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Liberal Arts Council will vote on legislation in support of creating an undergraduate teaching assistant program in the College of Liberal Arts on Tuesday. According to the legislation, the College of Liberal Arts requires teaching assistants (TAs) to put in significant amounts of time and
work, which could be alleviated with the help of undergraduate teaching assistants. The undergraduate assistants would help TAs with their work and would be responsible for tasks such as taking notes, taking attendance, meeting with students and grading. Liberal Arts Council is currently surveying liberal arts students about possible qualifications and pay of the undergraduate TA program.
Austin Reynolds, English junior and president of the Liberal Arts Council, said he is confident that the bill will pass on Tuesday and if it does, he hopes implementation can start as soon as next year. “The reason I think it would be beneficial is because Liberal Arts does have the worst professor to student ratio,” Reynolds said. “This just a better way of
connecting students with administration and making sure they have help within each class.” The council’s proposal would compensate for any lack of graduate TAs, said Esther Raizen, associate dean for research and associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts. “We’re trying to reduce the
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Current events impact disaster drill format By Ellie Breed @elliebreed
In light of recent safety threats around the U.S., the School of Nursing and School of Social Work will make improvements to their spring disaster drill to improve its authenticity, according to Dede Sparks. “The fact that we’ve had a hurricane that just came up through Mexico, big fires in Bastrop and multiple school shootings and threats has really raised the bar for medical professionals and their need to be prepared,” Sparks, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Social Work, said. “We talk to our students about actually being that first responder in these situations and we are making improvements to accurately mimic them.” Improvements include the addition of students from the College of Pharmacy and
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Nursing students assist a mock victim during the Fall 2015 disaster drill on Thursday afternoon at the Recreational Sports Center (RSC).
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Customers looking to get treated by some franchises on the Drag will not be served if they’re wearing a mask this Halloween. A few stores on the Drag, such as Whataburger and Jamba Juice, have signs on their doors telling customers to take off their masks before they come in if they would like to be served. Some places, such as Which Wich, Potbelly, and Moojo, do not require customers to take off their Halloween masks in-store. A spokesperson from Whataburger said in a statement that the removal of masks before entering into their stores is a necessary precaution taken for safety reasons and is a measure the franchise has taken for several years. “The safety of Whataburger family members and customers is paramount,” Whataburger said in their statement. “For more than 10 years, Whataburger has asked guests to remove Halloween masks. We find our customers are understanding and appreciative of this request.” Astronomy junior Jackson Bradford, who will be wearing a grim reaper costume with a skeleton mask on Halloween, said he understands the rules and will comply with a restaurant’s rules.
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Student service group Texas chief justice discusses federal law raises funds for travel By Forrest Milburn
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The Projects with Underserved Communities’ India Team launched a 30-day fundraising initiative on the UT crowdfunding site HornRaiser to raise funds to travel to and serve the community of Tamil Nadu, India, in the summer of 2016. Comprised of seven UT engineering and social work students, the team will travel to India to build a structure based on the needs of the villagers. Past teams have built a rainwater harvesting system with water storage, housing foundations and toilet facilities, among other projects. The team is responsible for raising all the funds required for the project and for personal trip expenses. From Oct. 21 to Nov. 21, the team is seeking $10,000 through its crowdfunding initiative. While they estimate that their project will cost more than this amount, Mariana Silva, project manager and civil engineer-
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ing junior, said the team will continue to seek other sources of funding through alternative fundraisers and sponsor donations. “Crowdfunding is a great method to utilize the web in this modern era,” Nathan Hsu, geosystems engineering junior and fundraising manager, said. “If done right, crowdfunding can reach many more people than normal methods. It’s really easy for anyone to donate.” During the spring semesters, engineering and social work majors are eligible to apply for the Projects for Underserved Communities program, which is a yearround class at UT. Once selected, students are split into smaller teams. Teams then select the community they would like to serve and listen to the communities’ needs in order to select the best project. “We never impose anything on the community, since they know what they need.” Silva said. “It’s not our job to tell them what
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Nathan Hecht, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, argued state officials must abide by even the most controversial federal court decisions at a talk Thursday morning. In a conversation with Texas Tribune editor-inchief Evan Smith, Hecht said the Constitution requires federal judges to remain independent of partisan stances on issues such as same-sex marriage in order to remain accountable to the people. “The problem here is we want judges to be independent and we want public officials to be accountable,” Hecht said. “You’re trying to balance independence and accountability, and they conflict. The balance for federal judges has been struck very far on independence, and the accountability we leave to their conscience.” This past June, the US Supreme Court dismantled prohibitions and state con-
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stitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage around the country in a landmark 5–4 decision. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement shortly after the ruling urging local officials to withhold issuing licenses if they are opposed to such unions for religious reasons. After the Supreme Court decision effectively legalized all gay unions around the country, opponents of gay marriage have criticized the Supreme Court for its ruling, arguing that courts should stray from having a
“loose” or “living” interpretation of the Constitution. Hecht, an elected Republican official, argued he personally believes in a more “strict” constitutional interpretation, arguing that the amendment process to the Constitution should remain with the people. “The argument that we should adhere closely to the text is the stronger argument,” Hecht said. “The problem with the living Constitution is that it lives differently in your mind, in my mind. When that happens, then in essence what you’ve
done is let individual judges amend the Constitution.” First-year law student Rebecca Chang said she agreed with Hecht’s opinion on the supremacy of Supreme Court rulings, even those as controversial as the June same-sex marriage decision. “He’s completely right in the sense that once they’ve made a ruling, we’re bound by it, the states are bound by it,” Chang said. “I know our state is traditionally oneparty, but you have to follow
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number of teaching assistants in order to possibly increase the stipend that we pay to TAs, but we’re quickly running into the problem of not enough teaching assistants to cover the classes,” Raizen said. This idea follows the cre-
students would be among the first responders should a real disaster occur. “We are trying to foster more collaboration, so we hope to bring on pharmacology,” Horton said. “This is a vital addition because in the event of a real disaster, nursing students, social work students and pharmacy students would help run the shelters that the city would set up. We are also working to bring in EMS services, so when [the mock disaster] unfolds here, it
will carry over to Breckenridge and Seton.” These changes are partly a result of recent disasters in the news that brought attention to the need for extended training and preparation, according to Sparks. Real life disasters, combined with the new campus carry policy, drew the attention of students to Thursday’s fall semester disaster drill, social work senior Michelle Ramirez said. “I feel like there are disasters
that are happening throughout the nation and they’re making students worried especially at a big university like this one,” Ramirez said. “Now with campus carry being passed, I think that tension is building around the idea of shootings and human disasters, or even natural disasters. This drill makes the community feel more comfortable.” The concern following recent threats led to increased community participation in Thursday’s drill, professor of
public health Ana Todd said. “We’ve noticed that the community wants to become active participants in the mock disaster,” Todd said. “We’re getting emails from students that want to directly participate and we have increased the number of students that participate in the social work’s missing persons and family crisis centers. It is really beginning to become something that is community wide, which is great.”
