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Proposed amendments pass in state election By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo
All of the proposed amendments passed in the state’s constitutional election Tuesday, according to the Travis County Clerk’s Office. Around 75,000 ballots were cast in Travis County, totaling less than 12 percent of the county’s registered voters. This is down from the 85,104 ballots cast in a similar off-year election in Nov. 2013 and down more than 80 percent from the last presidential election, when Travis County had 100,000 fewer
registered voters. The ballot comprised seven proposed amendments to the state constitution, including issues such as allowing professional sports leagues to hold raffles and recognizing the right of citizens to hunt and fish. --Proposition 1 lowers the tax residents pay to the public school system. With the passing of this amendment, each school will apply for supplementary funding from the Foundation School Fund. --Proposition 2 fixes a mistake in 2011’s Proposition 1, which allowed spouses of
deceased veterans a homestead exemption on property taxes if their partners died after Jan. 1, 2010. The amendment this year gives all spouses of deceased veterans the exemption regardless of when their spouse died. --Proposition 3 eliminated the law requiring elected state officials to reside in Austin while serving their term in office, revoking a 139-year-old requirement. However, the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general are exempt from the
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Mia Hamm speaks on journey as athlete By Rachel Greenspan @thedailytexan
Mia Hamm matured quickly. The Hall of Fame soccer player did household chores at age eight and graduated high school in just three years. She then attended the University of North Carolina on a full scholarship while her family lived across the world in Italy. Hamm said she didn’t have time for petty concerns. But one thing always bothered her: when people wore her cleats. “If someone tried to put my cleats on, that drove me crazy,” Hamm told a crowd of 687 at the AT&T Conference Center on Tuesday night. Hamm’s cleats were special for many reasons. She had to pay half the price for anything she wanted growing up, cleats included. So Hamm not only worked in her cleats — she worked to earn them.
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SG approves legislation against Safe Campus Act By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab
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Mia Hamm speaks about her life as a soccer player Tuesday night as part of Delta Gamma’s Lectureship Series in Values and Ethics. Mia explained the secret to her success was going hard even when no one was watching.
Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday in opposition to a United States House Bill which members said would inhibit universities’ abilities to investigate alleged sexual assaults. The legislation encourages the University to oppose the law, according to Juan Saez, undergraduate studies representative and co-author of the legislation. Saez said University involvement in assault cases is vital to students, and the House Bill would inhibit student reporting and the University’s ability
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Texas Exes changes class ring traditions
George P. Bush discusses millennial vote
By Lauren Florence @laurenreneeflo
Students wait more than three years and must complete 75 hours of class credit before they can receive an official class ring, but with new changes to the ring ceremony this year, students may not have the meaningful moment they’ve been waiting for. Changes to the style of the class ring ceremony, which will be held Nov. 13, mean the event will be held at the Tower, rather than at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, as it has been in the past. In previous years, four separate ring ceremonies were held to accommodate the increasing number of students who were individually recognized. This year, approximately 1,300 students receiving a class ring were invited to one ceremony and will not be individually recognized. Kim Gundersen, Texas Exes associate executive
director, said the format of the ring ceremony was changed this year after learning the tradition of the ring, not the ceremony, was most important to past students. Gundersen said Texas Exes decided to have the ceremony at the most symbolic place on campus and celebrate the tradition of the class ring together as a graduating class. “At the end of last spring, we surveyed a sample of ring recipients just to get their feedback on what they liked about the ceremony, what was important to them, what wasn’t important to them, and the resounding statement was that tradition — the symbols on the ring and the tradition of the ring — was what was most important,” Gundersen said. “To our surprise, it wasn’t the individual name and going across the stage, because they said they get that
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By Forrest Milburn @forrestmilburn
More than 50 students gathered Tuesday to hear Land Commissioner George P. Bush and a policy advisor with the Jeb Bush presidential campaign discuss entitlement reform and health care policy. George P. Bush, a UT alumnus who was elected Land Commissioner in 2014, said his father’s campaign platform speaks to the issues millennials care about the most, including reforming the “broken” health care system and social security. “Many in our generation believe that we’re more likely to see a UFO than a social security check,” George P. Bush said. “It’s time to put the politics aside and the party labels aside and do what’s necessary to reform these institutions.” Jeb Bush plans to reform entitlements and clear up the tax code by lowering rates and decreasing the number of tax brackets from seven to three, with individuals taxed at 28, 25 and 10 percent, the
Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff
George P. Bush, Texas Land Commissioner and son of 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush, speaks at a talk hosted by UT Students for Jeb on Tuesday evening.
