@thedailytexan | thedailytexan.com FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Volume 118, Issue 27 CAMPUS YCT plan to press charges after sign vandalism By Ashley Liu News Reporter he Young Conserva- tives of Texas is planning to press charges against student non-registered group Revolutionary Student Front (RSF) ater numerous incidents of vandalism on their sign in West Mall. he irst incident oc- curred on Tuesday, when YCT’s wooden board was turned over and marked with propaganda for the RSF. An Adolf Hit- ler-inspired mustache was drawn onto Uncle Sam, the sign’s main sub- ject. hursday morning, the sign had the word YCT page 2 thedailytexan Featured photo Alexander Thompson | Daily Texan Staff Senior Jacob Stalle learns fire safety measures with the local fire department. Safety specialist II Roosevelt Easley shows the proper way of how to use a fire extinguisher. CITY Kendrex White trial progresses By Reagan Ritterbush News Reporter he judge in the UT stab- bing case pretrial denied the request prosecutors’ for a mental health evaluation of murder defendant Kendrex White on hursday. second In July, White was indicted on irst-degree murder charges and three counts of aggravat- ed assault by a Travis County grand jury in connection with the May 1 UT campus stab- bing attack. UT student Har- rison Brown was killed, and three others were injured in the incident. White’s defense team said in a statement prosecutors do not have any grounds to eval- uate White since they have not raised a sanity defense yet. Two doctors found White compe- tent to stand trial in June. His motion to be tested for insanity was denied in June as well. According to state law, if the defense counsel plans to raise sanity as a defense, they must notify the prosecution within 20 days of trial. No trial date has been set. Harrison Brown’s mother, I want to do something more about it in the future and his remem- brance. For me right now it’s just living and being there for Harrison.” —Stuart Bayliss, Stabbing victim Lori Brown, and one of the stabbing victims, Stuart Bayliss, attended the hearing. “I want to do something more about it in the future and his remembrance. For me right now it’s just living and being there for Harrison and repre- senting his life,” Bayliss said in an interview with TCWNews. Alejandrina Guzman, UT student body president, said in an interview with KXAN that in an efort to make sure another attack like this does not hap- pen again, progress has been made for better communication and mental health resources for students. “We’ve done a lot of good work, and the collaboration hasn’t stopped,” Guzman said in the interview with KXAN. “he administration has been working very closely with us to make sure that all students feel welcome and safe on campus.” Guzman said later in the in- terview with KXAN that the goal is if better resources are BROWN page 3 CAMPUS CAMPUS UT professor heads Brownsville project SURE Walk expands staf, volunteers to improve service, lessen wait times By Stephanie Adeline News Reporter immigrated At seven years old, Edna to Ledesma Brownsville, Texas, from Monterrey, Mexico. Last weekend, she took 15 UT students to Brownsville to show them the realities of living in a border city. Architecture professor Ledesma and students from her class, “Empowerment by Design: Brownsville West Studio/Practi- Rail Trail cum,” are making plans to potentially convert a histor- ic freight line in Brownsville into a new city area. As the irst UT architecture class project centered in Browns- ville, Ledesma divided her 15 graduate and undergrad- uate students into four teams to propose designs over the course of the semester. “Many of them had nev- er been to the border, so it was extremely eye-opening,” Ledesma said. he project is a collabora- tion between UT students, Texas Southmost College architecture students, Cam- eron County and the Friends of the West Rail. At the end of the semester, students will present their design propos- als to Brownsville residents, which will be economically assessed by students from UT Rio Grande Valley. “he planners are incred- ible at researching and in- vestigating possibilities, and (the architects) are really good at thinking spatially By Allyson Waller News Reporter In order to meet the growing demand of their service, SURE Walk has restructured their leader- ship for this semester to ad- dress complaints about wait times and quality of service. A more comprehensive permanent staf has been implemented, consisting of two associate directors, eight employees, 11 perma- nent Student Government volunteers and one edu- cation and resource direc- tor. he new leadership is working to alter their com- munication methods and service to address eiciency PROJECT page 3 SURE WALK page 3 anthony mireles| daily texan staff The student service group, SURE Walk, is set to launch a new website this Monday containing the group’s volunteer handbook and more. NEWS Kendrix White denied mental health evalua- tion in trial. PAGE 2 OPINION Forum contributors dis- cuss changes to Title IX. PAGE 4 LIFE&ARTS Meet your yoga quota with Austin’s new trend, ‘goga.’ PAGE 8 SPORTS Texas football continues to search for answers at running back. PAGE 6 Athletics Front Strip; Process color 2 This issue of The Daily Texan is valued at $1.25 PERMANENT STAFF Editor-in-Chief Laura Hallas Assoc. 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Entire contents copyright 2017 Texas Student Media. Friday, September 22, 2017 YCT continues from page 1 “racism” written on it and most of its original content crossed out. Anti-capitalist group RSF did not respond for comment. he Young Conservatives of Texas has iled a campus climate incident report as well as a police report. in Saurabh Sharma, director of events for YCT, said the decision to press charges is not about limiting RSF’s freedom of speech. “We believe free speech, absolutely,” bio- chemistry junior Sharma said. “It is RSF’s right to engage in political activism, but that crawled into crim- inality. his is vandalism of private property, and it’s a prosecutable ofense.” Sharma said YCT has not received any response from the UT administration be- sides verbal communica- tion on Tuesday with Susan Buckenmeyer, director of student activities. “We are not satisied with the lack of response,” Shar- ma said. “We’re beginning to get the idea that the Uni- versity is making a state- ment with their inaction.” Sharma said because this is not the irst time that RSF has violated University codes, he believes the Uni- versity has been selectively enforcing policies. “RSF is not a student reg- istered organization and has been able to get away with ta- bling under the Tower,” Shar- ma said. “During Party on LECTURE By Sara Schleede News Reporter Kathleen Hicks said being a member of a Washington D.C. bipartisan think tank can feel like being a lone po- lar bear stuck on an iceberg. “We are all alone in a sea of partisanship,” Hicks said. “As somebody who foreign policy works on the bipartisanship where consensus has been stron- gest in many cases, this is particularly troublesome.” Hicks, director, senior vice president and Hen- ry A. Kissinger Chair of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, led a talk hurs- day on “Shiting Global Trends and the Collapse of the American Foreign Policy Consensus.” “It’s great to be a super- power, but we have some challenges, and we have to recognize that,” Hicks said. Undergraduate and grad- uate students gathered in the LBJ Bass Lecture Hall to hear Hicks’ thoughts on foreign UNIVERSITY alexander thompson| daily texan staff Unregistered student group Revolutionary Student Front vandalizes Young Conservatives of Texas’s sign on Thursday morn- ing. The above photo shows propaganda advertising to have “racists off our campus” and to join their Facebook group. the Plaza, they took an emp- ty table and moved it to an non-designated area right in front of us. … On Monday, we were passing out free pocket Constitutions and one of their members came and tore it up.” YCT released a statement Tuesday night concerning the incident and reached out to administration oi- cials, including UT Presi- dent Gregory Fenves and UT Chancellor Bill McRa- ven. In April, Fenves re- leased a statement saying that UT does not tolerate any vandalism or threats