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City Council passes rideshare reform By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo
City Council passed approval to amend city code regulations Thursday for rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft, including fingerprint background checks and annual operating fees Thursday evening. The council amended the regulations after suggestions by the Austin Mobility Committee at an Oct. 7 meeting.
The proposed regulations would apply to all transportation network companies, or TNCs, which includes vehicle-for-hire apps like Uber and Lyft. In a public testimony in support of fingerprint background checking, Emily LeBlanc, director of community advocacy for SafePlace, said reports in recent months have shown four transportation network company drivers were linked to incidences of
sexual harassment or assault. Ken Casaday, president of the Austin Police Association, said there is no way to catch predators without having a fingerprint on file. Casaday said taxis and rideshare companies prevent deaths associated with drunk driving. Council member Don Zimmerman, who voted against the resolution, said citizens do not want regulations for transportation network companies. He said the fingerprints are
just another obstacle and create friction for people interested in rideshare driving. Council member Ellen Troxclair said Uber and Lyft currently operate in cities without fingerprinting regulations and the rule could make rideshare companies leave Austin. “[Drunk driving] is such a serious problem in our city and knowing how difficult it is often to find safe rides late at night or when someone
has been drinking … if there is a way to make this work so that the TNCs will stay in Austin, then that is great,” Troxclair said. Council member Ann Kitchen said she believes the council will be able to find a process for increased background checks that do not create barriers for drivers. Kitchen said the city is learning that there needs to be a nationwide
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Abbott declares state of disaster in Bastrop By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
Following another set of wildfires in Bastrop County, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a state of disaster for the county Thursday morning. As of Thursday evening, the fire encompassed 4,383 acres of land and 25 percent of the fire was contained, according to KVUE. When the fire first took off, nine homes were burned and the fires threatened 150 homes. No deaths have been reported so far, and the authorities are currently investigating the cause of the fire. At Abbott’s press conference, he thanked officials with state agencies and members of the community working to contain any damage and protect the citizens. In order to handle these fires, Abbott said they are working to get more aircraft resources in the county.
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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference about the Bastrop County wildfires. While thanking people for their help containing the wildfires, Abbott announced a state of disaster for the county.
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Longhorn Foundation crowdfunds scholarships By Catherine Marfin @thedailytexan
Coinciding with the release of the film “My All American,” the Longhorn Foundation for Texas Athletics launched its first ever crowdfunding campaign to fully endow the Fred Steinmark Fund. According to a UT press release, the film “My All American” tells the story of undersized Freddie Steinmark, who was offered a scholarship by Coach Darrell K Royal, and went on as starting safety for the 1969 national champion football team. After UT’s victory against No. 2 Arkansas, a cancerous tumor was found in Steinmark’s left thigh. Steinmark’s leg had to be amputated, but he returned to the sidelines on crutches to support his team during the Cotton Bowl against Notre Dame, where the Longhorns defeated Notre Dame 2117. Two years later, Steinmark passed away in Houston. “The goal of the scholarship is to highlight Freddie’s characteristics of perseverance, teamwork and dedication that are emphasized in UT athletics,” Julie Frey, assistant communications manager for UT Athletics, said. “We want to bring the story to more people and inspire others through his life.” Crowdfunding through the Steinmark Fund website began Sept. 9, and will continue through the end of December. Donors receive memorabilia for $50, $250, $1,000 and $2,500 contributions, but there
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Rally promotes healthy relationships By Mikaela Cannizzo
Government junior Audrey Hartman “fishes” for questions about healthy relationships and consent at a rally hosted by Voices Against Violence on Thursday morning.
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Artist Michael Ray Charles discusses the inspirations and purpose behind his newly installed piece Thursday evening.
Sculpture symbolizes mobility of minorities By Ellie Breed @elliebreed
To many people, crutches symbolize weakness and limitation. However, “(Forever Free) Ideas, Languages, and Conversations,” a new sculpture installed in the Gordon-White building, turns crutches into symbols of mobility and connects the past and present for minority cultures, according to the artist, Michael Ray Charles. Hosted by Landmarks, the interview with Charles explored
the construction and symbolic nature of his installation. The sculpture, which is suspended in mid-air and made of wooden crutches arranged in star-like formations, is placed in an atrium that connects a classic 1950s style building and a newly constructed addition. The location of the piece in that building and on a campus with diverse areas of study is central to its message, according to Charles. “I could not avoid ponder-
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Students navigated components of healthy relationships at a nautical-themed rally hosted by Voices Against Violence on Thursday afternoon. The rally, part of Relationship Violence Prevention Month, encouraged students to respond to questions about topics such as consent and effective communication. Erin Burrows, prevention and outreach specialist for Voices Against Violence, said she wants to stop violence before it occurs by facilitating a community-wide conversation on the issue. “We are creating a culture where people can identify for themselves when they’re in a relationship that might be abusive or harmful,” Burrows said. “We landed on this idea of waves [for the rally theme] — in every relationship there are these natural peaks and valleys of what happens in that relationship.” Health and society junior Tori Salinas said she thinks it is important to recognize red flags such as persistent
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calling and texting from a partner, or wearing oversized clothing to hide bruises that might indicate unhealthy relationships. “[The rally] helps foster an environment in which we hold each other accountable and that students understand there are other students wanting to help,” Salinas said. According to the American Association of Universities sexual assault survey, 18.5 percent of female undergraduates and 5 percent of male undergraduates at UT surveyed reported being victims of sexual assault.
