CAMPUS SmokeOut carnival educates on tobacco- related risks By Sami Sparber News Reporter Playing into Texans’ love for Mexican food, UT’s To- bacco Free Campus pro- gram ofered t-shirts, pins and phone wallets embla- zoned with the motto “Ta- cos, not Tobacco” to smok- ers in exchange for their personal tobacco products at Tuesday’s Great American SmokeOut Carnival. Staf and student smok- ers participated in the pro- gram’s third annual “trade in and trade up” activity, with many non-smokers also tak- ing advantage of the oppor- tunity to educate themselves and win prizes in the pro- cess, said Dinda Aryaputri, TFC volunteer and public health junior. “here are many health beneits quitting,” to Aryaputri said. “If you quit cold turkey then you instant- ly reap the beneits. here will be lower risk for lung cancer, heart disease (and) respiratory (problems).” Civil engineering junior April Collette, who traded cigarettes for a t-shirt and inlatable lounger, said she was excited about the quirky, taco-themed items. “I used to smoke, so I truly do want to promote (tobac- co-free living) to everyone,” Collette said. Although the promise of prizes helped draw students to the event, Aryaputri said she wanted participants to come away from the expe- rience with more than just a new t-shirt. She said she wanted to engage them in conversation about the re- alities of smoking, such as how smokers in the U.S. spend over $2,000 a year on cigarettes. Collette said the event opened her eyes to the cost SMOKEOUT page 2 @thedailytexan | thedailytexan.com WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017 Volume 118, Issue 66 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 CITY NETWORK OF SAFE HAVENS Austin joins SAFE Cities Network, ofers legal counsel to deportees SAFE (Safety & Fairness for Everyone) Cities Network TX: Austin, San Antonio CA: Oakland/Alameda County, Sacramento, Santa Ana IL: Chicago OH: Columbus WI: Dave County MD: Baltimore, Prince George’s County SOURCE: Vera Institute of Justice infographic by rena li| daily texan staff BY CHASE KARACOSTAS Senior News Reporter As part of the SAFE Cities Network, Aus- tin is now provid- ing free legal repre- to anyone sentation facing deportation. 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Entire contents SANTORUM continues from page 1 liberals and conservatives on topics such as race, mar- riage and health care. “People have inconsis- tent moral views,” Santo- rum said. “So there may be an opportunity at times to try to bring people together so you can build a consen- sus, but it’s harder.” Santorum said he ac- knowledges that his moral compass inluences his be- liefs, but said those on the let tend to be unaware that their moral judgment im- pedes them from hearing the other side. “If you look at the let, they are highly moralistic,” Santorum said. “In fact (they are) very emphat- ic about imposing their morality on the rest of the population.” Santorum said the let holds strong moral stances on causes such as LGBTQ rights, abortion and social movements such as Black Lives Matter. Santorum said the let tends to combat free speech on college campuses, cat- egorizing some speech as hate. Twenty-two percent of college students believe there is a decline in free speech rights, compared to 40 percent of adults, ABROAD continues from page 1 whether it be in one’s coun- try of origin or as a study abroad trip. “A hundred people can see the same thing but tell the story differently,” Lee said. “We hope (students) leave wanting to travel or study abroad or wanting to even meet the interna- tional student that’s next to you in class and listen for other people’s stories, not just what you see on the outside.” Nelson Millan Nales is an English senior from Puer- to Rico who moved to the U.S. when he was four. He shared his story about feel- ing like an outsider when he irst came to the U.S., but even more so when he vis- ited Puerto Rico ater living according to a 2016 survey from the Knight Foun- the dation, Gallup and Newseum Institute. “When you deny people the right to say what they believe and make a case for what they believe in Amer- ica, you’ve lost America,” Santorum said. Saurabh Sharma, YCT director of events, said he sees Santorum as an admirable politician and appreciates how Santo- rum is open about seeing through a government moralistic lens. “Government is how people enact morality in order to structure soci- ety,” biochemistry junior Sharma said. Natalie Pyle, manage- ment informations sys- tems and finance junior, held a different viewpoint and government should not be the decid- ing voice of morality. said “I do think a lot of the time we need to realize that government is about pro- tecting the Constitution, which isn’t entirely a mor- al-based document,” Pyle said. “I think a lot of people have come to believe that (the Constitution) should be protecting ethics and things like that when in re- ality, that’s not the govern- ment’s responsibility.” in the U.S. “While you were here in America building a better life for yourselves … there are events and moments in your family’s life that created a relationship and it,” Millan strengthened Nales said. “If you’re not there to experience it, what do you go back to?” Millan Nales said lis- tening to the other stories made him realize that the problem of not belonging is oten a universal feeling. “I actually know a lot of these people, but I ha- ven’t heard … how they felt lonely and they didn’t belong,” Millan Nales said. “It’s heartbreaking because it’s something that we all feel … so it’s just beautiful to see diferent perspectives ultimately came together to represent the same thing.” angie huang | daily texan staff UT alumna Rebecca Dockall shares a funny anecdote about a cucumber from her time spent in India for We Belong Here, an event where individuals share their inter- national experiences. SAFE continues from page 1 mistaking our local police for ICE … hat’s why it’s so important to the city council to ight this.” Following a competitive selection process in which dozens of cities applied to become members of the network, Austin, San An- tonio and six other cities were chosen. But, accord- ing to Vera’s website, they plan to continue expanding the network to encompass more cities in the future. Austin appropriated $200,000 over the summer to help provide legal rep- resentation to immigrant residents. Stanford said the funds served as a re- sponse to the immigration crackdown from President Donald Trump’s admin- istration and the possible implementation of Senate Bill 4, the state anti-sanctu- ary cities law which could force cities’ local police forces to work with federal immigration agents. Now, as a member of SAFE Cities Network, Aus- tin will receive even more funding to ensure everyone, regardless of the reason for their deportation, can have legal representation during the process. American Gateways has the been administering SAFE Cities program in Austin. he local nonproit serves as an advocacy or- that provides ganization By the numbers Outcomes of deportation cases 52% WIN 48% LOSE 92.3% win with legal representation. 