targeting students. “What we ask is simple: Enforce the law,” Sharma said. “hat includes at the police level to make sure vandalism doesn’t occur, and that includes at the University administration level that all student or- ganizations have an even playing ield.” UTPD spokesperson Cindy Posey released a statement the YCT vandalism incident yesterday aternoon. regarding “UTPD is investigating the case in question,” the statement said. “While we cannot comment on an open investigation, UTPD takes seriously any crim- inal complaint, including graiti or vandalism on our campus.” Business sophomore Ralph Lee said while he un- derstands the reasons lead- ing up to the crime, he still sympathizes with YCT. “I understand conser- vatives are the minority at UT,” Lee said. “UT touts it- self as a super diverse cam- pus and claims to welcome people of any background, but these vandals are clear- ly intolerant of anyone whose views difer from their own.” Lee said this incident and the vandalisms on multiple fraternity houses in April can have a negative impact on incoming students. “It’s important fresh- men and prospective stu- dents see that UT accepts thought,” diversity of “Targeting Lee said. conservative organiza- tions in such an insidi- ous way makes us seem closed minded.” Kathleen Hicks talks on foreign policy policy. Shraddha Madhan, international relations and global studies junior, said a lack of consensus in foreign policy is a big issue. “hese kinds of talks are on the nose of what’s hap- pening these in politics days,” Madhan said. he Clements Center for National Security hosted the lecture as part of the Women and National Se- curity speaker series. Hicks speciically focused on ways the U.S. can develop a more holistic foreign policy. “A lack of cohesiveness is a big problem,” said Megan Soetaert, international stud- ies and French sophomore. “he United States just has a tendency to swing toward our own interests.” Madhan agreed with the sentiment and said the U.S. is going through a lot of populist movements. “People are turning in- wards and trying to ind their own national iden- tity,” Madhan said. “Ev- eryone is coming to terms with accepting that we’re going to start living in this Kathleen Hicks, senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair and director of the Interna- tional Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies leads a lecture on “Shifting Global Trends and the Collapse of the American Foreign Policy Consensus” Thursday afternoon. tristan ipock| daily texan staff globalized world.” Hicks said she is more hopeful about the American consensus on foreign policy and feels most Americans know globalization is key to the future. Despite this, Hicks said there are roadblocks to America’s improve- ment in obtaining a more international foreign policy. “he disfunction we have in our politics at home, the fact that we cannot solve our tensions along partisan and other lines, is showing the rest of the world that our system is not a particularly efective one,” Hicks said. Before concluding, Hicks shared a photo of a family of polar bears. think “For all I know, these polar bears are about to eat each other alive, but they are all together, and I the American spirit is about,” Hicks said. “We may be diferent parties, but we should be working on this enterprise together.” that’s what Former CIA director joins UT Austin staff By Tristan Davantes News Reporter John Brennan, former director of the CIA, will be joining UT as a distin- guished non-resident schol- ar, as announced by the Cle- ments Center for National Security on Tuesday. In his new role, Bren- nan will make regular vis- its to campus to give public statements, serve as a guest speaker in diferent courses, contribute to research proj- ects and mentor on national security and intelligence, the Clements Center said in a press release. Prior to serving as the director of the CIA, Bren- nan served as the deputy national security advisor for the Department of Home- land Security under former president Barack Obama. “He’s an incredibly accom- plished public servant,” said Stephen Slick, director of the Intelligence Studies Project. “Holding some of the most inluential and impactful positions in the executive branch of government.” As well as a distinguished scholar, Brennan will be the senior advisor for ISP, a pro- gram established in 2013 to increase studies surround- ing the United States In- telligence Community and national security. Bren- nan will advise on future programs research and projects and work to im- prove the ways UT pre- pares students for careers in national security. Slick said Brennan will be an asset to the Uni- versity due to his years of experience. “John Brennan has served at the highest levels of gov- ernment for the last several decades,” Slick said. “He was a participant in some of the most impactful and even controversial government programs in recent years, so getting his perspective will be very important for our students.” Jade Monk, international relations and global stud- ies junior, said she thinks Brennan’s input is going to prove invaluable to the intel- ligence community and the University community. “he stances that he’s taken under the Obama ad- ministration point towards cultural sensitivity when approaching counter-terror- ism and national security is- sues,” Monk said. “I think his cultural awareness in imple- menting security in Amer- ican foreign policy matches with UT’s philosophy and methodology of teaching.” Monk said that she hopes Brennan’s appointment will raise questions surrounding national security. “It might inspire people to put more thought into that anyway because it is an is- sue of concern for everyone,” Monk said. Slick said there is an enor- mous amount of curiosity in studying national security and foreign afairs. “We’re very fortunate that we have leaders who think this is an important public service the University can provide,” Slick said. “he University of Texas can and should have strong programs in this area, and I’m very satisied with the situation.” RECYCLE your copy of check us out ONLINE stories videos photo galleries thedailytexan.com ember 22, 2017 Friday, September 22, 2017 3 CAMPUS Students share startup proposals By Emily O’Toole News Reporter Students with interests in inno- vation, marketing and entrepre- neurship had the opportunity to share their startup ideas with fellow students at UT Startup+Connect’s event hursday. UT Startup+Connect events con- sist of students pitching their ideas for a company with the hope of gain- ing student attention and possible customers. Ater the short pitching session, there’s an opportunity for student networking. Luis Martins, director of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneur- ship, Growth, and Renewal in the McCombs School of Business, said the program caters to students, no matter their level of preparation or company status. “I’m very heartened to see the pas- sion of undergraduate students,” Mar- tins said. “Let’s not forget that Face- book and Microsot were started by undergraduate students.” Emanuel Ibarra, program coordi- nator at the Herb Kelleher Center, said the goal of the program is to encour- age collaboration between students of diferent majors and years. “It’s kind of our way to bridge the diferent disciplines together and then Ryan McKeeman, assistant director at Blackstone LaunchPad, introduces UT Startup+Connect. evelyn moreno| daily texan staff also bring exposure to the students,” Ibarra said. Ibarra said some startups pitched at an event last spring have be- tech come including a company called “Desk,” an iPad mathematics app. lucrative, he pitches presented hursday included Snagaprint, a personalized online printing service; Femto- Medical, a minimally invasive spi- nal treatment technology; Evo, an app to streamline campus event notiications; and Wiredove, a git registry service. Martins said UT is a great place for hopeful business-people in terms of resources and diversity of ideas. “It’s a huge university with excellent departments in various areas, so we’re partnering with the College of Natu- ral Sciences to do certain things, (and) we partner with (Cockrell School of) Engineering on certain things,” Mar- tin said. “So when we see these pitch- es, they do tend to relect the broad diversity