@thedailytexan | thedailytexan.com MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018 volume 119, issue 69 serving the university of texas at austin community since 1900 N E W S O P I N I O N L I F E & A R T S Students attempting to live a zero-waste lifestyle share their experiences. PA G E 2 Students can benefit from be- ing open with each other about their stress. PA G E 4 LBJ animatronics bring new life to former president’s old stories. PA G E 8 S P O R T S Texas stays alive in Big 12 Championship race with home win on senior night. PA G E 6 1 U N I V E R S I T Y By Lisa Nhan @lmnhan24 Cumberland family requests investigation into deadly crash University confirms hazing allegations against Texas Cowboys. Texas Cowboys were previously suspended for five years in 1995 af- ter the University determined hazing occurred at the Cowboy’s initiation retreat earlier that year. During that year’s initiation retreat, then-pledge Gabe Higgins was found dead in the Colorado River near Bastrop with a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit for driving. statement to The Texan. “The Texas Cowboys have zero tolerance for haz- ing of any kind. After the investigation is complete, the Texas Cowboys will take any necessary actions to ensure a safe environment for current and future Cowboys.” The family of Nicholas Cumberland has asked for an investigation into alleged hazing at this year’s Texas Cowboys initiation retreat, accord- ing to a statement provided to The Daily Texan. This follows the death of their son from injuries sustained in a car crash returning from the retreat in the early morning hours of Sept. 30. The crash, which occurred at 5:43 a.m. an hour and a half northwest of Austin, was a result of the driver fall- ing asleep, according to the crash re- port. The driver, who is a new member of Texas Cowboys, did not respond to requests for comment. “Why was our son and a group of new Cowboy pledges permitted to de- part on a two and a half hour drive from a ranch back to Austin around 4 a.m. in the morning with zero sleep after a full day of initiation activities?” the statement said. Nicholas “Nicky” Cumberland spent four weeks on life support following the crash and his funeral was held on Nov. 3. Clio Harralson, Nicky’s girl- friend, said Nicky left for the retreat around 4 p.m. the day before the crash and told her he would return the next morning. The Cumberland family said they heard allegations of hazing following the crash and then shared “information and documents with the proper authorities,” according to the statement. University spokesman J.B. Bird the University recently confirmed received allegations of hazing connected to the accident but didn’t specify where the University received the information. “The University takes all accusa- tions of hazing seriously and investi- gates them as warranted,” Bird wrote in a statement given to the Texan. “We are evaluating how to proceed with the information we have at this time.” Texas Cowboys, a registered stu- dent organization best known for firing “Smokey the Cannon” at football games, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. In addition, The Texan reached out to four current members of the organization, who did not respond to requests for comment. However, the Texas Cowboys Alumni Association said it has launched an in- vestigation into the events of this year’s Cowboys initiation retreat. “The welfare and safety of its stu- dents is the first priority of the Texas Cowboys,” the association wrote in a The Cumberland family notes in the statement that Texas law and UT policy grant immunity to people who report hazing incidents. “Our family will have no sympathy for anyone who adopts or encourages a code of silence; however, based on the candid discussions and support we’ve had so far, we are confident that this will be an open, transparent and cathartic process,” the statement said. Harralson, Nicky’s girlfriend and a former Texan staffer, echoed the family’s sentiment. “We’re not trying to punish any- one,” said Harralson, a Plan II, man- information systems and agement business honors just want to find out what happened to the person we love.” junior. “We read To family statement www.dailytexanonline.com. the in Cumberland’s visit full, Morgan O’Hanlon and Meghan Nguyen contributed to this reporting. N A T I O N U N I V E R S I T Y FDA restricts flavored tobacco products to combat increase in smoking, appeal Betsy Devos proposes changes to Title IX rules By Meghan Nguyen @ultravioletmegs The U.S. Department of Edu- cation released a proposal Friday that would narrow the number of sexual assault cases schools must investigate and give the accused more rights. “The University is reviewing the Department of Education’s newly proposed rules and will communicate further with the UT-Austin community when we have a more complete under- standing of the implications for UT,” said Shilpa Bakre, UT’s Title IX communications strategist. Under Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ proposal, schools would investigate sexual assault and harassment only if the al- leged misconduct was reported to certain campus officials and only if it occurred on campus or other areas overseen by the school. Accused students would be given the right to review all evidence brought against them and the right to cross-examine their accusers. “This plan will not only dis- courage survivors … it will also limit the amount that universi- ties are held accountable,” said Tatum Zeko, president of UT’s chapter of Not On My Campus. “Taking away the ability to report to Title IX if an assault happens off campus is entirely detrimental to the campus climate. As some- one who has lived off-campus all four years of college … the stories that are told to me very rarely happen on campus. They happen at parties, on Sixth Street (and) trying to get home from parties.” Once finalized, the new pro- posal will carry the force of law and will be subject to pub- lic comment. The proposal would regulate Title IX, a fed- eral law that bars sex discrim- ination at schools that receive federal funding. The new proposal redefined sexual harassment as “unwel- come conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it denies a person access to the school’s education program or activity.” Previously, Obama-era guidelines defined harassment as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature.” The proposal also states the school must have “actual knowl- edge” of the allegations, mean- ing incidents must be reported to “an official with authority to take corrective action,” including the school’s Title IX coordinator. Currently at UT, faculty and staff are mandated to report known “incidents of alleged prohibited conduct,” according to UT’s Title IX website. Jess Davidson, executive di- rector of End Rape on Cam- pus, said DeVos’ proposed reg- ulations would significantly diminish protections for sexual assault survivors. “This is going to drastically limit sexual assault survivors’ T I T L E I X page 3 By Sami Sparber & Will Kosinski @samisparber @willkosinski In an effort to curb “astonish- ing” increases in smoking and vaping among young people, the Food and Drug Administra- tion announced Thursday a se- ries of restrictions on flavored tobacco products. The angency reported a 78 per- cent increase in e-cigarette use among high schoolers and a 48 percent increase among middle schoolers in 2017 to 2018. “These increases must stop,” FDA commissioner Scott Gottli- eb said in a statement. “Today, we advance our efforts to combat youth access and appeal with a policy framework that firmly and directly addresses the core of the epidemic — flavors.” The restrictions include a ban on menthol cigarettes, which are the only flavored cigarettes on the diane sun | the daily texan staff market and account for about one third of cigarette sales in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion. The agency also banned fla- vored cigars and is restricting in- store sales of flavored e-cigarette products, including Juul pods. Youth smokers are more likely to use menthol cigarettes than any other age group, Gottlieb said. “Young people who initiate J U U L page 2 2 C A M P U S C H A S E K A R A C O S T A S NEWS EDITOR @THEDAILYTEXAN UT students prioritize zero-waste living, habits By Bonny Chu @bbbonny_ Students often don’t have the time or energy to reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills due to busy schedules full of ac- jobs. ademics, However, this doesn’t apply to everyone. Certain students, such as art history junior Jordan Rit- ter, have been attempting to live a zero-waste lifestyle anyway. internships and “I’m just really concerned with the environment,” said Ritter, who went zero-waste six months ago. “I don’t think we need to be oc- cupying the amount of space that we do. I think of myself as being in this circle, a kind where we should all be working together to have a sustainable community.” Zero-waste students utilize a range of different methods to re- duce waste. For instance, they compost food scraps, carry their own containers to restaurants, make three-ingredient toothpaste and even gift holiday presents with coconut shells instead of wrapping paper. Tristine Lam, a student who went zero-waste over one year ago, said going green is not only better for the environment but teaches discipline as well. “It has to do with refusing,” marketing senior Lam said. “So you refuse a lot of consumerism that comes with everyday lives. I try not to order anything online to reduce carbon emissions, and not buying pre-packaged junk food is just good for your health.” Ritter said she agrees with Lam that zero-waste living benefits both the environment and the person participating. “A lot of commercial products By Chad Lyle @LyleChad Twenty-nine-year-old James Talarico, a UT alumnus, will be sworn in tomorrow afternoon as the youngest member of the Texas State Legislature. On Election Day, Talarico was one of a small number of Demo- crats to flip a seat formerly held by a Republican in the state legis- lature, after running a campaign centered around education poli- cy. Because he won both a special election and a normal election to fill the seat of retired Rep. Larry Gonzales, Talarico will be sworn in immediately. Talarico said Gonzales’ retire- ment after representing District 52 spurred his decision to run. “Rep. Gonzales was a Republi- can, but he was one of these folks who could work across the aisle and build bridges,” Talarico said. “When he said he was done, I was worried about who would take his seat. That’s when I decided that I should step up and try to carry on his legacy.” Talarico majored in government and was heavily involved in extra- curriculars while at UT, serving as the University Democrats president and executive director of Student Government. 