ation of a task force last fall that discussed TA employment issues, according to Justin Doran, religious studies graduate student and spokesperson for the College of Liberal Arts TA taskforce. “Originally, we were only going to be dealing with TA issues and employment issues but we kind of ended up dealing with
all kinds of issues and the undergraduate assistant issue was one of them,” Doran said. Some issues brought up by the taskforce included training, relationships between faculty members and graduate students and funding, Doran said. Raizen said other departments within the College of Liberal Arts already have
undergraduate TAs. “In Middle Eastern studies, we’ve had undergraduates for at least two or three years in the Arabic classrooms,” Raizen said. “Economics has had them longer than that.” Overall, Raizen said she thinks having undergraduates would be a great idea because of the help they can bring and
also the skills they can gain. “Advanced undergraduates can do a fabulous job with this,” Raizen said. “It will never happen throughout the entire department, but if a department comes to me today and says, ‘We want to hire undergraduates for additional support,’ I’ll give them my blessing.”
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continues from page 1 we think is best. The design and execution of the project is where our engineering skills come in, but we are very careful to ensure we are always listening to their needs.” The Projects with Underserved Communities’ India Team is currently in the process of deciding between working on either a structural project or a water sanitation project for its trip next summer. Abby Smith, civil engineering sophomore and travel budget and logistics manager, said she thinks working in Tamil Nadu will be a life changing experience. “I spend a lot of time every week thinking about the people over there and what they want and need with this project,” Smith said. “I hope to be able to get to know them personally and truly impact them not only with the physical project but also by ourselves.”
MASKS continues from page 1 “I can see why they would not want to have people come in with masks because they want to be able to tell who they are for safety issues,” Bradford said. “If you’re going to go into a restaurant and you have a mask like this, then you can and should just probably take it off and just take it with you and it’s not really that big of a deal.” Jamba Juice locations in Austin, San Antonio and Corpus Christi will also have a “no mask” policy which will be implemented due to security, said Tori Reyes, assistant general manager at the Jamba Juice on the Drag. Customers and employees will still be able to wear their Halloween costumes inside stores, just without the mask, Reyes said. “Someone who walks in with a mask will be asked to leave,” Reyes said. “It’s a family-oriented franchise, so we’re just trying to keep it as friendly as possible, especially though Saturday.” Nursing sophomore Natalie Buongiorno, who plans to wear a mask with black feathers and a beak on Halloween, said she would take off her mask if she went into a store that had a “no mask” policy. Although Buongiorno said she thinks the rule is a good idea, she does not know if franchises like Whataburger will be able to enforce rules during busy hours.
Someone who walks in with a mask will be asked to leave... It’s a family-oriented franchise, so we’re just trying to keep it as friendly as possible... —Tori Reyes, Jamba Juice assistant manager
“When you mix college students, masks and probably alcohol, a lot of bad things can happen,” Buongiorno said. “That place is already a nightmare at two in the morning on a regular Saturday. People are going to have a hard time comprehending the sign that says “no masks,” and I feel like even if an employee asked them to take it off they would still just put it right back on.” Buongiorno said franchises that stay open late may have trouble maintaining order of a crowd of party goers, but students may not feel the need to wear their mask anyway. “By the time you get done with your parties and you and your friends are at Whataburger, I feel like you’ll want to take your mask off by then,” Buongiorno said. “Masks get tiring to wear and if the party’s over, you may as well take it off.”
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Halloween is not a free pass Sensitivity towards cultural appropriation goes too far to culturally appropriate By Maria Kroeger Daily Texan Columnist @hotdudesreading_
You’re walking around the Spirit Halloween store scrambling for a last-minute costume. A poster with a beautiful brunette stands out amongst those with clowns and zombies. Her hair is shiny and curled underneath an Aztecprinted headwrap. Her chest is framed by a waterfall of brown, faux-leather fringe. Tanned, shapely legs are set atop a pedestal of brown, high-kneed moccasin boots. The “Raven Native American Adult Women’s Costume” seems like the perfect outfit to look cute and unique. Unfortunately, it’s highly offensive. This costume is an example of cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is when people take themes and practices out of context from other cultures, without knowing their historical and social implications. Many find this offensive because they believe those “appropriating” do not have to deal with the difficult parts of being a member of that culture. Often people appropriate cultures for their own personal benefit — whether it’s to look cool in unique clothing, be funny at costume parties or get Instagram likes with a beautiful outfit that is culturally significant to someone else. Putting on a sombrero when going to a Mexican restaurant, wearing a Native American headdress to a music festival or wearing a Geisha costume for Halloween are all examples of cultural appropriation. Granted, cultural ideals and symbols get muddled through cultural exchange. But the difference between exchange and appropriation is that exchange involves a respect and understanding of the culture that embodies positive elements and has a purpose besides personal
gain. Cultural appropriation steals elements By Memo Hutson from a culture without respect or understanding. Daily Texan Columnist Halloween costumes that draw from nega@MemoHutson tive stereotypes are the perfect example of culSocial justice warriors championing cultural tural appropriation. They are based on genersensitivity are going to be closely examining alizations and are often caricatures. Wearing a costumes this weekend, and will decide what is poncho, fake mustache and carrying around a or is not appropriate for people to wear. Their bottle of tequila is offensive because it perpetustrict rubric implies that any costume has the ates stereotypes about Mexicans, while viewing potential to be appropriating themes or practhe harm as a big joke. tices from other cultures. Yes, Halloween is a Cultural appropriation occurs when peogreat opportunity ple take themes and practices out of to dress as somecontext from other cultures, thing you’re not. without knowing the hisBut for many people, torical and social implithings like the “Excations. Many find otic Goddess Adult this offensive because Women’s Costume,” they believe those “apwhich features a sari, propriating” do is not a disguise. It not have to deal is an everyday with the diffistyle of clothcult parts of being that reping a member resents South of that culture. Asian cultures. H o w e v e r, Culturcultural approally appropriative Halloween costumes Illustration by Lindsay Rojas | Daily Texan Staff priation is a term that can be taken are racist because they astoo far. It can easily promote the sume the identities of people of color absurd notion that people from different culwho are oppressed as minorities. A person of tures should never borrow, adopt or exchange color can’t choose to not be who they are. Peoanything among themselves. It is an exclusionple of color face all kinds of hardships because ary practice that prohibits any form of cultural of their identity — it’s a privilege to put it on exchange or cultural appreciation, satirical or and take it off for a night. There are a million otherwise, on the off-chance that somebody, creative, fun things people can be for Hallowsomewhere, might be offended. een. Don’t choose to wear something offensive Spirit Halloween store sells costumes of that can ruin the night for someone else. Native American garb. While it is imitating Kroeger is a human relations senior from traditional Native American clothing, whoCorpus Christi.