of strengths we have (here).” Numerous faculty members have gotten involved with the push to in- volve more undergraduates in com- pany creation and networking, said Ryan McKeeman, assistant director at Blackstone Launchpad. An inter- disciplinary entrepreneurship pro- gram, Blackstone Launchpad helps mentor students who are interested in entrepreneurship. “I’ll meet with anybody for thirty minutes to talk about anything they want,” McKeeman said. Martins believes there are cer- tain aspects of a pitch that make for success: a clear idea with the poten- tial to grow, a good business model and passion. “What the audience inds most en- gaging is when the entrepreneur who’s pitching the idea shows clear passion for the idea,” Martins said. “I think that draws in people’s interest.” HEALTH Study inds strong personal relationships help spouses y By Eric Vela News Reporter A recent UT study shows that strong relationships with friends and family mem- bers may help alleviate the physiological issues that can be brought on by conlict in married couples. he study, led by research- and mortality. “It’s important for social science researchers to at- tempt to uncover how people can protect themselves from the potential negative efects of relationship stress, which is what we were able to do in this study,” Keneski said. Nef said they asked the subjects about their social net- longer a link between marital conlict and cortisol levels,” Nef said. “Not just a decrease in it.” According to Nef, the number of relationships did not matter nearly as much as their strength. “he quality of support in the network is what matters more,” Nef said. “Having a large network doesn’t matter. Even if you have a few solid rela- tionships outside of your marriage, the link is gone.” Graduate student Krystan Farnish said she plans to implement the study’s indings in her relationships. “I’m engaged,” Far- nish said. “(he study) shows that it’s import- ant to have a strong network of friends to support you and not “Don’t expect your spouse to be your everything. Martial conflict is inevitable.” —Lisa Neff, Associate Human Development and Family Sciences professor er Lisa Nef, an asso- ciate professor in the Department of Human Development and Fam- ily Science, monitored the day-to-day lives of 107 married couples, while frequently mea- suring their cortisol levels. he study was published last week in the online edition of So- cial Psychological and Personality Science. Nef said cortisol, a steroid hormone that helps the body respond to stress, is supposed to start high in the morning and de- crease throughout the day in a process called a diur- nal rhythm. he disruption in this process brought on by a stressor like marital conlict can lead to serious health issues. Co-author and UT alum- na Liz Keneski said these include issues can health problems cardiovascular SURE WALK continues from page 1 issues, according to Alexandra Mulconnery, associate director of Sure Walk. SURE Walk is set to launch a new website this Monday with the group’s volunteer handbook, speciic policies and revised boundary maps. “Our mission is not, ‘We are your fastest ride home,’” busi- ness honors junior Mulcon- nery said. “SURE Walk is about safety and comfort on your way home.” International relations fresh- man Avery Little said she expe- rienced challenges last hursday night when she requested a ride from Jester to Duren Resi- dence Hall located near Dean Keeton Street. According to Little, employ- ees said they were not permitted to cross Dean Keeton that night due to a hit-and-run incident last week where a SURE Walk cart was hit by an oncoming vehicle — no one was injured. Little said ater driving her to the corner of Dean Keeton, SURE Walk employees denied her re- quest for them to walk the rest of the way to her dorm. Blanca Gamez, assistant di- rector of UT’s Parking and works, including the number of family members and close friends and the strength of those relationships. he team discovered sub- jects with a high quality so- cial network of friends and family experienced less of a physiological efect from the marital conlicts. “For people that are high- ly satisied with their outer relationships, there was no In just rely on your spouse.” addition to hav- ing a network of quality relationships, Nef ad- developing more vised realistic expectations of spousal relationships. “Don’t expect your spouse to be your everything,” Nef said. “Marital conlict is in- evitable. … Everybody has it. What matters is how we respond to it.” Transportation Services, said it is policy to tie up the cart and walk students the rest of the way home. hough Little has used SURE Walk since the incident and has had better experiences with the service, she said she is still skeptical of their reliability. “Now I’m deinitely afraid to go anywhere at night of campus because I don’t feel like SURE Walk is reliable,” Little said. “I’m not sure they’re going to take me home and make sure I get there.” Student Government ad- dressed Little’s complaint in a meeting Tuesday by empha- sizing to volunteers and em- ployees how important it is to follow policy protocol and make sure to walk students to their inal destination and prioritize student safety. Students like Cassandra Vil- larreal feel the use of student volunteers hinders the quality of SURE Walk’s service. “Sometimes I feel like be- cause they’re students and they’re volunteering mostly that they’re not really motivated,” said Villarreal, speech and lan- guage pathology sophomore. As of publication, there is no deinite date as to when SURE Walk carts will be able to cross Dean Keeton. BROWN continues from page 1 available, future trage- dies will be prevented. be “Harrison Brown won’t forgotten. He lives in our hearts. He lives in my heart,” Guzman said in the in- terview with KXAN. “We’re all Longhorns to- gether. We’re here. We’re not alone, in that if any- body has anything that they’re going through, a situation, (we want them) to reach out.” Harrison Brown won’t be forgot- ten. He lives in our hearts. He lives in my heart. We’re all long- horns together. We’re here.” —Alejandrina Guzman, Student body president courtesy of edna ledesma Architecture professor Edna Ledesma took 15 UT students to Brownsville to show them life in a border city. The student’s project centers on converting a historic freight line into a new city area. PROJECT continues from page 1 about what makes quality of place,” Ledesma said. “But in the middle we have to remem- ber that we’re working towards a speciic de- mographic that has needs and disadvantages and deserves to have opportunities.” he project idea started when Cameron County announced a toll road would be built in the West Rail Trail, which was a freight line connecting Brownsville and Mexico. Brownsville residents united to ight back against the toll road, and county oicials de- cided to make a community decision regard- ing use of the space. “here was a lot of community ight,” Ledesma said. “(he community wants) a rails to trails project, a cycling infrastructure, running tracks (and) green corridors.” Ledesma’s students are working to create a master plan for the rail corridor while tak- ing into account multiple perspectives, said Jessica Sadasivan, one of Ledesma’s students. “Our task is to kind of igure out how do we brand the trail to be what’s best for Brownsville,” architecture senior Sadasivan said. “It’s so interesting to hear so many of them have diferent opinions on whether they want a road or a biking trail.” Hilary Andersen, a community and re- gional planning graduate student in Ledes- ma’s class, said working on this project has expanded her professional connections and her knowledge on the U.S.