@thedailytexan | thedailytexan.com MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 FOOTBALL Volume 118, Issue 69 NATION Tax bill could put graduate school out of reach By Chase Karacostas Senior News Reporter Under the U.S. House GOP tax bill, income taxes for grad- uate students could double or triple, potentially putting mas- ter’s and Ph.D educations out of reach. he bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed the House hursday 227-205 with no Democrat votes and 13 Re- publicans voting against it. “his is nothing short of extraordinary,” House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said ater the bill passed, according to the Wall Street Journal. “his country has not rewritten its tax code since 1986 … 227 men and women of this Congress broke through that today.” However, many in higher ed- ucation have railed against the bill because it removes three tax exemptions that substantially reduce the cost of graduate edu- cation. For some, these exemp- tions are what make the burden of sometimes a decade or more of student loans possible. “I (am) pretty upset because graduate students are not a par- ticularly large segment of the population, and we’re already in a signiicant amount of debt thanks to undergraduate loans,” said Samantha Fuchs, Graduate Student Assembly legislative afairs director and civil engi- neering graduate student. “In- creasing taxes on us to pay for other tax cuts and exemptions seems unbalanced and even unfair.” he irst change made by the bill removes tuition waivers, TAX BILL page 2 Junior running back Chris Warren III and senior defensive back Antwuan Davis celebrate following a 28-14 win over West Virginia on Saturday. During the game, Warren caught a 20-yard touchdown and Davis racked up six tackles and a sack. copyright nick wagner from the austin american-statesman, and reproduced with permission Texas leaves Morgantown with bowl bid By Alex Briseno Senior Sports Reporter The Longhorns became bowl eligible after defeat- ing West Virginia 24-18. As the fourth quarter winded down on Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia, several Longhorns could be seen dancing and cele- brating on the sideline. Head coach Tom Herman even lashed a grin. When the clock hit 0:00, ce- menting Texas’ 28-14 victory over West Virginia, the Long- earned what horns oicially hasn’t been done since 2014: bowl eligibility. “It was fantastic,” Herman said. “hese guys, the smiles on their faces, we know we’ve got one let, but this was a big one to get an- other road conference win, to beat a top 25 team and make sure that our seniors are bowl eligible.” he Longhorns and Mountain- eers struggled for the majority of the irst quarter in what was a treacherous downpour on the turf. hen, Texas caught a break — at the expense of West Virginia quarterback Will Grier. Grier took the snap from inside the one-yard line, faked the hand- of and made a break for let end of the endzone. Grier dove for the py- lon, but as he returned to his feet, he threw his right hand into the air, displaying a gruesome injury that deformed his middle inger. he oicials ruled the play a touchdown which gave the Moun- taineers a 6-0 lead for the time being. Grier was sent to the locker room. One minute later, the oi- cials overturned the touchdown call and Grier would not return for the remainder of the game. he Mountaineers were forced to play redshirt sophomore Chris Chugunov and the Longhorn de- fense took advantage, holding a team averaging 39 points per game to zero at haltime. “I thought our defense, to hold them to zero points ofensively until mid-way through the fourth quarter,” Herman said. “I think (that) was deinitely something FOOTBALL page 2 ‘Heroes’ host ield day for pediatric cancer UNIVERSITY CAMPUS Student bicyclists call for campus bike lanes By London Gibson Senior News Reporter For bikers navigating con- struction on campus, getting to and from class can seem a little bit like driving in rush hour on Mopac. With decreased path space corralling pedestri- ans and bikers into the same areas, students are suggesting that construction detours in- clude bike lanes to organize traic low. he construction on Speed- way Mall takes up half of the street in one of the busiest areas of campus. With hundreds of students shuling in-between construction barriers, bikers oten have trouble navigating the clogged roads. like radio-tele- Students vision-ilm junior Ukairo Ukairo are taking to the in- ternet to raise awareness of conlicts between pedestrians and bikers in shared spaces on campus. Ukairo, a biker, made a semi-satirical video highlighting the issue. “If we had bike lanes that pedestrians weren’t allowed to get on … it would be clear, (and) it would be a good way to keep accountability at all times,” Ukairo said. “Now, I un- derstand that with construction going on it might be diicult to achieve, but it’s something we have to think about long-term.” Construction on the Speed- way Mall project began in the fall of 2015 and is expected to be completed in the spring. How- ever, construction crews had to begin additional construction on the street last month ater discovering that some of the bricks laid down for the project were not properly stress-tested and needed to be replaced. Ukairo said the stretch of construction on Speedway is the most diicult to navigate, a sentiment that is shared by other UT students. “On Speedway, with all BIKE page 2 By Mason Carroll News Reporter Teams of students in bright- ly colored shirts illed the LBJ Library Lawn to raise money for pediatric cancer patients on Saturday. Dr. Qadri’s Cancer Heroes is part of the Dell Medical School and is a student organization raising money for pediatric cancer patients. he organi- zation hosted Field Day for a Cure to raise money through games such as tug of war. Haneen Khan, special events coordinator and neuroscience sophomore, said the organiza- tion is unique because all of the money raised goes directly to the patients. “Events like this are really, really important because not only do they raise awareness but (they) also shit the inter- est from research to helping treatment,” patients Khan said. aford his is the irst time the organization has put on an event like this. Director of the angela kang| daily texan staff Human Development and Family Sciences senior Alex Gonzalez, left, and HDFS junior Alicia Arevalo, right, participate in a 3-legged race on the LBJ lawn Saturday morning. The Field Day for a Cure, hosted by Dr. Qadri’s Cancer Heroes, raised money for pediatric cancer research. organization Sania Razzak said the event has a symbolic meaning as well. Each team member paid $15 to register for the event. “A lot of people in the hos- pital who are facing cancer can’t do things like this because they are in treatment, so we’re basically doing it for them,” said Razzak, human development family science junior. “hey see that ‘Oh, these people are be- ing happy for us and are doing this for us’ and it brings a smile to their face.” Khan said she’s optimistic about continuing the event in the future. FIELD DAY page 2 NEWS Faculty researchers di- cuss racial disparities in STEM education. 