Philip Krim is reinvent-
ing an industry. 
A 2006 graduate of 
the McCombs School 
of Business, Krim is the 
co-founder and CEO of 
Casper, an e-commerce 
company that takes a 
Silicon Valley approach 
to a relatively low-tech 
product: mattresses.
Casper has disrupted 
the monotonous mattress 
buying and selling game 
in two significant ways. 
There is only a single style 
of Casper mattress, and 
it can be shipped to your 
doorstep in a box the size 
of a golf bag. 
“We think of this as an 
industry that has had too 
much choice for too long. 
There’s no reason you need 
70 different mattresses at a 
store,” Krim told CNN in 
2016. “You really can de-
sign one mattress for ev-
eryone’s comfort.”
Krim began his entre-
preneurial career in the 
e-commerce industry as 
a marketing sophomore 
at UT, when he found-
ed his first company, The 
State Attorney Gener-
al Ken Paxton will be tried 
twice over charges of secu-
rities fraud and violation of 
federal securities regulations 
on Thursday, according to 
special prosecutors. 
“There’s nothing in 
common except the de-
fendant,” special prosecu-
tor Kent Schaffer said. “So, 
for people who are sitting 
on a jury, it’s a much more 
confusing situation.”
Special prosecutors made 
the announcement during 
Paxton’s pre-trial. Paxton’s 
attorneys were expecting 
only one trial set for May 1 
combining the allegations, 
but the special prosecutors 
said the third-degree felony 
of failing to register with the 
U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission demands a sep-
arate trial as it is more com-
plex than the two first-degree 
securities fraud charges.
“That either doubles or 
triples the expense to Collin 
County,” Dan Cogdill, one 
of Paxton’s attorneys, said to 
WFAA. “I think from a ju-
dicial resources standpoint, 
given the fee structure that’s 
The Student Government 
executive alliances were offi-
cially announced on Tuesday 
night, and each ticket is gear-
ing up for the election season 
with a unique campaign plat-
form. Elections will take place 
March 1 and 2.
Blake Burley and Robert 
GuerraBlake Burley, philosophy 
and government junior, said 
he was inspired to run for 
student body president with 
finance junior Robert Guer-
ra after working on current 
SG President Kevin Helgren’s 
campaign last spring. 
With the slogan, “For the 
Forty,” the Burley-Guerra plat-
form will focus on student is-
sues, and includes decreasing 
transcript fees, getting more 
students to athletic games 
and increasing accessibility to 
SG representatives.
“Let’s give ourselves a 
break for a little bit from try-
ing to change the world right 
now,” Burley said. “If that is 
detracting from our ability 
to be Longhorns together,… 
then let’s not deal with those 
politics. Let’s focus on issues 
that are genuinely affecting all 
students right now and be ‘For 
the Forty.’”
Burley said he and Guerra 
are open to suggestions for 
their campaign platform.
Isaiah Carter and Sydney 
O’ConnellGovernment junior Isaiah 
Carter and corporate com-
munications junior Sydney 
O’Connell said they are run-
ning on a platform of safety, 
inclusion and acceptance.
“I care a lot about campus 
safety, campus diversity and 
giving voice to marginalized 
communities,” Carter, SG 
chief of staff, said. “These are 
things that I want to (address) 
as student body president.”
Through the campaign 
theme “Come As You Are,” 
Carter and O’Connell hope to 
encourage students to be un-
afraid of who they are.
“‘Come As You Are’ basical-
ly means to be unapologetic 
Name: 5400/Carnaval Mike Quinn Market; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Process color; Ad Number: 54001Monday, February 20, 2017@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidSPORTS PAGE 6COMICS PAGE 7SPORTS PAGE 6CITYDell Medical Center plans new mental health unitBy Sarah Bloodworth@bloodworthy22Seton’s Dell Children’s 
Medical Center of Central 
Texas and UT are trying to 
make mental health care 
more accessible to children. 
One in five children, 
aged 13 to 18, live with 
mental illness according 
to the National Alliance 
on Mental Illness. Seton’s 
Dell Children’s Medical has 
announced construction 
of the Grace Grego Max-
well Mental Health Unit, 
which will include a 24-
bed inpatient unit, a Texas 
Child Study Center and an 
outpatient program. 
Sonia Krishna, child and 
adolescent psychiatrist at 
Seton’s Dell Children’s Med-
ical and assistant psychiatry 
professor at Dell Medical 
School, said current access 
to mental healthcare is lim-
ited but is better in Austin 
because it is a more devel-
oped area. Krishna said 
that one of the goals of the 
new unit is to condense 
mental health care into 
one building.
“Right now (patients) go 
to the emergency room but 
they often get sent to differ-
ent hospitals in the commu-
nity afterwards. Now they’ll 
be able to stay in one hos-
pital and get care all in one 
place,” Krishna said.
Nyle Maxwell, a philan-
thropist in the automobile 
industry, donated $3 mil-
lion to fund this new mental 
health unit. Maxwell said he 
hopes that his donation will 
create more inclusive access 
to mental health care.
“It breaks my heart, but 
right now children in Cen-
tral Texas don’t have a ded-
icated, pediatric-focused 
inpatient facility where 
they can immediately go if 
they suffer a mental health 
crisis or, better yet, before 
a crisis,” Maxwell said in a 
press release.
The outpatient clinic will 
care for children who do 
not require hospitalization 
and include services such as 
routine checkups. Stephen 
Strakowski, chair of UT’s 
DELL page 2STUDENT GOVERNMENTCandidates discuss campaignsBy Kayla Meyertons@kemeyertonsCAMPAIGNS page 3Paxton faces double 
security fraud trialsSTATEBy Lisa Dreher@lisa_dreher97Courtesy of Ken PaxtonState Attorney General Ken Paxton will be tried twice over 
charges of securites fraud and violation of federal 
securties regulations.
PAXTON page 2McCombs alumnus 
flips mattress marketALUMNIBy Eric Goodman@_egood_
MATTRESS page 2As it evolves, the program can set 
a standard for care of youth in the 
community. It also brings mental 
health into the community view to 
hopefully foster future investments 
and philanthropy in this critical area 
of healthcare.—Stephen Strakowski, 
UT’s Department of Psychiatry Chair
Robert Guerra (VP) and Blake Burley (P)
Sydney O’Connell (VP) and Isaiah Carter (P)
Micky Wolf (VP) and Alejandrina Guzman (P)

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FRAMES featured photo thedailytexanTHEATER annual committed neighborhood four to strengthen munity Amory for programs Center gagement, normally derserved for two “The with order relationships and that ing into and ing whether ally made positive Baril On volunteers hours community’s er that’s or building Project executive Merrick Group. Among 
the several differ-
ent products he sold 
were mattresses.
“While I don’t recom-
mend this, I was able to 
skip a lot of classes and 
still graduate — giving me 
not only real-world expe-
rience, but also a degree,” 
Krim said in an email 
about his experience run-
ning a business as a full-
time student.
While Krim said Mc-
Combs provided him with 
the tools to succeed as a 
business executive, he at-
tributes much of Casper’s 
creative brand identity to 
his time living in the city 
of Austin.
“Austin is one of the 
most unique cities in the 
United States,” Krim said. 
“While at UT, I learned 
that a unique charm and 
identity are one of the 
most important things a 
city, or a business, and can 
have to truly resonate.”
Casper is based in New 
York City, where Krim 
has lived since before the 
company was founded in 
2013. There, he was intro-
duced to fellow McCombs 
alumnus Charles Tate, 
chairman and founder of 
the private equity firm 
Capital Royalty L.P.
Tate, who was induct-
ed into the McCombs 
Hall of Fame in 2003, has 
been a mentor to Krim 
throughout Casper’s rise 
from ambitious start-up 
to serious player in the 
bedding industry.
