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UTPD responds to campus trespassing
Runoff debate focuses on affordability, transportation
By Natalie Sullivan @natsullivan94
UTPD officers arrested a non-UT subject earlier this week found sleeping on a couch on the fifth floor of the Gates-Dell Complex. According to the UTPD crime log, the subject had previously been issued a written criminal trespass warning. Criminal trespass
incidents like this one are common on campus, especially when colder temperatures drive homeless individuals to seek warmth in campus buildings, according to UTPD. UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said the topthree buildings for criminal trespass on campus are Walter Webb Hall, the Union and San Antonio Garage. Posey said criminal
trespass incidents increase at varying rates throughout the year, but the most active months are during the fall. UTPD has reported nine additional criminal trespass incidents so far this month, four of which involved individuals sleeping in campus buildings. Posey said UTPD follows a specific protocol through the county attorney’s office
to determine whether to arrest individuals who trespass on campus. “UTPD will warn a person in writing the first time they are found in a criminal trespass situation,” Posey said in an email. “The written notice serves as notification that entry is forbidden to non-UT affiliated persons who do not have legitimate business to conduct in the
building or the building is closed. “The [criminal trespass] warning is for all UT buildings and is valid for two years,” Posey said. “The officer will assess the situation to determine the facts and make the decision to arrest if the situation warrants.” Posey said UTPD
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After tough first set, Texas beats Baylor 3-1 By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox
WACO — For the third time in the last four matches, the No. 3 Longhorns found themselves in trouble after the first set. The upset-minded Baylor Bears (14-15, 4-10) held the Longhorns to a .136 hitting percentage while drilling 16 kills in the process. But, as they had at Oklahoma and at home against Kansas State, Texas took the momentum back with a big second set and held off the Bears in a 3-1 win at the Ferrell Center on Wednesday night. “We came out sluggish,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “I thought we did a good job blocking and giving ourselves a chance and had some players really step up tonight.” The Longhorns (21-1, 13-1 Big 12) came out flat in the first set. After tying the match at 9, Texas allowed Baylor to
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Senior outside hitter Khat Bell and the No. 3 Longhorns beared down on upset-minded Baylor. Texas defeated the Bears 3-1 after struggling in the first set. Bell finished with 14 kills.
By Jackie Wang @jcqlnwng
The first of eight Austin mayoral runoff debates grew heated as the candidates discussed property taxes Wednesday at the Time Warner Cable News studio. On Election Day, Steve Adler and Mike Martinez led the eight-person race in the general election with 37 and 31 percent of the vote, respectively. With neither receiving more than 50 percent of the vote, the two will face each other again in a Dec. 16 runoff election. Adler defended his 20-percent homestead exemption plan, and he said Dallas and Fort Worth have successfully used a similar policy. “We’re losing people and communities,” Adler said. “People can’t afford to live here because they can’t pay the property tax. The property tax is a regressive tax, and the burden on lower-income families is four times greater than property taxes on the top 1 percent.” The 20-percent homestead exemption Adler supports would bring down a property’s value and, therefore, reduce property taxes. He argued that the lower-income citizens of Austin would benefit more, but Martinez disagreed. “The reality of the 20-percent homestead exemption is that it benefits the wealthy the most,”
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SG chief of staff at risk for removal
Civil Rights Act turns 50, equality still not reality
By Eleanor Dearman @ellydearman
After a group of Student Government representatives sought his removal, Chris Jordan, SG chief of staff, will be monitored by assembly members for compliance with SG policy and behavior. At the SG meeting Tuesday, Jessica Sherman, external affairs committee chair, announced that there would be a new code of conduct and expectations implemented as a zero-tolerance policy to address the responsibilities and behavior of an executive member. The announcement came after members of the assembly attempted to remove Jordan from office. A draft of a document, titled “In Support of Chris Jordan’s Removal From Office,” was obtained by The Daily Texan and called for his removal, listing reasons behind the assembly’s decision. According to Cameron Crane, College of Natural Sciences representative, the anonymously written document was supported by over 20 assembly members and was
By Nidia Cavazos @NCnidia
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Chris Jordan, Student Government chief of staff, is under scrutiny after accusations of noncompliance with SG policy.
intended for internal sharing. Currently, no formal document is required to remove an individual from an appointment. According to Crane, who said he did not contribute to the document, assembly members had been sharing and contributing to it over the past week. The document outlines claims of Jordan’s alleged
misconduct, which include Jordan’s supposed failure to release interview notes for external and internal positions in April. The document claims his actions were intentional and that he was aware of the rules requiring the notes to be released. According to the document, Jordan has also “exhibited patterns of bullying
and physical aggression.” In addition, it stated Jordan failed to communicate with his agency directors and other UT-related entities, claiming he did not file impact reports and poorly handled a proposed Austin City Council debate. “I don’t think that he
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Historians, curators and political leaders discussed the current status of the African-American population within the U.S. 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 during a panel on Wednesday. The panel, titled “The Civil Rights Act at Fifty” and hosted by the Department of History at Garrison Hall, included Gonzalo Barrientos, Jr., former Texas state senator, Alison Beck, director for special projects at the Briscoe Center for American History, and UT history professors Laurie Green, Leonard Moore and Juliet Walker. Each panelist agreed that the U.S. is not at an ideal state in terms of African-Americans’ development. Walker, the founder and director of the Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneurship, and Technology, said the business model in the U.S.
is one key example where evidence demonstrates that African-Americans are not as well off as it was foreseen when the civil rights legislation was signed. According to Walker, there are very few black businesses in the U.S., and the white population continues to be the leading force in businesses. “In 2007, it was determined that there were only 1.9 million black businesses in America, of which only five had business receipts over a billion dollars,” Walker said. Moore said the existing model of athletic departments demonstrates how AfricanAmericans remain “under” the white population, as many university athletic departments rely on the talent of African-American players to elevate their teams and, in turn, generate larger profits.
