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Gun-Free UT protests campus carry By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
Gun-Free UT, a group against Senate Bill 11 allowing concealed guns on college campuses, held its third rally Tuesday. Journalism senior Danielle Vabner spoke at the rally of about 100 students and others from the public about the experience of losing her 6-year-old brother in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Vabner said she decided to transfer to UT and
get as far away from the trauma as possible. “From the moment I started my sophomore year of college at UT, it was my safe haven,” Vabner said. “Though the pain was just as intense as it had been months before, I was far away from the harsh reminders of what happened on December 14, 2012, and that helped me begin the healing process.” Vabner said she never thought she would see guns allowed on campus and thinks it will only
add to the gun problem in America. “Gun violence and ease of accessibility to weapons are, and no longer should be, political issues — they are public health issues,” Vabner said. “Americans are dying in schools, in movie theaters and on city streets. Political beliefs aside, public officials are responsible for keeping Americans safe. As guns are forced onto the campuses of public universities
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Volunteers offer relief after severe flooding By Catherine Marfin @ccaatheeerineee
As severe weather swept across the Gulf Coast on Oct. 30, hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed. Several days later, after more than 16 inches of rain in the Austin area alone, the death toll from Texas flooding rose to six. As of Oct. 31, three bodies were recovered in the Austin area, and more than 7,000 people in Austin were affected by the disaster. In light of Austin Mayor Steve Adler declaring a local state of disaster Thursday, Austin Disaster Relief Network has initiated flood relief services to help those affected by the flooding. Volunteer opportunities, donation drives and financial contributions can be made through various organizations throughout the city. The Volunteer Reception Center, which opened Sunday, has launched a coordinated volunteer effort which includes debris removal and other activities. Located at Crossroads Christian House of Prayer, the center will serve as a central location for interested volunteers to sign up and get involved. “This is one of the worst disasters in the history of this city,” Daniel Geraci, executive director of the Austin Disaster Relief Network, said. “We want to be able to offer everyone the emotional and spiritual help that they need in order to pull them out of this trauma.” The Austin Disaster Relief Network is a nonprofit that has partnered with more than 150
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Journalism senior Danielle Vabner speaks at Gun-Free UT’s third rally on Tuesday. Gun-Free UT is a group against Senate Bill 11, a law that allows concealed guns on college campuses.
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Administrative positions remain vacant By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
The searches for three college deans and two administrative positions are still underway following several resignations during the past school year. Following the announcement of President William Powers Jr. in summer 2014, more positions opened during fall 2014 and spring 2015. Roderick Hart, dean of the Moody College of Communication, said he would resign at the end of the 2015 school year. In February, Kevin Hegarty, UT’s vice president and chief financial officer, left to take the same position at the University of Michigan. In the meantime, Robert Hutchings, dean of the
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Psychology senior Andi Flores leads a chant at the Fight for $15 rally outside of City Hall on Tuesday. The rally was of a National Day of Action for a $15 minimum wage.
SG relaunches SURE Walk; new companion app to follow By Nashwa Bawab @nashwabawab
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Activists host rally at City Hall for increased minimum wage By Forrest Milburn @forrestmilburn
While chanting “hold the burgers, hold the fries, make our wages supersized,” activists and UT students rallied Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to support worker’s rights. Beginning at 6 a.m., organizers formed a strike line and marched through several Austin businesses, including Taco Bell, McDonald’s and Church’s Chicken, where
they were able to pick up a few supporters as part of a National Day of Action for a $15 minimum wage. “We’re going around shop to shop, talking to workers one-on-one, sitting down having meals, building those relationships,” Brad Crowder, branch organizer for Socialist Alternative of Austin, said. “We have fast food workers who are in motion, they’re learning how to strike, they’re learning how to struggle, and so we want to be a part
of that socialist alternative to help build that up and strengthen it.” Following the daylong protests, Fight for $15 Texas and Socialist Alternative of Austin organized the rally in order for rally participants to hear inspirational personal stories from guest speakers, which included City Councilman Greg Casar, Taco Bell strikers and other Austin activists.
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SURE Walk, a volunteerbased organization that helps students get from campus to their homes at night, relaunched last week and has an app on the way. The delayed launch of Students United for Rape Elimination — abreviated SURE Walk — this semester was the result of efforts to improve the organization, according to Krishan Sachdev, SURE Walk director and health and society junior. Sachdev said SURE Walk, which has eight volunteers every Monday through Thursday, had double its usual numbers on the first night of the launch, and he wants the organization to serve even more people. “I would say that more than 50 percent of our campus doesn’t know about it, but, at the same time, it’s such a prevalent issue, and it’s a solution to [the issue of sexual assault on campus], so there’s obviously some sort of miscommunication,” Sachdev said. Sachdev said he thinks
students may not utilize SURE Walk because they don’t notice the station in front of the PCL, because of a social stigma of having to be walked home by volunteers and because of the effort it takes to call for the service — an effort that Sachdev said many students do not feel is worth the trouble. SURE Walk representatives are working to solve this problem by creating a mobile app for students, Taral Patel, chief of staff for Student
Government, said. “We also did a survey last year where an overwhelming majority of students indicated they prefer using an app to request a SURE Walk than making a call to do so,” Patel said in an email. “By having this app, we can track the student’s coordinates, gather data on the areas students most want to be walked to and provide it to campus partners like UTPD so they can utilize that
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Members of SURE Walk stand in the PCL, where one of their booths is based. SURE Walk is a volunteer organization that promotes safety by walking students home at night.