Burrows said she wants to use the rally and other events to promote awareness and catalyze a conversation among students. Jordan Wilk, English senior and volunteer at the rally, said she promotes awareness among students on how to maintain healthy relationships, even if they have not experienced a form of relationship violence. “I think even if someone doesn’t have personal experience, it’s really important that we know how to navigate healthy relationships so we can be supportive for our
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friends, family and people in our life,” Wilk said. While Burrows said the focus of violence prevention discussions are aimed at relationships within the contexts of dating, she also said fostering healthy relationships with roommates, friends and family are important too. “A lot of these skills and ideas are applicable no matter what kind of relationship you’re thinking about,” Burrows said. “This information can be applied to increase your connectivity with any of these people in your life.”
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which would either charge per driver or require a one to two percent cut of the company’s annual local gross revenue. However, Kitchen said neither Uber nor Lyft have responded to either option. On Tuesday, Uber became available again in San Antonio after leaving in April because of fingerprint regulations. The company returned after San Antonio’s City Council declared fingerprint background checks voluntary. “At this point we’ve asked both [Uber and Lyft] what formula would work for them and … we have gotten no definitive answer,” Kitchen said. “That doesn’t mean we can’t continue to talk to them, we certainly can.” Zimmerman added a third option for annual fees, which would be a comparable, mileage-based formula that would not exceed two percent of the company’s gross revenue, if allowed by state law. The mobility committee will consider the amendments and take a final vote on the regulations in November.
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continues from page 1 “Because of the challenges in containing this, shifting winds and weather conditions the way they are, we are adding more resources as we speak,” Abbott said. “The Texas Military Operations are adding two more Black Hawk helicopters as well two Chinooks today to be sure they are able to respond more effectively.” Bastrop County judge Paul Pape said they have dealt with fires before, but he appreciates the help the community receives. “To have Gov. Abbott here today speaking in such genuine terms is a great comfort to the citizens of Bastrop County,” Pape said. “The state has been very resourceful in providing air support, but the fact is these kinds of fires are won or lost on the ground.” While the press conference occurred, Pape said a helicopter with a GPS system tracked the perimeter of the fire but would not know un-
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til the afternoon how much acreage had burned. Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, said the difference between the 2011 fires, which burned many trees around the perimeter of Bastrop, and the current fires is the wind levels. “The big difference is the winds right now,” Kidd said. “We had 50 mile an hour winds back then. If we get back to that point today, we’ve got to have the community listening to stay out of the way and we can save lives.” Kidd said Bastrop County and the state of Texas should be prepared to control the fires for the next seven to 10 days. Bastrop County will receive aid from firefighters across the state as well as teams from Florida and Georgia, but their arrival time is important, Kidd said. “This fire has national attention at this point, and you’ll see additional resources come in,” Kidd said. “The timing of when they come in,
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continues from page 1 ing the presence of the wall off of the old building,” Charles said. “I felt like I wanted to keep it as it was. I think there is beauty in the presence of the past. I would also like to think that what this piece provides for every student, if they spend enough time with it, is that all disciplines converge in art. It is just a matter of how we celebrate that.” The use of crutches as a medium could have been controversial, considering the piece was installed in a building committed to studying the history and experience of minority cultures, Charles said. “I wanted to take something that I could re-purpose and apply it in a way that offered the possibility for new interpretations, in the form of a star or a wheel,” Charles said. “I think
what they do, where they go is critical not only for their safety but for the containment of the fire.” 11-year-old Raven Pumphrey, a student at Smithville Elementary, said she and her family are now staying at the Smithville Recreation Center in Bastrop County after being evacuated from their home Tuesday night. The home was the only house she has ever lived in, Pumphrey said. While Pumphrey said she appreciates a safe escape from the fire, adjusting to the recreation center has been tough. “Last night we didn’t get much sleep,” Pumphrey said. “It was one of those nights we were freaking out.” While part of her wants to move back, Pumphrey said going back would remind her of items the family could not save. “I did not get to grab my Pokémon blanket I have had all my life,” Pumphrey said. “My mom had a piece of cloth her dad gave her with a poem he put on it.” capacity of $775,000, which will provide a full scholarship to a Texas athlete every year. The scholarship will be awarded yearly to any UT athlete who exhibits the strength, determination and loyalty that Steinmark exhibited during his UT football career. “From his small size to his cancer diagnosis, Freddie always embraced the challenges that came his way rather than running away from them or using them as an excuse.” radio-television-film freshman Trevor Stiff, who attended UT’s advanced screening of the film, said. “He never gave up. Freddie’s life inspires anyone, student or athlete, to build their own path for success.” assembling them in that fashion lets it be re-contextualized in ways that are uplifting and inspirational.” Janisha Daniels, black studies and mathematics junior, said the use of crutches sends an important message to campus. “I think the fact that he took those crutches and placed them in a black space is a really powerful statement of mobility for minorities,” Daniels said. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, an associate professor of art history at the University of Pennsylvania who moderated the event, said this risk taking is not out of line with Charles’ previous work. “Artists who go out and create take tremendous risk in having to face the criticism and responses that an audience has,” Shaw said. “This is a work that really takes risk and does it well.”