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“It is the plantation complex all over again,” Moore said. “We have black labor and white wealth.” Both Moore and Walker said they did not see any correlation between economic and business development in the U.S. with the improvement of civil rights. “We don’t want to confuse a change in the business model for the advancement of black rights,” Moore said. Beck spoke on the importance of photojournalism in maintaining the memory of the civil rights era. “These powerful photographs can provide evidence, context and further details of the civil rights movement,” Beck said.
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TAXES continues from page 1 Martinez said. “Here’s the other component — it costs $30 million in the general fund. We either have to raise taxes or find another source to cover the costs of that. I believe it should be a flat rate exemption.” Martinez added that with a 20-percent homestead exemption, the average renter’s cost would rise by $80 a year. Adler said that was false. “If you were to change the rate and phase it in over four years, the renter would go up $1.50 a month,” Adler said. “Not every tool helps everyone. A property tax helps homeowners.” Adler reiterated points he made throughout his initial campaign about solving Austin’s traffic congestion problems, suggesting staggered work hours and predicting that Austin would one day have a midtown area. “We have a list of all the infrastructure projects we’d like to do road-wise,” Adler said. “If we did all 856 projects on the wish list — and we can’t because it costs $30 billion — at the end of the time, drive time from Round Rock to Austin would be three hours.” Adler agreed with Martinez that improving public transportation is crucial to alleviating Austin’s traffic problems but said it is not the only solution Austin needs. “If there were good plans that existed, we should have been seeing them over
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the last eight years,” Adler said. “We have to do better with transit. We have to move forward with an integrated plan, and people do not have a feel in this city for what that plan is, and they should.” Martinez said an integrated transportation plan already exists under Project Connect, a partnership between Capital Metro, the Austin Transportation Department and other local transportation and planning entities. Project Connect’s goal is to make Austin better connected through highcapacity transit. “It’s a 50-year vision,” Martinez said. “I spend countless hours and so do many citizens giving us input. It’s one of our highest priorities.” Martinez also said the Council is about to approve a rewriting of Austin’s land development code, and that will help increase housing stock. “Our community has embraced things like an affordable housing bond, but we cannot bond enough funds to build the number of units we need,” Martinez said. “We need help from the private sector. This is on our agenda tomorrow — you have projects that come forward, one specifically that wants to move into South Congress, and they’re asking for a little more density, so they can provide more affordability.”
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officers will sometimes provide homeless individuals who trespass on campus with information about shelters or other resources. “The officer will assess the situation and, if warranted, some officers will tell the trespasser about churches in the area that serve breakfast and allow sleeping on church property,” Posey said. “The officers also tell them about The Salvation Army shelter.” Jan Gunter, communications and community relations director at The Salvation Army of Austin, said The Salvation Army has two shelters in the city, one for emergency housing and one for women and children. Gunter said the organization has a specific cold weather plan that collaborates with other groups throughout the city — churches, recreation centers, APD and other shelters — to provide places for homeless individuals to stay when the
The officer will assess the situation to determine the facts and make the decision to arrest if the situation warrants. —Cindy Posey, UTPD spokeswoman
temperature drops. According to Gunter, the shelters get a total of about 310 individuals on normal nights, but, on cold nights, that number increases to around 400 individuals. “On cold weather nights, The Salvation Army will provide additional spaces at other locations, and we allow for a later check in at the shelter,” Gunter said. Despite the increase in clients on colder nights, Gunter said both The Salvation Army shelters usually don’t exceed their capacities. “Our goal is to collaborate and make sure that no one has to sleep outside in the cold,” Gunter said.
continues from page 2 has been doing the duties outlined for his position,” Austin Ferguson, College of Fine Arts representative, said in an email. “His lack of transparency and initiative in ensuring that communication is upheld has been the thing that I have picked up on the most. This, in turn, has created some tension between the various branches.” Jordan’s biggest concern, he said, is the behavioral accusations made against him, including a claim that he shoved Sergio Cavazos, College of Liberal Arts representative, at last week’s meeting. As a result, he notified the Office of the Dean of Students about the document. “I want to feel safe and feel that I have the opportunity to defend myself because some of this is constructive criticism, and I’d be happy to sit down and talk about it, and we can go down the list, but some of it is just not true,” Jordan said. Members of the executive board and the assembly discussed the accusations with Jordan before Tuesday’s SG meeting. Crane — who was present at the meeting, along with Cavazos and Tanner Long, also a College of Liberal Arts representative — said the group decided to implement the code of conduct announced at the meeting once Jordan left. Crane said this compromise would best represent the assembly’s concerns and suggestions as a whole. According to the assembly board, a group of six SG representatives that speak for the assembly — Braydon Jones, Melysa Barth, Jamie Nalley, Sherman, Cavazos, Chandler Foster and Shannon Geison — communication has been their biggest problem with
And when I see that there is misinformation [and] miscommunication, it is my job to connect the different parties who are not aligned and making sure they are on the same page. —Kori Rady, SG President
Jordan this year. “For the most part, the legislative branch has no knowledge of what agencies are doing internally and externally,” the board said in an email sent by Geison. “[Jordan] can absolutely fix it by apologizing and sharing how he plans to move forward.” SG President Kori Rady said he stopped Jordan’s removal prior to Tuesday’s meeting in favor of the compromise announced at the meeting. Rady would like to see this code applied to other SG members, not just Jordan. “I’m the leader of the organization,” Rady said. “And when I see that there is misinformation [and] miscommunication, it is my job to connect the different parties who are not aligned and [make] sure they are on the same page.” Jordan said he walked into Tuesday’s meeting thinking he was going to be impeached after seeing the document. Although impeachment and removal from office are two different processes, Jordan said they send the same message. “What it is is that they don’t have faith in me to do my job and are removing me from my job,” Jordan said.