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LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Tom Gilligan, dean of the McCombs School of Business, stepped down from their positions after the spring semester. Former Provost Gregory Fenves also vacated his position after he was named UT president. Currently, each of the colleges has an interim dean until a permanent hire is made. Barry Brummett, communication studies professor and chair of the search committee for the College of Communication, said in an email that finalists were presented in April to then-Provost Fenves, but he asked the committee to continue searching for finalists. Brummett said the committee is hoping more finalists will be brought to campus early next year. “The committee is enthusiastic about our slate
of candidates, that we have begun meeting and discussing them, and we are all pleased with our progress and our choices,” Brummett said in an email. William Inboden, chair of the LBJ search committee and associate professor in the school, said there would be a total of four finalists visiting in the next two weeks. Following interviews, the committee will present the finalists to Fenves, and he will make his decision. “The timing of that decision will be up to President Fenves’ discretion, especially since he has several other important searches he is overseeing simultaneously,” Inboden said in an email. “That said, if things proceed smoothly, it is possible that a new LBJ Dean could be announced sometime early in 2016.” Robert Wilson, interim dean of the LBJ School, is not one of the finalists for the position because he for-
mally removed his name in the spring when he agreed to serve as interim dean, Inbolden said. Andres Almazan, chair of the business school search committee and professor in McCombs, said at this time, the committee is bound by confidentiality and cannot talk about the specifics of its search. “I will simply state that, as a committee, we are working hard, that we have had a tremendous amount of interest in the position and that I personally feel that the candidates are of the highest caliber,” Almazan said in an email. University spokesman Gary Susswein said searches for the vice president and chief financial officer and provost are still in progress but hopes the provost position will be filled soon. “There has been a first round of interviews,” Susswein said. “There are no finalists named at this point. We hope to resolve this in the coming months.”
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The Austin Disaster Relief Network, United Way, The Salvation Army, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the American Red Cross Disaster Relief are all accepting monetary donations in the wake of the flooding. “That Friday, the rain went from calm to terrifying in a matter of minutes,” chemistry freshman Jakeb White said. “After seeing how quickly nature can turn, I can understand how people’s lives could literally be ripped away by such a sheer amount of water. It’s awful, but it’s comforting to know that these programs are helping out.”
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churches to provide services to families in need. Hope Family Thrift Store, which the network opened in March, is currently accepting donations for victims of the flooding. Requested items include pillows, blankets, socks and undergarments. “We feel very strongly that we are called to care for people in distress, meeting their physical, emotional and spiritual needs,” general manager Rita Davis said. “For many of them, the items we give them tie them over until they get back to a sense of normality.”
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“What we’re seeing now with the strike is an actual exercise of power by working-class people,” Crowder said. “The Church’s Chicken where the workers walked out of, they actually shut the store down, and so what we want to do is have working people, particularly working class people of color, learn their strength when they go on strike.” Casar said through his City Council election in 2014, he learned successful organizing is effective in bringing about change, as was the case in Seattle when the city council passed minimum wage increases in June 2014. “We have a state regime that makes it so the city of Austin can’t take some of the bold actions that have been taken in Seattle,” Casar said. “We are smarter than the state legislature, as far as I can tell. … When folks who are organized push for things, they can get things done.” Sociology senior Sarahi Soto said students should care about minimum wage increases and income inequality because of the high number of minimum wage jobs on campus. “A lot of us are going to be joining the work force someday, if we aren’t working already,” Soto said. “I don’t think a lot of students really know about this movement, but we brought it to Austin, it’s growing, so we hope that eventually more students can get involved.”
information and potentially add more patrols or lighting in those areas.” Sachdev said the idea of the app is to be like Uber but for students who need someone to help them get home safely from campus. “For some reason, before Uber, we didn’t really utilize taxi cab service nearly as much,” Sachdev said. “We connect better with apps than we do with [other types of] communication, so we want to utilize that and make our organization more productive.” SURE Walk is working with UT’s Mobile App Developers on an iOS app for iPhones, according to organization president Tomas Rodriguez. Currently, the app’s main features include a way to request a SURE Walk, a GPS map, important contact information and safety tips, Rodriquez said. “Everything is almost done, we just need to make sure that it’s up to date … so that it works with all the different platforms and new devices,” Rodriguez said. “It will probably be finished by next semester.” Although the app is still in the works and is pending approval by the University, SURE Walk is still sending out volunteers to help students get from campus to their homes until the app is ready, Sachdev said. “Students putting effort into their studies by staying on campus at night — it shouldn’t hurt them,” Sachdev said. “They should have their safety ensured throughout our campus and throughout West Campus, and we’re hoping to improve that safety experience.”
