s. In the book, 
its authors Robert Erikson, Gerald C. Wright 
and John P. McIver find that legislators in some 
Southern states — often the ones with part-time 
lawmaking — vote for the public’s preferred pol-
icy less often than other legislatures in America. 
If a boost in efficiency and representa-
tion to our legislature is not enough to sell 
you on a professionalization of our Capitol, 
there are fiscal matters that also deserve our 
attention. If what the Morning News found 
is true, then our lawmakers are almost cer-
tainly underpaid for the time they are put-
ting into running our state. 
Paying our legislators a proper salary 
could encourage more qualified profession-
als to join ranks with lawmakers — at the 
very least, it would encourage Texans to run 
for office who aren’t already rich. Increasing 
the time our leaders spend in Austin would 
undoubtedly justify the raise in salary they 
absolutely deserve. 
It’s past time that Texans receive the Leg-
islature they deserve: a well-funded, year-
round body of lawmakers who are properly 
equipped to lead our great state. If we want 
our laws to be representative and deliberated 
in an efficient manner, professionalization is 
the next logical step. 
G. Elliott Morris is a government and history 
junior. 
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Jan. 23. A key portion of their protest was distaste for his anti-abortion policies.
If a boost in efficiency and repre-
sentation to our legislature is not 
enough to sell you on a profession-
alization of our Capitol, there are 
fiscal matters that also deserve our 
attention. 
Even if stereotypes are accurate in 
the aggregate, they often lead to in-
accurate assumptions when applied 
to individuals. 
Equal treatment for women starts in classroomsActivists should not focus on most outlandish billsNot all laws evoke the same emo-
tion as this one, which is fine, but 
if we are going to leave it to our 
representatives to fight less-impact-
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CLASS 5

WACO — Deafening 
cheers from a boisterous 
green and gold crowd echoed 
throughout the Ferrell Cen-
ter on Monday night. 
Baylor fans edged their 
team on as the No. 2 Bears 
inched closer and closer to 
eclipsing the visiting Long-
horns on their home court. 
But No. 11 Texas survived 
a raging Baylor comeback to 
take down the six-time de-
fending Big 12 Champions 
for the first time in the team’s 
last 14 meetings, 85-79. 
Sophomore center Ka-
lani Brown led a furious 
13-point comeback in the 
fourth quarter as spectators 
clamored for more. But her 
performance and the hos-
tile atmosphere weren’t too 
much for the Longhorns to 
handle. 
“Our composure and our 
competitiveness was what it 
has to be to win on some-
one’s home court as good as 
Baylor,” Texas head coach 
Karen Aston said. “I’m glad 
that we were really compet-
itive, because that’s what 
we’re trying to learn to be. 
Our whole entire team is 
trying to learn to be compet-
itive on every play.” 
Up by two with 28.9 sec-
onds left, freshman forward 
Joyner Holmes stood at the 
free throw line with post-
ers flying in the stands and 
cheerleaders flying on the 
baseline. Holmes sunk two 
free throws to put Texas up 
by four as the Longhorn 
bench aired a heavy sigh of 
relief. 
“We definitely looked at 
each other and told each 
other to stay focused,” ju-
nior guard Ariel Atkins said. 
“I think that was really im-
portant for us tonight to stay 
locked in to each other. And 
to not hear anything but to 
keep our circle tight tonight.”
The Longhorns snapped 
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By Shane Lewis@theREALsplewisUPSET page 6As the All-Star break 
quickly approaches, sev-
eral former Texas players 
are helping their teams 
battle for leverage in the 
playoff picture. 
Kevin DurantDurant has fit perfectly 
into his new role on the 
Warriors. He’s averaging 
25.8 points, 8.4 rebounds 
and nearly five assists 
per game over the 2016 – 
2017 season. 
In the past week, Du-
rant helped the Warriors 
to two victories, including 
a 26-point effort against 
the Los Angeles Clippers 
in a 133-120 win. 
Lamarcus AldridgeThe San Antonio Spurs 
big man has been a big 
reason for the team’s sec-
ond-place standing in 
the Western Conference. 
In his second year in 
San Antonio, the former 
Longhorn is averaging 
17.5 points and 7.1 re-
bounds per game.
After missing a game 
due to a knee injury, Al-
dridge returned to the 
starting lineup against the 
Denver Nuggets on Satur-
day, recording 12 points 
in a 121-97 victory. 