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Entire contents copyright 2018 Texas Student Media. Marketing senior Tristine Lam became zero-waste over a year ago and says that going green has taught her discipline. Lam said that society should start normalizing sustainable practices to make it more accessible. elizabeth garabedian | the daily texan staff like soap are full of toxins,” Rit- ter said. “You shouldn’t use these products because your body adapts to it and becomes more dependent on it, too.” While Ritter and Lam are already accustomed to a zero-waste routine, Lam said society has to be more accepting and accommodating to sustainable practices. “We have to start normalizing concepts like bringing your own containers to ice cream parlors so others are encouraged to do the same,” Lam said. “It’s also not as accessible as it should be. There’s not enough restaurants that have caught on to being more sustainable.” Elizabeth Schasel, a Plan II and marking senior who went ze- ro-waste nine months ago, said re- ducing waste is not as difficult or time consuming as people think. “It’s just a matter of swapping routines,” Schasel said. “It’s noth- ing that I have to change my dai- ly habits so much as switch the products that I use.” However, Ritter said some peo- ple have difficulty pursuing this lifestyle, especially during the transitional period. “It can be super sad,” Ritter said. “It’s really easy to get down on yourself for not doing enough or doing it right. We’re taught and conditioned all of our lives to live a certain way.” said there Ritter But if people try to go ze- ro-waste, they shouldn’t be discouraged because sometimes is no better option and people make mistakes. “The thing I really like about the zero-waste community is that ev- eryone’s pretty nice and everyone realizes that we’re not all perfect,” Ritter said. “Taking the time and being kind to yourself as you’re transitioning into this new way of life is important. You can start one thing at a time.” S T A T E UT alumnus youngest member of state legislature at 29 campaign, said his background as a public school teacher made him an attractive candidate. “If you’re trying to make deci- sions about public education, it’s very helpful to have a public school teacher,” Bhalla said. Talarico said fixing Texas’ educa- tion system was the “north star” of his candidacy. “Education policy is obviously my passion … and education poli- cy is determined in large part at a state level,” Talarico said. “If I was going to run for anything, it was going to be for the State House where so much education policy is crafted.” Issues such as public education can appeal to people across the political spectrum, said Tasnim Islam, a public health and Plan II freshman who volunteered for the Talarico campaign. “I think a lot of Republicans saw that he had good policies regarding the public education system and health care and saw someone that they related to,” Islam said. Talarico attributed his success in this race to having a clear vision and a simple message, and suggest- ed others considering a political career do the same. “For folks who are looking to run for office, I think they really need ‘why,’” Talarico to examine the said. “It’s a lot of work, you get a lot of criticism … and the only way to work through that is if you clearly and firmly understand why you’re doing it.” copyright james talarico campaign, and reproduced with permission James Talarico is a 29-year-old UT graduate who is about to become Texas’ youngest lawmaker. students to vote during the 2008 and 2010 elections. After graduating from UT in 2011, Talarico joined Teach for America and moved to San Antonio to teach sixth-grade students on the city’s west side. “I usually tell people that teach- ing middle school is the best preparation for Texas politics you could have,” Talarico said. “If you can handle the drama of a middle school classroom, you can cer- tainly handle the drama at the state capitol.” Talarico left his teaching po- sition to complete a master’s in education policy at Harvard. Gov- ernment senior Rachel Bhalla, a field organizer for Talarico’s j u u l continues from page 1 tobacco use are more likely to initiate with flavored prod- ucts,” said Alexandra Lou- kas, principal investigator of UT’s Tobacco Research and Evaluation Team. “Flavor masks the taste of tobacco, which is why young people initiate with menthols over non-flavored cigarettes.” Loukas said the restric- tions will hopefully lead to decreased tobacco use among young people. “It’s likely that young people will not continue using tobacco products un- less they are addicted to them,” Loukas said. “We conducted a study where we asked young people if they would continue using tobacco products if they were not flavored, and the overwhelming majority said they would not.” In the study, conducted last year by Loukas and oth- er UTHealth researchers, three-fourths of young us- ers said they would no lon- ger use the product if it was not flavored. Sohil Maknojia, manag- er of Nueces Mart in West Campus, said the ban on menthols and flavored ci- gars is not likely to influ- ence the store’s sales since the majority of its tobac- co sales comes from other flavored products, such as Flavor masks the taste of to- bacco, which is why young peo- ple initiate with menthols over non-flavored cigarettes.” A L E X A N D R A L O U K A S PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF UT’’S TOBACCO RESEARCH Juul pods. “Before Juul came, to- bacco sales were really low; not even five percent of our sales,” Maknojia said. “(Juul) definitely caused an uptick in tobacco-relat- ed sales but mostly for Juul products. Now, there’s a constant stream of UT stu- dents who come and buy Juul pods.” The agency’s restrictions don’t ban flavored e-cig- arette products in stores, but Juul Labs announced on Nov. 13 they stopped ac- cepting retail orders for its flavored pods, except for mint, menthol and tobacco. The FDA said it will allow stores to continue selling flavored e-cigarette prod- ucts, but only from closed off-areas that are inaccessi- ble to minors. It is already illegal in the U.S. to sell cig- arettes and e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. Loukas said the restric- tions will likely be con- tested by tobacco compa- nies and could take years to implement. “Big Tobacco companies will fight the FDA every step of the way,” Loukas said. “It will be interesting to see if, in the time before these policies go into effect, tobacco companies will in- novate some way to come up with a product that still had flavors and could get around the regulations to maintain their business.” W&N 3 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018 3 S T A T E A L U M N I Bus service expands to Texas for Thanksgiving copyright catherine kadar, and reproduced with permission OurBus, a New York based tech company, will expand bus services to Texas for Thanksgiv- ing break. OurBus will run from Nov. 20 to 25 for benefit of students. By Nicole Stuessy @nicolestuessy ith Thanksgiving break coming up, students many without cars rely on public transportation to get home for the holiday. OurBus, a technology company based out of New York, will ex- pand its bus service to Aus- tin and other cities across Texas and Oklahoma from Nov. 20 to 25, during peak Thanksgiving travel time. The routes temporary will run in Austin, College Station, Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma City. OurBus co-founder Axel Hellman said the company plans to add more consistent routes in Texas after receiving rider feedback. “The purpose of us run- ning it for Thanksgiving is so that we can start getting requests from people in re- gards to what kinds of des- tinations they want,” Hell- man said. “We typically use crowdsourcing and listen to the customers’ suggestions.” The company current- ly provides bus service in the northeastern U.S. and Florida and wanted to add service in Texas during the winter because there aren’t many current options for long-distance ground travel, Hellman said. “We just think there is a need for something that is ground transportation that isn’t Greyhound but is cheap- er than flying,” Hellman said. “Texas is a place that does not have many ground travel op- tions for long distance, other than driving.” Hellman said because OurBus utilizes a network of local charter buses, the company is able to add more routes to keep prices be- tween $10 and $30 and has greater control over quality assurance on buses. “Companies like Megabus only have so many buses and can’t add any more services, so they just raise their pric- es,” Hellman said. “Because we are a network company, we have that ability to be more flexible and we don’t have any huge upfront costs of starting a service.” OurBus targets college towns because fewer stu- dents bring cars with them to school than they have in the past, Hellman said. “Since I don’t have a car here, I don’t want my mom to have to drive all the way from San Antonio to come and get me,” political communica- tions sophomore Guiseppa DiDomenico said. “It’s just pretty convenient for me to take a Megabus home and it’s always been safe.” Undeclared freshman Liza Nemirovski said she has seen prices double or triple for Megabus around Thanksgiving break. “I went home early and left Saturday, but for Tues- day, Megabus tickets are al- ready over $50,” Nemirovski said. “I think more students would definitely use a service like OurBus.” Poet, UT alumna returns to UT to share new book on poetry, prose By Tehreem Shahab @turhem In the dim light of local bookstore Malvern Books, UT-Austin alumna Sara Bawany uttered a quick prayer before reading a poem from her newly pub- lished book of poetry and prose, “(w)holehearted.” After reading one poem, Bawany told the crowd of about 20 people that the poem represented the fear she felt after the 2016 gen- eral election as a Muslim woman of color who wore a hijab. “It was kind of my way of reassuring myself through all the fear I felt,” Bawa- ny said. “Unfortunately, it seems like history is always repeating itself as much as we pretend it won’t, but there is always some good that we can try to find in ourselves and put out in the world as much as we can.” The reading and book launch was hosted by Austin’s branch of the Council on American-Is- lamic Relations, a national civil rights