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Entire contents copyright 2017 Texas Student Media. TAX BILL continues from page 1 which are commonly used by Universities to compensate graduate students for teaching or conducting research, from their tax-exempt status. hus, graduate students would be paying taxes on income that they didn’t actually receive, and they would have to pay those taxes using some other source of income. he tax plan also repeals a tax incentive that lets em- ployers assist their employees in paying for higher educa- tion. Right now, employers can give their employees up to $5,250 to pay for higher education tax-free. Fuchs called the tax bill an attack on higher education and said cutting the employ- ee assistance incentive seems counterintuitive to the other BIKE continues from page 1 that construction, it’s a little cramped with one side where both the bikers and pedestri- ans are,” undeclared sopho- more Autumn Flores said. Medical laboratory science freshman Sandra Diaz said Speedway is the main problem area on campus, particularly near Gregory Gym. She said the school should put desig- nated biker lanes in the area because there is a risk of stu- dents getting hit. “Sometimes (bikers) pass by really fast,” Diaz said. “My friend actually got hit once … this biker just came by right next to her.” he University was not to immediately comment on feasibil- ity of adding bike lanes to construction areas. available the he construction reveals an inherent design law that makes the campus unac- commodating for pedestrian and biker traic, Ukairo said. Adding bike lanes is just one of many solutions to pedestri- an and biker conlicts, Ukairo said. Students can practice common courtesy to each oth- er, he added. “I think that a root cause of the biker (and) pedestrian problem is a lack of under- standing about community living, community space (and) the rules of a shared communi- ty space,” Ukairo said. “I know there are other bigger challeng- es (in) the world, but you can start with these small ones and build up to the bigger ones.” FIELD DAY continues from page 1 “We hope this event goes well this year and everyone has fun, that way we can in- crease the amount of people that come next year and this becomes a normal thing be- cause it is really important to all of us,” Khan said. he event was not just limited to UT students. High school student Grady Brown has dealt with cancer in his family in the past. He attend- ed to be with friends. “I know how hard it is for a family to go through (dealing with cancer), so I think less sadness in the world would happen if we found a cure,” Brown said. Khan said it is important to her as a premedical stu- dent and because she gets to directly help patients. “I love the fact that it’s shit- ing the aspect of just science and just research to more on the patients lives and their families,” Khan said. “I think that option is forgotten when you just focus on the medical aspects of it.” FOOTBALL continues from page 1 that kept us in the game.” he Longhorn ofense failed to put any points up in the irst quarter as well until freshman Sam Ehlinger re- lieved starting quarterback Shane Buechele of his duties ater the irst two drives. Ehlinger made his pres- immediately ence known on the irst play of the sec- ond quarter. he Longhorns faced a third-and-4 when the freshman quarterback loat- ed a pass just over a West Virginia defender and right into the hands of redshirt freshman wide receiver Reg- gie Hemphill-Mapps for a 50-yard reception. “hat was diicult be- cause it was pouring and the ball was pretty wet,” Eh- linger said. “Reggie said he couldn’t ind it for a little bit because it was raining so hard. But it was good. It was a little boost knowing ‘Hey it’s pouring and we can still throw the ball for 50 yards. We can do whatever we want in this game.’” Ehlinger remained be- hind center for the rest of the game and inished the game completing 12-of-19 attempts for 136 yards and two touchdowns. But he did have one disastrous mistake in the third quarter. With the Longhorns ive yards away from the end zone, Texas threatened to take a com- manding 21-0 lead. hen, right before Ehlinger was pulled to the ground for Monday, November 20, 2017 journey a sack, he desperately tried to throw the ball out of bounds. But it didn’t make it there. Instead, the ball landed right in West Virginia cornerback Kenny Robinson’s lap, who returned the interception 96 yards to cut the lead to 14-7. “he pick-six, that’s a kid probably trying too hard,” Herman said. “I think he thought he could throw it away. As the saying goes ‘You’ve gotta know when the is over.’ We were in ield goal range… I suspect that will be a mis- take that you won’t see him make again.” intercep- the tion, the Longhorn defense its dominance continued by holding a West Virginia ofense averaging over 500 yards to 295 yards en route to a 28-14 victory, allowing Tom Herman and the Long- horns to leave Milan Puskar Stadium with both a victory and a bowl bid for the irst time since 2014. Despite “hey’re kids that have been beat up quite a bit the last couple of years and to be able to say we’ve reached one of our goals this season,” Herman said. “hese guys are ecstatic, but they also know we’ve got one let.” he same players who sufered from back-to-back 5–7 seasons danced in cele- bration as the inal seconds of the game dwindled down. Although the Longhorns do have one more game re- maining in the regular sea- son, one thing is for sure: 5–7 is no more. infographic by aaliyah jenkins| daily texan staff parts of the bill, which is slash- ing corporate taxes. “Getting rid of that assis- tance … makes it harder for corporations to justify that expense,” Fuchs said. “So if they’re saying that they are trying to give corporations an advantage, it seems like hav- ing a well-educated workforce would be a component of that.” Student Loan Interest De- duction, a tax exemption used by undergraduate and gradu- ate students alike, would also be removed from the tax code, erasing a $2,500 tax savings for many. With the loss of these tax incentives, astronomy gradu- ate student Benny Tsang said the bill would likely cause a dramatic downturn in the number of students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees. “In order, to make higher education and research ac- cessible for more students, this cannot be passed,” Tsang said. “Otherwise, students will consider quitting programs right now or they won’t even consider going into research in the irst place. So it will hurt science. It will hurt research in the United States. Astronomy and physics ju- nior Emily Strickland said she is already paying for her un- dergraduate education on her own and cannot aford to take out any more loans when she reaches graduate school. If the bill passes, Strickland said she will likely go overseas to inish her education. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to aford (graduate school), but I’m going to try,” Strick- land said. “At a certain point, all you can do is plan for the worst, hope for the best.” ART Poetry night dispels myths of stuttering RESEARCH By Stephanie Adeline News Reporter Kelly Woodworth does not have a fluency dis- order, but on Friday, she voluntary stuttered as she recited her poem to un- derstand what her clients feel like. “This is called choice — we all have it, right?” speech language pathology senior Woodworth said. “I chose to voluntary stutter today. I typed out what I wanted to say, printed it out and underlined every sound that I chose to stut- ter on. It was like picking which battles to fight.” Woodworth was one of the speakers at a po- etry night hosted by the Lang Stuttering Institute Student Leadership Or- ganization. The speakers included both people who stuttered and people with no stuttering problems. The event’s purpose was to share personal stories of stuttering and belong- ing, said Woodworth, the organization’s president. “Whether it be people who stutter or people who don’t stutter, we want to show that we do have sim- ilar experiences,” Wood- worth said. “Whether it’s being treated unfairly, or stereotypes overcoming or overcoming fear, we all have something that we can share. We want to give people that space to feel comfortable.” CAMPUS Lang Stuttering Institute Student Leadership Organization held the poetry event on Friday for students to share stories and experiences about having a stutter. copyright andrea chee, and reproduced with permission Speech language pa- thology senior Madison Houston shared her story about being afraid of go- ing on a mission trip to