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Pedestrian fatalities higher in 2015

By Wynne Davis @wynneellyn

The number of pedestrian deaths in Austin has increased compared to this time last year, with nine deaths occurring since January.

In 2014, there were 15 pedestrian deaths total.

The Austin Police Department has not identified a pattern in the locations of these deaths, according to APD officer Hank Aguilar.

“Once they put all the information together and

they see a pattern, … that’s when they start the initiatives and try to bring more of the public’s attention to that issue,” Aguilar said.

With no initiatives ongoing around campus, Aguilar said officers are focusing on the department’s “Don’t Block the Box” project in downtown intersections. The initiative aims to keep cars from idling in the middle of intersections, which can block oncoming traffic from cars and pedestrians.

This situation is not limited to downtown intersections — it often occurs at intersections along Guadalupe Street, where students cross their way to class and West Campus.

Art history junior Marisa Hunt said she has seen many people almost get hit by cars.

“It’s pretty scary because you think you’re safe to walk, and then there’s a car coming at you,” Hunt said.

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Pedestrians cross Guadalupe Street on Monday afternoon.

The number of pedestrian deaths in Austin has risen in 2015.

Bill would allow alcohol in vending machines

By Eleanor Dearman @EllyDearman

Buying a beer could be as easy as pressing a button after this legislative session.

Rep. Richard Raymond (D-Laredo) is working to legalize the sale of alcohol in vending machines at certain establishments licensed for the on-premise consumption of alcohol. Vice chair Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) laid out the bill at a hearing for the bill Monday.

Customers would present their IDs to the establishment’s staff and receive a wristband to verify that the consumer is over 21 years old, Gutierrez said.

“The customer must present an employee of the establishment with a valid ID, which is scanned into a database and tied to a customer’s credit card,” Gutierrez said.

“The customer is then given a uniquely encoded wristband to access the machine.”

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State lawmakers are working to set state guidelines for how universities handle sexual assault.

The House gave initial approval Monday to a bill requiring universities to set definitions of sexual assault and sanctions for violations, present an orientation presentation on sexual assault and layout response and reporting protocols. The bill, proposed by Rep. Alfonso Nevárez (D-Eagle Pass) would also mandate that universities create a web page dedicated to reporting findings on sexual assault and sharing resources with students, faculty and staff.

Jennifer Hammat, associate vice president of University Compliance Services, said UT currently meets most of the requirements laid out in the bill through requirements set in the Clery Act, a federal mandate that requires universities to report sexual assault cases that occur on campus.

“What the Clery Act does not do is cause review every year from the universities and also include these in orientations for universities,” Nevárez said.

The University does not meet the requirement for a stand-alone website, but Hammat said it is in the process of creating one.

“If Texas wants to be against relationship violence, against sexual violence — I support that,” Hammat said. “There are always going to be redundancies, … but it does look like they’ve at least said, … ‘the state is going to hold you accountable.’”

UT had a total of 21 sexual assault cases and a combined

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Chancellor discusses Chipotle, Postmates partner for delivery international relations

By Vinesh Kovelamudi

By Josh Willis @JoshWillis35

Chancellor William McRaven gave a lecture on national defense and security Monday for the Glickman Centennial Lecture at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.

McRaven, a retired fourstar admiral in the United States Military, spoke about the greatest changes in the field during his time.

“9/11 has fundamentally changed everything about how we do business,” McRaven said. “Fortunately, the government was good to us. They recognized the value of special operations, and they funded it, and they grew the force appropriately.”

Plan II senior Mark Jbeily said he agreed with

McRaven that terrorism is the greatest threat to society. Jbeily, a Marshall Scholar, said Americans are reminded of the threat of terrorism because of recent successful terrorist attacks.

“I agree with what [McRaven] said about the greatest threat to our security,” Jbeily said. “The terrorist threat that we saw after 9/11 has evolved, but it’s an ongoing threat, and when you don’t have — thank goodness — attacks on the homeland and attacks on high-visibility targets, I think people start to forget. But the reason we don’t have those attacks is because there [are] a lot of people working hard to make sure those attacks

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Chipotle now offers delivery through the delivery service Postmates. Postmates is receiving more orders as a result of the partnership, which began last week.

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Chipotle has introduced a delivery service for all of its menu items through the website and mobile application Postmates.

Postmates coordinates a system of local couriers who deliver items, including food and groceries, to customers. Postmates was founded in San Francisco and currently operates in 67 cities. The Chipotle partnership began last week and will operate throughout every city in which Postmates is located.

The delivery fee for Postmates ranges from $4.99-$7.99, depending on the total distance the courier travels. On top of the delivery fee, Postmates charges a nine percent service fee on the cost of the Chipotle order.

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Postmates is receiving more orders as a result of Chipotle’s new delivery service, Austin Postmates manager Macey Morrison said.

“Traffic has absolutely increased,” Morrison said.

“We’re already seeing more Chipotle orders.”

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Even before the partnership was official, customers have been able to order Chipotle through Postmates, and both companies have already profited as a result.

According to Forbes, Chipotle saw a 30 percent

monthly growth in customers’ use of Postmates for Chipotle orders in 2015.

Additionally, Postmates reported $500,000-worth of Chipotle deliveries in the first quarter of 2015. Mathematics junior Chris Lin said he believes

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90 cases of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking on campus in 2013, the most recent year with available sexual assault information for UT. A number of cases go unreported because of multiple factors, including embarrassment or stigma attached to sexual assault, Hammat said.