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ever wears it is not assuming the entire identity. They might be sexualized or classless, but these costumes do not undermine Native American history or culture. The fact that they are sexualized is an another argument, as costumes are sexualized across all cultures and professions. The issue is whether or not these costumes are racist or culturally appropriative. If we do consider them to be culturally appropriative, then surely witch costumes are appropriating ancient Slavic folklore or Wiccan culture. A fraternity last year held a “border patrol” themed party that was greeted with outrage by Latinos and non-Latinos alike due to its potentially racist and culturally appropriating practices. Being Hispanic myself, I was not offended by this event, nor did I believe that they were appropriating my culture. I find it more infuriating that people would assume my culture and identity can actually be threatened by a fraternity dressing up in sombreros and throwing a party. The fundamental problem with this criticism is that if we start to decide what is or isn’t OK for people to wear, we invite a social climate where nothing will ever be completely appropriate. In regards to the argument that one cannot “put on” an ethnicity like a costume, I respond: I know you can’t, nor do I think you are when you put on a simple costume, regardless of intention. I would not find somebody dressing up as a mariachi or a luchador to be offensive, let alone as “appropriating” an entire culture. I would never presume to impose such stringent restrictions on Halloween, dictating what people can or cannot wear. Halloween costumes can be distasteful, but they don’t have the power to undermine entire cultures and identities. Hutson is a history senior from El Paso.
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Non-partisan city officials should stay out of presidential races By Derek Poludniak Daily Texan Columnist @DerekPoludniak
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When the two major political parties are heavily polarized, voters find themselves fed up with politicians unwilling to compromise. Thankfully, on a local level, the Austin City Council and Mayor serve on a non-partisan basis so they can put what’s best for the city ahead of partisan politics — or at least they did. Last week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the support of nearly 90 Texas politicians for her presidential campaign. Dubbed the “Hillary for Texas Leadership Council,” the list included prominent Austin Democrats like State Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) and State Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin). But the list also included four Austin City Council members: Delia Garza, Ann Kitchen, Leslie Pool and Kathie Tovo. “Hillary Clinton has the resume, passion and experience of a strong, progressive leader,” said Tovo, the councilwoman who represents the vast majority of the area around campus. “And, quite frankly, it is beyond time for this nation to elect a woman president.” It makes sense for these council members to endorse a Democrat. Travis County has not chosen a Republican nominee for president since George W. Bush narrowly carried the county in 2000. And in 2014, despite a large statewide loss by Democratic guberna-
torial nominee Wendy Davis, 94 of the 96 voting precincts in which the four council members appeared on the ballot chose Davis over Republican nominee Greg Abbott. But even though the council members represent solidly Democratic districts, that doesn’t mean the plurality of their constituents support Clinton. In the most recent poll, Texas Democratic primary voters chose Clinton over Senator Bernie Sanders 59-10, but the statewide poll gives no indicator as to how Austin Democrats would vote. “We believe that while council members have the right to endorse any candidate, it is unfair because they serve on nonpartisan positions,” said psychology junior Lydia Tsao, a representative for UT Austin Students for Bernie Sanders. “Their endorsement of any candidate, whether Trump, Bernie or Hillary, does not represent the views of their constituents.” Endorsements of presidential candidates, though important when it comes to intraparty politics, have very little sway on who the voters will ultimately choose. By choosing Clinton, despite their best intentions, the council members have alienated a large portion of their constituents who are neither Democrats nor Clinton supporters. Council members should keep their endorsements private so that the city government can remain truly nonpartisan and focus on what’s best for Austin. Poludniak is an international and global studies sophomore from San Antonio.
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Conversation concerning consent should continue after orientation By Leah Kashar
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In Texas health classes, teachers are required to give students a basic understanding of the benefits of abstinence. The health curriculum covers everything one needs to know about being an adult in the real world, except for the most basic concepts involving sex, including protection and most importantly, consent. UT’s freshman orientation includes a long program on consent. The point is that consent is an enthusiastic “yes,” not an absence of a “no.” Freshmen also learn that one cannot legally give consent if a person is intoxicated. Orientation attempted to start a conversation about consent with those who may not have heard about it
in high school, but this week-long program is not the end-all-be-all of talks about consent. A campaign called Not On My Campus continues the conversation from orientation and encourages students to know and understand the facts behind sexual assault. Sexual assault is less prevalent on UT’s campus than the national average. However, it still affects a large percentage of the student population. Eighteen-and-a-half percent of UT female students and around 5 percent of male students reported being sexually assaulted. Regardless, one sexual assault is too many, which is why a continued conversation about consent must be encouraged. A recent article on The Tab, a UK publication, challenged the need to continue talking about consent. George Lawlor, the author of
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the article, said he does not believe he needs to be included in the conversation about consent because he “doesn’t look like a rapist” and understands “basic human interaction.” He said he finds it personally insulting that one would insinuate that he needs to. No one should find the conversation about consent offensive. Many people get defensive about the subject of consent, as if the conversation is an accusation. But if everyone is knowledgeable about consent, the entire student body will feel safer. Establishing a culture of understanding consent could make reporting assault feel like less of a risk. Not On My Campus co-president William Herbst said he hopes the campaign will help to break the silence surrounding sexual assault and will educate students on
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the resources available at UT. “Since last year, students have begun talking about sexual assault as a real issue in our community,” Herbst said. “Student Government is passing legislation regarding sexual assault within our community. We have broken the silence and now as a community, we are trying it make it safer.” Ultimately, this conversation cannot be detrimental to the campus in any way, and we should continue to facilitate talks about consent. Those who find it personally offensive need to understand that this conversation is not a personal attack. It is a necessary conversation to have for the sake of victims of sexual assault, and for preventing sexual assault in the future. Kashar is an English freshman from Scarsdale, New York.