-Mexico border. “I am interested in regional planning, and I think borders are an arbitrary thing,” An- dersen said. “It’s … a clear sign of separation that federal entities who clearly have never been to the border have been planning.” NEWSCAST Tune in on Fridays at 5 p.m. at soundcloud.com/ thedailytexan 6232/McCombs School of Business; Process color 4 Friday, September 22, 2017 JANHAVI NEMAWARKAR & VIK SHIRVAIKAR FORUM EDITORS @TexanOpinion Students consider Title IX, honor Harrison Brown By Janhavi Nemawarkar and Vik Shirvaikar Forum Editors he prevalence of sexual violence is a major problem for the University. Under the Obama administration, the 2011 “Dear Colleague” let- ter clariied guidelines for universities handling cases of sexual assault, instructing schools and colleges to investigate all complaints more thor- oughly. But on Sept. 7, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the rollback of some of those guidelines, claiming that the deinition of sexual assault and harassment imposed by the “Dear Colleague” letter is unclear and too broad. Today, we feature perspectives from stu- dent leaders who argue that DeVos’ remarks represent a troubling shit that will actively hurt survivors of sexual assault, both here at UT and across the nation. First, we interview Mia Goldstein, the pres- ident of the student organization ailiated with Voices Against Violence. Goldstein argues that the Department of Education’s proposed roll- backs might prevent survivors of sexual assault from coming forward because they perceive that the administration will not be suiciently sup- portive, even if the University’s policies will stay the same in reality. Next, we feature guest columnist Rajya Atlu- ri, the director of Student Government’s Wom- en’s Resource Agency, who argues that DeVos’ focus on the accused portrays a false sense of reality. She states that this is a step back for sexual assault prevention, clearly sending the message that survivors are not a priority under the new administration. For our inal column, guest columnist Colton Becker relects on the legacy of Harrison Brown, soon ater what would have been his 20th birth- day. He remembers Harrison as a friend who lived with purpose and highlights three uplit- ing lessons from Harrison’s life that we can all learn from. As always, we want to hear your thoughts about this or anything else. Email us anytime at editor@dailytexanonline.com. Nemawarkar is a Plan II and government ju- nior from Austin. Shirvaikar is a math and eco- nomics junior from Frisco. GUEST COLUMN GUEST COLUMN University will continue to support survivors DeVos changes fail to combat sexual assault By Mia Goldstein Forum Contributor Editor’s note: his interview has been lightly ed- ited for brevity. he Daily Texan: Can you tell me about Voices Against Violence? Mia Goldstein: Voices Against Violence is a program of the Counseling and Mental Health Center that works to prevent inter- personal violence and support survivors, and there is a student org that is a part of that. VAV has prevention and education as well as sup- port and response to instances of interperson- al violence. DT: What are your biggest priorities, this year (and in general)? MG: Our priority is always preventing in- terpersonal violence in any way we possibly can, so whether that’s bystander intervention in small ways or structural violence preven- tion in larger ways. Supporting survivors is key to what we do. he student org puts on Survivors Speak Out events and connects survivors to resources and provides a commu- nity of support. he VAV program, through CMHC, ofers group counseling, individual counseling and advocacy services. DT: Can you comment on UT’s current process for reporting or dealing with cases of reported abuse or assault? MG: he process is deinitely fair. Betsy DeVos is not thinking about (Title IX) proper- ly. he Title IX process as it is works well and provides due process for all parties involved. If you’re accused of something, you have every right to defend yourself. You’re not just accused and then expelled — that doesn’t happen. DT: Do you know how this process has evolved, or do you have any insights into what the administration is trying to priori- tize going forward? MG: I think the administration’s priority is decreasing those statistics. he number of in- stances (of sexual assaults on campus) is too high for any university. UT is not alone in that we have a sexual violence problem on campus, but I think they want to encourage reports so that we are getting the real numbers so that we can move forward and address the cause. From what I can gather from the administra- tion, they don’t want to silence students, they want students to come forward if they experi- ence something; they want students to get the resources they need. I can’t really comment on the administration’s perspective; that’s just my perspective on it. hey want to address the is- sue, and that looks like knowing the full scope of (the problem). DT: What speciic initiatives do you want the administration to undertake? MG: I would like for consent education to be mandatory and not just something that GUEST COLUMN is done at orientation and forgotten about. I would like for there to be some one-hour class that everyone has to take one semester that covers interpersonal violence and consent and what healthy relationships look like. It can even look like something as informal as a FIG, but I do think there needs to be some sort of baseline, because if we have students graduating from the University of Texas with- out knowing what consent is, we’re doing a disservice to everybody. DT: How do you anticipate the Department of Education’s push to rollback Obama-era regulations on campus sexual assault will impact the process? MG: My prediction for this is that it will make people feel like they can’t come forward. It will silence people. It’ll make them feel as though their stories won’t be heard. Now, I’ve been assured by the Title IX coordinator at UT that we’re going to keep going about business as usu- al and that these federal guide- lines aren’t going to change the way we do things. We’re still going to care about preven- tion and care about supporting survivors. But I think for most students, they don’t know that Title IX won’t change, so they’ll see the national news and then think, “Okay, I guess I can’t go to TItle IX now, because it’s just protecting perpetrators.” So It would be great to make that clear: Title IX is not changing the way we do business. he Obama-era pro- tections are going to remain at UT. But the way students perceive the way we do things is going to change, and that is a bigger issue. It doesn’t matter what the institutions do if the students have a poor perception of it. DT: How can students get involved? MG: You can get involved in big and little ways. It’s intervening when you see something that seems harmful at a party. You can get in- volved in various organizations on campus like Voices Against Violence. You can get in- volved in the tiniest of ways, and it can look like saying, “Hey, that rape joke isn’t funny,” or spending a few hours ater school every day planning events or tabling. You can start anywhere. It’s about speaking out. Make your voice heard. Goldstein is a Plan II junior. By Rajya Atluri Forum Contributor Editor’s note: Atluri previously worked at he Daily Texan as a reporter. In 2014, John Oliver invited dozens of scientists on his show to illustrate the statistics that overwhelmingly support climate change rather than sticking to the traditional “one for, one against” model that news programming commonly featured. His point was that 97 percent of scientists believe hu- ill ustr atio n by est h er shin | d aily tex a n staff mans are afecting the environment. However, the dispropor- tionate coverage of climate change deniers in the media conceals this statistic. I couldn’t help thinking about this episode when read- ing Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ recent comments regarding Title IX. DeVos addressed several of the issues related to sexual assault and harassment on college cam- puses. While DeVos clearly airmed the need to confront campus sexual violence head-on, with each point about prevention and seeking justice for survivors she also added a point about those who have been accused. Don’t get me wrong — no one should face a false accusation, and uni- versities should do everything in their power to ensure students aren’t wrongfully punished. Yet, when DeVos gives undue focus to the accused, particularly to those who have been falsely ac- cused, it depicts sexual violence on campuses in a diferent light and portrays a false sense of reality. College students are less likely to even re- port sexual assault in the irst place compared to their non-college attending peers. