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Students worked Saturday to solve science-related problems on campus. PA G E 2

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Mini murals to be designed by former UT student across West Campus

By Mason Carroll @MasonCCarroll

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percent, according to the scholarship fundraising page. The scholarship taskforce aims to increase the amount to 10 percent in order to maintain UT’s ranking as a top communication school in the country.

“There is an incredible need for this scholarship,” said Lydia Medhanie, Communication Council co-director of diversity and

Two years after withdrawing from UT to pursue her love for art, Emily Ding will be bringing a pop of color back to the Forty Acres in an unexpected way.

UP Art Studio created the Mini Mural Project in 2016 to bring art to unique places in Austin and Houston by having artists create works of art on traffic signal control cabinets. Ding was one of four artists chosen, and she will paint the cabinet at MLK Boulevard and Guadalupe Street next month.

Ding will also create two designs for the utility box, and the community will vote on a final design.

“It’s interesting because I didn’t expect to be chosen,” Ding said. “I’m excited, and I want to see what I can do for the campus since I got a lot of good things out of my years there.”

The project started in Houston, and there are now over 200 mini murals around the city. Elia Quiles, UP Art Studio co-owner, said the studio wants to bring an equally successful program to Austin and is partnering with the Austin Transportation Department to create the murals.

“We have designed this program to support civic art and to beautify neighborhoods throughout Austin,” Quiles said. “These works of art will transform a drab traffic signal control cabinet into a vibrant piece of civic art.”

UP Art Studios held public meetings Sunday to allow community input on each cabinet’s design. Students and other members of the community showed up to give their opinions about what the mural should be.

“I’m excited to see what we come up with,” Ding said. “I’m just really interested in seeing what kind of messages or images we’ll put on the mini mural because it’s a small surface.”

Allie Runas, a member of the West Campus Neighborhood

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Moody studies abroad Communication Council launches study abroad scholarship fund.

By Catherine Lindberg @cathlinderberg

he Communication Council launched a scholarship fundraiser on Feb. 6 after learning only six percent of students from the Moody College of Communication study abroad each year.

According to Riya Ashok, Communication Council’s co-director of diversity and inclusion, the

scholarship would be the first Moody-specific study abroad scholarship, and aims to raise $5,000 toward a $25,000 endowment that would allow the scholarship to continue forever. As of Sunday night, 70 percent of the Communication Council’s goal had been met.

“The Communication Council Scholarship Taskforce has been working for almost a year to try and start a scholarship for low-income

students,” Ashok said.

Ashok, an advertising and textiles and apparel junior, said Moody College offers several faculty-led study abroad scholarships, but this one is different because it would be the first study abroad scholarship just for Moody students.

Each year, more than 4,400 students from the University study abroad, but the number of Moody students remains at six

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First-gen STEM students face challenges

Blanton to redesign, expand Latin American collection

By Natalie Venegas @nataliezz_24

By Lauren Girgis @laurengirgis

STEM has a reputation for being one of UT’s most challenging fields of study, but for first-generation STEM students, tough classes aren’t the only obstacle they face.

According to the Student Success Initiatives at UT, more than 20 percent of UT undergrads are first-generation college students. Both Ralph Wiser, mechanical engineering senior, and Ana Silverio, marine and freshwater science junior, said they have experienced difficult challenges as first-generation STEM students.

“Most first-generation students are faced with

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anthony mireles | the daily texan staff Marine and freshwater science junior Ana Silverio is among the 20 percent of UT students who are considered “first-gen” by the Student Success Initatives office.

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The Blanton Museum of Art has received a gift of $20 million from the Moody Foundation to transform their grounds, as well as over 100 works of art from the Spanish and Portuguese Americas.

The $20 million donation, announced Feb. 9, is intended to make the Blanton an iconic destination, said Carlotta Stankiewicz, director of marketing and communications at the Blanton.

“The master plan will capitalize on (the Blanton’s) growth by reshaping the museum grounds to attract more

visitors and offer additional opportunities for outdoor public programming,” Stankiewicz said in an email.

Stankiewicz said a portion of the $20 million gift will fund free admission to the museum on Thursdays, and the museum will complete additional fundraising to pay for the plan to redesign the grounds.

The redesign is currently in development and plans should be released this summer. The architectural firm Snøhetta was chosen to spearhead the project.

“Snøhetta is a global leader in architecture and design and is known for designing

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jp hite | the daily texan staff From left to right, biochemistry senior Quan Vuong, Hayley Bishop, a fifth year Chemical Engineer and Plan II major; and math freshman Ximena Mercado García brainstorm ideas to cut down time on garbage collection routes across campus.

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UT students participated in Science Sprints on Saturday to tackle science-related problems across campus.