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Legislature ignores police voices By Alexander Chase Daily Texan Columnist @alexwchase
This summer the NRA-backed campus carry bill passed through the Texas Legislature, the individuals who best understand guns on campus and have the most to lose from it were entirely ignored. The Texas Association of College and University Police Administrators opposed the legislation, arguing that it would be bad for both students and police officers. The group argued it would make it more difficult for police officers to determine which gun-toting individuals on campus represented a threat. In a line of duty defined by split-second decisions, these laws can be the difference between life and death. This blatant disregard for the voices of police officers is not unique to campus carry, either. Seventy-five percent of police chiefs in Texas oppose open carry. Frederick Frazier, Dallas
Police Association vice president, was among those openly frustrated that his representative was not working with him on the bill. The deep and troubling irony that comes with ignoring police is that scarcely three months later, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported these bills used the death of a police officer for political gain. After Harris County sheriff ’s deputy Darren Goforth was brutally murdered, Abbott issued a proclamation that “police lives matter.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took the opportunity to distance himself from Democrats who support the Black Lives Matter movement. “I’m tired of this ‘certain lives matter,’” Patrick said. “All lives do matter and particularly law enforcement.” Their record on gun laws speaks loud and clear. For Abbott and Patrick, police lives matter only when it is politically convenient. That convenience is more than enough to influence politicians not to be effective policymakers. Government professor Bryan
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For Abbott and Patrick, police lives matter only when it is politically convenient. That convenience is more than enough to influence politicians not to be effective policymakers. Jones said both these positions are attractive to the Republican base. “Gun rights groups are very concentrated in high-level primary voters and politicians in the Republican Party are hearing a lot from those people,” Jones said. For politicians trying to appeal to a base, it does not matter if their views are contradictory if the base wants to hear those views. Jones said that the police lives matter rhetoric is never about policy.
“They are playing to their constituencies,” Jones said. “If the police come out against a whole bunch of guns in society, politicians don’t pay attention to the police, but when they can wrap themselves around the blue uniform to impress their constituents, they do.” When the Legislature stops policymaking and starts politicking, it becomes difficult to trust. Government senior Kiefer Odell is among those disillusioned with the politicking it has undertaken. “The majority of the Texas Legislature has proven time and time again that they’re not interested in confronting issues that actually matter to Texans,” Odell said. Championing police as victims in need of protection after ignoring their pleas for protection is more than hypocritical. When the Texas Legislature is willing to ignore the voices of those it claims to value most, no Texan should trust it to protect their needs. Chase is a Plan II and economics junior from Royse City.
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Dildo carry protest sparks conversation on feminism
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Instead of carrying picket signs to demonstrate against campus carry, UT students have planned a different kind of protest: bringing dildos to class. A protest started by UT alum Jessica Jin encourages students to openly carry dildos to their classes in protest of campus carry. The protest goes into effect on Aug. 24, 2016. After discovering that UT has a policy against carrying “sexually indecent” objects into classrooms, she decided that dildos were the perfect method for protesting campus carry. This protest has sparked conversation about more than campus carry; the conversation is also about feminism. The Campus (Dildo) Carry protest aims to highlight the absurdity of campus carry, but has also sparked many conversations about feminism and sexuality in the process. The idea of people carrying sexually explicit objects into classrooms has upset many people. This raises the question of why SB11 supporters are so afraid of seeing these virtually harmless objects, but not afraid at all of guns. “[Campus (Dildo) Carry] highlights the ludicrous but unfortunate truth that guns are more acceptable to tote around in Texas than sex toys,” business freshman Alton Braxton said. There were over two dozen campus shootings reported in 2013. Allowing students to have guns on campus removes the cause for alarm when a student is known to have a gun. Furthermore, although these guns are con-
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The Campus (Dildo) Carry protest aims to highlight the absurdity of campus carry, but has also sparked many conversations about feminism and sexuality in the process. cealed, the likelihood that they will be used — for self defense or not — is higher than if they were not allowed on campus at all. This creates a hostile environment for students and teachers. Jin has received death threats over this protest, not because she is opposed to campus carry, but because people do not like the conversation it sparks about sexuality. “Gun ownership is about fear and power,” said Jin. “Misogyny is also about fear and power … In feeling free to talk about sex and the repression that we’ve all felt through masculine expectations, we’ve discovered that we can talk about gun ownership in many of the same words.” Outside of protesting campus carry, Jin’s protest has sparked a conversation about why female sexuality is discouraged from conversation. While the entire student body may not feel comfortable participating in this protest, Jin has managed to kill two birds with one stone. Kashar is an English freshman from Scarsdale, New York.