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 80 percent of college student sexual assault incidences go unreported to the police. he percentage of false accusations, though iercely debated in the me- dia, is said to range between 2-10 percent. hese numbers paint a very diferent picture than the one that showcases a falsely accused student next to every victim. In a society already fraught with ideas like “she was asking for it” or “she shouldn’t have been wearing that,” it matters how we talk about sex- ual violence. And the reality is that students who have experienced sexual violence face a myriad of hurdles to heal and seek justice. To take the irst step in combating campus sex- ual assault, the Obama administration released the “Dear Colleague” letter through the Depart- ment of Education’s Oice for Civil Rights. his letter provided guidance on Title IX by including sexual assault under the law’s anti-discrimina- tion policy. Essentially, this pushed for further accountability of universities and aided survivors in having options other than pursuing a crimi- nal trial. It also set in place the “preponderance standard” in which it is determined whether the evidence shows that the incident was more likely than not to have occurred. hese changes were made to make it easier for survivors to come for- ward and many felt that they could inally feel like school administrators were on their side. he media attention that resulted from this brought campus sexual assault to the forefront of many students’ minds. Movements such as Not On My Campus have helped students from a variety of backgrounds come together to help end this problem. Universities took greater steps towards implementing policies and procedures to help survivors. Now, DeVos seeks to have schools less involved in the process. DeVos said in her remarks that the Obama administration pressured schools to cre- ate systems that divest accused students of their rights. However, the “beyond reasonable doubt” standard used during criminal trials and univer- sities does not have the same powers as criminal courts. While they aren’t responsible for criminal punishment, they are responsible for protecting equal education, and Title IX cases fall under civil rights disputes in which the preponderance standard may be more appropriate. Sexual assault cases can be hard to prove “beyond reasonable doubt” with the majority occurring out of the public eye and with post-assault trauma making it diicult for survivors to relive their experiences. In its place, DeVos is planning to implement a notice-and-comment process. One of the con- cerns she had with the Obama administration’s approach was that “schools have been compelled by Washington to enforce ambiguous and incred- ibly broad deinitions of assault and harassment.” Decreasing the role of universities in the pro- cess not only provides less options for survivors but also takes a step back in making sexual as- sault prevention a priority in education. While it’s important that a fair process is provided for stu- dents on campuses, completely taking away the progress of the Obama administration can send a message that survivors are not a priority. Atluri is a Plan II and business honors sopho- more from Dallas. She serves as the director of the Women’s Resource Agency in Student Government. Friend remembers Harrison Brown’s legacy By Colton Becker Forum Contributor his Sunday was Harrison’s 20th birthday. Despite his absence, which, of course, prompt- ed a range of emotions, I found comfort in the conviction that Harry’s spirit is alive with the Lord and wrapped in the embrace of his father, Kurt, in heaven. And I found assurance in the transcendence of his legacy, for it allows us to honor and model the upliting way in which he lived his life. When I relect on his legacy within the con- text of our relationship, I realize that Harrison fully understood “the big picture” of life. Rare- ly did he seek to rationalize it with words, rath- er, his wisdom mostly shone through the con- sistency of his behavior. here are lessons to be learned from Harry, three of which I believe to be particularly important as they uplit our hu- manity: Lead with the heart, love intentionally and lend your talent(s) to others. “Leaders who lead with their heart”, Harri- son once wrote, “are true believers in what they do, and do it full throttle.” What does it mean to lead with the heart, though? I never had a chance to ask him, so I’ve sought to interpret the meaning through mine and other’s inter- actions with him. In doing so, I’ve surmised that to lead with the heart is to submit our- selves completely to a higher cause or purpose — well beyond the narrow realm of self-gain — and exalt our belief(s) through our actions. Essentially, it means to seek inspiration over motivation. hat, in turn, “will not only bring (us) success, but also joy and happiness.” Har- rison indeed led from the heart, and that helps explain why he loved others so truthfully, too. Almost everyone who knew Harrison re- calls how genuinely kind-hearted he was. In fact, that goofy (I say that with fondness) ol’ smile of his is what irst comes to mind when I think of him. Sure, it was partly a manifesta- tion of the gratitude he harbored within, but it was also a choice. A choice to love others – intentionally. And when I say he loved inten- tionally, I don’t mean to imply that there were either “good” or “bad” intentions – I mean that his decision to love others was guided by pur- pose. If I were to guess, I’d say his irmly rooted faith in God had something to do with it. He also just enjoyed making people feel good, not just by loving intentionally, but by lending his talent to others. he video of Harrison singing “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain went viral ater news spread of his passing. It was shown on TV stations around the country, and when the original version of the song was played at his vigil, at- tendees – numbering over 3,000 – all put their horns up in a powerful display of solidarity. Harrison, by sharing his musical talent with us, let an indelible mark on the world. Now whenever I hear that song the words take on a new meaning; it feels like Harry is singing them to me instead. here are many other vid- eos that have circulated of Harrison singing and playing the guitar or piano, and they are cherished both as a living memorial and as a git that Harrison continues to give us. A common theme is weaved through the les- sons of Harrison’s legacy: living with purpose. Many of us currently live to satisfy our needs — a career, a sense of achievement, etc. — but not to serve something (or someone) greater. As a result, we are motivated, but not inspired. Harry, though, lived to fulill a purpose; he wasn’t just motivated – he was inspired. And we, in turn, are inspired by him. In remember- ing and celebrating the life of Harry, let us as Longhorns strive to lead with the heart, love intentionally and lend our talent(s) to others. Happy 20th, Harrison. Becker is a nutrition senior. 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JULIANNE HODGES SCIENCE&TECH EDITOR @thedailytexan 5 Friday, September 22, 2017 ECOLOGY ASTRONOMY Scientists create periodic table of ecological niches Spacecraft ends 13-year mission with death dive ieldwork in Australia, North America and the Kalahari Desert in Africa. During this time, the researchers collected data from approximately 134 lizard species, according to Pianka. “Each cell in the table represents a set of ecological traits that would allow individ- uals of a species to live in that particular place at a particular time,” Vitt said. he concept behind the table applies globally and to all climate types and bi- omes, Vitt said. here is also a temporal component to table. “I’m really excited about the reception we have gotten on this research. We hope that the table will only grow from here.” —Eric Pianka, Integrative biology professor “For example, a niche that is now illed by a lizard particular species could have been illed by an extinct dinosaur spe- cies historically,” Vitt said. he paper also included research analyses in mul- tidimensional graphs, 3-D plots and cross-spe- cies comparisons the displaying complexities of the relationships between niches and the way they overlap. Pianka, Vitt and Winemiller all said they hope more ecologists will collect data to add species to similar tables so that future tables