Science Sprints — intensive one-day events hosted by the College of Natural Sciences — bring together teams of 10-25 undergraduate students to work on science and technology-related projects. This semester, the Sprints were held on Feb. 2 and Feb. 16.

“We built the program hoping to give students the opportunity to explore an area they might be interested in as a stepping stone for other opportunities,” said Sarah

Eichhorn, program director and executive director of Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science. “It’s meant to be a fun environment where you’re working in a team with faculty and experts on hand to consult.”

Last weekend’s sprints tackled problems ranging from biodiversity to nutrition.

One of the sprints, called Increasing Route Efficiency Through Campus, was in partnership with UT Facilities and focused on finding more efficient routes for facility workers and UT vehicles to use when traveling across campus. “(UT Facilities) put data loggers on two dozen vehicles and found that workers were spending three and a half

hours of an eight hour work day driving,” said Markus Hogue, Sprint leader and landscape services program coordinator. “Students are analyzing the data and then making a presentation to the head of facilities about ways to increase travel efficiency.”

Biology senior Naren Makkapati and computational biology junior Megan Chan participated in this sprint.

Makkapati and Chan used data analysis to look at different factors, including whether passing periods between classes slowed down drivers.

Chan said she had received emails in the past about Science Sprints and wanted to try it out.

“This semester, I wanted to

do something computational,” Chan said. “It’s also interesting because we know that things get pretty crowded around passing periods and so that is something that is relevant.”

Makkapati said the problem of finding more efficient routes on campus brings a lot of fascinating data that can be analyzed and used to see what is going on behind the scenes.

“It would be really awesome to see what is actually happening,” Makkapati said.

Biochemistry sophomore Marco Hernandez was part of the UT v.s. Global Food Environments sprint. He and other students worked on developing a video about nutrition on UT campus and comparing it to global college

food environments. “(The sprint team is) investigating the food environment here at UT and monitoring whether the nutritional content of the food on campus is meeting certain guidelines,” Hernandez said. “We did interviews and surveys, and we want to see if there is room for improvement.”

Science Sprints give students the rare opportunity of spending eight hours intensely working on a real problem with other students in their discipline, Eichhorn said.

“Some things students can get out of a sprint are experience with teamwork, communication skills and a meaningful problem-solving opportunity,” Eichhorn said.

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critically acclaimed additions to prestigious museums and cultural facilities across the globe,” Stankiewicz said.

Stankiewicz said two founders of Snøhetta, Craig Dykers and Elaine Molinar, are alumni of the UT School of Architecture and are leading the project.

The recent acquisition of 119 colonial era Latin American works from collectors Roberta and Richard Huber helped grow the Blanton’s Latin American collection.

The artworks will give new insight into the mingling of European and indigenous traditions, said Rosario Granados, associate curator of Spanish colonial art at the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation.

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inclusion and corporate communication senior.

“Studying abroad has proven to be an invaluable learning experience, especially for communication students. I am thrilled seeing members of Communication Council band together for this amazing cause.”

The scholarship fund is a completely student-led initiative.

Communication Council member Chantal Poitras said she hopes to study abroad in England and is glad to see these changes being made.

“I think so many people don’t study abroad because they assume it’s too expensive and don’t know about opportunities available,”

deepest wound in the history of Latin America ... the moment where Europe came and invaded,” Granados said. “(The artwork provides) a window of understanding on why Latin America is the way it is.”

Granados said she hopes students will come out and see the collection.

“I think I probably will see it because I come here quite a bit,” studio art freshman Destiny Juarez said. “I think it’ll be interesting to see the art from that time period.”

Many of the pieces will be put on display in the fall in the Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America exhibition.

“I think (the collection) would be important to understand ... why Mexican culture is so present in Texas at large, but especially in Austin,” Granados said.

corporate communication freshman Poitras said. “This scholarship shows that UT cares about their students and gives my peers a chance to study overseas, too.”

The fundraiser is happening through March 8, and contributions can be made through the Hornslink fundraiser page.

“As the official student voice of the Moody College, it is our job as a council to work towards the betterment of the Moody College, and I think the scholarship is proof of that happening,” Medhanie said. “It is truly mind blowing to see something bigger than ourselves be built in front of our eyes, and even more amazing to have the opportunity to create a lasting impact on campus.”

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First UT ‘Black Excellence in STEM’ festival encourages representation

By Areeba Amer @areeba_amer

The Cockrell School of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences hosted the first Black Excellence in STEM festival on Friday to showcase significant black figures and their contributions to the STEM field.

“We wanted to celebrate our black students and also those who contribute to the STEM field,” said Johnny Hill, academic coordinator for the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program. “(The idea) actually came about a couple of years ago, at least last year, and today it came into fruition.”