lowest tax rate for the highest income earners since the Reagan administration, according to the campaign’s website. “Opportunity only comes in a country where, if you want to start your own business, … the spending structure in
Washington actually enables you to go out and do that,” Stephanie Carlton, a policy advisor for the Jeb Bush presidential campaign, said. “If we don’t take action, then we’re going to lose that.” On health care, Jeb Bush’s
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plan would move more control over to the states by making their insurance markets more competitive and would reform the Food and Drug Administration’s
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to help. There was no opposition to the SG bill on the floor. “If the victim or alleged victim refuses to report to police, the University cannot undergo any investigation into the allegation,” Saez said. “If they do report it to the police, during the police investigation, the ability of the institution to investigate is very restricted and to punish is also very restricted.” H.R. 3403, also titled the Safe Campus Act, would only give universities and colleges an allotted 15 days to take certain actions for survivors, such switching the survivors’ classes or dorm room, if the crime is not reported to the police within 48 hours. According to Taral Patel, SG chief of staff and coauthor of the legislation, the current argument in
favor of the Safe Campus Act is that false accusations are sometimes reported. Patel said there are other House Bills that do a better job at addressing this problem, such as the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. “It has brought together law enforcement, sexual assault survivor groups, universities, etc., to come up with a more comprehensive way to help avoid some of those issues of false reporting that do happen every once in a while,” Patel said. “There are other things that are being worked on that are more comprehensive and can actually help further the success of some of these university investigations and the Safe Campus Act does not do that.” Haley Cook, Universitywide representative and co-author of the legislation, said she thinks the
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SG bill opposing the House Bill has garnered so much support because of the Association of American Universities’ sexual assault survey, which reported that 1 in 5 women at UT reported being assaulted since enrolling at the school. “I think it’s really important, and I think everyone has realized it is a prominent issue on campus, especially with the sexual assault survey that just came out,” Cook said. “Those were really staggering numbers, and we all believe it’s really important to preserve our University’s
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regulatory policies, according to the campaign’s website. “When you think about Obamacare — the Affordable Care Act — premiums are going to go up $600 for each person in the country on average next year,” Carlton said. “You all will feel the brunt of that with an even higher amount for people between the ages of 18 and 24.” Government sophomore Crystal Sandoval, a supporter of Jeb Bush, said the speakers gave a good representation of the campaign’s platform and how it relates to the issues millennials care about, such as immigration reform. “I personally can attest to the whole immigration reform and things like that because that’s something I care about as a Hispanic,” Sandoval said. “This was very informative to students who are unaware of the issues that are going around campus and … how the Bush campaign will be able to address those issues specifically.”
at commencement.” In response to student concern about the lack of seating for guests, Gundersen said there will be more than 200 seats for those who need it, such as people with disabilities and the elderly. She said the ceremony is expected to last 20 to 25 minutes, so attendees will not stand for long. Human biology senior Jasmine Cazares said, initially, she was upset about the changes to the ring ceremony but grew to appreciate them. Cazares said she likes that the ceremony will be in front of the Tower because it will be more prestigious. “Ultimately as a student at UT, you’re part of a community, you’re part of something bigger than yourself, and so I don’t mind that I don’t get individual recognition because I feel it’s a moment that’s more special if shared as a class,” Cazares said. “These
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autonomy and investigate these allegations.” A copy of the SG legislation will be sent to President Gregory Fenves, Paul Foster, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, UT System Chancellor William McRaven, Ellyn Perrone, associate vice president of researchfederal relations for UT, Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Congressman Pete Sessions, Congresswoman Kay Granger, Congressman Ruben Hinojosa and John Kline, Chairman of the House Education Committee. are the people I’ve grown with while at UT, so what better way to share showcase how far we’ve come than together.” Electrical engineering senior Garrett Maples said without students being called out individually, there is little reason for family to attend the ceremony just to hear a generic speech. Maples said he thinks student opinions have been ignored by the Texas Exes. “The new ceremony is stripping this important tradition of individuality and personal recognition that each and every student truly deserves,” Maples said. “This is reaffirming stereotypes that you are just a number at UT and makes it look like the Texas Exes care more about efficiency than the students. It’s sad to see other universities that have such an intimate respect for their ring ceremonies and then see what ours has become — the juxtaposition is disappointing.”
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continues from page 1 amendment. The amendment means that at-large officials can no longer be prosecuted by the Travis County District Attorney in legal disputes. The proposition was the closest call of all amendments on the ballot. --Proposition 4 allows professional sports leagues — such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS and NHL — to hold raffles at their home courts. --Proposition 5 allows counties with fewer than 7,500 citizens to commission road construction and maintenance from the private sector instead of from public funds. The proposition will help 20 counties who didn’t qualify under the previous amendment which set the limit at 5,000 people. --Proposition 6 protects the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife within the state constitution. The amendment is intended to protect hunting and fishing against any attempt to threaten the activities through conservation efforts. --Proposition 7 will increase funding for the State Highway Fund, which goes towards highway improvement projects. The additional funding will come from the sales and use tax and the state motor vehicle sales and rental tax. Psychology senior Evelyn Bodenschatz said while most people think elections like the presidential election matter most, voting in smaller elections like Tuesday’s will actually impact people you know. “There wasn’t an issue that I particularly care about, but I always get on my friends for not voting and if I’m not going to vote in the smaller things, then it doesn’t matter what I think,” Bodenschatz said.