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Aerospace engineering freshman Katie Leonard reads a pamphlet at a vigil for the lives lost in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During the vigil, members of Texans for Israel and Texas Hillel told personal stories that connected them to the conflict.
Texans for Israel holds vigil to honor victims of Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Forrest Milburn @forrestmilburn
About 30 students gathered Tuesday evening for a vigil that event organizers said they hosted to show respect for the lives lost in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Texans for Israel and Texas Hillel hosted the vigil on the steps of the West Mall to give concerned students the chance to come and speak about their personal connections to Israel and commemorate the victims of terror, regardless of race or religion, organizers said. Kevin Lefkowitz, Texans for Israel president and history sophomore, said the vigil was important to him because he has relatives residing in Israel. “It just kills me because my brother could be a
victim of that,” Lefkowitz said. “I wanted to put this out there to show that the UT community stands with those who have been victimized. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you’re a victim of terror, you shouldn’t be a victim of terror.” Multiple members of the crowd spoke about family members and friends they have lost because of the conflict and read other stories of lives lost in the past month. Elementary education junior Iris Toth said she came to the vigil to show solidarity and to commemorate the lives that were lost. “My first cousin lives in Jerusalem, where a lot of the attacks have been happening,” Toth said. “I feel very personally connected. Her parents are actually there
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visiting her now, so they’re definitely in my thoughts, hoping that nothing happens.” Mohammed Nabulsi, law student and member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, said the group did not formally attend the event because of its opposition to actions in Israel. “We condemn [Texas for Israel]’s cynical use of Palestinian death in order to present themselves as concerned with Palestinians when they actively support occupation, colonialism and apartheid in order to further misrepresent the conflict as one of moral,
political and material symmetry amongst the parties,” Nabulsi said. Lefkowitz said the vigil was an offering of respect for all victims of terror, not just those lost on one side. “We’re all the same, it’s just whatever circumstances you’re born into,” Lefkowitz said. “That’s the reason we wanted to put something like this on, so we can all step away from the politics, get away from all that and just focus on the fact that we’re all humans, we’re all individuals and we all have families that love us and that we love.”
The College of Natural Sciences has launched a kickstarter for a $1.2 million crowdfunding campaign to renovate Welch Hall. This community giving effort, which will be underway until December 2017, is part of the $12 million total fundraising campaign to renovate the building with an estimated completion date of 2020. “We have the opportunity to rejuvenate this important building into a vibrant, modern, efficient space that will serve students and researchers for decades to come,” Dean Appling, associate dean for research and facilities, said. Appling, molecular biosciences professor, said Welch Hall is showing its age and thus needs updating. “The research that has gone in this building over the years is still important as ever, but the way this research is carried out has changed,” Appling said. “It is much more interdisciplinary, and many of the techniques we now use require much better mechanical infrastructure.” Kelsey Evans, chief external relations officer, said the original part of the building — the 1929 wing — began undergoing construction earlier this summer, which includes renovating research labs for faculty and teaching labs for students, adding new classrooms and updating mechanical systems. This funding came from the University’s and the College of Natural Sciences’ budgets. When the Texas Legislature approved tuition revenue bonds — state-funded bonds for construction projects at universities — during its 84th regular legislative session, UT received $75
million for the renovation of the 1978 wing. “We’re in a very good shape to be able to renovate Welch Hall to the level and the extent that we need to renovate it,” Evans said. “But we still have a fundraising goal of $12 million.” Ninety percent of the $12 million will be funded by the College of Natural Sciences development team’s fundraising effort through larger gifts of between $250k and $1 million from individuals and companies. The remaining $1.2 million will come from crowdfunding. Evans said the new Welch Hall will occupy the same space on Speedway and 24th Street but with different looks inside. “Right now Welch Hall is dark, closed off with not much natural light,” Evans said. “It’s not necessarily designed for the way people learn today, which is in a more collaborative environment.” Sean Roberts, assistant professor of physical chemistry, said while this renovation will improve the department, it will create a “short-term headache” for his research group. Roberts said it will take contractors six months to break down the equipment from the current space and reassemble it in the new space. “Few details have been released regarding the project’s specific timeline,” Roberts said. “This makes it very difficult to create long-term plans for my research group.” During renovations, each respective wing or floor will be moved to available “swing space” in other parts of Welch Hall or in other CNS buildings such as the Norman Hackerman Building, Appling said. Detailed plans of the move are not yet available.