In the wake of the horrific shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Oct. 1, many presidential candidates have spoken sympathetically about its events and aftermath. However, more controversial quotes on the issue came from Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson, who decided to share his views about what he would have done in the situation. When speaking to “CBS This Morning,” Carson said he wanted to “plant in people’s minds what to do in a situation like this … I would ask everybody to attack the gunman because he can only shoot one of us at a time. That way, we don’t all wind up dead.” When asked about his comments in a later interview, Carson reiterated that “if you sit there and let him shoot you one by one, you’re all going to be dead.” Carson’s comments have prompted public backlash, and with good reason. It’s easy for him to sit back and talk about what he would have done in such a situation, but no one truly knows what would happen if they were involved in a shooting. By claiming he would have encouraged others to attack the shooter so that everyone wouldn’t “wind up dead,” Carson is arrogantly casting himself as a hero in a theoretical situation that could play out a lot differently in real life than it does in his head. Carson also manages to belittle the
shooting’s victims. By saying that people shouldn’t “sit there and let him shoot you one by one,” Carson implies that the victims were somehow too weak to take down the shooter, and that perhaps they would have been able to stop him if they’d tried. It is crass to blame the students for obeying the shooter in a confusing and terrifying situation and to act like they were somehow in the wrong for reacting in a way they thought might save their lives. “I think [Carson’s comments] are very insensitive to those who were involved in the shooting,” said Ashley Alcantara, international relations and global studies senior and communications director for University Democrats. “I don’t think anyone can predict how they would react in such a situation, and I especially don’t think Carson should be shaming victims for trying to hide or protect themselves in a dangerous situation.” Carson’s words have not offended everyone — fellow Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump defended them in a tweet saying that Carson was speaking in “general terms” and was “not criticizing the victims.” Besides Trump, Carson has had few people back him up, and that fact shouldn’t surprise him. His comments reveal his arrogance and condescension that voters should take care to remember. Donald Trump may have him beat in the area of “foot in mouth” moments, but Ben Carson shouldn’t be let off the hook. Dolan is a journalism sophomore from Abilene.
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Freshman Research Initiative is intellectually engaging program By Erin Dolan
Daily Texan Guest Columnist
Testimonies I hear each day about the Freshman Research Initiative show that it is an example of the intellectually engaging, hands-on research experience that Khadija Saifullah calls for. Students who have been in the program talk about the transformative educational and professional experiences they got through FRI. FRI is meaningful and useful for students,
and we have the data that shows this. Participation in FRI increases students’ likelihood of graduating with a STEM major, graduating with a higher GPA and successfully matriculating into graduate or medical school. More than 140 FRI students have been co-authors on peer-reviewed publications of their research, and many more present their work in research symposia and conferences. These are quintessential “professionalizing” experiences that are available to students precisely because of FRI.
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Research experiences should support students in understanding how their work fits into the larger research endeavor and in engaging them centrally in the processes of research. All scientists move from collecting and analyzing data to testing their own hypotheses, building their own models and posing their own research questions. As the director of the Texas Institute of Discovery Education in Science and the editor of CBE–Life Sciences Education, I know that UT is one of the few uni-
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versities anywhere that offers this opportunity to large numbers of freshmen. We are doing such a good job of it that other institutions are now replicating the program. Affording students opportunities to engage in the real, relevant, creative, and meaningful work of science is precisely what the FRI does. Thousands of students who are alumni of FRI can attest to that. Dolan is the executive director for the Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science.
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MOVIE REVIEW | ‘CRIMSON PEAK’
‘Crimson Peak’ offers more thrills than scares By Charles Liu
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Mother knows best. For mothers beyond the grave in “Crimson Peak,” this mantra still applies. Young Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) receives a visit from her mother’s ghost during a stormy night. The ghost, black and vaporous, delivers a message — “beware of Crimson Peak.” But Edith doesn’t understand its meaning, and she’s more afraid of her mother than this supposed peak. To anyone watching the events unfold on screen, the computer-generated ghost is not all that scary. It doesn’t blend well with the physical setting it inhabits, and because it doesn’t look like it’s actually there, it doesn’t feel like much of a threat. This is a problem throughout much of the movie, co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It’s startlingly conventional for a filmmaker whose work includes the brilliant “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Hellboy” — “Crimson Peak” often recalls an era of simpler tales of hauntings from the 1930s and the 1940s. In spite of its
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continues from page 8 1997, McLeroy said it was difficult for the two to get a brewery started in Austin. Craft beer wasn’t as popular as it is today and raising money was difficult since people didn’t know exactly how the business operated, according to McLeroy. “Today when you want to start a brewery, people know what you are talking about,” McLeroy said. “When we started people were like ‘wait a minute, what are you doing? Brewing in your bathtub?’ Most restaurants didn’t have much in the way of craft beer.” After graduating, Farbstein spent some time waiting tables in Austin. He entered the brewing business working for a beer distributor and bottling for Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco after telling his parents he wanted to start his own brewery. “I talked to my parents about my desire and they said I was crazy,” Farbstein said “But my dad’s advice was that if I really wanted to open a brewery I should go work for somebody else and learn on someone
