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WEST CAMPUS

Boba tea restaurant opens in Jester West

What a drag: Hot spots on Guadalupe Street close due to escalating rent cost

By Nicole Stuessy @nicolsestuessy

Students looking to get a bubble tea fix can now do so without leaving campus.

Bliss, a new bubble tea restaurant, is set to open in the middle of February in Jester West, replacing Freshëns, a smoothie and yogurt bar.

Along with classic bubble tea drinks, Bliss will offer a variety of juices and food items such as sushi and pot stickers, UT dietitian Sotear Kuy said.

University Housing and Dining created Bliss following student suggestions and dining trends. Kuy said she designed the bubble tea menu for Bliss based on her experiences.

“I grew up drinking bubble tea and visiting different boba shops,” Kuy said. “At Bliss you will see a lot of common drinks such as different milk teas and fruit-infused drinks, but we are also going to have some drinks that will be unique to Bliss.”

Prices for boba-based drinks will range from $3.25 to $3.75, and toppings such as tapioca pearls and jellies will be sold a la carte. Juice prices will range from $5.50 to $6.00, Kuy said.

“The hours we plan to start

with will be 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, and Fridays we will close around 2 p.m.,” Kuy said.

“However, based on student demand we might change the hours to fit that.”

Dining director Rene Rodriguez said University Housing and Dining decided to replace Freshëns after seeing a decrease in sales over recent semesters.

“Freshëns, for so many years, was a trendy item,” Rodriguez said. “Just like with any of the trendy foods, they are really popular and then they start trending down.”

Last summer, a majority of Jester residents who filled out a survey said they wanted to see boba tea and grab-and-go items in addition to available dining options, Kuy said.

Rodriguez said University Housing and Dining creates their own restaurants because it is cheaper than paying a franchise fee. By doing this, UT Housing and Dining is also able to tailor the food on campus to what students want.

“We always get the students involved,” Rodriguez said.

Biology freshman Michelle Mai said she usually walks to Guadalupe to get boba tea but plans to go to Bliss once

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By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas

The Drag, UT’s ever-changing food and shopping scene, has lost four more staples over winter break — Moojo, Fat Sal’s, Jamba Juice and Austin’s Pizza. But Kokodak, a new restaurant, will be joining the area this week.

Kokodak specializes in Korean-style chicken wings and rice bowls, owner Hyo Lim said. The Korean and Japanese restaurant will hold a soft opening toward the end of this week and will host a grand opening in the middle of February. Lim said he decided to open the restaurant after noticing the lack of Korean food near campus despite UT’s large Asian student population.

Kokodak will be taking the place of Rise Biscuits and Donuts, which closed after less than a year of operation. Prior to that, the storefront had sat empty for months after Fuzzy’s Tacos closed without warning.

Austin’s Pizza still has another location near campus on Guadalupe and 29th streets. However, the Drag was Moojo’s only location.

The shop opened four years ago and also has a catering

ashley ephraim | the daily texan staff Moojo’s, a Drag staple, is one of the latest businesses to be axed in a recent string of closings.

The business, which opened four years ago, will continue its catering operations for the foreseeable future.

business that will continue to be operated by catering manager Laurie Gardiner.

The Daily Texan reported last summer that restaurants and stores often struggle to survive on the Drag due to high rent and fluctuating sales depending on when classes are in session.

Gardiner, who has worked at Moojo for most of its time on the Drag, said the ice cream shop

traditionally closes during winter break once classes end and students leave.

Several other places on the Drag, including Lucky Lab Coffee Co., also do this.

But one day over the break, Gardiner arrived at the shop to find a note on the wall that said the rent had been raised and the owners, based in England, had decided to close it.

“A lot of the local businesses go out of business

because of the prices, so it’s kind of sad,” Gardiner said.

Moojo caters an average of six to eight events per month, Gardiner said. She and her son, who was the shop’s assistant manager, are now operating out of a kitchen the owners rented for them.

Gardiner said the store had four full-time and numerous part-time

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NEWS EDITOR 328 million people in the U.S. @THEDAILYTEXAN In 2016: 24 million ~ noncitizens (10 million ~ of these are unauthorized immigrants

Estimated population without unauthorized immigrants: 318 million, loss of 3 perce NATION

New census question blocked

In 2016: 28 million people 3 million noncitizens in Texas (1.6 million unauthorized immigrants: Loss of 6.1 perc

By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas

A federal judge in New York has barred the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, calling the Commerce Department’s decision a “veritable smorgasbord” of violations of federal law.

The lawsuit — brought by a coalition of states led by New York — is likely headed to the Supreme Court, and should be decided before the Commerce Department begins printing census forms this summer.

But if the question ends up on the 2020 census, experts say it could result in undercounting the U.S. population, which would hurt Texas’ political standing because of its high immigrant population.

Critics of adding the census question said its purpose is to discourage noncitizens from participating in the census out of fear of being targeted for deportation.

“The attempts by the Trump Administration to mandate a question about citizenship were not rooted in a desire to strengthen the census process and would only undermine our immigrant communities,” Letitia James, New York attorney general and the lead plaintiff of the lawsuit, said in a press release.

However, in his 277-page decision, federal judge Jesse Furman wrote the plaintiffs failed to show the intent of the question was to discriminate against the approximately 24 million noncitizens in the country.

Instead, Furman ruled Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the federal Administrative

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Procedures Act. The act, Furman wrote, “prohibits federal agencies from acting in a manner that is arbitrary and capricious.” “(Ross) failed to consider several important aspects of the problem; alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the evidence in the record before him … and failed to justify significant departures from past policies and practices,” Furman wrote.

Furman also wrote Ross failed to notify Congress of the changes to the census at least three years prior, as required by federal law.

Justice Department spokeswoman Kelly Laco told The Washington Post that administration officials are

“disappointed” in Furman’s decision and they are “legally entitled to include the question on the census.”

Sociology professor Kelly Raley, who has studied census data collection, said it would be hard to find data supporting that the question is discriminatory, and even harder to prove it. Regardless, Raley agreed with the plaintiffs’ claim that adding the question back would likely result in an undercount if immigrant communities were afraid of responding. The question was removed in the 1960s after the implementation of the “longform” census, which asks more detailed questions to one percent of the population every year.