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UT professor’s initiative lowers suspension rates By Adam Hamze @adamhamz
In-school suspension rates at a Texas middle school dropped 75 percent over two years as a result of an initiative that disciplines students through community accountability created by a UT researcher. Philip Carney, principal of Ed White Middle School in San Antonio, contacted UT researcher Marilyn Armour because he said his school had one of the highest rates of suspensions in the district. According to Armour, who is a professor in the School of Social Work, the current zero-tolerance policy that many schools incorporate in their discipline is detrimental to the growth of the students. “The initiative is an effort to move away from exclusionary policies that fundamentally punish students by expecting them to know what to do [after consequences],” Armour said. “This leaves students feeling discouraged and demoralized from being a part of the school effort and results in great retention issues and dropouts.” Rather than harshly disciplining students who are
acting up, the initiative is aimed at fixing behavior problems through community discussions. Carney said a key factor of the initiative is holding students accountable for their mistakes by communicating with those involved, which he said he believes will avoid isolating them from their peers. “We hold preventive, proactive group-building activities to talk about issues to the community, which doesn’t mean someone is doing something wrong per se, but has to do with checking in and being a community,” Carney said. “Another way we strive to resolve issues is chat with all the students who might be in conflict.” A six-year study, “Breaking Schools’ Rules,” produced by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, found that out of nearly 1 million Texas students between 7th and 12th grade, almost 60 percent of them have been suspended. The restorative discipline techniques have taken effect across the country, but Ed White Middle School is one of the first schools in Texas to implement the techniques, according to Armour. Krystal Howell, radiotelevision-film freshman, said when she was in middle
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After studying in-school suspension rates at a Texas middle school for season, social work professor Marilyn Armour said a zero-tolerance behavior policy is detrimental to the growth of students.
school, she saw a pattern with the same kids being constantly suspended. She said she believes it was a result of zero-tolerance discipline not motivating the students to change their habits. “I feel like with the right amount of community in-
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volvement, it might have a better impact because with zero tolerance, if these kids think that the system doesn’t really care about them, they’ll continue to misbehave,” Howell said. Carney said he believes the initiative’s success at his school
will be the beginning of a paradigm shift in the way discipline is approached in the public school system, which could include sanctions from state and federal offices if schools do not comply with the removal of old policies. “What I see from people
I’ve connected with is that we very well may be going towards another change in education,” Carney said. “It’s sort of like when the paddle went away — I think there’s going to be a big increase in this practice within the next five years.”
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Canal threatens indigenous rights We have been through war already, and we are still living. If we have to have to have another war, we will throw it against them.
By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13
Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff
Author and film critic Molly Haskell spoke about the making of the film, “Gone With The Wind,” at the Harry Ransom Center on Wednesday evening. She focused on the controversies of race and gender in the film.
Film critic compares women’s roles in ‘Gone with the Wind’ By Chris Mendez @thedailytexan
Author and film critic Molly Haskell spoke at the Harry Ransom Center on Wednesday about the impact of “Gone with the Wind,” as part of the center’s current exhibition on the making of the film. According to Haskell, the controversies that arose while making the film, such as finding ways to depict race and gender, made the production of the film more difficult. Despite the controversies, Haskell said the efforts of author Margaret Mitchell, producer David Selznick and actress Vivien Leigh made the movie successful. Haskell said the character of Mammy, played by Hattie McDaniel, represented African-American women as strong matriarchal figures, which was unconventional during that time. “The whole issue of race is horrifying in certain ways, but I think we’ve gotten enough distance from it that we can look at it in its time,” Haskell said. “[McDaniel] said, ‘I’d rather get $700 a week playing a maid than $35 a week being one.’” Haskell said many women identified with Scarlett because they also worked to
The whole issue of race is horrifying in certain ways, but I think we’ve gotten enough distance from it that we can look at it in its time. —Molly Haskell, Author and film critic
keep their families together during the national crises of the Great Depression, which was nearing its end when the film was released in 1939. “In the Depression, the men were out of work, and the women would make crafts and did sewing in order to make money,” Haskell said. “It sort of fell on them. Women had gotten a taste for work.” Haskell said Scarlett’s appeal to women can still be seen in modern female performers. “I think you see it more in people like Madonna and Lady Gaga and Beyoncé,” Haskell said. “They’re power girls in the way that they combine their life and profession.” She also talked about the changing roles for women in film since the 1940s, or the
“Golden Age” of cinema. “I think there are some great women’s roles in movies, but they’re not the kind of star roles that you used to have in the ’40s,” Haskell said. “You have great people [now] like Cate Blanchett or Jennifer Lopez, but they play very different kinds of roles that aren’t just strong, tough, determined.” Haskell emphasized the importance of continuing the discussion of the film, which was set in the 19thcentury American South. “It’s a question, I think, of trying to create a past to bring a country together, and, of course, you do it as a great cost,” Haskell said. “It started a conversation that still is going on, and I think that it’s important for that conversation to go on.”
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After attending a conference on the construction of the Interoceanic Canal while studying abroad in Nicaragua, Abby Pew decided to take a semester off to help the indigenous population that would be affected in that area. Pew, who was a Latin American studies and anthropology sophomore when she left the University, said supervisors have threatened to remove the indigenous population, or Rama, from the land in order to make way for the entrance to the canal. Pew is currently in Bluefields, Nicaragua, working with community leaders to protest, fundraise and organize against the Nicaraguan government. The Rama people have populated the Atlantic coastline of Nicaragua for thousands of years and lived off the land by fishing, hunting and farming for their food. Pew said their environment is vital to their way of life. “The coastal area should be its own nation, and the [Rama] are literally being colonized,” Pew said. Pew has been working with the community
—Tyrone Presida, Resident of Bluefields, Nicaragua
leader of the Rama to seek legal assistance in fighting the Nicaraguan government. She said she is also raising money to provide the community leader with travel fees for driving to national meetings in order to make the Rama’s voices heard. In 2012, Nicaragua passed a law giving the Hong Kong Nicaragua Development group, the company in charge of the canal, legal grounds to start building. According to International Business Times, the 172-mile canal, which HKND and the Nicaraguan government unveiled in July, stretches from the mouth of the Brito River on the Pacific Ocean, through Lake Nicaragua and east to Punta Gorda on the Caribbean coast. Pew said government officials informed residents of Bluefields that the government would be paying for the replacement of their homes.