7.7% win without legal representation. SOURCE: Vera Institute of Justice legal counsel and other services immigrants to and refugees. Robert Painter, Ameri- can Gateways director of pro bono programs and communications, said legal representation is extremely necessary for deportation cases and can oten drasti- cally change their outcome. “he single greatest fac- tor in determining your im- migration case is whether or not you have representa- tion,” Painter said. Vera conducted a study of the efects of legal rep- resentation in immigration courts, and the number of cases won by defendants jumped from less than 5 percent to 48 percent if they had a lawyer. Previously, American Gateways has been forced to turn away some individ- uals facing deportation due to a lack of funding and re- sources. Now, they will not have to turn away anyone, Painter said. “It’s been good to be able to turn around and tell the community members that we have (their) back, that we’re better equipped to have (their) back than we (were) before,” Painter said. Undocumented student Daniela Rojas, who is also a member of the im- migrant advocacy group Jolt, said it’s disappoint- ing that cities must re- sort to measures like this to ensure universal legal representation, some- thing that seems like a fundamental right. “It’s more like a Band- Aid,” Latin American stud- ies junior Rojas said. “But there’s at least something positive, support some (from the city).” Pharmacy sophomore David Giang, left, explains the hazards of tobacco at the Great American SmokeOut Carnival on East Mall. UT’s Tobaco Free Campus program held its third annual carnival to promote the beneits of not smoking Tuesday afternoon. SMOKEOUT continues from page 1 and health risks associated with smoking. “Some of my friends still smoke, and I literally can- not convince them to stop smoking,” Collette said. “I will deinitely pass on the information (the volun- teers) gave me to them.” Although UT-Austin has been a tobacco-free campus since 2012, TFC volunteer LaShaun Oyibo said she still occasionally sees stu- dents smoking on campus. “It deinitely annoys me whenever I see someone smoking on campus be- cause not only are they vi- olating the policy and put- ting themselves in danger, but they’re also putting oth- er people in danger,” public health junior Oyibo said. Aryaputri, who said she also is dismayed by contin- ued smoking on campus, katie bauer | daily texan staff G fo de acknowledged that putting lac an end to smoking is no s easy task. dem “We know that it’s hard r to quit so we’re trying to S support (smokers) as much C as we can,” Aryaputri said. p “Studies show that smok- cen ing has decreased overall fun since the 60’s, and I think v we are really on the path b to decimating smoking in the future if we continue tw to spread awareness like we p are today.” s s $10 p th de cr S c c U c M a s cr m len to A th “ (t do w h th w … a s thedailytexan Featured photo pedro luna | daily texan staff Dieudonne Dusingizimana, a maintenance worker for UT, completes an early round of duty near the Main Mall. Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3 Texas Political Union hosts debate about tuition increase CAMPUS By Emily O’Toole News Reporter UT has one of the largest endow- ments in the world, but the threat of tuition increases still exist, accord- ing to a statement by UT’s Texas Political Union. he potential tuition increase is in response to a recent decrease in state funding that spurred a $20 million budget cut by the University, accord- ing to Maurie McInnis, executive vice president and co-chair of UT’s tuition committee. TPU, an organi- zation promoting debate and civic engagement, held a discussion on Tuesday about the efects of possible tuition increases Tuesday. Government junior Alex Wal- heim said there are diferent points to consider before making a judg- ment on a tuition raise, like how it would afect low-income students. “Are we willing to accept a $100- (to) $200-increase in tuition when some people can’t aford tuition at all?” Walheim said. While a tuition increase might be problematic for students who pay for their education themselves, for others, the expense is feasible and the education from UT is worth the cost, according to government sophomore Camilla Kampmann. Kampmann said she supports a tuition raise but acknowledges her privilege in having her tuition paid by her family. “We pay less for tuition than stu- dents at the University of Houston or at other lagships of UT do,” Kamp- mann said. “he University of Texas Government sophomore Camilla Kampman talks about UT raising tuition as a necessary evil to keep educational programs aloat during a Texas Political Union discussion centered around UT’s funding and spending Tuesday night. ashley nava | daily texan staff is (one of) the highest-ranked public institutions in the nation.” Neil Shah, Plan II and neurosci- ence sophomore, said the Universi- ty should focus on allocating funds more appropriately rather than in- creasing tuition. “I don’t think UT should raise tuition because (there was a budget cut),” Shah said. “We should spend our money in better ways. Just look- ing at the numbers for where we spend large amounts of money, it seems odd.” Attendees of the TPU discussion debated whether it is the state’s re- sponsibility to fund higher educa- tion because it is an investment in its future or if the University is respon- sible for securing its own funding. Daniel Orr, TPU president and classics senior, said the state should provide funding for UT but not sim- ply for future iscal beneit. “We have spent too much time talking about primary and second- ary education, also postsecondary education, in terms of an invest- ment,” Orr said. “I would maintain that we are not mere igures on an Excel spreadsheet that will, over time, grow in our economic worth and then justify what the state did. I think that we’re human beings that deserve, in the continuation of de- mocracy, a liberal education.” STUDENT GOVERNMENT LECTURE SG considers resolution declaring campus-wide mental health crisis Media Ethics Initiative speaker calls for shift in climate change discussion By London Gibson Senior News Reporter Student Government called on multiple state- and University-level entities, in- cluding the Counseling and Mental Health Center, for aid in solving what they de- scribed as a mental health crisis on campus during a meeting Tuesday night. Members of SG and the Graduate Student Assembly formed Joint Resolution 4 declaring the crisis due to lack of funding for coun- seling services and the high demand for counseling. he resolution requests that the Student Services Budget Committee, which allots 90 percent of the counseling center’s budget, reevaluate funds to prioritize free ser- vices and increase the num- ber of counselors. Currently, UT is one of two of the top 10 largest public universities in the state that charges for coun- seling, with charges set at $10 per session. he other, the University of Houston, declared a mental health crisis earlier this semester. “his is a really preva- lent problem, and it needs to be dealt with,” said Justin Ahamed, resolution co-au- thor and neuroscience junior. “here’s a limitation to what (the counseling center) can do with the resources they have, and I don’t think that there should be, especially when so many universities … are able to provide more without and services a charge.” between Despite nationwide de- mand for counseling ser- vices increasing by 55.1 percent 2005 and 2014, the majority of 529 university and college counseling centers