Clinical law professor Elissa Steglich, who works in UT’s immigration clinic, echoed the sentiment that noncitizens would fear being targeted, possibly for deportation, as a result of participating in the census. Steglich said it’s also possible the news about the question could have already begun to discourage participation among noncitizens. “(Because of) fear, not only under this current administration, but multiplied by … (state) and local policies in place targeting immigrant communities, there would be a significant undercounting,” Steglich said.

If undercounting happened, Texas could lose billions in federal aid that is

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A year ago, finance senior Juan C. Merlo and his roommate, finance senior Alan Aziz, were living in a trashed apartment after a back-to-school party.

Out of this grew the inspiration for their contract cleaning service, Clean ‘Em, which is now projected to earn $100,000 in revenue by October.

The company is now in the running to pitch to a group of investors at South by Southwest.

Earlier this month, Clean ‘Em, along with 31 other student tech companies, qualified for the semifinal round of Student Startup Madness, a nationwide competition, where student entrepreneurs compete for the chance to pitch their digital media business to tech investors. There is no monetary prize for winning, but Merlo said he wouldn’t trade a million dollars for the chance to pitch at SXSW. “(A million dollars) would be small compared to the possibilities just by simply having a stage to pitch at SXSW,” Merlo said.

If Clean ‘Em advances

from the round of 32, they will be one of eight startups to present their business at SXSW on Monday, March 11. The eight finalists will be announced before the end of January.

Clean ‘Em uses independent contractors instead of employees. Cleaners are paid $18 an hour and supply their own cleaning supplies and transportation. Cleaners also choose their own hours and can build their own relationships with clients.

Recently, the company signed contracts with apartment complexes such as The Nine at Rio in West Campus, and businesses such as Lamborghini Austin.

“As we grew, we realized that a big area of opportunity lies within creating a service for businesses,” said Sofia Figueroa, marketing senior and Clean ‘Em marketing intern.

“Whether that be for people who own Airbnb, or if there’s like a regular office … it’s not only Clean ‘Em for individuals, but also Clean ‘Em for business.”

Twenty-seven colleges and more than a dozen industries are represented in the semi-final round of SSM, according to the competition’s press release. Clean ‘Em

is the only student company from Austin to reach the semifinal round of the competition.

Some of the student tech companies competing are earning over $1 million, said Merlo. Merlo said he thinks Clean ‘Em is getting attention because it’s disrupting the cleaning industry with modern technology.

“The people we’re competing against, they’re all amazing companies, but a lot of those are poking around the buzzwords with ‘AR,’ ‘VR,’ ‘AI,’” Merlo said. “We’re disrupting a really old industry that no one has really impacted.”

Judges are evaluating each of the 64 companies’ profile on Gust, a social media platform which connects startups with investors.

Daniel Muñoz, computer science junior and Clean ‘Em chief technology officer, said he is proud his company gets to represent Austin.

“If you look at the other teams … pretty much half of them are from Ivy Leagues,” Munoz said.

“It’s going to be a hard competition, but we have to represent Austin and the school and we’re going to give it our best.”

handed out based on population size, as noncitizens make up about 10 percent of the state’s population, Raley said. Because the number of seats in Congress is based on census data, the number of representatives may not accurately reflect Texas’ population. Based on current population growth estimates, the state is expected to gain a couple representatives.

“We won’t necessarily get our full share if the undercount is high,” said Raley, explaining that the state’s population growth could be pulled down by a miscount. “And not having an accurate count is not very good for our democracy.”

UNIVERSITY

New COLA dean starts position this summer

By Hannah Ortega @_hannahortega_

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The College of Liberal Arts has named Ann Huff Stevens as its new dean, effective this July.

Stevens worked at the University of California, Davis for about 16 years as an economics professor and the deputy director of the school’s Center for Poverty Research. The center helped spark Stevens’ initial fascination with leadership positions and allowed her to work with people involved in a variety of fields, including engineering and law, she said. Stevens also identified a goal she hopes to achieve at UT based on her time at the Center and UC Davis: combining teaching, learning and research.

“What I’ve really learned and what I’m committed to is how powerful learning and teaching can be in a research university,” Stevens said.

“Sometimes we can take it for granted that teaching and learning and research are all going on together. I run a center that really looks for ways to combine research and teaching, and I see a lot of that interest at UT, as well, so I’m really excited to do that.”

Stevens will follow in the footsteps of Randy Diehl, who was named dean in

2007. Stevens was chosen as Diehl’s successor for her regard for students and experience, said Maurie McInnis, the University’s provost and executive vice president.

“Ann’s career as a leading economist who has built broad interdisciplinary teams, combined with her varied positions in academic leadership, make her an ideal dean,” McInnis said in a Jan. 9 news release. “She also cares deeply about developing the next generation of thought leaders and supporting all students as they pursue their goals.”

English professor Phillip Barrish said in an email that he “look(s) forward to getting to know Dr. Stevens better.”

Stevens said she hopes to give liberal arts faculty members more attention, as well as provide improved career resources to students.

“One thing that got me really fascinated with this opportunity … (was) the commitment from the president and the provost to really make sure we’re doing what we can for career opportunities for undergraduate students,” Stevens said. “I’ve heard a lot of interest within the College of Liberal Arts for strengthening the career outreach and services that we provide to students, and I think that really is what can make a liberal arts education even more powerful.”

copyright stevens ann, and reproduced with permission Ann Huff Stevens aims to combine research and teaching in her new role as dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019

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New bills to watch out for

Lawmakers begin filing bills for 86th legislative session

By Katie Balevic @KatelynBalevic

Since bill-filing began in November for the Texas Legislature’s 86th session, 1,471 bills have been filed, with more expected. In the 85th legislative session, 6,631 bills were filed and 1,211 passed.

From bills about LGBTQ rights to gun reform, we’ve collected some of the most closely watched bills for you to keep an eye on during this session.

Senate Bill 3, filed by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, would require schools to use $3.7 billion in funding from the Texas Senate to give full-time teachers $5,000 raises.

At their inauguration last week, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said school finance reform and teacher salaries were their top priorities.