“They had no right to do that,” Pew said. “They had no right to make those promises as if they were helping them.” Pew said this legislation undermines the Nicaraguan Constitution as well as the indigenous laws of the land. Starting this October, Pew visited with the community of Bluefields to interview the residents. “I will stay and fight to the last,” said Tyrone Presida, a resident of Bluefields. “We have been through war already, and we are still living. If we have to have to have another war, we will throw it against them.” The Nicaraguan government hails the project as a economical success, but Pew said it would be at high “human costs.” “People sounded like they were willing to die and go to war for their land,” Pew said. “Which is a really brave thing considering the population is so minimal.”
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Real history of KIPP is cause When giving thanks, also give Thanksgiving to be thankful two dollars to The Challenger By Rachel Huynh Guest Columnist @racheljhuynh
By Amil Malik Forum Editor @amil_malik94
Most students think they know the story of Thanksgiving. It goes something like this: A small group of Puritan separatists from England settled in Plymouth in 1620. Faced with a harsh winter, they struggled to put food on the table in their new surroundings. In March of the following year, the Pilgrims signed a peace treaty with a local native tribe — the Wampanoag — and in return their chief taught the colonists how to farm, fish and provide for themselves. At the end of that year’s harvest, a small group of Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives joined together to celebrate the bountiful harvest. Picture tons of food — corn, foul, barley, squash, fish — fall colors and a festive atmosphere While this idyllic tale does seem to be true — a group of pilgrims did celebrate the harvest with native Americans — this event was neither recurring in nature nor officially declared a day of thanks. Rather, the first official Thanksgiving occurred over a decade later, and it celebrated something much more grim. In 1637, Massachusetts Bay Governor William Bradford designated a “day of thanksgiving” celebrating the Pequot massacre — the Pilgrims’ victory against the Pequot Indians. As the Puritans were spreading further into Connecticut, they came into conflict with a warlike tribe, the Pequots, living on the Thames River. By spring 1637, small skirmishes had occurred between the Pilgrims and the Pequots. As a result, the Massachusetts Bay Governor organized a large military effort to retaliate against the attacks. On May 26, 1637, two hours before dawn, the Puritans and Indian allies marched on the Pequot village. Just before dawn, they attacked. But facing resistance, the Puritans changed their strategy. Instead of conquering the village, they decided to burn it. The men lit over 80 huts on fire and shot those who tried to escape, resulting in the brutal massacre of over 500 Pequot men, women and children. Survivors were sold into slavery. What does this mean for Thanksgiving today? No doubt, when President Abraham Lincoln announced that the nation would celebrate an official Thanksgiving holiday in 1863 to celebrate the Union Army’s pivotal Gettysburg victory, he had noble intentions. A nation torn by war needed a day to reflect and connect with one another. Even today, over 150 years later, a day of reflection is a much-needed break from our busy lives, crazy semesters and all-consuming jobs. But amid the food, the shopping and the football, let’s take a moment to remember the complicated history of the holiday and mourn the brutality of the Pequot massacre. Malik is a Plan II, business honors and finance junior from Austin.
Editor’s Note: The name of Huynh’s mentee has been changed. Just past dawn every Thursday, a few cars full of Plan II Honors students make the 20-minute journey through East Austin to the KIPP Academy of Arts & Letters (KAL) as part of the KIPP/Plan II Partnership that pairs select middle school students with college mentors. Arts & Letters is one of 162 academies in the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a network of free and open-enrollment college-preparatory schools aimed at getting socioeconomically disadvantaged students to graduate from college. Walking through the middle school doors, the first thing you see is the dozens of college flags prominently draped on the wall by the front office. For a majority of the 88 percent of low-income students enrolled, KIPP is the first exposure they’ve had to college. As a mentor myself, I certainly know this to be true of my mentee Ana, whose family has never attended college and has simply ignored the college posters plastered all over the school for the past three years. Ana was specifically recommended by her teachers to participate in this program after she was held back a grade and her father was facing trouble with the law. She certainly was not aware of this reasoning when we met for the first time, in the KAL gymnasium during a Thursday morning free period in the fall of 2013. Ana was clearly uncomfortable, responding with minimal interest to my attempts at conversation. After several weeks of visits, she began to warm to me, slowly telling me more about her latest test or boyfriend. Perhaps the major turning point of our relationship was when we first met outside of KAL on a Saturday morning that following spring, when I picked her up from her family’s apartment to take her to ExploreUT, an open house event inviting the public on to the 40 Acres. After showing her around the different college workshops, from Cockrell’s nitrogen ice cream experiments to Gates’ self-operating robot battle, she quietly mentioned that she might even want to be a filmmaker some day. I beamed. Since then, Ana and I have spent hours together well beyond the confines of KAL’s free period, spending entire Saturdays kayaking Lake Austin, touring the Capitol or walking the Domain. After all this time, it’s become more and more clear exactly how immense a burden Ana bears from her financially and emotionally unstable home. Even now that my role as an official mentor in the program has ended since Ana’s moved on from KAL to the high school, I still plan to work with Ana and her family by regularly bringing her college entrance exam prep material and information on scholarships and college film programs. About a year-and-a-half later, every visit with her still moves me and serves as a humble reminder – to be diligent in supporting students like Ana, thoughtful in how service is approached, and, finally, immensely thankful for the opportunity to attend this University. Huynh is a Plan II, supply chain management and business honors junior from Laredo.