had op- erating budgets that stayed the same, according to the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors. UT’s own counseling cen- ter has seen a 53 percent increase inter- in student est in counseling and an 81 (Counseling) should be something that you can just go to and you don’t have to jump through hoops to get.” —Madison Huerta, Resolution co-author percent increase in the num- ber of counseling sessions in the past six years, CMHC director Chris Brownson told he Daily Texan in October. in- Eric Saldanha, SG ternal inancial director and government senior, expressed concern during the meeting that the term crisis” health “mental was misleading. “I think it’s a disservice to CMHC to call it a crisis at the University,” Saldanha said. “When this passes, imagine what the response is going to be on campus … I do think this is go- ing incite a level of pan- ic that I don’t think the CMHC deserves.” The University of Hous- ton may have initiated the its student chain when government declared a mental health crisis ear- lier this semester, but UT the hopes trend by passing on the resolution to other student governments in the state. to continue “We recognize this is not just the University of Texas — it’s competitive campuses all across the country,” res- olution co-author Madison Huerta said. “Any awareness that we can raise around an issue like mental health … the more pressure we’re go- ing to be able to put on our legislatures at a state level and a federal level.” Business senior Huerta said even though the $10 fee for a counseling ses- sion is not much, it is still costly for some students, and she hopes the resolu- tion will pressure admin- istration to better fund mental health issues. “We think we should re- look at our funds, and how we’re using them and ig- ure out how … we can of- fer (free counseling) to our students,” Huerta said. “It should be something that you can just go to and you don’t have to jump through hoops to get.” The resolution was referred to the Student for Affairs Committee further discussion. By Sara Schleede News Reporter Scientists are wasting time trying to force a consensus about climate change issues when they should be focus- ing on strengthening their ar- gument, said Jean Goodwin, professor in the Department of Communication at North Car- olina State University. Goodwin led “Ethics and Climate Change Communi- cation,” the inal installment of this semester’s Media Eth- ics Initiative Speaker Series, at the Belo Center for New Media on Tuesday. “(Climate change scientists have) undertaken this burden to answer that there is a scien- tiic consensus,” Goodwin said. “But it looks like there isn’t, so they’re stuck.” Goodwin said the Intergov- ernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses climate change science and has released ive reports in the past 27 years, the most recent of which was re- leased in 2014. Scientists have used these indings as the basis of several studies into whether or not climate change is an ac- cepted truth among the scien- tiic community, Goodwin said. “We don’t seem to be get- ting any closer to iguring out whether there really is a con- sensus,” Goodwin said. “he question has gotten more hannah simon| daily texan staff Jean Goodwin, a professor in the Department of Communica- tion at North Carolina University, speaks on communicating about controversial issues such as climate change. sophisticated, the methods have become more elaborate, but our knowledge has not improved that much.” said Goodwin climate change advocates have two op- tions: focus on persuading their audience of a consensus or sim- ply present their indings. “Dissenting reviews will be incorporated within the re- ports, so reports will get bet- ter, and they may even clarify the science for policy makers,” Goodwin said. Scientists must have a mutual respect for each other’s difering opinions concerning climate change to have a meaningful dialogue, Goodwin said. Ra- dio-television-ilm junior Jason Head said he found this point to be especially important with re- gards to today’s political climate. “It’s important to listen to the other arguments, ind reasoning and rationality in those arguments, ind where they are making important statements and try to answer them with evidence and not just conviction,” Head said. Scott Stroud, director of the Media Ethics Initiative, said choosing to dwell on disagreements about climate change rather than inding solutions adds to the already pressing problem. “What are the choices we make in this, and what kind of efects and values are those choices relecting?” Stroud asked. Goodwin said despite the uncertainty surrounding cli- mate change, scientists must continue reining their research to ind a solution. “We can’t eliminate disagree- ment,” Goodwin said. “We can choose our commitments.” alexander thompson | daily texan staff Justin Ahamed, resolution co-author and neuroscience junior, presents Joint Resolution 4 declaring a mental health crisis and requests the Student Services Budget Committee to reevaluate funds. COLUMN COLUMN Professors should be responsible for using contemporary, reliable learning materials LAURA HALLAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF @TexanOpinion 4 Wednesday, November 15, 2017 EPA leaders’ unwillingness to ix pollution is hurting kids By Zachary Price Columnist During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to dismantle “the Department of Environ- ment Protection,” or what most of us know as the Environmental Protection Agency. While there was little reason to think he’d carry through with that threat, he has de- veloped a pattern of nominating climate change skeptics to the federal govern- ment’s foremost environmental agency, effectively dismantling it. Air pollution has been shown to increase rates of childhood asth- ma and allergies and leads to higher numbers of heart attacks and lung cancer.” Take EPA head Scott Pruitt, who, as Oklahoma’s attorney general, sued the EPA 14 times. Robert Phalen, one of 17 appointees to the EPA’s Scientific Advi- sory Board, is just the latest in a string of unqualified appointees with dubious en- vironmental beliefs. In 2012, while serv- ing as an air pollution researcher at the University of California, Irvine, Phalen told the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science that “modern air is a little too clean for optimum health.” This idea is not only wrong, it’s disgusting. Air pollution has been shown to increase rates of childhood asthma and allergies and leads to higher numbers of heart attacks and lung cancer. The skepticism toward this science is personal for me; I was diagnosed with, and outgrew, childhood asthma in Chattanoo- ga, Tennessee, which was once the city with the most polluted air in the United States. Decades of hard work have transformed the city into a national model for envi- ronmental improvement, but a pervasive smog choked out downtown Chattanooga for years. People moved out of downtown, ground zero of the pollution problem, and businesses refused to move there. Pictures from the time period show the city covered in a layer of smoke, and it’s hard to think about the devastating economic and health implications it had for the local population. I’m afraid that the degradation of the EPA will lead to the resurfacing of environmen- tal problems such as these. Despite