“Philip has a level of 
maturity far beyond his 
chronological age,” Tate 
said. “I feel I learn as 
much from him as he may 
feel he learns from me.”
Nathanial Lurie re-
cently completed his 
master’s in economics at 
UT and has owned two 
Casper mattresses.
“I definitely came at 
it from an ‘I like what 
they’re doing’ perspec-
tive,” Lurie said. “It was 
a consumer product that 
was one-size-fits-all and 
had really good internet 
marketing, so I thought it 
was cool for that reason.”
After just two years, 
Casper’s sales hit $100 mil-
lion. With growth like that, 
one can imagine Philip 
Krim sleeps well at night.
“My biggest piece of 
advice is to take the leap,” 
Krim said. “No matter 
what kind of success you 
see, you will learn more 
along the way than you 
ever thought possible. The 
resources and network 
that UT provides is the 
reason why I am here to-
day — never forget to take 
advantage of that.”
MATTRESScontinues from page 1Courtesy of Philip KrimUT alumnus Philip Krim used his schooling at McCombs, 
where he graduated from in 2006, to become the 
co-founder and CEO of Casper, a mattress company.
in place in this case, that’s ab-
surd. We are not opposed and 
indeed we request that they be 
tried together.”
Paxton was indicted on 
two criminal charges on the 
state level, one for allegedly 
persuading investors to invest 
in Servergy, Inc., which he al-
legedly received shares from 
as compensation. The other 
charge was for not registering 
as an investment adviser with 
the state. 
On the federal level, the 
same allegations were levied 
against him as civil charges. 
The SEC said registering as an 
investment adviser discloses 
any conflict of interest between 
an investment adviser and the 
company they represent to 
those they are advising.
Paxton has pleaded not 
guilty on all accounts.
“I don’t think anybody’s 
above the law,” Paxton said on 
Wednesday. “But everybody 
deserves the protection of 
the law, and that’s all I would 
ever ask.” 
In October 2016, a federal 
judge threw out Paxton’s fed-
eral civil charges, saying the 
SEC did not provide enough 
evidence that he violated its 
regulations by encouraging 
investors to invest in Servergy, 
Inc. The SEC later re-filed its 
complaints, thus reviving the 
federal case.
James Spindler, UT law and 
business professor, specializ-
es in legalities surrounding 
securities fraud. 
“If (Paxton is) not an invest-
ment adviser, he would not 
have any obligation to disclose 
his compensation to these in-
vestors,” Spindler said. “If he 
is an investment adviser, then 
things are different.”
Spindler said people often 
violate state regulations be-
cause they can give advice but 
are not official investment ad-
visers. Spindler said Paxton 
facing criminal charges and 
potential jail time, each crim-
inal charge carrying 99 years, 
is unusual.
“People fall afoul of the in-
vestment adviser registration 
provisions all the time, and it’s 
fairly common to see civil law-
suits filed about that,” Spindler 
said. “It’s pretty uncommon to 
see a criminal lawsuit occur 
unless someone’s been engag-
ing in a pattern of bad behavior 
over a period of time.”
In general, Spindler said 
people do not have to disclose 
anything if they are not offi-
cial investment advisers, which 
Spindler said Paxton may argue.
“We have some sort of basic 
claim of fairness that it’s not 
fair to throw somebody in jail 
if they didn’t even suspect he 
was doing something wrong,” 
Spindler said. “He could also 
say that he wasn’t actually of-
fering investment advice in re-
turn for compensation.”
PAXTONcontinues from page 1Department of Psychi-
atry said most mental 
illnesses can be treated 
in outpatient programs 
in conjunction with 
family education. 
The Texas Child Study 
Center within the center 
will be a continuation of 
the Dell Children’s Med-
ical’s outpatient clinic in 
partnership with UT. The 
center provides treatment 
for children with emo-
tional, behavioral and de-
velopmental disabilities. 
It also offers training and 
research programs for 
medical students.
The inpatient clinic deals 
with emergency care such 
as surgery and lab tests. The 
new unit will contain both 
inpatient and outpatient 
clinics in one area which 
eases patient care.
“(The new center) will 
provide an opportunity to 
not only potentially pro-
vide more inpatient beds 
and an expanded outpa-
tient program, but to also 
provide a better continu-
um and quality of care,” 
Strakowski said. 
The Dell Children’s 
Medical mainly deals 
with children who suffer 
from ailments like suicid-
al thoughts, depression 
and anxiety, according 
to Krishna. Child Trends 
reported that the most 
common disorders that af-
fect adolescents are those 
associated with anxiety, 
closely followed by depres-
sion and ADHD. 
“I think the increase in 
child mental illness says a 
lot about environmental 
factors that affect children 
nowadays,” Krishna said. 
“We need this coordinated 
system to treat them.” 
Construction on the new 
unit will begin within the 
next six to nine months 
and is estimated to cost $7 
million. The new unit is 
not only expected to im-
prove care, but set an ex-
ample as a new model of 
coordinated care, according 
to Strakowski.
“As it evolves, the pro-
gram can set a standard 
for care of youth in the 
community,” Strakowski 
said.“It also brings mental 
health into the communi-
ty view to hopefully foster 
future investments and 
philanthropy in this criti-
cal area of healthcare.”
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dren’s Medical 
Center of Central 
Texas. Sonia 
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ber: 5483W&N 3NEWSMonday, February 20, 20173THEATER & DANCESouth Asian students stand with refugeesBy Jahnavi Muppaneni@jaaahnaviSouth Asian student groups 
shed light on a serious subject 
by putting on a comedy show 
on Saturday to raise money 
for refugees in Austin.
OneWay SAIV, an Inter-
varsity Christian Fellowship 
of South Asian students, and 
Ismaili Muslim Student Asso-
ciation created a platform to 
unite the campus through the 
Stand Up For Refugees show, 
held at the SAC Auditorium. 
Saaya, a South Asian fusion 
dance team, and South Asian 
fraternity Delta Epsilon Psi 
provided the entertainment 
for the night, along with other 
South Asian students. The do-
nations raised by all partici-
pating groups and performers 
went to the Refugee Services 
of Texas.
The acts included a wide 
range of jokes from President 
Donald Trump’s executive 
ban to being single on Valen-
tine’s Day.
Bilal Qazi, Delta Epsilon 
Psi President, said the nature 
and timeliness of the show is 
what made it important.
“In times like these where 
some quite divisive decisions 
are being made, I think this 
show is a great way to bring 
light on a serious subject in 
a way that will bring people 
together, not divide them,” 
Qazi said.
The piece performed by 
Saaya was based on the story 
of a woman who saved hun-
dreds of lives by sacrificing 
her own. The team’s goal was 
to teach the audience about 
something that helps put the 
rest into perspective. 
Shweta Julka, international 
relations and global studies 
sophomore, said she danced 
to raise awareness for volun-
teer-based programs where 
students can have more of a 
direct impact.
“Many people who fear 
getting involved political-
ly believe that what they do 
won’t necessarily make a dif-
ference,” Julka said. “Howev-
er, if a light-hearted approach 
to a topic like this is effective 
in sparking interest among 
people who wouldn’t normal-
ly make it a point to associate 
themselves with anything this 
controversial, then I’m all 
for it.”
The Refugee Service of 
Texas welcomes and supports 
refugees, immigrants and oth-
er displaced people with inte-
grating and thriving in new 
communities. IMSA president 
Nausheen Lalani said living by 
action has the greatest impact 
on change. 
“I think donation and 
funding are very vital to keep 
these groups fighting for their 
cause, especially in this cru-
cial time,” Lalani said.
OneWay SAIV president 
Nancy Varughese said she 
hopes events such as this 
won’t be the last.