organization. Maira Sheikh, exec- utive director of CAIR’s Austin branch, said the event was part of CAIR’s efforts to give a platform to diverse voices from Muslim communities. “I wanted to create op- portunities for people to understand that the Muslim identity is a dynamic one,” Sheikh said. “You have peo- ple that are authors, that are athletes, you have all kinds of different represen- tation from this religious group and we’re not some sort of uniform identity.” Social worker Bawa- ny said she began actively writing at 15 years old be- cause it was a good coping mechanism for struggles she faced. After she be- gan sharing her poetry she said she realized how many people related to her. “That’s when I realized that by writing this stuff out, I was helping people feel less alone,” Bawany said. “And that made it so much bigger than me, which is why I wanted to share it.” “(w)holehearted” con- tains poetry about a variety of topics such as spirituali- ty, mental health, feminism and domestic violence. Bawany said while a lot of her poems tie into her iden- tity as a Pakistani-Ameri- can, Muslim woman, they are not targeted toward a specific identity. Aissata N’Diaye, econom- ics senior at St. Edward’s University, said Bawany’s poetry addressed certain topics that go unnoticed in the Muslim community. “She talks about many taboo subjects or subjects that are uncomfortable to talk about in the Mus- lim community for sure,” N’Diaye said. “It’s kind of refreshing because as a Muslim person it’s like, ‘It’s okay if I feel this way, I’m not alone.’” UT alumna Sara Bawany speaks about her newly published book “(w)holehearted” at Mal- vern Books on Saturday night. Bawany said that she began writing as a coping mechanism for struggles she faced. bithia dantoumda | the daily texan staff Now you don’t have to be a finance major to save serious moolah. Venmo Goods Apply for the Venmo Mastercard® and you could save on your fave stuff near campus. emma overholt | the daily texan staff t i t l e i x continues from page 1 ability to get help, since college students will have to go to a high-ranking university official such as a Title IX Coordinator or the Dean of Students rather than going to some- one that they trust, such as a mentor or a coach,” Davidson said. Sage Carson, manag- er of political advocacy group Know Your IX, said students, survivors and advocates around the na- tion have an opportunity to fight DeVos’ proposal because it does not yet have the force of law. “Before the proposed rule becomes law, stu- dents and allies can submit through our comments website,” Carson said. “These comments will go to the Department of Ed- ucation, which has an ob- ligation to respond to all comments. It is extremely essential that students and survivors engage in this notice-and-comment pro- cess, and also show wide outrage at the continuous attacks on Title IX.” VenmoGoods.com Card is issued by The Bancorp Bank; Member FDIC, pursuant to license by Mastercard International Incorporated. Card may be used everywhere Mastercard is accepted in the U.S. Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Venmo is a service of PayPal, Inc., and all money transmission is provided under PayPal licenses. NMLS ID #910457. 4 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018 L I Z A A N D E R S O N EDITOR-IN-CHIEF @TEXANOPINION C O L U M N alexandra vanderhider | the daily texan staff Student organizations shouldn’t need UT’s permission to invite guest speakers By Sam Groves Columnist When stern-faced pundits warn of a free speech crisis on college campuses, there’s usually good reason to be skeptical. As I’ve written before, students have an unprece- dented level of access to platforms where they can both express their own views and con- sume the views of others. Seriously, it’s nev- er been harder to shut up — or to ignore the constant cacophony of the #discourse. That being said, I think it’s important to be vigilant against threats toward honest and open expression — no, not from impas- sioned protesters calling BS on faithless toxic grandstanding, but from the institutions that actually have power over our lives. That’s why I was concerned to read about the Universi- ty’s recent decision to start enforcing a policy that requires student organizations to obtain permission before hosting guest speakers on campus. As it turns out, the policy is far less heavy-handed than it sounds. Nevertheless, enforcing it on all student organizations plac- es an unnecessary burden on the vast ma- jority of groups that are unlikely to require guidance from UT officials. This decision addresses a real problem, but in doing so it creates a bigger problem. I should make one thing clear: the University’s guest speaker policy is con- tent-neutral. “The University is not in the business of accepting or rejecting speakers based on their points of view, and we never will be,” said UT spokesman J.B. Bird. “That goes against the spirit of academic freedom, and it goes against the high value we place on freedom of speech.” Instead, the policy exists to ensure that student organizations give due consider- ation to safety and logistics before inviting speakers. “We want to have advance notice so that we’re prepared when speakers come,” Bird said. “The University is always going to plan for the safety of people participating in an event.” On the other hand, there’s a reason the policy is being enforced now. “Many on-campus activists feel that the Universi- ty was purposely targeting political events that might occur during this election sea- son,” said University Democrats president Andrew Herrera. Meanwhile, Bird cited recent events, such as the violence in Char- lottesville and “riots that took place on some other universities around the country over the last year and a half,” as catalysts for the administration’s new approach. “We’ve seen that atmospheres that turn vi- olent often make it impossible to have a free exchange of ideas, and so we want to make sure we’re creating an atmosphere that’s conducive to freedom of speech,” Bird said. “Enforcing the rules that we have on the books about getting advance permis- sion allows us to do that in a way that’s content-neutral and always will be.” But there are only a handful of organiza- tions on campus that would plausibly invite speakers that present security concerns. Sure, there are organizations like the UT chapter of Turning Point USA, which has hosted two controversial speakers on campus in the past month, incurring protests on both occasions. But there’s also, like, the Beekeeping Society. Should we really complicate things for the latter on behalf of the former? “I believe that registered student organiza- tions should be trusted to make responsible decisions about who they bring to campus,” Herrera said. “Reporting these things is a bureaucratic necessity, but seeking approval comes off as UT policing every aspect of how we want to enrich the student body.” The solution here is not to enforce this rule exclusively on potentially problematic orga- nizations. This would be neither equitable nor fair. Instead, Herrera’s distinction be- tween reporting and seeking approval proves crucial. UT officials can reasonably expect to be informed of who’s going to be on campus, but they should nix the permission process. By trusting students, the administration can offer more freedom to students without compromising safety. Groves is a philosophy senior from Dallas. C O L U M N You can find comfort in admitting you can barely stay afloat By Kateri David Columnist If you’re a struggling UT student, talking with your anxious peers mere minutes before an exam isn’t the best way to alleviate your worries: There will always be someone who claims to feel completely prepared, having pulled off a string of night-long study binges. Almost half of all Longhorns feel overwhelmed by their workloads. An additional half said they feel exhausted for reasons other than physical activity. Still, it’s easy to feel that everyone else is doing fine. This feeling is so common within cam- pus communities, in fact, that it has even become an informal mental health diag- nosis. Duck syndrome refers to the per- ception of everyone else managing their social and academic lives with ease while you feel that you’re barely staying afloat. It is represented in the way ducks appear to be effortlessly gliding despite their frantic paddling below the surface. On campus, duck syndrome overlaps with our stress culture to form the percep- tion that we’re never quite good enough — that we should be taking further mea- sures to succeed, even to the detriment of our well-being. To alleviate some of this anxiety, students should be honest with their peers about the difficulties of college academics. “In early morning classes, you’ll im- mediately get someone who comes in and talks about how tired they are because they were studying so hard and only got three hours of sleep,” said astronomy ju- nior Thomas Seive. “If you were spending that time sleeping or doing other things, it definitely makes you feel inadequate in a way.” Where boasting only results in psyching each other out, talk of shared strife helps students to realize they aren’t alone.” Seive said he’s noticed a lot of high-achieving students feel the need to show how well they can perform with so little sleep. Although it’s likely these stu- dents boast to acknowledge their efforts, feigning stability in a college setting is unhealthy and can cause students to feel as though they need to adopt extreme habits, even if they were secure in their abilities beforehand. Biology sophomore Krystal Virk said a similar dialogue takes place in class group messages the night before an exam. She said when students would talk about how they were still studying at 5 a.m., she would begin to wonder if the students knew something that she didn’t and felt the need to push herself further as a result. “I feel like it’s the same way when you’re talking about school and grades in general with people,” Virk said. “They just try to one-up you.” Instead of boasting their efforts and disguising their struggles, students should be candid with their peers about the aca- demic difficulties they’re facing. “When people admit to working hard on things, it does make a kind of bond,” Seive said. “Like, we’re both in this boat together, and we’re working hard and we’re achieving similar goals.” Where boasting only results in psych- ing each other out, talk of shared strife helps students to realize they aren’t alone. When your classmate becomes someone you’re working hard alongside, you no longer feel the need to outdo