In fall 2018, UT reported that approximately four percent of students on campus identified as black. Chemical engineering junior Corrine Cassel, who helped organize the festival, said the fact that black students are an

underrepresented minority increases the importance of this event.

“I know I go to a lot of my classes and I’m often the only black person, or one of a handful,” Cassel said. “I know a lot of people necessarily don’t feel that way, but I feel kind of isolated.

This is a way to celebrate our culture and get other people to know what we’re about.”

The festival featured different stations showcasing black historical figures in the STEM industry. Attendees could participate in a scavenger hunt or visit different stations in exchange for food. Performances also took place during the event including spoken word poetry, a capella and Ubuntu dance, which involved energetic dancing and rhythmic music.

Aerospace engineering junior Cohovi Aimihoue said he went to the event to support its cause and said he learned more about the first black person admitted to UT Austin,

Jon Hargis.

“They’re celebrating black excellence, and that’s something that we don’t hear about often,” Aimihoue said. “As a black person, I just enjoy being on this campus. But back in the days, it was not like that. Listening to all the stories kind of reminds me of our success.”

While the festival was officially hosted by CNS and Cockrell, multiple student organizations, including the National Society of Black Engineers and the Association of Black Computer Scientists, were involved in the process.

“It was really recent that black students were like discriminated against,” said Marissa Jenkins, computer science sophomore and president of the Association of American Black Scientists. “I just think it’s important that we recognize how far we’ve come and that we can keep growing.”

samantha dorsica | the daily texan staff Biochemistry sophomore Logan Powell presents his research regarding black historical figures in healthcare at the Black Excellence in STEM festival at the Electrical Engineering building.

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joshua guenther | the daily texan staff Artist Emily Ding, right, brainstorms mural ideas with Elia Quiles, co-owner of UP Art Studio, to decorate a traffic signal control cabinet at MLK Boulevard and Guadalupe Street.

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Association, said she came to the meeting to give suggestions because she enjoys looking at street art on her way to class.

“It’s something that can bring the community together in a collective experience,” said Runas, a software engineering senior. “I walk through campus and see all these white walls and think ‘Hm, we could

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complete unfamiliarity with the demands of a university education,” Wiser said. “Having parents who know the answers to questions such as how to handle financial aid and how student loans work would have been helpful.”

Despite this difficulty, Wiser said starting his college career at a community college not only helped prepare him for a university education, but for a career in the STEM field.

“Starting at a community college where the costs and the stakes are lower helped me navigate the complexities of an education,” Wiser said.

Silverio said that initially, the STEM field was incredibly

put artwork here.’”

Quiles said the studio’s goal is to spread the mural project to as many cities as possible.

“The project embodies our mission of ‘Civic Pride through Civic Art,’ where we aim to educate, move and engage people through public art and help create a sense of place,” Quiles said. “It is exciting to be involved in a project that allows us to have an impact on many neighborhoods throughout the city.”

Ding said she is excited to give back to the campus that gave so much to her, but she is also looking forward to walking around her old stomping grounds and coming up with new ideas.

“Bottom line, I am just really looking forward to being back on campus,” Ding said.

“It’s been a decent amount of time since I segued into my own art career, so I’m excited to bring that back to the community.”

intimidating as she was overcome with the feeling of being a “fraud.”

“There is an amount of pressure that comes with being the first in any field, but particularly in STEM with the amount of competition,” Silverio said. “It was more difficult than I expected it to be, but I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.”

Silverio said she had to do her own extensive research to understand how the University system worked and sought advice from mentors and professors.

“A resource that would have been extremely helpful is a panel of advisors familiar with working with first-generation students,” Silverio said.

STEM education associate professor Jill Marshall said there are steps faculty can take

to ensure first-generation students have the resources to be successful.

“Much of STEM involves research opportunities, and learning how to obtain these opportunities to enrich your career in STEM is vital,” Marshall said. “Reaching out to students and letting them know what is possible in a more personal level is an added step that we need to take.”

Silverio said other first-generation students should understand that they belong here just as much as everyone else.

“Going into STEM and being first-generation has taught me the virtue of education and how lucky we are to be in a place where it’s available to us,” Silverio said. “It has given me a sense of pride and a label I’m proud of.”

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GUEST COLUMN

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To close the gender gap, we need to show women they’re not alone

By Harika Pancharpula Guest Columnist

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Women are resilient. Let’s inspire them

By Susan Heinzelman Guest Columnist

Despite the hundreds of initiatives nationwide promoting increased participation by women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, women remain a minority in STEM careers in the United States. In 2016 only 25.5 percent of computer and only 14.2 percent of architecture and engineering positions were held by women. For women of color, this gender gap is even wider. Asian, black women and Latinas made up slightly less than 10 percent of working scientists and engineers in 2015.