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HEALTH A donation box for “Feet the Streets,” a monthlong drive to provide socks for the homeless in Austin, sits inside the Student Government office of the SAC on Tuesday. The Longhorn Legislative Aides, a Student Government leadership group, began the initiative Sunday and will have donation boxes throughout residence halls and other student buildings until Dec. 1. Jesús Nazario Daily Texan Staff
Student Government hosts sock drive By Catherine Marfin @ccaatheeerineee
To coincide with National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, the Longhorn Legislative Aides are partnering with Street Youth Ministry to host “Feet the Streets,” a monthlong, campus-wide sock drive for homeless youth in Austin. Through Dec. 1, students on campus can donate new or gently used socks at any of the residence halls on campus. The Longhorn Legislative Aides are currently working on incentives and prizes to give out to the groups or individuals who donate the most socks. Longhorn Legislative Aides are hoping to receive at least 5,000 pairs of socks
during the month of November. “UT students walk along the Drag every day alongside homeless youth who we view as a nuisance or a pest, putting our headphones in and avoiding eye contact,” Garrett Mireles, advertising freshman and “Feet the Streets” co-chair of communications, said. “We’re trying to change that perception and reach out across the street from our campus to a community in desperate need of our attention.” Co-directed by Abigail Griffin, Plan II and government sophomore, and Andrew Bramlett, Plan II and business honors sophomore, the Longhorn Legislative Aides agency is comprised of 21 freshman who work alongside
current Student Government members and outside mentors on projects that range from writing legislation to hosting projects like “Feet the Streets.” “It’s really amazing for me to see these freshman working to better the community of UT,” Griffin said. “I love that they are so passionate and diligent about an issue that is so noble.” Street Youth Ministry, founded and directed by Terry Cole, is a nonprofit organization located in West Campus that serves homeless youth on the Drag. Street Youth Ministry helps at least 600 homeless youth and gives out 5,000 pairs of socks each year. Focusing on individuals
aged 28 or younger, the organization works to provide food, clothing, toiletries and counseling to the homeless youth they serve. This is the first time Street Youth Ministry has worked directly with Student Government organizations on campus. Cole said he hopes the Longhorn Legislative Aides can help increase dialogue about this issue. “The homeless youth we serve are just like the students on UT’s campus, but with less opportunity.” Cole said. “We’re giving them what’s kind of like a college experience, but without the school. We just want to help them discover who they are and what they want to do so they can move on with their lives.”
Report finds 2/3 of population has herpes By Rund Khayyat & Anthony Green @thedailytexan
The cold, sore reality is that more than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with herpes simplex virus type I, according to the World Health Organization’s first global estimates of the virus, published this week in the journal PLOS ONE. Herpes is categorized into two types: herpes virus type I and herpes virus type II. Herpes type I is mostly spread through oral contact and often shows up as “cold sores,” but it can spread to the genitals through oral sex. Herpes type II is almost always sexually transmitted through skin-to-skin contact, causing genital herpes. There are support resources on campus for students affected by the disease, women’s health practitioner at University Health Services Cindy McAllister said. “The student health center can give students information, test them for STDs and counsel them on managing the virus and protecting themselves and others,” McAllister said. “The take-away is for students to know oral herpes can be sexually transmitted and students must practice safer sex.” It is hard to tell how many students have the disease because many do not come forward, but it is likely common because of a lack of awareness and a stigma on campus, nursing junior Paige Gilmer said. “I think the statistics are so
high because people do see oral sex has harmless compared to normal sex, so they don’t take any precautions,” Gilmer said. “Also it is spread so easily. There’s also a huge social stigma of all STDs, so people aren’t always honest about it and may not tell their partner.” Both types of herpes are highly infectious and incurable, but they can be treated through antibiotics, according to the study. Students must take the high-risk disease seriously, Dr. Marleen Temmerman, director of the organization’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research, said. “Access to education and information on both types of herpes and sexually transmitted infections is critical to protect young people’s health before they become sexually active,” Temmerman said in a news release. Students must take responsibility and alter their behavior and contact with others in order to prevent receiving the virus and to prevent spreading it, nursing junior Allie Edgerly said. “I think herpes type I is so common because its basically spread through secretions (saliva), so when students kiss or share drinks it is easily passed from person to person.” Edgerly said in an email. “While it is not as common genitally as type II herpes, it is prevalent because people don’t know that they have the virus, when they are most likely to transmit the infection, and because they fail to take action once they have the disease.”
