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Student debate adds two political groups

By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab

Members of the UT libertarian and socialist organizations will participate in the UT student political debate after members affiliated with Young Americans for Liberty convinced organizers to add them to the event.

The debate originally only included College Republicans and University Democrats after John Falke, Student Government university-wide representative and a moderator of the debate, said it was too late to add other groups to this year’s debate because they had already discussed

moderators and topics.

Falke said after talking to several people about the issue, he was convinced the inclusion of more groups was necessary.

“Apparently, [Young Americans for Liberty had been not invited to events before, and the whole reason I wanted this was for

civic engagement, and so I realized that at what point is their exclusion doing more harm than good?” Falke said. “I just talked to a lot of people and they seemed to agree — why not put more groups in?”

Falke said he added Young Americans for Liberty to the debate on Friday and the

International Socialist Organization on Saturday.

Undeclared sophomore Patrick Hillery, president of Young Americans for Liberty, said he thinks the group was able to convince Falke to let them enter into the debate because they were too

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Malcolm X Lounge vandalism investigated

By Zainab Calcuttawala @zainabroo94

The University of Texas Police Department is investigating the vandalism of the Malcolm X Lounge, which occurred during the early morning hours of Sept. 23, according to an email from lounge director David McDonald.

The incident was first reported by Johnesha Daniels, a mathematics and African-American studies senior who regularly uses the lounge as a study space.

Daniels said she left the lounge for the Perry-Castañeda Library around 1:30 a.m. to continue studying.

When she said she returned to the space at 5 a.m., she said she saw the left side of the lounge trashed with cookies and craft beads. After noticing a burning smell coming from somewhere in the room, she said she noticed a hot glue gun that was still plugged into an outlet and a heated clothes iron in the microwave.

“I was getting ready to leave but then I heard the microwave beep … as a reminder that someone cooked something in it,” Daniels said. “There was an iron wrapped with the cord around it, and it had been microwaved not too long ago because it was still warm. As soon as I opened the microwave, the whole burning smell came out, and it smelled so bad that you could smell it out in the hall.”

Plastic beads had been melted to the bottom of the iron, Daniels said.

Daniels said she called UTPD to investigate right after discovering the damage. Because it is an open case, UTPD spokesperson

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Protesters demand more scrutiny of Jackson case

‘Dildo carry’ challenges campus gun laws

By Kahlil Said @thedailytexan

Members of the Austin community gathered at the Givens Recreation Center on Sunday evening to protest against the court proceedings involving the case of Larry Jackson.

Jackson was the victim allegedly murdered by Austin Police Detective Charles Kleinert in 2013. Kleinert, now retired, is facing charges for manslaughter.

LaKiza, sister of Larry Jackson joined the People’s Task Force, a community activist group, in the march through the neighborhood around Givens park. Lucian Villasenor, member of the People’s Task Force and UT alumnus, said the community walks

are a response to the current motion to dismiss Larry Jackson’s case.

“The community walks are organized to raise awareness of the court proceedings,” Villasenor said. “The walks build political pressure to help others see the case should not be dismissed and there should be a trial.”

Sirat Al-Nahi, government senior and protester, said she felt it was her civil duty to be there and support the cause.

“I do not want to see the charges dropped,” Al-Nahi said. “We are all here for a common cause, which is to hold the right people accountable for their actions, in this case the detective.”

Villasenor said the group tries to get people out to

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By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo

More than 2,000 people plan to participate in a protest against campus carry by bringing dildos to the first day of fall semester classes next fall, on Aug. 24.

UT alumna Jessica Jin organized the Facebook event “Campus (Dildo) Carry” on Friday. She said on the event page that students should protest campus carry by “strapping gigantic swinging dildos to our backpacks.”

Jin said she was inspired to create the Facebook event after listening to a radio discussion about the school shootings Oct. 9 at Texas Southern University, Northern Arizona University and an elementary in Upland, California. She said she felt a lot of frustration toward the people who continued to defend gun

ownership while families mourned the loss of their children.

“I did little research on the rules surrounding dildos in classrooms,” Jin said. “When I discovered that it is indeed against UT policy to wave dildos around campus, I just couldn’t help myself.”

Jin said that although Texas has elected to allow concealed weapons on campus, there is a state penal code and a University rule which ban displaying or distributing obscene materials. The crime is a misdemeanor that can be punishable by up to a $500 fine.

Campus carry was signed into law on June 1 and allows license holders to carry a concealed handgun throughout university campuses. The law goes into effect Aug. 1, 2016.

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The law, however, allows public universities to designate certain areas of campus gunfree zones, but not the entire campus. In August, UT President Gregory Fenves formed a working group to recommend implementation policies for the campus carry law by early December.