House Bill 357, nicknamed the Texas Constitutional Carry Act of 2019, would allow anyone 21 years or older to carry handguns concealed or openly in a holster. Filed by Rep. Jonathan Strickland, R-Bedford, the bill would allow Texans to legally own a handgun without first getting the License to Carry permit, which requires training and a fee payment. HB 357 would make this license an option rather than a requirement.

House Bill 797, filed by Rep. Shawn Thierry, D-Houston, requires school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to use walk-through or handheld metal detectors on every campus.

House Bill 47, filed by Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, would outlaw abortion excluding three cases. Under HB 47, a

woman may have an abortion if a complicated medical condition, other than a psychological condition, necessitates an abortion to avoid death or serious risk of substantial, irreversible physical impairment; the abortion is to remove an ectopic pregnancy; or if the woman is pregnant with multiple children and the abortion will ensure that at least one child is born healthy.

House Bill 209, filed by Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, would allow the use of medical marijuana for patients with debilitating medical conditions and licensing for dispensing organizations and testing facilities.

Senate Bill 63, filed by 25 senators from both sides of the aisle, would create the Texas Mental Health Care Consortium to deliver mental health services using the expertise of state universities.

House Bill 21, filed by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, would exempt college textbooks from sales taxes for a week in January and August.

Senate Bill 89, filed by Bob Hall,

R-Edgewood, would create the Texas Border Security and Support Service Ribbon to be awarded to members of the state military who served to secure the Texas border.

Senate Bill 55, filed by Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, would allow people to vote in a primary election or runoff primary election if they are underage as long as they are 18 years old by the date of the general election.

Legislators have until March 8, the 60th day of the session, to file bills and joint resolutions, although local bills and emergency appropriations can still be filed after that date.

The last day of the 140-day session is May 27. June 16, 20 days later, is the last day the governor may sign or veto bills passed during the session.

By Chad Lyle @lylechad

Texas lawmakers began a 140-day sprint Jan. 8 to get as many of their policy initiatives passed as possible before the 86th legislative session concludes May 27.

The Legislature only meets in the spring of odd-numbered years, but laws passed during this period can have immediate and lasting effects on the everyday lives of Texans.

Once state lawmakers have been elected, their first opportunity to join the legislative process is to file a bill.

Sherri Greenberg, former member of the Texas House of Representatives and current professor at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, said lawmakers rarely draft the language of the bills they file personally.

“First, the state representative or state senator needs to get with

Legislative Counsel,” Greenberg said. “Think of them as a law firm for the members of the House and Senate — they actually draft the bill. If you do not have Lege Counsel draft your bill, then you may file a bill that is not done in the proper format with the proper clauses.”

Once a bill has been successfully filed, it is assigned to a committee. The purpose of committees is to scrutinize legislation before it makes it onto the floor of the House or Senate for a vote.

Susan Nold, director of UT’s Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, said the task of assigning bills to committees is carried out by the leader of each chamber.

“In the Senate, the lieutenant governor decides which committee to refer a bill to,” Nold said. “In the House, the speaker’s office refers bills to committees and the House rules will usually designate committee jurisdiction.”

The members of each committee are required to approve each bill before it can be scheduled for a final vote. The large role that committees play in the legislative

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process is apparent during the first 60 days of the session, a time when no bills can be debated on the floor of the House or Senate.

Josh Blank, manager of polling and research at The Texas Politics Project, said this 60-day waiting period is designed to prevent lawmakers from proposing unfinished legislation.

“The idea behind this is that, because legislation is going to begin in committees and it’s going to be debated in committees, part of the goal is to make sure committees don’t rush through their work and start putting stuff on the floor without it being fully debated and thought through,” Blank said.

However, Gov. Greg Abbott has the ability to designate certain topics as “emergency items” and allow them to be considered before the 60-day limit on debate is over.

In order for a bill to to become law, it must be passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the governor. The second chamber to receive the bill can either pass the bill as is or assign it to a committee so that changes can be made. If the House and Senate pass two different versions of the same bill, a conference committee is formed by members of each chamber to sort out the differences in each draft. If a compromise is reached, the new version of the bill must subsequently be reapproved by both chambers.

“If (a bill) doesn’t come out of conference committee, it’s dead,” Greenberg said. “And if it comes out of conference committee and each house doesn’t approve it, it’s dead.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019

UNIVERSITY

UT System, professor teach chemistry with Minecraft

By Savana Dunning @savanaish

The UT System and Kate the Chemist are using video games to spark interest in STEM with their new Careers in Chemistry project.

Careers in Chemistry was created with help from DISCO Learning Media, a UT alumni-created education innovation company, for the website Minecraft: Education Edition, a version of the popular video game Minecraft. In Minecraft Edu, players use the openworld crafting mechanics to explore topics ranging from coding to art and design. The module will be available for download in the middle of February through the Minecraft Edu website.

The UT System brought on Kate Biberdorf, also known as Kate the Chemist, to help write the project. Biberdorf’s innovative chemistry demonstrations launched her into national popularity with appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Wendy Williams Show.

“When you step into a digital platform, you really can tap into the make-believe, but in reality you’re showing them how these (chemical) pieces can come together,” chemistry professor Biberdorf said.

“They think they’re doing magic but really it’s science,

and it’s just a great way to promote the level of STEM.” Through Careers in Chemistry, players will explore four unconventional chemistry-based career paths: chef, science journalist, chemistry teacher and art conservationist. The game will guide them through activities based on these jobs in which the player will combine chemicals to achieve in-game goals.

“Chemistry is one of the most popular subjects in the Minecraft Education environment right now … but what was overall lacking was this idea of how you actually get a career in chemistry,” DISCO President Juan Garcia said. “Minecraft educators are trying to target high school age ranges with their content, so we thought this was a perfect opportunity.”

The classic version of Minecraft has over 91 million monthly players, a large chunk of which are under the age of 21. This age group has seen a 12 percent decline of interest in STEM careers between 2017 and 2018, according to Junior Achievement, a nonprofit dedicated to youth education.

Nichole Prescott, assistant vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said this game is part of the UT System’s overall goal to reinvigorate interest in STEM and prepare K-12 students for college.

alexander thompson | the daily texan file The UT System and Kate Biberdorf (Kate the Chemist) are using Minecraft to encourage young people to get involved in STEM fields through Careers in Chemistry.