our recent history, bad science keeps getting a platform. Shortly after his 2012 speech, Phalen backed up his argu- ment by pointing out that children who grew up on farms or had family pets tend to have lower asthma rates. He is referenc- ing what’s known as the hygiene hypothe- sis, which argues that children who are ex- posed to dirt in early life are less likely to have allergies. This hypothesis has noth- ing to do with clean air. While there’s some reason to think handling dirt can improve health, increased amounts of particulate matter in the air makes people less healthy and doesn’t protect kids from allergies or asthma as he’s claiming. Phalen’s attempts to tie the two together are disingenuous and potentially deeply harmful. Thankfully, states and cities are free to make progress on their own, but the effective muzzling of the federal govern- ment’s chief environmental watchdog is deeply troubling. Even more concerning is the Trump administration’s promo- tion of fringe environmental beliefs. It’s disconcerting that an important scientif- ic nominee can claim that our air is too clean while reports come in that tens of thousands of Dallas-area children could have asthma attacks from drilling-related smog by 2025. Instead of addressing this problem by proposing new regulations or pushing stronger enforcement of existing regulations such as the Clean Air Act, the EPA is doing very little to promote a cleaner environment. It’s unclear what we can do except vote for a president who understands the high stakes of environmental regulation in 2020 and demand that our senators vote against climate change deniers. We just have to hope that the EPA, and the health of our nation’s children, can hang on until then. Price is a sophomore government major from Chatanooga, Tenn. By Josie MacLean Senior Columnist “Every year when I show ‘Prisoners of Silence,’ I get an emotional response from some stu- dents,” integrative biology professor James Bull told me ater showing a 1993 documen- tary on facilitated communication — a debunked ield of autism research, as an example of the scientiic method. While it’s true that the documentary “Prisoners of Silence” shows an experiment that helped debunk facil- itated communication, the documentary addresses other aspects of autism in an outdated and harmful way that makes it a questionable choice to show to undergraduates with no prior knowledge of the autism spectrum. he documentary ends by drawing the con- clusion that, without facilitated communica- tion, people with autism are mostly incapable of communicating or understanding the world around them. his kind of narrative is consid- ered by the autism community today as out- dated as phrenology is by sociologists. When I asked if the video may have nega- tively afected students’ perceptions of people with autism, Bull defended his curriculum choice. “I’m sure it did, but I also don’t want autism to become the focus … I want to use whole diversity of situations to say, ‘Here’s where you can apply the same type of evi- dence-based reasoning to analyze evidence,’” Bull said. But the context, or lack thereof, in which the documentary was shown makes it impossible to separate the subject from the content. Only about 1.5 percent of children in the United States are on the autism spectrum, and few people with- out direct experience understand much about the disorder. To test the impact the video had on stu- dents in my class, Bull generously let me conduct a survey of both sessions of his COLUMN By Jacob Kunz Columnist he man responsible for the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs last Sunday lived 15.1 miles from my house. National news broadcasted this information hours ater the massacre, lying he- licopters overhead for an aerial view of his home as newscasters tried to understand: Why would someone do something like this? As the week progressed, news channels re- leased more and more information about the shooter: his name, his age, his face and the guns he had used to carry out the killing. he victims of this man’s actions, however, were relegated to a number — a statistic for America to rank alongside other massacres in recent memory. his is not and cannot be the new normal. Not only does this kind of reporting cement the act of mass murder into American culture, it gloriies the shooter and likely emboldens potential killers. In a 2015 study from Arizona State Universi- ty, researchers found that mass shootings oten appear in bunches and that media exposure can act as a medium for infecting possible murder- ers, not unlike a contagion. Sherry Towers, the ASU paper’s main author, considers the sensa- tionalist content of television and radio coverage of shootings to be almost like an advertisement for the malicious. Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz admits that the “happy and well-adjusted” aren’t going to commit mass murder because they saw it on the news, but there are those already at risk in any news audience. “he more we provoke that segment of the audience in ways that predict- ably move them to action, the more we continue this lineage of mass murder,” said Dietz in a 2015 interview. “… Every time we have intense satu- ration coverage of a mass murder, we expect to see one or two more within a week.” Following the Virginia Tech massacre, both Dietz, in a 2009 BBC interview, and the Amer- ican Psychiatric Association put forward a set illustration by geo casillas| daily texan staff class post-viewing. While many of the students seemed to un- derstand that the purpose of the video was to show how facilitated communication was debunked, it’s clear from student respons- es that the inaccurate facts in the video also afected them. Fity-nine percent of students in the class said that the video taught them something about autism unrelated to facilitated communication. One of the most inaccurate but striking facts the video shared was that 80 percent of people with autism were mentally retarded. I asked our class what they thought the estimate was today, and 38 percent answered that they thought about 50 percent or more of people with autism had an intellectual disability. Modern estimates put that number around 38 percent, at the most. Miranda Georgeson is a mechanical en- gineering sophomore who has autism. “Our inner worlds are just as rich and complex and human as yours. hat’s the harm of leaving the video as is, without contextualizing it,” she said. “To think that a professor at UT would pass that insensitivity on to a roomful of undergraduates, that hurts our movement,” said Ann Hart, board member and par- ent-support volunteer with the Autism Society of Texas. “I have no doubt that it’s innocent on his part, but I would say there has to be a better example.” It would be easy for Bull to ind evidence and research to provide better context. “here is very current, high-end research (on autism) happening at UT, it’s not hard to ind. he neu- roscience department had a free lecture a few weeks ago,” Hart said. When a professor shows blatantly wrong material to students, the only ethical action is to provide plenty of context and correction to go along with the example. UT is a world-class university for a reason. When asked, 67 percent of the class said they wanted the professor to give context when showing outdated materials to the class. Since