By Jori Epstein Sports Columnist @JoriEpstein
Nestled beneath an overhang at Dean Keeton and Guadalupe sits a man named Charlie. Many of you have likely seen him there — he’s become practically a fixture in recent months. With copies of The Challenger, Austin’s street newspaper, in his hands, he looks for students and faculty members interested in purchasing the product. The suggested donation: just two dollars for the 20-page publication packed with poems, stories, articles and artwork. In hopes of raising awareness and building a customer base, he sometimes distributes copies for free. But giving Charlie two dollars is a great investment. Unlike some members of the street community, Charlie will always be clean and sober. It’s a mandatory part of The Challenger’s code of conduct. Charlie is one of many members of Austin’s street community — often called its homeless community — looking to rebuild his life and secure an income. The City of Austin reports more than 2,300 Austinites living on the street each night, and 5,800 accessing homeless services annually. Of this group, more than 900 are considered chronically homeless — they’ve either been homeless for over one year, or homeless four times in the past three years. With either definition, the number is substantial — and only likely to grow alongside the growth of Austin itself. As this number grows, so, too, does our responsibility to address the problem and help our neighbors. The Challenger offers a fantastic means to do so. With just a small donation of $2 per month — that’s about the price of one cup of Starbucks coffee per month — the Longhorn community can join to help distributors like Charlie achieve financial stability. The purchase takes about 10 seconds, located on many students’ routes to and from class. The convenience is paramount. But what exactly deems The Challenger worthy of your support? As Austin’s street newspaper, The Challenger seeks to help the street community in a safe, productive and creative way. On a mission to “empower people in need with economic opportunity and have their viewpoints heard,” The Challenger hopes to “encourage responsibility and freedoms necessary to enhance everyday life.” Members of the street community produce the paper’s
The Challenger offers a fantastic means to [address the problem of homelessness]. With just a small donation of $2 per mont... the Longhorn community can join to help distributors like Charlie achieve financial stability.
content as their means of expression. That same demographic sells the paper to make profit. Buying copies for 25 cents and reselling them for two dollars helps them make ends meet; in some cities, this profit has been sufficient to stabilize finances and lift distributors off the streets. The model is brilliant and innovative — and it’s not just brilliant and innovative for other communities. The Challenger serves our community, many of the Drag’s homeless residents whom we walk past daily. To learn about their thoughts, words and concerns, we should explore the pages of The Challenger. Its content will leave us more educated on and aware of our surroundings. Our neighbors really aren’t so different from us. The Challenger members’ goal to become self-sufficient and express themselves mirrors the goals of most students at the University. Despite misconceptions that members of the street community accept their condition and don’t try to elevate themselves to financial stability, many members of this community do, in fact, seek a source of income. Some apply for conventional jobs at restaurants or otherwise — but employers at times are hesitant to hire employees who have no address or phone number. Other times, a member of the street community struggles to perform at a job without proper sleep. “It’s almost impossible to get a job if you don’t have a place to live,” said Mac, who volunteers at the University Baptist Church’s homeless youth drop-in center in West Campus. “The biggest issue is sleep deprivation — you can’t get a job and get motivated if you don’t get sleep.” Those who are unable to secure a conventional job sometimes turn to panhandling. Asking for money and hoping to draw the sympathy of walkers, the typical panhandler designs a sign and holds a cup while asking strangers for money in a public place. But sometimes panhandlers suffer from a stigma. Passersby wonder where their money will go and if each recipient is truly in need. Challenger writers and distributors dispel such concerns. They spend their time engaged in a productive activity to enhance the public conversation. And the Challenger’s code of conduct requires all distributors to be sober and drug-free when they pitch the paper, refrain from any aggression and not “give the ‘hard sell’ to customers.’” Supporting The Challenger has few consequences but substantial benefits for people — humans — like Charlie. Unlike panhandling, you know your money goes to the right place and receive a respectable product in return. As Thanksgiving approaches, we reflect on all that we’re thankful for. Much of what we give thanks for, distributors and writers like Charlie don’t have. There’s no better way to express our own gratitude than by helping others reach similar good fortune. Let’s show this community that we support them. They’ll no doubt thank you for their support when it comes — but until then, I’ll thank you in advance. Epstein is a Plan II and journalism junior from Dallas. She also works as a sports writer for the Texan.
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continues from page 8 condoms have a higher tendency to fail when they are not being used. Condoms are 98 percent effective in preventing pregnancy when used properly, though this number is somewhat misleading. It does not mean that there’s a 2 percent chance a given condom will fail. Instead,
it means that only 2 percent of fertile, heterosexual couples will encounter a pregnancy over the course of a year if they correctly and consistently use condoms, independent of the number of times they have sex. Because of limitations of the survey-based studies, the actual percentage of condom effectiveness is reported at lower than 98 percent, although that is at least partially because of
improper use. A small survey done at Indiana University asked collegeaged men questions about how they used condoms in practice. Their usage was far from perfect. Forty percent of respondents did not always leave space at the tip, which can result in condom breakage. Other errors included the 30 percent who initially put condoms on backwards before
flipping them over. Forty-three percent reported having applied condoms after sex began, and 15 percent removed the condom before sex ended. Additionally, 61 percent did not make a habit of checking expiration dates; 75 percent failed to check for visible damage before using their condoms; and 42 percent reported being in situations where they wanted to use a condom but did not have
one around. Another study published earlier this year found condoms less likely to break or slip when men applied them correctly. The researchers could not confidently offer any explanations for the effect but did observe that more incidences of STI contractions in the groups where women applied condoms. They conclude that more research is needed, but it
is a safe bet that better condom education for both men and women will improve efficacy. UT may be the most sexually liberated college in the country, but only if the students ensure that it is also a sexually safe environment. Fortunately, that can be as simple as making sure to always have condoms on hand and using them correctly with consenting partners.