The consequences of this underrepresentation extend well into the post-graduation careers of these populations. For example, women get cited in scientific publications less often than men and, as a result, they get offered fewer prestigious opportunities, thus earning less than men over their lifetimes. Moreover, they contend on a daily basis with feelings of isolation, a hostile, male-dominated work environment and lack of effective mentors. In the United States, 32 percent of women who enter the STEM fields leave their job within a year.

How do we change the long-term prospects for women and other underrepresented groups so that they are not constantly battling the social and cultural biases that marginalize them in classrooms, in laboratories and in the workforce? One strategy that won’t work is to add women and stir!

We’ve tried this in a number of professions — including the University — without success because the numbers do not add up to a critical population who might push back against bias and marginalization. The addition of a few diverse individuals (often merely a token effort to demonstrate the organization’s commitment to diversity) does nothing to change the structural and systemic bias against women and “the others.”

Instead of asking those who already carry the burden, we need to teach them how to be resilient.”

Instead of asking those who already carry the burden of representing their gender, race, ethnicity or sexuality to change themselves so that they might “fit” into the system, we need to teach them how to be resilient in the face of daily disparagement and bias so that they, together with their allies, can change the system.

Here at UT, we have a program that does precisely that. INSPIRE, a women’s undergraduate leadership program funded through and directed by the Center for Women’s & Gender Studies, supports STEM students

through mentoring, social awareness and career advancement. INSPIRE offers a unique opportunity for its participants — members of an underrepresented population and more often than not, first-generation college students — to come together across disciplines, schools, areas of interest, as well as across ethnicity and life experience to learn the importance of diversity and the necessity of communicating across cultures.

Students develop inclusive leadership skills by reflecting on their own individual and social identities. They learn how structural exclusion not only diminishes the potential of each individual, but how it also harms the collective as well as practice outreach strategies that make a difference throughout their lives and careers. While students are provided professional development workshops, travel to conferences and assistance as they work on group and personal projects, the biggest impact of this program might be that it provides the participants a safe space and the time to develop the resilience necessary to succeed both in college — all participants in INSPIRE graduate in 4 years or less — and in their careers in what still remains a predominantly male-dominated world.

For more information about INSPIRE, please contact Nancy Ewert, senior program coordinator at 512-471-5680 or newert@austin.utexas.edu Heinzelman is the director of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at UT.

GUEST COLUMN

Young women need role models in STEM

By Tricia Berry Guest Columnist

Nerdy. Brilliant at math. Antisocial.

Works in isolation. Poor communicator.

Old. White. Male.

Stereotypes of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals persist. Even with diverse scientists and engineers featured in hit movies such as “Hidden Figures” and “Black Panther,” shows like the “The Big Bang Theory” perpetuate STEM stereotypes and can negatively impact how young girls perceive themselves in STEM roles.

You can’t be what you can’t see. It’s difficult to aspire to be an engineer if you have never met an engineer. It’s challenging to get excited about being a scientist if you don’t know how a scientist impacts our lives and our world. It’s hard to get excited about STEM classes or majors if you don’t identify with the stereotypes. Diverse STEM role models matter if we want to increase the diversity in STEM fields. And diversity in the STEM profession matters if we want to have the best solutions to the challenges that face our world.

Girl Day at UT Austin is a one-day outreach program designed to bust through STEM stereotypes and excite girls about STEM careers. Girl Day gives elementary and middle school students of all genders a chance to explore STEM through grade-appropriate, hands-on activities hosted by diverse volunteer scientists, engineers and STEM enthusiasts from over 160 student organizations, research centers, corporate partners and community organizations.

Our amazing Girl Day STEM role models inspire participants by using research-based best practices to engage girls in STEM. Participants see women engineers with the Society of Women Engineers having fun doing challenging, hands-on engineering projects. They meet black computer scientists with the Association of UT Austin Black Computer Scientists problem solving with coding. They work in teams,

You can’t be what you can’t see. It’s difficult to aspire to be an engineer if you have never met an engineer. It’s challenging to get excited about being a scientist if you don’t know how a scientist impacts our lives.” with guidance from STEM role models, to solve transportation challenges, launch rockets and design strong spaghetti bridges. They experience the struggle to figure out how to make things work and learn that it’s persistence, not brilliance, which makes a STEM student or professional successful.

Our STEM role models make the Girl Day hands-on activities and demonstrations personally relevant to the participants.

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They point out the connection between the activity and how math or science is being used, such as how triangles in a gumdrop dome make the structure stronger. They connect the activity to STEM in our everyday world and make comparisons to things students can see or touch in their daily lives such as bicycles, cell phones, video games or drinking water. Our role models explain how engineers and scientists discover, design, imagine, innovate and contribute to making our world healthier, happier and safer.