“It is necessary for us to 
speak up for those without a 
voice like refugees and be a 
trail blazer for the other Texas 
universities,” Varughese said.
Ann MorrisDaily Texan StaffIn the front and 
center stage, 
Akhil Chamar-
thy performs 
a fusion of 
Bhangra and 
Bollywood dance. 
UT Saaya graced 
the stage near 
the end of the 
program, after 
four comedians 
gave routines to 
be voted on by 
the audience.
CAMPUS‘The Project’ returns to Rundberg neighborhoodBy Rajya Atluri@rajyaatluriRaising UT’s four-year 
graduation rate has been a 
main goal of the University 
in recent years, and UT is 
working to improve this es-
pecially among low-income 
students, according to a 
recent report.
American Talent Initia-
tive, a national group that 
works to expand opportunity 
for lower-income students, 
released a report on Feb. 15 
recognizing UT for its in-
creased four-year graduation 
rate and support programs 
for lower-income students.
“For every incoming stu-
dent at UT, we use a predic-
tive model to try to identify 
students that might be less 
likely to graduate in four 
years,” said Harrison Keller, 
deputy to the president for 
strategy and policy. “That 
predictive model influenc-
es decisions about student 
success programs and fi-
nancial aid so that we can 
intervene and increase the 
likelihood that students will 
be able to complete in a 
timely fashion.” 
The University is pursuing 
multiple strategies to help 
lower-income students, in-
cluding a focus on student 
program choices, better ca-
reer placement programs, 
student support programs 
and helping students under-
stand university expecta-
tions earlier on. 
“There are things we’re do-
ing now in partnership with 
school districts and high 
schools so students much 
earlier in the pipeline will 
understand what the expec-
tations are for UT Austin,” 
Keller said. “Unfortunately, 
many students find out when 
they step on campus that 
their high school program 
wasn’t aligned with the ex-
pectations of UT Austin.” 
Government sophomore 
Kyla Sampang said she didn’t 
think her high school pre-
pared her well for UT. How-
ever, it would be hard for UT 
to tell students their expec-
tations while they’re still in 
high school, Sampang said.
“I just don’t think that 
UT going into high schools 
would do anything just be-
cause the public school sys-
tem is what makes decisions 
on those things,” Sampang 
said. “It’s just difficult to 
overhaul an entire system.” 
The report highlights the 
University Leadership Net-
work, an incentive-based 
scholarship and leadership 
program, as another suc-
cessful strategy. ULN mem-
ber Mafer Flores, pre-social 
work sophomore, said the 
financial support and intern-
ship opportunities she re-
ceives help her stay on track 
to graduate on time. 
“(What I like best about 
ULN is) the fact that we have 
access to internships our sec-
ond year of college and … 
financial support and men-
torship,” Flores said. 
UT’s four-year graduation 
rate has risen from 50 per-
cent in 2010 to 60.9 percent 
in 2016, although it is still 
short of its goal to reach 70 
percent by this year, accord-
ing to the report.
Emmanuel Briseño | Daily Texan StaffVolunteers plant garden beds at Dobie Middle School as part of The Project during the sping of 2016. The Project is a day 
where thousands of UT students, faculty and staff come together to connect with Austin neighborhoods through volunteering.
CAMPUSUT supports low-income studentsBy Rachel Cooper@rachelcoopaThe Project, UT’s largest 
annual day of service, has 
committed to the Rundberg 
neighborhood for a total of 
four years — a change meant 
to strengthen existing com-
munity relationships.
Amory Baril, director 
for student engagement 
programs in the Longhorn 
Center for Community En-
gagement, said The Project 
normally partners with un-
derserved neighborhoods 
for two years.
“The Project partners 
with one neighborhood in 
order to make sure that our 
relationships are maintained 
and that we’re not just com-
ing into a neighborhood … 
and leaving without know-
ing whether or not it actu-
ally made an impact or was 
positive for the community,” 
Baril said.
On Feb. 27, hundreds of 
volunteers will spend nine 
hours serving the Rundberg 
community’s needs, wheth-
er that’s painting houses 
or building benches. The 
Project is organized by an 
executive team of student 
volunteers who then mobi-
lize the student body over the 
course of a year. Outreach 
chair Joanna Chyu, Plan II 
and biochemistry sopho-
more, said a lot of work goes 
into identifying these needs.
“Our catchphrase is like 
‘We go to an underserved 
community in Austin,’ but 
what does that really mean?” 
Chyu said. “We’re behind 
the scenes of figuring out, 
‘So this community is un-
derserved, but why? Is it be-
cause of social or economic 
factors or is it because it’s a 
bad location in Austin, and 
what are these disadvantag-
es that these people who live 
there have that are out of 
their control?’”
This year, The Project has 
18 different sites, which is 
more than previous years, 
said volunteer management 
chair and psychology junior 
Noora Bayrami said.
“Basically, the goal every 
year is just for us to go out to 
our sites and do the best we 
can,” Bayrami said. “We’re 
just trying to have a greater 
impact on the entire com-
munity of Rundberg.”
Baril said The Project is 
special because it mobilizes 
a large amount of people all 
at once, creating a big im-
pact for the past 17 years.
“The Project and events 
like it really are amazing be-
cause it’s a really great visual 
of what a lot of people can 
do in nine hours,” Baril said. 
“You can see all over the city 
now, houses that have been 
painted by The Project vol-
unteers and trees that have 
been planted and landscap-
ing that still exists — it real-
ly does last beyond the time 
that we’re there.”
of what makes you unique,” 
Carter said. “You watch the 
news these days, and you find 
every reason to find differenc-
es in yourself… This (plat-
form) is basically a response 
to all rhetoric that seeks to 
divide us.” 
Carter and O’Connell’s 
platform includes initiatives 
for expanding SURE Walk, 
implementing a fall break and 
creating a multi-faith center 
on campus.
Alejandrina Guzman and 
Micky WolfAlejandrina Guzman, gov-
ernment and Mexican-Amer-
ican studies senior, and Micky 
Wolf, Plan II and business 
honors junior, are running 
on a platform with six points: 
diversity and inclusion, acces-
sibility, service, affordability, 
addressing sexual assault and 
spirits and tradition.
“Our vision is to have a 
more empowered student 
body so they can overcome 
personal challenges, take ini-
tiatives in their hands and 
make a positive impact in 
UT and around the world,” 
Guzman said.
The Guzman-Wolf cam-
paign slogan “RALLY” 
represents both the literal 
definition of the word and 
the acronym, “Reaching 
All Longhorns Like You,” 
Guzman said.
Guzman has served as SG 
university-wide representa-
tive, her running mate Micky 
Wolf’s current position, and 
she is now the director of 
the disabilities and inclusion 
agency within SG.
“Personally, being Latina, 
being a woman and being 
differently abled, that weighs 
in a lot of different fears of 
community,” Guzman said. 
“I’ve seen how important 
it is to be represented in 
student government.”
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The Texas Legislature recently introduced 
several bills that allow for blatant discrimination 
against LGBT people under the guise of reli-
gious freedom. But representatives such as Matt 
Krause, R-Fort Worth, author of the state’s “First 
Amendment Defense Act”, would be better off 
protecting the constitution by fulfilling their du-
ties under the First and 14th Amendments. 
The Establishment clause of the First 
Amendment provides for separation of church 
and state, and the Equal Protection clause of 
the 14th Amendment prohibits discrimination 
based on membership in a certain group. Tex-
as currently fails to meet both these standards 
for our LGBT population. 
Denying a person access to a business that 
serves the general public based on a personal 
belief or lifestyle is discrimination. Religious 
liberty does not extend to the right to dis-
criminate because it crosses the line between 
making a choice for oneself and forcing a 
choice on someone else. 
