Name: Untitled 1; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Process color, Untitled 1; Ad Number: - 1Monday, October 31, 2016@thedailytexanfacebook.com/dailytexanServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvidLIFE&ARTS PAGE 8COMICS PAGE 7SPORTS PAGE 6POLICEPolice plan No Refusal enforcementBy Will Clark@_willclark_ The Austin Police Depart- ment’s No Refusal policy extends through Halloween tonight, which the Austin Police Department expects will lead to a higher number of DWI arrests. APD DWI Coordina- tor Mike Jennings said because Halloween falls on a Monday, the Depart- ment decided to extend the No Refusal policy for four days, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday through Monday. The policy means even if a driver refuses a breathalyzer, the police will apply for a search warrant for blood samples, which the driver can’t refuse. Jennings encouraged people going out on Hallow- een to plan ahead and find a safe ride home. Jennings also said the DWI arrestees usually aren’t college stu- dents because many students use public transportation or ride-hailing services to get home. “There’s always something going on here in Austin,” Jennings said. “Our thing is not trying to prevent people from enjoying those deals, but what we do want people to understand is if you are going to go out, just find an- other ride home.” Jennings said a lot of peo- ple don’t actually understand what No Refusal means. “If we get a search war- rant, you don’t have an op- tion at that point,” Jennings said. “That’s why it’s called Marshall Tidrick | Daily Texan file photoThe Austin Police Department has extended their No-Refus- al policy through tonight. DWI page 2FOOTBALL | TEXAS 35-34 BAYLORLonghorns spoil Baylor’s perfect seasonBy Michael Shapiro@mshap2SYSTEMActivists condemn methane emissions By Van Nguyen@nguyen__vanBAYLOR page 6Close to 15 pro-environ- ment activists from Environ- ment Texas dressed as zom- bies and polar bears from a post-global warming world and marched outside UT Chancellor William McRa- ven’s office Friday asking for cuts to methane emissions from oil and gas compa- nies on land leased by UT in West Texas. Environment Texas, an en- vironmental advocacy group, hosted the protest, which last- ed from 12 to 1 p.m., in hopes of bringing more attention to the methane emission issue. According to a report by Environment Texas from fall 2015, as many as 4,132 wells on the University-leased land have been subject to high- volume fracking which Envi- ronment Texas considers to be one of the “worst industry practices” due to its negative effects on the environment and public health. Director of Environment Texas Luke Metzger said he met with Mark Houser, CEO of the University Lands Of- fice, who shared no interest in advancing the dialogue about decreasing methane emissions. Houser invited the group to visit the lands in West Texas earlier this month. “We’re happy to [visit the University lands] if they’re interested in starting a dia- logue about how they can act on our recommendations and do something to cut the pollu- tion, but thus far they haven’t LAND USE page 2CAMPUSBlack students perform in ‘Culture Shock’ By Wesley Story@wesleystory0Venezuelan student reflects on electionsCAMPUSBy Lisa Dreher@lisa_dreher97Zoe FuDaily Texan StaffJunior commu- nications major Wande Isola per- forms an original song at Culture Shock. The an- nual showcase celebrated the multitude of cultural talent in the black com- munity. Students and members of the Austin commu- nity filled Hogg Memo- rial Auditorium Friday night to see a wide variety of performances by black UT students. The African-American Cultural Committee hosted “Culture Shock,” an annual showcase of black art and talent. The event’s purpose was to embrace and celebrate the multitude of cultural tal- ent in the black community, allowing organizations and individuals an outlet for ex- pression without the pres- sure of competition. The committee is an or- ganization under Campus Events and Entertainment dedicated to raising aware- ness of black culture. “It’s important to know who you go to class with,” said Tyeria Evans, committee outreach chair and ecology sophomore. “Being aware of other people’s cultures, their backgrounds and where they come from makes campus more inclusive as a whole.” The African-Ameri- can student population at UT is only 3.9 percent, according to the 2015 student profile on the UT website. Nneka Iheanacho, a biol- ogy junior and one of the audience members, said she attended the event last year and wanted to return because of what it means to the community. “It’s hard to find events on campus that pertain to African-American students because we are such a small community,” Iheanacho said. “Sometimes people can forget that we actually exist here, so I think events like this are great be- cause they allow you to get in touch with humanity.” Iheanacho said her favorite performance was a rendition of a young girl’s childhood in the middle of CULTURE page 3Editor’s note: This is the sixth profile of a series The Daily Texan is publishing during the 2016 election sea- son, featuring a wide variety of student political perspec- tives. Beginning with the first day of early voting, Oct. 24, the series will run up until Election Day, Nov. 8. Many UT students idly shuffled along the early vot- ing line last week, but inter- national student Marielisa Figuera Saggese’s friends back home are taking to Venezuela’s streets, pushed back by their own police. “The student movement over there is one of the biggest factors when it comes to politi- cal expression,” Saggese said. Saggese, an international relations and global studies and Latin American studies junior, moved from Venezuela to Houston two years ago. She then moved to Austin this sum- mer, where UT students are vot- ing early while her homeland undergoes political unrest and anti-government sentiment. Earlier this year, Venezu- elans called for the ousting of president Nicolas Maduro, only for the country’s congress to block their referendum. Now, the pressure against their government to reopen their request has mounted in protests and violent encounters over the past few days. “I won’t deny that I haven’t cried a lot when it comes to watching the news,” Saggese said. “I’m supposed to go back in December. I’m worried about how I’m going to find my country and is it safe for me to ELECTIONS page 3Stephanie Tacy | Daily Texan StaffTexas players put their horns up after Saturday’s 35-34 victory against Baylor. Texas handed Baylor its first loss this season. Saturday’s matchup with Baylor wasn’t the first time Charlie Strong’s back has been against the wall. Texas’ head coach heard the rumors regarding his job secu- rity following Texas’ 7-50 loss to TCU in 2015. He faced sim- ilar scrutiny later in the year as Texas sat at 4–7 prior to the season finale against the Bears. In both instances, Strong’s team won a marquee game for its coach. A 24-17 win over undefeated Oklahoma gave Strong his first signature vic- tory on the 40 Acres before he beat the Bears to finish the sea- son on a high note. 