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‘Water walk’ raises clean water awareness By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
A small group of UT students took a break from their normal routines of receiving clean water from accessible faucets and fountains Thursday evening to participate in a water walk hosted by Students for Clean Water. During a “water walk,” students walked from the tower to Town Lake to fill empty water jugs and carried posters promoting clean water. Students for Clean Water, a campus organization that raises funds to build wells and contribute to water sanitation projects in Burundi, hosted the event to raise awareness of the lack of water resources in many third-world countries. Emma Heitmann, hydrogeology senior and copresident of Students for Clean Water, said the goal of the walk is for students to put themselves in the positions of people who dedicate time and effort
into walking miles each day to collect water, most of which is usually unclean. “We should be aware that not everyone has access to clean water resources; not everyone has a tap in their house that they can just turn on and have safe drinking water come out of,” Heitmann said. According to Heitmann, one out of 11 people in the world lack access to clean water. Heitmann said she believes the scarcity of clean water affects women and children in third-world countries because they must walk to provide water rather than attend school or work. Lauren Truong, chemical engineering sophomore and water walk participant, said she has been a member of the organization for two semesters and participated in the event to highlight a method of obtaining water unfamiliar to many. “I don’t think a lot of people really think about [clean water] so if they see people
Students for Clean Water warm up for Water Walk Thursday afternoon on the main mall. The group aims to promote awareness for global water conservation and cleanliness.
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actually walking through the streets with jugs, it might raise awareness of the fact that this issue actually exists,” Truong said. The task of purifying water collected in countries
with poor water infrastructures can also be challenging, Heitmann said. A lack of sanitation methods results in waterborne illnesses and public health issues, according to Heitmann.
Health promotion junior Claire Goertz participated in the water walk to engage with the community and experience something not culturally familiar to her. “Our luxurious lifestyle is
nothing like what they have to do,” Goertz said. “They walk miles to go get water and it’s not even healthy for them to drink, but it’s what they have so that’s what they have to deal with.”
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UT Journalism School Fenves questioned on diversity by students gets innovation funding By Eunice Ali By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
With a growing demand for digital innovation in journalism, the Belo Foundation in Dallas awarded UT a $1.5 million grant to create the Dallas Morning News Innovation Endowment for the Moody College of Communications School of Journalism. R.B. Brenner, director of the School of Journalism, said this funding will allow the school to recruit and support professional journalists in-residence and visiting experts, recruit top graduate students through the Dallas Morning News Graduate Fellows Program and choose an innovative director from within the school to coordinate projects with graduate and faculty fellows. “The Belo Foundation’s gift is nothing short of transformative,” Brenner said in a press release. “The endowment gives name, prominence and structure to an innovation culture that has emerged within the School of Journalism in recent years. Now, we’ll have the resources to spark and sustain innovation at all levels of our curriculum.” While this is Brenner’s second year as the director of the school, he said the department has been working over the last
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four years to increase digital innovations. Some of these innovations include mobile application developments in collaboration with the computer science department and reporting stories on Snapchat. UT President Gregory Fenves said the grant will better prepare student journalists for the future. “The Belo Foundation’s generosity to the Moody College of Communication has paid significant dividends for the university and the state through more robust journalism,” UT President Gregory L. Fenves said in a press release. “This gift will allow our students to engage in new forms of discovery in the classroom and become the type of sophisticated, tech-savvy journalists who can make our communities better.” Journalism senior Alexa Harrington said innovative digital journalism is important to pursue because of how the field is shifting. “Storytelling for journalists has gone way beyond words on paper,” Harrington said. “Now we can share the news through an interactive timeline, a map, a video, an infographic, a photo story, etc. UT journalism school is already teaching us how to be fluent in all areas of multimedia journalism, but with this money, we can do more than we ever imagined.”
Black students from the Society for Cultural Unity spoke out at The Texan Talks event during an interview with UT President Gregory Fenves, asking if black lives matter to him. Loyce Gayo, president of the Society for Cultural Unity and a columnist for the Texan opinion department, said at the event that many issues of diversity at UT need to be addressed. Gayo, an African and African Diaspora Studies senior, said she does not see enough black students or instructors at the University. During a conversation with Texan editor-in-chief Claire Smith and forum editor Walker Fountain, Fenves discussed racial issues such as the confederate statues and diversity in student enrollment and faculty appointment. “You matter to me, you are not invisible to me,” Fenves said in response to Gayo. “This is a university, and the way we get things done is by collective action — bring people together to develop our goals, set the policies and make sure they’re carried out.” Development of a diver-
sity council for faculty recruitment and retention is underway this year and minority student enrollment increased this year, according to Fenves. “For this year, we saw double-digit increases in Hispanic and AfricanAmerican first-time college freshman admits at the University,” Fenves said. Sport management junior Desmond Manuel, who attended the event, said he disagreed with the enrollment statistics Fenves presented. “I’m a junior and this is my first time seeing another black face in my major,” Manuel said. “As black students here on campus, we’re not seeing those numbers increase, except maybe in athletics, and that’s not indicative of what we are as a community. We want to just, you know, work together and help increase that number exponentially.” Members of the group walked out of the Texas Union Theatre in protest after nine minutes. Manuel, who is also the financial director for Afrikan American Affairs in the Multicultural Engagement Center, said he expected UTPD to show up after the organization addressed their concerns.
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“That’s something I definitely expected, and that’s a shame that I expected that,” Manuel said. “We shouldn’t expect to have police show up the minute we raise our voices to get things done. I can definitely bet you, if it were a bunch of white students out there and they had a problem with their sorority house or something, they would’ve had their problem addressed. They would be pulled to the side, like ‘what can I do to help you?’ We black bodies have been asking for the Jefferson statue to be [taken] down since the 1960s, but as soon as, you know, more white students get around it, it comes down within a month.” Susan Buckenmeyer, director of student activities at the Office of the Dean of Students who was at the event, said the fact that UTPD was present during the event was not coordinated. “Free speech is really valued here at the University,” Buckenmeyer said. “We want both those who are planning an event and those who may be disagree with the content of the event to be able to express themselves.” Buckenmeyer said in
case of disruption — when there is shouting or yelling thus preventing the planned activity from continuing — warnings will be issued before individuals are escorted out. “We were prepared to read the warnings,” Buckenmeyer said. “But the member who was causing the disruption chose to leave instead, so we did not issue any warnings.” Gayo said in a statement that she spoke out at the event to ignite a flame for the black community at UT. “SCU is an archiving organization dedicated to preserving and using the dark history of UT to push critical discourse on issues affecting UT’s most marginalized student body but also bring forth change,” Gayo said in the statement. “Today, we sought to use this opportunity to ask one question on behalf of the Black community, ‘do Black lives matter?’ and in a way, that question was answered.”