Using the hashtag #CocksNotGlocks, Jin said the state’s campus carry law and Texas penal code means people would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class before

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“I don’t know what [people] plan to do with a dildo against an assailant,” Peregory said.

“But as a woman, and I know other Texas women agree with me, we’re going to take concealed carry over a dildo to protect us any day.”

Jasmin Sheth, Plan II and public health senior, said she decided to participate in the event and said it’s ironic that American society is okay with young people being exposed to violence through media but not okay with them seeing nudity.

“It’s strange that we place a taboo on our bodies and sexuality and prioritize guns,” Sheth said. “As a society, we become less empathetic.”

Jin said if the nation continues in the direction it is headed then everyone will eventually have to carry in order to protect any semblance of freedom or equality.

“I need this proliferation of dildos to offer people a visual representation of what it would be like if we all carried guns. It should look ridiculous to you. That is the point,” Jin said. “We’re going to need a lot of dildos.”

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does and doesn’t consider to be obscene. She said the narratives surrounding guns and sexuality are intertwined and have the power to affect one another.

“Some shootings in this past year can even be traced straight back to sexual repression,” Jin said. “Dildos and guns are in it together for the long haul.”

Allison Peregory, chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas UT Chapter and student representative of Students for Concealed Carry, said she believes the protest is childish, bizarre and

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getting in trouble for bringing a gun.

Jin said support for the event has caught on quickly because it resonates with people, but the satirical use of dildos has also sparked more serious conversations on topics such as the perception of safety, the intersection of guns and sexuality and campus sexual assault.

“There’s a lot of arguing going on, but the consensus is: We’re all just trying to not get killed,” Jin said.

Jin said she chose dildos because the dildo has provided commentary on what society

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Cindy Posey declined to comment.

UTPD classified the act as an act of criminal mischief on the report. The report said the investigating officer, Cory Morrison, spoke to a member of the custodial staff and a front desk attendant at Jester West, but neither of them said they saw or heard anything.

There were no criminal charges filed at the time of the incident and there are no current suspects or leads in the investigation, according to the report.

Daniels’ account could point to an intentional vandalism of the lounge, McDonald said in the email to volunteers who assist with the space and to UT’s black student leadership.

“From the account of Johnesha Daniels, we have reason to believe that the Malcolm X Lounge was intentionally vandalized and the person attempted to start a fire by microwaving the iron,” McDonald said.

The nature of the space makes it likely that the incident was racially-driven, according to Daniels.

“If a student had something against Jester or they wanted to commit a general act of vandalism, there were so many more spaces where they could have acted out that sort of act,” Daniels said.

“I’m not saying that that is something they should have done or anything, but this was a very racially charged space — Malcolm X’s face is on the door, Martin Luther King Jr.’s head is in there, W.E.B. Du Bois is hanging on the wall. I feel they make an active and conscious decision to enter into a racially charged space to make a statement.”

McDonald said that the lounge’s administration and the Warfield Center for African and African Diaspora Studies is working with UTPD to gather more details about the incident.

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UT students create app for tutoring services

By Jameson Pitts

A new mobile app created by UT students will join the likes of Favor and Uber by matching students to independent tutors.

The creators of the app, which is simply named Tutor, expect it to be available for iOS and Android on Halloween. Tutors of all disciplines and levels will be able to register and set their own rates, of which the company will take a 15 percent cut. Tutor aims to reach beyond the scope of university tutoring resources by expanding nationally and offering tutoring for professional exams.

Enrique Sotomayor, undeclared junior and one of the four founders of the startup, allowed The Daily Texan to use a prerelease version of the app.

The responsive interface allows the user to search by subject or class, view reviews of tutors, make appointments and request homework tips in exchange for payment from the Tutor network.

“We can monetize what

you learned last semester by teaching somebody who’s struggling this semester, so that you can afford to get through whatever you’re struggling with this semester,” Sotomayor said. “That’s sort of the elevator pitch — to get the kid in the front of the classroom to help the kid in the back of the classroom.”

Jared Royal, marketing junior and Tutor co-founder, said the concept was very personal to him.

“Sometimes it’s hard to ask for help,” Royal said.

“I wish I could have been able to just find help from my phone, instead of going to a tutoring center, which can be demoralizing and embarrassing.”

Educational psychology graduate student Ye Feng, who visits the Sanger Learning Center for writing help, said she likes that a user can both tutor and make appointments to be tutored through the app.

“I think that might be very helpful,” Feng said. “I need tutoring for my writing, but I think I can tutor for statistics or experimental design.”