Cuba and encouraged the audience to choose love over fear. “Every decision that we have, every opportunity we might have is a choice to be fearful or be loving,” Houston said. “I realized that in this field of being a speech pathologist … I can serve people and I can love people in all this different ways. I have this opportu- nity to thank (for opening my eyes) … I really want to do that.” Jacqueline Silva, a speech language pathology senior and LSI SLO membership coordinator, said through Every decision that we have, every op- portunity we might have is a choice to be fearful or be loving. —Madison Houston, senior the event, they hoped to dispel myths of stuttering. “We don’t want people to think that they’re just nervous and cut them off or something,” Silva said. “And if we spread that t amongst everybody, it will c be a closer community um and allow everyone to feel f more comfortable.” o Courtney Byrd, found- t ing director of the Michael s and Tami Lang Stutter- of ing Institute, spoke at the b event, applauding the work t of the organization. a “Many of them … do not stutter themselves,” Byrd p said. “So it takes a rare c kind of empathy to really t take on a cause that’s not something you’ve experi- t enced but one that you can N feel in your heart.” r c p t is lo s 20t A oner said she attended to c hear what has happened to h projects that were in prog- ac ress when she discussed o them in class. t “A lot of the stuf we had dir heard in the studio last year n (was airmed) by someone who is actually more involved in the policy,” Wagoner said. “It’s cool to hear it from some- one who’s actually working to make that happen.” Rhetoric and writing senior Tori Stefan said although there is always room for im- provement, she thinks UT is making substantial efort to be green. “It’s putting us on a path for more sustainability, and it deinitely set a tone for UT’s values,” Stefan said. Walker talks UT campus plan, environment By John Melendez News Reporter UT Director of Sustain- ability Jim Walker held a brief presentation on Fri- day regarding the status of Waller Creek, Dell Med- ical and the burgeoning health district with regard to the environment. Walker said there was a conscious efort when creat- ing UT’s campus plan in 2012 to create a lasting positive en- vironmental impact. “We give a lot of lip service to sustainability,” Walker said. “We throw it out as an adjec- tive to make ourselves feel better about something, but do we actually put it into the policy documents?” When communi- the ties of Austin and Travis County voted to allow lo- cal property tax revenue to help fund UT’s developing health district in 2012, a new campus master plan was created with environmental sustainability in mind. When the health district master plan was created in 2013, the chosen location placed major constraints on sustainability from the begin- ning, Walker said. He said he had to plan around a set loca- tion and restrictive guidelines. “As a planner, (it) frustrates you when you’re going to do a big project and politics drives location out of the gate,” Walker said. Designing buildings to be eicient and their actual per- formance are two diferent things, Walker said. One way to address this issue is pursu- ing a LEED certiication. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a rating system used to determine how envi- ronmentally friendly a build- ing is. Buildings are graded in categories such as energy use and air quality and earn one of four LEED rating levels: certiied, silver, gold or plat- inum based on a points sys- tem, according to its website. Walker said there are 19 total projects, or 3.6 million square feet, across UT that are in the LEED portfolio. Landscape architecture graduate student Haley Wag- ember 20, 2017 Monday, November 20, 2017 3 Filipino Students Association brings culture to UT CULTURE d to unds. ere. ight ack ho n 96 o 14-7. s a kid rd,” k he w it oes hen ’ We … I is- t see ep- ense nce inia r 500 ute ing ng- kar tory irst have t the d to hed on,” guys y also ho ack ele- nds wn. orns e re- r sea- ure: By Meara Isenberg News Reporter Biology senior Eufrosino Veloso strummed his gui- tar, illing the Texas Union heatre on Friday night with a song in his irst language, Tagalog. It was a moment Veloso had thought of since freshman year when he saw someone perform in his familiar Filipino dialect. “It was my irst time per- forming in my native tongue and it felt really special to me,” Veloso said. Veloso joined others pre- forming during Filipino Cul- ture Night. he night was orga- nized by the Filipino Students Association and highlighted the group’s diversity through a culture-packed show. “We are here to display dif- ferent facets of the communi- ty, of dance, of song, even our attire; a lot of us are wearing traditional Filipino cloth- ing,” said FSA culture chair Anna Castro, who organized the event. “he purpose is to invite the UT community to interact with the Filipi- no-American experience and everything it has to ofer.” he American and Filipi- no national anthems kicked of the event to symbolize the mix of the cultures to follow. RESEARCH I came from the Phil- ippines, so going to these kinds of events gives me lashbacks to my childhood.” —Patricia Lim, Journalism sophomore Dancers performed Singkil, a traditional folk dance, in one act and balanced cups of water on their heads in another. Castro, an English junior who emigrated from the Phil- ippines, said the show pro- vides a space for Filipino stu- dents to show of their skills and also brings those with shared interests together. “I think it’s important to ind a home and identity,” Castro said. “I emigrated here at a young age, and es- pecially coming into a new environment when you don’t know a lot of things, I found a home in my culture. For me, that was my driving force, that was the foundation for who I became.” he night also featured alissa jae iazo-kim| daily texan staff Students gathered Friday at the Texas Union for Filipino Culture Night. The event was organized by the Filipino Student Associ- ation to highlight the group’s diversity through a culture-packed show. traditional Filipino food, including lumpia, a type of fried egg roll, and pancit, which are clear noodles with vegetables and meat. Patricia Lim, Journalism sophomore and FSA member food said of what to the show. was brought part her “You need to know your roots,” Lim said. “I came from the Philippines, so going to these kinds of events gives me lashbacks to my childhood. I know a lot about my culture, but I want to experience more with the Filipino community.” he show also brought out non-Filipinos, such as physics freshman Danielle Maldonado. “People come from so many diferent backgrounds and so they have diferent view- points on diferent things,” Maldonado said. “It’s good to understand where people are coming from.” CITY Growing Austin Mac and Cheese Festival sells-out in second year By Grace Speas News Reporter Mac and cheese may be a simple dish, but it still draws crowds when done right. Austin Food Magazine hosted 1,500 guests in its sec- ond-annual Austin Mac and Cheese festival on Sunday, a number which was triple that of last year. Facebook users were scrambling for resale tickets in the days before the sold-out festival. “Because the demands are so crazy, we may have to do multiple days of the festival in future years,” said Hayden Walker, editor-in-chief and director of operations for Austin Food Magazine. Patrons illed the outdoor festival grounds in front of the Auguste Escoier School of Culinary Arts from 12 to 4 p.m., gorging themselves with mac and cheese and crat beer. Guests bought tickets starting at $20 to taste mac and cheeses from over 30 diferent vendors compet- ing for the best dish variety. “When I started thinking about doing a food festival, I thought about my own favor- ite food,” Walker said. “Bar- becue was