them. In discussing academics with each other, students need to be honest about their struggles. Not only will this lift the pressure of having to do everything effort- lessly, but we can also turn our mindset of competition into collaboration. David is a rhetoric and writing sophomore from Allen. alexandra vanderhider | the daily texan staff 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. CLASS 5 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018 5 H E A L T H C A M P U S Childhood lack of healthcare access hurts current students Anti-Semitic incident on campus contributes to rising intolerance and the kind of inclusive, wel- coming environment we want for all of our students.” Stern said the office con- tacted her to set up a meeting and to ensure her stability. Across the country, the An- ti-Defamation League (ADL) found a 60 percent increase in anti-Semitism their 2017 audit. in “The sharp rise, reported in ADL’s Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, was in part due to a significant increase in inci- dents in schools and on college campuses,” the report says. “There were 1,986 anti-Semitic incidents reported across the United States in 2017.” The report said every state reported at least one incident for the first time since 2007. It also includes a recommen- dation for universities to not only train faculty to respond to hate crimes, but to foster campuses that strike a bal- ance of acceptance and con- structive conversations. Dr. Leonard N. Moore, vice president for Diversity and Community Engagement and history professor, said the best place to facilitate such conver- sations is in the classroom. He said UT could potentially en- sure broader awareness with each class of students by re- quiring first-year students to take diversity courses. “What typically happens is we mobilize after an incident and then when the incident is over, people think things are OK again,” Moore said. “But (mobilization) should be on- going. We have to be willing to have uncomfortable conversa- tions when there is no conflict on the table.” Stern said the only posi- tive result that could come is an from this understanding of what words, phrases and symbols offend Jews. incident “I’m not turning a blind eye,” Stern said. “I want kids to start learning about this.” By Francesca D’Annunzio @ftcdnz Editor’s Note: Connor Smith is a pseudonym. The student’s real name to protect is concealed their privacy. insurance. By Connor Smith was a freshman in high school when his family lost their ju- health nior year, his mental health had deteriorated. Due to his family’s inability to pay for health services, he be- gan to self-medicate using Xanax purchased off the black market. At the time, he thought this was his only realistic option. When he came to college, Smith continued without health insurance for more than two years. According to Lookout Mountain Group, a non- partisan collection of col- lege health professionals and experts in healthcare reform, col- the US lege students do not have health insur- ance — about 10 percent of undergraduate students. 1.7 million in this issue UT offers resources to that combat low-income students face. Appointments at Univer- sity Health Services are $10, even for those without health insurance. Terry Weaver, chief of Pharmacy Services at For- ty Acres Pharmacy, said UT tries to offer discounts how- ever they can to students without health insurance. Weaver also said the generic brand of Xanax, called alpra- zolam, is fairly affordable at the pharmacy. “When they’re saying they had to resort to purchasing it off the street, that sounds like more of an issue of ac- cess to healthcare,” Weav- er said. “Our regular price is $18 for thirty pills and there’s no way that you’re going to find someone sell- ing them for that price on the diane sun | the daily texan staff black market.” The pharmacy’s price is less than what Smith said he was paying for his illegally obtained Xanax. The Forty Acres Pharma- cy legally offers what Smith needed at a cheaper price, but Weaver and Smith say the issue of access to health care is complex. “When you come from a background of not being in the habit of reaching out or accessing health resources, that (makes) it a little hard- er to reach out for help,” Smith said. Smith said he had been so accustomed to not going to the doctor as a kid that he did not think to dig around to see what resources UT might of- fer. He assumed there would not be realistic, affordable options for him. “At the time it was just easy for me to buy Xanax,” Smith said. In an email, Michael Hole, assistant professor of Pediatrics, Population Health and Public Policy, said the current US healthcare sys- low-income tem Americans from accessing necessary care. impedes “There are some options, albeit few, for uninsured patients who cannot afford health care or medicines,” Hole said. “Too many Amer- icans, fettered by their abili- ty to pay, lack access to good primary care.” Smith said UHS has done what they could to help him when he did not have health insurance. Ultimately, a great part of the problem was as- suming he would not be able to access the necessary health services because they had been unobtainable for so much of his life. “I had no idea you could get Xanax for that cheap,” Smith said. “I assumed that if STD testing was expensive (for me), then mental health medication would (also) be expensive.” By Libby Cohen @LibbyCohen211 11 Last month, Jew- ish-Americans were murdered in the most deadly attack on Jews in United States history. Still trying to understand why anti-Semitism remains prev- alent, government freshman Julia Stern never thought she would be a victim of this ha- tred, until she was. On Nov. 8, Stern returned from classes to her off-campus apartment where she and her three Jewish roommates live. She found a swastika, the em- blem used by Nazi Germany, drawn on the dry erase board hung on their door. As a mem- ber of the Jewish community, Stern understood the severity of the incident and took action by reporting it to the Office of the Dean of Students, the Di- vision of Diversity and Com- munity Engagement and the Austin Police Department. is Kristallnacht, “Nov. 9 when people in Germany burned down and put swasti- kas on Jewish businesses. What was that, 50 years ago? And it’s still happening?” Stern said. Brooke Hackel, human development and family sci- ences freshman as well as Stern’s roommate, said she was shocked that more an- ti-Semitism resulted from the shooting weeks before. “When these things keep hap- pening, it creates an environ- ment that is scary,” Hackel said. The Office of the Dean of Students provides resources to affected students and ex- amines reported cases to de- termine disciplinary action. Due to federal privacy laws, Sara Kennedy, director of Strategic and Executive Com- munications, was unable to give specifics on the ongoing case but did confirm the office is looking into the incident. “As an office and as a uni- versity, (we) are deeply dis- tressed by this,” Kennedy said. “(It) runs counter to the values of the University as an institution, who we want to be jeb milling | the daily texan staff GET SOCIAL WITH TSM KVRX.ORG Facebook at kvrxaustin Texas Student Media will keep you connected with daily links to the news, sports and culture stories shaping the UT community. digest.texasstudentmedia.com DAILYTEXANONLINE.COM Facebook at dailytexan Twitter @thedailytexan CACTUSYEARBOOK.COM { www.arborcarwash.com www.arborcarwash.com OFFER VALID AT ANY LOCATION. OFFER VALID AT ANY LOCATION. DT8L DT5W ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. 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Reduce • Reuse • Recycle UT STUDENTS!THE BIG TICKETMORE THAN JUST A TICKET.Football’s six-game home season might be over, but The Big Ticket still gets you access to basketball, baseball, softball, and Texas Relays! 100 games and me100 games and meets for only $175!TexasSports.com/BigTicketFRIDAY, NOV. 30 | 6 P.M.MEN’S BASKETBALLVS. RADFORDFRANK ERWIN CENTERWOMEN’S BASKETBALLFRANK ERWIN CENTERWEDNESDAY, NOV. 28vs. UTSA at 11 a.m.SUNDAY, DEC. 2vs. Mississippi State at 1 p.m.SATURDAY, NOV. 24 | 1 P.M.VOLLEYBALLVS. WEST VIRGINIAGREGORY GYM• Senior Day!• Last regular-season home match!THIS WEEK IN TEXAS ATHLETICS 6 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018 A L E X B R I S E Ñ O & R O S S B U R K H A R T SPORTS EDITORS @TEXANSPORTS 6 COMICS F O O T B A L L Texas seniors Andrew Beck and Breckyn Hager hug and congratulate each other following the Longhorns’ 24-10 victory over Iowa State. If the Longhorns defeat Kansas next Friday, they will clinch a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game on Dec. 1, 2018 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas. angela wang | the daily texan staff Buechele leads Senior Night win Texas’ Big 12 Championship Game hopes stay alive with anoth- er top-25 victory at home. By Alex Briseño @AlexxBriseno exas players gathered around head coach Tom Herman right before they made their way back to the locker room for final pregame preparations. Moments before the Longhorns could break the huddle and head down the tunnel, though, eyes shifted to the jumbotron inside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The 56-foot-by-135-foot screen was illumi- nated with the final play of the Oklahoma State vs. No. 9 West Virginia game. And once the Mountaineers, who sat in first place in the Big 12, were upset by Okla- homa State, the Longhorn faithful erupted. Texas players also reacted, knowing they were back in position to reach the Big 12 Championship. But talking about the big picture is the last thing Herman wanted to do with the matchup against Iowa State minutes away. “I’ve got to talk to our video board oper- ator about that, doing that right during pre- game. That was tough to wrangle our guys in and focus on pregame,” Herman said. “You talk about not worrying about the big pic- ture and there it is in frigging high definition right there in front of you.” As much as the coaches and players avoid discussing the big picture, the winner of the No. 15 Texas vs. No. 16 Iowa State matchup would have the best shot at reaching the Big 12 Championship as a result of the Oklaho- ma State upset. All of a sudden, Senior Night wasn’t the biggest storyline of the night. “Right when I turned around and saw the implications of our future, I realized Se- nior Night can wait,” defensive end Breckyn Hager said on the Longhorn Network after the game. “It can wait five years from now. I don’t care for this memory in the moment because I have to beat Iowa