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The Longhorns have been outscored in road games 88-10 this season. They face Iowa State on Saturday night in what is the Cyclones’ homecoming. Senior wide receiver Marcus Johnson, pictured, says the Longhorns have to set the tone early, unlike its previous road games.
Longhorns hope to solve road woes By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74
The road hasn’t been kind to Texas. The Longhorns are riding momentum after beating Oklahoma and Kansas State. Now, they face the challenge of a true road game at Iowa State on Saturday. Texas has struggled this season in road games. Fans adorning burnt orange and white flocked to South Bend and Fort Worth to watch the Longhorns take on Notre Dame and TCU,
respectively. The Longhorns, however, struggled, losing to the Fighting Irish and Horned Frogs by a combined 88-10. “The times that we went on the road, we just haven’t played good,” head coach Charlie Strong said. “We have to play better. We have to start off right. We got to get off to a really good start, whether it be on defense, offense, whoever is up first. If we’re on offense, we need to move the football and get some points, establish a really good drive … We
need to be consistent and go play at our best.” Texas has an opportunity to bring its record back to .500 and inch closer to bowl eligibility with a win over the Cyclones. But the Longhorns will face a raucous crowd in Ames. “It’s Homecoming and Halloween,” defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said. “They’re trying to tell us right now that we’re a patsy.” The uncertainty continues. Monday, Iowa State dismissed offensive coordinator Mark Mangino
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and named redshirt sophomore quarterback Joel Lanning its starter. But senior center Taylor Doyle said the level of play won’t change. “We’re fully expecting Iowa State to come out there ready to go and playing hard and playing well,” Doyle said. “We know we have a challenge ahead of us. We’re just focused on improving our game and putting ourselves in a position to have success.” Senior wide receiver Marcus Johnson said to
win, the Longhorns must enter prepared and set the tone early. “We understand we’ve had tough losses,” Johnson said. “But we understand that, like Coach said, we’re a 3-4 team right now. We have a lot to prove and a lot more work to be done.” Texas looks for its first road win this season. It would be one win closer to bowl eligibility. “We’re in no place to overlook anybody,” senior tight end Alex De La Torre said.
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Seniors prepare for final home game By Aaron Torres @aaron_torres95
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Senior outside hitter Amy Neal said every team will give the Longhorns their best shot. Texas is coming off a sweep at the hands of TCU on Wednesday.
Longhorns hope to rebound after loss to unranked TCU By Claire Cruz @claireecruz5
For the first time in conference play this season, No. 2 Texas is on its heels. TCU swept Texas just one game after the Longhorns took sole possession of No. 1 in the conference. Now, Texas has to get back on the winning track. That starts with a matchup against Texas Tech on the road. The Red Raiders are currently on a three-game losing streak and haven’t beat Texas since 2000. But after the upset loss, the Longhorns won’t take any win for granted. “We have to take every game seriously,” senior outside hitter Amy Neal said. “You have to take
every game with the same mentality and look at every team the same because they are going to come out and play their best against us.” When these teams played each other in the first round of conference play, Texas won in straight sets. However, the Red Raiders put up a good fight. Even so, senior middle blocker Molly McCage, Texas’ all-time leader in block assists, and other Longhorn blockers should find success against Texas Tech’s struggling offense. Neal and junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame, this week’s Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, will lead Texas’ offensive attack. The Red Raiders come into this game with a .221
team hitting percentage, led by junior middle blocker Lauren Douglass. Texas Tech’s defense boasts a solid block that involves multiple players. Freshman outside hitter Sarah Redding had a nice outing in the first matchup and should have another on Friday. Head coach Jerritt Elliott said the team can’t dwell on the loss to TCU. Texas still has a legitimate shot at the conference title and will use the loss as motivation to improve. “We need to control our mentality,” Elliott said. “A loss is a loss, and if we can use those as a learning point, that’s the key to development. We’ll go about business and continue to build.”
In August 2012, 10 freshmen took the field as head coach Angela Kelly’s first recruiting class. On Friday night, fans can see how far the 10 – now seniors — have come. The Longhorns will end regular-season play with a matchup against Montana. It will be the last time the seniors take the field at Mike A. Myers Stadium. “Senior night’s going to be bittersweet,” senior defender Brinkley Field said. “It means that it’s the end of season, it’s the end of, kind of like, soccer in general. But it’s going to be awesome because it’s a night to celebrate my awesome senior class and all of us.” Kelly said she has watched each player transform under her guidance and philosophy. “Soccer is the vehicle to which we hopefully build stronger young women and I have watched this group
of 10 seniors grow,” Kelly said. “They have all grown up right in front of my eyes and become young women. And that’s just really exciting to see.” Often in sports, a coach does more than just coach. Coaches become mentors. They morph into parental figures. Kelly did just that. “She’s been a great mentor and just like a mom that we have on campus,” Field said. “She’s always been here for us and always answers any of our questions on and off the field about soccer or personal life.” Senior night won’t be the last time the Longhorns take the field. After Friday’s 7 p.m. game, the Longhorns play at least once more in the Big 12 quarterfinals. “We plan on going farther than that,” senior midfielder Lindsey Meyer said. “So I think just taking it one game at a time and just really enjoying every moment out on the field at this point.”
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The Longhorns were ranked No. 1 in the first edition of the CSCAA released Thursday after beating No. 3 Florida and No. 9 Indiana in short and long course meets Oct. 16. Texas is the defending three-time NCAA Champions and has racked up 11 Championships in its history. California, Florida, Georgia and N.C. State finish the top-five. Head coach Eddie Reese sees 14 All-Americans return. Those returning helped Texas win three individual titles and and two relay crowns at the 2015 NCAA Championships. The Longhorns next fall competition is in November. They face No. 12 North Carolina on Nov. 13 and No. 5 North Carolina State on Nov. 14. —Aaron Torres
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Oklahoma State is favored going into the matchup with Texas this weekend. But even with the odds against them, redshirt freshman Connor Hendrickson is still confident in Texas’ ability in the Big 12 Championships.