already taken, so what about mac and cheese?” Festival-goers each cast one vote for the best ven- sampling mac dor ater and cheeses sprinkled with illustration by lexi acevedo| daily texan staff jalapeño, brisket, lobster and bacon. Oicial judges from restaurants, breweries and media outlets also attended to taste test. “I igured, stick with some- thing simple and let the chefs get creative,” Walker said. Journalism senior Mary Layne Strieber, an intern for Austin Food Magazine, said the event gives good exposure to local restaurants. eat “(People) go and amazing mac and cheese at a certain restaurant’s booth and then they think of that restaurant again for date night, even though they may have never heard of it before the fest,” Strieber said. Courtney’s Catering marketing manager Taylor Key said the company also participated last year, and the event is bigger, more televised and more organized this year. for our mac and cheese,” Key said. “Lines for the booths vary, but the one for our booth is wrapping around others.” “We’re known Greenhouse Crat Food the People’s Choice won Award and the judges chose their own favorite — a bacon mac and cheese quesadilla from Punch Bowl Social. “A big announcement about the festival will be coming spring,” Walker said. “For today, as long as everyone leaves full, I’m thankful.” the in Information & application are available at texasstudentmedia.com This application and supporting materials must be submitted to the TSM Business Office (HSM 3.200 / William Randolph Hearst Building, 2500 Whitis Avenue) by Monday, December 4, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. This position is due to be appointed at the TSM Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. Please plan to attend and discuss your application with the Operating Trustees. L Associate Professor Richard Reddick speaks on the importance of creating relationships with sutdents’ through mentorship at a lecture Friday afternoon. angela wang| daily texan staff UT researchers talk equity and social justice in STEM By Brooke Sjoberg News Reporter STEM education is not truly fair for young black children, said Fikile Nx- umalo, an assistant pro- fessor in the department of curriculum and instruc- tion, during a Friday pre- sentation about findings of institutional bias against black children in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Nxumalo said there are prejudices against black children which affect how they are educated. “Environmental educa- tion for young children in North America remains rooted in discourses of childhood innocence and pure nature that can be traced back to the modern- ist romantic era,” Nuxma- lo said. “So from the early 20th century on, North American ... nature edu- cation for young children has been overwhelmingly accompanied by images of individual innocence of the child that learns from experiences with direct now nature. There’s critiques extensive that cialized childhood innocence.” scholarship the ra- assumptions of Nxumalo is one of four researchers who faculty discussed findings their from separate research pa- pers concerning equity and social justice in STEM edu- cation. The panel was part of the UT College of Ed- ucation Center for STEM Education’s Fall 2017 Col- loquium Series. analyzed The stages of educa- included tion teachers seeking employ- ment, the early childhood of black and their journey through the education system. students “Generally, you find trust is an important thing in any mentoring relationship,” said Richard Reddick, an assistant professor in the department of education on his research into cross-ra- cial mentoring. “But when it comes to something like race, which has such a piv- otal sort of weight on our experience of being black in this country, it becomes really important to have trust in place.” Physics freshman Sophia Macias said she was glad to hear the findings of the panelists because she is Hispanic and the issue of underrepresentation is im- portant to her and her stu- dent organization. “I’m in Undergraduate Women in Physics, and we talk about misrepresenta- tion and underrepresenta- tion in physics and other hardcore sciences,” Macias said. “You don’t really see yourself represented any- where in physics or in the math department or as- tronomy department, and it’s kind of upsetting.” Mathematics freshman Maria Diaz said she was interested in how to apply what she learned from the panel to her pursuit of a certificate through UTeach. “I’ve always been inter- ested in how I can provide, as a teacher, better educa- tion for minority students,” Diaz said. “Especially be- cause we’re from low-in- come (households), so it was really geared towards learn from them me to and how to develop all these qualities.” RECYCLE your copy of Newscast tune in on Fridays at 5 p.m. at soundcloud.com/ thedailytexan onment TEXAS STUDENT MEDIA APPLICATION AVAILABLE FOR MANAGING EDITOR OF THE DAILY TEXAN Term of Office: January 1, 2018 - May 31, 2018 4 Monday, November 20, 2017 COLUMN COLUMN LAURA HALLAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF @TexanOpinion Don’t put partisanship over morals offer Moore the benefit of the doubt, clinging to the “if true” caveat that dozens of GOP elected officials have employed to avoid fully de- nouncing their nominee. In his statement, Cornyn called the charges “disturbing and, if true, disqualifying.” Mean- while, Cruz lamented that he was unable to back Moore “so long as these allegations remain unrefuted.” enough It’s unclear what would convince to be these two. When five wom- en come forward offering copious details of a candi- date’s sexual misconduct and predatory behavior, including documentation of their connections to him — Moore even signed the fifth woman’s high school yearbook — what more do you need to completely avail yourself of that candidate? What rebuttal could Moore that would possibly give clear his name beyond a shadow of a doubt? By Sam Groves Senior Columnist I think we can divide the people who still support Judge Roy Moore’s Senate campaign into three categories. First, there are those who don’t be- lieve the allegations against him: in- appropriate relationships with teenage girls while in his 30s, including two who say he sexually assaulted them when they were 14 and 16 years old. These allegations were exhaustively reported by the Washington Post in a story that cited four accusers and more than 30 sources, and they were later supplemented by a fifth accuser who came forward Monday. But it would seem that some people demand a high- er standard of proof. Others demand a lower standard of morality. In the second category are those who believe the allegations but don’t believe that Moore did anything wrong. These evidently include Ala- bama State Auditor Jim Ziegler, who likened the relationship between Moore and his victims to that of Joseph and Mary in the Bible. Third and finally, there are those who believe the allegations and are horri- fied, but would rather vote for a child predator than risk allowing a Democrat to represent Alabama in the Senate. Of these three categories, I wonder which ones Ted Cruz and John Cornyn fall into. Both Texas senators endorsed Moore prior to these allegations, despite his sickening bigotry toward the LGBTQ community and Muslims. After the fifth accuser came forward, Cruz and Cornyn rescinded their endorsements. But their divorce from Moore could hardly be more amicable. Despite the evidence, Cruz and Cornyn continue COLUMN For what it’s worth, not senators all Republican have been so noncommittal. Thirteen of them have called unequivocally for Moore to step aside, including Mike Lee and Steve Daines, who had previ- ously endorsed him, and majority lead- er Mitch McConnell, who had not. But our senators seem to have oth- er priorities. The most telling part of Cruz’s statement came when he said that the people of Alabama