Most arguments for opt-out legislation 
center on the First Amendment’s protection 
to freely practice religion. However, prece-
dent seems to be against the idea that free ex-
ercise allows for discrimination. Justice An-
tonin Scalia wrote in the majority opinion in 
Employment Division v. Smith that religious 
beliefs do not excuse one from compliance 
with the law. On the contrary, because gay 
marriage has been found to be a constitution-
al right, religious exemptions must not be al-
lowed to hinder it. 
Texas has no protections against discrim-
ination for either sexual orientation or gen-
der identity in the public accommodation, 
employment, credit or housing realms. Apart 
from violating the 14th Amendment’s call to 
provide equal protection under the law, this 
discrimination is potentially bad for business. 
As a pro-business state, we shouldn’t be imple-
menting policy that will curtail growth, pre-
venting business owners from operating here. 
By failing this community in the legal 
sphere, we put LGBT people in real danger in 
the physical sphere. Although Texas passed 
an anti-hate crime law in 2001, it does not 
include protection for crimes motivated by 
gender identity.
In Texas, hate crimes based on sexual ori-
entation and gender identity have increased 
since 2007. The Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety did not record hate crimes based 
on gender identity in 2007, but in 2015 they 
were listed as motivation for 2.6 percent of 
hate crimes. In 2015, hate crimes based on 
gender identity and sexual orientation made 
up almost a quarter of hate crimes statewide, 
which is higher than the national average. 
Because of this visceral threat, equal protec-
tion for the LGBT community under the law 
has become equivalent to necessary safety reg-
ulation. Child protection or seat belt laws can 
legally be enforced even if they violate one’s 
personal beliefs, because they are reasonable 
and rationally expected to protect the popula-
tion. The same is true for anti-discrimination 
laws and policies. 
Although there are limits to the immediate 
effect of anti-discrimination laws, they are still 
vital to enact. How can we expect to protect 
those who live in our state, economically and 
physically, when we do not have laws in place 
to allow the courts to enforce protection?
We are currently accessories to the tram-
pling of a minority group under the foot of a 
religious majority— which is exactly what the 
First and 14th Amendments were designed to 
protect against.
MacLean is an advertising sophomore from 
Austin.
The days that one could avoid blatant an-
ti-Semitism by staying off of online forums 
are long gone. Since 2008, there has been a 
marked increase in the number of anti-Semit-
ic comments made on sites such as Yahoo! and 
Google. But since the most recent presidential 
election, the increase in anti-Semitic actions be-
yond the scope of the internet has skyrocketed. 
From Nov. 8 to Nov. 13, the five days since Pres-
ident Donald Trump was elected, the Southern 
Poverty Law Center reported over 200 instanc-
es of hate crimes. As our university begins to 
grapple with these issues, they need to ensure 
that their response to these instances not only 
placates people but invites response and change.
Just last week, flyers were distributed all 
over our campus promoting a racist and xe-
nophobic agenda that made many students 
feel uncomfortable and unsafe. The University 
released a statement through a Tumblr page 
which clarified that, “We are a campus which 
welcomes and celebrates all dimensions of di-
versity … While we welcome the discussion 
of all ideas, they must be shared freely and 
fairly so that they can be properly debated as 
a campus community. The anonymous posters 
were inconsistent with our campus values and 
counterproductive to true campus dialogue.” 
Well, duh. The University gave members of the 
UT community the option to report hate speech 
or crimes, or even a biased incident, to the Cam-
pus Climate Response Team and provided links 
to various support centers on campus. While 
all of that is great and noble, it does not exactly 
aid in making the campus a more inclusive en-
vironment because the reports themselves do 
not eliminate the cause of the hate. This is an ex-
tremely complicated problem, nonetheless, but 
not an entirely unsolvable one. 
While “safe spaces” can be problematic and 
controversial, hate speech does not, should not 
and will never have a place on campus, and 
hopefully social media. Our campus is home 
to many diverse viewpoints and people, but 
if those viewpoints are harmful to any group, 
race, ethnicity, gender or religion, they do not 
belong here. No one should ever feel like an 
unwelcome guest in their own home.
With these flyers, UT was stuck between a 
rock and a hard place. It is very easy to offer a 
simplistic cure-all, but if the issue was that sim-
ple, it would have already been fixed. However, 
it is unclear how the CCRT deals with any re-
ports, and furthermore, if they have the pow-
er to do anything besides take down the flyers. 
Taking them down gets rid of the blatant mes-
sage and shows a lack of support, but the hate 
is still lying beneath the surface. The Univer-
sity should take actions to meet with a diverse 
group of students and discuss the hate they feel 
on campus and take steps in order to reduce not 
only the anxiety surrounding this hate, but the 
hate itself. 
In the future, the solution should be less 
“press release” and have an actual impact. Our 
campus should be more vocal on a specific 
level — student leaders, administrators and 
professors must be willing and able to combat 
this issue if necessary. Training people in po-
sitions of power on our campus should be re-
quired and offered to others who would like to 
attend. A campaign based on celebrating our 
differences, more inclusion programs and a 
required program for freshman (similar to the 
alcohol and consent training) on hate speech 
and inclusion could be possible solutions. 
It can be hard to teach a new viewpoint, 
but if the standard on campus is inclusion, it’s 
harder to be an outlier.
Kashar is a radio-television-film sophomore 
from Scarsdale, New York.
On Thursday, Harris County District At-
torney Kim Ogg usurped Austin in making 
Houston the most pot-friendly city in Texas. 
Perhaps Willie Nelson will move.
Under the policy introduced by Ogg in con-
junction with Harris County Sheriff Ed Gon-
zalez, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and 
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, individuals 
apprehended with four ounces of marijuana or 
less will not be arrested, or even given a citation 
directing them to appear in court.
Instead, in lieu of a Class B or Class A misde-
meanor, these individuals will be able to take a 
short educational course on drugs and avoid any 
criminal prosecution. (Repeat offenders of small 
amounts of pot will be able to take the class and 
avoid prosecution over and over again.)
Ogg had campaigned on reform of mar-
ijuana laws. However, the condemnation 
from some Republicans, namely Lt. Gov. Dan 
Patrick, was swift. Still, the Texas Legislature 
gives prosecutors wide authority and discre-
tion on what cases they choose to bring. Ogg 
is certainly within her rights.
This reform has exposed two realities. The 
first is that Austin and other entities, including 
the State of Texas overall, desperately need to 
play catch-up by ending similarly asinine and 
outdated rules and laws. The second is that 
grassroots political organizing at the local level 
sometimes has — and often does have — pro-
foundly successful impacts.
Last year at the State Democratic Convention 
in San Antonio, parts of the day were dedicated 
to breakout sessions in which Democrats attend-
ed caucus meetings most affiliated with their 
identities. There was a LGBT caucus, a Muslim 
caucus, a Latino caucus and, of course, a canna-
bis caucus. The latter had perhaps the best atten-
dance. And when Ogg announced her plan to the 
group, she was given a lengthy standing ovation.
Those who believed that marijuana laws in 
Houston needed reform put down the blunts and 
Funyuns. They organized, they voted and they 
won. The same now must be done for all those 
who believe in decriminalization or legalization, 
at both a local and a statewide level.
Ostensibly intelligent alumni of this university 
have assured me time and time again that they 
vote in the “important” elections like presidential 
ones, but not the “unimportant” local contests. 
The reality could not be further from the truth.
Turner was elected in a nail-biter of an elec-
tion with a 21 percent turnout. Ogg was nom-
inated in a Democratic primary that boasted 
11 percent turnout. And Gonzalez defeated his 
opponent in a Democratic primary runoff that 
garnered 1.43 percent turnout. Yet it was only 
through all three of these victories, together, 
that Houston’s policy could come into place.