encompass species within more di- verse groups from vertebrates to microbes. Pianka also said he hopes that data can be collected from lizards in Southeast Asia soon — an area that oten ends up neglect- ed by ecologists — before the habitats there completely disappear. “(In the future), I hope to see innovative applications of periodic tables of niches to address issues such as invasive species, biocontrol, ecological restoration and envi- ronmental impact assessment using bioin- dicators,” Winemiller said. “I’m really excited about the reception we have gotten on this research,” Pianka said. “We hope that the table will only grow from here.” By Areeba Khwaja Texan Position Using the metaphor of the periodic ta- ble of elements, ecologists have started to create a table to organize ecological nich- es that shows the relationships between lizards and their environment. Ecologist Robert H. MacArthur came up with the idea in the early 1970s and Eric Pianka, a UT professor of integrative biology, conceptualized it as a table. Ac- cording to Pianka, at the time, many ecolo- gists did not think this would ever be possible since ecological niches are so complex and encompass too many unique characteristics for each organism. “A periodic table of niches is a scheme that or- ganizes species or organisms based on their similarity as deined by a set of functional traits associated with various niche di- mensions,” Texas A&M professor Kirk Winemiller said. Recently, ecologists have become inter- ested in organizing and developing classi- ication systems for the relationships be- tween a species’ functional traits and how they inluence that species’ response to its environment, according to Winemiller. For this table, ive main niche dimen- sions were used: habitat, position on the food chain, life history, physiology and defense. Each dimension had its own subcomponents, according to Pianka. “Scientists always search for general- izations and even ‘rules’ if they appear to exist — we do this by testing hypotheses,” said Laurie Vitt, professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. he niches are deined by ecological data, life history, structure and size of the organism. he data was collected over a period of 50 years by Pianka and Vitt from CLASSIFIEDS; Black By Jennifer Liu Texan Position On Sept. 15, NASA’s Cassini spacecrat ended its 13-year mission with a “death dive” into Saturn. But this wasn’t a suicide mission: Cassini was actually following planetary protection protocol, said G. Fritz Benedict, a senior research scientist at UT’s McDonald Observatory. Ultimately, this death dive was also the mission’s most prudent possible ending. Destroying the Cassini orbiter would avoid potentially contaminating Saturn’s satellites such as the moon Enceladus, which po- tentially has life-friendly conditions, with Earth’s microbes. his way, if life is discov- ered in Saturn’s system in the future, re- searchers may be certain that it is truly alien, said Laurence Traton, a senior research sci- entist in UT’s astronomy department. “Had Cassini crashed on, say, Enceladus, it might have contaminated a pristine, com- pletely alien environment,” Benedict said. “What if our microbes are stronger, faster, more aggressive than any living (organism) in the oceans of Enceladus? Bye-bye to the natives and an opportunity to answer those questions about life.” he satellite was immediately destroyed upon entering Saturn’s atmosphere. “Like for a meteor on Earth, the main destructive factor is the energy (and) high speed of the falling spacecrat and the in- creasing drag of the atmosphere, which fric- tionally heats up and forcefully destroys the spacecrat,” Traton said. Space shuttles are able to protect them- selves against this via ceramic heat shields that prevent the outer metal body from melt- ing, but Cassini had no shield, Traton said. Cassini was just half of a joint mission; its other half was the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe that landed on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, in 2005. Huygens survived on Titan for approximately four hours on built-in batteries. “Any tears shed on (Huygens’) demise were shed long ago,” Benedict said. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory website, the international Cassi- ni-Huygens mission was not only the irst to orbit Saturn and its system, but also the most distant planetary orbiter ever launched. illustration by ivan moore | daily texan staff Cassini had the task of collecting and relaying information about the density and pressure of Saturn’s upper atmosphere, Traf- ton said. Details about a planet’s atmosphere — such as its composition, structure and energy balance — can give clues to its for- mation and early evolution. Probes and modules are able to gather data from their target systems by using cameras that can detect visible and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, Benedict said. “Cassini did some imaging of Saturn’s moon, Titan, in near-infrared (light) since that could see below the methane haze that covers (it),” said Lara Eakins, program coor- dinator of UT’s department of astronomy. he technology that drove Cassini, al- though extremely crucial, was not as ad- vanced as people may think, Benedict said. “Computer technology is always ive to ten years ahead of what is on a spacecrat,” Ben- edict said. “My iPhone has many times the computing power of what was on Cassini.” Even with its outdated technology, Cassini managed to show one of the most Earth-like worlds ever encountered through its explora- tion of Titan, according to NASA’s Jet Propul- sion Laboratory website. It also acted as a time machine, making it possible to see physical pro- cesses that may have shaped the solar system. Before executing its inal death dive, Cas- sini underwent a series of dives in between Saturn’s rings as part of its “Grand Finale.” Al- though risky, this allowed for a close-up study of inner ring space, Traton said. Because of the chance that Cassini could have been de- stroyed or damaged by a ring body, it was too risky to do this earlier in the mission. “(Cassini) was … a long and success- ful mission that was going out in a blaze of glory,” Eakins said. TIFF’S TREATS IS HIRING Tiff’s Treats Cookie Delivery is looking for happy, hard-working people who are quick on their feet, passionate and LOVE cus- tomer service to deliver treats to our customers! Drivers use their own vehicles for delivery and must have a valid driver’s license and insurance. Delivery Drivers Earn: $10/hour plus tips and delivery fees for a total averaging $15-20/hour. 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Reduce • Reuse • Recycle 6 Friday, September 22, 2017 MICHAEL SHAPIRO SPORTS EDITOR @texansports Running back position at crossroads By Trenton Daeschner Associate Sports Editor FOOTBALL A year removed from Foreman, Texas still seeking answers in the backfield here was a time when the Texas backield lour- ished production and possessed no depth chart uncertainty. with hat time was as early as last season, when the Longhorns had future third-round drat pick D’Onta Foreman carry- ing the entire load. here was zero question as to who the Longhorns should give the ball. No. 33 was their guy, and he brought with him plenty of production. Foreman rushed for 2,028 yards last season — the sec- ond-most in school history in a single season — and 15 touchdowns. It all culminat- ed in Foreman winning the Doak Walker Award which recognizes the nation’s best running back. “D’Onta’s a great back. Ob- viously, as you can see, he’s doing his thing in the NFL,” junior running back Chris Warren III said a week before the USC game. Warren suf- fered a season-ending knee injury against Oklahoma State last season and missed the i- nal eight games, forcing Texas to utilize Foreman even more than they previously planned. “I can’t take anything away gabriel lopez| daily texan staff Junior running back Chris Warren III prepares to stiff-arm Maryland defensive back RaVon Davis in the Longhorns’ season opener. Warren’s production has underwhelmed this season. from him,” Warren said. “He’s my brother, and I still talk to him to this day.” to Fast the forward post-Foreman era, and the Longhorns’ backield is at a crossroads. How much should Texas run the ball? Who should the