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UT Senate hosts sessions for Academic Enrichment Week By Eunice Ali
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Academic Enrichment Week, a program hosted by the UT Senate of College Councils which aims to enhance students experience outside the classroom, began Monday. The program featured a general study abroad information session Monday, a day of college-specific study abroad information sessions Tuesday and will include an internship workshop Wednesday. “This is a study abroad outreach that is to let students know how accessible study abroad is and to dispel any uncertainties students have about study abroad,” Andy Cerecero, peer advisor in the Study Abroad Office said. “There is a program for everyone, as cheap as $1200. … The Study Abroad Office also gives out million dollars worth of scholarship each year. … No matter what major you are, what your financial situation is, it’s possible to study abroad.” Cerecero, a government junior, said he just finished an application to an exchange program at Sophia University in Japan. “This year I won’t be a representative from the Study Abroad Office giving an info session,” Cerecero said. “I’m going to be Andy, giving my own perspectives on the process of study abroad —
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continues from page 1 But Hamm discussed more than just cleats and feet in soccer as part of Delta Gamma’s Lectureship Series in Values and Ethics. Moderator Daron Roberts, who founded the University’s Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation, asked Hamm about the growing concerns surrounding concussions. Hamm said young players’ brains are still developing, so they shouldn’t head the ball. Their bodies, necks and shoulders aren’t strong enough to handle the repetitive motion. “When you see a goalkeeper sliding, always jump,” Hamm
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how I’ve found out about it for a long time and how I’m ready to go, essentially, in April.” Drishti Wadhwa, co-chair of the event, said she encouraged students to use pursue their academic interests while at the University. “Study abroad and internship are the two biggest opportunities that UT offer,” Wadhwa, a chemical engineering sophomore, said. “We want to let as many students know about the resources and how to get them.” Marine science senior Jordan Grant had the experience of studying abroad twice — first in Melbourne, Australia, on a general exchange program and second in Akumal, Mexico, on a faculty-led Maymester program in marine botany. Grant said he is currently applying for
internships in Singapore for summer 2016. “In Australia, I had Vegemite — a food paste made from leftover brewers’ yeast extract, used as a spread to be eaten with bread — which I [would’ve liked better] with butter,” Grant said. “Then in Mexico, I got to travel to Puebla and eat traditional food.” On Wednesday, representatives from BBA Career Services at McCombs School of Business will give a presentation on tools students can use to find internships, including how to put together a resume and network with employers, cochair Marisa Bayerlein said. Bayerlein, a public relations and marketing junior, said the Senate plans to hold an academic grants planning workshop in the spring.
said. “Believe me — no goal is worth it. Because you might never play again.” But Hamm said athletes must consider more than just their physical health. Maintaining a strong mentality is half the battle. Hamm said her coach highlighted that in a preseason talk. He asked each player her goals. “What do you want to be?” Hamm said her coach asked. “The best,” Hamm replied. Her coach asked what it took to be the best. At the time, Hamm said she didn’t know. Now she has a better idea. “To be the best, that’s a decision, that’s all it is,” Hamm said. “But most people make it once. If
you can make it every day, you’ll get there. The great, successful people are the ones who make it every single day, and they make it when no one’s watching.” Hamm said the last part was the key to success. “To be a champion, you have to be bent over drenched in sweat when no one else was watching,” Hamm said. And yet, Hamm performed when others were watching, too. She said setting an example was her greatest asset as a leader. “In the end, I just had to be me,” Hamm said. “I was going to be the player who showed up to practice every day and was accountable.”
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Government must strive to increase voter turnout Yesterday’s elections in Texas featured seven proposed constitutional amendments, as well as a competitive mayoral race and a controversial ballot measure in America’s fourth-largest city, Houston. Yet in the end, apathy carried the night. Only 11.66 percent of registered voters in Travis County cast their ballots yesterday. That lines up with previous off-year elections, when fewer than 14 percent of registered voters in the county — and just 8.55 percent statewide — showed up at the polls. So while we’re disappointed by the result, we can’t say we’re surprised. What’s more troubling is that lawmakers refuse to acknowledge, much less address, the democratic deficit created by off-year elections. A successful representative democracy should not govern according to the whims of less than a tenth of its public — especially not when there are so many paths through which to eliminate the problem. The simplest solution is to consolidate elections. If local races coincided with more prominent elections for state and federal officeholders, more voters would make their voices heard. Research conducted by political scientist Sarah Anzia of the University of California has
demonstrated that not only does the public overwhelmingly support such a change, but organized interest groups that entrench their power through low-turnout elections oppose it. Switching to mail-in ballots would also help increase voter participation. Oregon and Washington both regularly boast higher turnouts than the rest of the country, while Utah is expecting a record turnout after switching to a mail-in ballot for last night’s local elections. But while changes in voting procedure can help combat voter apathy, they do not excuse that apathy, especially given the significance of yesterday’s votes. In left-leaning Houston, for instance, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) was decisively shot down. The proposition would have granted a wide array of nondiscrimination protections, but its opponents doubled down on a measure that would have allowed transgender individuals to use public restrooms according to their gender identity. Statewide, the passage of Proposition 3 deals a major blow to government accountability. The measure allows high-ranking public officials to live outside of Travis County. Essentially, that gives them the right to choose which district court would try them in case of an indictment. That’s not an uncommon event, as
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Voters line up at the FAC on Nov. 3, 2015. In Travis County, the turnout rate for the seven constitutional referendums on the ballot was just 11.66 percent.
demonstrated by Attorney General Ken Paxton. A more representative voter turnout could have prevented these travesties. But by failing to
create an environment conducive to strong participation, the state government deserves a large share of the blame.