Voters should keep this in mind as prima-
ries for the state Legislature occur next year. 
In 2015, a bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana 
made it out of a House Committee. For it to 
go any further, proponents of reform must 
show up and vote in unflashy elections.
Horwitz is a first-year law student from 
Houston. 
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@LeahKasharMegan McFarrenDaily Texan StaffInfographic by Elizabeth Jones | Daily Texan StaffOur campus is home to many 
diverse viewpoints and people, but 
if those viewpoints are harmful to 
any group, race, ethnicity, gender or 
religion, they do not belong here. 
Texas abdicates duty to protect LGBT people

The Longhorns could 
barely watch on Saturday as 
sophomore Rodrigo Banzer 
battled Wake Forest’s Alan 
Gadjiev in Charlottesville, 
Virginia in a nail-biting 
final set. 
The winner would send his 
team to the semifinals of the 
ITA Indoor Championship. 
For Banzer, the situation was 
all too familiar, but the out-
come wasn’t what anyone 
had hoped. 
Banzer entered the match 
against No. 2 Wake Forest 
as the hero. The Bolivian se-
cured the final point on Fri-
day for No. 10 Texas in its 4-2 
upset of No. 7 Florida in the 
opening round.
Sophomore Harrison 
Scott and freshman Yuya 
Ito secured the doubles 
point, defeating Florida’s 
Maxx Lipman and Josh 
Wardell, 6-2.
The Longhorns stayed hot 
in singles play as Scott blew 
out Elliott Orkin 6-2, 6-1 for 
the second point. Sophomore 
Leonardo Telles dominat-
ed McClain Kessler, giving 
Texas a 3-0 lead with a 6-3, 
6-3 victory.
But Florida wasn’t ready to 
go home. The Gators won two 
straight matches to make it a 
3-2 score. Banzer stopped the 
bleeding for the Longhorns, 
besting Jordan Belga 2-6, 6-2, 
7-6 for the final point despite 
trailing 2-5 in the third set.
“Florida wouldn’t go away,” 
head coach Michael Center 
said. “They had us against 
the wall, but I was really im-
pressed by Banzer’s mental 
toughness and the way he 
came back.”
The Longhorns came out 
cold against Wake Forest. The 
Demon Deacons edged out 
Texas in doubles play, taking 
an early 1-0 lead.
Senior George Goldhoff 
struggled against Skander 
Mansouri, falling 2-6, 2-6. 
Wake Forest’s Petros Chryso-
chos extended the lead to 3-0 
by trouncing freshman Chris-
tian Sigsgaard 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
With the team on the brink 
of defeat, Texas responded. 
Ito put the Longhorns on the 
board with a 7-6, 7-6 win over 
Christian Seraphim. Scott 
gave Texas its second point 
after defeating Borna Gojo 
3-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Telles tied it up at three 
with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory 
over Wake Forest’s Dennis 
Uspensky. It all came down to 
Banzer once again.
“We played an incredible 
match,” Center said. “It came 
down to the last set, and it 
was a great team effort by the 
guys. The bounce of the ball 
just didn’t go our way.”
Texas rebounded with a 
4-2 win over No. 11 Oklaho-
ma State Sunday in a conso-
lation match. After losing the 
doubles point, the Longhorns 
won four of the first five 
singles matches.
Goldhoff sealed the win 
over the Cowboys with a 2-6, 
7-5, 6-3 takedown of Oklaho-
ma State’s Lukas Finzelberg.
“This was a great win and 
a good tournament overall,” 
Center said. “We’re disap-
pointed we didn’t get to play 
in the semifinals, but we have 
a lot of tennis in front of us.”
The Longhorns played five 
games in a three-day stretch 
for the second consecutive 
week as they hosted Indiana, 
South Carolina and Louisiana 
Tech in the Texas Invitational. 
All five of Texas’ pitchers 
made appearances as head 
coach Connie Clark’s team 
finished the tournament with 
an impressive 4-1 record. Even 
more striking were the 32 runs 
the Longhorns lured in to 
push their overall record on 
the season to 7-3. 
Senior Mickenzi Krpec led 
the Longhorns with a .455 
batting average, recording five 
hits — including three dou-
bles. Senior shortstop Dev-
on Tunning had the highest 
slugging percentage at .769 
with five hits, including two 
doubles and a homerun. 
“Sticking with our game-
plan with (hitting) coach 
Mackay, he’s got us all working 
on certain things and trust-
ing the process is the biggest 
thing,” Krpec said. “I think it 
was a confidence booster. It 
was like a whole new team out 
there today.” 
After a defensive 2-1 victory 
over Indiana Thursday night, 
Texas split games on Friday 
against Louisiana Tech and 
South Carolina. Texas used all 
five pitchers on Friday, with 
two appearances from redshirt 
sophomore Erica Wright. 
“You’ve just got to keep 
competing,” head coach Con-
nie Clark said. “If you have 
a good hitting ballclub and 
there’s a tighter zone you’ve got 
to spin the ball at the plate and 
play some defense.”
Saturday’s game against In-
diana was headed in the same 
direction. Junior pitcher Paige 
von Sprecken struggled at the 
circle, giving up five hits and 
three walks in two innings to 
put her team in a 6-0 hole. 
Sophomore Brooke 
Bolinger took over in the 
third inning. She sought 
redemption, closing the 
game with three hits, three 
strikeouts, and zero runs in 
four innings. 
“The young ones like that 
need a little result to start feel-
ing confident,” Clark said. “ 
I pulled her and Taylor aside 
and I said, ‘listen, you guys 
have been on campus for four 
weeks, please don’t beat your-
self up. You’ve got to keep 
learning and you’re going to 
get results.’”
On offense, Texas 
capitalized on walks and field-
ing errors for their first run 
to bring the score to 6-1. In 
the third inning, a key single 
by Krpec and a groundout to 
second sent runners home to 
bring the score to 7-5. In the 
fourth inning, sophomore 
Reagan Hathaway put her-
self for scoring position with 
an opening triple, which was 
brought home by a sacrifice 
fly. By the fifth inning, the ear-
ly 6-0 deficit vanished and the 
Longhorns took the lead, 8-7. 
The Longhorns put up five 
runs in the sixth inning to rally 
the final score to 13-7. 
The Longhorns concluded 
the Texas Invitational pound-
ing the dirt with runs to defeat 
Louisiana Tech 9-2. 
Senior Kelli Hanzel sent a 
bomber just inside the infield 
line and over the fence for her 
first homerun of the season. 
Freshmen Taylor Ellsworth 
and Tuesday DerMargosian 
racked up their stats with 
run-scoring base hits, while 
freshman Jade Gortarez boast-
ed a total of five RBIs off two 
singles and a double. Krpec 
continued her time on base, 
walking twice and grounding 
a single. 
Erica Wright took over for 
Tiarra Davis as pitcher, closing 
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By Justin Martinez@JustJustin956MEN’S TENNISto the right field bullpen 
during Friday night’s home 
opener. His brother, Kacy, 
matched this with a bomb 
over the left field fence 
during Saturday night’s 6-1 
win. The senior first base-
man showcased a perfect 
3-for-3 hit night with a pair 
of RBI for the burnt orange.
“We actually talked about 
that,” Kacy Clemens said. 
“After I hit that one, (Kody) 
goes, ‘You’ve always got to 
come catch up with me, 
huh?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’m not 
going to let you get out 
there too far.’”
The Longhorns hope 
to rely on the offensive 
production that comes 
with the Clemens broth-
ers’ friendly sibling rivalry 
moving forward.
“We’re going to build off 
this weekend,” Kacy Cle-
mens said. “I think there 
were definitely some bright 
spots that are promising 
and I think that’s what we’re 
going to focus on moving 
forward. We’ve just got to 
swing the bats better.”