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place and guns,” continues from page 1 y, we active on campus to ignore. ntin- “In the previous year eadedwe’ve grown a lot as an ortuallyganization and have done a pro-lot as far as activism goes,” edomHillery said. “In the past, it was harder to make the case ationthat we were just as an aca vi-tive part of the university’s hat itpolitical spectrum of politiarriedcal ideology just because we ulouswere smaller, but because t,” Jinwe had such a successful d a lotyear last year, it made a lot more sense.”

Computer science senior Mukund Rathi, International Socialists Organization member, said the group is preparing for the debate, but he wishes they could have been added earlier so they could have been promoted the same way other bigger groups were.

“I think if this had been decided earlier so it could have been advertised as more than just College Republicans versus University Democrats, I think there could have been a larger audience and an audience with different character,” Rathi said. “I think students increasingly are not simply interested in hearing what either of the two parties have to say.”

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Madison Yandell, College Republican president, said she thinks the inclusion of the two other groups could make more students interested in the debate.

“We welcome diversity to this debate,” Yandell said in a statement. “It will be great to hear views from the several different political groups on campus. Including YAL and ISO will likely increase student interest in the event as well.”

Although the groups were added to the debate, Hillery said he and other members of Young Americans for Liberty also feel frustrated that they were added so late because they have much less time to prepare their talking points, while the University Democrats and College Republicans have had a larger advantage.

“I think it puts us at a slight disadvantage, especially just knowing about this the weekend before the debate,” Hillery said. “I’m not too worried, though, because the people we have speaking are very well versed and educated individuals.”

The debate will be Monday at 8 p.m. in Welch 1.316. Claire Smith, The Daily Texan editor-inchief, will guest moderate the event.

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continues from page 1 the community walks and protests through old-fashioned organizing.

“Knocking on people’s doors, daily person-to-person conversations, and even panels at UT with Larry Jackson’s family members are some of the ways we raise awareness of the even and try to get people out,” Villasenor said.

LaKiza said the protests are meant to keep Larry Jackson’s name in the public eye as the court proceedings develop.

“We will keep doing what we can by organizing walks, panels and group events until the judge makes his decision,” LaKiza said.

“Until then, it is basically a waiting game.”

LaKiza said the People’s Task Force also works other events such as group reading sessions to raise awareness of community issues.

“We hold speaking panels where families with similar problems share their stories,” Lakiza said. “Books relating to the problems we face as a community are read in groups at our group reading sessions.”

As a sibling of Larry Jackson, LaKiza stressed the importance of community involvement.

“We are all here for one common cause, which is justice for my brother, Larry Jackson,” LaKiza said. “Together we will get it.”

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Lakiza Jackson leads a protest through the neighborhoods surrounding Givens Park Sunday afternoon. The march is an effort to raise awareness of the court proceedings of Larry Jackson.

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From left, Mark Kilaghbain, Jared Royal, Enrique Sotomayor and William Harrison developed an app called Tutor, which will set up students with tutors who can charge for their services. The app is set for release on Halloween.

its much of their success to the mentoring and resources provided to them through the Austin Technology Incubator, a UT program that helps to

launch and secure funding for promising Central Texas startups.

Lydia McClure, who runs the incubator’s university-focused portfolio,

met Sotomayor in the entrepreneurship UGS course she teaches, and eventually selected Tutor, along with nine other teams, out of 180 university startups.

“There’s this mantra that anyone can have an idea,” McClure said. “The people that are successful are the ones who can execute it well.”

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Expert analyzes honor in Afghanistan

By Mikaela Cannizo @mikaelac16

The relationship between honor and violence in Afghanistan has oppressive consequences for women because of a strict emphasis on customary law, according to an expert on conflict mediation.

Jennifer Fluri, associate professor of geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, spoke to students Friday evening about her research on Afghan women who are negatively impacted by family members desire to protect their honor.

While conflict mediators intervene to protect women’s rights and prevent them from being abused, Fluri said Afghans continue to insist there is no space for mediation because it violates their traditional practices.

“It is easy to simply dismiss these codes of honor as backward or against human rights, particularly when violence is used as a method for insuring or restoring honor,” Fluri said. “But that derails an understanding of social transformation and political conflict by focusing on honor crimes rather than on similar crimes caused by other forms of institutional violence.”

Fluri said she dos not

Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff

Jennifer Fluri, associate professor of geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, speaks Friday evening about the effects of honor systems on Afghan women.

support honor systems or forms of justice that abuse women, but she said through investigating honor codes across history and geography, gender and comparative scales of violence expose the reasons behind these systems. Resolving conflicts in Afghanistan follows a specific code of conduct that places emphasis on the family’s honor at the expense of women’s lives to avoid dishonor to their families, according to Fluri.

Anthropology senior Tess Bryan said she believes honor

carries a different meaning depending on cultural backgrounds that can either align or clash with other perspectives.