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Burgett said her organi- zation tries to approach the issue of drunk driving in a realistic way. “We don’t want to tell any- one not to drink,” Burgett said. “We don’t want to tell shown any interest and that’s why we’re really turning our attention to McRaven, [who] oversees University Lands,” Metzger said. McRaven had not re- sponded to The Daily Tex- an at the time this article was published. Government and history sophomore Juan de Hoyos joined Environment Texas as an intern after signing a peti- tion created to bring attention to the pollution in West Texas. “I don’t know [McRa- ven’s] point of view, but there must be a good reason why he hasn’t said anything [re- garding the pollution],” De Hoyos said. A Student Government res- olution calling for McRaven to publicly support cutting the methane emissions in half was passed in September with only three opposing votes. University Lands man- ages 2.1 million acres of land in West Texas for the benefit of the Permanent University Fund, which is considered to be one of the largest Uni- versity endowments in the U.S., benefiting over 20 insti- tutions in the UT and Texas A&M Systems, according to their website. More than half of the land is leased to oil and gas companies. In a UT System press re- lease in September, Houser said Environment Texas’ ac- cusations are “unscientific” due to the lack of proper sourcing in their report. He also said in the release that University Lands follows EPA regulations as well as employ- ing additional requirements. “We go above and beyond what state and federal regula- tions require because it’s the right thing to do and because we will own these lands for- ever for the benefit of the state and public higher education,” Houser said in a press release. “Development activity on University Lands, primarily from oil and gas operations, has generated billions of dol- lars in revenue that, over the years, has and will continue to provide great opportunities at the twenty-plus UT and A&M institutions across the state.” anyone not to have a good time because realistically that’s not going to happen.” Burgett said the organi- zation has tried to prepare students for Halloween by spreading the message of planning for a safe way home, but she doesn’t ex- pect everyone to follow its advice. “We anticipate that this is going to be a big week- end of lessons and of un- fortunate circumstances,” Burgett said. Last year, Austin police made 41 DWI arrests dur- ing Halloween weekend, according to a press release. “People don’t usually go out with the intention of committing DWIs,” Jen- nings said. “It’s one of those things that happens because you are out and haven’t planned well.” Burgett said people some- times overlook the risks when they’re dressed up and celebrating Halloween. “Being in costume and not being yourself seems to give license to acting out of what you would consider to be your normal range of fun,” Burgett said. “Hal- loween is scary, and it’s not just because of the ghosts and goblins.” Burgett also said that with the absence of Uber and Lyft, it’s a lot less con- venient for students to find a way home. “Without having the ease of transport like Uber and Lyft had, students feel like they don’t have much of a choice,” Burgett said. “There are options but a lot of those options [for ex- ample] include relying on an unreliable bus system in the middle of the night.” Chemical engineer- ing freshman Jake Byers helped his friends get home safe this weekend by being a designated driver. “Sometimes it feels like a pain,” Byers said. “You don’t want to be the guy who’s singled out as hav- ing to drive, but it makes you feel good in a way that you’re able to take care of your friends and make sure everyone gets home safely.” DWI continues from page 1LAND USEcontinues from page 1 .RECYCLE Name: KUT business; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Process color, KUT business; Ad Number: - W&N 3NEWSMonday, October 31, 20163the Hutu and Tutsi conflict in Rwanda. “Being the child of an im- migrant, I can sort of relate to a lot of the struggles that [immigrants] go through, especially with skin color,” Iheanacho said. “I feel that [the performance] really shed a light on that strife.” The event had a variety of artistic expressions in- cluding dancing, singing, spoken word and a hip-hop fashion show. The committee has hosted other events this semester, including a dis- cussion with Sanya Rich- ards-Ross, UT alumna and five-time Olympian. Business freshman Kirst- en Scott, step performer and model with Hip Hop Couture, said she thinks the events the committee puts on are important because they bring awareness to a culture that does not get much attention at UT. “Black people have a lot of talent that’s overlooked and overshadowed by other people because people tend to ignore black culture as a whole,” Scott said. “If you don’t interact with black people, all you have to know about them are stereotypes.” go back or am I going to face a culture shock.” Given her uncertainty about her country’s future, Saggese said students here must appre- ciate America’s relatively civil, democratic voting process. “Being here and seeing how peaceful everything is here … it’s not like over there where you have college students ris- ing up a lot against the govern- ment,” Saggese said. Saggese said there is only one voting day in Venezu- ela, so the many chances for U.S. citizens to participate surprised her. “You can do early voting, you can do voting by mail, things like that,” Saggese said. If she could vote, Saggese said she would support Hillary Clinton because she believes Donald Trump’s aggression is akin to the behavior of the previous Venezuelan dictator. “Trump reminds me a lot of the former Venezuelan presi- dent, Hugo Chávez, in the way he expresses himself,” Saggese said. “I wouldn’t like to have to repeat [that] story here.” ELECTIONScontinues from page 1CULTUREcontinues from page 1POLICEBy Katie Keenan@KeenanArroyoCAMPUSStudents support South African girls with ongoing feminine product driveBy Sunny Kim@sunny_newsieeLack of access to feminine sanitary products could have a huge impact on the education of a South Afri- can school girl, and UT’s Fearless Leadership Institute is helping to break this edu- cational barrier through a donation drive. The drive began Oct. 1 and concludes today. The drive was inspired after five of the Institute’s members studied abroad in South Af- rica summer, including co- director Thaïs Moore. “So many young girls in Cape Town are dropping out of school, because they can’t afford sanitary products and it broke my heart,” Moore said. “Our drive started off slow, but last week our do- nation bin was full.” Moore takes part in the Cape Town study abroad program every other year. This summer, Moore said she grew close with a wom- an who worked at a battered women’s shelter and want- ed to help whenever she reached out. “We haven’t received as many [donations] as we’d like, but even if it can keep just two girls in school for the rest of the year, that would be great,” Moore said. “Our main objective is to love on young women. You can accomplish anything with love.” Business sophomore Dayjah Harris, an Institute member of two years, trav- eled outside the country for the first time when she studied abroad and said the experience changed her worldview. “Being in South Africa al- lowed me to open my mind,” Harris said. “Being in Amer- ica, we just focus on issues that we have here. Being in Cape Town and seeing is- sues that are faced of people in different countries, it just opened my mind up.” Harris spent a lot of time visiting schools and helping at a battered women and children’s shelter. “The girls in school out there, when they have their