surveying the class, Bull said he plans to write an introduction for the video for use in future classes. UT professors at large should fol- low his example and review their own curricula. MacLean is an advertising and geography ju- nior from Austin. he media must change the way it covers mass shootings, shift its focus to victims illustration by veronica jones | daily texan staff of guidelines the media could follow to prevent copycatting: Don’t show the killer’s face or inces- santly repeat his name or any of his manifestos or grievances. Report the facts soberly, only treating it as urgent if there is still a clear and present danger. Most notably, the guidelines insist that when there must be coverage, lead with the victims’ stories at length instead of stories of the shooter. Of all the grievances held against the media’s ap- proach to these stories, this seems to be the one they can’t get a grip on. For every story the news tells about a coun- try music fan using a bump stock to kill dozens or a man attending a fall festival before unload- ing into a church, there isn’t a story about Joann Ward, who died alongside two of her young daughters, Emily and Brooke, while trying to pro- tect them and their siblings. here isn’t a headline about Richard and heresa Rodriguez, who liked to care for their garden beds when not in church. he story of Sutherland Springs is actually about a girl aspiring to be a nurse and a pastor’s daugh- ter and a mother expecting her sixth child. Media outlets must understand the balance between the public’s right to know and the ethical responsibility necessitated by the powerful role the media plays in inluencing people’s thoughts and actions. hey might not understand why someone would do something like this, but if they continue to portray shooters as they do, they’ll ind the reason may be themselves. Kunz is an English freshman from New Braunfels. LEGALESE | 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 (@TexanOpinion) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. 5 Wednesday, November 15, 2017 JULIANNE HODGES SCIENCE&TECH EDITOR @thedailytexan ENGINEERING By Thanvi Thodati S&T Reporter Cheaper, more eicient bat- teries could result from new anode materials developed by Cockrell School of Engineer- ing researchers. he Interdig- itated Eutectic Alloy, or IdEA, anode was designed by Texas Materials Institute director Arumugam Manthiram’s lab to improve lithium-ion batter- ies, which are found in sever- al everyday devices from cell phones to electric cars. According to Karl Kred- er, postdoctoral fellow in the Manthiram Lab, tradition- al lithium-ion batteries use graphite anodes, which re- quire a multi-step process and contain inactive materials that reduce energy density. Kreder said a lot of battery research has focused on anodes with alloying materials, or mixed metals, that require nanotech- nology in order to be efective. However, the research on these ENERGY Researchers develop new materials to improve batteries nanostructure-based alloy an- odes was limited by a signii- cant parameter: cost. “It’s good, interesting sci- ence, and you deinitely learn from doing it, but a lot of nanotechnology-based (the anodes) couldn’t actually be made in a factory, just be- cause they would cost way too much,” graduate research assis- tant Brian Heligman said. he UT researchers sought to ind more cost-efective and eicient battery anode mate- rials than traditional graphite and previously studied alloys. Kreder, Heligman and Manthi- ram published their indings in the journal American Chemi- cal Society Energy Letters. “Karl (Kreder) had thought of this really elegant way, in my mind, to make a nanomaterial but make it in this cheap, scal- able way,” Heligman said. Kreder’s design reduces a multi-step manufacturing pro- cess into a single, simple step — the same step that is used to make aluminum foil. “It’s so simple and it works quite well. hat’s why it’s super interesting to us,” Kreder said. According to the research- ers, the process is not only far cheaper than previously used or studied methods, but it also results in an anode with higher energy density per unit mass and per unit volume than a traditional graphite anode. “here’s really only ever been ive mass-produced ma- terials that have been made into a lithium-ion battery (an- ode),” Kreder said. “We think this could be a sixth.” he researchers have tested a tin-aluminum alloy, which is only one of the IdEA anode materials, and it still needs reinement before it can be commercialized. he team is working to improve the an- ode’s cyclability, a measure of how many times the an- ode can be recharged, to a commercial level. “We’re substantially farther on the curve than graphite was to start out,” Kreder said. “I think it can deinitely be achieved. It’s just going to take time and money to do it.” anode, In addition to reining the the tin-aluminium team will continue to ex- plore the ten diferent IdEA anode materials. “he idea of cold-rolling alloys into nanostructure has never really been explored for these batteries,” Heligman said. “We’ve been … trying to demonstrate that this is a broadly applicable design framework, rather than just an individual material.” Kreder said that knowledge of metallurgy, or the study of metals, inspired him to devel- op his research ideas. Accord- ing to Kreder, metallurgy is a relatively well-described sub- ject, so most material scientists do not look to the ield for nov- el research ideas. “No ‘battery person’ is sit- thinking about there ting The tin-aluminum anode, right, was developed in the Man- thiram Lab, compared to the traditional anode material of graphite over copper foil, left. karl krader | daily texan staff metallurgy,” Kreder said. He added that if he hadn’t been a teaching assistant for a speciic class, he too might have never thought about it. As a TA for the materials engineering lab, Kreder be- came familiar with the type of alloys that would be used in IdEA anodes. Kreder said that two years later, he was to able to connect battery re- the metallurgy search knowledge he gained from his TA experience. “hat’s the cool thing about science. You’re always trying to bring disparate things to- gether,” Kreder said. “At some point, you’re gonna connect the dots that you wouldn’t have otherwise seen.” Campus solar chargers to begin broadcasting panel usage data By Jessica Shu S&T Reporter he future looks bright for solar energy as urban sustain- ability company, Sol Design Lab, said they hope to improve energy knowledge by making the data from UT’s two solar charging stations visible. he two on-campus solar charging stations are located at the intersection of 23rd Street and San Jacinto Boulevard as well as the Perry-Castañeda Library Plaza. hey were in- stalled in 2014 by Sol Design Lab and feature high-quality, monocrystalline silicon Lumos solar panels, which have a 30- year lifetime. Each station produces an average of 1.4 kilowatt hours per day. hat energy can charge about 280 cellphones, accord- ing to Beth Ferguson, visiting research scholar and Sol De- sign Lab director. he goal, however, is not just to charge phones, Ferguson added. “We want to provide the irst (solar) experience and get people thinking about solar for other parts of their lives,” Ferguson said. “Solar pow- er has come far. Prices have gone down.” Ferguson’s solar