Longhorns give the ball to? hese are some of the is- sues the Longhorns still have to igure out. But last Saturday against then-No. 4 USC, no answers were provided. Warren carried the ball a grand total of four times for 15 yards. His colleague, soph- omore Kyle Porter, rushed just ive times for nine yards. It was an outing that let many Texas fans scratching their heads and questioning the play-calling. At his Monday press con- ference, head coach Tom Herman was repeatedly asked about the running back situ- ation and why in particular Warren, who has had his fair share of shining performances at Texas so far, received such little usage in a tight game against USC. Herman cited the stat sheet, stating Warren aver- aged only 3.8 yards per car- ry in the game. He added that the Longhorns still need to “ind a way to get him more yards.” “In the middle of a game, when you see how that is shaking out, the deinition of insanity is repeatedly per- forming the same act, expect- ing diferent results,” Herman said. “And so to keep going back to 3.8 yards per car- ry, I think there would be some criticism there too … we’ve got to do a better job as coaches of inding ways to get him those yards, but when he’s not getting those yards, it doesn’t make much sense to keep going back to the well.” But the glaring stat in all of this is that Warren only touched the ball four times, and his counterpart, Porter, touched it ive. he produc- tion from both Warren and Porter this season has been mostly underwhelming. Porter has just 102 yards on 3.5 yards per carry through three games. In Texas’ second game against an inferior San Jose State team, Warren car- ried the ball 16 times for 166 yards and two touchdowns. But in Texas’ other two games against Maryland and USC, just Warren combined for 10 rushes for 46 yards and no touchdowns. On Wednesday, ofensive coordinator Tim Beck was speciically asked if he feels that Warren is frustrated with the running game. “I think all players want the ball,” Beck said. “hey want to help the team. hey want to help win. Ater the big game he had against San Jose (State), I assume he thinks every game will be that way. Unfortunate- ly, he becomes a marked man — that’s all everybody talked about, was stopping our run game. I know he is (frustrated). SOCCER Longhorns eager to ride momentum into Big 12 matchups following undefeated 8-0 start By Matthew Truty Sports Reporter As head coach Angela Kel- ly and the Longhorns emerge from non-conference play undefeated, a reminder of last year’s conference strug- gles will certainly be a point of emphasis this year. Last season, ive of Tex- as’ six Big 12 losses came by just a goal, exemplifying how close the Longhorns were to putting themselves in a more competitive position. “We had so many close matches last year, and this year our young group is ig- uring out a way to win those matches,” Kelly said. “And I think that’s what we’re see- ing. And to be achieving the results we are right now, that’s what we’re here for.” Texas hopes to rectify the mistakes of 2016 with an improved level of play in its Big 12 weekend debut, which will begin against a sculing Iowa State unit. he Cyclones have record- ed just two wins in 10 games thus far in 2017. But don’t expect a poor record to alter TENNIS Texas’ preparation. “he most important game on our schedule is Fri- day night. I’ve said that since day one, and we’re not going to change anything,” Kel- ly said. “One thing you are guaranteed is that whoever our opponent is next, they’re going to get our utmost re- spect, and they are going to get 100 percent of what the Longhorns have to bring.” Texas jumped four spots to No. 17 in the nation this week on the United Soccer Coach Rankings list while being placed at No. 3 in the NCAA Women’s Soccer RPI. hose rankings are unchart- ed territory for the program. Texas already has eight wins in 2017 — they won eight games all of last year. In order to maintain this year’s string of success, how- ever, Texas must be alert against all conference oppo- nents. No. 5 West Virginia — the runner-up in the 2016 Women’s College Cup — will be visiting the Longhorns this Sunday in what is sure to be an excellent test for the program. katie bauer| daily texan staff Junior forward Alexa Adams ights for the ball against a UT Rio Grande Valley defender on Sept. 15. Adams has contributed a goal and an assist for Texas this season in its 8–0 non-conference start. West Virginia will look to continue its impressive play. he Mountaineers have won at least 16 games in each of the past four seasons, three of which resulted in a Big 12 title. With a 7–2 start in 2017, they appear poised to make another run at the National Championship. Texas knows it faces loty into expectations heading conference play, but the team’s leaders insist they are only focused on their end-of- year goals. “I think it’s great to come 8–0 out of preseason,” junior forward Alexa Adams said, “but our main focus is to go through the season and try to keep that record and play every team to the best of our ability so that we can make the Big 12 tour- nament and go on to the NCAA tournament.” Harrison Scott rallies to avoid early round upset in Malibu By Wills Layton Sports Reporter After dropping the first set of Thursday’s match at the Oracle ITA Masters, things did not look good for junior Harrison Scott. Facing Tim Handel — an unranked sophomore from Northern Arizona Univer- sity — Scott dropped the first set before recovering just in time to snatch a vic- tory in Malibu, winning the final two sets 6–1, 6–1. As the No. 22 ranked player in the country, Scott is the only Longhorn play- ing in California this week. His win sets the Longhorns off to a good start for the weekend, as the rest of the team prepares for play at the Cajun Tennis Classic in Lafayette, Louisiana. “(Scott) continues to improve his overall game,” head coach Michael Center said. “I expect Harrison to continue to improve, and we’ll see where it takes him. I’m excited to see what he’s capable of doing this year.” The first set was a back I expect Harrison to continue to im- prove, and we’ll see where it takes him. I’m excited to see what he’s capable of doing this year.” —Michael Center, Head Coach and forth affair, with little separation between the two players. Handel, who hails from Reutlingen, Germa- ny, earned 52 percent of the total points won, and led Scott in aces by one. in The difference came game-points won, howev- er, where Handel led Scott 83 percent to 67 percent. The rest of the match told a different story. Scott rebounded with the sur- prising first set loss by winning 64 percent and 76 percent of the total points won in the final two sets, respectively. Scott’s victory earned him a match with Califor- nia’s freshman Jack Molloy in the next round of the single-elimination tour- nament. Molloy won his match on Thursday 6-3, Harrison Scott readies a backhand. The junior rallied back from down a set to earn Texas its irst win of the weekend. noel mahouch| daily texan staff 6-4, and will provide the next challenge for Scott to overcome. to Another is a pos- look out for between sible rematch Scott and Kentucky ju- nior William Bushamuka. storyline Last year, Scott upset the highly-ranked Bushamuka in the Cajun Tennis Clas- sic, and the two look des- tined to meet again. But first Scott will need to take care of business against Molloy on Friday. Texas Soccer @TexasSoccer “Big 12 play opens this weekend, but let’s not forget to celebrate the irst undefeated non- conference slate in Texas soccer history! #RAMPED” Basketball facilities to re- ceive the Texas treatment facilities Texas Athletics an- nounced on hursday its plans to upgrade the for basketball the men’s and women’s programs. he upgrades will be completed prior to the start of the 2017 season. With an estimat- ed cost of $4.25 million, the renovations will cov- er both the Frank Erwin Center and Denton A. Cooley Pavilion. he Erwin Center is receiving what is likely its last makeover before its eventual planned demo- lition. Fans will notice a new 9-display centerhung video system featuring a three-tiered screen set- up for maximized quali- ty and information. he four center screens will be accompanied by four upper in-game progress displays, along with a smaller ribbon at the bot- tom. In addition, a 689- foot