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ 2015 assessments, only 25 percent of high school seniors are proficient in math and only 22 percent are proficient in science.

“When we look at the

educational attainment in the state of Texas, there are some major gaps and there are a lot of gaps in STEM fields,” Prescott said. “Even within the STEM fields, there’s not a lot of diversity of students going into STEM, so we really want to increase access

of students of all types to get interested in going into a STEM field.”

Biberdorf said she joined the project to inspire young people, especially girls, to join STEM fields.

“There’s something about that middle school age where

… all of a sudden, girls believe that they can’t do science or can’t do math,” Biberdorf said. “What I’m hoping to do is open the doors for more girls, and boys in general, and show them what you could do with this knowledge.”

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New initiative ‘Launch Years’ aims to better prepare K-12 students for college mathematics

By Tien Nguyen @tienjpg

Launch Years, a new initiative from UT’s Charles A. Dana Center, hopes to bridge the gap in mathematics education between K-12 and higher education systems.

The Dana Center, which focuses on improving STEM education, is bringing together math educators from K-12 with those at the college and university level to develop Launch Years.

Doug Sovde, director of K-12 Education Strategy, Policy and Services at the Dana Center, said the project has a threeyear timeline. A majority of the time will be spent not only creating math courses equivalent to those traditionally offered in high schools such as algebra 2, but also changing the heart and minds of people working in mathematics education.

“The work that is going to take time and energy is helping a wide variety of organizations and institutions believe in the worth and importance of connecting K-12 and higher education in mathematics,” Sovde said.

There is a need for this program because current K-12 mathematics education does not

adequately prepare students for their respective degrees, Sovde said.

“What we have in K-12 right now is a system that does a very nice job of asking students to learn the mathematics they need on their way to calculus but it historically has not done such a great job at asking students to learn the mathematics they need for other types of degrees,” Sovde said.

For example, it would make more sense for high school students planning to enter nursing to take statistics rather than calculus as it will be more relevant to the work they will be doing, Sovde said.

“Students often perceive a mismatch between what they care about in terms of their career or degree-earning aspirations and the mathematics they’re being asked to learn,” Sovde said.

Biology freshman Morgan Klein, who plans on entering the medical field, said she experienced this mismatch while she was in high school.

“My high school didn’t really try to guide me toward taking a math course that would be relevant to my career choice,” Klein said. “I never took statistics, and it would have been helpful.”

Providing high school students with more relevant

math course options, that are accepted at the higher education level, will help students see the importance of math, Sovde said.

“When we’re able to put things like statistics, quantitative reasoning, data science at the same level as algebra 2 or pre-calculus, then we’re giving students lots of options,” Sovde said. “These options help to take away the barriers to their success as they progress after high school.”

Launch Years will also develop training for high school staff and counselors so they can help students choose that math class that will be most beneficial for their future, said Martha Ellis, the director of Higher Education Strategy, Policy and Services at the Dana Center.

“We want to help teachers and faculty change their strategies so that they can meet the needs of the current students coming through,” Ellis said.

Presently, the Dana Center is in the process of selecting several states to participate in Launch Years.

“The goal is, as we learn and develop this program, it will go nationwide,” Ellis said. “People have a fear of math. We want to grow the mindset of having success in mathematic courses as opposed to weeding

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Several UT Police Department officers received training and competed last week at Texas State University’s annual Crisis Negotiation Competition and Seminar.

Ten members of UTPD’s Crisis Negotiation Unit tested their skills against approximately 300 negotiators divided into 26 other teams last Wednesday. Despite earning second place in 2018, the team failed to place at this year’s event.

“We know we had good scores, we just didn’t make the top five,” UTPD Lt. Laura Davis said.

The competition, which simulates hostage situations, is designed to reinforce any training previously received

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this year. Mullins said the competition started between two teams and gradually evolved into a national training event.

“The value is not the competition, the value is the training,” Mullins said.

“The teams that come are all experienced negotiators. We just try to add to their tool box a little bit. The competition is kept in there because of the stress it introduces.”

Mullins said they relied on roughly 60 student actors throughout the competition to create scenarios that replicate the pressure of a real-life crisis.

“First responders are take-charge, type-A kind of people,” Mullins said.

“They want to win just like a sports team wants to win, and their peers are watching and evaluating them, so all that adds to the stress.”

Davis said this is great exposure for the UTPD Crisis Negotiation Unit,

which has not yet been deployed for a crisis.

“Most of our situations have been resolved by the first-line officer,” Davis said. “Our team is there for prolonged incidents … We’re in the middle of a big city, and we have big city issues that we need to be ready to address.”

Radio-television-film sophomore Gracie McCallum said she sees how the competition helps make the campus safer during crises.

“These things don’t happen often, so any practice with it is a good thing for the police,” McCallum said.

As for next year’s competition, Davis hopes for improvement.

“Whether it’s our best game or not, we need to continue to train,” Davis said. “We’re going to regroup and figure out all the things we can do better. We’ll do much better next year I know.”

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“A lot of these situations are from things that have happened or things that could happen that we’ve seen bits and pieces of in reality,” Davis said.

Davis, who participated as UTPD’s team leader, said a panel of trained negotiators, psychologists and former law enforcement personnel evaluated each team’s performance in these situations and determined the results. She said it was a high-profile event with intense competition.

“They gave us the best feedback and made sure that we’re doing everything we can, so if something does happen on campus, we can deal with it and know that we’re ready,” Davis said.

Wayman Mullins, Texas State criminology professor, founded the competition 29 years ago and helped organize it

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Despite the loss of a storefront, Gardiner said

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The Daily Texan is the student newspaper for the University of Texas.

We’ve represented the UT community since 1900, more of our alumni have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes than any other college newspaper and we have won more awards than any of our peers.

But at the end of the day, the paper exists for the students of this University.

My goal for myself and for the Texan is to make this paper more open, more accessible and more reflective of the UT community.

The Texan has faced criticism in recent years for our coverage, and in many ways we’ve failed to do our jobs as representatives of the student body. We’ve been too exclusive, we’ve come off as inaccessible and this has been reflected in our coverage.