cycles, they don’t get any type of sanitary products, such as pads and tampons, so they can’t go to school,” Harris said, “This causes a lot of the young girls to drop out, leading to a lot of crimes and violence against them because they’re of- ten unsupervised. This drive is to try to stop that problem from happening at such a high rate, to al- low for these girls to get their education.” Radio-television-film sophomore Destiny Goss said her experience abroad made her realize she had a passion for helping women and children who are victims of sexual assault and domes- tic violence, and she hopes to create her own nonprofit mentoring program. “The experience was life-changing,” Goss said. “It made me appreciate the things I have more than I’ve ever done … FLI is amaz- ing. It is an organization to help young women who need growth. Every woman of color should join. It’s very empowering.” Donations, such as tam- pons, pads, sanitary nap- kins and similar products, can be taken through 5 p.m. today to the Main Building Room 22 or SSB 4.400. CAMPUSPharmacy team wins national title, cash awards at business competitionBy Brianna Stone@bristone19Andrea Garcia | Daily Texan StaffOriginally from Venezuela, Marielisa Figuera Saggase appre- ciates the amount of voting done in the United States. The Tower glowed burnt orange Wednesday to cel- ebrate a team of pharmacy students that won UT’s first national title at a business competition on Oct. 16. “When I found out our team placed top three I was pleasantly surprised,” phar- macy student Heather Rozea said in a text message. “[But] I was so unbelievably excited when we got first place. The outpouring of support and accolades from alumni, fac- ulty, staff, our dean and the students was heartwarming and I never felt more proud to be a longhorn.” The student team included pharmacy students Jennifer Ma, Rozea, Brittany Corbell, Taylor Dean and Jigar Sata- sia. They were all enrolled in a class titled “Pharmacy Business Plan Development” during the spring semester, which helped them learn the business aspects of indepen- dent community pharmacies. The team, along with their regular coursework, submit- ted its business plan to the Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Stu- dent Business Plan Competi- tion in early May. In October, the team and faculty advisor Nathan Pope attended the National Community Phar- macists Association’s annual conference in New Orleans for the final presentation. The competition consisted of teams representing 46 schools nationwide, accord- ing to UT News. Each team had to submit a written busi- ness plan to either buy an ex- isting independent pharmacy or establish a new one. The NCPA student chap- ter received a cash award of $3,000 for their victory, while an additional $3,000 will be given to the College of Pharmacy. “We are very commit- ted to student pharmacist professional development, and the funds will be used for that purpose,” said M. Lynn Crimson, dean of the UT College of Pharmacy, in an email. Ma said the biggest chal- lenge to prepare for the fi- nal presentation was work- ing around everyone’s busy schedules. “It took a lot of time and ded- ication to put our presentation and speech together,” Ma said in a text message. “We sched- uled weekly video conference meetings [on Google Hang- out] that eventually became daily meetings.” Ma said she learned impor- tant skills in the competition that will hopefully help pre- pare her for a future career in the pharmaceutical business. “Team work, leadership skills, financing and market- ing are all important skills that will enable me to be a successful pharmacist, and possibly pharmacy owner one day,” Ma said. Tracking down stolen elec- tronic devices is becoming easier thanks to software such as Find My iPhone, which as- sists the University of Texas Police Department with re- covering stolen property. “We’ve had really good suc- cess with being able to locate and track the movement,” said UTPD Officer Chris Miller. “I think just last week we got someone’s camera bag with the cell phone in it. The iPhone app was on and working properly and we had good success up until a half block radius.” The precision of device locator applications is not perfect and usually only pinpoints a general area or building, according to Miller. If the phone is dead, the app is unable to locate it. Distin- guishing between floor levels or individual rooms within a building is difficult when us- ing Find My iPhone, although Miller said it’s a matter of time before such specific informa- tion will be accessible via this kind of software. “As law enforcement recov- ering lost or stolen property, we would love for it to be like, ‘Hey, it’s here, behind this tree here,’ but the technology hasn’t caught up 100 percent yet, but it’s well on its way,” Miller said. Advanced methods of de- vice tracking are also available to UTPD, although they are primarily used as a last resort, typically in life-threatening situations, said UTPD As- sistant Chief Peter Scheets. Software like Find My iPhone is only available to iPhone us- ers, making law enforcement agencies cognizant of other ways to track down Androids or flip phones. UTPD did not give details regarding how these advanced tracking tac- tics are put into effect; how- ever, even if a phone is dead, officers have the capability to locate it if the situation war- rants such an effort. “Law enforcement has the ability to track those types of electronic devices, whether they’re being used or not be- ing used, depending on the severity of the situation, can kind of increase what means we use to track that item,” Miller said. “There’s gonna be some criminal offense taking place; police aren’t just track- ing phones to track phones.” In certain cases, students have taken matters into their own hands by using Find My iPhone to track down the thief, after which they eventually confront him or her or scare them away. Both scenarios can potentially have negative repercussions, either leading to a physical alterca- tion or increasing the chances of the perpetrator’s escape. Scheets strongly advised against taking any action be- fore calling the police. “We ask that [students] contact us and we have a pro- cess — we’ll put numerous people in the area and then we’ll ask you to ping it or take some action to help us iden- tify who is holding onto it or where the exact location is,” Scheets said. The most effective way to ensure the retrieval of a stolen item would be to record the serial number of each elec- tronic device and store it in a safe location, Scheets said. Etching a more familiar number, such as a driver’s license identification num- ber, onto personal items like bicycles is a service offered by UTPD. “On any property, record your serial numbers,” said UTPD lieutenant Greg Ste- phenson. “If it is something that doesn’t have one, apply a personal number. This helps us identify it either when found on a suspect or in a pawn shop.” Graeme HamiltonDaily Texan file photoTechnology such as Find My iPhone helps University of Texas Police De- partment recover stolen devices. Tracking technology provides limited recovery possibilities@thedailytexanFollow us for news, updates and more. The issue of race in college admissions is tied to the University of Texas at Austin more so than almost any other school in the coun- try. The policy of separate but equal began to fall after a black student sued for admission to our law school in Sweatt