Herbster, Texas to display different game plans By Isabel Miller @thedailytexan
Head coach Brad Herbster has two game plans for the Big 12 championship. “For the women’s race, it’s a little more of what you see is what you get,” Herbster said. “Everybody just goes after it from the gate.”
But Herbster expects something different from the men this weekend. As the team faces perennial contenders like Colorado and Oklahoma State, he says Texas will need to mix it up. The women will open their 6K at 10 a.m. Saturday in Stillwater. The men will follow with an 8K course, looking
to challenge OSU in its pursuit of an eighth straight championship. On the women’s side, No. 11 Iowa State chases its fifth straight conference title. Herbster said he thinks the 10-team pool will favor the Longhorns. In its last meet, Texas competed against 44 teams. Redshirt freshman
Connor Hendrickson said he’s confident about the championship despite the odds favoring Oklahoma State. “We have a lot of odds stacked up against us, a lot of tough competition,” Hendrickson said. “But the season has been going well and as a team we’ve grown together. We’ve shown throughout
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the year that we can hang with some of the best.” Freshman Alex Cruz said she’s more excited than nervous. “Going into this big meet, we have a plan of placing as many of our runners as we can to the top 15,” Cruz said. “And being that we have that many girls that it’s possible for, I have a feel-
ing we can actually win this meet.” Herbster said he reminds his players what they’re competing for. “When the gun goes off, you’re representing Texas, you’re representing yourself, you’re representing everything that Texas represents,” Herbster said. “Just get out there and compete.”
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Belz travels from Germany to Austin By Rachel Greenspan @thedailytexan
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Junior pitcher Tiara Davis winds up and gets ready to unleash a pitch Thursday night against St. Mary’s. Davis held St. Mary’s to one run. The Longhorns backed up Davis with five runs on offense.
Longhorns remain undefeated due to pitching, leadership By Bradley Maddox @MaddoxOnSports
Texas picked up its fifth straight win in Thursday night’s 5–1 victory against St. Mary’s. On the arms of a trio of pitchers and five runs to back them up, the Longhorns remained undefeated in the fall season. Head coach Connie Clark had a mission and felt the team eventually came around to it. “We’ve been trying to work on North-South stuff,” Clark said. “We want to set up our strike zone by avoiding the too high and too low stuff.
We were chasing pitches at the beginning but we got settled down and started making better contact.” The offense had five runs on nine hits, which seemed more than enough for the win. But in the top of the 5th, the Rattlers loaded the bases with no outs. Junior pitcher Tiarra Davis, in her third inning of work, held a meeting at the mound and second baseman Stephanie Ceo gave her the right words. “I just told her to calm down and focus,” Ceo said. “We had a couple times tonight where players needed picking up. and I feel like I can help
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with that after being around for a while.” Davis escaped the jam with just one run on one hit and that was all the Rattlers would get on the night. The leadership Clark talks about all the time was exactly what the team needed in that moment. “Tiarra got in a little bit of trouble, but I told her she
didn’t realize how big getting out of that was,” Clark said. “Our leadership is becoming very evident on the field. That’s huge for me as a coach to see.” With the win, the Longhorns are now 5–0 in fall play and await back-toback action next Thursday and Friday night against St. Edward’s and Texas State.
Frederik Belz, a defender for the men’s club soccer team, began his career across the world in a small German town. Born in Germany, Belz, who goes by Franz, began playing soccer when he was just 3 years old. Belz grew up in Gaiberg, Germany, a small town of roughly 2,000 people. Fortunately, a sponsor in his town funded the cost of an artificial turf field. Belz often played soccer there with his friends and teammates as a young kid. “It was very autonomous,” Belz said about having the freedom to play whenever he wanted. “Living in such a small town, it always felt safe being on the field at any and all hours of the day.” When Belz was 7, his father took a position as a physics professor at UT, moving his family to the United States. But Belz’s soccer career didn’t end there. He continued to play and joined the NASA Red Wings, a local club team in Austin. The Red Wings qualified for the state tournament, the location of which alternating between Houston or San Marcos, all four of Belz’s high school years, including an exciting trip to regionals his sophomore year. Club soccer teams are usually quite expensive, but Belz said the program, unlike many, allowed athletes from lower financial brackets to play as well. Belz said the biggest adjustment from German to American youth soccer was the game size. “In Germany, we started playing 7v7 on a full-size field
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right off the bat,” Belz said. “In America, we played only 4v4 on a much smaller field in youth soccer leagues.” Now playing for the men’s club soccer team, Belz said the team’s biggest challenge is staying motivated and in shape this season. He’s a key contributer to the team, which has reached the National Championship Round of 16 four times since 2000. “I believe staying wellconditioned is the key to success,” Belz said. “But it can be difficult to motivate my teammates to do so.” Last year, the team went undefeated in the regular season, but with a few tie games, it fell short of winning the conference. The program has high expectations for this season. It’s currently 2-3-0 in conference and aims to win Nationals. Belz said he wants to continue working hard in hopes of qualifying for nationals while also balancing the substantial workload that comes with being a biological engineer and premed student. “I hope to make a difference in the medical community by combining these two fields,” Belz said. Catch Belz and the team in action at Regionals in San Antonio this weekend.
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ALL EYES ON YOU By Eva Frederick @evacharlesanna
While walking home at night, many people have felt the tingly, uncomfortable sensation of eyes watching from the darkness, whether or not anyone is actually there. It may sound supernatural, but the feeling of being watched is a wellresearched phenomenon. People are likely to assume that a gaze is directed
toward them even when it isn’t, according to a 2013 gaze perception study by researchers at the University of Sydney. People are even more likely to feel like they are being watched in the darkness or when it is hard to see someone’s eyes or face. The research could explain the classic feeling of being followed by the eyes of paintings in an art gallery or the hair-raising sensation of being stared at from behind.