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Youth voter apathy hurts Texas on Election Day By Noah M. Horwitz
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @NmHorwitz
As surprising at it may be to read, there was an election last week. And, as the Texan Editorial Board and I have both opined before, students should have voted, both in local issues going on back home and on the many bonds and questions that were posed to Austin voters. Sadly, it appears that UT students — and indeed almost all young people — did not do so. According to one estimate, turnout among people 18 to 24 in Houston’s recent municipal elections, which boasted the highest overall turnout of any mayoral election in recent memory, comprised a lowly 1.5 percent of the electorate, with the median age a little below 65. Closer to home, the results were arguably worse. Travis County Precinct 208, which hosts many on-campus dorms, saw 153 voters altogether. Precinct 277, situated in the heart of West Campus, saw 140. In a year in which a bond measure for a new courthouse failed by less than two percent of the vote, even a modest uptick in voting could have had profound implications for Austin. In Houston, the prognosis is even more bleak. With the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance
(HERO) going down in flames at the ballot box, the fourth-largest city in the country is already receiving backlash. The NCAA announced that the College Football Playoff game will not be in Houston for the foreseeable future, and an active Twitter campaign — including the hashtag #BoycottHouston — has already taken to denigrating my hometown. For many young Houstonians, the choice was very clear. Instead of waiting to vote, many waited in long lines to eat Krispy Kreme donuts. With the donut shop reopening in Houston on Election Day, patrons lined up around the store and “cars stretched for several blocks,” according to the Houston Chronicle. Voting has consequences. Even more important, being too lazy to put down the blunt and the Funyuns long enough to occupy a voting booth has consequences. Of all the students crowing about campus carry, how many of them bothered to vote in last year’s gubernatorial election? Gov. Greg Abbott was a vociferous proponent of the idea while on the campaign trail. The same consequences will stem from nonparticipation this time around as well. If students need to engage the dreaded county bureaucracy in some way, including dealing with a woefully outdated county courthouse, they will only have themselves to blame.
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Much ink was spilled by Student Government candidates last election — which, not coincidentally, also had pathetic turnout — on ways to make it easier for students to vote, such as by using a Student ID as official identification
at the polling place. Perhaps they should have focused on ways to make Krispy Kreme more accessible to students instead. Horwitz is a government senior from Houston.
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Marco Rubio gives Republicans important fresh face By Bailey Ethier
Daily Texan Columnist @baileyethier
Eight years ago to this day, eventual Republican presidential nominee John McCain was third in the polls, behind Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, and the late Fred Thompson, former Tennessee senator. Four years ago to this day, eventual Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney only had a slight lead in the polls over Herman Cain, former president of the National Restaurant Association, and would shortly be overtaken by Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House. These polls conducted so far in advance of the election aren’t accurate representations of who will win the nomination. Furthermore, neither the Republican nor Democratic Party has nominated a candidate with no prior political experience since the GOP nominated Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s. And neither party has ever nominated a candidate with zero political or military experience. So while Trump and Carson may lead the polls today, if history is any indicator, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz or John Kasich have
the best chance of winning due to their experience. Yet Cruz is most likely too conservative and Kasich too liberal to win the nomination. Thus, the race for the GOP nomination is a battle of contrasting styles between Florida’s former two-term governor and its current junior senator. As the more experienced of the two Floridians, Bush often cites his gubernatorial record. Yet, the self-described introvert has lacked pizzazz in the debates, opting for substance over style. It’s unfair that Jeb is connected with his father and brother, George W., but it is a reality. As Shooter Russell, state director of Jeb Bush’s Mission: NEXT program and government sophomore said, Bush’s association with his family shouldn’t be a turnoff to voters. “People believe that the Bush name is a weakness but it’s not. Jeb is his own man and has a track record to prove that,” Russell said. “He’s not going to tailor his comments or tailor his views based on what he feels is politically expedient.” Rubio, on the other hand, has aimed to evoke emotional reactions and excitement from his audiences by insisting that the focus should be more on a candidate’s ideas than experience. He oozes optimism for “a new American century.” And as the son of Cuban refugees, he’s Latino, a
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demographic that the GOP has lacked support from in previous elections. Rubio is new, less experienced than Bush, a fresh face, whatever you want to
call it — and that’s exactly what the GOP needs in this election. Ethier is a journalism freshman from Westport, Connecticut.