energy vi- sualization project, called So- laViz, was awarded a research grant from UT’s Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technol- ogy and is picking up the pace, according to Ferguson. “We weren’t able to connect (the stations) to a consistent network until March this year, so the data is just coming in,” Ferguson said. Soon, a mobile website or app will show exactly how much energy is produced and used at these stations. In partic- ular, Ferguson said she hopes to collect data on how frequently each station is being used. Jim Walker, director of sus- tainability at UT, said he’s ex- cited about the SolaViz project because there hasn’t been a lot of outreach for solar energy on campus. “Our natural gas power plant is super eicient, so in terms of energy production, our solar panels don’t do much,” Walker said. “hey do, however, help students recognize and learn about solar.” Ferguson led a design workshop last week to create infographics on solar energy production for educational use. She and her team also re- cently won the Austin Green Award for the Electric Drive solar station, which encourages energy-eicient transportation. Ferguson added that she hopes that by sharing her re- search, of-grid solar charging stations will gain traction. Walker said he supports future solar advancements like this on campus. “Solar is deinitely in our fu- ture,” Walker said. 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Reduce • Reuse • Recycle 6 Wednesday, November 15, 2017 MICHAEL SHAPIRO SPORTS EDITOR @texansports FOOTBALL Governor hopes to renew Lone Star Showdown month before a men’s basket- ball exhibition between Texas and Texas A&M, Gov. and Tex- as alumnus Greg Abbott boldly stated: “My next goal as gover- nor is to reunite the Texas-Tex- as A&M football rivalry.” Social media lit up. Was Abbott just pandering to fans, or had he just publicly disclosed agenda item No. 1? “Governors say things that legislative session, Ab- each bott signs of on the Texas state budget, which provides fund- ing to Texas and Texas A&M. Abbott also appoints all regents for both schools, with conir- mation from the Texas Sen- ate. He holds inluence over senior oicials at both schools through his governing power over the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Trenton Daeschner Assoc. Sports Editor Editor’s note: This arti- in cle originally appeared Reporting Texas. Nearly six years have passed since Texas kicker Justin Tuck- er’s game-winning 40-yard ield goal that beat Texas A&M at Kyle Field. he rivalry was inished, 117 years ater the Longhorns and the Aggies had irst met on a football ield, with Texas holding the 76–37–5 advantage. Texas A&M was leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference, and the Lone Star Showdown was no more. In the years since, there has been plenty of chatter about one day reviving the rivalry, but nothing palpable to ever make anyone believe it would happen soon. Texas head coach Tom Her- man and Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin both have said they hope the game will come back. Earlier this semes- ter, Texas’ student government sent out a poll asking if the game should return. Nearly 8,000 stu- dents responded, with 97 per- cent voting in favor of it. Actually bringing the game back is much more complicated, of course. But don’t tell that to the governor of Texas. As he addressed reporters last they might wish to see happen in the best of all possible worlds, but that (are) nowhere near real- ity, nowhere near anytime happening soon,” said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. But what could Abbott realistical- ly do to get the two schools to meet again on the football ield? Abbott has the con- elisabeth dillon | daily texan staff Former Texas kicker Justin Tucker attempts a 40-yard ield goal to beat Texas A&M on Thanksgiving in 2011. vening authority to call together key decision makers from both Jillson said Abbott schools. could simply ask both sides to work on getting an agreement done and report back to him. If Abbott truly is committed to do whatever it takes to bring back the rivalry, he does theoret- ically have the leverage to do so. For instance, at the end of Jillson said it would be highly unlikely for Abbott to ever use any of that as leverage. “he governor gets much of what he accomplishes done by discussion, by a statement of preferences,” Jillson said. “Not much that the governor accom- plishes is done by actually slap- ping people around and telling them what he wants them to do. he way he expresses it is ‘I hope you’ll look into this,’ and they know what he means.” Even if Abbott got both sides to meet, it is far from a guar- antee that an agreement to play would ensue. Scheduling is the biggest obstacle. In today’s college football world, teams don’t want to overload their non-conference schedule with multiple Pow- er 5 opponents, particularly mul- traditional tiple powers. Arthur Johnson, UT’s as- sociate athletic di- rector for football operations, said that is especially the case for Tex- as, which already plays nine confer- ence games each year in the Big 12, whereas Texas A&M plays eight in the SEC. Texas has a non-conference Power 5 op- ponent scheduled every year through 2024. he earliest open window to schedule Tex- as A&M for a home-and-home series would be in 2025-26. he Longhorns have a series sched- uled with Michigan in 2024 and 2027, but they are trying to get the 2027 game moved to 2025, Johnson said. hat would help line up with Texas A&M’s future schedule. he Aggies have a non-confer- ence Power 5 opponent sched- uled every season through 2025, with 2026 and beyond open. Texas A&M declined Reporting Texas’ request to in- terview athletic director Scott Woodward for this story. Both schools still could possibly play each other be- fore then, but it is unlikely. At least one school would likely have to back out of a contract with one of the non-conference teams already on its schedule. If Texas were to do that, the Longhorns would have to pay that opponent a heavy buyout, usually over $1 million for each game canceled. “Scheduling is hard, man,” Johnson said. “It is really hard.” A lot of moving pieces would all have to fall into place for Texas and Texas A&M to meet again on the football ield. he pressure from both fan bas- es is tangible. Each side’s head coach, athletic director and system chancellor have publicly supported the idea of bringing back the game. “With anything, it has to be an alignment and it would have to work,” Johnson said. “But only one person can inluence both institutions equally.” And that person is Abbott, the biggest player in the game. MEN’S BASKETBALL Osetkowski, Texas roll New Hampshire for 2-0 start Steve Helwick Senior Sports Reporter On Tuesday night, Texas would be called upon to defend an undefeated record on its home loor. One problem stood in the way: he team would be without star freshman for- ward Mo Bamba, who sufered a concussion during practice on Sunday. But the rest of the Longhorns would take care of business against New Hampshire, readily disposing the team that made a 2,000-mile trip to the Frank Erwin Center. When the inal buzzer sounded, Texas came away with a 78-60 victory. “Mo’s a great player, but we’ve got 12 other scholarship guys, so if one goes down, we’ve got a whole lot of dudes that will step up