We’re supposed to be the paper for the UT community, and going forward myself and our entire management team want to emphasize the importance of this mission. If we want to be the newspaper for the UT community, we need to be open and receptive to that community. This begins and ends with the people who make the paper.

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You don’t need to be a journalism major — or have any real interest in pursuing journalism — to apply.

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Opinion columns have led to real and influential change, and I want to carry on this tradition going forward. In a long history of opinion writing, Daily Texan columnists have interviewed UT presidents, senators and hundreds of distinguished professors and alumni in order to build strong arguments in favor of issues they care about.

If writing isn’t your forte, we also have an array of multimedia and creative

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To apply for any and all of these positions, simply fill out our issue staff interest form, select the departments you’re interested in joining and the editors of each department will reach out to you with information about their specific tryout process.

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Registration isn’t fun, but having to constantly check the status of a class during add/drop may be worse

By Emily Caldwell Associate editor

Some classes never use waitlists, making registration for these classes during the add/ drop period an absolute nightmare. Now imagine if you could receive automatic notifications when the status of the class changes from open to closed or vice versa. Suddenly, everything would be a whole lot easier.

In order to get into a class without a waitlist during the add/drop period, students have to routinely check the course schedule and wait for the class to open, seemingly at random — if it does at all. Some students simply don’t have the time to participate in this tedious and time-consuming monitoring, even if they really need the class. UT should develop a system that automatically notifies students of any changes in the statuses of classes during add/drop periods.

Bryson Greenwood, a computer science and math sophomore, has had to continuously check the status of a class without a waitlist during the add/drop period on more than one occasion and has even missed getting in to one of the classes he needed as a result of this awkward setup.

“In my experience, it’s extremely stressful to hinge my degree completion on such an unreliable system,” Greenwood wrote in an email.

Students shouldn’t have to go through this unpredictable process just to get the classes

they need. However, Greenwood believes the development of a system that could monitor the statuses of these classes during add/ drop and automatically notify students of any changes is certainly possible.

“It could be structured in many ways, perhaps as an alert email or as a full-scale phone application that sends push notifications when classes are available,” Greenwood said.

“Making a third party application to serve this purpose would not be exceedingly difficult, however it could be made much easier with support from the University.”

Bethany Bell, an assistant registrar within UT’s Office of the Registrar, echoes this notion — without support and attention from the University, it would be hard to achieve any sort of major change to the registration process.

“I could tell you all day long, ‘This is wonderful,’ or ‘Wow, this is really thoughtful,’ but it comes down to the University prioritizing it,” Bell said. “Once that support is there, then that whole process of reviewing it and considering it will definitely happen.”

No matter how it may be framed, it’s time UT restructures the registration process. During the add/drop period, students shouldn’t have to keep their eyes glued to the course schedule for an unpredictable amount of time to get into a class they may need to graduate. It’s a waste of time, thoroughly unpredictable and not guaranteed to work. It’s time to fix this kink in the system.

Caldwell is a Latin American studies and journalism sophomore from College Station.

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joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Forward Charli Collier positions herself on the block during the Longhorns’ 73-67 win over the TCU Horned Frogs at the Frank Erwin Center. Collier tallied 14 points and five rebounds during the game.

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“‘One more’ is definitely our motto,” Aston said. “But if I would’ve known how many times I was going to say, ‘Stay the course.’ That might have been our The Longhorns are banged up, emohashtag this year.” tionally and physically.

Early on, Texas needed that same paComing off a disastrous trip tience and persistence. to Manhattan, Kansas, the elevA physical and aggressive TCU squad enth-ranked Longhorns held an averplayed like it was hungry for its first-evage scoring margin in Big 12 play of just er win in Austin, previously going 0–20. plus-three points.

After the first quarter, it looked like it “I think that what we realized about just might happen. ourselves is that we’re a little bit of a Seldom was a Texas shot left unconroller coaster team, that we kind of play tested or an orange-and-white jersey left Texas Student Media will keep you Texas Media will keep you connected connected in spurts,”Student head coach Karen Aston said. untouched on a rebound as TCU’s pesky with daily to the culture Conference play has a dog- sports defense and and physicality with daily links links to been the news, news, sports and culture proved to be fight for stories Texas, to shaping say the least, and the UT community. a problem in the early going, although stories shaping the UT community.

TCU wasn’t about to let Exes weekthe Longhorns managed a string of deend change that in Saturday’s 73-67 fensive stops to build a seven-point lead Longhorn victory. at halftime.

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Coming out of the locker room, Texas looked re-energized and immediately sparked a quick 7-2 run accordingly. As the two teams exchanged second-half baskets, the Longhorns heated up.

Texas hit four straight shots, including three 3-pointers — two of which came from Texas bigs Charli Collier and Joyner Holmes — to score 11 points in just over three minutes.

But again, the Frogs retaliated, and a full-court, buzzer-beating layup by Jayde Woods kept the game within reach, trimming the Texas lead to nine points going into the final quarter.

As the Frogs cut the deficit down to just one point in the fourth, this game had a feeling of déjà vu. For the Longhorns’ second consecutive home game, their opponent cut a double-digit deficit

to one possession in the fourth quarter.

“It’s the lapses that we have in the middle of games where we could be putting a team away,” Aston said.

“That’s our demon right now is that we can’t seem to stick the knife in.

The dog mentality is hard to teach. If you have a few of those, it creates a contagious environment.”

As the back-and-forth madness ensued, Holmes, who finished with a season-high 17 points, and Collier took over late. The Texas bigs combined for the Longhorns’ last seven points and several crucial defensive stops, including an emphatic block by Collier to preserve a four-point Texas lead with 1:43 left.

“My objective was to face-guard (Amy Okonkwo), so that was the first thing I wanted to do,” Collier said. “When I did

that, my offense came. I didn’t try to do anything that I couldn’t do. Props to Sug (Sutton), she got me most of my points with her assists.”

After a frantic exchange of turnovers and missed shots, Sutton stole the ball from Lauren Heard to preserve a threepoint lead with 40 seconds remaining.

Seconds later, a Destiny Littleton free throw essentially sealed the Texas victory, as the Longhorns were able to hang on for the win.

After coming close to upsetting a ranked Texas team for the second straight year, TCU head coach Raegan Pebley said, “We might be disappointed, but we’re not discouraged, and that’s growth in our team.”