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Religious influence needlessly derails Texas politics By Emily Vernon
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Last week, Jordan Wooley, a seventhgrader from Katy, Texas, claimed she was forced to admit that “God is not real” in the classroom of her public junior high school. Governor Greg Abbott immediately took the opportunity to side with the seventh-grader and proceeded to invite her to the Governor’s Mansion, labeling her as “Texas tough” and expressing his pride for her via Twitter. Abbott continuously brings religion into the Texas government — whether it be through rhetoric or actual wishes for policy — even though, constitutionally, it does not belong. The governor was quick to tweet about her “unyielding commitment to God,” heroizing the girl who later was found to have sensationalized the situation. Investigators found Wooley was not forced to deny her belief in God and was not told she would fail the assignment if she did not proclaim so. The teacher — a devout Christian herself — simply said the statement was a commonplace assertion; she was not asking Wooley to denounce her faith. Regardless, Governor Abbott was not going to pass up an opportunity to
wrongly associate Texas values strictly with Christianity. The Texas government, in particular, often adopts an ethnocentric religious view. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have both repeatedly attempted to use religion to influence policy, specifically in political oppression of the LGBT community. Constituents are not always Christian, and this fact is often ignored. Essentially, Abbott walks a fine line in regards to separation of church and state. It is hypocritical for Abbott, an ardent supporter of the U.S. Constitution, to continuously try to incorporate religion into government. Even though many of his religiously backed policies have not become law, the principle of outwardly speaking of such reasoning for policies is worrisome. Mathematics freshman Juan Lozano argues that while Christianity does have a “cultural power” in the U.S., Abbott uses it “to further the entanglement of church and state,” even though the concept has continuously been shut down by the Supreme Court. “In history, the Supreme Court has upheld the Christian standard because it has been a Christian-dominated Supreme Court, and it has been a Christian-dom-
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Greg Abbott waves to supporters at his inaugural parade on Jan. 20, 2015. Abbott’s religiously motivated policy positions contradict his stated support for Constitutional values.
inated nation and government, but that’s not necessarily what the First Amendment protects,” Lozano said. Government freshman Priyanka Mara also thinks Abbott entangles church and state into the political structure and said
she believes Abbott has a tendency to selectively choose which aspects of the Constitution to enforce, especially in the case of religion. “He is for religious liberty if the religion is Christianity,” Mara said.
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Unconstructive presidential debate process needs major overhaul By Ashvin Govil
Daily Texan Columnist @ashvio
Last Wednesday’s debate exposed a key weakness in the current way presidential primary debates are operated. The moderators came under heavy fire by viewers from both parties after asking questions the candidates deemed rude and unfair. But the CNBC moderators are only a symptom of the real problem with the way debates are run. Primary debates are run by media companies who not only get to choose moderators that might be biased but also have full rights to the coverage of the debate. The result is that some of the debates, which are supposed to be a cornerstone
in how political candidates reach out to the masses, are restrictive and sometimes impossible to access without a cable subscription. The last Republican debate, mentioned above, was hosted by CNBC, which restricted the online streaming of the debate to people who have a cable subscription for CNBC. This means that people who don’t have the subscription were simply unable to watch the debate. Even when networks like CNN create open online streams, they often lag or are even unplayable for some people. The restrictions and limitations of streaming the debates disproportionately affect young people — the median age of cable television watchers is 17 years above the median age of Americans.
The fact that such a large portion of the population cannot easily access these debates unequivocally contradicts their purpose. Primary debates must be democratized and freed from political parties, who sell debate rights to the highest bidder and put primary debates on the same level as general election debates, which are run by a nonpartisan commission that broadcasts them on all major networks and provides multiple streaming options online. Even the general election debates have their shortcomings. Just this June, a bipartisan committee urged an overhaul in how the debates are run. They believe that the live audiences bias viewers and that moderators should come from more diverse backgrounds than just TV journalists. Candidates also tend to stretch the truth
or even outright lie during debates on important issues like vaccination or Planned Parenthood. This is a huge issue since the democratic process requires debate to be meaningful and based on facts, but this problem is also not difficult to fix. Business freshman Susana Lugo said that fact-checking should also be a part of the debate process. “If the fact-checking process were somehow incorporated into debates, it would make candidates more accountable to their claims and less likely to lie on national TV,” Lugo said. The current debate system is broken and undemocratic. The debates involve more mudslinging and personal attacks than actual discussions about the issues the candidates stand for. Furthermore, many peo-
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Texas high school students should learn about affirmative consent By Mary Dolan
Daily Texan Columnist @mimimdolan
The average age Americans lose their virginity is 17. Despite this, as of November 2013, only 13 states required high school students to take classes concerning sexual education and sexual violence and, by extension, sexual consent. This needs to change. It is essential to educate students on sexual violence and affirmative consent in high school, before they become sexually active. If they are told that “yes means yes” when they are in high school, they
will have a solid understanding of these concepts when they start forming relationships. Indeed, many high school students report feeling awkward or uncomfortable when asking their partners for explicit consent. Many say that they feel it would “sound weird” if they asked their partner to consent to sexual activity. It’s important that we teach students natural-sounding and organic ways to ask for consent. While students may feel uncomfortable in the moment, it is better to practice affirmative consent in high school rather than getting in the habit of relying on body language, which could lead to trouble down the road. The Counseling and Mental Health Center
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has resources to reach out to students who may not have learned about consent in high school. CMHC employee Lynn Hoare oversees a Voices Against Violence program called Get Sexy, Get Consent, which teaches students about consent through interactive performances. She says VAV’s mission is to teach students what affirmative consent means. “The outreach and prevention programming that Voices Against Violence organizes and implements on campus promotes affirmative consent,” Hoare said. “VAV does this through encouraging verbal conversations in order to check in, to make sure people are on the same page and to negotiate boundaries.”