ribbon display is set to be installed around the seating fascia of the main seating bowl. A slew of renova- tions will come with the technological upgrades. he courts at the Er- win Center and Cooley receiving Pavilion are new loorboards, with the Erwin court getting new gameday basket- ball graphics. he locker rooms in Cooley were ful- ly remodeled to include redesigned lockers and lounge space. —Dalton Phillips Friday, September 22, 2017 7 CROSSWORD; Black Today’s solution will appear here next issue 5 7 4 8 2 1 7 3 6 1 6 9 7 4 2 9 4 8 6 8 6 3 5 6 9 8 3 3 7 5 2 1 9 SUDOKUFORYOU 3 1 5 6 9 4 7 8 2 9 7 8 5 1 2 3 6 4 2 6 4 8 3 7 5 9 1 6 5 9 1 4 8 2 3 7 4 2 7 9 5 3 6 1 8 1 8 3 2 7 6 4 5 9 5 4 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 7 9 2 3 6 1 8 4 5 8 3 1 4 2 5 9 7 6 8 Friday, September 22, 2017 MORGAN O’HANLON LIFE&ARTS EDITOR @thedailytexan Austinites, yoga lovers join ‘goat yoga’ hype By Acacia Coronado Senior L&A Reporter CITY illustration by esther shin | daily texan staff Some yoga lovers may spend relaxing aternoons outside in the fall breeze, inhaling and ex- haling as they move into their favorite poses. A new trend has them doing it with a goat on their baaa-ck. Goat Yoga, or “Goga,” has tak- en over Austin since Labor Day weekend, sending Texans into a goat yoga craze. What began as a beneit for Hurricane Harvey victims has turned into a recur- ring, $35+ per person event that attracts hundreds and provides funds for recovery eforts across the country. Rachael Phillips co-founded Goat Yoga with her boyfriend Trey Kitchen. She said every- one keeps asking her what goat yoga is. “I’m like ‘obviously it’s yoga with goats,’ but then I think back to when I irst saw it on social media, and I think ‘gosh this is so crazy,’” Phillips said. Ater picking up on goat yoga via social media posts about the new itness trend, Phillips decided to become a “gogi” when she discovered Kitchen’s mother worked with 2 Crazy Goat Ladies , a Texas Pygmy Nigerian Dwarf Goat breeding company. “Before Hurricane Harvey even happened, I had the idea we could do a Goat Yoga fundraiser to raise money for something,” Phillips said. “Ater Harvey hap- pened, I wanted to ind another way to give back.” Kitchen said they spoke with his mother to organize the irst class on the roof of his apartment building’s parking garage and to igure out all the logistics, from transporting the baby goats in an air-conditioned SUV with their mothers to dressing them in diapers and onesies. hough the couple expected a modest gathering for the Austin debut of Goat Yoga, their event sold out in only 37 minutes. “We created an event and invit- ed our friends to it,” Phillips said. “he next day there were hun- dreds of people RSVPing, and it was blowing up.” Since their irst class, Kitchen said every session has sold out in less than 24 hours. hey’ve received requests for corporate retreats, company visits and even bachelorette parties. As they grow, Kitchen said they try to continue giving to charities whenever possible. “We come up with three dif- ferent charity groups that are helping out disaster relief, and we let the people who are taking the class vote on which charity they would like to donate the money to,” Kitchen said. “With Hur- ricane Harvey, we were able to donate a little over $1,000 to the Houston Humane Society.” Hailley Schwartz, one of the yoga instructors, said it is espe- cially relaxing to have baby an- imals walking around because their cuteness helps relieve stress. “We in society are disconnect- ed from animals outside of cats and dogs,” Schwartz said. “Goats, bunnies, lambs and other kinds of yoga classes coming around boost the happy level so much because animals are so adorable, innocent and make people hap- py on a very fundamental level. I don’t think a lot of people get that in their daily life.” Schwartz said she tries to teach the class in a way that encourages interaction with the animals, and she reminds people they are wel- come to take any opportunities to play, snuggle or snap pictures with the animals throughout the class. “I try to lead a class that leads the goats toward jumping on their back or snuggling,” Schwartz said. “I let everyone know the goats are irst, so if a goat comes to your mat and decides to snuggle there, please take that opportunity.” Trevor said this interaction with the animals has had people raving about the class, saying it was exactly what they needed ater a long week. “Goats will be goats,” Trevor said. “So we have no problem having them run around and jump and make funny noises.” HOUSE ; Process color HOUSE ; Process color FOOD Best food concession options in the DKR Memorial Stadium By Stephen Acevedo Senior L&A Reporter Cold beer, red sunburns and crippling losses are all just regular aspects of enjoying Texas football in the fall. Stadium food has never been a partic- ularly prideful part of football season, but the impressive selection of local favorites at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium has turned that notion upside down for Longhorn football fans. With the new clear-bag policy making it hard- er than ever for fans to sneak in their own snacks, now is a per- fect time to explore the outstanding concession stands that DKR has to offer. Here are some of the best spots to grab a bite at during UT’s home games. Salt Lick BBQ This newcomer to the DKR food scene has two separate locations inside the stadium, giving at- tendees ample opportu- nity to get their proper barbecue fix during the game. While barbecue may not seem like an easy meal to tackle while simultaneously jumping around and cheering in the student bleachers, the fine folks at Salt Lick have condensed their stadium menu to most- ly handheld items that can easily be eaten in the stands. The pulled pork sandwich, brisket sand- wich or barbecue nachos are the way to go. Pluckers The in-stadium Pluck- ers is one of the prime spots to chow down at while the Longhorns are trailing by three posses- sions in the second quar- ter and you just want to get out of the sun for a little while. Not only does this spot conveniently serve up Austin’s favorite chicken wings, but the entire area in front of it has been converted into a sports bar with TVs, tables and even some cool turf to sprawl out and rest your back on. Unfortunately, the sauce selection is significantly more limited than what Pluckers’ fans would typ- ically be used to, but that allows employees to serve patrons quick- ly enough to avoid ever having too bad of a line. Chicken wings might be the best possible game day food, so Pluckers is a great move for anyone trying to stay in the true spirit of things. the Torchy’s Tacos Tacos are rarely an option when people are looking for food at a football stadium, with the closest things usually being stale stadium na- chos or dried out sausage for wraps. Thankfully Longhorn fans, though, the much beloved Torchy’s Tacos opened a stadium location in 2015, and no one has looked back since. Like most other local restaurants that have stadium ven- dors, Torchy’s menu has been condensed down to two taco options: the trailer park and the green chile pork. They also offer patrons their fa- mous green chile queso and the always-reliable chips and salsa. Mighty Cone Another exciting new the DKR to addition is no selection food stranger to large Austin events. First made pop- ular by its participation in the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, Mighty Cone has decid- ed to expand into the lives of screaming foot- ball fans this season. The menu features everyone’s favorite hot and crunchy chicken avocado and served conveniently in a cone-shaped tortilla with mango-jalapeno slaw and ancho sauce. If these cones can be easily and devoured comfortably in the claustrophobic crowds of ACL, it only makes sense that they would make for a solid gameday meal as well. Mama Fu’s Asian House This stand puts a great new spin on stadi- um food. The popular Asian restaurant offers some of its most stadi- um-compatible menu items like the banh mi sandwich, basil spring rolls and chicken satay. It has also added some more interesting op- tions specifically catered to their DKR stand like Korean street tacos and crab rangoon nachos. The crab rangoon na- chos alone should be enough of a reason to get anyone to check this concession out.