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to work on drawing,” Bennett said. “He drew literally every single day for two-and-a-half years, and the end product is this exhibition.” Stacey Ingram Kaleh, manager of public relations and marketing at the Blanton, described Drake’s Brain Trash as personal and spontaneous. “Drake used a stream-ofconsciousness process, so the drawings reveal his preoccupations,” Kaleh said. “It is like looking inside the artist’s mind.” Drake chose to feature Brain Trash at the Blanton because of his involvement with the museum before Brain Trash. “James is originally from Texas; he’s been a friend of the Blanton for many years — had a career retrospective published by UT Press,” Bennett said. “So there were a lot of reasons for wanting to have this work here.” Brain Trash has proven to be a major draw for the museum because of Drake’s name and the sheer number of drawings featured in the exhibition. “We’ve received a fantastic response from our visitors,” Kaleh said. “It’s been great to see so many people engaging with the work.”
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PEP RALLY continues from page 8 of the contemporary “Give ’em hell.” The group ended the night with the standard ritual of singing “The Eyes of Texas.” The student body president at the time, Bill Barton, spoke to the crowd. “In 1941, TCU caught us unaware of the powerhouse team they had, but, this year, they will find us so confounded, mad and so determined to beat the Frogs, we cannot lose,” Barton said. The previous year, Longhorns had lost the game with a score of 7-13. At the rally, water boy Billy Andrews gave a speech
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regarding the loss. “The players are so nervous tonight they have called on me to speak for all of them,” Andrews said. “The boys don’t want to say anything about what happened last year. The boys will be playing a hard game.” Longhorns do not currently have the same reason to be fearful. At the TCU game in 2013, Longhorns won with a score of 30-7. Today, TCU is ranked No. 1 in the Big 12, and UT is No. 4. The wartime-inspired morale at the 1942 pep rally was created by a crowd much smaller than the mass that will flood the Darrell
The players are so nervous tonight they have called on me to speak for all of them. The boys don’t want to say anything about what happened last year. The boys will be playing a hard game. —Billy Andrews Water boy
K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Thanksgiving, but students were still determined to “beat the devil out of TCU.” This Thanksgiving, fans can be thankful for living in a time and place where the
future of football is certainly not threatened. The motivation to win that was present in the past has not changed. As Bush said once, “The tower lights will not be turned on until we win another big game.”
exhibition by incorporating his interest in science through many drawings involving the subject — from physics to biology. This scientific interest in Drake’s artwork will be a key focus point in Drake and Krakauer’s discussion. “James is very interested in science and the history of creativity, and you’ll see a lot of other references to science in the exhibition,” Bennett said. “There’s formulae and equations, diagrams of machines, even a huge drawing of an MRI of James’ head.” For the most part, Krakauer is interested in the relationship between art and science shown in Drake’s exhibition. “David is also interested in how creativity happens and what scientists can learn from art,” Bennett said. Brain Trash strays from the video and sculpting projects for which Drake is better known. The exhibition, which runs Oct. 19 through Jan. 4, is a platform for Drake’s more simplistic artistic ventures. “He wanted to experiment with paring back his technique
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his third in a row — another mid-ranger — to the tune of a North Dakota State timeout, the place erupted. But don’t tell Turner he’s the biggest draw for Texas basketball since Kevin Durant. He doesn’t want to hear it. All he wants to talk about is anyone but himself. After the opener, in which he scored 15 points, he still barely mentioned the positives. First, he thanked his teammates for getting him ready; then, he talked about everything he did wrong —
leading the team in turnovers and needing “to get on the boards better and block some shots.” Finally, he thanked the fans. The freshman is mature beyond his years. When Turner sees someone lost on campus, he takes them to where they are going personally. He also is an excellent student. “I got tremendous emails from people about Myles,” Barnes said. Even on the basketball court, Turner’s maturity shows. “Not in any way shape or
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take control of the match with back-to-back attack errors to give the Bears a 12-9 lead. Baylor took full advantage of the opportunity, going on a 5-0 run later to take a 19-12 lead, finishing off the set with a 25-21 win. Elliott said that they have to improve their mentality and routines in order to reverse the first set trend. “We’ve got to understand that teams are going to come out and play well,” Elliott said. “We’ve got to not get back on our heels.” Texas came out in the second set on a mission, looking to regain the momentum.
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It’s not an easy schedule for No. 10 Longhorns as they begin an early two-game road trip versus ranked opponents starting Thursday against No. 6 Stanford. Stanford is coming off an 88-86 upset of the top-ranked Connecticut Huskies on Monday, which ended the defending champions’ 47-game winning streak. In that game, the Cardinal extended its home winning streak at Maples Pavilion to 28 games. Longhorns’ head coach Karen Aston said the west coast trip is a great opportunity to assess and test the team. “Any time you can go play a team that will expose your weaknesses, then I think that’s what you’re trying to do,” Aston said. “You’re trying to get better every day and reach your potential. I think the only way you can do that is to get exposed.” Thursday’s matchup between Stanford and Texas marks the fourth time both teams played one another since the 2010-2011 season. Stanford won all three games, including a 63-54 win in Austin last November. Aston said Stanford poses a different challenge from other opponents because of how well its guards play. “They have the ability — as
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Freshman forward Myles Turner has created excitement around Texas men’s basketball this season. Turner has started the season off strong by averaging 12.5 points per game and shooting 67 percent.