v. Painter. The suggestion that our black students haven’t worked as hard as white students to get into our University is offensive and logically flawed because our own legal history suggests the opposite. We wrote about why affirmative action is necessary, even if imperfect, in our June 27 editorial in response to Fisher v. University of Texas. This University offers unparalleled re- sources compared to other schools in our state. To not take into account the value of a diverse student body and the barriers to success that students of color face would be a mistake. In making their decision, the Supreme Court of the United States recognized that race-blind admissions policies hurt diversity. Yet despite UT’s policies, black students still make up only 3.9 percent of the student body, and the majority of them did not ben- efit from affirmative action. So when our University’s branch of Young Conservatives of Texas holds a pro- test against our admissions policies styled as a bake sale, as they have several times before, it makes sense for our campus’s students to be more than upset. While affirmative action is an imperfect policy, scrapping it entirely makes little sense. Even more upsetting is that the group chose to be intellectually dishonest in their arguments. In their press release following the event, they cherry-picked previous Su- preme Court cases that struck down cer- tain applications of affirmative action but failed to mention the Fisher decision in an attempt to falsely portray affirmative ac- tion as unconstitutional as a whole. One would not cite Dred Scott v. Sandford or Plessy v. Ferguson. Their reluctance to ac- knowledge decisions they disagree with shows that they are not interested in hav- ing a productive discussion. And the policies that underpin this aside, the protest itself was certainly distasteful. As- signing monetary values to minority students is dehumanizing, and it delegitimizes their ad- mission and contributions to the University. But we would be remiss if we did not ac- knowledge that this political protest is their constitutional right. The First Amendment gives strong protections to speech and stron- ger protections to political speech. While students at the protest may have said things that constitute hate speech which would not be protected, the act of protesting affirma- tive action itself through the conceit of a debate sale is undoubtedly protected by the constitution, and the University would be wrong to take action against them for that. Although the protest could understandably be taken in an offensive manner, it was intended to express an opinion against affirmative action, not necessarily the individuals which the policy intends to help. Opposition to affirmative action often stems from ignorance rather than racism, although these two ideas are greatly interconnect- ed. But by no means does this mean we condone it: the protest was poorly executed and failed to initiate any meaningful, nonpolarizing dialogue. The Young Conservatives has held these bakes sales before, and the students organizing the pro- test should reasonably know what the reaction will be. For them to repeat such a bake sale under the guise of furthering the dialogue on affirma- tive action is disingenuous at best. However, considering affirmative action is a campus-centric issue, students should engage in dialogue regarding it. The Univer- sity is charged with developing the state’s and nation’s policymakers. Students should be educated about the policies that affect univer- sities and understand why they are in place, and affirmative action is no exception. Just like we oppose campus carry for the dampening effects it can have on debate on our campus, we oppose action against the Young Conservatives for protesting policy. Our University needs a free and open ex- change of ideas among a diverse student body to best achieve its mission. While we oppose the Young Conservative’s actions, our mutual right to have that discussion is far more important. 4 OPINION4ALEXANDER CHASE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | @TexanEditorialMonday, October 31, 2016LEGALESE | Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE | Email your Firing Lines to editor@dailytexanonline.com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE | Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. EDITORIAL TWITTER | Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@TexanEditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. EDITORIALYCT fails to use first amendment productivelyBy The Daily Texan Editorial Board @TexanEditorialStudents must stand up to peers engaging in hate speechOffensive protests won’t solve racial inequality on campus By Khadija SaifullahDaily Texan Senior Columnist @coolstorysunaoBy Josephine MacLeanDaily Texan Columnist @maclean_josieThe Young Conservatives of Texas at UT titled their press release about Wednes- day’s bake sale “YCT-UT Starts Dialogue on Affirmative Action,” and I laughed. While they were legally within their First Amendment rights, the group did not mean to start a dialogue. They meant to start a fight. The Young Conservatives has a history of racially charged events: this is the group that tried to bring us the “catch an illegal immigrant game,” and they held the same bake sale in 2003, 2008 and 2013. The 2013 bake sale happened on the West Mall, and the only change in setup Wednesday was the absence of a sign stating that the purpose of the event was to discuss affirmative action. The organization received the same re- sponse from campus media and university officials at the end of the 2013 bake sale. The Texan Editorial Board called it a “childish stunt,” and Gregory J. Vincent, University Vice President for Diversity and Commu- nity Engagement, issued a statement calling it “inflammatory and demeaning.” In their press release, Young Conserva- tives chairman Vidal Castañeda equates af- firmative action and institutional racism. “It is insane that institutional racism, such as affirmative action, continues to allow for universities to judge me by the color of my skin rather than my actions,” he said. In he same way that the group has co- opted the phrases institutional racism and colorblindness, they are also misusing the word dialogue. Creating signs evocative of Jim Crow- era sentiments is not the way to start a constructive dialogue. Counter-protesters responded with anger and frustration, feeling attacked rather than engaged. During a Facebook live stream posted by Yerim Ashley Choi, an international rela- tions and global studies senior, young con- servatives members called for calm while an off-camera protester yelled, “There’s no point in educating you. There’s no point in trying to have a civil discussion with you!” This event wasn’t meant to be about an exchange of views. It was created for shock value. If anything, it was meant to recruit people who may harbor the same underlying racist justifications for cer- tain political stances. While counter-protesters engaged in in- appropriate behaviors as well, reactions like tearing up the bake sale’s price sign are un- derstandable, even if they were out of line. I don’t think damaging [the Young Con- servatives’] property was okay,” English freshman Caitlin Smith said. “But I think the bigger issue is systematic racism.” A total of more than 280,000 people have now viewed Choi’s live stream of the counter protest. In the video you can see the counter-protestors