“For every person that is experiencing sexual assault, the way they process that information is very different. … This is not something people like to talk about, so oftentimes, they do not report it,” Hammat said.

Victims of sexual assault have the option to report attacks to the University of Texas Police Department or other University entities, UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said.

“If they want to report it to the police and possibly file charges, they can,” Posey said.

“If they don’t, then they can just report it to UT, and UT will handle it internally.”

Hammat said the University works to provide resources for sexual assault and sexual harassment online through campus organizations. Resources on campus include Student Emergency Services and Voices Against Violence.

amount of alcohol consumed by a bar patron and limit alcohol intake. Vending machine users would be cut off after 30 ounces of beer, 10 ounces of wine or three ounces of liquor, Gutierrez said.

The standard drink is 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine and about one-and-ahalf ounces of liquor.

“The automated dispensing machine system benefits businesses by reducing overhead and staff costs, allowing for easier management of inventory, strictly controlling customers’ consumption and guarding against underage drinking,” Gutierrez said.

Alexandria Allen, a Management Information Systems senior and bartender on Red River Street, said she thinks the machines could limit bartender wages, as many of

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“It would kind of make things more difficult for the wait staff and bartenders because we make our money based on how many drinks we give to people and how we do it,” Allen said. “If they’re getting their wristbands from us, but they’re getting their beer from vending machines, then it kind of cuts out a lot of our money.”

Minors could also potentially use others’ wristbands, Allen said.

“I’m pretty sure the wristband can somehow be taken off and transferred between people,” Allen said.

Although she has her concerns about the bill, Allen said the machines could reduce alcohol consumption since it would automatically cut people off after a certain number of drinks.

Shane Ali, a biology senior who used to bartend house

parties, said he believes the machines would work best in establishments where nonstudent crowds work. He said, in his experience, bartenders are necessary to monitor rowdy college crowds.

Students also tend to order specialty drinks that may not be available in vending machines, Ali said.

“One of the reasons that people go to bars are for, like, their favorite shot or fancy shots that are being made instead of a glass of wine or a quick beer,” Ali said.

According to advertising junior Kara Endahl, vending machines could be more convenient when at a crowded bar or other establishment.

“I think it would save a lot of time because the lines at bars get so backed up, especially if there’s a big game going on,” Endahl said. “I know last time we were waiting for, like, 30 minutes for a beer.”

continues from page 1 “You’ll be crossing the street, and cars are trying to turn at the same time, and a lot of cars will aim at you to try to make you move faster.”

Additionally, Aguilar said walking on highways puts pedestrians at risk.

Three of the nine deaths this year have occurred on highways.

“It’s always been a problem,” Aguilar said, “Especially people using it on the northern side of the city as a way to get from one side of the freeway to the other without having to go all the way around or down to the town roads, and unfortunately people get hit.”

In Texas, it’s against the law to cross highways by foot, and Aguilar said the department always works on strictly enforcing the law.

“They’re not meant for pedestrian traffic — there’s no reason for a pedestrian to do it unless someone needs help, or you’re trying to get off a freeway if your car breaks down,” Aguilar said.

While Aguilar said officers have found pedestrians are often walking negligently when they are hit and that drivers aren’t at fault, civil engineering senior Christine Wait said she feels drivers in traffic should be more aware of pedestrians.

“I don’t feel like it’s dangerous to cross the light if you’re smart about it, but I feel like most of the time traffic is pretty good about when they’re slowing down and stopping,” Wait said.

In order to ensure their safety, Aguilar said people need to avoid distractions.

“The most important thing is to be alert, and pay attention,” Aguilar said. “A lot of times people are distracted — they either have their headphones in, so they can’t hear, they’re texting or on the phone and not paying attention to the area around them, crossing midblock when they shouldn’t be, not looking both ways when they cross the street. Things like that are common errors that contribute to vehicle-pedestrian collisions.”

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continues from page 1 Postmates’ partnership with Chipotle will increase its value in comparison to other delivery service applications, such as Favor.

“Even though Postmates’ delivery fee may cost more than Favor’s delivery fee, Postmates’ partnership with Chipotle adds an incredible value to the app,” Lin said.

Postmates’ ordering process with Chipotle remains the same as its ordering process through other restaurants, despite the official partnership between Postmates and Chipotle, Morrison said.

“We haven’t had any complications with delivering orders from Chipotle,” Morrison said.

“Postmates’ customer service team will call in orders ahead of time and put them under the Postmates name.”

Postmates and Chipotle are working on the details for a system that will streamline the ordering process, Morrison said.

Biomedical engineering freshman David Sung said Postmates will become more popular over the last month of the school year because of its partnership with Chipotle.

“When people are studying for their final exams in the next few weeks, they are going to want to eat without wasting study time,” Sung said. “That’s when they use Postmates for Chipotle.”

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Panel discusses stay in Rodney Reed case

By Nashwa Bawab

Ben Wolff, left, an attorney for Texas Defender Service, and Ana Hernandez, vice president for UT’s Amnesty International chapter, discuss the Rodney Reed case in a panel Monday night.

Rodney Reed is an inmate on death row in Texas who has maintained his innocence throughout his sentence.

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Despite death row inmate Rodney Reed being granted a stay, the fight for his freedom continues, according to his brother Rodrick Reed, who spoke Monday at a panel about his case.

In 1998, an all-white jury in Bastrop, Texas, convicted Rodney Reed, a black man, for the murder of Stacey Stites in a trial that critics have called racially biased.