To investigate this common occurrence, researchers conducted an experiment in which they presented subjects with computer-generated faces at different angles and with various distortions, such as a blurring of the eyes. The results showed that in well-lit, clear conditions, people normally use context clues, such as the angle or position of the person’s head, to tell whether their gaze was directed at
them. In darkness or obscurity, however, people’s brains filled in gaps in perception with assumptions. All participants in the study were more likely to perceive a distorted or darkened image as looking directly at them, even when the eyes were turned away. Colin Clifford, one of the scientists leading the investigation, attributes this perception to an
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scared witless By Ellen Airhart @ellenairhart
Few clowns, zombies or witches could make jaded college students scared enough to lose control over their bowels and bladders, even on Halloween. However, the potential for humiliation is still there, hidden deep within
our brains. Our bladders and intestines empty in different biological processes, but both organs are associated with the sympathetic nervous system, which activates when people are exposed to fear or stress. This system prepares our bodies for the “fight-or-flight” response.
The human brainstem is constantly monitoring the basic processes that keep us alive, including those of the heart, lungs and bladder. But the brainstem is not responsible for causing people to actually urinate — otherwise, the bladder would
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the crawling dead By Maluly Martinez Benavides @thedailytexan
People watching zombies take over the world on screen are probably unaware that similarly horrifying creatures are lurking in the real world. Several species of insects, bacteria and fungal parasitoids have
developed creepy mechanisms to ensure their species’ survival: body-snatching and — unlike true parasites — eventually killing their hosts. Such parasitoids can hijack their host’s hormonal or neurological pathways, turning their victims into incubators or bodyguards for their young — obedient servants that researchers have denominated “zombies.” Daniel Bolnick, UT professor of integrative biology, said
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parasitoids can manipulate their host’s physiology and behavior to increase their own chances of survival. “Parasites are often manipulating the host,” Bolnick said. “But the host isn’t dead while that manipulation is happening, so the zombie bit is an analogy.” The phorid fly is one such parasitoid that turns its host, the fire
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Austin landmarks such as Buffalo Billiards, Shoal Creek Greenbelt, Austin’s Inn at Pearl Street, The Driskill and the Texas Governor’s Mansion are good alternatives to haunted houses. Many of the locations are said to have supernatural occurences that are unique to each of their histories.
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While haunted houses such as The House of Torment and Night Terrors offer fake blood and zombies, Austin landmarks such as Shoal Creek and The Driskill hotel offer a real-life scare. Below is a list of four locations in the heart of Austin that are reported to have house spirits — from ghosts of suicidal brides in The Driskill to the friendly spirits of Austin’s Inn at Pearl Street. Shoal Creek Greenbelt 3398 Shoal Creek Blvd. On the north end of the Shoal Creek Greenbelt near 34th Street stands a historical marker commemorating Gideon White, a pioneer who was killed by a group of Native Americans in 1842. Many urban legends surround the creek’s alleged ghosts. Alejandro Dominguez, paranormal investigator and UT alumnus, said he took a recording device down to the creek near the
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continues from page 10 ant, into a “zombie.” The phorid fly hovers above a swarm of ants. Once it chooses a victim, the fly dives and injects an egg into the ant’s thorax. The egg will swell up rapidly to protect itself from the ant’s immune system before developing into a fly larva. Eventually, it’ll move through the ant’s neck into its head, feeding on the ant’s innards. After eight or ten days, the fly will manipulate its host to leave its colony for a dark and damp place, a suitable environment for the developing phorid pupae. The fly will then decapitate its host and wait a few more days before flying out of its safe shell in the ant’s head. Phorid flies belong to a class of parasitoid that manipulate a host’s behavior to protect themselves from danger in their most vulnerable stages — so-called “bodyguard manipulation.” Other zombie-creating parasitoids have a complex life cycle. Schistocephalus solidus, for example, is a kind of tapeworm that starts its life infecting a small crustacean in a lake, which is eaten by a fish, which is then eaten by a bird. The tapeworm reproduces inside the bird, and its eggs are defecated into the water,
historical marker and recorded the white noise. He said sometimes spirits communicate in frequencies that humans are incapable of hearing. “The best thing that I have found there was a couple voices,” Dominguez said. “They’re really hard to make out. I don’t know if they were Native American, but they certainly didn’t sound English.” On the other side of Shoal Creek, near Pease Park, Dominguez said to look for lanterns floating at night. He said treasure hunters came to the creek for many years, lanterns in hand, in search of a lost treasure. The Driskill 604 Brazos St. In 1886, Civil War Col. Jesse Driskill built what is now The Driskill hotel on Sixth Street. The compulsive gambler died in 1890 but according to urban legend, he continues to haunt the hotel, appearing in guests’ rooms and filling them with the smell of cigar smoke. Other spirits said to lurk
beginning the cycle anew. The tapeworm manipulates the behavior of its intermediate host — infected fish become more likely to swim alone and less likely to flee from predators — making it easier for the next host in the chain, a bird, to consume them. “The main imperative of the parasite is to get to the next host,” Bolnick said. “From the parasite’s perspective, when it’s in the fish it needs to get eaten by the bird.” Finally, some parasitoids rely on an array of carrier hosts to spread to their final host. Toxoplasma gondii, a single-cell parasite that reproduces in the intestines of house cats, can infect the brains of other warmblooded animals to make them more likely to seek out cats. T. gondii alters the brain chemistry of rats, for example. Rats would normally find the smell of cat urine terrifying, but T. gondii-infected rats find it attractive instead, making them extremely easy to hunt. T. gondii can also infect humans, though its effect on the human brain remains uncertain. “The crazy cat lady stereotype might have a parasitological basis.” Bolnick said. “That might be Toxoplasma gondii manipulating a cat owner to like cats and take care of them.”
in the hotel’s walls include a little girl playing with a bouncing ball and the Depression-era hotel manager who lingers in the hotel lobby, according to Fiona Broome, author of The Ghosts of Austin, Texas. Ghosts of suicidal brides, security guards and former President Lyndon B. Johnson are also rumored to appear throughout the hotel, making it Mashable’s second most haunted hotel in the country. Texas Governor’s Mansion 1010 Colorado St. If the urban legends are correct, Greg Abbott and his family are not the only ones currently inhabiting the Texas Governor’s Mansion. Ghosts of former governors, most notably Sam Houston, are rumored to pace the halls of the historic landmark built in 1854. Debe Branning, a haunted places examiner, wrote in an article for the Examiner that former Gov. Mark White and his wife experienced an encounter they attribute to Houston’s ghost.