Myles Turner 
The Indiana Pacers 
center has risen to the 
challenge in the starting 
lineup this season, av-
eraging 15.6 points and 
7.3 rebounds per game. 
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averaging 2.2.
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SMART page 65TYLER HORKA, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsTuesday, February 7, 2017WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | NO. 2 BAYLOR 79–85 NO. 11 TEXASIowa State has caught the 
nation’s attention just in 
time for its showdown with 
Texas. 
Iowa State pulled off a 
stunning 92-89 victory over 
No. 3 Kansas in overtime on 
Feb. 4, snapping a 51-game 
home winning streak for 
the Jayhawks. 
“I think we already had 
a great deal of respect of 
them already, but what they 
did at Kansas (was impres-
sive),” head coach Shaka 
Smart said. “They had it on 
in the bus when we were 
driving back from TCU. It 
was really impressive going 
in there and winning. No-
body does it. You’ve got to 
give them a lot of credit for 
going in there and playing 
with a lot of poise.” 
The Cyclones were led 
by the play of their se-
nior guards Nazareth Mi-
trou-Long, Monte Mor-
ris and Deonte Burton. 
The trio combined for 76 
points and a whopping 16 
three-pointers in the upset 
win.
The group of guards have 
been performing at a high 
level all season. Each play-
er is averaging at least 14 
points on the year, and each 
has demonstrated the abili-
ty to work as the focal point 
of the Cyclone offense.
Iowa State rolled through 
Texas in the team’s first 
meeting in Ames, Iowa, 
overwhelming the Long-
horns with three-point 
shooting and stingy defense 
en route to a 79-70 victo-
ry. Burton led the charge 
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the Bears’ 21-game winning 
streak and handed them 
their second loss of the sea-
son. Baylor’s first loss came 
at the hands of the country’s 
No. 1 team –– Connecticut 
–– on Nov. 17.
The Longhorns are now 
the lone team atop the Big 
12, boasting a perfect con-
ference record and a 17-
game winning streak.
Texas needed a hot start 
to sink the Bears, and that’s 
exactly what it got. A set 
of triples from Atkins and 
junior guard Brooke Mc-
Carty, paired with back-
to-back buckets from 
Holmes, gave Texas an early 
10-4 advantage.
McCarty sank a triple 
to beat the first-quarter 
buzzer, giving Texas a 23-
16 lead heading into the 
second stanza.
“They came out on fire,” 
Baylor head coach Kim 
Mulkey said. “They were 
ready to play, they had a 
lot of energy, they had a 
lot of fight in them. They 
just punched us right in 
the mouth.” 
Shots came early and fell 
often for the Longhorns 
as they executed a lights-
out shooting performance 
against a Baylor team that 
rarely stumbles on defense. 
Texas shot 51.6 percent 
from the field and held the 
Bears to just 43.9 percent.
A 73.3 percent shooting 
performance in the second 
quarter highlighted Texas’ 
offensive attack that left the 
Bears without answers. Bay-
lor kept pressing, but Texas 
kept answering. 
McCarty led the Long-
horns with 22 points and 
inked her way into the Texas 
record books, becoming the 
42nd player in program his-
tory to reach the 1,000-point 
career milestone.
Atkins and Holmes con-
tributed to the winning ef-
fort with 20 points and 18 
points, respectively. In spite 
of the victory, Texas still has 
work to do to stay atop the 
conference standings. 
“Coach talks about being 
in the moment, so we’re just 
staying in the moment, be-
cause every game is import-
ant,” McCarty said. “That 
game was really tough, and 
we just have to keep build-
ing from there.”
The past two weeks have 
been a whirlwind for Shaka 
Smart’s squad.
Two days after losing to 
Kansas, 79-67, in Lawrence 
on Jan. 21, the Longhorns re-
turned to Austin and pulled 
off an incredible last-second 
victory over Oklahoma. The 
following Saturday, Texas let 
another game slip away in 
Athens, falling to Georgia 
59-57. 
Texas has been inconsis-
tent all season long. Texas 
squeaked out another late 
victory over Texas Tech at 
home last Wednesday. And 
once again, the Longhorns 
followed it up with a disap-
pointing 78-63 loss to TCU 
in Fort Worth on Saturday.
If the trend holds up, then 
the Longhorns (9–14, 3–7 
Big 12) should feel pretty 
good about their chances 
heading into Tuesday night’s 
matchup with Iowa State. 
“I don’t think, in college, 
basketball teams are neces-
sarily always the exact same 
team from day to day,” Smart 
said. “I think the best ones 
find a way to be as consistent 
as they possibly be.”