ineffective scares and beenthere, done-that feel, del Toro’s latest is still an enjoyable flick. Fourteen years after seeing her mother’s ghost, Edith becomes an aspiring author in 20th century Buffalo, New York. For the first forty minutes of the picture, she falls in love with one of her father’s potential business partners, the mysterious baronet Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), before marrying and moving to England with him. Thomas and his sister, Lady Lucille Sharpe (Jessica Chastain), live in a dilapidated Gothic mansion. The mansion is called Allerdale Hall, but, to no one’s surprise, it’s nicknamed Crimson Peak. Del Toro and cinematographer Dan Laustsen show off all the production team’s meticulous work, slowly passing the camera through gloomy, cavernous chambers and suffocating halls that look thoroughly lived-in. As with most of del Toro’s work, the sets are the real stars of “Crimson Peak.” That’s not to say the actors don’t fare well. Wasikowska delivers on the spunky, resourceful heroine front, and else’s dime.” A few years later, Real Ale’s former owner called Farbstein, who had been working for a beer distributor called Microbility, saying they wanted to sell the brewery. Farbstein took the opportunity to own and operate the business that is now one of the most successful craft beer makers in the country. “When we started, I never thought we would be selling 5,000 barrels a year,” Farbstein said. “Today we produce and sell over 65,000 barrels.” The two men love their work, but both said joining the business is not something that should be taken lightly. They advised other students looking to pursue beer to give due diligence and understand the demands that brewing beer requires. “People think it’s fairly glamorous, but a lot of people don’t realize that there is a lot of physical labor involved in getting the beer made — 90 percent of it is cleaning,” Farbstein said. “I tell my employees every day that you spend more time at work than you spend anywhere else in your life, and you should be doing something that you enjoy.”
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Hiddleston works his charm with effortless grace while hinting at vulnerabilities that boil beneath his skin. Surprisingly enough, it is Chastain’s performance as Lucille that is the most memorable of the film. Her Lucille is stiff-lipped and in constant, silent agony. She often slinks into the background for much of the film’s first half, letting Hiddleston steal the attention. As “Crimson Peak” progresses, Lucille gradually reveals her mental instabilities, allowing Chastain to go wild. Before that happens, del Toro indulges in his ghost story, or as one actor puts it, his story that happens to have ghosts in it. Edith encounters the wraiths at night, and each confrontation clues her into
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Jessica Chastain plays Lady Lucille Sharpe in “Crimson Peak.” While Chastain’s performance is extremely memorable, the use of CGI in “Crimson Peak” weakens the movie as a whole.
the fact that Thomas and Lucille are not who they appear to be. As she begins to unravel the mystery of Crimson Peak, she enters a deadly battle for her life. “Crimson Peak” throws out a few jump scares, but fails to sustain suspense when Edith comes under attack by the CGI ghosts’ skeletal forms, which ooze a bloodlike substance. The ghosts
ultimately prove worthless as narrative devices, as they do little more than occasionally pop up in a tale that might have been better suited for a psychological thriller angle. “Crimson Peak” is never short on fun and it will be a reliable Halloween-night movie. The writing is sharp and witty, and dark humor consistently plays a part in the dialogue.
It’s unfortunate that del Toro’s misjudged use of CGI drags down great performances and stellar production design. The film might have been scary or suspenseful had the actors playing ghosts not been so digitally enhanced. A better choice might have been to let all the focus fall on Chastain, the real horror of “Crimson Peak.”
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I tell my employees every day that you spend more time at work than you spend anywhere else in your life, and you should be doing something that you enjoy. —Brad Farbstein, Owner of Real Ale
The two breweries have recently undergone expansion, but plan on producing the same quality beer and keeping Texas customers happy. Real Ale is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration this Saturday at its recently expanded brewery. Live Oak normally celebrates “Oak”toberfest celebration around this time, but is opening a new brewery in November. “We’ll have a capacity that’s large enough to make enough beer and we’ll be able to supply some of these larger retailers like HEB,” McLeroy said. “It’s more exciting than I can even handle.”
guests to RSVP. Authors H.W. Brands, Lawrence Wright, Steve Harrigan, Lydia Gil, and Thomas McNeely will also gather for a morning bike ride around downtown at the same time. 4. End your day with a Lit Crawl event. Lit Crawl Austin is the late-night extension of the Book Festival. Performances, games, trivia matches, yoga, music and storytelling events
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5. Use alternative modes of transportation. Busing, walking and biking are your best bets to get to the festival because of complicated road closures. But if you are driving, free parking is available in several lots between 12th and 15th streets on San Jacinto boulevard and on the corner of 15th and Colorado streets. Free Uber rides are available for first-time users up to $20. word for the act of throwing someone out a window. It’s a word that one doesn’t have cause to use a lot, but it’s very handy when you do. DT: Where is Mr. Snicket now and is this the last of his world that we’ll be hearing about? DH: I can’t imagine that it would be, but then of course something terrible could be happening to Mr. Snicket at any moment. Both Mr. Snicket and I are basically on our way to Austin, Texas and as you know terrible things can happen to you while
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6. If all else fails, head to the Information Booth. If you’re in need of first aid or directions or have lost something, head south to the corner of 11th and Colorado street where someone at the information booth can help you out. you’re traveling, whether or not you’re afflicted with wanderlust. I know Mr. Snicket is preparing for another project and reading a great deal of old Chinese poetry, which is often difficult to understand — particularly if you’re neither old nor Chinese. DT: Anything you want to say about the festival? DH: People should be aware of open manholes. You wouldn’t want to fall into a manhole when you are on your way to see an event at the festival. I think that would be upsetting.