State.” The energy level in DKR rose the second Texas realized it controlled its own destiny, and the 102,498 fans in attendance never let it waver en route to a 24-10 victory over the Cyclones for the Longhorns’ first victory on Senior Night since 2013. The only moment of uncertainty came in the second quarter when quarterback Sam Ehlinger took a massive blow to his throw- ing shoulder, the same shoulder he injured against Baylor earlier this year. Ehlinger, who finished the first half 12- for-15 for 137 yards and two total touch- downs, left the game moments before Texas took a 17-3 lead going into halftime and nev- er returned. Herman said the sophomore quarterback sustained an AC contusion but clarified it is different from the AC sprain he suffered earlier in the year. “The X-rays were negative for a fracture, and we’re going to get a MRI tomorrow to assess where we go from there,” Her- man said. “But he came up to me and said, ‘Coach, I can go. I can run, I can take a hit.” Ehlinger was restricted to the sideline, but backup quarterback Shane Buechele didn’t miss a beat. The junior quarter- back went 10-for-10, including a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey, which was just one of Humphrey’s seven receptions. Lil’Jordan’s 86-yard performance al- lowed him to become just the ninth player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark. “That dude is a superhero,” running back Tre Watson said. “His game speaks for itself. It’s a blessing to have somebody like that. Being able to see it in person is crazy. You don’t realize how good he re- ally is until you’re out there and you’re like, ‘Whoa, this guy is a grown man among kids.’” The 24-3 lead proved to be insurmount- able as the Longhorns now sit one win away from a trip to the Big 12 Championship. After the game, players gave shoutouts to Oklahoma State, but for now, they’re fo- cusing on the one thing standing between Texas and a shot at a conference title: a trip to Lawrence, Kansas, for a matchup with Kansas. “We’ve gotta focus on Kansas,” Watson said. “We don’t want to get too caught up in all the future stuff. We really want to fo- cus on right now … We’ve put ourselves in position to have a shot. We’ve gotta finish the journey.” B A S K E T B A L L | T E X A S 9 7 - 6 9 T H E C I T A D E L C R O S S C O U N T R Y Texas dominates The Citadel NCAA Tournament showing proves Texas is on right path By Steve Helwick @S_Helwick Sluggish starts aren’t the new flavor at the Frank Erwin Center, but strong finishes aren’t either. During each home game of this young season, the team has battled neck-and-neck with the visitor in first halves before abruptly pulling away with double-digit victories. Episode III of the recurring result aired Friday night, resulting in a 97-69 Texas triumph over The Citadel. “With our defense and perseverance, we always stick together,” shooting guard Kerwin Roach II said after the win. “When we’re the better team, it’s going to show at the end of the game.” Trailing 16-12, the size-ad- vantaged Longhorns began corralling offensive rebounds and cashing checks in the form of high-percentage buckets. In the first nine minutes, Texas grabbed eight offensive boards and scored 14 points in the paint, despite missing all eight 3-point tries. Once the Longhorns adapted to their strengths, the other facets of the game adapted to them. “I thought they won the game in the first half with the way they defended and the way they focused on our plan,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “I thought our guys stayed neutral in their thinking, didn’t get down, didn’t lose fo- cus of the details and process that we want to follow.” Elijah Mitrou-Long ended the schneid by sinking the team’s first three, and one possession later, Matt Cole- man III swished a triple from the opposite wing. The pace picked up, and The Citadel struggled to defend in transi- tion while consistently resort- ing to turnovers offensively. When the Bulldogs scored their next points, the deed was already done as Texas secured a 28-16 lead in the form of a 16-0 run. “That’s a great term to use for (Mitrou-Long) — catalyst. Because that’s what we need him to be for our team.” Smart said. “Eli’s a guy who’s very, very emotional and when he can channel that in the right way, it’s huge for our team.” Besides bullying the Bull- dogs down low, Texas exerted plenty of damage by simply holding onto the basketball. It wasn’t until over 13 minutes passed when the Longhorns committed their first turnover. At the same point, The Cita- del produced eight giveaways, decidedly losing the turnover battle, 20-7. Outside of the consecutive threes to spark Texas’ defining run, three-point shooting remained abysmal before the break. Smart’s team entered halftime connecting on just two of 20 threes. But shooting guard Jase Febres ensured the team would escape the valley, acing a pair of threes in the opening minutes of the second half. “Coming off the bench, I could see who’s hot or not,” Mitrou-Long said. “The first shot Jase took was a three and he hit it. So, I knew when I came in the game I was going to find him. And I remember seeing Courtney (Ramey) on the wing on the right side, and I knew I was going to engage my guy and try to get him open because he was gonna ryan lam | the daily texan staff Texas junior guard Elijah Mitrou-Long attempts a shot near the basket during the Longhorns’ 97-69 victory over The Citadel on Friday, Nov. 16. flame it in.” The shots started falling and Texas transformed into a lethal offensive machine, sinking 10 of 22 three point attempts in the second half to lead by as many as 31. A notable milestone was achieved on one of these threes when Roach became the 37th Longhorn to register 1,000 career points on a triple in the final minutes. “Being here at (Texas) and just getting 1,000 points and getting my name in the record book is amazing,” said Roach, who scored a team-high 15. “I was getting frustrated when the shots weren’t falling, but I stayed with the process and kept shooting the open shots I always practice.” Propelled by a balanced scoring effort which featured five Longhorns in double-fig- ures, Texas leaps to a 4–0 start for the second-straight year. Texas, undefeated away from home this season, awaits its greatest challenge of the year on Thanksgiving Day, with a battle in Las Vegas against No. 7 North Carolina. By Brooke Nevins @Brooke_Nevins The 2018 Texas Cross Country season concluded Saturday at the NCAA Cross Country National Cham- pionships meet held at the Thomas Zimmer Champi- onship Course in Madison, Wisconsin. The Longhorn men finished 27th overall, and for the second consec- utive season, the women placed 31st. The Longhorns traveled to Madison coming off a strong performance last weekend at the NCAA South Central Regional meet, where both teams placed second to qualify for Saturday’s race. It was the women’s sixth appearance in 15 seasons and the men’s 10th consec- utive time to qualify for the national meet. Despite less-than-desir- able finishes at nationals, coach women’s distance PattiSue Plumer believes the program is headed in the right direction. Country this “We were proud to once for NCAA again qualify Cham- Cross year,” pionships Plumer “Although today didn’t go as we had hoped, qualifying for this meet is the positive that we will from this season.” take away said. Alex Cruz led the wom- en for the first time this season with a time of 21:36.09. Coming in sec- ond for the Longhorns was Destiny Collins with a time of 21:46.55, while Madeline Vondra finished third. According to Plumer, the women started well, temperatures but chilling and a snowy course caused issues the race continued. for Texas as “We were right where to be early we wanted on, but we were not pre- for pared the cold and snowy conditions, which kicked our butt as the meet went along,” Plumer said. “We’ll move forward and get ready for indoor track season now.” In his last cross country race competing for Texas, Alex Rogers led the Long- horn men with a time of 30:32.53 to their best Na- tional Championship finish since 2014. Following close- ly behind was John Rice with a time of 30:46.74, with Sam Worley placing third. Rounding out Texas’ top five were Jake Johnson and Garek Bielaczyc. was Men’s distance coach said the Pete Watson team aggressive early but faded late into the race, and that while the top runners ran well, the men struggled to be competitive overall. According to Watson, the team has had “massive is- sues at (position) five” this season, and Saturday was no exception. Still, he knows what the Longhorns are capable of. “We are trying to turn this program around and some- times it can be difficult to erase the memories of past failures,” Watson said. “I need to make sure these boys are prepared physically and emotionally and can start to believe that Texas Cross Country can compete with the best.” The indoor season will commence at the Reveille Invitational in College Sta- tion on Dec. 8. carlos garcia| the daily texan file Texas sophomore Sam Worley and senior Alex Rogers compete in the Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. 