“It frustrates me to see what people do in the name of honor,” Bryan said. “But I think it’s a larger power structural relationship that needs to be destructured in order for the violence to not happen.”

Comparing Afghanistan’s concept of honor within families to U.S. forms of honor within the military, Fluri said both systems view honor as a combination of a code of

conduct and emotional logic that is used to trigger violence, whether they are defending one’s family or national honor.

Geography doctoral student Naya Jones said she thinks honor codes affect areas beyond Afghanistan and that she especially sees the impact of honor on U.S. soldiers.

“What comes to my mind is that honor is being used as force on a global scale,” Jones said. “There’s a particular weight to the U.S. military code of honor and its practices.”

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Columbus Day normalizes history of violence

By Adam Hamze

Daily Texan Associate Editor @adamhamz

Imagine a group of men arrive to a country and decide they are superior to everything indigenous. This superiority leads to them enslaving, kidnapping and committing genocide against the people who had been living in the area for generations. Imagine, hundreds of years after nearly eliminating these people and colonizing a country with impunity, these men are hailed as innocent “explorers.”

Imagine there are almost 600 statues of these men across the world, honoring their leader, who even has a holiday dedicated to him.

Unfortunately, the luxury of hypotheticals does not exist. Every second Monday of October, the United States celebrates

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Columbus Day, dedicated to the man who led to the destruction of indigenous Americans’ original societies.

The practice and recognition of Columbus Day is not just immoral — it is a display of violent apathy toward the near-elimination of entire civilizations. For the indigenous Americans to have to endure the annual salute to their ancestors’ terrorizer demonstrates the indifference of the institutions that continue to erase them.

Last year, the University’s Native American and Indigenous Collective created a petition calling on the University to recognize the second Monday of October as Indigenous People’s Day. Jacob Barrios, an indigenous student and ethnic studies senior, said changing the holiday demonstrates support for the indigenous.

“To indigenous people it is a reminder that

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the country has chosen to honor a legacy of colonization, conquest, exploitation and land theft at the expense of indigenous people,” Barrios said. “If they changed the name it would be an acknowledgment that indigenous people were indeed wronged — something missing from the rhetoric of colonization.”

Demanding the removal of the holiday is not unreasonable — it’s been successfully done before. Although the vast majority of local and state governments recognize the holiday, at least ten cities have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day, as well as Bexar County in Texas on Oct. 6. Austin should do the same.

Much of the legislation cites similar motivations — recognizing the contributions given to America by its indigenous communities, despite the colonization of their land,

and establishing a path toward healing. Thus far, the Austin City Council has not proposed any legislation supporting this demand, according to their communications team.

No member of the mayor’s office could be reached for comment on the matter.

To acknowledge Oct. 12 as “Indigenous People’s Day” is to acknowledge the resilience, the brilliance and the continuous survival of the people who originated on the stolen land we walk on. Supporting the upliftment of Native Americans is not a burden on non-Natives.

It is the relinquishing of a propagandist view of Columbus’s actions, perpetuated by our education system. Continuing to acknowledge Columbus Day is a complacency we no longer have an excuse to allow.

Hamze is an international relations and global studies junior from Austin.

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Columnist Alexander Chase writes that lawmakers cannot ethically support both Police Lives Matter and campus carry.

Join us in the Texas Union’s Sinclair Suite on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 11 a.m. for a discussion on student political engagement.

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Uber makes ride-hailing more Safety, pricing misfires show accessible, safer than taxis that Uber cannot be trusted

By Alexander Chase Daily Texan Columnist @alexwchase

While Austin City Council mulls whether to extend regulations for ride-sharing services, it must effectively weigh the costs and benefits of ride-hailing. Uber’s entry into Austin made transportation safer, and over-regulation could halt this progress.

Uber exists because taxis do not efficiently fulfill demand for transportation.

In 2012, before Uber became licensed to operate in Austin, cab drivers saw their earnings fall and argued that there were too many cabs on the road. But while Austin seemed not to have room for more taxis, Uber tapped into a market that taxis could not reach.

Uber’s business model is responsible for its emergence. Taxis need regulatory approval to add more cars, but Uber does not. And while taxi companies consistently try to supply as many cars as they can throughout the day, Uber’s part-time model means more drivers choose to work at peak hours. It does not matter if Yellow Cab Austin has an app if its model keeps it from seeking customers in need.

Regulating Uber would mean removing a means of transportation from a demographic that would otherwise drink and drive. Uber’s entry has correlated with a statistically significant decline in drinking and driving in the cities where it operates. A study from Temple University further found that this directly led to a 3.5 to 5.5 percent decrease in drinking and driving deaths. Data based on Austin arrests back up these conclusions.