Next, Texas will take on Kansas on Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Roach’s takeover puts an end to Texas’ three-game losing streak

By Robert Larkin @r_larkintexas

Kerwin Roach II knew the night offered a chance for atonement. The entire Texas team did.

After three consecutive losses in conference play where late-game execution escaped the Longhorns, the senior guard knew what a win against No. 20 Oklahoma could offer.

And on Saturday night, Texas seized advantage of the moment to snap a three-game skid. Ditching their inability to close out games, the Longhorns finally managed to push themselves to the winning side in a tight contest, overcoming an Oklahoma lead in the game’s final minutes to capture a 75-72 win on Saturday night.

“There were a lot of things we could get down about,” Roach said. “But we been there before, been through a lot of adversity. We’re really tough-minded mentally. We just stayed together, and that just keeps us going.”

While head coach Shaka Smart has emphasized all season the need to finish on a more consistent basis, Texas had gone 3–6 in contests determined by six points or less entering the game against Oklahoma. That included an 0–3 mark through the early part of Big 12 play.

Against its most bitter rival, Texas showed something different than it had in those

previous losses. The Longhorns executed down the stretch.

Jase Febres drilled a critical three to give Texas a four-point lead with over 30 seconds to play. Matt Coleman and Jaxson Hayes were each able to convert a free throw at the line in the final seconds and increase the lead to three points after Oklahoma cut the deficit to one.

Texas displayed energy, mental toughness, and grit — areas the philosophically inclined Smart loves to talk about. But the biggest jump the Longhorns took was actually making the plays they needed to on the offensive end.

“We had been going over a lot of situational things, late game in practice, taking the time to go over that,” forward Dylan Osetkowski said. “Give us kudos for being able to go out there and do it.”

It was the tandem of Roach and Osetkowski that helped carry the Longhorns.

Roach, who has battled inconsistency, flashed in a way reminiscent of his performance earlier this season against North Carolina by chipping in 23 points. During the first half, he carried the Longhorns through a dreadful shooting performance with 11 consecutive points. In the second period, his relentless style of driving to the bucket led to another 10 points and helped the Longhorns in the half-court.

katie bauer | the daily texan staff Senior guard Kerwin Roach II drives past Oklahoma center Jamuni McNeace during Texas’ 75-72 win over the Sooners.

Osetkowski put together his best effort of the season, putting up 15 points and 11 rebounds. He neutralized Oklahoma’s inside presence and even outplayed the Sooners’ big men, a main point of emphasis by Smart.

Getting that type of production from his two senior leaders was pivotal, Smart said,

and what he hopes is a sign of things to come.

“That’s what you want from your senior leaders,” Smart said. “Those guys, they stuck with it. That’s the biggest thing you want from seniors is leading the team in terms of, ‘This is who we’re gonna be. We’re tough. We’re aggressive. The moment’s

not too big for us.’ And I think both guys played that way tonight.”

The Longhorns now find themselves only one game back from the Big 12 lead. In a league defined by parity, the Longhorns can assert themselves in the conference title picture. The key is not overlooking any upcoming opponent,

and maintaining the energy and toughness the Longhorns employed Saturday.

“In this conference, you play 18 regular season games,” Smart said. “Your goal is to obviously get better and better over the course of the conference season, but you cannot look past your next

FOOTBALL

UT, A&M presidents shed light on reviving football rivalry

katie bauer | the daily texan staff UT President Greg Fenves celebrates with athletic director Chris Del Conte and head football coach Tom Herman following the Longhorns’ victory in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day.

Instead, Texas scheduled a home-and-home with powerhouse Alabama.

With Del Conte’s plan falling through, a game In the years since the between the two schools last Lone Star Showdown, would probably be pushed it seems as if everyone expast 2029. And with most cept officials from Texas nonconference games and Texas A&M has wanted bound to a contract, it the schools to meet on the would be too much of a gridiron again. financial obligation for Legislators have proeither school to scratch a posed bills to renew the scheduled game and reannual game. Fans of both new the rivalry in a hurry. schools continue to jaw at Despite no football each other like quarreling games between the two siblings. Even the schools’ schools since 2011, the fight songs mention each excitement of the rivalry other by name. is still palpable So much of the in other sports.

Texas and Texas The 2018 NCAA A&M rivalry inSuper Regiontertwines, except al in Austin saw It’s a storied rivalry for for the fact that the Longhorns the two schools a hundred years or so. down the Aggies don’t meet on the to earn a trip to We’re supportive (of football field anyCollege World more — once an renewing it) ... We’ve told Series. The two annual Thanksschools have also our ADs (athletic direcgiving tradition. met in volleyball But after athletic tors) to figure out a plan and basketball director and UT as well. and bring it to us.” vice president There’s one Chris Del Conthing that’s difGREG FENVES te took the helm UT PRESIDENT ferent this time of Texas’ athletwith rivalry talks ics department, renewing: Both there’s been a sides are interested and Statesman. glimmer of hope to the want to play again. No “It is complicated. Our continuous rumors the matter how long it takes, schedules don’t match two schools will once again that should be music to very well. They have play each other. anyone’s ears, and one “It’s a storied rivalry nonconference games in of college football’s most the beginning; we have for a hundred years or storied rivalries could so,” UT President Grego- ours interspersed more become a reality throughout the season. All ry Fenves told the Austin once again.

American-Statesman on of this makes it very hard “At some point, I have to schedule.”

Friday. “We’re supportive to think the contracts will When an opening arose (of renewing it) … We’ve lineup and we’ll play,” told our ADs (athletic di- in Texas’ schedule in Del Conte told The Dallas 2023, Del Conte contactrectors) to figure out a plan Morning News on Aug. 22. ed Texas A&M athletic and bring it to us.”

“But until then, I have to director Scott Woodward The two schools last do what’s best for the Uniabout scheduling a game, met on the football field versity of Texas.” in 2011, when Texas kicker but Woodward declined.

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Justin Tucker hit a 40-yard field goal as time expired at Kyle Field.

Even with both schools now interested in renewing the Showdown, there’s still one roadblock: Their schedules don’t line up.

Both schools have nonconference games scheduled through 2029, and a lot of stars would have to align to have a game played before then.