Reed, who has maintained his innocence, was granted a stay before his execution date on March 5, which delayed his case and execution. Rodrick Reed said the community must continue to push for his freedom.

“A lot of people have relaxed, thinking he’s on his way home, but we still have to fight,” Rodrick said. “My brother is still locked up, and the fight must continue until we bring him home, and even after that, we still must fight for justice.”

Although the stay is a great victory for those against the death penalty, the fight may only get harder, according to Ben Wolff, panelist and attorney for Texas Defender Service.

“Here’s the urgency about

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McRaven said the first thing he did when he took his job at U.S. Special Operations was to call on FedEx to share how they do business. “[FedEx] is a global enterprise, just like we were, and I wanted to know how they were able to act locally but function globally,” McRaven said.

The connections between illegal and malicious entities throughout the world continue to be areas of great concern for national defense, McRaven said.

“Everything is connected

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this: No one’s won,” Wolff said. “He’s still on death row, and he’s still there unjustly and an innocent man. The first time the state of Texas seeks to execute someone, they have to give at least 90 days’ notice. The second time, … 30 days.”

Ana Hernandez, panelist and vice president of UT’s Amnesty International chapter, said the death penalty is racist, punishes the poor and condemns the innocent to death, especially — it is a network out there, and this was the thing that we found very early on in our fight, and it surprised us,” McRaven said. “We in special operations had to build a network to defeat a network.”

Having dealt with international struggles in special operations, McRaven said the notion that global struggles should not concern the United States worries him.

“There is no such thing as a local problem,” McRaven said. “Today, in the environment we’re in, part of my concern is sometimes we sit between the Pacific and the Atlantic, and we say, ‘You know what happens in Algeria. That’s a

in Reed’s case, who has lived the last 20 years of his life in a 6-by-11-foot jail cell.

“I think that stressing the indignity of his current situation and the fact that it is unjust for an innocent person to face those circumstances for over 18 years — I think that finding a way to convey that kind of urgency is important,” Hernandez said. “There is no end date for your activism.”

The support of UT students and other members long ways away. I don’t really think we have to worry about it.’”

Suzan Glickman, the wife of the lecture’s namesake, Julius Glickman, said the lecture was a good opportunity for the community to interact with McRaven.

“I think it’s great the people get to know [McRaven] and see what his vision is, partly for the University of Texas but also the special ops and what’s going on in the world,” Glickman said.

“He’s very bright, has been in all kinds of positions of authority, and when you see his personality, you can know what he’s going to be and how far-thinking he is for the University of Texas.”

My brother is still locked up, and the fight must continue until we bring him home, and even after that, we still must fight for justice.

—Rodrick Reed, Rodney Reed’s brother

of the Austin community helped the case receive national attention, Reed said.

“Without the public, my brother wouldn’t have stood a chance,” Rodrick said. “They would have probably execut-

ed him on March 5. [Rodney said to me,] ‘I’ve lost both my grandmothers in [jail.] Now I’ve lost my dad, and I’ve lost several uncles, and my family is going away, but I have not lost hope.’”

Stephanie Tacy | Daily Texan Staff

Chancellor William McRaven discusses national defense and security Monday night at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.

McRaven served as a four-star general in the U.S. Military.

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The Senate State Affairs Committee heard a bill Monday that, if passed, would remove abortion coverage from the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “Obamacare,” is a federally mandated insurance policy that aims to offer affordable insurance options for users. Texas operates under the plan’s federal mandate, which allows the state to set its policy on abortion coverage.

“This bill is not a ban on elective abortions,” Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) said.

“In fact, this bill is all about choice. Under this bill, you can choose to pay for abortions, or you can choose to not pay for the abortions of others.”

SB 575 would limit abortion coverage to medical emergencies when a “life-threatening physical condition exists.”

Those who desire an abortion could attain coverage for the procedure from supplemental providers, according to Taylor.

Jennifer Allmon, a representative from the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, said the bill prevents the subsidizing of abortion coverage by those who disagree with it.

“The issue here is that those of us who strongly disagree with [abortion] should not be forced to provide coverage for that,” Allmon said.

Sen. Judith Zaffirini (DLaredo) questioned whether the bill would increase costs for women purchasing independent coverage.

“Is it correct to say then that the practical effect of this bill would be to make abortion uninsurable?” Zaffirini said.

Removing abortion coverage from the Affordable Care Act in Texas would limit abortion options, according to Grace Chimene, a member of the League of Women Voters and a nurse practitioner.

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Professor: Supreme Court will reject same-sex marriage bans

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A university professor predicts that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule against bans on same-sex marriage this week.

There has been a remarkable change in public opinion in the past five years, and the court will cause more tension if it votes in opposition, Sanford Levinson, professor of constitutional law and government, said. A 2013 study held by the Pew Research Center showed a majority of Americans endorse gay marriages — among those aged 18 to 29, support is as high as 70 percent.

“Even four years ago, the court may have found that the safe thing to do was not intervene, but today politics are different,” Levinson said. “The court will get lots of applause, and many politicians will be ecstatic if the court takes this issue out of the 2016 race.”

The question is less about whether the court will affirm marriage equality and more about how, Levinson said. The court could focus on the purpose

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of marriage or the fourteenth amendment’s antidiscrimination clause. “[Illegality of ] marriage is one illustration of discrimination against the LGBT community, and that would have more implications for a variety of laws that discriminate,” Levinson said.

Although statistics show it is increasingly common for youths to support gay marriage, they should be conscious of the effort it took to get here, law student Louis Lobel said.