shouldn’t be forced to make “an untenable choice between a candidate under a serious cloud of potential criminal conduct or illustration by jeb milling| daily texan staff a liberal Democrat.” And therein lies the motivation for Cruz and Cornyn’s newfound radical skepticism: To them, those two options are equally bad. Earlier I said that Moore supporters in the third category prioritize parti- sanship over morality. Such is the case with Cornyn and Cruz: They’re so dis- turbed by the allegations against Moore that they’d rather see anyone else win — anyone other than his opponent, that is. junior i s a philos ophy Groves f rom D allas. Fraternities must self-police to stop deaths By Jacob Kunz Columnist Last Monday morning, 20-year-old Texas State Phi Kappa Psi pledge Mat- thew Ellis was found unresponsive fol- lowing a fraternity party in San Marcos that Sunday evening. After his death, Texas State University opted to suspend all fraternity and sorority activities in order to review Greek life on campus. If the autopsy reports show that Ellis died of an alcohol-related fatality re- lated to fraternity hazing, as the events leading to his death imply, he will be the fourth pledge this year killed by violent or abusive hazing rituals. Similar inves- tigations followed deaths at Florida State University, Louisiana State University and Penn State in the last 10 months. These fatalities are not isolated events — there have been over 60 fraterni- ty-related deaths in the United States since 2005. Most of these result from alcohol poisoning or alcohol-related deaths, drug overdoses or accidents in and around fraternity houses, including deadly falls from multi-story houses. As a prospective student, I had an interest in joining a fraternity as an op- portunity to make supportive friends in the transition to college, and I had sev- eral positive experiences with members. After hearing about drug use and hazing rituals at the houses I had visited, how- ever, I got scared off the path of rushing. For interested students like myself, the beneits of joining a fraternity are drowned out by how they treat their pledges.” For interested students like myself, the benefits of joining a fraternity are drowned out by how they treat their pledges. It’s hard to focus on the po- tential to foster leadership, commu- nity and personal growth when an organization projects a reputation of ritual humiliation, sexual violence and backwards social practices. “Until proven otherwise,” says Doug- las Fierberg in The Atlantic, “they all are very risky organizations for young people to be involved in.” Fierberg, a top attorney in fraternity-related litigation, maintains that fraternities “are part of an industry that has tremendous risk and a tremendous history of rape, seri- ous injury, and death, and the vast ma- jority share common risk-management policies that are fundamentally flawed.” If fraternities wish to maintain a priv- ileged position on campus and control their reputation, they must hold their members to a higher standard. Some have put this into practice, with Sigma Alpha Epsilon suspending UT’s chapter following reports of alleged hazing ear- lier this month. Fraternities are institutions of univer- sity life that are almost as old as college itself. But if they don’t see it fit to enact effectual change amongst their mem- bers, their brotherhood of men may see itself in decline. Kunz is an English freshman from New Braunfels. GALLERY illustration by priyanka kar| daily texan staff Take drug abuse seriously By Elizabeth Braaten Columnist Last Wednesday night, news that artist Lil Peep, whose full name is Gustav Ahr, had died of a Xanax overdose sent shockwaves throughout the hip-hop community. The 21-year-old rapper was found unresponsive in his tour bus in Tucson, Arizona, before a scheduled show. Despite the attempts of first responders to save him, Ahr was pro- nounced dead at 8:53 p.m. Prior to his death, Ahr had made numer- ous posts on social media displaying his drug addiction and depression. While trag- ic, Ahr’s death marks a larger trend of ig- noring the victims of drug abuse and men- tal illness until it is too late to save them. With current rates of prescription drug addiction at epidemic levels in the United States, we must commit to the promotion of safe drug use and treatment for addicts if we wish to mitigate the amount of death associated with it. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, an estimated 64,000 peo- ple died from drug overdose, a staggering figure that has doubled within the last de- cade. Furthermore, about 50 Americans die each day from prescription painkiller over- doses. A spring 2017 survey conducted by University Health Services found that 12.3 percent of UT students report using pre- scription drugs without a prescription in the last year alone. These alarming statistics demonstrate the urgent need for a change in the way we talk about drug addiction in the United States. While there is no way to prevent ev- eryone from abusing prescription drugs, we can make progress in reversing this trend by educating ourselves and promoting safe usage within our communities. First, we must stop shaming drug addicts while they are alive. Though those who knew him said he seemed happy, Åhr’s so- cial media pages show potential causes of concern that have been cited as evidence of his abuse.Check in on your friends, and if you see them undertaking destructive be- haviors or showing warning signs of suicide — say something. There are an abundance of resources on campus that help people struggling with addiction, such as the Cen- ter for Students in Recovery. Furthermore, many prescription drug-re- lated deaths involve mixing drugs like Xa- nax with alcohol or other prescription drugs like Percocet or Vicodin, which are opioids. In 2015, 22,598 of prescription drug-related deaths were attributed to cas- es where opioids were involved. However, NARCAN, a nasal spray form of naloxone, is available for purchase from pharmacies in the state of Texas, and is a known an- tidote for opioid overdoses. Keeping this on-hand is a great precaution to take, as it could save a life one day. Finally, we must stop glorifying the abuse of hard drugs within popular music. While songs like “Mask Off ” are great to listen to, for many people they extend beyond fun to an addiction they’re unable to kick. Molly and Percocet may seem like faraway concepts when you listen to Future on the radio, but they won’t be after one of your friends overdoses. To alter the tragic effects of drug addic- tion in the United States, we must alter the way we respond to it. His name was Gus- tav Ahr, he was only 21 years old, and we failed him. Braaten is a junior international relations and global studies junior from Conroe. 