“You have to get the weekend that coincides and works together,” Texas A&M President Michael Young told the

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tallying just eight total yards and one first down through the first quarter. It wasn’t until the Bulldogs fell behind 17 points at the beginning of the second that they scored their first points on a touchdown toss from Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm to Brian Herrien, giving fans a chance to exhale for the first time since kickoff.

Todd Orlando’s defense never faltered, though, holding Georgia scoreless for almost the next 30 minutes of play.

Then, it was Ehlinger who had the ball in his hands — four times, to be exact — during the defining moment of the game.

Ehlinger’s number was called three times on the one-yard line in hopes of pushing through the line of scrimmage for a touchdown. He was held up short of the goal line on all three runs.

Head coach Tom Herman’s trust in Ehlinger didn’t diminish, even after being stuffed on the same play three times in a row. Ehlinger took another snap on fourth down, this time successfully squeezing through

the wall of blockers for the score, giving Texas a 28-7 fourth-quarter lead, which proved to be too much for Georgia to overcome late in the contest.

“I think that mindset and the physicality and the ‘whatever it takes’ and the 4th and inches is the mindset that our offense needs to have,” Ehlinger said, “our team needs to have every single play.”

After the game, Herman was asked by a reporter if his heart dropped when Ehlinger claimed Texas was back. Before the question was finished, Herman interjected with a quick, “Yes!” Still, Herman couldn’t hold back a smile at the thought of his quarterback’s confidence in the program moving forward.

Ehlinger wasn’t the only one under the impression this year’s Longhorn team was primed for a successful run. Many seniors such as Omenihu, who previously lacked much of anything to show for their run at Texas, decided changing the trajectory of the program was a mission that couldn’t wait another season.

“I knew in the offseason … that this team was going to be an amazing

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squad,” Omenihu said.

“And that was a personal dream of mine to play on a stage like this and to win a game. This was a huge part of why I decided to come back to school.

That’s the best decision I’ve ever made in my 21 years of living, for real.”

Looking ahead, Texas once again faces the loss of a number of key players to April’s NFL Draft. But with a future Heisman candidate at quarterback and a ninthranked recruiting class on the way, the Longhorns have shown there’s reason to believe they haven’t hit their ceiling yet.

Herman will be the first to argue just that. “(This win) just means we’re headed in the right direction,” Herman said. “We lost in Dallas a month ago, and it left a really bad taste in our mouth. So the good thing is there’s still a lot for this program to achieve, mainly winning our conference title.”

Herman continued, “But to beat such a quality opponent like the way that we did it and to do it on this kind of stage in the Sugar Bowl certainly leads me to believe that we’re headed in the right direction.”

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MUSICAL

‘Waitress’ flips gender roles New musical brings fresh understanding of feminism to UT.

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This week, the musical “Waitress” is coming to Bass Concert Hall, bringing a new perspective to the world of feminism.

By Landry Allred @l2ndry

story filled with pie, friendship and motherhood will penetrate the hearts of musical lovers this week in Austin.

Lexus Broadway in Austin, presented by Texas Performing Arts, will host the musical “Waitress” from Jan. 22–27 at Bass Concert Hall. Uniquely, the musical flips the stereotypical gender roles of

fictional characters.

“Waitress” follows a woman named Jenna, an avid pie baker and waitress at a diner. While in an abusive relationship with her husband Earl, she discovers she’s pregnant and must assess her next steps. Using pies as metaphors for life, she navigates friendships, learns about motherhood and recognizes her self identity.

Tim Rogers, Texas Performing Arts student engagement director, said he anticipates a large audience because the musical appeals

Especially on Broadway, there’s not a ton of shows completely made by women, for women.”

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to a broad spectrum of people. “(‘Waitress’ has) a little bit of everything because it’s fun, upbeat music but an interesting story,” Rogers said.

Taylor King, advertising sophomore and self-described devoted feminist, saw “Waitress” for the first time on Broadway last summer and explained the musical’s novelty — being produced by an all-female creative team.

“Especially on Broadway, there’s not a ton of shows completely made by women, for

women,” King said. “So it’s good to feel like your experiences are universal.”

The musical stands out from other works because the story revolves around a woman. Mary Beltrán, an associate professor of radio-television-film, said presenting a woman’s life as the main subject hasn’t always been the case.

“Hollywood films, in particular, still tend to revolve around male

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“Austin to ATX: The Hippies, Pickers, Slackers, and Geeks Who Transformed the Capital of Texas” follows the city’s transformation from a quiet capital to a musical, technological and cultural powerhouse.

The Daily Texan had a chance to speak with Patoski before the book’s release on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

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arrogance of being (in Austin). We’re all here, but very few people are here because they have to be or don’t want to be. I tried to look for all of these origin stories. But all these stories that I try to tell is just how people came to work here to work their ideas out, how they did and what’s the result after that.

DT: Is there anything you came across that you didn’t know originally?

JNP: I would say at least half of the book, I had no idea.

And that was the fun. It’s always an exploration. You always have an idea of what anything’s about whether it’s an article or a book. But I was always looking, keeping (my mind) open, but I had to figure out what (Austin) was.

DT: Some would say that Austin’s transformation has been negative, especially with

( gentrification. How’d you S address this issue? t JNP: I tried to cover and n address (gentrification). And w what I see historically is … d I’m disappointed that most of A (the book’s) characters in the T ‘70s and ‘80s are overwhelmp ingly white males. You have c a lot of cool businesses (in o Austin), but do you have a i culture anymore? This is b a problem that toward the t end of my book, and really h the last 15 years of what I $ was writing about, is this t realization: Have we killed s the goose that laid the golden D egg? My bigger question is, w with all these disciplines, a have you marked out the J creative force that makes a Austin? And I don’t have t the answer. r DT: What type of Austin are b we moving toward? a JNP: I talked about three t institutions of old Austin o s

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019

FILM REVIEW

Documentary tackles Fyre Festival creator’s wire fraud

By Brooke Sjoberg @Sj0b3rg

The Fyre Festival debacle of 2017 is one of the most publicized cases of wire fraud in modern history.

Marketed by influencers and models, the music festival promised a luxury private island experience with celebrities.