While riders are benefiting from ride-hailing, taxi companies are working to damage Uber’s reputation in order to hold onto their market share. The taxi lobby is outspending Uber 3,500 to 1, and has set up campaigns that promote fear mongering about Uber drivers. These

tactics prevent an effective discussion of costs and benefits by sensationalizing anecdotal evidence.

Even given these vicious anecdotes, it is incredibly difficult to quantify how many more dangerous Uber drivers there are than taxi drivers. Police departments do not track assaults in taxi cabs, which makes it nearly impossible to validate claims about assault risk.

Uber’s GPS tracking and rating system provides riders with both proactive and reactive resources for their safety. Further, independent studies have shown that Uber drivers have better driving habits than taxi drivers, making Uber riders less likely to be in a wreck.

When costs and benefits are added up, the reduction in drinking and driving deaths from Uber use should dwarf the handful of sensationalized stories the taxi lobby will offer. In spite of what the smear campaigns suggest, Uber is making transportation safer for its riders. Do not buy the anti-Uber hype. Do buy yourself a safe ride home.

Chase is a Plan II and economics junior from Royse City.

By Laura Hallas

Daily Texan Columnist @LauraHallas

Uber’s growth in the last six years has been astronomical, but has often come at the price of safety. As the ride-hailing service’s influence continues to expand in Austin, it is important that the city holds Uber to a high standard.

It is no secret that Uber has received safety complaints from its users, especially from women. Sexual assaults, kidnapping and harassment from drivers have all occurred in recent years, not to mention one incident in France where Uber appears to have partnered with an escort service. This is an extreme example, but the bottom line is that Uber alienates and sometimes directly threatens half of its clientele.

Uber’s current safety measures are little more than a façade. Background checks are inconsistent at best, sometimes allowing convicted felons to slip through. Uber’s training is half as long as a taxi company’s and focuses mainly on using the Uber software. The system itself has been called a driving distraction, especially following the

death of 6-year-old girl by a driver who ran her over while he was busy finding a fare.

Some drivers don’t receive any training beyond a 13-minute video. Even if drivers want to improve their safety, they have to pay out of pocket for further training.

Even something as mundane as pricing is abused. During a hostage situation in Sydney’s central business district last December, Uber’s surge pricing kicked in and raised rates 400 percent. While police evacuated people from a potentially lifethreatening situation, Uber was making travel four times more costly. Uber later refunded the extra costs, but it may not have been an algorithmic “mistake” — consider that when Hurricane Sandy hit New York City and public transportation was out of service, Uber doubled its prices. Uber’s cutthroat business practices reflect an institutionalized disregard for safety.

Uber has argued that the complaints commonly heard about the safety of its service are just anecdotes. They are right, and that is part of the problem.

Only Uber knows the extent of its drivers’ transgressions and customer complaints, but the company is either unable or unwilling to share. Even police can’t access this information.

Ride-hailing isn’t a lost cause, but safety concerns are not something that should be easily dismissed. When companies aren’t taking powerful steps to ensure the well-being of their customers, the cities that host them must do so with their own regulations.

Hallas is a Plan II and human development freshman from Allen.

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Harm reduction more effective than abstinence for teaching safety

By Benroy Chan

Daily Texan Columnist @BenroyChan

By Friday, incoming students under the age of 21 will have to complete part two of Think About It, a required alcohol and healthy relationships education program created by CampusClarity. UT enacted the mandatory program for incoming students starting last year. For those accustomed to abstinence-only education, the program is a different and more effective approach to alcohol, drug and sexual safety.

According to the Safe and Drug-Free Schools

and Communities Act, colleges must take a certain level of action to reduce the dangers of drugs and violence for a safe learning environment. UT must abide by this law, and Think About It is an effective way for UT to comply.

Transitioning from high school to college exposes students to a plethora of potential risk factors, but asking students to simply abstain from them is unreasonable. Many students consider these activities vital to their college experience, and learning institutions must teach students how to handle these situations.

In recent years, abstinence-only education has been proven to be ineffective in dealing with

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these potential risk factors. Instead, University Health Services takes a different approach that aims to improve student health and reduce harm, according to Jessica Wagner, manager of the Health Promotion Resource Center.

“In general, harm reduction is the approach my office takes, and it is a proven strategy in college health,” Wagner said. “Abstinence from sex [and alcohol] is not a strategy that is appropriate for this audience.”

The Texas Department of State Health Services funds sexual education programs designed to target teen pregnancy with effective abstinence education strategies. However, Texas’ teen pregnancy

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rates reflect the failure of this approach. In 2013, Texas had the fourth highest teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. despite receiving $5,362,001 in grants for abstinence education in 2012.