Texas falls short of 
ITA Indoor semifinalsBASEBALLcontinues from page 6We played an incred-
ible match. It came 
down to the last set, 
and it was a great team 
effort by the guys. The 
bounce of the ball just 
didn’t go our way.
—Michael Center, 
Head coach

Flashes of burnt orange 
and white circled the bases 
at UFCU Disch-Falk Field 
Sunday afternoon. 
But the runners tagging 
the plates were merely 
Longhorn fans participat-
ing in a “kids run the bas-
es” activity after the game 
had already ended in a 7-1 
loss to Rice. Redshirt junior 
second baseman Bret Bo-
swell launched a solo home 
run in the fifth inning, but 
he was the only Longhorn 
to round the bases during 
the match. Sunday’s loss 
evened the weekend series 
at 2-2.
“We’re very disappoint-
ed,” head coach David 
Pierce said. “We didn’t 
do things well today in 
one inning that costed us 
the game.”
Rice posted five runs 
in the sixth inning that 
required four Longhorn 
pitchers to find a way to 
stop the bleeding. Senior 
first baseman Kacy Cle-
mens, who was the only 
Longhorn to record mul-
tiple hits in the game, was 
not satisfied with a series 
tie against the Owls.
“We don’t take 2 out of 4,” 
Kacy Clemens said. “(Do) 
you come in here to win 
half the games or do you 
come in here to win all the 
games? I’m pretty sure any-
body who plays this game 
wants to win every sin-
gle game they play. If they 
don’t, then they shouldn’t 
be playing the game.”
Junior pitcher Con-
nor Mayes brought the 
heat with six strikes in a 
seven-pitch affair during 
the first inning. The 
right-handed launcher 
shared control of the game 
with Rice’s sophomore 
pitcher Zach Esquivel until 
sophomore catcher Domi-
nic DiCaprio struck in the 
fourth inning with a RBI 
double to get the Owls on 
the board first. 
“I thought Esquivel — 
he’s not a big velocity guy, 
but he really threw the ball 
in and out and changed 
speeds as well as he could 
do and really locate it,” 
Pierce said. “When you do 
that, you usually win.”
Mayes hoped to find his 
rhythm during the sixth 
inning, but the Owls had 
other plans. Rice batters 
stung the Longhorns with 
a pair of RBI doubles and 
two rounds of loaded bases 
until junior pitcher Tyler 
Schimpf found the final out 
of the inning.
Texas hoped to bounce 
back from the damage but 
couldn’t find the ball enough 
to mitigate early mistakes.
“I thought the back side 
of the bullpen was not good 
at all,” Pierce said “If we 
don’t improve that, we’re 
not going to do well in the 
latter part of the innings.”
Bats were swinging ear-
lier in the weekend for the 
Longhorns. Sophomore 
designated hitter Kody 
Clemens kicked off a new 
season of scoring for the 
Longhorns with a homer 
Rarely does a team’s best 
shooter find herself open on a 
game-winning possession. 
No. 19 Oklahoma defied 
those odds Saturday when red-
shirt senior Peyton Little stood 
alone in the corner with three 
seconds to shoot. 
Swish. Game over. A defen-
sive lapse offered an opening, 
and Little buried a corner dag-
ger on a long inbounds pass to 
snap No. 8 Texas’ 19-game win-
ning streak and hand the Long-
horns their first conference loss 
of the season, 74-73.
Junior guard Brooke Mc-
Carty poured in 16 points and 
senior Kelsey Lang added 13, 
but the Longhorns failed to ex-
ecute down the stretch. While 
the winning streak ended, 
another streak continued — 
Texas hasn’t won in Norman 
since 2010. 
Home court advantage con-
tinues to be the difference mak-
er between these Big 12 rivals, 
with the road squad coming up 
short in the last nine meetings.
“We definitely wouldn’t have 
wanted Peyton Little to get an 
open three,” said head coach 
Karen Aston. “That’s happened 
to us two years in a row here 
at Oklahoma and I have no 
idea why we would think that 
wouldn’t be an option in the 
corner. But again, that’s just 
one play. There were a whole 
lot more.”
Oklahoma center Vionise 
Pierre-Louis had her way with 
the Longhorn frontcourt, fin-
ishing with a game-high 21 
points on 8-12 shooting in just 
23 minutes of play. The junior 
fouled out with 8:33 left in reg-
ulation, but Texas was unable 
to capitalize on the 6-point lead 
at the time.
Drawing on a roaring crowd, 
the Sooners connected on a 
triple and then a quick layup 
to grind the Longhorns’ mo-
mentum to a halt, making it a 
one-point Texas lead with un-
der seven minutes to play. The 
two teams exchanged buckets, 
neither able to gain an edge un-
til an Oklahoma layup tied the 
score at 70 with 50 seconds left 
in the ball game. From there, 
Little did what she does best — 
bury clutch triples. 
The window of opportuni-
ty hadn’t closed yet and Texas 
had an opportunity to force 
overtime for a second-straight 
game. Down 73-70 with two 
seconds to get off a shot, a turn-
over on the inbounds resulted 
in a quick foul from Joyner 
Holmes. A free throw by Okla-
homa iced the game with a 
four-point lead. 
“Again, you have a chance to 
win and just made some mis-
takes down the stretch. Didn’t 
execute things. Didn’t stay on a 
string together very well today,” 
Aston said. “We’ll look back 
at it and there will be some 
possessions that we definitely 
would like to have back.”
Oklahoma earned its fifth 
win in a row to move to 21-6 on 
the season, third in the Big 12. 
The Longhorns face a quick 
turnaround for what is shap-
ing up to be the most import-
ant matchup of the season for 
them and No. 4 Baylor. The 
Lady Bears head to Austin 
Monday for the battle of Big 
12 supremacy. 
Texas won the first matchup 
on Feb. 6 in Waco, ending the 
Lady Bears’ 21-game winning 
streak and handing them their 
sole conference defeat. Both 
teams sit atop the conference 
standings at 14-1.
In spite of the rapid turn-
around, Aston is confident her 
team will come out prepared to 
defend home court. 
“Quick reset,” Aston said. 
“We’ve had three of these in a 
row now, and we know how to 
do it. And we just have to go 
home now and get ourselves 
ready for Baylor.”
Senior transfer Ma-
reik Isom has largely been 
an afterthought during 
a forgettable season for 
the Longhorns.
Isom missed the first 16 
games of the season due 
to an ankle injury and has 
sparsely seen the floor in 
games he’s played since.
But on Saturday after-
noon at the Frank Er-
win Center, Isom played 
the most minutes he has 
all season — 16 — and 
wreaked havoc. He dove 
for loose balls, grabbed re-
bounds, blocked a couple 
shots and knocked down a 
pair of three pointers in an 
8-point effort.
In the end, though, Isom’s 
spirited outing wasn’t quite 
enough as Texas fell to Kan-
sas State, 64-61. 
“I thought (Isom) was 
by far the hardest-play-
ing guy on the floor,” head 
coach Shaka Smart said. 
“I thought it really, real-
ly helped us (and) gave 
us energy.”
Isom, an Austin Bowie 
High School product who 
transferred to Texas in the 
off-season from Arkan-
sas-Little Rock, decided to 
come back home to finish 
out his college career. Isom 
never envisioned this sea-
son turning out like this, 
but he has embraced it 
every step of the way.
“I’ve been through a lot 
this year, but I didn’t want 
to let it get me down,” 
Isom said. “It’s been tough 
at times, especially with 
the foot and the losses. 
But other than that, it’s 
been everything I could 
dream of.”
The Longhorns (10–17, 
4–10 Big 12) left the court 
with heartbreak yet again.
“It’s really hard, especial-
ly for the seniors,” senior 
guard Kendal Yancy said. 