are not just one color or one ideology. The people who stood up to the Young Conservatives look and speak differently from each other, but they stood together. We should work toward a UT where we stand up for what is right when an entity tries to resurrect hatred and misinformation un- der the guise of starting a dialogue — a UT where students feel a duty and connection to their peers that drives them to protect each other’s rights. What’s truly saddening about this incident is the fact that, clearly, we are not yet to a point where we can assume that UT students genuinely want to engage in a conversation with those who have different viewpoints. We will not reach true equality without the tolerance and understanding that comes from engaging in true dialogue. MacLean is an advertising and geography sophomore. Infographic by Name Here | Sammy JarrarLast week, the Young Conservatives of Texas at the University of Texas at Austin protested af- firmative action by organizing a bake sale with prices based on race and gender. They created a sign that put financial values on certain groups of people based on race and ethnicity. This inherently racist sale occurred previ- ously in the years 2004, 2008 and 2013 by the same organization. The fact that it was orga- nized again this year shows that racism is still present at the University. “Inherent privilege comes for people like me, white cisgender males,” Student body president Kevin Helgren said in an interview with KVR News. “Affirmative action helps to fight that and even the playing field.” The bake sale was condemned by hundreds who stood in support of affirmative action. Although members of the Campus Climate Advisory Board considered the event to be “offensive, inaccurate, and hate-filled,” whole- heartedly condemned the event, it’s up to stu- dents at the University to stand up for others’ rights. Organizations such as the Young Con- servatives will continue to host events insinuat- ing racism and staying within the bounds of the First Amendment. Events such as racist bake sales will momentarily give students a wake up call, and the organization will likely continueThe Campus Climate Advisory Board for- warding a statement the next morning will never be enough. Our students deserve much more. The protest was full of emotion — from exasperation to disheartenment. But most of all, minorities on campus were tired. Time and time again they are reminded that they will never be treated with the inherent white privi- lege that Helgren mentioned. “The quality of an education here at the Uni- versity of Texas hinges on and is affirmed by the differences that our peers bring forth both within and beyond the classroom,” Helgren said. “Affirmative action helps us recruit a more talented and diverse student body, and trying to suggest that it doesn’t is pretty disheartening.” The bake sale organized by a few racists was met by the hundreds of students and faculty alike that stood in protest against racism. Pro- testers fought in support of affirmative action for hours. Although the nature of the bake sale was offensive and hurtful to minority students like myself, seeing such a huge crowd of pro- testers form within minutes superseded the sadness caused by the nature of the sale. Racism will likely always be a part of society but see- ing a much larger group supporting minority students spoke volumes about the values of the majority of Longhorns. Saifullah is a neuroscience junior from Richardson. We should work toward a UT where we stand up for what is right when an entity tries to resurrect hatred and misinformation under the guise of starting a dialogue — a UT where students feel a duty and connection to their peers that drives them to protect each other’s rights. Just like we oppose campus carry for the dampening effects it can have on debate on our campus, we oppose action against the Young Conservatives for protesting policy. COLUMNKatie BauerDaily Texan StaffProtestors gather around the Young Conserva- tive bake sale in the West Mall on October 26. The bake sale was deeply offensive to many students and some have called for the suspension of YCT. COLUMN By day, Elbert Johnson proudly dons his uniform and greets the many familiar faces on his mail route. By night, he’s a devoted family man and passionate artist. For 18 years, Johnson has delivered mail to the UT area, earning him the nickname “Uncle E” around campus. Before that, starting in 1976, Johnson served in the U.S. Army for four years, in- cluding a 33-month deploy- ment to Germany. While in the military, El- bert met his future wife on the highway. She was driv- ing with her headlights off, and he tried to warn her. Later that night, he ran into her at a club in Wichita Falls, Texas, where they exchanged contact information. “She tried to get me to go outside and pull up her car for her,” Elbert said. “I told her, ‘Hey, I’m no valet parking,’ One year later, they began dating and eventually mar- ried after five years. “She’s my backbone now,” Elbert said. Prior to his military ser- vice, Elbert developed a passion for painting and drawing. Elbert majored in me- chanical drawing at Cameron University, but he never pur- sued art full-time due to fi- nancial concerns, something he says he still regrets. The post office offered better pay, and he decided to pursue that career instead. “Instead of going for the money, I should’ve went after my first love,” Elbert said. But art isn’t his only love. He and his wife now have four kids, and Elbert’s only daughter graduated from college in 2013 — one of the most impactful events in his life. Though Elbert plans on becoming a full-time artist after retirement, as of now, he’s content with his career as a mailman. “You meet different people and I feel like I learn differ- ent things every day from UT students,” Elbert said. “I just love the job.” Name: CLASSIFIEDS; Width: 60p0; Depth: 10 in; Color: Black, CLASSIFIEDS; Ad Number: - CLASS 5ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. 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Call today for more information. 512-462-0492 • ppdi.comtext “ppd” to 48121 to receive study informationLIFE&ARTSMonday, October 31, 20165CAMPUSEditor’s note: In 300 words or fewer, this series spotlights people in our community whose stories typically go untold. By Daisy Wang@daisyxwangChase Karacostas | Daily Texan StaffElbert Johnson, a mailman for the United States Postal Service, has earned the nickname “Uncle E” from the UT community. Mailman delivers the goods, reflects on work, family lifeSEANCEcontinues from page 8Highball. Though they can- not guarantee anything will happen, Cordeo and Lucio try to create a fun and stim- ulating environment for their audience. “It’s like playing Marco Polo in the dark,” Lucio said. “We’re like ‘Marco’ and we’re just waiting for something to come back and say ‘Polo.’ Sometimes it’s scary. Sometimes it’s emotional. Sometimes it’s funny. We never know what’ll happen.” Lucio, who got a degree in psychology and sociol- ogy, spent three years fol- lowing and studying ghost hunters and psychics around the country. He said he enjoys seances because they reflect a tumultuous time in American history when science was used in a seemingly irrational way: to contact the dead. He said visitors are inter- ested in seances because it gives them a chance to take a break from a plugged-in, modern world. Cordero and Lucio of- ten use a ouija board and radio tuned to white noise as a way to communicate with spirits. Cordero said these objects can reveal anything from initials of a deceased person’s name to full messages. One time, an audience member noticed letters on the ouija board spelled out the initials and birth date of a person who had recently passed. Then, the radio suddenly switched to a Mexican ra- dio station playing Selena. “As it turned out, the person she had been think- ing about, the person whose birthday that was, it all came together,” Cor- dero said. “Selena was the mother’s name of the per- son she was thinking of.” An affinity for the un- known seems to run in the family. Dyer used to work as a “mentalist” with her father on South Congress Avenue to help pay for tu- ition. When she was grow- ing up, Cordero would lock her in the Davenport cabi- net — the same one that now stands at the Vortex — to make contact with the great beyond during private seances for family friends. “The first encounter with the Spirit cabinet was ter- rifying,” Dyer said. “I was secured inside the armoire with all of the shelves taken out of it. Locked chains would be wrapped around the cabinet. Then the lights would go out and we would begin to conjure spirits.” Cordero emphasizes that the seances don’t prove the existence of ghosts but can suggest the possibility of life after death. Austin Seance hopes to encour- age audience members to become comfortable with the inexplicable. “If during these events, something strange hap- pens, maybe it [was] a ghost,” Cordero said. “Maybe it’s something in their own heads, but who are we to say? We just of- fer that experience to them. We’d like to think there’s something there. Like Fox Mulder says ‘We want to believe.’” PEARLcontinues from page 8tell her to ignore her perfec- tionist tendencies and relax or to just give her a taste of their humor for the day. In the past, she said they have also taken on a more protective role. Once, a disgruntled guest had trouble locking his room at the end of his stay, which Bickford believes was the spirits’ way of play- ing with him. As soon as he checked out, she tried the key and the door opened immediately. According to Bickford, the guest didn’t have the open-mindedness that the hotel and its spirits usually attract. “It’s the old souls [who stay at the inn],” Bickford said. “The people that want [a] dif- ferent [experience] … who love nostalgia. No one that comes here is going to get a normal experience.” Kelly Houston, long- time friend of Bickford and operations manager for the hotel, neither confirms nor denies the existence of the spirits. “We don’t want people going, ‘Oh God, they have ghosts there,’” Houston said. “We want them to know that it’s all in good fun. A lot of the stuff that goes on around here, you can’t explain it. At the same time, there’s prob- ably an explanation. I don’t claim to know anything about all that, because anything is possible.” Although Bickford and Houston initially had reserva- tions about sharing the inn’s history with potential guests, they later decided to reveal it to those who ask. “I think people of the new age are excited about it,” Bick- ford said. “They are think- ing more outside the box now and it’s not so strange anymore. [It’s] more fun.” As Bickford has become more familiar with the spir- its at the inn, she has become determined to let them stay. “I’ve never told [the spirits] to leave,” Bickford said. “They help me take care of the place and the safety of my guests. People seem to have a good energy when they leave.” MUSICcontinues from page 8the existence of some of the punk pioneers in music. Amongst the group is The Cramps, a long-lived punk rock act out of Sacramento, California, led by Lux Inte- rior until his death in 2009. As a part of the early CBGB movement, they were not only one of the first punk bands but were also known for their role in the creation of the niche genre psychobilly, that combines punk with rockabilly and rhythm music. Their sole hit “Surfin’ Dead” wasn’t written for release on an album, but rather as a contracted track for the 1985 horror comedy film “The Re- turn of the Living Dead.” The off-track featured Poison Ivy, who played both guitar and bass. Her surf-infused riffs drive the song, bringing new energy to the track and making it a straightforward crowd pleaser. “Monster Mash” – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers (1962) It’s hard to think about Halloween without this novelty song. Bobby Pick- ett accidentally ran into the inspiration for this song when he delivered a monologue on stage with his band in the style of horror actor Boris Karloff. After a warm reception from the audience, Pick- ett took the monologue and turned it into the song that would define his career. “Monster Mash” is nar- rated by a mad scientist who just created a new monster. The monster rises from its resting place and manages to create a new dance, giving the sci- entist an idea to throw a party for all of the other monsters to show off his creation. Not only did “Monster Mash” hit No. 1 on the charts, it also be- came a staple of Hallow- een parties for decades to come. 6 SPTSName: CapMetro; Width: 29p6; Depth: 10 in; Color: Process color, CapMetro; Ad Number: - 6EZRA SIEGEL, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansportsMonday, October 31, 2016SIDELINEFOOTBALLNFL“Hook em to the haters. ” Kevin Vaccaro@kevinvaccaroTOP TWEETLonghorns continue to shine at home By Tyler Horka@TexasTy95Texas falls to Kansas for first Big 12 lossVOLLEYBALLBy Leah Vann@Vanntastic_LeahBAYLOR continues from page 1Horns down hand signs flew up in the air Saturday as the Jayhawks stormed the court. No. 6 Kansas had just de- feated No. 2 Texas, which came into the match unde- feated in Big 12 play. The Longhorns and Jayhawks traded blows during the five-set match, but Texas ul- timately fell to Kansas for its first loss since Sept. 18. “I think a lot of us have realized we need to give more on the court,” senior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame said. Texas’ outside hitters dominated the game in the opening of the match. Pri- eto Cerame kicked off the first set with two-straight kills. Freshman outside hit- ter Micaya White added three more kills to the count while Prieto Cerame contin- ued her groove to give the Longhorns a 12-8 lead. The Jayhawks closed the gap to 18-16, but the Longhorns ran away with the set, 25-17. But the second set was dif- ferent. The Jayhawks claimed an early 6-3 lead and contin- ued to extend it after mul- tiple Longhorn service and attack errors. Texas fell into a seven-point deficit at 12–5 and struggled to climb with- in reach for the remainder of the set. The Longhorns had a stretch of four-straight er- rors during the set, enabling the Jayhawks to secure a 25-11 victory. The most hard-fought bat- tle came in the third set. The Longhorns trailed the Jay- hawks by four points at three separate times during the set, but kills from the out- side kept them within reach. An ace and a kill from White eventually brought Texas ahead 21–19, but several errors cost the Longhorns, allowing the Jayhawks to win 27-25. Texas held Kansas to a negative hitting percent- age in the fourth set. White — who had a game-high 25 kills — led the Longhorns to an early 5-0 lead. Texas didn’t look back, going on to score a 25-12 win in the fourth set. But mistakes cost Texas yet again in the fifth set. Ju- nior outside hitter Kelsie Payne took control