Harm-reduction programs are key in reducing the damages of risk factors, and UT’s use of Think About It effectively equips students with the tools and knowledge to handle risky situations. If learning institutions want to lower the risks of drugs and sex, they need to leave behind the fear mongering approaches common in abstinence-only education.

Chan is a journalism freshman from Sugar Land.

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SOCCER | TEXAS 3 - TCU 0

Longhorns blank TCU behind offensive wave

By Aaron Torres @aaron_torres95

Entering Sunday’s match against TCU, Alexa Adams remained euphoric from her performance Friday night against Iowa State.

The freshman forward scored two goals in Friday’s match. She fired her second goal from 24 yards away.

The ball sailed over the head of sophomore goalkeeper Lindsey Hendon and dipped under the crossbar.

The goal appeared on Sportscenter’s Top 10 plays Friday.

Come Sunday, Adams didn’t let up — the freshman forward connected on two goals to propel Texas to a 3-0 win.

Afterward, Adams slurped on a Hershey’s chocolate milk box at midfield of Mike A. Myers Stadium.

“My favorite drink to drink after a game,” Adams said.

She said she drinks chocolate milk after every game, a routine she started when she arrived at Texas.

On Sunday, each of the 675 spectators witnessed a remarkable feat.

For the second-straight game, Adams netted two goals. She’s the first Texas freshman since last season when sophomore forward

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continues from page 6 or a golden hat trophy. It’s a major step in the right direction — a win that generates confidence.

“We fought as a team today, and that’s all we’ve been trying to get them to do,” play-caller Jay Norvell said. “I think we have some confidence now from the way we played today that we could build on. We’re going to go to work doing that.”

The Longhorns strug-

Olivia Brook scored two goals in the each of first two games of the season against nonconference opponents.

Adams is clicking in conference play. She’s scoring at the right time.

“As a forward, that’s our job to finish our opportunities,” Adams said. “And I think that’s what I put on myself this weekend, was to finish any opportunities I had.”

Adams hadn’t scored much so far this season — through 11 games, she’d netted one goal. But it was only a matter of time before she broke through. She scored 102 goals in high school.

She’s a scorer.

“She’s gifted,” head coach Angela Kelly said. “She’s a finisher. Whether it’s her left foot, it’s her right foot. The sophistication she’s showing at a young age is certainly very exciting for the Longhorn nation.”

She scored her first goal 7:30 into the game. She dribbled to the top of the box and fired the ball with her left foot to the upper left corner to give Texas a 1-0 lead.

Senior forward Kelsey Shimmick scored at the 20:18 mark to give Texas a 2-0 lead.

But the Longhorns and Adams weren’t done. Ad-

ams intercepted a bad pass from TCU and scored from 15 yards away in a fast-break situation.

The Longhorns’ five goals in two games marks their

best two-game stretch of the season. Earlier this year, they struggled to put the ball in the back of the net.

“We have been creating a ton of opportunities all

gled with late-game mistakes through their first five games. Yet, against Oklahoma, Texas finally made plays when they mattered.

Texas sent out its defense to hold a 24-17 lead late in the fourth quarter.

Momentum was on the Sooners’ side after they forced a Texas three-andout, but the Longhorns’ defense came up with two sacks and forced the Sooners to punt. On the ensuing drive, Texas’ offense

picked up three crucial first downs to run the clock out. For the first time this season, the Longhorns found a way to finish.

“We needed that win,” Strong said. “We have just been so close before last week, before we were blown out. But just to see that win and just get a jump-start — and now we have six more to go play.”

The victory gives a young Longhorn team some much-needed winning experience and momentum.

But the team can’t afford to be complacent. Texas needs to turn the victory from a signature win into a season-altering moment.

With their bowl hopes still alive, the Longhorns must build on their success as they head into the second half of their season.

“You can’t slow down.

You can’t look back,” Jefferson said. “We won this game, yes, but we have to get ready for [Kansas] State and the next one after that.”

Gabriel Lopez | Daily Texan Staff

Freshman forward Alexa Adams works the ball downfield on Sunday at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Texas defeated TCU 3-0, as Adams scored two goals for the second-straight game. The Horns’ five goals in two games is their best two-game stretch.

season,” Kelly said. “But for whatever circumstance, they haven’t always been falling for us.”

Now it looks like they’re scoring with ease. With this

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weekend’s wins, Texas’ record improves to 6-3-4.

“Finally stuff ’s starting to come together,” Shimmick said. “And we can finally put it in the back of the net.” out with a win — it’s a wonderful feeling.”

Entering the week, media pundits questioned if Strong was the right guy for the Texas job. But the golden hat represents a potential change of luck for the Longhorns’ head coach.