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Welcome to The Myles Turner Show. Where his signature bucket hats are in full force. Where disc jockeys rock the Frank Erwin Center. And where pyrotechnics get the night started. The freshman forward ushered in a new era of Texas basketball — one he made official when he pulled out that burnt orange bucket hat, which he bought just for that moment in May. “I had no idea it was going to blow up like that,” Turner said. “But it’s awesome to market a team that way.” Even head coach Rick Barnes feels the change, acknowledging that Friday night’s crowd was the loudest for a season opener in his 17 years. “He should have gotten a patent on the bucket hat — called it ‘Buckets,’” Barnes joked. And the fans are already in love with the 6-foot-11inch, ESPN No. 2 recruit from Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. After sophomore guard Kendal Yancy entered the game as the first sub of the season to what seemed like a golf clap, Turner entered in to a thunderous crowd. When he made his first shot of the game — his sweet, sweet mid-range jumper — everyone was cheering. When he made
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No. 10 Texas travels to Palo Alto, California, to take on the Stanford Cardinal, which upset No. 1 Connecticut on Monday.
everyone saw [against Connecticut] — to string you out defensively, which is something that we need to get a lot better at,” Aston said. “We’re, at times, not in the right place on defense, and I think … they can put a lot of pressure on you defensively.” Texas won its regular season opener Saturday against UTSA 68-48 as the Longhorns pulled away late in the second half. Aston said the team looked undisciplined in the season opener possibly because of nerves or not being “amped” enough for the Roadrunners. “That’s not a good quality of a team,” Aston said. “I think we’ll be ready to play, but have we done the work that it takes and worked on our discipline and execution enough to be prepared to play a team like Stanford?”
Sophomore guard Brianna Taylor said last year’s close game against the Cardinal, with an injured Longhorns team, gives the team a lot of confidence heading into Thursday. “We know that we can play with them,” Taylor said. “I think that we’re an even better team this year. We have more experience, and we’re a lot faster team. We can definitely compete with them.” Team officials announced junior guard Brady Sanders is cleared to play because of a previous hand injury. However, junior center Imani McGeeStafford and freshman forward Diani Akigbogun remain out because of McGee-Stafford’s leg injury and Akigbogun’s knee injury. Tip-off for Thursday’s matchup in Palo Alto, California, is scheduled for 8 p.m.
After another back-and-forth start to the set, the Longhorns took control of the match with a 10-3 run, caused by three kills by junior middle blocker Molly McCage and four attack errors by the Bears. “It was a big move for us,” senior outside hitter Khat Bell said. “It showed courage, and it showed how much trust we have within our team.” The Longhorns continued that dominance into the third set. Coming out of the intermission, Texas jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead, then built upon it a little later with a 3-0 run to take a 13-6 lead in the set. Sophomore middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu finished off the set with kills in two of the last three points as the
Longhorns took a 2-1 lead in the match. Texas finished out the match with a fourth set similar to the previous two. The Longhorns jumped out to a 10-6 lead, forcing a Baylor timeout, and never looked back, winning the set 25-19. Bell led the Longhorns with 14 kills while Ogbogu finished with 11 kills. The Texas block also had a big night with 16 total blocks. Bell said they’re going to have to work on coming out stronger in the first set during those three matches before the NCAA tournament begins. “It’s mine and Haley [Eckerman’s] last go around, so we have to start strong and finish strong,” Bell said.
form [does Turner look like a freshman],” said David Richman, North Dakota State head coach, after the opener. “He is mature for a freshman — no doubt.” He is already averaging 12.5 points per game on 67 percent shooting and 83 percent from the free throw line, and, most noticeably, he is averaging at four blocks per game with only two games played. “He’s come in, and he’s worked,” Barnes said. “He hasn’t done anything besides try to be a part of it. We know he is gifted.”
Things are only looking up from here. “He will get better each game because he’s passionate about being great,” Barnes said. The next step will be under the lights at Madison Square Garden in New York for the championship rounds of the 2k Classic benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project. They will open at 6 p.m. Thursday against Iowa, who is No. 25 in the Coaches’ Poll. Then, depending on the results, they will either play No. 23 Syracuse or Cal.
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This weekend the Texas women’s diving team hosts eight teams in the third annual Texas Diving Invitational. Competition will be featured on all three boards: three-meter, one-meter and platform. This three-day meet will take place at the Jamail Texas Swimming Center starting Thursday at 11 a.m. Of the 29 women diving this weekend, 28 of them will be competing in the three-meter and one-meter prelims that will take place Thursday and Friday. Each diver must complete six dives in the preliminaries and perform no repeat dives. Eight women from each of the two events will move onto the finals, which will take place on the same day, following the events’ preliminary rounds. The final day of the invitational divers will be competing on the platform. There will be no prelims, just finals. Nineteen women will complete five dives on this final board in the invitational. Diving order will not be
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based on the previous days scores, but will instead be randomized. The following schools will be represented on the board: Arizona State, Wyoming, California, Houston, TCU, Hawaii, Kansas and Louisiana State. Divers to look out for this weekend are senior, three-time All-American, Emma Ivory-Ganja, juniors Meghan Houston and Kristina Hoffman, and sophomore Murphy Bromberg. Houston, Bromburg and Ivory-Ganja all claimed an event last year at this invitational. The finals will be streamed live each day on the Longhorn Network.
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This season, the Texas men’s diving team boasts three Team USA athletes — sophomore Mark Anderson, junior Cory Bowersox and senior Will Chandler. The three, along with junior Sean O’Brien, have not hit the water for a competition since Oct. 25. However, they will be working out the rust this weekend as they splash into the third annual Texas Diving Invitational, hosted by Texas. The meet will take place at the Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Thursday at 11 a.m. and wrap up Saturday evening. The meet will include performances on all three boards, which include the one-meter, three-meter and platform. For Saturday, Bowersox is expected to dominate the one-meter springboard. Last May, he secured his second consecutive AllAmerican recognition in the event and took bronze in the same event for the
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U.S. at the FINA Diving Guanajuato Grand Prix. Chandler will likely handle his competition on the three-meter. At the Big 12 Championships last season, he took second in the event. This year, he made another second place finish against A&M from nearly 10 feet up. Anderson will mostly take care of the platform. Last spring, at the NCAA Championships, he received his first All-American honor in the event and placed seventh for Team USA in the event last month.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Five on volleyball team named to academic All-Big 12 Team
Five members of the No. 3 Texas volleyball team were named to the 2014 All-Big 12 academic team. Junior middle blocker Molly McCage, junior outside hitter Amy Neal, junior libero Kat Brooks and sophomore utility player Nicole Dalton were named to the first team. Senior outside hitter Haley Eckerman was named to the second team. —Nick Castillo
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Senior pursues love for politics, engineering By Brigit Benestante
Mechanical engineering senior Katie Adams spends her free time making objects with 3-D printers at the Longhorn Maker Studio. Although she is studying engineering, she is heavily involved in politics.