Most of Texas’ pitfalls 
have come on the road this 
season. Texas dropped to 
0–10 in games away from 
the Frank Erwin Center fol-
lowing the TCU loss.
It seems that every time 
the Longhorns appear to 
be moving in the right di-
rection, they come to an 
abrupt halt and take a few 
steps back. Texas has been 
close. But lately, the Long-
horns just haven’t been able 
to close the deal.
“In past games, the vibe 
kind of gets tight from dif-
ferent people,” sophomore 
guard Eric Davis Jr. said. 
“But we are learning from 
past mistakes.”
Looking ahead with eight 
games left before the confer-
ence tournament, the sched-
ule doesn’t get any easier. 
This is the Big 12, after all.
Texas still has to travel to 
Stillwater to face a red-hot 
Oklahoma State team and 
to Morgantown to face No. 
13 West Virginia. Oh, and 
don’t forget about the home 
dates with the Jayhawks and 
No. 6 Baylor.
In short, things likely ar-
en’t getting any better. Tex-
as’ only remaining hope of 
making the NCAA tourna-
ment is to win the Big 12 
tournament. And if you be-
lieve that is happening, then 
there is some ocean front 
property in Arizona up for 
sale.
The most likely ending to 
this disappointing season is 
one without any postseason 
at all. That is, unless Texas 
can somehow claw its way 
back to near .500, and then 
perhaps the College Bas-
ketball Invitational — no, 
not the NIT — becomes 
a possibility. 
Even if Texas’ season 
ends at the Big 12 tourna-
ment, this lost year won’t 
completely be for nothing. 
The chemistry that wasn’t 
there at the beginning of 
this season likely won’t be 
lacking when Texas tips off 
the 2017–18 season in No-
vember.
“The more and more that 
we work together and be 
around each other in the 
gym, we’re growing a stron-
ger bond,” freshman guard 
Andrew Jones said. “We’re 
starting to trust each other 
more on and off the court. 
We’re finally building a 
brotherhood and becoming 
a stronger family.”
6 SPTS6SPORTSTuesday, February 7, 2017Inconsistency continues for LonghornsBy Trenton DaeschnerDaily Texan Columnist 
@TrentDaeschnerJoshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffHead coach Shaka Smart stares onto the court at the Frank Erwin Center. The Longhorns 
have struggled to find consistency throughout the majority of the season thus far. 
UPSET 
continues from page 5SMARTcontinues from page 5MEN’S BASKETBALL | COLUMN 
Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan StaffSophomore guard Kerwin Roach drives past an Oklahoma 
defender on Jan. 23 at the Frank Erwin Center. Roach fin-
ished with 11 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
The 6-foot-5 guard pres-
ents a matchup nightmare 
for most teams. Smart’s 
team will have its hands 
full yet again.
“He’s a tough match-
up, and I’ll be honest with 
you, we don’t have a guy 
like that (on our team) that 
we can put on him,” Smart 
said. “(He’s) as good as an 
example in our league of a 
hybrid between a guy who 
plays with a lot of power 
and of a guy who has a lot 
of skill, particularly scor-
ing the ball from outside 
and putting the ball on 
the floor.”
Another key matchup 
for the Longhorns will be 
the defensive assignment 
of sophomore guard Ker-
win Roach on Monte Mor-
ris. The senior guard for 
the Cyclones is one of the 
premier playmakers in the 
Big 12, ranking first in the 
conference in assists and 
fourth in scoring.
Roach has been a sol-
id defender for Texas this 
season, leading the team 
in steals. But the guard 
struggled to contain soph-
omore guard Alex Robin-
son in Saturday’s contest 
against TCU. Robinson 
finished with 17 points and 
dished out a game-high 
eight assists.
Smart recognized how 
important Roach’s role is 
and said it is important for 
the sophomore to shake off 
the last game.
“When (Roach) has a 
clear mind that’s not cloud-
ed with anything else, he’s 
really good,” Smart said. 
“When he’s frustrated or 
upset — sometimes you 
can see by the look on 
his face — it’s really hard 
for anybody to be good 
that way.”
Iowa State sits tied 
for third in the Big 12 
standings and holds an 
overall record of 14 – 8 
(6 – 4 conference). The 
Cyclones continue to put 
together a decent resume 
for the NCAA tourna-
ment and look to keep the 
momentum rolling with 
a second victory over 
Texas tonight. 
Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at 
the Frank Erwin Center.

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Color: Process color; Ad Number: 5347MAE HAMILTON, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan8Tuesday, February 7, 2017ALBUM REVIEW | ‘FIN’ARTChase Karacostas | Daily Texan StaffLise Ragbir, director of the Warfield Center Galleries, curated the series “Arts Meets Activism–
Llewellyn Xavier’s George Jackson Series.”
Syd releases enjoyable but 
forgettable debut recordBy Justin Jones@justjustin42Carlos Garcia | Daily Texan StaffBusiness junior Carina Henry tattooed a wolf with flowers to 
commemorate her experience as a study abroad student.
Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that 
features students around campus and their tattoos.
After studying for a semester 
in Hong Kong, business junior 
Carina Henry commemorated 
the experience with a tattoo.
“It’s a wolf with a peo-
ny, and the flower of Hong 
Kong, the Bauhinia,” she 
said. “I had never really 
been alone my entire life be-
fore the trip, and there’s this 
motif of alone with wolves.”
Henry decided on a tat-
too and an artist far before 
actually receiving the tattoo 
due to complications with 
the artist. The artist Hen-
ry hoped to work with was 
doing work in Norway at the 
time, but a lucky twist of 
fate helped her out.
“I looked up top studios 
in Hong Kong and found 
her page, and that’s when 
I emailed her,” Henry said. 
“She was coming to Hong 
Kong for a day, and it was 
the day before I left.”
Though she was lucky to 
have the opportunity, the tattoo 
come at a great cost — literally.
“It was super expensive,” 
Henry said. “She was there 
for a convention, she had to 
move a client around for me, 
she had to do all these things. 
I took every possible hit. But 
it’s fine, it came out good.”
By Chris Duncan@chr_duncBy Rajya Atluri@rajyaatluriActivist George Jackson’s 
words — “We must prove 
our predictions about the 
future with action” — greet 
visitors as they step into 
the IDEA Lab, encapsulat-
ing the mission behind his 
social justice efforts. 
Until May 19, the John L. 
Warfield Center for African 
and African American Stud-
ies is exhibiting “Arts Meets 
Activism — Llewellyn Xavi-
er’s George Jackson Series.” 
Warfield gallery director 
Lise Ragbir, who is curat-
ing the exhibit, selected the 
works on display and wrote 
an essay looking at how the 
roles of the two men con-
verged, partly through an 
exchange of letters, to cre-
ate the artwork at the ex-
hibit. According to Ragbir, 
the galleries are devoted to 
exploring the intersection 
of creative expression and 
social justice. 
“This exhibit forces peo-
ple to consider how far 
we’ve come in the last 40 
or 50 years and how far 
we need to go,” Ragbir 
said. “The sort of activism 
that was happening in the 
1970s — we’re seeing a re-
surgence of the same kind 
of activism.”
Llewellyn Xavier, an artist 
from St. Lucia, left the is-
land nation at 16 and found 
his way to London, where 
he involved himself with 
the black arts movement 
and began an epistolary ex-
change with American ac-
tivist George Jackson.
“What I find remarkable 
about this series is that it 
really spans the diaspora: 
You have a Caribbean artist 
who went to London and 
was able to engage with an 
American activist,” Rag-
bir said. “This activist and 
this artist coming together 
speaks to the breadth of this 
span of narratives within 
the diaspora.”
Edward Chambers, pro-
fessor of art and art history, 
said the first function the 
exhibit fulfills is its ability 
to inform. 
“I suspect or I fear that 
a lot of people might not 
know anything about 
George Jackson. A lot of 
people might not be famil-
iar with his biography or his 
writings,” Chambers said. 
“For those people, this ex-
hibition is really going to 
help, because they can come 
in here and they can leave 
having garnered some kind 
of sense of the significance 
of George Jackson.”
Chambers said he finds 
Jackson’s devotion to resis-
tance inspiring.
“Even though (Jackson) 
is in prison, and he’s beaten 
down by the system, one 
of the things that comes 
through in this exhibition 
and comes through in 
George Jackson’s writing is 
the ability to articulate one’s 
experiences,” Chambers 
said. “One of the things 
his writings do is they give 
us his blueprint of how 
important it is to articulate 
one’s own condition, 
because in a sense it’s 
the first step to making 
things better.”
According to Cham-
bers, there’s a strong el-
ement of pathos within 
the exhibition.