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Some college students advocate teaching younger people about consent, such as computer science sophomore Hannah Mateja. “I think that many high school students don’t really think seriously about affirmative consent,” Mateja said. “But they should be taught to ask their partner if he or she is feeling comfortable, instead of just relying on body language.” Colleges are devoting more resources to teaching consent to students, but they shouldn’t have to do all the work. High schools need to help out and make sure that students are learning how to obtain affirmative consent from partners and live healthy lifestyles. Dolan is a journalism sophomore from Abilene.
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Study finds later class times may lead to lower GPAs By Eva Frederick @evacharlesanna
Escaping from the early morning rising times required in high school may seem liberating, but students might want to think twice before scheduling classes with late start times. Later class times may lead to slightly lower grades, according to a 2012 study by researchers at St. Lawrence University. For every hour after 8 a.m. that students’ classes started, their GPAs fell by about .022 points. Participants with later classes got around half an hour more sleep per night, which surprised researchers — more sleep usually correlates with better grades. To make sense of the results, they proposed another variable with a much more substantial correlation to class times — alcohol use. Students with later class times reported a much higher rate of alcohol use than those with earlier classes.
“Later class start times seemed to change the choices students make: They sleep longer, and they drink more,” said Pamela Thacher, co-author of the study, in a press release. Thacher said she hypothesized students who have earlier classes tend to go to bed earlier, whereas those with later classes feel like they have more time to go out and socialize and drink. In the study, Thacher proved students whose classes started later reported more binge-drinking behavior. Jessica Wagner, manager of health promotion at University Health Services, said she agreed with Thacher’s speculations. She said having morning classes on a Friday has been demonstrated to be a protective factor against high-risk drinking on Thursday nights. “If students know they need to get up early for class on Friday, they are more likely to be more moderate in their drinking behavior,” Wagner said. Thacher said the average
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be seen as more than the magic guy. Now, he said he’s happy people know about his passion and are interested in that part of his life. “Recently I’ve understood [magic] is a huge part of who I am, and when people call me the magician, it’s not that they’re focusing on a skill I have,” Bernini said. “They just understand that it’s a part of who I am, and they like that about me.”
said. “I think that it’s going to be really great for people who aren’t the alpha planners in their social group.” Many of the new users expressed enthusiasm about the app, although some wondered whether it would have more to offer than current messaging apps. “I think it’s going to be a great way to get in touch, easier than group messaging,” business sophomore Pooja Patel said. Journalism and geography senior Madeline Goss said she was excited about the app. “I’m always the person to text my friends and say, ‘Come hang out with me!’ so this is awesome,” Goss said. The students in these
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increased use of alcohol by people with later classes could offset the benefits of slightly more sleep by decreasing the quality of the sleep itself. “This in turn might affect their ability to engage, intellectually, with their coursework,” she said in the press release. Alcohol reduces quality of sleep, according to the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. The CMHC recommends limiting the intake of all stimulants and depressants before sleeping. Wagner said alcohol interferes with the sleep cycle, leading to disturbed sleep, which is less restful. Although statistics may show a slight link between lower grades and later classes, Wagner said the best class start times are ultimately up to individual preference. Music junior Correa Moises said he prefers early start times because they allow him to end his day early. “I like getting my classes done so that I have time in the
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afternoon to study and chill and get stuff done,” Moises said. Other students, such as theatre junior Kay McGuire, prefer later class times. McGuire said she prefers later class times not because it allows her to go out more, but because she can have a more relaxed
morning routine. “I like to have coffee and do homework in the morning,” McGuire said. “Rolling out of bed and going to class is not my favorite.” Overall, when registering for classes, the study suggested it is important for students to
groups have a certain number of invites to the app that they can share with others. The invitations contain a verification code, which users must enter in order to download the app. The Google employees said they plan to launch the app to the wider public once they have received user feedback from students. Employees at Google said they want to measure success through more than app downloads or the amount of time users spend on the app. “What we really want to measure is if people are getting together more,” Gonzalez said. “Are they having better relationships with their friends? Are they having more fun with the groups of people they care about in real life?”
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Texas ended its regular season with a dominant 3-0 win against Montana on Friday. But its fate – and seed – was already determined a week earlier after consecutive losses to Baylor and Oklahoma. The losses dropped the Longhorns to third in the Big 12. They now face Kansas on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals. Had the Longhorns won both games, no team could have knocked the Longhorns below second place. But Texas lost both games. So even after its victory over the Grizzlies on Friday night, head coach Angela Kelly said Texas can still improve. “As a coach, you know, I just want us to play better every time,” Kelly said. “And we have a heck of an event coming up, and we’re going to get healthy and move forward to whoever we play on Wednesday.” Coaches pegged Texas to finish sixth in the conference when the Big 12 preseason poll was released Aug. 12. They anticipated the Longhorns finishing behind West Virginia, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas and Oklahoma. Texas defied the coaches’
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Senior goalkeeper Abby Smith has allowed 0.88 goals per game this season, leading Texas to a 8-5-4 record. The Longhorns currently sit at third place in the Big 12 prior to their conference tournament match Wednesday against Kansas.
predictions two and a half months later. “We just gotta make sure we’re focused and ready to come out and play,” senior goalkeeper Abby Smith said. “So it’s like coming together as a whole.” The Longhorns need to do well in the Big 12 tournament to advance to the NCAA tournament.