“We just got to be able to 
respond after losses. There’s 
still hope.”
The Longhorns looked 
lifeless and the home crowd 
appeared to be in an af-
ternoon siesta during the 
opening seven minutes of 
the second half. 
But then Kansas State 
senior forward Austin Bud-
ke gave Texas and the fans 
a reason to wake up. As 
Texas trailed 48-39, Bud-
ke delivered a hard foul to 
Allen in the lane. Allen fell 
awkwardly to the floor and 
both teams engaged in a 
brief scuffle. 
Budke was assessed a 
flagrant-two and ejected 
from the game, while Tex-
as junior transfer Dylan 
Osetkowski and junior 
transfer Isaiah Hobbs were 
also tossed for coming off 
the bench.
“It kind of fired us up a 
little bit,” Yancy said. “We 
thought that was kind of a 
harsh foul. We took that as a 
little bit of motivation.”
Allen proceeded to hit 
1-of-2 free throws. An en-
suing three-pointer from 
Isom followed by his huge 
block on the other end gave 
way to an eruption from 
the crowd, cutting Kansas 
State’s lead to 48-43. Mo-
ments later, Texas had cut 
the deficit to 48-46.
Down the stretch, fresh-
man guard Andrew Jones 
tied the game twice — once 
at 57 after a fadeaway three 
and then again at 59 with 
1:34 to play after a monster 
transition dunk.
Freshman forward Jar-
rett Allen’s layup, with 19 
seconds left, tied the game 
again, 61-61.
On the ensuing posses-
sion for Kansas State, se-
nior forward D.J. Johnson 
had a put-back tip-in and 
was fouled with 1.6 seconds 
left. Johnson hit the and-
one free throw, and sopho-
more guard Kerwin Roach 
Jr.’s full-court heave at the 
buzzer fell short.
Up next for Texas is a dif-
ficult road matchup with 
No. 9 West Virginia Mon-
day at 8 p.m. The Long-
horns lost a tough contest 
with the Mountaineers ear-
lier this season in Austin, 
74-72.6 SPTS6TYLER HORKA, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsMonday, February 20, 2017WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | NO. 8 TEXAS 73-74 NO. 19 OKLAHOMALonghorns suffer first conference lossBy Dalton Phillips@Dalton_TweetsMEN’S BASKETBALL | TEXAS 61-64 KANSAS STATELate-game woes continue for 
Longhorns against WildcatsJoshua Guerra| Daily Texan StaffSenior tranfer Mareik Ison dribbles the ball in Saturday’s 64-61 loss to Kansas State at the 
Frank Erwin Center. Isom put up an impressive stat line against the Wildcats. 
By Trenton Daeschner@TrentDaeschnerBy Vanessa Le@vanessaleSIDELINEEAST
WEST
TODAY IN 
HISTORY2011Kobe Bryant 
scores 37 points 
to lead the West 
past the East, 
148-143, in the 
60th NBA All-
Star Game in Los 
Angeles.
What an amazing 
experience! Loving 
it out here and s/o 
all my fans that 
are supporting me 
throughout this journey! 
#NBAAllStarMyles Turner@Original_TurnerTOP TWEETRogers wins mile 
at Alex Wilson 
InvitationalAlex Rogers wins mile 
at Alex Wilson Invita-
tional. The Longhorns 
came away with a vic-
tory at the Alex Wilson 
Invitational on Saturday 
following a personal re-
cord set by Rogers in the 
mile run. 
The sophomore dis-
tance runner won the 
event with a time of 
4:02.54, which now ranks 
11th in school history. 
“Alex had a good day 
with a PR indoors,” dis-
tance coach Brad Herb-
ster said. “He just missed 
cracking the all-time top 
10 list at Texas and is 
running well heading 
into the Big 12 Champi-
onships next week.” 
Texas sent a small 
distance crew to Notre 
Dame, Indiana, chasing 
fast times to qualify for 
nationals. Herbster elect-
ed to pull his distance 
medley relay team to rest 
them for the conference 
championships. 
Coming off her re-
cord-breaking perfor-
mance last weekend, 
senior Mary Beth Ham-
ilton was unable to im-
prove her time in the 
mile, but did take eighth 
place with a time of 
4:44.15.
“The women’s mile 
was a great race that was 
set up really well, but un-
fortunately, Mary Beth 
was inside the group a 
bit too long,” Herbster 
said. “I think that just 
took its toll on her late 
when she tried to make 
her push.” 
The Longhorns now 
focus on sustaining 
strong times heading 
into next week. The Big 
12 Conference Indoor 
Championships begin on 
Feb. 24 in Ames, Iowa. 
—Drew KingSPORTS 
BRIEFLYBASEBALLTexas splits opening 
weekend with RiceEmmanuel Briseno | Daily Texan StaffSenior first baseman Kacy Clemens hit a homerun for the 
Longhorns in their season-opening series against Rice. 
Rachel Zein 
Daily Texan 
StaffJunior guard 
Brooke 
McCarty 
leads the 
Longhorns 
in scoring 
this season. 
She recorded 
16 points in 
Saturday’s 
74-73 loss to 
Oklahoma. 
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By Acacia Coronado@acaciatree18ALBUM REVIEW| ‘PRISONER’Heartland rock finds home 
on Ryan Adams’ new albumIllustration by Audrey McNay | Daily Texan StaffAustin Oyster Festival 
celebrates Texas seafood‘PRISONER’By Chris Duncan@chr_duncRyan Adams is one of the 
few musicians left that seems 
to shrug off trends, allowing 
him to stand firmly as a staple 
of modern rock by making 
the music he wants whenev-
er he wants to. On his latest 
record, Prisoner, he contin-
ues to blaze his own path, 
bring back country rock with 
moderate success.
For a man that “started (a) 
damn country band, ‘cause 
punk rock is too hard to sing,’” 
Adams has more than found 
his groove with country rock. 
Since his 2000 debut Heart-
breaker, Adams has found 
success in alternative genres, 
especially in veins of deviants 
of rock, country and folk mu-
sic. Although he may not hit 
his mark every time, Adams’ 
lyrics tend to mold to what-
ever he’s playing, helping craft 
each song into it’s own short 
story. However, in the past five 
years Adams’ talent has stalled. 
He’s released three listenable, 
but forgettable projects, in-
cluding 1989, a collection 
of Taylor Swift covers. Now, 
with the release of Prisoner, 
Adams is attempting to re-
deem himself, taking the past 
few years as motivation and 
releasing what could be a very 
polarizing effort.
Prisoner is built on a heart-
land rock core, following in 
the footsteps of Bruce Spring-
steen, Tom Petty and Neil 
Young to tell personal stories 
and tales. “Haunted House” 
and “Do You Still Love Me?” 
carry these traits to their core, 
telling tales of loneliness, 
home and heartbreak to build 
small vignettes of his life into 
each track.
To get an additional lay-
er of appeal, Adams builds 
in pop rock into this record, 
especially in songs such as 
“Shiver and Shake” which use 
echoed vocals and melodical-
ly strummed guitar chords to 
build a melancholic mood. 
However, beyond that ini-
tial surface intrigue, there isn’t 
much else to be had. The for-
mula Adams has built over so 
many years of releasing albums 
comes into play in nearly every 
song on this LP, making it and 
extremely consistent. But that 
gives Adams’ newest LP no 
highlights whatsoever because 
of its monotonous sound, leav-
ing the listener with almost 
no surprises to keep them 
engaged and excited for the 
next track.
After one listen, most will 
likely find a song or two that 
wet their whistle or tickle their 
fancy. But with a second lis-
ten, these tracks only blur into 
Prisoner’s makeup and quickly 
fade away.