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By Landry Allred @l2ndry n the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, visitors expect to see artifacts, letters and even photos of the 36th president himself. How- ever, few expect to see him practically in the flesh. Since 1997, the library has housed an animatronic LBJ that moves, blinks and tells anec- dotes from his dinner parties or events. To this day, it still amaz- es visitors and paves the way for a new kind of learning. The Sally Corporation, an an- imatronic manufacturing com- pany based in Florida, original- ly built the animatronic LBJ for the Neiman Marcus Dallas loca- tion. Anne Wheeler, the library’s communication director, said after the library received the an- imatronic from Neiman Marcus, the corporation reprogrammed it. For a while, the animatron- ic wore western attire but was later re-designed in 2012 to re- semble the presidential look he has now. Michael MacDonald, the li- brary’s deputy director, said some regular visitors claimed they liked the cowboy LBJ bet- ter than his presidential side, but for the most part, they enjoyed either. “(The animatronic is) still one of our more popular at- tractions within the museum,” Visitors to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library watch as the robotic president tells a few jokes on Saturday. The animatronic LBJ has been housed at the library since 1997. nikita sveshnikov | the daily texan staff MacDonald “Whether said. he’s behind a fence or behind a podium, people still love it.” Since its installation, Mac- Donald said the animatronic displays the president’s sense of humor and shows the real man behind his rigid persona. “The LBJ I grew up with was a very stiff person with little emotion,” MacDonald said. “But (with) the humor that he displays through the anima- tronic, people see a completely different, unknown side of him.” The animatronic tells five sto- ries, which are each accompa- nied by a recorded laugh track from when he originally told the stories. Its realism frightens visitors, as many of them audi- bly gasp or remark the anima- tronic’s eerie aura upon first viewing the figure. Shelby Bier, who visited the library with her bachelorette party in March, said she vivid- ly remembers how lifelike the animatronic seemed. “Even though it’s a robot, you still feel an aura of greatness about the person the robot is portraying,” Bier said. “I was only there briefly in front of the animatronic, (but) I felt that way in its presence.” Another visitor from Chica- go, Pat Mattlin, said the anima- tronic eyes really brought LBJ to life. “The eyes make it feel like they’re looking right at you,” Mattlin said. “Like he’s telling you the story.” As the animatronic elicits as- tonished responses, it displays the kind of effect the figure has on others. Julie Schell, an ex- ecutive director in the School of Design and Creative Tech- nologies, said there are two main types of learning: passive and experiential. While passive learning occurs by simply re- ceiving information, experien- tial occurs through hands-on interaction with content. “People learn when they’re actively engaged with the con- tent, so it’s really exciting to see that (this animatronic) could create an experiential learn- ing opportunity for students,” Schell said. With experiential learning, Schell said people are able to construct a new understand- ing of the object they’re learn- ing about. Thus, while viewing the animatronic, she said ob- servers activate various parts of their brain to construct a new meaning. “(The learning experience) would be different if they were just reading about LBJ from a book or even listening to a lecture about him,” Schell said. “(But) it’s not about the technology. 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PA G E 2 Students: do yourself a favor, and go to sleep. PA G E 4 Eminem delivers impressive bars and lays blame in surprise album “Kamikaze.” PA G E 8 S P O R T S C A M P U S After two weeks on the road, Longhorns host Texas State for home opener. PA G E 6 N E W S O P I N I O N S P O R T S $175 million renovation with add new screen and student seatings to DKR. PA G E 2 Texas defeat Fairfield, NC State, 6. Texas defeat Fairfield, NC State, advance to. PA G E 4 Longhorns soccer remain unde- feated with golden goal to take down Baylor. PA G E 6 N E W S L I F E & A R T S O P I N I O N UT is reaching sustainability master plan goals faster than expected. PA G E 3 Austin music community pays tribute to rapper Mac Miller with special event. PA G E 8 Dating on a budget is not only economical, but more fulfilling for students. PA G E 4 L I F E & A R T S S P O R T S Nonbinary author discusses mental health and identity in new book. PA G E 5 Following battle with cancer, Andrew Jones looks to make a return to the court. PA G E 6 P R O J E C T C I T Y Sororities to launch diversity initiatives, make rush more open C A M P U S By Sara Schleede @saraschleede Life after Santa Fe Panhel- lenic Council launching a is new task force and set of ini- tiatives to diversify Greek life and make sorority recruitment more accessible. University The UT freshman adjusts to college life after high school shooting. The council’s president Evana Flores said the executive board began their efforts in response to a Campus Climate Response Team meeting after UT Police Department removed masked protestors carrying torches from the Main Mall in November 2017. “They were asking us what we were doing to educate our mem- bers about white supremacy and making people allies,” advertising senior Flores said. “We set out to By Megan Menchaca write a statement from that point @meganmenchaca13 owning up to the issues in the past and the issues currently going on and actual ways of amending it.” Like many students, undeclared freshman Kennedy Rodriguez spent her Starting fall 2019, the coun- senior year enrolled in dual credit class- cil’s executive board will include es in a community college before she a vice president of diversity and attended UT. inclusion. Business sophomore Eliana Schuller currently works on the new diversity and inclu- sion task force and is applying for the position. Because of this, Rodriguez attended high school later in the day. She would have likely been sitting in one of those dual credit classes on the morning of May 18, 2018, if her community college had “It’s important that we address not wrapped up for the spring semester. these issues on a chapter level At 7:30 a.m. that morning, Rodriguez within our community,” Schuller was still getting ready for school when said. “My biggest idea is to cre- she got a call from one of her friends. ate more programming that is both engaging and informative to change the overall culture without making it seem too forced.” “She was just like, ‘Please don’t come to school,’” Rodriguez said. “She said, ‘I have a feeling that there is an active shooter,’ and I immediately called my The new task force will over- best friend. I was worried about her be- see each chapter’s diversity ed- cause I knew she was there that day.” ucation programs. Schuller said By the time her best friend finally the task force is committed to answered the phone, the eighth deadli- promoting inclusivity and integ- est school shooting to take place in the rity, despite a history of segre- United States had already begun at her gation and intolerance among school, Santa Fe High School. “I could hear people screaming and it S O R O R I T Y was just chaos in the background,” Ro- driguez said. “It was really, really scary. page 3 U N I V E R S I T Y S A N T A F E page 2 U N I V E R S I T Y CNS to offer new online computer science master’s program Undeclared freshman Kennedy Rodriguez received a call from her friend warning her to not go to school during the Santa Fe High School shooting in May. Rodriguez co-founded Orange Generation to increase awareness of gun violence and raise money for victims and their families of the Santa Fe shooting. juan figueroa | the daily texan staff W E S T C A M P U S West Campus real estate goes from rags to riches with redevelopment program By Raga Justin @ragajus West Campus today is not the West Campus it has always been. Fifteen years ago, ambitious high-rises were almost nonexistent. Features such as bike lanes and street lighting were yet to be improved, or even added. Architecture professor Jake We- gemann stayed in West Campus in 1996, and when he returned nearly 20 years later, he said he was sur- prised by what he found. “When I came back to Austin in 2014, I was just mind boggled at the change,” Wegemann said. “There are just more people and more businesses and more activi- ty, which I think is fantastic. I love the energy.” After almost 10 years of efforts by UT, Capital Metro and Univer- sity Area Partners, a West Campus neighborhood association, plans were made in 2004 for Universi- ty Neighborhood Overlay. UNO was the program that would kick- start more than a decade of devel- opment in one of Austin’s most As West Campus continues to grow, more construction projects will take place, causing a changing landscape and incoveniecies for students living there. anthony mireles | the daily texan file populated neighborhoods. Mike McHone, a real estate broker and founding member of University Area Partners, said UNO is an incen- tive-based redevelopment plan. Developers opt in to play by UNO’s include providing a rules, which specific small percentage of afford- able housing in exchange for permis- sion to “build up,” McHone said. Developers have taken advantage ofthose conditions, McHone said. R E D E V E L O P M E N T page 3 Gender pronoun addition aims to make UT students comfortable By Savana Dunning @savanaish By Savana Dunning @savanaish classroom, connect with their community and feel a part of UT.” Battaglia said although the section is not required, it cre- ates a better learning environ- ment for transgender and non- binary students by signaling to them that a professor is will- ing to talk about issues related to gender. “If there are students whose pronouns don’t match what someone expects them to be for cultural reasons, (the new sylla- bus) statement signals to them that they have a safe space to talk about that with their facul- ty member,” Battaglia said. linguistics Dallon Freeman, a nonbi- nary junior, said while it does not largely im- pact their academic life, they usually felt uncomfortable ad- dressing pronoun usage with their professors. “Up to this point, none of my professors have ever open- ly discussed pronoun usage,” Freeman said. “There is an el- ement of dread knowing that the The Faculty A new addition to syllabi across campus might make it The UT Department of easier for transgender and non- Computer Science is in the binary students to communi- final stages of approval cate their gender identity with for a new online master’s their professor. degree program. Innovation Center, a center that seeks to improve learning envi- ronment on campus, added a recommended section on pro- noun use to their widely used syllabus template last spring. The new section says faculty members will honor any stu- dent’s request to be addressed by an alternate name or gender pronoun, if they advise them of their preference. “The question everyone wants to ask is, ‘Can online be done as well as the tradi- tional on-campus lecture?’” said Brent Winkelman, de- partment of computer sci- ence director. “My response is, ‘Why can’t it be better?’ When you have an online for- mat, you’re able to absorb in- formation at your own pace. You can interact with this information in a tailored way “Research shows that edu- that’s better suited to how cational contexts tend to mir- you might learn.” ror inequities and can foster According to code.org, a those,” said Adria Battaglia, nonprofit dedicated to com- FIC’s curriculum and instruc- puter education, tional designer. “We’re trying the gap in supply and de- to figure out ways to reduce mand for computer science those barriers so that students can cognitively achieve what they’re meant to achieve in the M A S T E R S science page 3 P R O N O U N page 2 By Lisa Dreher @lisa_drehers97 UT-Austin and other UT System schools have partnered with General Dynamics Information Technology and numerous other entities un- der contract with the United States government, involved with carrying out President Donald Trump’s sep- aration of immigrant children from their parents. UT-Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering has an ongoing research partnership with General Dynam- ics, specifically its Mission Systems program. This program includes cre- ating cybersecurity technology and software architecture for aerospace engineering, said Patrick Wiseman, executive director of communications for the engineering school. The Trump administration in April implemented its “Zero-Toler- ance Policy” that separated families illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, as parents were prosecuted and children put into custody. Media STEER CLEAR! TEXAS ATHLETICS GAMEDAY CLEAR BAG POLICY APPROVED BAGS • Bags that are clear plastic and do not exceed 12” x 6” x 12” • One-gallon clear resealable plastic storage bags • Small clutch bags or purses that do not exceed 4.5” x 6.5” PROHIBITED BAGS • Backpacks, purses, diaper bags, cases (camera, binocular, etc.), fanny packs, printed pattern plastic bags, reusable grocery totes, mesh or straw bags, duffle bags, large totes TexasSports.com/clearbag STEER CLEAR! TEXAS ATHLETICS GAMEDAY CLEAR BAG POLICY A UT student’s decision to carry on campus. By Morgan O’Hanlon @mcohanlon hen he saw the bloody knife, Sam Kellogg thought it was a prop in a protest. On the May 2017 afternoon when accused murderer Ken- drex White killed one and injured three in an on-campus stabbing, Kellogg, now a govern- ment junior, was outside Gregory Gymnasi- um with his girlfriend. “Get your gun,” Kellogg remembers his girlfriend saying. Kellogg, who has spent nine years in the Marine Corps, had left his gun in his car that day. He’d recently moved to Austin and was unsure whether or not his Virginia Res- ident Concealed Handgun Permit was valid in Texas. The man with the knife ran past them and slashed someone sitting at a table nearby. That’s when Kellogg knew it was serious. Within seconds, the entire area in front of the gym cleared out and Kellogg did what he could to help in the situation: Call the police. He stayed on the phone until they arrived. “Had I had my weapon on me at the time, I think I would’ve been able to stop him at the food truck, and he wouldn’t have gotten any further,” Kellogg said. Kellogg now carries his gun to campus ev- ery day. He’s one of roughly 500 people esti- mated by the University to carry on campus. Texas requires License to Carry a Handgun applicants be at least 21 years old, making 48.2 percent of UT students eligible to obtain a license, according to 2017 census data col- lected by the University. Campus carry had been in place for over 20 years when Senate Bill 11 went into effect on Aug. 1, 2016, the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting. The new law allowed guns in all University buildings with some exceptions, including labs and certain professors’ offices. On the day of SB 11’s implementation, three UT professors filed a lawsuit against the Uni- versity in an attempt to strike down the law, along with a wave of activism that overtook the campus. Shower? Yes The lawsuit, brought by professors Lisa Moore, Mia Carter and Jennifer Glass, was blocked by a lower court, and that ruling was upheld on Aug. 16 of this year by the 5th Cir- cuit Court of Appeals. With no word yet as to whether or not the professors will appeal to the Supreme Court, it looks like campus carry is here to stay. Drink from campus water fountains? No From 2015 to 2016, coinciding with cam- pus carry and open carry becoming law, there was a 69.6 percent increase in the number of license applications issued per year by the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to DPS data. The only training required for LTC applicants in the state of Texas is a 4–6 hour class and 1–2 hours of range instruction. Cesar Gonzalez, an LTC holder who spent over a decade as a Marine, said he’s satisfied with the level of training Texas requires for licensure but isn’t opposed to additional leg- islation regulating gun ownership. “I know that whatever regulation they pass, I’m going to pass that (requirement),” said Gonzalez, a Mexican American studies senior. “I’m going to get through whatever background check they need, (and) I’m going to still be able to carry my weapon.” In the two years since campus carry’s imple- mentation, organizations such as Cocks Not Glocks have all but disappeared from campus. Gun Free UT signs remain in office windows on the South Mall — but maybe not for much longer. With a stockpile of dildos boxed up in her parents’ garage, Cocks Not Glocks organizer Ana López has passed the torch on to anti-gun ac- tivists in other states and is campaigning for Julie Oliver, a candidate advo- cating for gun control and running for Texas’ 25th Congressional District. As López holds out hope for future political action, she remains wor- ried about the presence of guns on campus. No “It’s like saying that if you’ve got a scor- pion in your bedroom, and if it hasn’t bitten you yet, than you might as well keep it in there,” López, a Plan II and health and society senior, said. Although Moore has hope for the future of her lawsuit, Professor Lucas Powe, who teach- es classes on the First and Second Amend- ments at UT School of Law, is doubtful of any lasting impact. Even if the lawsuit was appealed to the Su- preme Court, “there’s no way they’d hear it,” No C A M P U S C A R R Y 31 – 16 City of Austin declares water crisis, shortage TCU (2 - 2) TEXAS (3 - 1) TEXAS JUMPS INTO LEGITIMACY Collin Johnson’s big day provides spark in conference opener. By Ross Burkhart @ross_burkhart here’s one question Texas play- ers and coaches most frequently answered this week: How would this team respond after a win over USC when a bigger, tougher opponent in TCU was lurking ahead? To the delight of an exuberant Tex- as crowd, the Longhorns answered that question by giving one of their most complete, all-around performances in recent memory. Sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger took a knee on the final play as the rest of the Longhorns walked onto the field to celebrate the 31-16 win over the No. 17 Horned Frogs on Saturday. The victory marked the program’s first three-game win streak since 2014 and its first time beating Top 25 opponents in consecutive weeks since 2008. “I think it’s a huge win,” junior safety Brandon Jones said after the win. “Me Senior advertising major Max Harberg and senior finance major Lance of the Inter Fraternity Council give away water Monday. This came after the city’s water boil announcement Monday morning, which left many students without potable water. pedro luna | the daily texan staff Austin tells residents to boil water after floods Boil water notice: Your questions answered By Katie Balevic @KatelynBalevic By Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13 The City of Austin issued a boil water notice Mon- day following recent flooding, telling residents to boil water before using it for drinking, cooking or making ice. “The notice is being issued as the utility works to stabilize the water treatment system,” the notice said. Boil notices usually only last 24 to 48 hours, but updates will be posted daily about the actions taken to treat the water and how long the advisory will last, the notice said. By the end of the day Monday, the boil water notice escalated and the City urgently called for F O O T B A L L residents to limit their personal water usage. page 2 “Water reservoir levels are reaching minimal lev- els,” the notice said. “This is an emergency situation.” Recent flooding caused high levels of silt to flow A citywide boil water notice has been issued for the first time in the history of the Austin water utility. Here are some answers to questions frequently asked by students. Why do I need to boil the water? After historic flooding in Central Texas, the water supply is now full of debris, silt and mud and requires extended filtration by the city. These conditions are making it difficult for the water plant to filter the volume of water needed for the entire city. Although there is no evidence of bacterial infil- tration, Austin Water is advising residents to boil the water to ensure that it is safe to drink until further notice. U N I V E R S I T Y N O T I C E page 2 H O W T O page 3 C A M P U S UTPD introduces 11 new public safety officers By Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13 Along with officers wear- ing blue, black and white, the UT Police Department now has 11 officers patrolling campus fluorescent yellow uniforms. in UTPD previously had more than 50 security guards at various locations around campus, along with regular police officers. UTPD Chief David Carter said he made 11 of these guards into public safety officers by changing their titles and uniforms in early September to fit with the jobs of similar officers at other public universities. “Other universities have police officers and they have public safety officers, which are basically mobile secu- rity guards,” Carter said. “But we see them a little bit differently. Their primary mission is to be ambassa- dors and go out and be extra eyes and ears for the campus and UTPD.” Carter said these new of- ficers respond to non-emer- gency alarms, collect lost- and-found items, take police reports from students and answer questions. “They’re not police offi- cers per se, but they are out there as community servants working to support our Uni- versity and especially our students, as well as faculty, staff and visitors,” Carter said. “It’s healthy for stu- dents to see these officers out there and know that they can report things to them.” Because the officers are non-commissioned and are not licensed to be police of- ficers, they do not have the ability to arrest people, car- ry a weapon or respond to emergencies on campus. Donald Smith, one of the public safety officers, said despite not being a com- missioned officer, he still works to keep the University safe by easing the workload of commissioned officers who are often preoccupied U T P D page 2 P R O J E C T Number of handgun license applications issued in TX O P E N C A R R Y , C A M P U S C A R R Y A R E I M P L E M E N T E D I N T E X A S “Had I had my weapon on me at the time, I think I would’ve been able to stop him at the food truck, and he wouldn’t have gotten any further.” S