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By Emily Vernon
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The rejection of Houston’s HERO ordinance on Nov. 3 now makes the fourth-largest city in the U.S. the only major city without a nondiscriminative ordinance. HERO would have protected 15 different groups, such as pregnant women, transgender people and people of color, from discrimination on a city government level. While 13 of these groups are protected under federal law, federal civil courts are often so backed up that a case will not be heard. The defeat of the ordinance proves the power of protest, paranoia and groupthink in the election cycle. The slogan “no men in women’s bathrooms” was coined during protests of the ordinance. Many Houstonians were worried that allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with would allow men who do not actually identify as transgender to dress up as women and use the women’s bathroom to rape young girls. While the argument may be fueled by paranoia, many who argue this sincerely believe they are looking out for the entire population of women and girls in the city. Yet some Houstonians voiced opposition to the bill strictly because they disagree with protecting transgender people. Former Houston Astros player Lance Berkman said it worried him because it allowed “troubled men who claim to be women to enter women’s bathrooms, showers and locker rooms.” By hinting that transgender people are “troubled,” Berkman is highlighting the intolerance the bill was trying to prevent and is corrupting the slogan “no men in women’s bathrooms” into a statement of hate.
Elizabeth Picherit, assistant instructor in the rhetoric and writing department, said the campaign slogan used by anti-HERO activists contributed to the success of the campaign. She pointed out a similar bill passed this summer in California that guaranteed rights to transgender people. The opposition used the hashtag #privacyforall, which “is vague language that does not point out specific genders or people.” Picherit said this is what set the Houston group apart; by pointing out specific genders in regards to the bathroom, it appeals to more people. “Public bathrooms have been a point of contention for gender rights for a very long time,” Picherit said. “Gender segregation in America dates back to the 19th century, when plumbing was modernized as well as Victorian ideas that women need to be protected and have their own bathroom.” Thatcher Combs, a transgender man and sociology doctoral candidate, said he also attributes the popularity of the slogan to societal gender roles and expectations. “These fears are not about perpetrators,” Combs said. “They are about the gender norms we have in our society.” Combs said the rejection of the ordinance is an indicator that the LGBT community should not stop rallying for equality. While gay marriage is now legal under federal law, he recognized that more progress is needed in terms of acceptance. “I think that it is extremely troubling that we have to put rights up for vote,” Combs said. The lack of an anti-discrimination ordinance in such a large city is unacceptable. Everyone should be protected from discrimination, regardless of any personal characteristic. Vernon is a PACE freshman from Houston.
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By David Bordelon Daily Texan Columnist @davbord
Greg Hardy, the NFL player who allegedly beat his girlfriend and threatened to murder her last year, was recently heralded by Cowboy’s owner Jerry Jones as being a team “leader.” Hardy, just one of many NFL players accused of domestic violence, only received paid suspension for a season, followed by a four-game suspension for his actions. Deadspin released photos of the victim Friday, reigniting public furor against domestic violence in the NFL. To truly take a stand against domestic violence, the NFL needs to set the precedent and ban perpetrators from ever playing in the league again. The NFL is facing a public relations crisis with the recent revelations of domestic violence that plague the league. According to their website, progress is being made to prevent domestic abuse from occurring. Everyone associated with the league undergoes domestic violence, child abuse and sexual abuse education. The NFL provides support to anyone affiliated with the league who experiences any sort of abuse. With so many steps in the right direction, the NFL needs to take the final step — disallowing violators from playing. The main problem is the extreme visibility the NFL receives. Playing in the NFL is every little boy’s pipe dream, and it’s a potential goal for many high school and college players. When impressionable kids and teenagers learn their idols abuse women and still remain unpunished, they begin to believe abusing
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women is acceptable. Keeping players in the league perpetuates a culture of abuse, both within the NFL and by influencing young NFL hopefuls. “Allowing players to continue to participate in games after committing some form of domestic violence sends the message that this type of abuse is okay as long as you apologize for it,” social work junior Anthony Nunez said. “I do not think players that have a history of abuse should be allowed to play because they are representing an organization that millions view, including young boys.” The NFL isn’t alone in its domestically violent history. College football has an equally long and disgusting list of abuses, particularly sexual abuse. In some instances, such as the Jameis Winston case, colleges have tried to influence investigations, especially for important players. Luckily, UT keeps violators of team rules off the team. However, the double standard for famous athletes regarding domestic violence or abuse is wrong and needs to stop. It is unknown whether college coverups leads to college players being abusers in the NFL, or if the NFL player’s abovepunishment status influences college players to follow their lead. Whichever option it is, abuse in football is cyclical and creates a destructive culture. Currently, murder seems to be the only crime to keep a player out of the NFL. One of the easiest and most efficient ways to end violence among football players is to draw the line — domestic violence should equate to sports career suicide. Bordelon is a philosophy sophomore from Houston.