Maybe Adams was aiming 
for something bigger than just 
a collection of songs, but it’s 
difficult to even tell what the 
big picture might be. Even if 
he wanted fans to focus on 
the entire forest and not just 
one tree, Prisoner never makes 
any attempts to drive listeners 
toward a larger cause. After 
16 albums, Adams is simply 
struggling to say something 
within heartland rock, and 
without a huge sound like 
that of Springsteen or an un-
fathomable diversity like that 
of Young.
Fans might already know 
what to expect out of this al-
bum, but for those who may be 
new to Adams’ sound this al-
bum might hold a few shocks. 
Yet, for how surprising this re-
cord can be, Prisoner lacks the 
oomph to make it an impact-
ful addition to Adams’ discog-
raphy and to 2017 as a whole. 
It’s an album for the moment, 
one to experience, enjoy and 
then eventually forget.
Boats and trucks full of 
oysters are taking a trip to 
Austin this week for a mas-
sive celebration of seafood at 
the Austin Oyster Festival.
The festival, which is pro-
duced by 787 Productions in 
conjunction with the HOPE 
Farmers Market, is a celebra-
tion of the oyster and similar 
seafoods that will benefit the 
capitol-area food bank. The 
five year celebration of the 
festival will take place on Feb. 
25 and feature a wide range of 
seafood, music, drinks, raffles 
and goods.
“We treat it like a big, old 
2,000 person wedding,” said 
Chris Bauer, executive chef 
and co-organizer. “We are 
going to wine them and dine 
them, everything is going to 
be fresh and it is going to be a 
special day to remember.”
The festival aims to cele-
brate the glory of the oyster 
in all of its forms— from 
raw on the half shell to 
oysters rockefeller.
“It really is about the oys-
ter,“ said Emily Horvath of 
787 productions and co-or-
ganizer of the festival. “So, if 
someone is not an oyster fan 
or doesn’t know if they are an 
oyster fan, it may not be the 
time for them to determine 
that because there is not a lot 
of food that doesn’t have oys-
ter or shellfish in some way 
in it.”
Though raw oysters are the 
stars of the show, they’re not 
the only seafood that guests 
can look forward to. He said 
things like Deep Eddy’s or-
ange marinated grilled and 
chilled shrimp, and grilled 
items like smoked bacon oys-
ters, rockefeller and garlic, 
anchovies butter grilled oys-
ter will also be offered.
“We kind of graduated into 
a multifaceted food festival,” 
Bauer said. “We continu-
ally try to add a piece here 
and there.”
Bauer said, after an ice 
storm in 2015 left icicles 
hanging from the tents, fes-
tival goers were inspired by 
the cold snap to continue ex-
panding the reach and scope 
of the festival.
“That was kind of when 
we thought it was something 
special— when even through 
this ice storm, with all the 
highways shut down, every-
one (still) showed up,” Bauer 
said. “The oysters were ice 
cold and perfect. It was so 
cold outside that everything 
was perfectly chilled.”
Preparations for the fes-
tival will begin this Thurs-
day. There will be 48 hours 
of intense work as seafood 
is brought in from the 
coast and fresh marinades 
are made.
“We are going to send our 
boats to harvest the oysters 
out of Galveston Bay,” said 
Mark Lewis of Jeri’s Seafood, 
the main oyster sponsor for 
the festival. “We will then 
grade the oysters, clean the 
oysters, bag the oystesr in 100 
count sacks. We will have a 
half dozen of our crew that 
works at the oyster plant on 
staff at the festival to help 
open the oysters.”
Bauer said making an 
event like Austin Oyster Fes-
tival happen is a fulfilling 
challenge from beginning 
to end. 
“There is a reason why 
they sell corndogs and funnel 
cakes at festivals— because it 
is easy,” Bauer said. “So to be 
able to take an incredibly per-
ishable product like shrimp 
and oysters and take it out to 
a festival and manage it and 
serve it where it tastes incred-
ibly good and fresh and away 
from its natural habitat is 
hard. We take a lot of pride in 
that we are pulling it off and 
doing it at a very high level.”
Horvath said that she espe-
cially enjoys the uniqueness 
of the Austin Oyster Festival.
“To me, Austin is a town 
that really thrives on the 
unique experience,” Horvath 
said. “There is so many neat 
things to do here that you 
don’t necessarily find in other 
cities and I think this is just 
another example of that.”
In the heart of the ongo-
ing fight for public schools, 
and against gentrification, 
in East Austin is an incon-
spicuous, small brown brick 
middle school.
Located in a historically 
rich and culturally vibrant 
neighborhood, Sam L. Martin 
Middle School is emblematic 
of community resistance and 
future progress. With a 21 
percent special needs popula-
tion and majority low-income 
student body, the school has 
been especially vulnerable 
to the effects of gentrifica-
tion. Martin faces low en-
rollment rates, decreased 
funding and the possibility of 
permanent closure. 
“Either people really know 
and have a strong, positive 
opinion and feeling towards 
Martin, or they’ve never 
heard of it at all,” said Jamie 
Haynes, current Martin tu-
tor, UT almunus and former 
teacher and department head. 
“Martin has been a stabilizing 
force in the community just 
because it hasn’t changed; 
in the last 50 years it’s 
been here.”
Vincent Tovar, an East 
Austin community activist, 
said he feels part of the prob-
lem can be attributed to the 
lack of aligned planning be-
tween the city and Austin In-
dependent School District to 
promote public schools. 
“The city of Austin isn’t 
really helping out, recogniz-
ing the history of our com-
munity, trying to preserve not 
only the community’s history, 
and the school’s histories,” To-
var said. “We see that families 
that have lived in this com-
munity for decades, for gen-
erations, can no longer afford 
to live here. We have to fight 
for a school that has already 
been labeled as low-perform-
ing year after year, and even 
when it does perform well, it 
has to fight that reputation.” 
In addition to pressure 
from the city and state, the 
school also struggles to pro-
vide a wide range of services 
to its large special needs 
student body.
“Historically, our popula-
tion of students in special ed 
is between 20 and 25 percent, 
when the district average is 
around 12 percent,” Haynes 
said. “Each one of those stu-
dents has to have an individ-
ualized education plan. In 
order for it to really be indi-
vidualized, you need to offer 
a full spectrum of services, 
and that’s very difficult to do 
when you have a limited bud-
get, few teaching positions.”
Despite the challenges fac-
ing Martin, there’s still hope 
for the future. Haynes said he 
sees Martin as possibly being 
the epicenter for an Austin 
Chicano renaissance. 
“(It’s) basically a cultur-
al treasure,“ Haynes said. 
“(Considering) its proximity 
to the Mexican-American 
Cultural Center, the Tejano 
Walking Trail, the history 
of the neighborhood, the 
challenges that are going 
on and this kind of activist 
culture, students can decide 
for themselves how to read 
the world, and what to do 
about that.” 
As UT alumni them-
selves, Tovar and Haynes 
said UT students should 
join in on the fight for Mar-
tin though programs like 
PALS peer mentoring and 
community activism.
“I feel like UT has a re-
sponsibility to reach out to 
Austin residents, especially 
East Austin residents,“ Tovar 
said. “James Baldwin puts it 
that we have a responsibility 
to educate once we’re educat-
ed. But so often we just take 
that education for ourselves, 
and we organize those who 
are already easy to organize, 
as opposed to informing and 
supporting those who need 
it most.”
Despite being the tar-
get of privatization and 
gentrification efforts, the 
community of Martin re-
mains proud of its diverse 
student body.
“One of the things I’m 
most proud of Martin (for) 
is that we take every student, 
every family just how they 
are, and we embrace that dif-
ference,” Haynes said. “We 
don’t try to change or to have 
a deficit mindset. You’re here, 
you’re an Eagle, and we’re 
going to work with you and 
your family.”