“Don’t forget about the many LGBTQ people that suffered to get to this point,” Lobel said, who is vice president of OUTlaw, an LGBTQ student organization in the law school. “[Now,] nobody wants to be on the wrong side of history.”

Many American corporations showed support for gay rights in March by opposing proposed legislation aiming to allow businesses to deny service to gay people. Levinson said this showed an unprecedented level of support for the LGBT community in American politics.

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“These shifts by major businesses are influencing Republican candidates to come out against legislation designed to stop same-sex marriages,” Levinson said.

While the political climate is warming up to marriage equality, there are more issues politicians need to address on a state or national level, said Jordan Wilk, English junior and event coordinator for the Queer Student Alliance.

“The community still faces a variety of issues, such as youth homelessness after coming out to their families and murders and everyday violence of queer and trans people of color,” Wilk said.

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Demand for greater transparency should start on campus

By Jeremi Suri

er and the recipients. More open communications are more cautious communications. The opinions that count are self-censored.

We live in a time when openness and secrecy have both increased. With social media and other Internet communications, it is easier than ever to procure information about topics from foreign affairs and domestic policy to business transactions and personal relationships. Anyone with an iPhone and a USB flash drive can easily copy a document or record an event and then circulate it instantaneously to the world.

This is the story of Wikileaks, which posted thousands of formerly secret U.S. government documents, and Twitter-savvy activists in China, Russia and the Middle East who use photos of their repressed public demonstrations to inspire international hopes for political change.

Social media has facilitated the flow of formerly secret information; they have made it harder for governments and other powerful groups to control what we see.

How can we preserve forthrightness in official communications?

Daily Texan Columnist @JeremiSuri

The paradox of greater information access In this information-rich environment, secrecy about decision-making has, paradoxically, increased. That is because people are more careful than ever to avoid documenting their decisions. The risks of revelation on the Internet are too great; the fears of intentional manipulation by adversaries are too real.

Presidents, for example, used to record their conversations and maintain personal diaries.

Their assistants wrote long memoranda explaining how they made their most important decisions. Now, they generally avoid these exercises. Business leaders had secretaries who transcribed their meetings and telephone conversations. They also wrote revealing letters to partners and confidants. Now they prefer to keep their notes to a minimum.

Email has become the most ubiquitous form of daily communication, but anyone with any sense carefully sanitizes their comments before hitting the send button. The risk of the masscirculated email reduces the candor of the writ-

These circumstances pose a series of challenges. How do we manage the surplus of information and the scarcity of decision-making detail? How do we protect privacy and confidentiality where they are necessary while also maintaining access and accountability? How do we encourage our leaders to lead, but keep our citizens and their representatives appropriately informed?

The recent revelations about U.S. drone strikes near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border that accidentally killed an American and an Italian hostage raise serious concerns. The public, members of Congress and U.S. legal authorities are ill-informed about what is tantamount to a government policy of targeted assassinations, directed by the president through the CIA and the Pentagon. How justified and accurate are the targets? What are the consequences? Who explores alternatives?

At the same time, when detailed information is released, as it was last week, news coverage obsesses over the mistakes and embarrassments rather than the broader accomplishments of the program, designed to kill terrorists and destroy their training grounds.

Based on the accumulated evidence so far, we have reason to believe that the drone strikes ordered by President Barack Obama have reduced the capabilities of many terrorist groups with limited — although not insignificant — civilian damage.

Why it matters to policy-making Here we reach the heart of the issue. Effective policy-making in a democracy requires a difficult balance between informing the public and protecting confidential information. The problem is that we have only just begun to think

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about how that balance has evolved in our new media and threat landscape.

Too often, as in the case of the U.S. drone strikes, information access is uneven, inconsistent and therefore very difficult to evaluate. Observers can highlight heroic successes and monumental screw-ups, but an informed public evaluation of whether the policy is making us safer and protecting our international interests is impossible. We need precisely that public evaluation (and informed debate) if we are going to make intelligent choices as a society.

Democracy requires openness and secrecy, but their relationship should not be haphazard, as it is today. As with most policy dilemmas, historical experience offers some useful guidelines. There is a long American tradition of avoiding public revelation of details that jeopardize military and other vital operations in real time. As early as the 19th century, American newspapers refrained from publishing plans for troop movements, weapons deployments and the names of vulnerable national representatives operating in hostile territories. Information that exposes legally sanctioned American missions and personnel to grave harm deserves protection.

Alongside this restraint, there is an equally strong tradition of the U.S. government working to make its decision processes and its policy records as transparent as possible. No other country did more to explain itself and open its archives in the last two centuries than the United States.

Jessica Lin | Daily Texan Staff

Ultimately, the public has a right to know The scope of government materials available to anyone online and in government repositories, including the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library on our campus, is unparalleled.

The public has a right to know, and government officials (including those working in the intelligence agencies) have a constitutional obligation to do everything possible to inform the public, short of the most necessary restraints on information justified only as described above.

Panicked by new media and new threats, our leaders at all levels of society have strayed from the wisdom of our history. As a university, we should model and promote a return to our democratic roots: Protect the privacy and safety of the individual, but demand public transparency and accountability for how decisions are made.

Transparency and accountability are, in fact, our comparative advantage. They expose flawed assumptions and they help to build consensus for thoughtful actions. They provide a sound basis for managing secrecy better in a more open society.

Suri is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and in the Department of History.