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Study: Late-night snacking hurts health By Eva Frederick @evacharlesanna
Forget breakfast, lunch and dinner. During the stressful end-of-semester scramble, students often turn to a mixture of between-class snacks and midnight meals. But new research shows that this erratic eating schedule is far from healthy. Most people don’t have a regular eating schedule and instead eat frequently over more than 15 hours a day, according to a 2015 study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Irregular eating patterns, including not having consistent meal times or eating late into the night, can affect health, metabolism and circadian rhythm. Molly Bray, the chair of UTs Department of Nutritional Sciences, said the body’s circadian rhythm is dependent on internal clocks, which can be “set” by different factors such as food and light. “Constant eating throughout the day has the potential to mess up that setting and disrupt local, peripheral kinds of clocks,” Bray said. “Late eating [in particular] is associated with increased weight gain and disruptions in circadian rhythm.” Despite the known problems caused by irregular eating and skipping meals, college students may have a hard time working
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meals into their schedules, especially with study sessions, meetings and classes that can go straight through lunch. According to University Health Services recommendations, eating five to six times a day is ideal. This should be in the form of three regular meals with small snacks in between, but this is not always possible in the face of an awkward block schedule. Bray said even when students don’t have the luxury of a regular eating schedule, they can take some measures to eat in a way that doesn’t disrupt their circadian rhythm. She especially stressed the importance of setting the body’s circadian clocks in the morning with a good breakfast that contains fat and protein. “If you’re fasting all night long and you start the day with a meal and light, that is the strongest way to start your clocks,” Bray said. “The old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day — that’s really been shown with a whole wide variety of human and animal studies.” If students have a long day and they have to eat late, Bray recommends they should plan their caloric intake to be higher earlier in the day. Another way students can make sure they eat regularly is to try and keep their waking times constant and eat breakfast at the same time each day, even
on weekends. The study recommends that eating times be kept within one hour of normal week eating times. In the study, the researchers used an app to track the food that people ate throughout the day, plotting eating times and amounts. The study showed people ate the most calories in the afternoon and evening. People often began eating in the morning and continued late into the night, consuming over 37 percent of their calories after 6 p.m. They ate less than 25 percent of their calories before noon. The data showed no consistent meal times and instead suggested people eat many small things over a long period of time. Over half of the adults in the study ate frequently for 15 hours a day. Eating patterns also change over the weekends, leading to a condition called “metabolic jetlag,” where the body struggles to adapt to a large change in eating times
caused by sleeping late. To explore the effect of eating time on health, the scientists conducted another experiment in which they monitored people’s response to different eating time durations. These effects had been researched on mice but not in humans. In this experiment, a sample group of overweight people ate within 10 and 11 hours each day, a four to five hour cutback from their normal 15-hour eating window. Participants who had breakfast at 8 a.m. would have to eat all of their meals and snacks before 6 p.m. or 8 p.m. People who ate within the 10 to 11-hour window slept better, felt more energized and also lost an average of 3.7 pounds over three weeks. These results showed that even though keeping regular eating times can be tough, it can be worth it to put in the extra effort. People can benefit from a shorter, smarter eating schedule.
have been so successful,” Meredith Reilly, intern and Boston College sophomore said. “They are constantly finding new ways to make their company more efficient and further please their customers.” More than the financial earnings of their company,
Jin said she and Maredia are excited to show other young women that they too can be successful in the male-dominated startup community. “I feel like the people who are getting all of the attention in the business world right now are college boys with startup apps,” Jin said. “Not to
put down what they are doing at all, but females are just as capable of being visionaries. Even if we are not developing an app, we are still running a very successful business. Nishiki and I are happy to serve as a beacon for females in a culture where we are being underrepresented.”
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VETERANS DAY continues from page 8 instructor during the Vietnam War and improvised most of his character’s humorously savage insults. But once the soldiers hit the battlefield, the film’s humor gives way to dark psychoanalysis. Kubrick explores how far people can be pushed before they break and how the enemy is not always so easy to kill. The Deer Hunter Director Michael Cimino’s “The Deer Hunter” portrays the lives of three Russian American steel workers—Mike (Robert DeNiro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken)—who bond over their love of hunting. Their friendship is shattered
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Junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu seems to take the term “kill” quite literally. Ogbogu doesn’t simply attempt to gain another point for No. 5 Texas as she spikes the ball across the net. She aims to decimate her opponents. “As an upperclassman, I do everything to try and get our team going,” Ogbogu said. “Any way I can get the team excited and pumped up helps win us matches.” Most of Ogbogu’s kills follow the same pattern. She extends her arm above her 6-foot-2-inch frame and descends on the ball with enough force to register on the Richter scale. From there, the play is pretty simple. The ball lands on the hardwood court, the crowd erupts, and the announcer treats Longhorns fans to another round of “Point, Texas.” Raised in Coppell, Texas, Ogbogu began to shine in high school. She racked up numerous accolades highlighted by recognition as the 2012 Gatorade Texas Volleyball Player of the Year. Ogbogu joined Texas as one of the most highly touted recruits in the nation, but she arrived in Austin far from a finished project. “I think starting off, you don’t really know what to expect,” Ogbogu said. “But over the years, I’ve learned that this game is all about patience, and excelling in that part of the game has
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Junior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu spikes the ball over the net. Ogbogu and the Longhorns are currently 20-2 on the season. With five matches left, Texas is looking to claim its fifth straight Big 12 Championship.