One night after putting the children to bed, Mark’s wife Linda turned off the light that illuminated the portrait of Houston in the hall. The next morning, the light was back on and their bedroom door ajar. In addition to Sam Houston’s ghost, moaning is said to be heard from former Gov. Pendleton Murrah’s nephew who killed himself upstairs after a failed marriage proposal. Austin’s Inn at Pearl Street 1809 Pearl St. On the edge of West Campus sits a quaint hotel that dates back to 1914, when it was the private residence of Judge Charles A. Wilcox and his family. When Wilcox died, the house was abandoned until 1993 when the current owner, Jill Beckford, brought it back to life as Austin’s Inn at Pearl Street. In the early days of the restoration, Beckford said she noticed suspicious activity in the building, such as a broom falling over every time she approached
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it. She said she expected spirits to live inside the home considering its age and history. “It’s a natural phenomenon for me because I lived on a farm in Iowa and we had [spirits] there too I think,” Beckford said. “I really didn’t believe in it, but then you start to think ‘well how else do you explain these happenings?’” Over the years, Beckford has heard stories from guests about the “friendly spirits.” Two guests told her they saw an apparition of a woman dressed in white sitting in a rocker with two babies. Beckford said she has gotten used to the spirits and has declined offers from exorcists to have them removed. She said the guests and the friendly spirits have peacefully coexisted for over 20 years and she doesn’t want them to leave. “I feel protected by them,” Beckford said. “I feel that they are here for a reason and I am really enjoying their company.”
and norepinephrine are secreted by glands on top of the kidneys during a bad scare. Epinephrine activates the sympathetic nervous system. The heartbeat increases, muscles quickly convert food into energy, smooth muscle relaxes so that breathing is easier, and water transport to the intestines increases. When there is more water in the intestines, they are more likely to empty, possibly causing disaster and humiliation. The bacteria that causes the disease cholera, which lives in the gut, produces toxins that imitate this process. They stop the body’s transport of water to the intestines after epinephrine signaling. Consequently,
more and more water is rushed into the intestines, causing severe diarrhea and dehydration in the rest of the body. This reaction spreads the disease in places with improper sanitation. The caffeine in coffee also imitates the actions of the sympathetic nervous system, and not just the water transport system. After drinking coffee, people have faster heart rates, higher blood pressures and an increased need to use the facilities, according to a study in the journal Gut. While these physiological processes are well understood, biologists still debate about why animals evolved to urinate and defecate when they are afraid. One possible
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A direct gaze can signal dominance or a threat and if you perceive something as a threat, you would not want to miss it. Simply assuming another person is looking at you may be the safest strategy. —Colin Clifford, Scientist
These evolutionary “assumptions” can be seen in humans’ keen sense of pattern recognition. One example could be seen in ancient humans living on the Savannah. A threat to them might be a tiger, which blends into the grass with its striped coat. If the people saw a shape and assumed it was a tiger, but it turned out to be just grass, they were safe. If they assumed it was just grass, but it was actually a tiger, they might not have made it out alive. So in some contexts, presuming a pattern is a threat may be the safest strategy. The same concept applies to how individuals perceive gazes. “A direct gaze can signal dominance or a threat and if you perceive something as a threat, you would not want to miss it,” Clifford said. “Simply assuming another person is looking at you may be the safest strategy.” The likelihood of feeling stared at differs from person to person. Those with social anxiety, for instance, are much more likely to feel as though others are watching them, while people with autism have less of a tendency to feel like they are being watched. In future research, Clifford said he plans to investigate whether this awareness is learned or not. “It’s important that we find out whether it’s innate or learned — and how this might affect people with certain mental conditions,” Clifford said. This research may soothe the fear of eyes watching from the darkness, but people should not be too quick to dismiss that tingly feeling. Evolutionary instinct has led people this far — who knows what’s lurking in the darkness on Halloween?
evolutionary explanation is that the animal in distress needed to drop unnecessary weight as quickly as possible, while other scientists think it may be a method for animals to mark their territories or a way to confuse predators. Whatever evolutionary purpose these adaptations once served, they are less than useless today. Students may find the possibility of wetting their pants scarier than any haunted house or elaborate costume. “Possibly when I was younger, that [uncontrolled urination] happened,” biology junior Robert Cochran said. “Now I don’t expose myself to scary situations because I’m too much of a wimp.”
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RONNIE DUGGER
Polk Award winner Ronnie Dugger, the godfather of progressive journalism in Texas, was Daily Texan editor in 1950-51. He founded The Texas Observer in 1954 and edited it until 1961.
JOHN POPE
John Pope, Texan staffer from 1969-72, has had a distinguished reporting career of 40-plus years with the Times-Picayune and NOLA.com. Pope just published his first book, Getting Off at Elysian Fields.
JAN JARBOE RUSSELL
A reporter for the Texan in the 70s, Jan Jarboe Russell is a contributing editor for Texas Monthly, and has written in The New York Times, Slate, More Magazine and other magazines and periodicals. Her recent book The Train to Crystal City joined The New York Times bestseller list in April 2015.
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Mary Walsh was editor of The Daily Texan in 1976-77. She now is the national security producer for CBS News. She has produced stories for the CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes. Her work has earned five Emmys.
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LOMI KRIEL Lomi Kriel covers immigration and demographics for the Houston Chronicle. She has been published in numerous other publications including The Miami Herald, The Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, PBS NewsHour and the Global Post. Kriel was a Daily Texan reporter and editor from 2002 - 2004.
LIZ SMITH A front-page columnist for The Daily Texan in the 40s, Liz Smith went on to be a top columnist in New York City for decades. Smith’s memoir, Natural Blonde, was a New York Times bestseller. Her archive resides at UT’s Briscoe Center for American History. Alicia Dietrich introduced Smith into the Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame inductees, which include a Pulitzer Prize winner, the founding editor of The Texas Observer, a five-time Emmy winner and other outstanding alumni and friends of the student newspaper. EDITORIAL AWARDS Ronnie Dugger John Pope Jan Jarboe Russell Mary Walsh LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Liz Smith
GEORGE CHRISTIAN After working on the Texan Staff in the 40s, George Christian was a Marine, a respected journalist, a chief of staff to a Texas Governor, and a press secretary to two Texas Governors and the President of the United States. Elizabeth & George Christian accepted the award on behalf of their father, George Christian.
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GRANVILLE PRICE Price became editor of The Daily Texan in 1927. He became the city editor of the New York Herald-Tribune and he returned to teach at UT from 1933 to 1953, helping The Texan win recognition as the outstanding college newspaper in the country 12 times. Richard Elam accepted the award for Granville Price.
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