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MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
Longhorns are going swimming By Haley Steinman @haleyy01
Freshmen and veteran swimmers and divers alike will come together against Florida and Indiana to begin bid for Longhorn’s 12th national championship. The No. 2 and No. 9 nationally ranked freshmen swimmers Townley Haas and Ryan Hart join 22 seasoned Longhorns on the back of their 11th NCAA national championship. Junior and Olympic hopeful Will Licon noticed the budding team chemistry. “One word to describe it, amazing…pretty ridiculous… this freshmen class fits in extremely well and they’re getting along with guys kinda like you know they haven’t been here for a couple months, like they’ve been here for a year plus,” Licon said. “The first couple weeks of school we did a lot of team building activities to get [the freshmen] integrated, get them close with their class. One thing with us, we start working hard right off the bat. I guess suffering could be the right word, we’re all kind of suffering together right off the bat and in a way I feel like that brings us closer together, as cheesy or silly as that might sound.” Licon is not changing much in regard to his training, he has
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Junior Olympic-hopeful, Will Licon is one of 22 returning Longhorns that were part of last year’s national championship team. Texas also has top-ranked additions this year with freshmen Townley Haas and Ryan Hart.
a plan and it is working. “If it’s not broke don’t fix it, try to do the same thing but better as last year,” Licon said. “This really isn’t the year to change too much, just because so much is riding on it both in the collegiate season and outside of
it, with the Olympic trials in the future.” This weekend’s meet will feature the Longhorns, Hoosiers and Gators competing in an Olympic-sized 50-meter pool Friday and a 25-yard shortcourse pool Saturday, both at
the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center. The Longhorns have not swam such a meet during their regular season and are curious for the results. “I’m very curious to see how the meets going to go with half the meet being long course,”
Licon said. “We’ve never raced a long course meet in the collegiate season. I’m going to give it my all and see what the result is and I think it will give me and the rest of my teammates a good indication of where we are fitness wise.”
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Joshua Guera | Daily Texan Staff Kat Brooks and the Longhorns will rely on their defense as much as their offense against Texas Tech on Saturday. The Texas senior is one of the Longhorns many defensive specialists.
Texas will get defensive against Texas Tech There will be a battle between two prominent defensive teams when Texas Tech comes to Gregory Gym to face No. 2 Texas on Saturday evening. Texas (15-1, 5-0 Big 12) enters on an 11-game win streak and has only dropped one set in five conference games. The Red Raiders (13-7, 2-4) recently broke a four-game losing streak with a sweep of West Virginia. Texas Tech brings a solid defense into this matchup, which the Longhorns will counter with a slew of powerful hitters. “When you have a great hitter coming at you, you don’t really know where they’re going
to hit the ball,” senior defensive specialist Kat Brooks said. “They have so many different shots that as a defender you really have to be ready for anything. Having [hitters] like that is really great for us.” Texas’ .307 hitting percentage ranks fourth in the nation. Senior outside hitter Amy Neal leads the Texas attack with 224 kills, assisted by three Longhorns who boast over 100 kills this season. “It’s really important to play well on defense,” said Texas Tech head coach Don Flora after a Red Raider win earlier this season. “To out-dig a team means a lot.” The Red Raiders will rely on their back row to challenge
the Texas offense. Senior libero Carlie Foust leads Texas Tech’s defense with 337 digs. Texas Tech tends to out-dig its opponents, so the Longhorns will need to make good contact on hits. Head coach Jerritt Elliott has stressed the importance of Texas’ passing. Brooks impressed with a career performance against Oklahoma over the weekend and sophomore libero Cat McCoy has performed well all season. “We’re pretty steady and disciplined in a lot of areas,” Elliott said. “We’re getting more defense and more opportunities to control the ball. We have to keep improving from one point to the next.”
Even with a 15 run victory, Longhorn coach Connie Clark focused on the little things following Thursday night’s victory against Blinn College. “Our goal tonight was to cut the plate in half,” Clark said. “I wanted them to stay patient at the plate and focus on driving the ball rather than playing small ball.” Texas certainly had no problem with Clark’s limitations on their atbats. Fourteen hits and 19 runs later, the Longhorns had a tremendous time at the plate. However, there was another quirk in this fall game. Clark and Blinn head coach Rick Church agreed to have runners start on various bases at the start of each half inning. Each team wanted to see how its defense reacted to situations such as 1st and 3rd, or a runner on 2nd, prior to any batters appearing in the box. “We wanted to up the stakes tonight. Rick and I agreed to throw some different things at them throughout the game,” Clark said. “We had an offensive plan of attack and I thought we did a great
job executing it.” Part of that attack was focusing on baserunning and being aggressive on the base paths. Texas averaged more than a steal an inning and constantly forced the issue in the run game. “One of the things we’ve really been working hard on is baserunning,” Clark said. “It’s about getting those instincts. When you’re relying on a coach to tell you where to go, it’s too late.” Junior pitcher Tiarra Davis was noticeably sharp in her two innings of work to close out the game. “Man, did she look great or what?” Clark said smiling. “That’s as hard as I’ve seen her throw in a long time. With her and the rest of the pitchers really coming together, we’re going to be a strong pitching staff come spring.”