One of two recent releases concerning Fyre Fest, Netflix Original documentary “FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” chronicles the rise and fall of Billy McFarland, the con artist behind this operation. Director Chris Smith has expertly crafted a slow-motion train wreck with “Final Destination”-level financial carnage out of archive footage, video from festivalgoers and interviews with people involved at all levels.

The pacing of this documentary is absolutely stunning. The exposition does its due diligence to tell the audience just who Billy McFarland is: A venture capital credit card mogul who could sell someone their own shirt, with interest. It also puts into perspective how close the tech and music industries really are, with rapper Ja Rule acting as McFarland’s industry connection. The festival was intended to promote McFarland’s Fyre Media app, which one member of his team described as the Uber of artist booking.

The final crescendo of McFarland’s legal fate after being convicted of wire fraud is followed swiftly by the financial carnage his actions have left behind for those he employed and associated with.

The pain in the voices of former employees as they describe their financial struggles after working for McFarland is both a clever storytelling mechanism and effective means of communicating how much of a blight Fyre Fest really was. It is

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protagonists,” Beltrán said.

This poses the question of whether or not “Waitress” represents these female protagonists fairly, which can be determined through the Bechdel Test — a three-

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copyright netflix, and reproduced with permission Fyre Fest, the brainchild of rapper Ja Rule (left) and Billy McFarland (right), was intended to promote an app to assist in booking artists, but rapidly became a financial disaster due to poor planning.

genuine — how many people lost their savings, went without pay and generally had their livelihoods ruined by this festival.

Although the pacing of “FYRE” is extremely effective for telling this kind of story, McFarland is distractingly absent. Make no mistake, he is there in the promotional footage, video from meetings and audio from company phone calls. He just isn’t there to answer the question this whole process naturally lends to asking: Why?

criteria test used to evaluate female characters and their representation.

The criteria says the work of fiction must have at least two women, they must talk to one another and their conversation must be of a topic other than a man. If the work displays all three, it’s fair to assume the work represents women justly.

This is a disservice to the rest of the documentary, as it analyzes McFarland from behind glass. There is no direct approach, which is needed to tell a complete story.

However, “FYRE” does present a lot of value as an insight into social media’s role as a tool for marketing.

The idea of models such as Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner posting a simple orange tile with “#FyreFest” and getting a large paycheck, unknowingly or just uncaringly participating in a huge con is

However, Beltrán said she is unsure of the test’s usefulness.

“The Bechdel Test is just one way to assess whether the female characters are dimensional and nuanced,” Beltrán said. “It doesn’t give you the whole picture of how it represents gender or how it depicts feminist subjects.”

Despite these implications,

simply unthinkable. But that is exactly what happened. The documentary shows that influencers who posted about the festival were even offered free stays at Fyre Fest in exchange for effectively giving McFarland and his team access to their fanbase.

The value of “FYRE” as a documentary goes beyond its original purpose — to show how social media can truly make or break a business — but it really is missing the most important voice of Billy

“Waitress” still depicts life for many women. King said she identified with the female characters in “Waitress” because each woman self-sacrifices because of a man.

“I really appreciated that because I had just ended a relationship with a guy who wasn’t abusive, but he wasn’t good,” King said. “I gave up a lot to

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McFarland. This is a monumental disadvantage to Netflix’s “FYRE,” because Hulu also released a documentary centered around the failed festival which managed to include an interview with McFarland.

make him feel more secure in his manhood.”

After watching “Waitress,” King said she felt she didn’t have to sacrifice anymore and neither should other women.

Reflecting on messages of female empowerment, King said “Waitress” validates feelings and situations women experience but never talk about. She

said it serves as an anthem for this generation’s feminists. “‘Waitress’ is about how women persevere,” King said.

“It’s about feeling empowered, even when everything in your life isn’t going well and how you keep strong through it.”

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(the Capitol, UT and Scholz Garten), but in this book I talk about new institutions, whether it’s Armadillo, Whole Foods, ACL (or) SXSW. Today, (Austin’s) a place where people come for a multitude of reasons. The cool is still here. It may be a little bit harder to find and you may have to pay to park $10 an hour to find that cool, but it’s still here.

DT: What do you want readers to take away from the book?

JNP: I hope I trigger a lot of memories for the oldtimers that really think it was better 40 or 50 years ago and remember the Austin that they once did, and for someone that just got

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019

FOOTBALL

Longhorns ride Sam’s sugar rush

ashley ephraim | the daily texan file Quarterback Sam Ehlinger received the Sugar Bowl’s Most Outstanding Player trophy after rushing for three touchdowns in the Longhorns’ 28-21 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in New Orleans.

Ehlinger’s big day powers Texas to Sugar Bowl victory.

By Ross Burkhart @ross_burkhart

EW ORLEANS — If there’s one trap Texas players and coaches have avoided falling into, it’s using

the B-word.

But as orange and white confetti fell from the rafters and quarterback Sam Ehlinger stood on stage accepting his 2019 Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player trophy, he couldn’t help but

utter the famous phrase to Longhorn fans around the country.

“Longhorn nation, we’re baaaaack!”

Nobody exactly knows what the phrase means.

But the widespread eruption of cheers from his teammates, many of whom were making confetti angels on the turf 20 feet away, signaled Texas had finally found a foothold on its climb toward once again being one of college football’s elite programs.

“When he said that, I was like, ‘Keep saying it,’” defensive end Charles Omenihu said. “That’s the confidence this man exudes to the offense and to the whole team, and I’ve commended him so many times. And I’ll commend him again for just being the guy he is and the way he is, because it’s really been transcending and inspiring to everybody on this

whole team and the whole University.”

Ehlinger, who tied a Sugar Bowl record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (3), was the unquestioned leader on New Year’s Day in New Orleans as the Longhorns took down No. 5 Georgia, 28-21. For the full 60 minutes of action, the game appeared to be Texas’ to lose as it controlled the tempo completely and asserted dominance in nearly every aspect despite the Bulldogs entering as two-score favorites.

The culmination of Texas’ first 10-win season in nearly a decade began in the opening minutes as Ehlinger led his unit down the field in a tone-setting, 75-yard drive that quickly displayed the Longhorns’ readiness.

Georgia responded in contrasting fashion by

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