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McDonald Observatory brings beauty UT’s work-study needs improvement of the universe down to earth

By Jordan Shenhar Senior Columnist @jshenhar

Hanna Bernbaum | Daily Texan Staff

from convection or are occasionally eclipsed, starlight momentarily blocked by an orbiting star or perhaps even an alien planet. These are the quirks in the light that allow astronomers I learned to find beauty in the violent stillvastly more information into stars so far away ness of the night sky from the catwalks of the it takes light hundreds or thousands of years to McDonald Observatory. reach our fair planet.

For the first few minutes, the west Texas sky Through some perversely lucky twist of fate, appears unimpressive as through the haze of I ended up spending more than 220 nights over a dense city like Austin. The sheer darkness is four years in west Texas, training the 75-yearimpressive, like swimming at the bottom of the old, 2.1-meter Otto Struve telescope at the deep end. But only after the first ten minutes heavens. I was mostly looking at white dwarfs, do your pupils fully dilate, bringing into full the burnt-out cores of stars like our Sun, and focus a sky wet with stars.

I spent my nights watching the brightness of Ursa Major, what looks like just seven stars these dying stars change in far more detail arranged as a big dipper from inside the city, than available to my small set of eyes. reveals itself as a thousand points of light. The So while I was inspired by the thrill of disMilky Way arches across the sky, the center of covering new things about the Universe, using our host galaxy a brilliant but soft blanket of star-quakes to peer below the surface of these gas, dust and countless stars. extremely dense objects or watching a rare Standing still atop an ocean of darkness in pair of stars orbiting each other every 12.75 west Texas, where street lamps and car headminutes slide closer together as a result of the lights are few and far between, the slow pace normally puny effects of gravitational waves, I of our Universe becomes overwhelmingly evioften found more perspective in just staring up dent. The cascade of stars sits idle, each silently at the cloudless west Texas sky. burning, and the gusty mountain winds are The 450-mile drive out to McDonald Obserthe only soundtrack to your midnight vista. vatory can be a touch intimidating, but cruise Occasionally, there is a flash. It is so dark control and a few episodes of “This American that your eyes can see a bounty of meteors on Life” make the time melt by. It is certainly worth their kamikaze trips through the Earth’s atmothe momentary escape from city life, for a dip in sphere. But there is a steadiness to the sky that the refreshingly clear waters of Balmorhea State belies its beauty.

Park, for some inspiration in Marfa.

It is easy to forget that we are standing atop And there’s no better place in Texas to look a blue marble that is hurtling through space, up into the darkness, to slow your breathing rotating at more than 900 miles an hour. and to sink into the rhythm of the violent stillThat rotation causes the stars to inch along in ness of the night sky. the night, offering a fresh face to the sky evHermes is a postdoctoral researcher at ery few hours. But even the stars themselves the University of Warwick. He completed never sit perfectly still. They roil at the surface a PhD in astronomy at the University of Texas in 2013, and as an undergraduate, served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan Check out our news coverage of the McDonald from 2006-2007. Some of this column was Observatory later this week adapted from the textbook “We’re Texas:

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Astronomy,” published by Kendall Hunt.

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The internship economy is less than ideal for most college students, who often have to work long hours for little or no pay in order to gain the sort of entry-level experience that so many employers require.

But the system’s biggest victims aren’t the interns themselves but rather those whose financial circumstances prevent them from interning in the first place.

For students already struggling to pay tuition and rent, it’s impossible to sacrifice a semester’s or a summer’s worth of wages in exchange for a chance at better job prospects in the future. That means that those who can afford to work for free gain a notable advantage in the hiring process over those who can’t, and an economy that’s supposed to be meritocratic winds up closing off opportunities for the young, bright and economically disadvantaged.

That kind of inequity should be especially concerning for a school like UT, which serves a huge number of students from lowincome backgrounds by virtue of its size and admission procedures. Yet the University’s work-study program, which is theoretically designed to provide poorer students with opportunities already afforded to their wealthier counterparts, is almost pathetically small.

According to the Office of Student Financial Services, there are only 844 people enrolled in UT’s work-study programs, a minuscule number for such an economically diverse school. To make matters worse, none are currently working in the private sector.

While there’s no guarantee that an offcampus job would carry the same benefits as an internship, there’s equally little experiential value in working behind a secretarial desk or a dining hall cash register. Those kinds of work-study positions also carry a strong opportunity cost, depriving participants of the chance to intern, volunteer or get involved with student organizations.

In essence, UT’s shallow pool of workstudy job offerings deprives some of its neediest students of invaluable networking and leadership opportunities.

A bill currently under consideration in the Texas Legislature seeks to address that issue by requiring universities to expand

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their work-study programs into the private sector. If enacted, the legislation would help the state’s needier students escape the kinds of menial or unskilled on-campus positions that can hold them back from competing for high-profile jobs in the future.

Whether or not the bill would have a significant impact in practice is unclear. Its strictest provisions only apply to schools in cities with over 1 million residents, so UT wouldn’t have to substantially reform its work-study system until Austin breaks that barrier within the next few years. And the usefulness of a work-study job depends on the tasks it assigns and the skills it confers, not whether or not a private company is writing a percentage of the paychecks.

Working at an ad agency or a PR firm would be far more meaningful for a marketing major than cleaning tables at Kinsolving. Taking orders at an off campus restaurant probably wouldn’t be. If the private-sector jobs that schools provide wind up looking like the on-campus jobs being replaced, the new system would have exactly the same problems as the current one.

So regardless of whether the bill passes, UT should still make an effort to improve its work-study offerings in order to adequately prepare low-income students for life after graduation. Even without expanding employment opportunities offcampus, there are plenty of ways to do that.