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. illustration by yulissa chavez | daily texan staff HARASSMENT continues from page 8 JULIANNE HODGES SCIENCE&TECH EDITOR @thedailytexan 5 Monday, November 20, 2017 HEALTH Green schoolyards can beneit kids’ health James Campbell Quick, sexual harassment can also cause lin- gering efects. Quick’s study in- dicates victims may sufer from a variety of mental disorders as a result of these actions. “Evidence continues to sug- gest women (in harassing situa- tions) may experience negative mood, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse as well as work turnover intentions, long-term anxiety, job stress and/or burn- out,” Quick wrote. Together, these consequences create a culture within the ilm industry that deters females from high-ranking positions, leading to a lack of representation of women both on and of cam- era. he Hollywood Reporter announced earlier this year that female directors made up only 7 percent of the top 250 ilms in 2016. “It’s hard to deny the num- bers,” Hudson said. “Power and balance is the reason this stuf happens to begin with. he more money you have, the harder it is to get women hired.” For Hudson, these problems are seeded in a deeper, systemic issue within our society. Hudson herself said she has also been a perpetrator of bias, detailing a time in her career when she overlooked a woman’s resume with the assumption that she couldn’t handle the work. “I went over her resume again and I was like, ‘Yeah, she has just as much experience, if not more, than these two guys (up for the position),’” Hudson said. “We have to train ourselves to catch ourselves, because we all do it. We’re all conditioned to be biased against women from the time we’re children, from the toys we give little girls versus little boys.” hese obstacles are not easi- ly remedied, but change begins at the individual level. Hudson makes it her mission to employ a diverse crew of ilmmakers on her sets and uses her medium to tell empowering stories. “Hire women. Just give them a shot,” Hudson said. “Know that there are executives in Hollywood who are women, who are people of color, who are desperately trying to get these stories told, but it’s hard.” By Lucy Cai S&T Reporter While classrooms have been moving towards more technology and less recess time, research suggests that creating green- er schoolyards, or adding nature elements to schoolyards, instead may improve children’s mental and physical health. Stephen Pont, the medical director at the Dell Children’s Medical Center’s Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity, collaborated with Chil- dren and Nature Network, a nonproit that aims to reconnect children with nature. Af- ter conducting a review of literature, Pont summarized the indings and created a data- base that is more easily accessible and under- stood by school oicials interested in making their schoolyards greener. he abstract was presented at the American Academy of Pe- diatrics National Conference in September. Schools may question the point of devot- ing resources to creating green schoolyards, so this database can help answer those ques- tions, Pont said. “(he database) demonstrates the im- pact that exposing kids to nature (such as through) green schoolyards,” Pont said. “It actually improves academics, health (and) physical itness. It can decrease behavioral problems, increase cooperative play. And there’s all these beneits that we can show.” Green schoolyards have wide implications for children’s mental health, according to Richard Louv, one of the founders of Chil- dren & Nature Network. “he research indicates that experiences in the natural world appear to ofer great bene- its to psychological and physical health and the ability to learn,” Louv said. “he studies strongly suggest that time in nature can help many children learn to build conidence in themselves (and) reduce the symptoms of attention deicit hyperactivity disorder, calm them and help them focus.” Green schoolyards can also support im- proved physical health, such as by reducing childhood obesity. “In encouraging kids to be healthy, (and in particular for obesity), we have to think of ‘stealth health’ approaches, where the kid is becoming healthy without knowing it,” Pont said. “So put a kid into nature and provide them with some health snacks, and MEDICAL KVRX.ORG Facebook at kvrxaustin Twitter @kvrx CACTUSYEARBOOK.COM childhood obesity can pretty much take care of itself. Green schoolyards are one way to encourage this connection with na- ture that can have this important positive health outcome.” Schools that incorporate greener school- yards can also tailor their schoolyards to “The research indicates that experiences in the nat- ural world appear to offer great benefits to psycho- logical and physical health and the ability to learn.” —Richard Louv, Co-founder of Children & Nature Network address particular areas of health. “If you think of an urban schoolyard with (a lot of) concrete, you can think of having a vegetable garden to improve nutrition ed- ucation, rainwater conservation (systems) that may focus more on water management … (and) community space to help family illustration by ivan moore| daily texan staff engagement,” Pont said. “So (there are) dif- ferent ways to help the planning and eval- uation of schoolyards.” Introducing schoolyards into schools has had positive results, according to Louv. green “I visited a nature-based elementary school in a lower-income region of a county in Georgia,” Louv said. “he school is show- ing more academic improvement than any other school in that county. he kids were generally healthier as well.” In order to encourage schools around the country to adopt greener schoolyards, Louv said that schools must make a lot of cultural changes. his includes educating teachers about the beneits of nature expo- sure at a time when most schools are moving toward adding more technology to the class- room and cutting recess time. Louv also said professionals can collabo- rate across disciplines to transform their cit- ies into greener, more child-friendly spaces. Louv’s initiative to improve children’s access to nature targets cities such as Austin. “In Austin, the (Children & Nature Network’s the Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative is) also working on a tem- plate that can be used in other cities to rec- ognize the value of utilizing school campus- es as community parks,” Louv said. “hat … increases access to nature in cities.” digest.texasstudentmedia.com ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the i rst day of publication, as the publish- ers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. 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KC NYG Chasity Patterson @Chazzthereal “Today was my irst time buying my own pair of Jordans ” 1982 On November 20, 1982, the Cal football team defeated Stanford on a last- second kick return that involved ive laterals. Stanford’s band stormed onto the ield a bit early during the play and Cal defensive back Kevin Moen collided with trombone player Gary Tyrell in the end zone. Cross Country closes out season at NCAA Championships Texas took part in its last races of the season in Lou- on Saturday isville at the NCAA Championships. The men’s team took 30th place and were ju- paced by redshirt nior Pickle. Jacob Pickle crossed the fin- ish line with a time of 30:54.41, taking 120th place overall. assistant “(Pickle), he’s a gam- er,” coach Brad Herbster said. “He stepped up the last three races, whether it’s con- ference, region or na- tionals, he performed at a good level.” The women’s team took 31st place and were led by sophomore Destiny Collins. Collins finished in 20:58.19 and took 134th place overall. For the most part, though, Herbster felt his team underperformed. “In this meet you’ve got to step in it and we never really stepped in it,” Herbster said. “We didn’t have it today. We really have to do better in these races, perform where we need to per- form and execute the way we have all season.” cross country team will now prepare for track and field in- door season. The Long- horns’ first meet takes place on Dec. 9 at the Reveille Invitational. The —Drew King Freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger breaks free from Oklahoma redshirt senior defensive end D.J. Ward and storms into the end zone. juan igueroa| daily texan staff Ehlinger sparks Texas in victory By Trenton Daeschner Assoc. Sports Editor The freshman quarter- back overcame a pick- six late in the game. Sam Ehlinger has shown Texas fans plenty of good and plenty of bad this season. One moment on Saturday, he tossed a beauty of a pass for a 50- yard pickup. he next moment, he evaded a would-be sack, turn- ing a broken play into a positive one that let the West Virginia defense dazed and confused. And if you stuck around long enough, you saw Ehlinger throw a head-scratching pick-six that let the Mountaineers back into the game. On a cold, rainy