really helped me.” Ogbogu’s role on Texas’ squad expands as she develops as a player. Once viewed as a specialty offensive weapon, Ogbogu has evolved into the bellwether of the Texas offense. It’s Ogbogu who gets the call when key points arise for Texas. “The bigger the game, the better she plays,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “It’s what makes her special and one of the premier middle blockers in the country.” Ogbogu’s importance to
the Texas attack was best demonstrated in last year’s national semifinal matchup against BYU. She shined in a disappointing 3-1 loss, amassing a team-high 14 kills, while registering a kill percentage of .500. Ogbogu’s effectiveness goes past the box score. An Ogbogu kill can turn a match around, vastly shifting momentum in the Longhorns’ favor. Her kills aren’t accompanied by a boastful scream or swaggering celebration, but they affect each opponent just the same. “When [Ogbogu] gets a
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kill, everyone around her feeds off her energy,” senior middle blocker Molly McCage said. “She’s got so much fire in her eyes. It’s such a great feeling.” Ogbogu’s team expects her to continue leading the way for the Longhorns offense on their quest for a fifth consecutive Big 12 Championship and a fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Ogbogu will face pressure to continue producing a stream of thunderous kills, but she said she welcomes the challenge. “We have very high
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expectations,” Ogbogu said. “There’s some pressure, but that’s there every year in this program. I’m going to keep trying to play at a high level and keep trying to lead this team to a championship.”
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Texas prepares for trip to Morgantown By Nick Castillo @Nick_Castillo74
Jay Norvell, play-caller, redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard and junior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes met for Texas’ weekly press conference Tuesday. Here are three takeaways from Tuesday’s press conference:
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Longhorns return to form with win over St. Edward’s By Bradley Maddox @MaddoxOnSports
The Longhorns put any thoughts of last week’s 6-0 loss to Texas State behind them Tuesday with an 11-0 win over St. Edward’s. Texas plated seven runs in a first inning that saw a stretch of six straight batters reach base. Holly Kern, Senior first baseman and outfielder, broke things open early with a bases-clearing triple, while the remainder of the Texas lineup added three more runs to help build a comfortable lead for sophomore starting pitcher Paige Von Sprecken. “We were working on taking a strike to start the at-bats, and I thought they looked good with that game plan,” head coach
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Connie Clark said. “They were patient and looked good tonight.” Sprecken tossed three scoreless frames before ceding the job to junior pitcher Tiarra Davis, who finished off the Texas shutout. The Longhorns added four runs to their total in the third and fourth innings thanks in part to an RBI double from senior Erin Shireman and a timely single from junior Mickenzi Krpec. “It felt really good tonight,” Davis said. “I felt like I had good stuff going.” The shutout against the Hilltoppers was Texas’ second in the fall campaign and brings the team’s record to 6-1. The Longhorns are back on the field tomorrow night against the Sun City Veterans
We were working on taking a strike to start the at-bats and I thought they looked good with that game plan. They were patient and looked good tonight. —Connie Clark Head coach
Longhorns recognize road challenges Norvell and the quarterbacks emphasized the challenges facing Texas when they travel to West Virginia. “We got to build on [last week’s win],” Norvell said. “Confidence is a fickle thing, and we need to build on that this week. It’s going to be a huge challenge going to Morgantown and playing an 11 a.m. kickoff.” Heard said he’s looking forward to playing a road game after Texas’ struggles away from Austin this season. “I can’t wait to get back on the road,” Heard said. “I heard it’s a wild place to play at. I want to find out myself. I can’t wait to get out there.” Swoopes also acknowleged the difficulty of playing away from home.
“It’s really tough,” Swoopes said. “Everybody knows, going to someone’s house, they’re going to play really hard. … I don’t think we really fully understood that yet. But I think this week we’ll get it fully together.” Heard’s performance key against Mountaineers Heard said that the outcome of Saturday’s matchup will depend on how he plays. “When you get the ball first in your hands, you have a lot of responsibility to put points up,” Heard said. “I feel like when I get the ball in my hands I have a responsibility to get the ball to my athletes on the outside edge.” Norvell said Texas will have to help boost the young quarterback’s confidence on the road. “[Heard] gains confidence by getting physically involved in the game,” Norvell said. Norvell thrilled for 11 a.m. kickoff Norvell said he likes the early kickoff Saturday because it means less time on the road. “I love Morgantown, but I really don’t want spend a whole day there,” Norvell said.
for the finale of their eightgame fall schedule. First pitch will be at 6:00 p.m., and there will be a slow-pitch style contest featuring special presentations for armed servicemen and women.