and ill in his absence,” transfer junior forward Dylan Osetkowski said. Just 20 seconds into the game, Osetkowski conidently nailed a three from the top of the key to give Texas a 3-0 lead. In the absence of his frontcourt coun- terpart and the team’s leading scorer, Osetkowski would take over as the team’s ofensive lead- er on Tuesday night. he irst-year Longhorn inished with a 17-point, 13-re- bound double-double — his second of the young season. Osetkowski utilized his phys- icality down low and his ar- senal of post moves consis- tently powered him past New Hampshire defenders. Head coach Shaka Smart claims Osetkowski is his team’s “Draymond Green,” always bringing the aggressive mentali- ty to the hardwood. his style of play succeeded Tuesday night, as Texas drew 21 fouls in a phys- ical game where no basket in the paint was guaranteed. “When (Osetkowski’s) out there having fun, playing with a clear mind, trying to be a leader with his teammates, trying to orchestrate our ofense, defense and talking at a high level, then he’s really good,” Smart said. One of the players who stepped up to make an impact was forward Jericho Sims. It was a particularly special night for the freshman, who scored eight points and blocked three shots in his irst collegiate start. “his is all so new to him,” Smart said. “Of all of our fresh- men, he’s had the biggest jump in terms of level and competi- tion night in and night out com- pared to what he saw last year. But you see some glimpses of what he can do out there.” Texas did not pull away from New Hampshire until the tail end of the irst half. he Wildcats were within six points with 3:45 remaining but they kept giting Texas free throw attempts, and the Longhorns concluded the half with a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. “We were in a good spot late in the irst half,” New Hamp- shire coach Bill Herrion said. “We had a little control on our end, and then we foul a cut- ter of a back screen when he doesn’t have the ball, and then they just paraded to the free throw line the last ive minutes of the irst half.” Texas scored 39 points in each half, displaying ofensive Texas forward Dylan Osetkowski drives down the loor during the Longhorns’ 78-60 win over New Hampshire. The junior inished with team highs of 17 points and 13 rebounds. katie bauer | daily texan staff consistency throughout. But the team improved its ield goal per- centage with time and looked much more adept at the three- point ball in the second half en route to a 2–0 start to the season. “It’s only been two games,” junior guard Eric Davis Jr. said. “We can keep grow- ing. We don’t want to get complacent and harp on the positives too much. Our main thing we’re fo- cusing on is continuing to get better.” Texas will continue its early non-conference schedule on Saturday when the Longhorns host Lip- scomb. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7 Today’s solution will appear here next issue 6 9 7 2 3 1 5 7 2 4 3 9 7 6 8 4 9 3 6 2 6 5 9 4 3 4 2 4 7 8 9 2 3 SUDOKUFORYOU 5 3 9 1 8 6 4 7 2 8 6 1 7 4 2 5 9 3 4 7 2 5 3 9 8 6 1 9 5 3 6 7 4 2 1 8 1 8 7 2 5 3 9 4 6 2 4 6 9 1 8 7 3 5 3 2 4 8 9 1 6 5 7 7 9 8 3 6 5 1 2 4 6 1 5 4 2 7 3 8 9 8 Wednesday, November 15, 2017 By Andrea Tinning Senior L&A Reporter Longhorn students no lon- ger have any reason to fear invading medieval armies, be- cause some students are inally building a fortress on the East Mall — moat not included. he Campus Environmental Center is inviting all students to help construct a fortress made from cardboard boxes on the East Mall in honor of the 20th celebration of America Recy- cles Day this Wednesday. Along with the construction of the fortress, CEC invites stu- dents to join them for hot choc- olate provided by the Division of Housing and Food Service. Brianna Duran, CEC pro- gram coordinator and staf ad- visor for the Oice of Sustain- ability, said she came across the idea ater looking for creative ways to engage students. While searching, she said she discov- ered that in 2012, CEC invited students to help construct a cardboard longhorn. “I was really excited about it, so I shared it with the other staf people here and was like, ‘his is the kind of thing CEC needs to do,’” Duran said. Environmental science se- nior Katie Aplis is an education and outreach leader for CEC and helped prepare for the event. Ater weeks of gathering supplies, she said members are expecting a large turnout. “We’ve already collected around 2,000 boxes for the box fort,” Aplis said. “We’re hoping to build the base of the fort and students tack on to it so it’s an organic shape by the end of the day.” Aplis said she believes the idea will not only help educate students about recycling, but also appeal to their inner child. “I think it’s kind of nostal- gic,” Aplis said. “I imagine the Box Fort being created and then people studying inside of it.” Members of CEC may have meticulously planned for the MUSIC By Pierson Hawkins L&A Reporter Editor’s Note: Life &Arts Re- porter Pierson Hawkins visited local band Annabelle Chairlegs at their East Austin residence to watch them rehearse and catch up with their latest work. Outside Annabelle Chair- legs’ east side compound, the unrelenting noise of a prac- tice session leaked through the walls. I waited for them to put the inishing touches on the song before knocking on their door, thinking they must be on good terms with their neighbors. Frontwoman Lind- sey Mackin greeted me inside the psychedelic convent, plas- tered wall-to-wall with bright posters showcasing psychedel- ic curves and bands ranging from he 13th Floor Elevators to Omar Souleyman. “We did our irst album in this living room,” Mackin said, guiding me over the snaking wires and pedals covering the loor. We moved into the ad- jacent room, centered around the troupe’s prized turntable and surrounded by high stacks of worn vinyl jackets. he band recently returned from a short tour for which they packed themselves and all of their equipment into a small minivan and traveled as far as Toronto, Canada. “We played really great shows,” Mackin said. “We ha- ven’t really toured in a couple years, and it was really cool to go out on the road and catch up with old friends and make new friends.” Ater their 2015 self-re- lease Watermelon Summer, Annabelle Chairlegs deined themselves with a strong sense of direction, reaching into the realm of psych rock and CAMPUS CAMPUS Recycled box forts rise in East Mall box fort’s construction, but Vaishali Jayaraman, comput- er science and Sanskrit junior, made sure the fortress’s inev- itable demolition would be eco-friendly too. “One thing that we’ve done is have recyclable tape in- volved,” said Jayaraman, CEC education and outreach leader. “Aterwards, we’re going to dis- mantle the boxes and send it to recycling.” hough the project is meant to be a fun activity for students, it’s also designed to draw at- tention to the larger issue of recycling in the United States, where less than 22 percent of all discarded materials are recycled, according to a Yale University/EPA study. UT is taking its own steps to be more environmentally friendly through the campus Zero Waste initiative. By 2020, it is proposed that 90 percent of the University’s garbage will be diverted to compost or recycling instead of going to a landill. to According is Jayaraman, who involved with the Zero Waste