“We have this sense of 
George Jackson as a child, 
and we might think he’s 
got this carefree childhood 
with his whole life ahead of 
him, and we see the ways in 
which the society is able to 
take one young child’s life 
and consign that to hell, 
basically,” Chambers said. 
“Why should it be that any 
person grows up and is not 
able to avail themselves of 
the full resources of the 
wide society? These are im-
portant questions that the 
exhibition raises.”
Although George Jack-
son advocated for justice 
decades ago, his legacy 
of trying to improve Af-
rican-Americans’ quality 
of life is still thriving, es-
pecially on UT’s campus. 
Public health sophomore 
Kayla Eboreime, political 
action chair of the Black 
Student Alliance, helped 
coordinate a “die-in” last 
semester where students 
laid down at the base of the 
Tower to bring attention 
to institutional violence 
against black people in the 
United States. 
“I think black activism 
is important because there 
isn’t equity yet,” Eboreime 
said. “Until there is equity, 
we need to keep up the fight 
for diversity and inclusion.”
As a key member of the 
alternative R&B revival, Syd 
creates some of the most inter-
esting and empowering music 
of her genre. However, with 
her highly anticipated debut, 
she may have left some fans 
wondering what happened.
Of all the artists associated 
with Odd Future, Syd is one 
of the most interesting. As the 
only woman, but also the only 
openly gay member of the 
group, she placed herself in the 
middle of a storm of both hype 
and mass scrutiny considering 
the group’s often offensive 
and perceived homophobic 
stances. Now, Syd has bro-
ken out onto her own, taking 
on alternative R&B with her 
latest project.
Syd, formerly known as 
Syd tha Kyd, blossomed as the 
lead vocalist of the neo-soul 
band The Internet. The group 
thrives on setting a mood and 
incrementally building off of 
it, similar to the approach of 
The xx or Frank Ocean. Af-
ter releasing their critically 
acclaimed third LP, the band 
has gone on a hiatus of sorts, 
taking time to explore other 
musical projects. For Syd, that 
means finally releasing her 
long-anticipated debut solo 
album, Fin. Unfortunate-
ly, the LP’s experience will 
not fulfill some fans’ wants, 
leaving some shrugging and 
a lot to be desired.
The crux of Fin is a taste-
ful combination of ’90s R&B 
influences and modern alter-
native R&B sprinkled with an 
occasional trap-esque moment 
to spice up the mix — in terms 
of instrumentals, Fin doesn’t 
disappoint. Transitioning from 
her comfort zone with The 
Internet, Syd incorporates a 
lot of pop influences, drawing 
from the likes of Usher and 
choosing to try some luscious 
arrangements such as those on 
“Know” and “Got Her Own.”
No matter how dynamic 
the instruments may be on 
this record, Syd’s vocals are the 
opposite. But that doesn’t nec-
essarily mean they are a short-
coming. Following her strong 
influences from the ’90s, Syd 
sticks to more subdued vocals. 
Instead of breaking out on 
vocal riffs and displaying her 
dynamic range, she sticks to 
her guns and abides by her 
limitations, finding an em-
powering performance with 
modest confidence.
The issue with Fin isn’t that 
it’s poorly produced or that 
Syd’s vocals lack oomph. It 
just doesn’t feel like enough. 
Although demanding more 
out of an artist on their debut 
might be ridiculous, Syd isn’t 
exactly new to the game. For 
someone so seasoned in mu-
sic, Syd should have been 
able to weave Fin into a roll-
ercoaster of emotion, but in-
stead, most moments fall flat 
and stand as passable pop 
music rather than a moving 
piece of art.
Beyond the trap influences 
on “All About Me,” this 
record doesn’t surprise often. 
And repeated listens aren’t 
rewarded either — there’s 
not much depth to most 
songs beyond the typical 
relationship perils. With 
nothing spectacular reaching 
out to draw in the listener, 
there’s no reason to come back. 
In a genre so progres-
sive as alternative R&B, just 
treading water isn’t going to 
cut the mustard. The likes 
of Solange, Frank Ocean and 
Sampha have outpaced her 
with their recent releases, and 
although music might not be 
a head-on competition, it is 
important to stay on the tip 
of everyone’s tongue. Syd 
must step up her game on 
upcoming work, using some 
of her experience producing 
and performing with The 
Internet to drive her newest 
creative endeavor.
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Courtesy of Justin Brown 
Fin falls short of lofty expectations, standing as an enjoy-
able but unfortunately forgettable listen.
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