Girl Day role models also celebrate the struggle and embrace failure with participants. They push participants to test and try again and redesign to improve. When a toothpick tower falls down, our role models share their own stories of failure and help the participants brainstorm solutions for a stronger structure. When a glowing dough creature doesn’t light up, participants learn from Girl Day role models how to troubleshoot and problem solve. Participants learn that failure is part of the process, engineers and scientists don’t have all the answers and aren’t brilliant, and problem solving and working in teams to get to a solution can be fun.

All genders. All races and ethnicities.

All ages. All personalities. Persistent more than brilliant. Smiling, fun, social communicators. Role models matter.

Our Girl Day STEM role models represent the diversity we desire for the STEM profession. Our Girl Day participants can see it. Through Girl Day at UT Austin, we hope to inspire them to be it.

Berry is the director of the Women in Engineering Program.

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It was the first day at my first summer internship, and butterflies were racing in my stomach. I was slowly getting settled in my cubicle when my mentor came up to me to ask if I wanted to get coffee with the rest of the team. I scrambled to join them, and one realization struck me — I was the only woman in the cramped elevator.

My sense of feeling alone is experienced by many other women. Even though the ratio of men to women in entry-level positions is around 50/50, women make up a much smaller percentage of senior employees.

Moving up the ladder, less than one in five people looking to move into C-suite positions are women. The percentage drops from 17 percent to 9 percent, 6 percent and 3 percent when looking at more specific financial industries such as investment banking, venture capitalists and private equity or hedge funds, respectively. Moreover, white males — who constitute of 31 percent of entry-level positions — end up representing around 73 percent of the C-suite later on. White women, on the other hand, occupy 30 percent of entry-level positions but then drop to 17 percent of C-suite positions. The effect is opposite. Why? The wide disparity is a cycle that is never ending. Early in their careers, around 40 percent of men see themselves holding executive level positions while only 26 percent of women envision themselves holding these same positions. The lack of representation may be a vital factor affecting women’s perceptions about their career paths. Women can rarely see other women holding executive level positions, and this pessimistic attitude needs to be reversed.

Change can begin at the very bottom of the ladder. Guidance at the beginning of a woman’s tenure is one of the most important factors to help a woman propel her career in the right direction. According to “Women in the Workplace,” a 2017 study conducted by leanin.org and McKinsey Research, entry-level women view strong communication skills as one of the most important factors in their career. However, senior-level women agree that sponsorship from a senior leader is the most important factor in helping a woman advance her career. Earlier-tenure women tend to receive less encouragement and sponsorship from their managers or people more high up in the workplace compared to their male counterparts. Less women advocate for sponsorship for themselves. This needs to change. More women should be encouraged to voice their opinions and to ask for the same support their male coworkers do.

Mentorship is also a big factor in helping a woman advance in her career. 81 percent of women either have their main support network comprised of majority female or an equal split of females and males. Going down the line, this can actually be a detriment to women since there are less women holding higher level positions to serve as a support system. It’s important for women to have mentors in all stages of their careers. Indra Nooyi, former chief executive officer of PepsiCo and a potential leader to the World Bank herself said, “If I hadn’t had mentors, I wouldn’t be here today. I’m a product of great mentoring, great coaching ... Coaches or mentors are very important.” Mentorship has played a great role in shaping many of our business leaders today, and it will help women reach greater heights.

Furthermore, focusing on mentoring women from college itself can help combat this gender gap in the industry. Walking into company information sessions for various banks, all I ever saw was a sea of men. McCombs is made up of 46 percent females and 54 percent males, so why are more women not present? We can use a clear female majority in the student body to our advantage by having more mentorship programs geared toward women who are seeking them. The Texan Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Women’s Council is a great place for freshmen to start to gain a peer mentor and a professional mentor. Moreover, more roundtable programs can exist for women to gain guidance from both males and females.

This will encourage women to reach out to anyone for mentorship and not narrow down their choices.

Standing in a room full of suits can be intimidating when you are the only woman, but it can also be advantageous. You stand out for being the minority, yes, but this recognition can also help women stand out and demonstrate their abilities in a special light.

As a society, we are slowly making the gap smaller. Yet, the pace of change is still not fast enough. As a woman myself, I challenge all the women and men reading this article to reach out to a female underclassmen and tell her, “You are not alone.”

Pancharpula is a finance junior.

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better understand how caves play a role in healthy water ecosystems and what people can do to protect and enjoy Austin’s landscape, Zastrow said.

Redmond Tuttle, co-owner of The Austin Pedal Barge, knows firsthand how important protecting water sources is in order to enjoy them.