“It was so fun to watch how it just came together,” Strong said. “We needed this … [The players] said they didn’t want to see me get fired so they were going to step up and play for me.”

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard joked this week about “partying” in the end zone after scoring against No. 10 Oklahoma — but not even Heard foresaw the Longhorns’ post-upset celebration.

“It was a crazy feeling,” Heard said. “Just seeing those fans going wild, and you going wild. It was one of those feelings you’ll never forget.”

Texas has reason to celebrate. After a 1-4 start, the Longhorns fell under the nation’s microscope with many questioning head coach Charlie Strong’s job security. However, after beating the Sooners on Saturday, the Longhorns made a statement: This team is not done.

“This is the spark that lights the fire,” freshman linebacker Malik Jefferson said. “This was not the team you saw last week.

Some people just didn’t buy in enough. Some people put their heads down when we went down 9-0 against TCU, but today everybody was ready to buy in, and it’s going to be that way the rest of the year.”

The victory marked the first time the Longhorns beat a top-10 opponent during Strong’s tenure. It’s also the team’s first win against Oklahoma under Strong.

The Sooners fell to No. 19 after the loss. However, the win marks more than just a “W” on the team’s record

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard attempts to stretch into the end zone before diving out-of-bounds. Texas upset rival Oklahoma 24-17 on Saturday, marking head coach Charlie Strong’s first signature win with the program.

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Charlie Strong took the Red River Showdown golden hat trophy from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s hands. Strong lifted it up to the Longhorn faithful and placed it on his head. The Longhorns’ second-year head coach secured a 24-17 over No. 10 Oklahoma — his first signature win at Texas.

“Putting on the hat, it was special just because we knew we won the game,” Strong said.

“It was just really special just to go shake the governor’s hand. Even before the game I told [the governor], ‘listen, we’re going to play today. You’re going to be very proud of us at the end of this game.’”

Strong and the Longhorns

entered the annual rivalry game with a 1-4 record coming off a 50-7 loss to No. 2 TCU. The team appeared fractured after fights on social media.

But Texas played inspiringly in front of 91,546 fans, a Cotton Bowl stadium split down the middle between burnt orange and crimson. The Longhorns built a quick 14-0 lead with a 24yard touchdown on a shovel pass to senior wide receiver Marcus Johnson. Texas grabbed a fumble from Oklahoma junior running back Alex Ross on a kickoff return. The Longhorns cashed in the Sooner mistake with a three-yard run from junior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes.

The game had shades of the 2013 matchup when Texas jumped on a heav-

ily favored Oklahoma. The Longhorns entered halftime with a 14-3 lead. The Sooners, however, rallied in the third quarter. Oklahoma junior quarterback Baker Mayfield found sophomore fullback Dimitri Flowers for a two-yard touchdown to cut Texas’ lead to 17-10.

But the momentum swung in the Longhorns’ favor when sophomore running back D’Onta Foreman ran 81 yards to the Oklahoma 10-yard line.

Swoopes would cap off the drive with a two-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Caleb Bluiett on a play-action pass to push Texas’ lead to 24-10.

Oklahoma came within seven on a one-yard touchdown run by junior running back Samaje Perine.

But Texas’ defense would

prevail. The Longhorns amassed a season-high six sacks — none more important than a third-down sack by sophomore defensive end Naashon Hughes late in the fourth quarter.

“I was holding on [to Mayfield] for dear life,” Hughes said. “He is an elusive quarterback. I think that most teams end up bending in situations like that. [They] let him go, or something happens, and he escapes, but I wasn’t going to let go any time soon.”

The sack proved to be the end of the Sooners’ rally, as Texas held on for the win.

Texas’ upset victory Saturday was the first win over a top-10 opponent since 2010. It was also the Longhorns’ second win of

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Texas rallies past Oklahoma

Cubs pitcher spends offseason in Austin

By Mark Skol @markskoljr

Charlotte Carpenter | Daily Texan Staff

Junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu goes up for a kill against the Sooners at Gregory Gym on Sunday. No. 2 Texas defeated rival Oklahoma 3-1 to cap off Red River Rivalry weekend.

By Claire Cruz @claireecruz5

No. 2 Texas beat Oklahoma 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Gregory Gym to close out Red River Rivalry weekend.

The last time the Sooners came to Austin, they ruined Texas’ perfect season with a straight-set victory. With that game in mind and their eyes set on a fifth-straight Big 12 title, this year’s Longhorns avoided a repeat.

“Last year, when Oklahoma beat us at home, that was bad,” senior outside hitter Amy Neal said. “We know we need to take care of business, because we always get everyone’s best game.”

Both teams displayed powerful swings early in the first set. Short rallies alternated as both defenses got adjusted.