Saturday in Morgantown, the freshman quarterback showed why he’s the ultimate risk-reward player. “You got to forget about the past if it’s good or bad,” Ehlinger said, “because you can’t let it afect the future.” Ater watching sophomore quarterback Shane Buechele start the game and lead the Longhorns for the irst two series, Ehlinger gave Texas a spark. he plan had been for Ehlinger to come in on the third ofensive series no mat- ter what. But he was unsure if it’d be for good. “Obviously we knew that I was going in the third drive,” Ehlinger said, “but I had no idea ater that what was gonna happen.” he Longhorns went three-and- out on Ehlinger’s irst series. His second was when things changed. On the irst play of the second quarter, Ehlinger delivered a per- fect ball to redshirt freshman wide receiver Reggie Hemphill-Mapps down the sideline, which went for 50 yards and set up Texas in the red zone for the irst time in the game. You got to forget about the past if it’s good or bad because you can’t let it affect the future.” —Sam Ehlinger, freshman quarterback Minutes later, Ehlinger tossed a four-yard touchdown pass to graduate transfer tight end Kend- all Moore to put Texas up 7-0. he next Texas drive was peak Ehlinger. Facing a third-and-9, he evaded a West Virginia rusher who had broken free, scrambled out of a near-sack, then sprinted down the sideline for a 17-yard gain. he next play, Texas tried a trick play and had junior wide re- ceiver Jerrod Heard throw a pass back to Ehlinger, who then ran for 23 yards to the West Virginia 31. Ehlinger found junior running back Chris Warren III down the seam for a 20-yard touchdown pass moments later to put Texas up 14-0 late in the irst half. Texas fans had seen the reward. But then came the risk in the second half. Facing a third-and-8 at West Virginia’s 22-yard line with under six minutes to play in the third quarter, Ehlinger dashed for 17 yards to set up a irst-and-goal on the ive. Ehlinger popped up af- ter the play and pointed his hand forward to signal a irst down. It was the reward. he Longhorns looked ready to break open the game and go up by three touchdowns. But on the very next play, Eh- linger committed a costly mistake. A West Virginia defender broke loose in the backield and got a hold of Ehlinger as he dropped back to pass. Instead of taking the sack, Ehlinger attempted to get rid of the ball as he went to the ground. It was the risk. Ehlinger desperately lung an errant pass that found the hands of West Virginia safety Kenny Rob- inson, who returned it 94 yards for a touchdown to cut the Texas lead to 14-7. Ehlinger wasn’t fazed by that play either. He calmly led Texas on two more touchdown drives in the second half to help ice the game. “He’s tough. He’s a competitor,” head coach Tom Herman said. “He gives us a dimension in the run game. He rushed for 68 yards, 7.6 yards a carry — that’s a pretty good day at the oice.” Ehlinger has given Texas fans a dose of everything this season — a lot of good and, at times, a lot of bad. But the most important thing he gave them on Saturday was a 28-14 win, making the Longhorns bowl eligible for the irst time since 2014. “Coach kept saying, ‘Just keep swinging, keep swinging. It’s gon- na pay of. It’s gonna pay of. Keep swinging,’” Ehlinger said. “Ob- viously we would’ve liked some of the games (this season) to go diferently, but we kept our head down and we kept working. To be able to go to a bowl and have that opportunity ater the hardships and the close games that we’ve went through this year says a lot about the coaching staf as well as the players on the team.” Longhorns shut out by Duke, fall short of Elite Eight SOCCER By Dalton Phillips Senior Sports Reporter Ater Texas clinched a win over Clemson in pen- alty kicks in the second round of the NCAA Cham- pionships on Friday, Duke wasn’t prepared to give Tex- as any chance of an upset on Sunday. he No. 1 Blue Devils ran away with the contest ear- ly on Sunday aternoon in Durham, North Carolina, shutting out Texas, 3-0. he Longhorns’ historic run came to a close one game shy of an appearance in the Elite Eight. “I’m really proud,” head coach Angela Kelly said. “It’s been a wonderful group to coach and train this sea- son, a tremendous amount of heart. And we’re going to take every ounce of this experience and learn from it.” It was all Duke from the opening kick. Ater applying early pressure, All-American forward Ima- ni Dorsey collected a deep pass over the top and found the back of the net just three minutes into the contest. he early lead added to be the inal nail in the coin as Duke advanced to the Elite Eight for the third year, consecutive having outscored its op- ponents 11-0 over the irst three rounds. In addition to the stif ac- competition, Kelly fatigue knowledged may have played a role in her below- team’s average performance. that “(Hintzen) had a great opportunity in the irst 20 minutes,” Kelly said. “hose usually go in the back of the net. Her and (fresh- man forward) Haley Berg and freshman forward) Cydney Billups were playing wonderful soccer. hose young ladies are exhausted.” (redshirt Even with the loss, Texas sits in far better position this ofseason than it did a year ago. Ater a record setting 11-game undefeated stretch and deep postseason run, the program has leapt back into the national con- versation. And with only two graduating seniors, the Longhorns should be back in the tournament conversation in 2018. Sophomore forward Cyera Hintzen races past Texas Tech junior defender Cassie Boren. Hintzen took four shots against Duke on Sunday, but was unable to capitalize in a 3-0 loss. carlos garcia| daily texan staff momentum that Texas could not aford, as one of the nation’s premier pro- grams brought too much pressure to the orange and white backline. Later in the irst half, the Longhorns began to ind some ofen- sive rhythm with a pair of looks, but were dissuaded by Duke junior forward Kayla McCoy, who made it a two-score game on a div- ing header of of a cross in the box. “I was really impressed by them,” Kelly said. “I thought we were just a lit- tle tentative at the begin- ning of the match and our youthfulness showed.” Coming out of the sec- ond half, Texas brought a new intensity as it fought to keep its season alive. he team’s leading scorer, soph- omore forward Cyera Hint- zen, saw a number of op- portunities narrowly miss, but the Longhorns were unable to retain possession for any signiicant length of time as they were outshot 14-6 by the Blue Devils. A third goal midway through the half proved Monday, November 20, 2017 7 Today’s solution will appear here next issue 2 9 7 1 3 2 4 7 6 9 5 4 2 9 1 9 2 7 3 8 7 4 2 7 6 1 5 9 7 9 1 2 4 SUDOKUFORYOU 6 3 8 7 4 2 9 5 1 7 4 1 3 5 9 6 8 2 2 9 5 1 6 8 4 7 3 5 8 2 4 9 3 1 6 7 4 1 9 6 2 7 5 3 8 3 7 6 8 1 5 2 9 4 9 5 7 2 8 1 3 4 6 8 2 4 9 3 6 7 1 5 1 6 3 5 7 4 8 2 9 8 Monday, November 20, 2017 MORGAN O’HANLON LIFE&ARTS EDITOR @thedailytexan Red River Rivalry comes to ‘The Price is Right’ TELEVISION Thanksgiving BY COLLYN BURKE L&A Reporter is a time for two things: family and football. With the fall holiday just around the corner, classic game show “The Price is Right” is combining the two with its college rivalries episode. “The Price is Right,” a game show in which contestants try to guess the price of retail items, is currently in its 46th season. The college rivalry epi- sode will air its Thanksgiving edition this coming Wednesday and will high- light the heated rivalry between UT and OU. In a statement released by the show, the network outlined the special epi- sode’s purpose: “We’re filling the audience with students and alumni from some of the biggest college rivals across the country. When contestants on stage lost their pricing game, the contestant from the rival school won $1,000.00.” For the special episode, the show filled its audience with students and alumni from