Having worked in water transportation services in Wisconsin before moving to Texas, Tuttle said zebra mussels are a prime example of why it’s important to protect water resources.

“Zebra mussels take over lake ecosystems by eating all the food the fish would normally be consuming,” Tuttle said. “The water becomes really clear because they wipe out the other lake life.”

Tuttle said it’s important for people to be aware of the threat zebra mussels pose to lake ecology in order to stop them spreading further.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2019

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Longhorns charge past Cowboys

Texas shrugs off slow start, even up season series with Oklahoma State.

By Steve Helwick @s_helwick

his NBA All-Star Weekend, a 3-point shootout erupted.

But instead of Charlotte, this one stemmed from the Frank Erwin Center in the heart of Austin.

Texas and Oklahoma State combined to fire 44 3-point attempts in Saturday afternoon’s showdown. Despite the high volume of threes, it was the Longhorns’ paint efficiency that propelled them over the Cowboys in a 69-57 victory.

Texas’ offense rallied behind the revival of power forward Dylan Osetkowski, who provided efficiency with 14 points and a 5-of-5 showing from the floor. Sitting 22.9 percent from beyond the arc entering Saturday, Osetkowski shunned his previous struggles and proved his range by converting on all three 3-point field goals.

“I think he’s a much better 3-point shooter than his percentage indicates, but at the same time, at some point you gotta go by the percentage,” Texas head coach Shaka Smart said. “Teams are gonna help off of him like they did today and he’s gonna get those looks. If he steps up and shoots the ball with the confidence he did today, we’re gonna like the results.”

Oklahoma State’s most reliable offensive weapon proved to be shooting guard Thomas Dziagwa. The quick-release sharpshooter topped all scorers with 23 points in the game, contributing to 40.4 percent of the Cowboys’ scoring effort. Beyond the arc, Dziagwa was nearly automatic, faring 7-of-11 on such shots. However, the marksman finished an imperfect 0-of-6 on 2-point attempts as Texas’ defense inside the arc shined.

ryan lam | the daily texan staff Surrounded by Oklahoma State defenders, guard Kerwin Roach II stops his dribble in the paint before finding forward Jaxson Hayes in Saturday’s victory over the Cowboys at the Frank Erwin Center.

“I went 0-of-6 from two, so I don’t want to be categorized as a 3-point shooter, but from the three, I was feeling it,” Dziagwa said. “I had great teammates giving me the ball when I was open and great play calls by coach, so credit to him.”

Winners of the previous meeting in January, Oklahoma State controlled the game in the opening minutes. But an 8-0 Texas run suddenly erased all of the Cowboys’ early progress, shifting Texas into the driver’s seat. From there, shooting guard Kerwin Roach II energized Texas by navigating through the

paint and finishing strong on layups.

Roach scored 16 points, but no basket was more vital than the three he sunk at the buzzer to elevate Texas’ halftime lead to 38-27.

“He’s an elite athlete,” Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton Jr. said of Roach. “He’s probably one of the topfive athletes — pure athletes — in our whole conference. He did a really good job of playing under control and forcing us to have to rotate, and really getting in and drawing fouls on our guys.”

The Cowboys began a 9-0 run at the arrival of the second half, guided by

Dziagwa’s dexterity from three. Once Oklahoma State seized the momentum, Texas spoiled the Cowboys’ comeback. Shooting guard Courtney Ramey pitched in five consecutive points to halt the run, as the Longhorns reestablished their paint presence. Texas then closed by tightening the clamps on defense.

From 6:40 to 33 seconds left, Oklahoma State was restricted to one field goal, placing victory in the hands of the home team.

Only five games remain on Texas’ schedule, signifying the regular season is approaching closure. Smart’s

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Longhorns dropped by Wildcats

Texas captures season-opening series

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anthony mireles | the daily texan staff Guard Destiny Littleton picks up her dribble in Sunday’s matchup against Kansas State in the Longhorns’ home loss to the Wildcats.

By Stephen Wagner @stephenwag22

Only one word could accurately describe what happened to the Longhorns on their Jan. 16 visit to Manhattan, Kansas: meltdown.

After their 18-point defeat to a Kansas State team which now sits sixth in the Big 12, Texas took the floor in Austin on Sunday with the intent of proving their previous trip was a fluke.

However, in front of a crowd decked out in pink for Texas’ Shoot for a Cure game raising breast cancer awareness, the Longhorns had some trouble proving anyone wrong, falling 69-60 to the Wildcats.

“The crowd was terrific tonight,” Texas head coach Karen Aston said. “I always feel bad (after a home loss) because we feel like we let our crowd down, and I definitely think we did that tonight.”

Texas started the game the way it has started most games this year; with a turnover, one of eight the Longhorns had in the first.