Once they did, the pace of play picked up. Junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu kept Oklahoma’s defense scram-

bling with her tip kill, but late Texas errors helped the Sooners come out victorious 25-22.

It was the first set Texas lost in conference play this season.

Texas came out fast in the second set to take an early 4-point lead, but Oklahoma adjusted well. Texas’ passing improved through the match, yielding more efficient attacks. Junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame heated up and helped Ogbogu and Neal lead a scoring run to a 25-20 victory.

Late-set errors plagued Texas again and allowed the Sooners to close in with a 5-point scoring run. Texas propelled big swings to clinch the win.

“Set 1 we didn’t have any opportunities — they were lights-out defensively,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “We have to get defensive touches so we can score in transition.”

Defense was the story line for Texas in Set 3. Ogbogu and freshman middle

blocker Morgan Johnson led a dominant Longhorn block, and senior defensive specialist Kat Brooks had a solid performance in the back row.

Passing efficiency from both teams led to deep rallies with hard hits, but Texas’ offense dominated down the stretch.

The Longhorns finished with a .478 team hitting percentage and a 25-13 win.

Oklahoma played well in Set 4 and kept the match interesting, but Texas’ defense stepped up again to wrap the four-set victory 25-18.

Brooks led the back row with a career-high 15 digs, and Ogbogu recorded a seasonhigh 10 blocks. Despite a slow start, Neal led Texas with 20 kills, and junior setter Chloe Collins notched 43 assists.

“They’re a great team, and we expected them to play hard,” Brooks said. “We made some great adjustments that we needed to play better.”

Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta has played a major role in his team’s success this season. But his individual accolades might be even more impressive — finishing the season with the secondlowest ERA in the majors at 1.77, seventh in strikeouts with 236 and the most wins in all of baseball with 22. On top of all that, Arrieta threw the first Cubs no-hitter since 2008 against the NL West division champion Los Angeles Dodgers and recorded a 0.75 ERA after the All-Star break — the lowest second-half ERA in MLB history.

Before Arrieta became one of the front-runners for the National League Cy Young award, he spent his offseason in Austin training for the 2015 season.

Arrieta’s workouts in Austin weren’t typical of a major league pitcher. His workout routine usually consisted of popular Austin activities such as hiking and biking. What made Arrieta’s workouts even tougher: He toted his two young children around in a baby carrier on his chest.

“That’s one of the main reasons we live in Austin,” Arrieta told MLB.com. “The weather is so nice for the majority of the offseason, and it’s easy for us to get out and ride bikes and get on some trails, to walk together as a family. Sometimes I’ll go out for a trail run. We just like to do things outdoors.”

Arrieta capitalized on the offseason in Austin by training himself both physically

and mentally.

“I’ve learned to be my own coach and trust my gut, instead of trusting everybody I come in contact with,” Arrieta told ESPN. “I knew for a long time I could pitch my way and have success, but it was hard to do that. You want to be coachable and try to listen and learn from people, but everybody normally doesn’t have all the information. Sometimes you have to be your own coach and try to figure it out on your own.”

Arrieta’s workout regimen during the offseason brought his productivity on the field to the next level.

Not only has Arrieta ushered the Cubs back into the postseason, but he has also led Chicago to its first postseason win since 2003 after throwing a complete game shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Wild Card game Wednesday.

While taking over as the ace in Chicago, Arrieta maintained his quirky free-spirit attitude typical of the Austin scene, with witty tweets and off-field behaviors. He became the first player in major league history to throw a nohitter and conduct his postgame press conference in a mustache-patterned onesie.

The National League Cy Young candidate will start Monday for the Cubs at home against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the NLDS with hopes of extending Chicago’s magical season. The game is in Chicago and airs at 5:07 p.m. on TBS. There, Arrieta will aim to give Austin another reason to be proud.

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The Philadelphia Athletics scored 10 runs in the eighth inning to win the game and eventually the world title.

SPORTS BRIEFLY Malik Jefferson earns national recognition

Texas freshman linebacker Malik Jefferson was awarded the Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday.

Jefferson had six total tackles — five solo — en route to Texas’ 24-17 upset win over then-No. 10 Oklahoma on Saturday.

Sooners junior quarterback Baker Mayfield struggled, getting sacked six times by Texas’ defense, including twice

by Jefferson. Jefferson also recorded two tackles for loss. His performance contributed heavily to head coach Charlie Strong’s first win over the Sooners, as the Longhorn defense held Oklahoma to 278 yards of total offense and only 67 rushing yards.

The true freshman remains a bright spot in a disappointing Texas season, recording 37 total tackles through five games. Jefferson is the first defensive player from Texas to win the Walter Camp award.

—Blanche Schaefer

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