As it’s currently constructed, the workstudy program mostly funnels participants into service-level jobs or low-ranking administrative positions. But a school with UT’s research capabilities should have no trouble establishing more academic work opportunities for interested students.

For example, professors or graduate students in need of research assistants could connect with compatible work-study recipients via the program’s online job bank. And there are plenty of on-campus laboratories or archives in need of maintenance and organization. Placing work-study recipients in those environments can give them the access to field-specific experience that wealthier students can gain through poorly compensated internships.

Adopting these kinds of reforms would allow the University to help remedy a major economic injustice. There’s no reason for it to wait for regulations from the statehouse in order to do so.

Shenhar is a Plan II, government and economics sophomore from Westport, Connecticut. He writes about campus and education issues.

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Chickpeas offer healthy snack alternative

By Elisabeth Dillon @thedailytexan

Hummus may be the goto snack for many students, but its main ingredient often goes overlooked by the average consumer.

Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, belong to the legume family, meaning they’re related to lentils, peanuts and many varieties of beans. Legumes can lower a person’s risk of heart disease, and chickpeas themselves offer other key nutritional boosts. High in fiber and protein, chickpeas are popular in vegan and vegetarian diets.

Chickpeas also contain 10 different vitamins, including folate, which aids in the development of red blood cells and potentially wards off birth defects. Three tablespoons of chickpeas provides roughly the same amount of potassium as a small banana.

Chickpeas can be bought dried or in cans that typically list salt and other preservatives in the ingredients list. Canned chickpeas are lower in nutrition because of the canning and

storing process. When dealing with dried chickpeas, they must be soaked and slowly cooked in boiling water.

Chickpea snacks can also be found lining the shelves of grocery stores — a more recent phenomenon for the bite-sized balls of protein. Many of the snacks involve roasted, crunchy chickpeas with added spices and herbs for flavor.

Skip the prepackaged snacks, however, and make your own crunchy chickpeas at home.

Simply toss soft chickpeas in olive oil, salt and preferred seasonings, and then place them in an oven preheated to 425 degrees. Stir and rotate the pan a few times, then enjoy a healthy, homemade snack. Also, try using roasted chickpeas as crouton substitutes in salads or as taco toppers for some extra texture.

Chickpeas also make for a great dessert. The savory flavor of the beans can be masked by cocoa powder, vanilla extract and nut butters to create a healthier alternative to cookies and brownies. Many chickpeabased desserts also require little effort — just grab a blender or a food processor, and you’re

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well on your way to a sweet and guilt-free treat.

Chickpea flour, also known as gram flour, comes from ground chickpeas. It is a naturally gluten-free flour that can also be used for baked goods — both sweet and savory. Try it in falafel or for your next pizza night. For sweeter uses, stick

to using it in dishes that have stronger flavors, such as chocolate or peanut butter.

For more savory options, try adding chickpeas to your next pot of soup, or grab a good amount of spring vegetables, and stir-fry them with the chickpeas. Toss the finished mixture with some millet for

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Chickpeas are also the star of the show when it comes to hummus. With the help of a blender and a few other ingredients, you can have fresh hummus in less than five minutes.

For our hummus recipe, visit www.dailytexanonline.com.

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Producer and co-editor Taylor Michelle Thompson, a UT alumna, said the crew members’ ability to trust one another was also integral to the success of the crew’s endeavor.

“If you don’t trust your comrades in filmmaking, you’re constantly going to worry about they’re doing,” Thompson said.

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After a sweep from No. 7 TCU this weekend, Texas is back at square one.

The Longhorns, who entered the season with high expectations and a roster full of returning talent, now sit at .500.

Texas came into the series with high hopes after two dominating performances against Kansas and Texas State. But after the Horned Frogs swept the Longhorns, they’re once again trying to regroup after suffering their 22nd loss of the season.

Despite the up-and-down season, the players still believe they can rally and make a run toward the postseason.

“We have the players to be one of the best teams in the country,” sophomore catcher Tres Barrera said. “But if you look as good as you want on paper, you got to come out here, and get it done. We’re playing hard. We’re fighting.

We’re just not executing.”

Texas (22–22, 8–10 Big 12) will have a chance to gather itself against Prairie View A&M (14–31, 4–17 SWAC).

The Panthers defeated Alcorn State, 10–7, Sunday and are coming off their first conference series win since Feb. 28.

The Longhorns and Panthers square off at UFCU Disch-Falk Field at 6 p.m. on Longhorn Network.

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Senior second baseman Brooks Marlow makes a throw toward first against Texas State. Marlow said the Longhorns look to put their frustrating weekend at TCU behind them when they take on Prairie View A&M.

find a break at home as they look to rebound from a tough weekend.

Texas head coach Augie Garrido said the key to fixing the team’s issues is all in its execution.

“We’ve got to win with we we’ve got,” Garrido said. “I think we can win with what we’ve got. We just have to execute.”

He added that the team badly wants to get better.

“As bad as we’ve been

beaten up during the course of this season, not only injury-wise but also mentally, with the losses that have accumulated, they still want to get that done,” Garrido said.

“Their spirit is not broken.

They’re still competitive.”

At .500, Texas will have to keep fighting through the rest of the season to make it to the postseason.

“It’s just [about] battling right now,” senior second

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HINOJOSA INJURED Junior shortstop C.J. Hinojosa hurt his hand in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader. Head coach Augie Garrido said he isn’t sure of the severity of the injury.