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Sophomore Breaunna Addison will represent Texas on Thursday in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. The tournament will run through Sunday and will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. Addison will look to continue playing at a high level following a victory in her only match at the Kitty Harrison Invitational. The two-time All-American is the only Longhorn competing in the event. The NIIC features 32 of the nation’s top singles players as well as the top 20 men’s and women’s doubles teams. Addison qualified for the championships through her singles title in the Texas Regional Championships. As she competes in New York, her teammates will head to Arizona State for the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. The tournaments marks the last major events of the fall collegiate tennis season. —Sam Williams
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DANIELLE LOPEZ, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Wednesday, November 11, 2015
BUSINESS
FILM
Flick picks: Three movies for Veterans Day viewing
History and government sophomore Nishiki Maredia started a clothing line called 1950 Collective in January with her business partner Angela Jin, a management junior at Boston College. It now boasts $100,000 in revenue.
By Charles Liu
@CharlieInDaHaus
To commemorate the men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, The Daily Texan has compiled a list of three films to watch on Veterans Day that capture the experiences of soldiers who answered the call of duty.
Qiling Wang Daily Texan Staff
Student runs business selling feminist fashion, boy band tees By Stephen Acevedo @thedailytexan
Instead of letting ridicule for their boy band T-shirts, posters and accessories alter their style choices, two One Direction fans decided to turn their interests into a business platform. History and government sophomore Nishiki Maredia and her business partner Angela Jin, a management junior at Boston College, started a clothing line called 1950 Collective in January which now boasts $100,000 in revenue. They sell T-shirts, sweatshirts, flannels and iPhone cases with different prints for young women. Each month, they donate 10 percent of their clothing line’s profits to a different organization that advocates women empowerment. This month’s donations will be
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going to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They have also created a “Girl Power” collection for the clothing line with Tshirts containing humorous and poignant phrases, such as “Favorite Position: CEO,” that Maredia said promote a positive message to young women. “Women are constantly being mocked for their interests — boy bands, feminism, fashion,” Jin said. “1950 Collective has become the ultimate amalgam of all those things. Not only were we able to celebrate what’s often used as a punchline against women, but we built our company and rooted our success in those passions, as well.” The business idea started when Maredia and Jin attended a One Direction concert. They noticed a lot
of the girls in the crowd said the merchandise was subpar and lazily designed, so they decided to make their own. In addition to collections dedicated to boy bands and women’s empowerment, Maredia and Jin also offer apparel with prints of tweets, emojis, famous art and original fan artwork. “We were tired of young girls’ tastes not being taken seriously by big merchandising companies, and we wanted to start a company that put a real effort into exploring the interests of young women,” Maredia said. “From there we have just been adjusting our product options to what is currently popular.” Maredia and Jin said they did not pay for any professional advertising. They initially spread awareness of 1950 Collective by
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advertising their T-shirt designs themselves through One Direction “fandoms” on Instagram and Twitter. Eventually, they were able to recruit ambassadors who offered discounts to their social media followers in order to earn special rewards. Maredia said this system played a vital role in the rapid takeoff of 1950 Collective. The business now has 65,000 followers on social media, 2,200 ambassadors and customers in 36 different countries. The duo does everything independently to make sure all of the products they create are up to their own personal standards. In order to keep their business running smoothly while they are in school, Maredia and Jin have enlisted four
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The Hurt Locker Riveting from its pulsepounding start to devastating finish, “The Hurt Locker” chronicles the missions of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit during the Iraq War. The squad’s new leader is Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner), a reckless yet effective soldier. While his teammates Sergeant Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) initially disapprove of his methods, they slowly form a bond that will be tested by the increasingly dangerous challenges they must face. Director Kathryn Bigelow suggests war is an
addiction, and James grows so accustomed to the high-stress environment that he feels out of place in domestic life stateside. War takes its toll on him, posing many morally ambiguous questions that Bigelow doesn’t give easy answers to. Full Metal Jacket “Full Metal Jacket” is two films – the first is a light-hearted boot camp drama, and the second is a gritty, Vietnam War epic. Both halves are connected by two soldiers: Private “Joker” (Matthew Modine) and Private “Pyle” (Vincent D’Onofrio), both of whom experience dehumanization at home and abroad. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the superb cast of “Full Metal Jacket” lends enormous power to its straightforward story. The film’s stand-out character is a tyrannical drill instructor played by R. Lee Ermey, who was actually a drill
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Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie star in “The Hurt Locker,” a war film that chronicles the missions of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit during the Iraq War.
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