Their 8-5-4 record probably won’t earn them a bid if they get bounced out in the quarterfinals. Texas has faced all Big 12 tournament contenders, faring 4-3-1 in eight matches. Other than a 2-0 shutout to West Virginia, the Longhorns came within one goal in each loss. Players said they learn
from the losses as well as the victories. “We just have to look back at our Big 12 season and look at how we played against our opponents,” senior forward Kelsey Shimmick said. “The one’s that we tied or lost, see what we can improve on. And the ones that we won, just like, stick to what we did best and just take it to them.”
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Then-junior guard Brady Sanders dribbles the ball during a matchup versus Oklahoma State. Sanders, the Jamie Carey Comeback Award winner in 2014, averaged nearly eight points per game for the Longhorns last year.
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Longhorns to showcase skills in season opening scrimmage By Jasmine C. Johnson @AllThatJasss
No. 12 Texas will host its annual Orange and White scrimmage Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center. The game, which coincides with the Longhorns’ annual potluck, will feature 11 returning players including seniors Empress Davenport, Celina Rodrigo, Brady Sanders and Imani Boyette. Boyette, the 2014–2015 Big 12 Female Sportsperson of the Year, looks to improve on a season in which she averaged almost 10 points and seven rebounds a game. She missed the first eight games of last season with a left leg injury but still received Big 12 First-Team honors. She was also named to the 2015 Big 12 All-Tournament Team. Fellow center junior Kelsey
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Lang also earned conference honors on the 2014-2015 Big 12 Second Team. She averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game in a breakout season. In the backcourt, standout sophomore guard Ariel Atkins hopes to improve on her freshman campaign in which she was named to the 20142015 Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Before she was sidelined for eight games with injuries, Atkins led the team in scoring and averaged more than 10 points a game. The scrimmage will be the first look at the Longhorns’ recruiting class, which ESPN ranked No. 4, featuring forwards Christina Aborowa and Jordan Hosey, as well as guard Lashann Higgs. Higgs, the Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year, averaged 27 points and nine rebounds per game her
senior year of high school. The 5-foot-9 Bahamas native played on the same club team with Atkins, Hosey and sophomore guard Brooke McCarty. Aborowa, a Nigeria native, is the No. 15 forward in her class and ranked No. 77 overall. She led Saints Maria Goretti Catholic High School to the Philadelphia Catholic title her junior year and a 29-1 record her senior year. But the new recruits won’t be the only fresh faces for the Longhorns. Four-time WNBA champion Tina Thompson will make her coaching debut in Friday’s scrimmage after being named assistant coach in March. With strong experience and fresh talent, Texas looks to compete for a Big 12 title this season. The quest for that title starts Wednesday at the intrasquad scrimmage.
A stress injury in his shin won’t hold back redshirt freshman Connor Hendrickson any longer. Hendrickson wasn’t able to run track or cross country for UT his freshman year because of it, but he went beyond the boundaries of UT this summer to run for Team USA. “Anytime you have USA on your chest, you can’t take that lightly,” Hendrickson said. Hendrickson said his two teams, USA and Texas, are similar. “Here at Texas, it’s a business mentality,” Hendrickson said. “We are provided for well, and we are given everything we need to succeed. But at the end of the day, we are expected to succeed, and that’s how it is at the USA level too. We’re expected to succeed because of who you are representing and who you are racing for.” But Hendrickson said the programs differ in their sizes. “On the USA team, it’s awesome to interact with people from … everywhere in the United States, … but at the same time, you are only going to see these people for a week,” Hendrickson said. But he and his Texas teammates do everything together. They train together and sweat together. Additionally, Hendrickson and his fellow Longhorns hang
Here at Texas, it’s a business mentality. We are provided for well, and we are given everything we need to succeed. —Conner Hendrickson, Cross-country freshman
out with each other off the track outside of practice and meets. “At the same time, at Texas you have a family,” Hendrickson said. The injury-induced redshirt year, Hendrickson said, was an opportunity to help him succeed. Entering the 2015 season, Hendrickson was prepared. When his injury healed in August, he tried out for and made the USA team. Team USA experience readied him for NCAA cross-country competitions. “Coming into the season, I had a little mileage on me already,” Hendrickson said. Hendrickson also got high-level competition and big-meet experience from competing on the USA team. He says he’s happy with his performance so far. But Hendrickson believes he has more to accomplish. “In my mind, the season isn’t over,” Hendrickson said. “I think I can reach higher potentials.”