various rivaling colleges. Vincent Winston, a 2010 OU grad and a chosen competitor for the show, at- tended the special taping which he was told about by the OU alumni chapter of Los Angeles. “I remember watching (The Price is Right) with my grandmother and great aunt as a kid,” Winston said. “It was actually one of those shows where the only time I was watching it was when I was in trouble or when I was home sick. It has a special place in my heart.” As a proud Sooner, Winston said he was elated to combine his school’s largest rivalry with the game show — although “rivalry” may be a bit of a stretch, considering one school is so clearly superior to the other. The Red River Rivalry has become an import- ant part of life for students and alum- ni at both schools. It is arguably one of the biggest games in the collegiate football calendar, and though it didn’t illustration by veronica jones| daily texan staff go well for the Longhorns this year, “The Price is Right” gives them anoth- er chance to prove that OU still sucks. “Being a part of ‘Price is Right’ and kind of putting those two things to- gether is this like awesome merger of two worlds that probably don’t cross over very often,” Winston said. Though unable to comment on the results of the competition until the show airs, Winston described the ex- perience as surreal. ALBUM REVIEW | ‘BLUE LIPS’ ALUMNA Tove Lo releases second part of two-piece concept album UT alumna discusses sexual harassment in ilm industry “Going to the show and being in the audience was unbelievable, it was just a feeling of absolute nostalgia mixed with kind of an excitement,” Win- ston said. “It was a place that you’ve seen on TV for 20-plus years and then you’re actually there.” Sara Hamilton-Ware also has fond childhood memories of the show. The wife of a UT alum and mem- ber of the LA Texas Exes chapter, Hamilton-Ware described getting chosen to compete on the show as a thrilling experience. “We were all hoping to get on there,” Hamilton-Ware said. “I got picked so it was pretty exciting.” According to Hamilton-Ware, in addition to the UT-OU rivalry, USC and Notre Dame were also chosen. At the taping, she said, each college was represented in the audience by its own squadron of students and alumni don- ing their school’s colors and gear. “It was such a great experience,” Hamilton-Ware said. “I mean just to spend it with our group and go up there, everybody’s school spirit was awesome.” Winston said being surrounded by school spirit was exciting, and he can even be seen enthusiastically jumping up and down in the promo video once he is called to “come on down!” “I was like, ‘Whoa, this is gonna be fun,’ because it’s been a while since I’ve been in that kind of environment,” Winston said. “It’s been a while since I’ve kind of been around alumni from other schools.” courtesy carolyn hudson, and reproduced with permission Carlyn Hudson, co-founder of Women in Cinema, discusses her experiences in the ilm industry amidst sexual scandals. and put my foot in the door,” Hudson said. “You deal with these awful people because you think that’s what you think have to do. I just thought, ‘Okay this is the industry, but he keeps giving me these big opportunities, so I’m not going to blow that.’” Many women who face this kind of behavior oten drop their line of work altogeth- er, but according to a study by UT-Arlington professor HARASSMENT page 5 By Pierson Hawkins L&A Reporter Year ater year at UT-Aus- tin, Carlyn Hudson watched as the number of female students in her radio-television-ilm classes declined, a problem that relects the ilm industry as a whole. Since the New Yorker’s ex- posé on Harvey Weinstein just one month ago, the num- ber of ilmmakers coming forward about their disturb- ing experiences with powerful players has grown from 13 to several thousand. Hudson, co-founder of the Women in Cinema student or- ganization and director of the 2016 SXSW selection “he Big Spoon,” has been vocal about her own experiences. She took to Facebook shortly ater the Weinstein article was pub- lished to express a similar encounter she had in her ear- ly 20s with a prominent pro- ducer. According to Hudson, the unnamed producer used his high position to abuse multiple women, causing herself to doubt the viability of her work as a woman. “I was desperate to have a career, make a name for myself By Chris Duncan L&A Reporter Sweden is known for many things, but the Scan- dinavian nation’s musical tradition centers around two tropes: electronic pop and in-your-face sexuali- ty. Standing at the helm of this is Ebba Nilsson. Known professionally as Tove Lo, Nilsson broke out into mainstream pop with her 2014 debut LP Queen of the Clouds, a re- cord focused on the differ- ent stages of a tumultuous relationship. What made Tove Lo so refreshing was her perspective on issues many pop artists avoid all together. Bringing a sense of reality to her music, Tove Lo focuses on down- to-earth perspectives simi- lar to the likes of The Knife and Bjork. With her next endeavor, Lady Wood, Tove Lo dove even further down the art/electropop lane, setting up for a two-album concept project, once again attempting to encapsulate the emotional turmoil of a relationship. Blue Lips, the newly released second half, brings both similar highs and lows of its pre- decessor to a generally en- tertaining but occasionally flawed experience. Compared to Tove Lo’s debut, Blue Lips is no- where near as commercial. This album’s title says a lot about its no-holds-barred content. The majority of this record is packed with scandalous R-rated depic- tions of drug binges, dras- tic love swings and a gen- eral desire for what can’t be had. “Disco Tits” does a fantastic job at capturing a passionate moment, us- ing erotic lyrics and a hard beat to bring about club vibes and a truly euphor- ic moment. Additionally, “Bitches” discusses lesbi- an love and crafts an ex- treme examination of the beauty of women in gen- eral, challenging listeners with the grittiest of details as to Tove Lo’s love life. She gets extremely blunt, saying she prefers when girls are as upfront with courtesy island records, and reproduced with permission her as possible rather than creating some kind of romantic hunt. Yet, for how often she discusses these moments and issues, Tove Lo nev- er states how all of these adventures pan out, and if she does it’s usually vague and dismissive. “Bitch- es” might do a fantastic job of capturing the ini- The individual tracks on Blue Lips practically sell themselves with catchy melodies and in- tense lyrics, but taken as a whole they fall short of Tove Lo’s lofty aspirations.” tial moment of lust, but Tove Lo goes nowhere with this moment, inten- some tionally kind of message or lesson from the brief anecdote. In an artsy-fartsy sense, this leaves much up for avoiding BLUE LIPS ARTIST: Tove Lo GENRE: Electropop SCORE: interpretation, but when Tove Lo is consistently leaving listeners with just pure moments rather than enduring memories, it’s hard to consider Blue Lips a true completion to the concept Lady Wood set up. Individually, most songs succeed with only an oc- casional song or two fail- ing to hit home, but their mileage will vary depend- ing on the listener. The half-hearted and lyrics synths on “Romantics” flew far foul, lacking the introspective moment the track desperately need- ed to succeed. Otherwise, Blue Lips is a confident collection of all plea- sure and little-substance dance-pop jams. All said and done, Blue Lips considered on its own is an exhilarating listen — something that’s expect- ed of Tove Lo this deep into her career. But, when considering its concept, it lacks a certain oomph that many of its predecessors delivered on. The indi- vidual tracks on Blue Lips practically sell themselves with catchy melodies and intense lyrics, but taken as a whole, they fall short of Tove Lo’s lofty aspirations.