for the Jayhawks, capitalizing to form an early 8-5 lead. Six errors and Kansas defense sank Texas as Kansas took the final set 15-10. Despite the loss, the Longhorns still have high aspirations for the rest of the season. “I just want to win the Big 12,” senior setter Chloe Col- lins said. “That’s a team goal for us. I think there’s pres- sure with it, but I think it’s just how we handle it and just knowing what we’re capable of.” The two teams are now tied for first place in the Big 12. Texas takes the court to battle TCU at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Fort Worth. Athletic director Mike Per- rin gave head coach Charlie Strong a proud hug on Joe Jamail Field Saturday evening. Both displayed Texas-sized grins as they walked off the turf at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Strong’s team had just knocked off No. 8 Baylor in thrilling fashion. Perrin chimed in with the students in the south end zone chanting, “Charlie! Charlie!” as the em- battled Strong held his horns high walking up the tunnel. Strong has seen this act before. It happened in week one when Texas sent then-No. 10 Notre Dame packing after a dramatic double overtime victory. The fans chanted his name again when Texas trounced UTEP in week two by 34 points. What happened between the Longhorns’ 2–0 start and their unexpected upset of Baylor has, however, sparked anything but elation in Long- horn nation. Texas entered the tilt with Baylor with only one win in its last five games, showing no signs of a poten- tial upset over the Bears. But Strong still believed. “It’s not a program that is going backwards,” Strong said. “It’s a program that’s headed forward, and it’s a program that is going to be a special.” Strong’s statement holds true, to an extent. His team has looked special at times — but only at home. All four of his squad’s victories have come at home, while playing on the road has been a differ- ent issue throughout Strong’s tenure in Austin. Texas holds a 1–7 record in true road games in the last two seasons. “We have to play better on the road,” Strong said. “We just haven’t — that’s where our Achilles’ heel is right now, just playing well on the road.” Road woes aside, Texas has collected wins of this magnitude before, only to later fall flat on its face and fail to capitalize on the momentum of derailing a highly-ranked opponent. Texas stunned No. 10 Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown last year. Then the Longhorns finished the remainder of the sea- son 3–3, failing to become bowl eligible. And the win over then-No. 10 Notre Dame this season lost value as the season pro- gressed. The win shot Texas up to No. 11 in the AP Top 25 Poll, but the Irish now boast a lousy 3–5 record. Coupling that with Texas’ mediocre 4–4 mark is akin to deflating a child’s balloon moments after airing it up. But Texas found a way to come around and obtain a po- tentially season-altering win. The task now is to build on it and to avoid the cataclysmic setbacks that have plagued the Longhorns in the past. Junior running back D’Onta Fore- man said the team’s head is in the right place to do so. “We just always believe,” Foreman said. “We never let outside noise interrupt what we want to do … things haven’t been going our way for the most part, and we just have to keep fighting.” Texas must carry its funda- mentals and sound play on the road to keep Longhorn nation believing, too. The team has infused fans with optimism before, only to let them down with lackluster performances away from home. But junior tight end An- drew Beck said it’s about time Texas silences the doubters and secures a much needed win outside the confines of Austin. “We haven’t been great on the road so far,” Beck said. “But we’ve matured as a team as the season has rolled on that I think guys understand now that we have to be able to carry this onto the road. We’ve been pretty good at home, but obviously a road win is due for us.” I just want to win the Big 12. That’s a team goal for us. I think there’s pressure with it, but I think it’s just knowing what we’re capable of. —Chole Collins, Senior SetterSoccer ends season with loss to TCUTexas’ season came to an end Friday night de- spite scoring two first- half goals. The Longhorns (8–9– 1, 1–6–1 Big 12) knew they could solidify a spot in the Big 12 tournament with a win, but also knew their season would come to an end with a loss to the Horned Frogs (10– 5–2, 2–5–1 Big 12). Texas and TCU both had a lot on the line — and both teams played like it. TCU got on the board in the first five minutes. The Longhorns turned the ball over on the de- fensive end and gave the Horned Frogs a 2-on-1 break. TCU sophomore midfielder Karitas To- masdottir passed it to junior forward Emma Heckendorn, who sent the ball into the back of the net, giving TCU an early 1-0 lead. Texas responded four minutes later. Senior midfielder Julia Dyche sent the ball into the box, which ended up landing right in front of sopho- more defender Chelsea Surpris. Surpris didn’t hesitate and fired a shot from 25 yards out to tie the game at 1-1. Texas continued the momentum and scored again in the 12th minute. A long throw-in bounced around the six-yard box, and junior midfielder Morgan Murphy man- aged to slide the ball into the left edge of the goal to give the Longhorns a 2-1 lead. But TCU found the net right before the half, sending the match to 2-2 going into halftime. The second half started at a slower pace, but TCU scored in the 63rd min- ute. TCU junior forward Allison Ganter headed it in from four yards out, giving the Horned Frogs a 3-2 lead. Texas had several good looks to even the match but nothing to show for it. TCU ran out the clock and handed Texas a 3-2 loss to end the season. After Texas Tech de- feated Oklahoma Friday night, the Longhorns fell to ninth in the confer- ence — one spot back from qualifying for the Big 12 tournament. Tex- as’ loss marks just the second time the team has finished the season below .500 since 1999. —Alex BrisenoSPORTS BRIEFLYMLBStephanie Tacy | Daily Texan StaffJunior running back D’Onta Foreman runs the ball on Satur- day in Texas’ 35-34 victory against Baylor. Foreman rushed for 250 yards against the Bears. bowl aspirations. But Strong’s team came through when it needed a win once again on Saturday, defeating No. 8 Baylor 35-34. “I have a good team, and I have a special team,” Strong said. “I have a team that I re- ally care about and a team that really cares about me. It’s not a program that’s in disarray, which many of you think.” Texas and Baylor traded two touchdowns apiece in the game’s first five and a half min- utes, as the Longhorns relied on the Foreman twins to shoul- der the offensive load. Each of the Longhorns’ first nine plays ended with the ball in the hands of either junior running back D’Onta Foreman or junior wide receiver Arman- ti Foreman. The latter hauled in the Longhorns’ first touchdown of the day, while D’Onta Fore- man sprinted into the endzone for a 37-yard touchdown on the team’s second possession. But the game’s early offen- sive onslaught quickly gave way to a defensive stalemate. Both teams went nearly 20 minutes without scoring, turning the ball over three times while combining for six punts. “There was a little frustration for us,” freshman quarterback Shane Buechele said. “But we moved past it. It wasn’t a prob- lem, we just had to focus on ev- erybody doing their job.” Texas gained a nine-point