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As the league expanded, the NBA introduced the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic as the four newest franchises.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Longhorns look to rebuild passing game
Wide receivers coach and head play-caller Jay Norvell said Tuesday that he’s not satisfied with Texas’ passing game following the team’s 24-0 loss to Iowa State. The Longhorns threw for just 85 yards in the defeat. “I’m very, very disappointed,” Norvell said. “We didn’t throw the ball accurately. We didn’t throw it on time. We didn’t make plays down the field. We all had a hand in it. … We have to learn from this.” Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard completed just six passes for 26 yards as the team’s starter. He said that he didn’t like what he saw when he watched film of his performance but can’t get too down about the team’s struggles. “[Quarterbacks] coach [Shawn] Watson always tells me that the quarterback has to have the shortest memory out there,” Heard said. “Even if I threw a touchdown, I can’t get all happy. I got to keep fighting and keep throwing touchdowns. If I throw an interception, I can’t get down on it and let that be the result of the whole game.” Texas now ranks No. 122 in both passing yardage and total passing attempts. The team is eager to rebound against a winless Kansas team that ranks in No. 127 in passing defense. “I live for Saturday, so I want to get back out there,” Heard said. “It was just one of those games where it didn’t fall for you … We can’t [cry] because we have four more games.” —Ezra Siegel
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Freshman illusionist mixes magic with social life By Megan Hix @meganhix95
In between classes, radiotelevision-film freshman Giancarlo Bernini hangs out with his pledge brothers, studies in his dorm room and occasionally, reads minds. Bernini is a magician and illusionist who performs street magic and more formal shows on campus. Whether it’s card tricks or more complicated ruses such as escaping from a sealed box or magically swapping places with another person, Bernini said he’s constantly learning new techniques. “[Practicing magic] is like taking another class or another two classes,” Bernini said. “It is a huge time commitment just to keep yourself from getting rusty.” Since coming to UT, Bernini said magic has helped him make friends and meet new people. Biology junior Drew Gandhi, who lives in Bernini’s residence hall, calls his tricks “mind-blowing.” “The first time I met [Bernini], he was in the lobby doing tricks,” Gandhi said.
“After every single one, people were like, ‘Whoa, what’s going on?’” After learning a simple card trick from his father as a kid, Bernini started studying magic. He soon took his talents to a local cancer clinic to perform for patients. Now, he said he performs magic professionally instead of getting a “stereotypical college job.” “Magic isn’t about fooling people. It’s about making sure they’re entertained and have a good experience,” Bernini said. “For me, it feels good to know that people are really enjoying what I’m doing.” Bernini, whose dorm room is decorated with Harry Potter memorabilia, magic textbooks and props, said, while he hasn’t decided on a career path, he would love to pursue magic professionally after graduation. “Once you do [magic] for a while, you tend to look at the world in a very different way,” Bernini said. “When I walk into a restaurant, I see a spoon and don’t think, ‘Hey, that’s a spoon,’ I think, ‘That’s something that I can bend with my mind.’”
Radio-televisionfilm freshman Giancarlo Bernini displays a handful of symbol cards used for magic in his room Tuesday afternoon. Bernini, who often spends free time learning new tricks, performs street magic and formal shows on campus and professionally.
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Bernini showcased his talents last month at Imagine, a show hosted by his fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi. Steven Wilbanks , a finance senior and BYX president, said Bernini often uses magic in his daily life but doesn’t let it overshadow his friendly personality. “He loves to get to know
people, so I think he uses it as a way to start conversations and connect with people,” Wilbanks said. “I think BYX is better with diverse talents, skills and backgrounds. It wouldn’t be the same without each member or without [Bernini].” Bernini is also involved at
the University Catholic Center, Christian apologetics group Ratio Christi and UT’s magic club. He said he tries to mix magic with his extracurricular activities as much as possible. “I’ve made a lot of friends that started through magic and these friendships have grown
so far beyond that,” Bernini said. “A lot of good, solid friendships have developed out of a conversation that started with a card trick.” As much as magic is a part of Bernini’s life, he said before college, he sometimes struggled to
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Google chooses UT as testing ground for new application By Ellen Airhart @ellenairhart
Even tech employees sometimes feel guilty about how phone screens have replaced conversation. Last Friday, Google launched a new app at UT called Who’s Down, which is meant to get people off their phones and hanging out with their friends. Who’s Down users can swipe to indicate that they have some
free time they would like to spend with friends. After that, they can see which of their pre-approved “friends” are interested in hanging out. They can also specify what activities they want to do; the automated examples include “Get Torchy’s” or “Go for a run at Gregory Gym.” The app was released Friday to four student groups at UT-Austin on Friday: Alpha Delta Pi sorority, the Filipino
Student Association, Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity and campus Desi dance groups. Justin Oliver, product marketing manager at Google, said the team deliberately chose UT-Austin because of its size and diversity, as well as the culture and warm weather of Austin which allows students to be outdoors year-round. “We looked at a lot of different student groups and universities all across the country,”
Oliver said. “This is an unconventional Google launch, and we want the UT students to build it with us.” Christian Gonzalez, a user experience researcher at Google, said he conducted survey research that asked people whether they were content with the amount of time people spent with their friends. This research showed that people wished they could spend more time with their friends but were
unable to make that happen. “Presumably, if everybody wants to get together with their friends a little bit more, that should be easy to make happen,” Gonzalez said. “But what we uncovered by talking to people was that there’s a lot of socially awkward situations that come up when you ask people if they want to spend time with you.” Gonzalez said he hopes Who’s Down will simplify
the logistics of socializing. He also talked about how people are often bothered by group messages when they are busy, a problem the app hopes to solve. “We tried to think of a way to make asking people if they wanted to hang out not awkward and not direct, so you don’t feel as vulnerable to rejection when you take that jump,” Gonzalez
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