Our goal tonight was to cut the plate in half. —Connie Clark, Coach
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Cox, Longhorns look forward to the top-level competition By Blanche Schaefer @schaefer_bb
Despite two top-10 teams coming to town this weekend, junior swimmer Madisyn Cox isn’t nervous. As one of six All-Americans and 16 returning upperclassmen, the junior feels confident in her team. She said the Longhorns are ready to take on Florida and Indiana at home this weekend. “We might’ve been nervous in the past, but I really feel like this team is coming together well,” Cox said. “It’s really ex-
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citing to see and train with every day.” Add on the No. 4 recruiting class in the nation according to SwimSwam, and Texas is poised to make another run for the NCAA championships. The Horns finished seventh last year. Cox’s top-eight finishes in the 200 and 400 IM played a key role in Texas’ highest NCAA finish under head coach Carol Capitani. “For myself, I want to be better than I was last year at [the NCAA championships],” Cox said. “I have specific time goals in my head, but I just want to
move up in placings and score the best I can possibly score for the team.” Cox kept herself in shape during a full summer of training. She swam at both the World University Games and the USA Swimming National Championships, ramping up workouts when she rejoined her Texas teammates in the fall. “We’ve been really grinding with the team, getting into that good training phase,” Cox said. “We’ve all been working hard … it’s very positive on deck and we’ve had some
great workouts.” The meet gives the Longhorns a chance to break up their training and focus on competing. The double-duel meet format is atypical for collegiate swim meets. Friday, the schools will compete in a 50-meter Olympic competition pool. Saturday, they’ll revert to a traditional collegiate 25-yard short-course. “For meters, you have to take it more smooth,” Cox said. “You need to have more endurance and be able to finish your races. With short-course, you really focus on under wa-
ters because there are so many walls so you really need to push those under waters.” Capitalizing on the strategy required for each length will likely be key for Cox and the Longhorns this weekend. But it won’t be easy with NCAA top10 Florida and Indiana in the lanes beside them. “Dual meets are about putting your hand on the wall first,” Cox said. “There are a lot of races that come within tenths, hundredths of a second, so we obviously want to be on the good side of that and focus on finishes.”
During the Summer Olympics, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medaist John Carlos gave black power salute.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Cross Country heads to Kentucky The Texas cross country team returns to action this weekend at the Pre-National Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky. The Saturday morning event will take place at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, the same course that will hold the NCAA Cross Country National Championship on Nov. 21. The race format will differ from the formats of Texas’ previous three events. With more than 40 teams registered for the event, the meet is comprised of six different races – three each for men and women. Head coach Brad Herbster said that the transition to a higher stakes race demands motivation and determination. “This is where the season really begins,” Herbster said. “We’re going from almost a practice schedule to a full-blown championship schedule. There’s not a lot in between.” The Texas men jumped into the national rankings for the first time all season at No. 30 in the latest coaches Poll. Freshman Alex Rogers, who finished 10th in Texas’ last away meet in College Station, said the team deserves more national notice. “We’re going out there to prove that we’re better than what they’ve ranked us,” Rogers said. “We have to come out as the aggressors to prove that we can compete nationally.” Meanwhile, the women’s team ranks No. 26 nationally and has not lost an event all season. Coach Herbster touched upon the importance of junior Sandie Raines’ emergence as a leader and its effect on the team. “Sandie has a very easy going nature about her,” Herbster said. “She’s not going to get riled up under pressure. As captain of the team, she’s elevated the Texas women.” Herbster said that with Raines’ leadership, this year’s women’s squad is the best he’s coached at Texas. They have an opportunity to prove that on Saturday. —Tyler Horka
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Craft beer breweries celebrate Oktoberfest By Thomas Boswell @thomas.boswell11
This Oktoberfest season, UT students can be seen all around Texas knocking back a couple of cold ones. However, few may realize that their higher education experience could lead to a career in beer. UT alumni Chip McLeroy and Brad Farbstein, owners of Live Oak Brewery and Real Ale Brewing Company, respectively, never thought they would end up working in the beer industry after finishing college. Today, the prominent craft brewery owners produce and distribute beer throughout the state. This Saturday, Real Ale will host two Oktoberfest events located at The Goodnight restaurant in Austin and their taproom in Blanco, Texas. McLeroy graduated from UT in 1989 after receiving his bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in biochemistry. While
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OKTOBERFEST When: Saturday, 12–3 p.m. Where: Real Ale Tap Room, 231 San Saba Ct., Blanco, TX
working on his post-doctorate in California, he met a colleague who taught him some of the nuances to beer making, and ended up pursuing it as a serious hobby. McLeroy moved back to Austin and continued making beer with homemade brewing equipment. He joined the Austin Homebrewer’s Club and met co-owner Brian Peters. Soon, the two started collaborating on their favorite beer recipes. “I moved back here with this nice equipment and [Peters] had a stove,” McLeroy said. “We were interested in making some of the same types of beers like pilsner and hefeweizen. Then it just got out of hand and all of a sudden we had a brewery.” When Live Oak opened in
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UT alumnus Chip McLeroy is owner of the Live Oaks Brewery. McLeroy graduated from UT in 1979 with a degree in biochemistry, but started pursuing beer making as a serious hobby while working on his post-doctorate in California.