lead in the second quarter on D’Onta Foreman’s second touchdown run of the day. He continued his spectacular sea- son against Baylor, scampering for 250 yards on 32 carries. Saturday’s contest marked the tenth consecutive game in which Foreman cracked the 100-yard mark. The Texas City product also reached 1,000 yards for the season, making him the first Longhorn to do so since Jamaal Charles rushed for 1,619 yards in 2007. “We’ve had a lot of great [running] backs that have came here before me,” Foreman said. “To say that I’ve reached 1,000 yards [in a season] at the Uni- versity of Texas, I was so proud.” Baylor held a 34-26 lead with eight minutes to play, but the one-score lead wasn’t enough. Texas pulled within two on a touchdown toss from Buech- ele to tight end Andrew Beck before taking the lead on a 39-yard field goal from kicker Trent Domingue with under a minute to play. Texas’ defense held on for one last drive, stopping Baylor senior quarterback Seth Rus- sell and Baylor’s attack. When the clock struck zero, Texas had fought back to .500, sitting at 4–4, 2–3 Big 12. Saturday’s win took Strong off the immediate hot seat, but there’s still no guarantee of fu- ture success. Texas followed its win over Oklahoma in 2015 with a 0-24 loss to Iowa State and, this year, lost three con- secutive games after topping then-No. 10 Notre Dame and jumping to No. 11 in the polls in September. Strong insists he isn’t over- reacting to one win. Instead, he is focusing on how he can im- prove his program, one week at a time. “Those guys just have to battle the noise,” Strong said. “It’s going to be special one of these days when you watch this program really take off.” INDIANS CUBS PATRIOTS BILLS LIONS TEXANS COMICS 7COMICSMonday, October 31 20167Today’s solution will appear here next issue SUDOKUFORYOU 4 2 9 7 6 5 1 8 35 6 7 1 3 8 9 4 23 1 8 2 4 9 6 5 76 8 3 9 2 7 5 1 49 5 4 3 1 6 2 7 81 7 2 8 5 4 3 6 98 4 1 6 9 2 7 3 57 9 6 5 8 3 4 2 12 3 5 4 7 1 8 9 6 4 2 9 5 7 5 1 3 2 9 1 5 1 2 3 6 2 1 3 7 9 85 9 6 1 6 8 4 3 5 4 6 SUDOKUFORYOU 4 2 9 7 6 5 1 8 35 6 7 1 3 8 9 4 23 1 8 2 4 9 6 5 76 8 3 9 2 7 5 1 49 5 4 3 1 6 2 7 81 7 2 8 5 4 3 6 98 4 1 6 9 2 7 3 57 9 6 5 8 3 4 2 12 3 5 4 7 1 8 9 6 2 6 85 4 8ELIZABETH HLAVINKA, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexanMonday, October 31, 20168 L&AKEEP AUSTIN SCAREDJenan TahaDaily Texan StaffUT alumnus, Jake Cordero, left, and Albert Lucio of Austin Seance perform seances for audi- ences at the Vor- tex theater. The duo use a variety of objects, such as ouija boards, to communicate with spirits. Juan Figueroa | Daily Texan StaffJill Bickford, owner of Austin’s Inn at Pearl Street, believes friendly spirits inhabit her property. Bikford has owned the hotel since 1994 and is determined to let the spirits stay. Illustration by Audrey McNay | Daily Texan StaffALUMNIIn an inconspicuous shed at the Vortex play- house rests a homemade Davenport spirit cabinet — an apparatus used to contact spirits. Years ago, UT alumnus Jake Cordero would close his daughter inside to conjure ghosts for private audiences. Now, Cordero and his best friend Albert Lucio are the spiritual guides of Austin Seance, the city’s only seance com- pany. A seance is a gath- ering of people who at- tempt to communicate with the dead with the help of a medium or spe- cial equipment. Austin Seance uses equipment from or inspired by the American Spiritualist movement to make contact with the beyond. Lucio and Cordero met on South Congress Av- enue when Cordero and his daughter Sofia Dyer, a Plan II senior, were per- forming as street psychics. They connected over a deep fascination with the American Spiritualist movement and the occult. Every season, Austin Se- ance offers a peek into the supernatural world with shows at the Vortex and By Mae Hamilton@thedailytexanSEANCE page 5Austin Seance owners, patrons flirt with ghostly conjurationsCITYBy Grace Speas@gracespeasPEARL page 5Jill Bickford, owner of Aus- tin’s Inn at Pearl Street, checks in guests, prepares the deck for twilight dinners and ti- dies boutique-styled rooms — all in the presence of a few friendly spirits. “There’s another life here at the Pearl,” Bickford said. “We get phone calls from po- tential guests saying, ‘Now I understand that your place is haunted,’ and then we always say, ‘Well we have very good spirits here, very humorous, very friendly’ … That’s what we’d like to pass on to guests that come.” The property, which Bickford purchased in 1994, used to be the private resi- dence of 26th Judicial District Judge Charles A. Wilcox and his family around 1914. Dur- ing the inn’s original renova- tions, Bickford said a plumber told her he saw a beam of light that resembled a woman in a white dress carrying twin boys up the staircase. Bickford be- lieved the woman was Stella, Wilcox’s wife. Although the sighting occurred years ago, Bickford is still often made aware of the spirits’ presence. Recently, she went into one of the bedrooms alone to adjust the towels on a rack before leaving momen- tarily. When she returned, the towels had been haphazardly pushed to the side. “The most recent sighting was just yesterday,” Bickford said. “They’re here, they’re floating around as light and energy. I have all these questions, but I haven’t had any conversations with any of them except episodes of them letting me know they’re still here.” According to Bickford, the spirits may have been trying to Pearl Street inn houses benevolent, fun spirits MUSICHalloween party favorites entertain beyond the graveLooking for a few tunes to spook up your up- coming Halloween par- ty? Here’s a list of five sure-fire hits. “Thriller” – Michael Jack- son (1982) Starting his career off with the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson stood out among the bunch as the group’s talented frontman with his voluminous set of pipes. Once Jackson kicked off his solo career, there was no turning back. The “King of Pop” combined catchy MUSIC page 5By Chris Duncan@chr_dunchooks and dance- infused beats to make some of the snappiest pop hits the world has seen, and “Thriller” is no exception. Straight off the infamous album of the same name, “Thriller” is commonly known for its haunting mu- sic video, which features a short storyline where Jackson turns into both a werewolf and a zombie. The track is the ideal Hal- loween party hit — not only does it have a dance- worthy beat, but the song’s lyrics play directly into the holiday’s theme. “I Put a Spell On You” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1956) Prior to the writing of “I Put a Spell On You,” Jay Hawkins was a modest singer who wrote and per- formed refined love songs and blues ballads. However, after one drunken night eating ribs and chicken, Hawkins unknowingly crafted the song that would change his career, and he claimed he couldn’t even remember doing it. The track’s success brought Jay Hawkins into the limelight, and although it wasn’t necessarily a Halloween-themed song, Hawkins capitalized on the opportunity. He planned a live show involving him ris- ing out of a coffin, and later added live fireworks, snakes and even tusks. By creating one of the first shock rock performances of all time, he not only gave himself his nickname “Screamin’ Jay Hawkins,” but set the stage for the likes of Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath and many more shock rock acts to come. “Surfin’ Dead” – The Cramps (1983) Every Halloween, music fans are reminded of