But despite the abundance of turnovers, the hot hand of guard Destiny Littleton carried an otherwise lifeless Texas squad. Littleton had 15 of the Longhorns’ 26 first-half points, hitting improbable shots time

and time again.

After hitting a one-handed turnaround jump shot while being double-teamed along the baseline with 40 seconds remaining, the game looked like hers to own.

Down just a point at the halftime break despite committing nine first-half turnovers and shooting 30 percent from the field, it appeared Littleton would be Aston’s X-factor in another sloppy nail-biter.

The second half was a different story.

Texas started the second half on a shocking 15-to-1 run, taking a 14-point lead and playing the most defined version of “team basketball” that Texas fans have seen this season.

But as Aston said time and time again, Texas was unable to “stick the knife in.”

“We got into a pretty good flow there in the third quarter and our defense let us down, as it has both times that we’ve played (Kansas State),” Aston said.

As the Longhorns began to slowly but surely pull away, Kansas State appeared to suffer a loss which would have dealt a severe blow to their comeback efforts.

Kansas State guard Kayla Goth, the Big 12’s double-double leader this season, took a blow to the head in a collision

with teammate Kali Jones.

Goth went down immediately, and a silence dawned over the crowd.

But after less than a single minute on the bench, Goth checked back in with a killer mindset.

“I think I just came in with an aggressive mentality,” Goth said. “I could see on the bench that we were losing our poise, and so I knew I needed to get back in there and take back control of that game.”

After rebounding from her blow to the head, Goth returned to the game to score nine points in the third quarter, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the period.

Following five minutes of fourth-quarter suspense where the game hung in the balance, Kansas State pulled away for good as its slow pace and 1-31 zone defense gave Texas fits and held Littleton to just one point in the second half.

“It goes back to being hungry,” guard Danni Williams said. “Losing is never fun.”

Texas is a team scrapping for a top 16 tournament seed, but after being swept by an unranked opponent for the first time since the 2012-2013 season, the odds of hosting the first round took a big hit Sunday. “(This loss) is worrisome to me. Very,” Aston said.

team continues its upswing with four double-digit wins in six outings. With success comes outside noise, though.

Conversation regarding tournament bids and bracket placements can affect locker rooms, but Smart understands that winning cures all speculation.

“I told the guys in the locker room after the game, ‘We’re in better position now than we would have been if we would have lost. That’s the biggest area where your focus needs to be,’” Smart said. “As a team, we’re at our best when we have a true collective spirit about us that’s focused on one thing.”

Texas opened their 2019 campaign with a successful opening series against Louisiana by taking two of the three games in front of a very passionate Ragin’ Cajuns fanbase.

“We come on the road here, you’re never pleased after a loss but at the same time it’s the right way to start and win the series,” Texas head coach David Pierce said in a post-game interview with Texas Sports.

This weekend, the pitcher’s mound in Lafayette saw 13 different Longhorns, some much more successful than others.

In the first outing, pitcher Bryce Elder subdued the Cajun offense. In the span of nine innings, he had zero walks and racked up nine strikeouts, including three in the fourth inning. Elder left the Longhorns in the ninth inning with a score of 1-0.

Though the Cajuns were able to force extra innings after tying the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Longhorns quickly responded with a two-out, two-run double by right fielder Austin Todd.

That would end up being the difference in the game, as pitcher Mason Bryant secured

the save in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Game two of the series experienced much more scoring early on. The second inning alone combined for nine runs between the two teams.

Outside of the early scoring outburst, the main theme in game two was the effort of the Texas bullpen.

The aforementioned Texas bullpen recorded six consecutive shutout innings before an unearned run in the ninth inning ruined their chances at a perfect afternoon.

It was the freshmen bats of shortstop Bryce Reagan, left fielder Eric Kennedy and second baseman Lance Ford that ignited the Texas offense in game two. The trio combined for five hits, three runs batted in and three runs scored.

Game three saw pitcher Coy Cobb’s three-inning freshman debut. In the end, he tallied four hits, four runs and two walks. As he walked off the hill, the Longhorns were down 3-1.

Following Cobb’s departure, the Longhorns saw a string of some young, but all unsuccessful pitchers. Those who followed Cobb accumulated five walks, three hits and four runs.

“We just gotta keep pitching,” Pierce said. “We just gave them way too many pitches and hitters counts and that was the difference.”

In the sixth inning, the Longhorns saw their final pitcher, Matteo Bocchi. With an 8-1 deficit against him, Bocchi carried the defense through a quick inning that made its way to a four-run comeback in the seventh inning.

Bocchi’s ability to shut down the Cajun offense made for an exciting ninth inning, when the Longhorns were in perfect position to cut the deficit. A base hit was the only thing Texas needed to tie up the game after Todd put the Longhorns up 8-6 after a bases-loaded walk.