Dog-ear this Texas Book Festival guide By Katie Walsh @katiehwalsh_atx
While thousands of flower crown-clad hipsters stormed the streets last weekend for Austin City Limits Festival, a crowd of well-behaved booklovers will flood the city for the 20th Annual Texas Book Festival this weekend. Speakers such as “A Series of Unfortunate Events” writer Daniel Handler, known by his pseudonym Lemony Snicket, and “The House on Mango Street” author Sandra
Cisneros will join children’s book authors, cookbook writers, photographers and live musicians for a weekend of panels, talks and activities at the Texas State Capitol. Here is The Daily Texan’s guide to making the most of the weekend. 1. Make a plan before you arrive. The Texas Book Festival isn’t ACL. Haphazardly hopping from panel to panel is not an effective way of getting the most out of the festival. Don’t
Lemony Snicket’s representative discusses biographical prequel By Danielle Lopez
was formed long before the Baudelaires were born.
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On Saturday, Lemony Snicket will present his latest book “Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?” at the Paramount Theatre as part of the annual Texas Book Festival. The book is the last installment in his All the Wrong Questions series, which details the adventures of 12-year-old Snicket. Author Daniel Handler, Snicket’s representative, spoke with The Daily Texan about A Series of Unfortunate Events and other miserable things.
DT: How did you get to working with Mr. Snicket? DH: We admired each other’s work and eventually in realizing that the more he showed up to talk about his own work, the more suspicious and alarmed people became. He asked me if I would step in as kind of a side job. It’s worked out pretty well for both of us. For instance, right now Netflix is adapting A Series of Unfortunate Events for the screen and I am writing the script. They’re hoping to begin filming it in the spring, but things go terribly wrong all the time so it’s hard to know.
When: Saturday, 11–12 p.m. Where: Paramount Theatre
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The Daily Texan: How does All the Wrong Questions connect back to A Series of Unfortunate Events? Daniel Handler: I guess it’s kind of a prequel. It takes place before A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I mean so does the Old Testament. But I don’t think the Old Testament is generally considered a prequel to A Series of Unfortunate Events. All The Wrong Questions deals with Mr. Snicket’s own childhood and his apprenticeship in a secret organization which Daniel Handler, author and representative of Lemony Snicket, discusses Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and his latest book “Why Is This Night Different From Other Nights.”
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DT: What should people take away from Snicket’s work? DH: I think that Mr. Snicket would hope that people would just step away from the books rather than take anything away from them. DT: Why do you think children are drawn to Snicket’s books even though they address dark subjects?
DH: It’s hard to think of a story that’s interesting that doesn’t at least have the threat of something terrible happening in it. I think if you were a child and you were looking around the world, you’d see many things that seemed unjust and upsetting, and you’d be more likely to take seriously books which take that seriously. DT: Why does Snicket love to give vocabulary lessons? DH: I think language is a slippery thing — particularly when you’re a child and you’re learning language to try to get straight what different words mean, when hardly any word actually means anything at any given time, it can be difficult. So I think Mr. Snicket provides reassurance that language is very slippery and that it’s almost impossible to get a grip on what anyone is talking about
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be the vegetarian that unknowingly walks into the “History of Franklin’s Barbecue” panel. Choose your panels beforehand and be on time because panels close their doors once seats fill up. Be aware that some panels are located in Festival Friends pass-designated venues, meaning that priority seating is reserved for attendees who donated over $100 to receive a Festival Friends pass. 2. Bring a Sharpie for spontaneous book signings. Although official book
signings will follow immediately after each session, you never know when you’ll bump into your favorite author on the way to the bathroom. Come prepared with a Sharpie in your back pocket and your favorite book from home in hand. Note that attendees are allowed to only bring one pre-owned book for signing, the rest must be bought on-site at the Barnes and Nobles Sales Tent. Receipts must be shown at the signing. 3. Join your favorite authors for outdoor activities before
the festival. At 8 a.m. Saturday morning, Texas Book Festival authors Carmiel Banasky, Alexandra Kleeman, Katherine Taylor and Allyson Hobbs will join Congress Avenue Kayaks and anyone who RSVPs for a kayak on Lady Bird Lake. At the same time, festival authors Neal Pollack, Catherine Lacey, Elisa Albert and Meera Subramanian will meet on the Capitol lawn for an hour of yoga with the first 20
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