A M K E L L O G G GOVERNMENT JUNIOR and in reported children were held prison-like separat- cages ed from their families for months. The Trump Administration and companies contracting with the government have received pub- lic backlash over their handling of the families. General Dynamics is one of the largest defense contractors in the country but also has done casework for unaccompanied minors since 2000 under its contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. The corporation released a statement June 19 on Twitter and said it is not involved in the family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border or construc- tion or operation of detention centers. It has, however, profited off the influx of immigrant children being detained and has posted a flurry of job open- ings in the months since the immigra- tion crisis ramped up, according to a Reuters report. Since 2006, the company has pro- vided $1,709,723 to UT-Austin in Z E R O T O L E R A N C E page 3 Texas junior wide receiver Collin Johnson celebrates a 31-yard touchdown reception in Texas’ 31-16 victory over the TCU Horned Frogs. The Longhorns have now won three straight games to improving their record to 3-1. elias huerta | the daily texan staff UT student ages 2017 S T A T E Cruz, O’Rourke clash in first Senate debate Drink the water Yes with a filter? By Chad Lyle @LyleChad University auto-admission threshold to stay at 6 percent for upcoming applicants Wash my hands? whether to revise the auto-admit threshold is based on application data. SO CAN I... By Katie Balevic @KatelynBalevic Use ice from an ice maker? Incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz took on Democratic rival Rep. Beto O’Rourke for the first time Friday night in Dallas, focusing on domestic issues such as immigration. page 2 KXAS political reporter Ju- lie Fine, who co-moderated the debate at Southern Method- ist University, posed the first question of the night. She asked O’Rourke about his support for granting citizenship to Dream- ers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. O’Rourke af- firmed his support and attacked Cruz for saying the United States should deport them. current students offers an authentic perspective.” schools Eric Castle, business ad- “The ministration graduate stu- dent in McCombs, is actively involved in many diversity initiatives in McCombs and business across the country. Castle said diversity is a buzzword in many workplaces. finding economists who’ve studied it have said that we will lose hundreds of billions of dol- lars to the negative if we deport them,” El Paso Congressman O’Rourke said of the Dreamers. “We will gain hundreds of mil- lions to the positive if we keep them here. Senator Cruz has that … promised to deport each and every single Dreamer.” page 2 Cruz said O’Rourke ap- to prioritize undoc- over D I V E R S I T Y pears umented American citizens. immigrants “We’re Yes “(O’Rourke’s) focus seems to be on fighting for illegal immi- grants and forgetting the mil- lions of Americans — you know, Americans are dreamers also,” Cruz said. During a discussion about marijuana legalization, which O’Rourke supports, Cruz said he thinks it should be decided at the state level. “Legalizing marijuana is ac- tually a question where I think reasonable minds can differ,” Cruz said. “I think it ought to be up to the states. I think Col- orado can decide one way, and Texas can decide another.” When the issue of gun vio- lence was raised, O’Rourke de- scribed himself as a proponent of the Second Amendment, but added he supports an assault weapons ban. “Weapons of war belong on the battlefield,” O’Rourke said. “Not in communities, schools and churches.” O’Rourke also supports more thorough background checks for those who wish to purchase a firearm. Cruz said an effec- tive way to reduce gun violence in schools would be placing more armed police officers on school grounds. D E B A T E page 2 Do laundry? The University’s automatic admission threshold will remain at 6 percent for the 2020-2021 application cycle, according to a Twitter announcement last week. Exercise science freshman Sanja Stojcic was automatically admitted when she ap- plied to UT in 2017. Stojcic, who applied when the threshold was still 7 percent, said she recalls her high school friends who did not qualify for automatic admission were more stressed about the application process than she was. “Being auto admit was defi- nitely a relief especially because I knew I was going to get into UT,” Stojcic said. “The auto admit percentage is small. It’s tiny. Because it’s so small, other people had to worry about it more than I did.” The automatic admission policy carries a stigma with it that causes some prospective students to have low confidence about their applications, Stojcic said. “(There is) that stigma around it,” Stojcic said. “And knowing that you’re not within that (top) percent, it is a lot more stress- ful. It does cause students to be more like, ‘Yeah, we’ll see what happens. Like, I’m not expecting to get in.’” The University follows Senate Bill 175, which requires 75 percent of the University’s in-state admits be automatic acceptances, according to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost website. Miguel Wasielewski, executive director of admissions, said the annual decision on SO CAN I... “The University of Texas at Austin annual- ly assesses historical application and enroll- ment rates to determine the automatic admit percentage that will result in 75 percent of the University’s Texas resident population being automatically admitted,” Wasielewski said in an email. Wasielewski said the University is ex- pecting a similar number of Texas resident applications. Last year, a total of 51,033 freshman applied, according to the Texas Admissions website. Yes Yes Wash my hands? “The University is anticipating a sim- ilar number of Texas resident freshmen admission applications, and this con- tributed to our decision to maintain the same criteria,” automatic Wasielewski said. Do laundry? admission Sydney Simmons, a former Texas resi- dent, applied to UT even though she knew she was not going to be in the automatic admission threshold. “I was in the top 11 percent,” said Sim- mons, now a biomedical engineering Drink the water with a filter? No Use ice from an ice maker? No Shower? Drink from campus water fountains? Yes No C A M P U S New PCL polling location experiences long early voting lines A D M I S S I O N page 2 By Savana Dunning @savanaish A line of students extended from the ballot boxes in the back of the Perry-Casteñeda Library to the metal detectors at the entrance Monday as students participated on the first day of early voting. “I think people are pleased with the new location,” said student body president Colton Becker, who waited in line with vice president Mehraz Rahman for early voting. “It’s located conveniently next to a lot of the dorms in a very high-concen- trated, central location, and I hope that will translate to greater student engagement.” While Monday marks the first day of early voting for mid- term elections, it also marks the first day the PCL would be used as the campus’ second polling location. The Flawn Academic Center served as UT’s only poll- ing location since 2005, but in- creasing voter turnout since 2016 made wait times hours long. This prompted Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir to pass legisla- tion to open the PCL as a second- ary location with help from TX Votes, UT Democrats and State Rep. Gina Hinojosa. Maya Patel, TX Votes vice president, said voter turnout at locations are the PCL needs to be high in order for it to remain a permanent poll- ing location. “Polling large costs for the county, especially early voting locations, so they can’t justify the costs of having a second location on campus if we don’t use it,” chemistry senior Patel said. Around midday, some students in line reported wait times at the PCL to be around an hour long. Kelton Dillard, temporary dep- uty county clerk in charge of the PCL polling location, said he con- sidered the turnout at the PCL to be moderate to high around mid- day even though turnout in the morning was low. “It really wasn’t until about 10:30 a.m. when there were any significant lines,” Dillard said. “Even though it’s a midterm elec- tion, there’s an awful lot on the ballot, and we were expecting to have that turnout.” Téya Kroeker, French and ap- parel designs senior, said she did not mind waiting at the PCL for an hour and a half before reaching the front of the line. “Time went by really quickly, and I think voting is super import- ant, so I’m down to wait,” Kroeker said. “If we want a government that represents the views of the people, we’re not going to get that if we aren’t out here telling them what we want.” jeb milling | the daily texan staff STEER CLEAR! TEXAS ATHLETICS GAMEDAY CLEAR BAG POLICY APPROVED BAGS • Bags that are clear plastic and do not exceed 12” x 6” x 12” • One-gallon clear resealable plastic storage bags • Small clutch bags or purses that do not exceed 4.5” x 6.5” PROHIBITED BAGS • Backpacks, purses, diaper bags, cases (camera, binocular, etc.), fanny packs, printed pattern plastic bags, reusable grocery totes, mesh or straw bags, duffle bags, large totes TexasSports.com/clearbag amanda saunders | the daily texan staff The first day of early voting for midterm elections in Texas re- sulted in lines out the door at Perry-Casteñeda Library. The PCL was designated as the second polling place on campus due to increased voter turnout. McCombs hits milestone in diversity representation U N I V E R S I T Y By Raga Justin @ragajus The incoming MBA class to McCombs School of Business will see its high- est numbers of women and underrepresented racial groups in nearly 20 years, the school announced in a tweet last week. Nineteen students class in are of percent the 2018 considered underrepresented or iden- tify as women, Latino, Af- rican-American and Na- tive American, McCombs spokeswoman Catenya McHenry said in an email. This is almost five times as high as the percent of un- derrepresented students 10 years ago, and a 6 percent increase since last year. Increased diversity can be credited to strong part- national nerships with organizations that focus on increasing racial and gen- der representation in the business world, as well as connecting current students with prospective McCombs applicants, McCombs assis- tant dean Tina Mabley said in an email. “We find many prospec- tive students want to know, ‘Can I see myself here?’” “Getting said. 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