Garrido said that Hinojosa will get an x-ray on his hand. baseman Brooks Marlow said. “Coach [Garrido] talks about being mentally tough all the time.

“We don’t think it’s broken,” Garrido said. “We’re hoping that it’s OK, but until we get an x-ray, we’re just not going to know.”

Hinojosa’s availability for Tuesday’s game is unknown.

That’s what this team’s got.

We just got to be ready to play tomorrow and put this behind us.”

FOOTBALL | COLUMN

Longhorns impress at spring practices

By Ezra Siegel

Daily Texan Columnist @SiegelEzra

With spring practice over, here is what we learned from the Longhorns this spring:

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Tres Barrera, Texas sophomore catcher and first baseman, fields a pick-off against Oklahoma.

Sooners, Cowboys to square off for Big 12 championship

By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox

Before combining to take down Texas in a series sweep, a trio of TCU pitchers — junior Riley Ferrell, senior Preston Morrison and junior Alex Young — were named to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year watch list.

Morrison leads the Big 12 with nine wins and two shutouts and currently leads the conference in active career wins and ERA. Young ranks second with eight wins and third in ERAs with a 1.65 average. The two combined for just over 13 innings pitched, six strikeouts and four earned runs.

Farrell leads the conference with 11 saves, including one against the Longhorns on Saturday.

Oklahoma State’s Michael Freeman and Texas Tech’s Corey Taylor were also named to the watch list.

Oklahoma State takes series over Texas Tech After falling in the first game of the series against Texas Tech on Friday, Oklahoma State climbed back to win the next two games, winning the series

and maintaining its lead in the conference.

The Red Raiders took the first game of the series behind the arm of Ryan Moseley, who held the Cowboys to just one run on six hits, striking out seven in seven innings of work in a 5–3 win.

Oklahoma State bounced back the next day, piling on eight runs on 13 hits. Freshman third baseman Jacob Chappell led the way with three RBIs and two walks in the win.

The Cowboys finished off the series with a win Sunday, striking for five runs in the first four innings, including two home runs in a threerun fourth inning.

With the series victory, Oklahoma State held onto its conference lead. The Cowboys hold a game-and-a-half advantage over TCU. Cowboys, Sooners set to square off in ‘Bedlam’ With the regular season winding down, the ‘Bedlam’ rivalry between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will likely decide who takes home the Big 12 regular season crown.

The Cowboys currently sit in the top spot in the conference, sporting a 12–6 conference record and a

game-and-a-half lead over Oklahoma and TCU. They also sit in second in team batting, with a .287 batting average, and team pitching, with a 2.79 ERA. Senior pitcher Michael Freeman leads all starters in the conference with a 1.17 ERA and a .185 opponent’s batting average.

But Oklahoma will counter with senior pitcher Robert Tasin, who’s fourth in the conference with a 1.93 ERA and junior infielder Kolbey Carpenter, who’s second in the Big 12 with a .370 batting average and eight home runs.

Conference Rankings Despite sweeping Texas in dominating fashion over the weekend, TCU remained fifth in the latest Baseball America rankings released Monday.

The same top five teams remain at the top of the rankings, although Texas A&M dropped from second to third after losing its series to No. 1 LSU this weekend.

UCLA jumped to the second spot, and Louisville remained in fourth.

Oklahoma State jumped up five spots to 12th following its series win over Texas Tech, which dropped out of the poll altogether.

1. The offensive line showed needed improvement.

Texas’ offensive line was nightmarish in last year’s 6–7 campaign, and head coach Charlie Strong knows the unit needs to improve. The line was consistently overpowered by opposing defensive lines and suffered from injuries, dismissals and a major lack of experience.

With spring practices in the books, Strong has seen improvement. The unit looked comfortable and performed well during practices and the Orange-White scrimmage.

“They’ve gotten a lot better with communicating with each other,” Strong said. “I think it’ll be a great season for us.”

2. The quarterback battle is tighter than ever.

Heading into the spring, junior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes had the advantage, having started 12 games last season. He got the majority of first team reps this spring, and Strong praised his growth both on and off the field.

However, redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard, a highly touted state championship-winning quarterback from Denten also impressed Strong, making accurate throws and torching de-

fenses with his feet. Strong has said that Swoopes is still the favorite, but he emphasized that Heard has closed the gap.

With several months between now and the season opener, both quarterbacks will have the chance to separate themselves and win the job.

3. Freshman linebacker Malik Jefferson is the real deal.

Jefferson was Texas’ top recruit in its 2015 recruiting class, and he did not disappoint as an early enrollee.

Jefferson showed his athleticism and feel for the game in practices, showing a knack for playmaking.

In the spring game, Jefferson forced a fumble, broke up a pass and picked up five tackles, including one tackle for loss.

“He’s very athletic and very instinctive,” Strong said. “He can read plays, and he made a ton of plays on Saturday.”

4. Texas needs freshmen to step up on the outside.

Strong’s first recruiting class was a success, and the Longhorns will need their freshmen to step up.

The Longhorns need outside playmakers on both sides of the ball, and Strong has emphasized throughout spring that freshmen will have a chance to come in and compete at these positions. If the incoming freshmen can contribute and push their fellow teammates, it will go a long way in improving two weak positions.

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Texas sophomore running back D’Onta Foreman runs past the Longhorns defense at the annual Orange-White scrimmage.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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The Baltimore Orioles lost an AL-record 21 games in a row.