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Mechanical engineering senior Katie Adams was in the fourth grade when her father took her to her first public policy debate. One of the main issues of the debate — school finance — was what drew her to the life of public policy. At that debate, she realized her cousins went to a worse school than she went to because of the district in which they lived. “It was a really defining moment,” Adams said. “Up until that point, I assumed everyone’s experiences were identical to mine. It wasn’t until I realized that there were these discrepancies all over the state, and the quality of education depended on where you lived.” Adams has been heavily involved in politics while keeping a stern focus on engineering since coming to college. In her free time, Adams can be found volunteering for University Democrats or putting her engineering knowledge to work making objects with 3-D printers at the Longhorn Maker Studio. “I’m definitely more active in the political organizations than I am in the mechanical engineering ones,” Adams said. Adams said the issue of school finance is what got her interested in working for political causes in college and, in particular, progressive causes.
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To her, progressivism is about making sure everyone has access to the same opportunities. While in college, Adams has interned for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and worked on state Rep. Celia Israel’s re-election campaign. She is the president of the Texas Freedom Network, a
nonpartisan progressive group, and is the communications director for UDems, a Democratic group on campus. Adams has written editorials for The Daily Texan on behalf of UDems. “She’s phenomenal,” said Michelle Willoughby, government and liberal arts honors junior
and fellow member of UDems. “She’s been such a great asset, and she’s very, very committed.” Adams currently works under Eric Taleff at the Pickle Research Center every week and has just finished her senior design project. Senior mechanical engineer Vincent Lau worked on the project with Adams.
They are attempting to design a way to cool high-performance servers for Dell. “[Adams has] been the liaison between our group and pretty much everyone else,” Lau said. “She talks. She emails. She’s in contact with all of our different faculty advisers that we need. She’s been pretty on
top of things.” Adams said she would like to find a way to combine her two worlds. She said the 3-D printers give her a way to combine her progressive idealism and love for science. “I like using the printers
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Condom failure attributed to incorrect application
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A 2012 Huffington Post article named UT the number one “Most Sexually Liberated College” in the country. While this distinction has yet to make it into the Longhorn promotional materials for parents of prospective students, it is one to own with pride. Sexual liberation comes with its share of responsibilities. Increased sexuality can lead to unexpected pregnancies and diseases that range from embarrassing to potentially deadly. Fortunately, such negative consequences
are largely preventable with latex condoms, which are effective, easy to use and free to UT students in SSB 1.106. A 2012 paper published in the journal Sexual Health reported that the methodology employed for studying condom use skews results to make condoms seem less effective at preventing disease than they actually are. The studies the paper references are based on self-reported data where subjects are not necessarily using condoms every time they have sex. Oftentimes, people use condoms with a new or one-time partner but would not with a more committed partner. This is fine, unless the committed partner has an asymptomatic case of chlamydia. A study can report condom failures even if the subject was infected when they were not using a condom. Logically,
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Blanton features ‘Brain Trash’ exhibit
In 1942, UT prepared to battle TCU in wartime
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Every day for a couple of years, artist James Drake created drawings of animals, scientific formulas and everything in between. The end result was more than 1,200 drawings, which are now on display at the Blanton Museum of Art in an exhibition titled “Anatomy of Drawing and Space (Brain Trash).” In addition to his exhibit, Drake will hold a discussion, titled “Perspectives: James Drake & David Krakauer” on Thursday, with scientist David Krakauer, the director of the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, about how both scientists and artists imagine the future. During the discussion, Drake, a New Mexico-based sculptor and video artist, and Krakauer will address several questions. According to Adam Bennett, manager of public programs at the Blanton, the questions
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New Mexico-based artist James Drake’s latest exhibit, “Anatomy of Drawing and Space (Brain Trash),” features more than 1,200 drawings created by the artist.
will address everything from theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger to whether art and science will ever converge. “It’s going to be a wideranging conversation about artists, scientists and
creativity,” Bennett said. Krakauer helped inspire some of the artwork Drake created for the exhibition. “[Drake’s] excited about talking to [Krakauer], who is a friend and who has also worked in the same part of
New Mexico,” Bennett said. “A conversation that David and James had is actually incorporated into Brain Trash.” Drake shows his interest in science in the Brain Trash
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About 72 years ago, UT students paraded down the Drag for a particularly lively pep rally. Students gathered a few days before the upcoming football game with one purpose in mind: to rally against TCU. With the TCU football game a week away, The Daily Texan takes a look back at how students prepared for this age-old battle at a time when the U.S. was a part of a larger-scale feud — World War II. In November of 1942, the Texan published an article describing a parade, or
“spirited pep session,” that saw an increase in participation from previous rallies. About 1,600 people marched behind the Longhorn band while “Texas Taps” — what the fight song was commonly known as — echoed down the street. Because men were being drafted for the war, fewer were available to play sports across the nation. Students did not know if UT football would be played the next fall. Yell leader Bob Bush told the crowd, “It is probable that we may not have intercollegiate football next year, and it is the duty of every student to back the team to the fullest extent.” At the rally, students shouted, “Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here,” and sang “My Gal’s a Hullabaloo,” a more conservative version
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