But the Cajuns’ closer easily shutdown pinch-hitter Tate Shaw, ending the game at the top of the ninth.

“You just look back at game three and we didn’t do the things (we needed) to win the game,” Pierce said.

Five of the six pitchers Louisiana saw Sunday did not do the things Texas needed. However, even though most of the Longhorn pitchers got time on the mound, their inexperience and inconsistencies almost cost them in every game.

Pierce will have to begin to settle into a couple of pitchers in order to succeed this season.

Texas will hit the road again Tuesday, this time traveling to face Rice with first pitch set for 7:00 p.m.

katie bauer | the daily texan file Opening day pitcher Bryce Elder delivered the Longhorns their first win of the season as Texas handled the Ragin’ Cajuns on the road.

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Cave-ing to conservation Austin Cave Festival offers fun day with live music, hands-on exploration of ecology at Wildflower Center.

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From the boil-water notice in the fall to recent smelly tap water allegedly caused by zebra mussels, Austin has been up to its neck in water worries this past year.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center will host the Austin Cave Festival on Feb.

23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event allows attendees to explore the La Crosse Cave and Wildflower Cave on the site and focus on learning about Austin’s ecology and natural resources as well as how to conserve them.

Tanya Zastrow, director of programs at The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, said this is the second year the Wildflower Center has

hosted the event. The Center hopes to make the event educational as well as enjoyable, featuring live music and food vendors in addition to educational demonstrations.

“Our goal is for our guests to learn about cave ecology and the importance of a healthy cave ecosystem,” Zastrow said. “We also would like our guests to learn how caves, watersheds and the

| the daily texan staff landscapes above the caves are all tied together.”

The Wildflower Center teamed up with the City of Austin, The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District and other local conservation associations to present the event, Zastrow said. The associations are joining forces in the hopes that people will

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Finding love without Tinder: Couples meet in UT organizations

By Kenzie Kowalski @kenz_dra_scott

Online dating is quickly becoming the norm, and due to the proliferation of niche dating apps, meeting someone in real life might seem nearly impossible.

However, three UT couples prove that meet-cutes still exist.

UT has a wide range of clubs and organizations that offer friends and social activities no matter how specific the beliefs or hobbies may be. The broad scope of unique places for people to meet has resulted in meet-cutes galore for many couples at UT. Alicia Torres, a human dimensions of organizations senior, and computer science graduate student William Hoza met through the Horns for Life organization. The couple said their common beliefs led them to each other.

“Our shared worldview is really important to us, and meeting through that organization — an organization that has a lot of specific views — but we both showed up there and were like, ‘This is something we totally agree with,’” Torres said.

Torres said she attributes Horns for Life to the initial attraction she felt towards her now-fiancé.

“Just the fact that he was showing up to things that I cared about was one of the things that made

him attractive to me,” Torres said.

Environmental science and geological sciences sophomore Avery McKitrick and computer science junior Darrius Anderson met through mutual friends and said they attribute their common interests to the health of their relationship. The couple does

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yoga together through UT Yoga Club, and they are also renting a plot from UT Microfarm that they work on together.

McKitrick and Anderson said they are always striving to try new things together in an attempt to learn more about each other.

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elias huerta | the daily texan staff Graduate student William Hoza and Alicia Torres, a human dimensions of organizations senior, are just one of the couples who met through organizations on campus instead of meeting online.

new things together, farming and the yoga are both new,” McKitrick said.

Anderson said growing is important, but it’s imperative to stay conscious of the way this growth is achieved.

Slavena Dontcheva, a communication studies and human relations senior, and physics senior Andre’ Zapata met in a College of Natural Sciences TIP mentorship group. They said they were initially drawn to one another’s intelligence, but

their attraction continued to grow upon realizing how ambitious they both were.

“Apart from looks and motivation, she was just super ambitious and she had some crazy dreams, and I thought I had crazy dreams,” Zapata said. “I knew that I wanted someone that was going to try to succeed at a higher level indefinitely.”

The three UT couples were able to attest to senior lecturer Nancy Daley’s theories about

healthy relationships.

Daley, who lectures in the department of educational psychology, said that perfection can not be expected from either party of the relationship.

Passion about the same things also makes relationships stronger. However, Daley said successful relationships have a few key ingredients. “(Those ingredients are) reasonably adult humans who like each other and possess a few qualities like empathy,

resilience, the capacity to forgive and the ability to see the bigger picture (and) minimal drama,” Daley said.

In addition to these key components, Anderson also said that growth is an important part of any relationship.

“You have to be growing but also supporting each other because you can grow apart, but if you grow together and support each other in your endeavors, I think it goes great,” Anderson said.