workplace as well as CEC, student recy- cling is an important aspect of the initiative. “It’s the easiest thing a stu- dent can do to make progress reaching our goal,” Jayaraman said. “I also think recycling is the easiest thing anyone can nikole pena| daily texan staff do to create an impact for the environment.” At the end of the day, Amer- ica Recycles Day is meant to bring out the conservationist in everyone. For Duran, it is a way to engage students who are still learning to be environmentally conscientious and a gateway for students to become more proactive members of society. “To me, recycling is the stepping stone to more aware environmentalism,” Duran said. “It’s pretty convenient, especially in Austin, so if you can at least do that, you’re do- ing something for the environ- ment, and hopefully people continue to take it up a level from there.” East Austin rock band showcases mixed sound MORGAN O’HANLON LIFE&ARTS EDITOR @thedailytexan Hair-raising campaigns take over November By Jordyn Zitman L&A Reporter As the winter months come rolling in, so do sweaters and an excuse to skip morning shaves. hough the need to keep isn’t as common warm here in- in Texas, the centive to forgo shaving during the month of No- vember remains strong for those who champion rais- ing awareness and funds for cancer research and men’s health. In frenzy, the hairy things can get confusing, but participants in the trend can largely be bro- ken down into advocates of two separate movements: “No-Shave November” and “Movember.” Both require abstinence from shaving in some form for the duration of the month, but are individually run by nonproit organizations that focus on diferent philanthropic causes. No-Shave November is a nonproit organiza- tion aiming to raise can- cer awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society as well as other oicially partnered orga- nizations. Participants are encouraged to refrain from shaving for the month of November, a nod to can- cer patients losing their treatment. hair during Because beards are visible, they help raise awareness of the cause in addition to raising funds through of sponsors the organization. Undeclared fresh- man Josh Antell said he has been participating in No-Shave November for over three years. He said participation this year holds special signiicance because the funds will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Associ- ation, a cause Antell has personally witnessed. his “I started in 10th grade when I couldn’t even grow facial hair, so now that I’m in college, it’s cool to show of my beard,” Antell said. “My grandfather was di- agnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a while ago, so I don’t take moments with him for granted. I do this to honor him.” It is entails lesser typically known to UT students that another campaign, ex- Movember, tremely similar criteria to No-Shave November. Conceived by a group of Australian men in 2003, challenges Movember men to grow mustaches in an efort raise awareness and for prostate cancer research, testicu- lar cancer research and men’s health. funds While an abundance of men participate in both few are aware events, of the distinction be- tween the causes behind each organization. Business freshman Jon- athan Stern said he was only aware of the difer- ence in facial hair styles required by the cam- paigns. Movember partic- ipants are only required to grow a mustache, while No-Shave November par- ticipants are encouraged not to shave any part of their body. “My entire fraternity is participating in No-Shave November this year,” Stern said. “hat’s the reason I’m doing it, but the cause is also very personal because many women in my family have had breast cancer.” Some participants have already seen results from their eforts. Sports man- agement freshman Landry Levinson said he has gone over 17 days with- out shaving or cutting his hair. He said he has raised over $25 from sponsors of No-Shave Novem- ber and hopes to donate even more by the end of the month. hough men on cam- pus, as well as around the world, will continue to grow out their beards and mustaches until Dec. 1 on behalf of both orga- nizations, Levinson said he believes it is essential for them to identify and understand the purpose behind their eforts. “I think it is important for people to know which cause they’re raising mon- ey for,” Levinson said. “hey’re both really im- portant, but I know I feel better about doing it when I see what cause my eforts are helping.” Local Austin rock band Annabelle Chairlegs has grown their popularity after their sought-after performance at Austin City Limits Festival 2017. alexander thompson| daily texan staff ethan oblak| daily texan staff Boondock barber Angelia Milam shaves Isaac Reyes in Octo- ber 2014. No-Shave November raises cancer awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society. picking up a few elements of punk, pop and blues. heir de- but feels anything but amateur, masterfully adopting reverb and delay efects in their short yet punchy tracks. “We all kind of come from a wide range of background,” Mackin said. “he psych rock thing is overused. I feel like we just play rock’n’roll.” “It’s hard to say where the inspiration comes from,” bass- ist Derek Strahan said. “We all like the Grateful Dead a lot (now), but it was garage rock a few years ago.” Despite their growing pop- ularity, the band’s members told me they continue their full-time day jobs serving piz- za and juicing fruit during the day and reining their tunes on Tuesday nights. “We pretty much have an album and some change that were ready to record,” Mackin said. “We want to be able to take a step back from recording it ourselves and, like, really play. It’s just weird for us to ask someone else to do it — it’s kind of scary to trust anyone else.” As the band geared up for their rehearsal, guitarist Matt Schweinberg switched on their tape machine. Each in- dividual took up a corner of the room, facing each other as they lurched into “Silent Spring,” a rockabilly tune with a twist. Drummer Billy Wong set the tempo for the others as the new song sped into an uncontrollable vor- tex, freeing the quartet into a spontaneous jam. Ater a few notes, they start again with “Brain Freeze,” di- verging from the bite-sized pieces of Annabelle Chairlegs’ debut, taking its time and let- ting its listener indulge in its grimy tones. he band’s room- mates sat on the sidelines, passing around a box of pizza and soaking in the sounds. Schweinberg utilized a slide on the track, hinting at the band’s Texas inluence and adding a new tool to their repertoire. Annabelle Chairlegs will be at a number of shows and venues across Austin in the next few months. Trekking forward, the band hopes to continue making music, not than expecting much else wanting someone to drive them from show to show. “We want to put some al- bums out, we want to trav- el the world,” Mackin said. “It would be cool to have all these pockets of time from over the years and all this shared experience.” As the ensemble con- tinues to mature and re- ine their sound, they move closer and closer to one of those names on their walls. Doubtless, Annabelle Chair- legs deines the East Aus- tin sound with their DIY upstart approach. check us out ONLINE stories videos photo galleries thedailytexan.com APPLY to work at THEDAILYTEXAN.COM/PARTICIPATE