SPORTS BRIEFLY Season ticket holders given new opportunity

Texas athletics introduced a new opportunity for season ticket holders to select their seats. With new, interactive technology, season ticket holders can upgrade their seat location and parking with the new “ticket relocation and upgrade experience.”

“With the new seat selection process, we saw an opportunity to really improve the fan experience,” athletic director Steve Patterson said.

The new process will begin May 19.

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Alumni offer taste of Sichuan in Houston

By Megan Kallus @megmayumi

On a typical night at Mala Sichuan Bistro, customers dab their watering eyes over dishes of live tilapia or rabbit meat soaked in flaming red chili oil.

The restaurant, located in Houston’s Chinatown, is owned

by UT alumni Cori Xiong and Heng Chen. Xiong moved to Texas from the Sichuan province of China when she was 12 years old. Chen left his home city of Shenyang, China, for the U.S. when he was 16 years old.

When the now-husband-andwife met at UT, they discovered a shared passion for Sichuan Chinese food.

After Xiong and Chen graduated in 2009 with economics degrees, they decided to take a leap of faith and jump into the restaurant business. They set up a shop in Houston’s bustling Chinatown, offering lunch plates and Sichuan staples.

They lacked experience in the business, which at times made the work challenging.

“We pretty much had to cross the river by feeling the stones,” Chen said. “Hiring the right people, keeping the good people and leading these people has always been a challenge.”

On Friday, Xiong presented some of her restaurant’s signature dishes at Taste of Texas, a part of the Austin Food and Wine Festival.

“I’ve loved seeing so many non-Chinese people enjoying our food and not taking it as something weird and exotic,” Xiong said. “I feel like I’ve bridged some gap between different cultures.”

Xiong and Chen named Mala Sichuan Bistro after the restaurant’s signature flavors.

In Mandarin Chinese, ma refers to the numbing sensation

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(From left to right) Director Deepak Chetty, Co-Producers Taylor Michelle Thompson and David Bukstein premiered their film “Hard Reset” Sunday afternoon at the Galaxy Highland theater. “Hard Reset” is UT’s first 3-D Student Film.

Graduate students break new ground with UT’s first 3-D film, ‘Hard Reset’

By Charles Liu

@CharlieInDaHaus

Sci-fi action-thriller “Hard Reset” boasts impressive special effects, but it’s not a Hollywood blockbuster. It’s UT’s first 3-D student film.

“Hard Reset,” which premiered Sunday at the Galaxy Highland theater, takes place in the future on the eve of a robot revolution. The main character, detective Miles Archer (Oryan Landa), falls in love with a droid named Jane PS626 (Josephine McAdam), who is infected by a virus that grants her self-awareness.

Radio-Television-Film graduate student Deepak Chetty directed “Hard Reset” and

collaborated with a cast and crew of UT students and graduates as well as film professionals.

Chetty and Radio-Television-Film senior David Bukstein, who co-wrote the film with Chetty, said the two have been drawn to sci-fi entertainment since they were young.

They met in 2012 through UT’s Radio-Television-Film program and discovered they were already working on similar scripts individually. The two of them decided to combine their efforts and write “Hard Reset.”

“I didn’t want to create something flashy,” Chetty said.

“I wanted to tell a story that people would enjoy.”

Chetty and Bukstein said

they formed a strong bond while writing “Hard Reset” as a team throughout 2013. They spent weeks communicating back and forth about the script and compromising when they had different ideas.

“If we had an issue, we discussed it together,” Bukstein said. “We both came to the table with the same mutual respect. [Chetty] directed ‘Hard Reset,’ but it is our movie.”

Chetty said shooting in 3-D was a different experience compared to shooting in 2-D. In the past, Chetty could shoot 2-D films using a handheld method, but the weight of the 3-D cameras forced the cinematographer, UT alumnus Patrick Smith, to shoot with the

cameras mounted on rigs to keep them steady.

Smith said he and Chetty filmed “Hard Reset” with 3-D in mind. The two said they didn’t want “Hard Reset” to be like other films they thought only added the 3-D effect as an afterthought.

Characters pop out of the screen at intense moments and, in more somber scenes, they appear subdued in the background, amplifying the distance by the increased depth from the 3-D effect to isolate them from the audience.

Chetty said the crew finished shooting “Hard Reset” last May and spent nearly the entire year finishing up special ef-

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caused by peppercorns native to the Sichuan province, and la refers to the spicy flavor of red chili peppers.

“Numbing is a flavor — or more of a sensation — that most people do not know humans are able to taste,” Xiong said. “Our spices activate the touch sensory receptors and make each one of the nerve endings in the tongue and the mouth area think that they’ve been repeatedly lightly touched, like a constant light buzz.”

The duo will soon open a Mala Sichuan Bistro location in Montrose, a trendy neighborhood of Houston. The restaurant’s new location will be across from the restaurant Underbelly, a critically acclaimed mainstay of Houston’s food scene. Chris Shepherd, Underbelly owner and executive chef, said he looks forward to his new neighbors.

“Mala has become a destination restaurant in Chinatown,” Shepherd said. “People who weren’t previously familiar with Chinatown have now experienced Houston’s incredible Asian cuisine as a result of Mala’s influence. The Montrose location will touch an even larger group of innerloop Houstonians, and I hope it opens the door for even more exploration.”

Although Xiong and Chen have specifically reached out to non-Chinese customers, they said their priority is to serve up authentic Chinese food.

“I want to offer an experience that is different from other Chinese restaurants,” Chen said. “But I still want to let diners know that this is the real, traditional Chinese food — that this is what people eat in China — not egg rolls or orange chicken.”

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