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UT to not join application coalition By Jameson Pitts @jamesonpitts
A group of more than 80 universities is creating a new college application process, claiming it will increase access for low-income students. While Rice University and Texas A&M University have joined, UT has not, citing criticisms of the program. The Coalition for College Access, Affordability, and Success is a new applica-
tion system that will allow students to begin gathering information for college applications in ninth grade. The coalition claims this will extend access to low-income students who are underrepresented at selective universities by involving them in the application process earlier, but this premise has lead to debate in the media. Associate director of admissions Michael Orr said UT did not apply to the coalition
because of criticisms of the programs, including the coalition’s failure to consult with high school counselors. “The argument within the community … has been that there is a concern that students with means will be the ones that will be able to take advantage of that opportunity the most,” Orr said. Although UT declined the coalition’s invitation to apply for membership, Orr did not rule out future involvement.
“There may be opportunities in the future to be a part of that coalition, but we’re not ready to make that decision today,” Orr said. The coalition requires its members to maintain a 70 percent six-year graduation rate, fulfillment of student need, or — for public institutions — “affordable instate tuition.” Marielle Sainvilus, spokeswoman for the coalition, declined to comment on whether UT would
meet these requirements. “We can’t comment on why any particular schools are members or not,” Sainvilus said. Chris Muñoz, vice president for enrollment at Rice University, said the hiccups of a new system are better than the alternative of not taking action to help students without robust support systems. “[Joining at] this early stage means that we’re go-
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Veteran alumnus reflects on service By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
Frank Denius, World War II veteran and UT alumnus, discussed his experiences in the U.S. Army and his perspective on patriotism during a lecture honoring Veterans Day Wednesday afternoon. Through examining U.S. involvement in wars over time, Denius said the decline of public concern could potentially have adverse consequences for both the military and citizens. “The world is in a dangerous situation today, and I’m not sure that we realize how dangerous it is and how difficult our security and defense must be,” Denius said. “Armies can fight wars, but it takes a country to win one.” Denius said he grew up surrounded by World War I veterans and a sense of patriotism in Athens, Texas,
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Frank Denius, World War II veteran and UT alumnus, gave a lecture in honor of Veteran’s Day Wednesday afternoon in the Main Hall. Denius gave his perspective of the war and how public concern about the military must increase.
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Admissions to require redesigned SAT essay By Caleb Wong @caleber96
Prospective students still have to take the essay portion of the new SAT tests — despite changes to its format by College Board — when submitting test scores to UT, according to the Office of Admissions. UT will still require the essay portion of the test alongside the reading and writing section and math section of the new SAT to measure its effectiveness in predicting student success at UT, according to Gary Lavergne, director of admissions research. It will take a year of collecting new SAT test scores to validate their use as predictors of freshman GPA, he said. “We’re going to be looking particularly at the writing test to see whether or not it’s necessary for us to require that, and, in order to do that, we have to collect [data] to do the studies,” Lavergne said. “The value of these tests is that it gives us a standardized measure across time and geographic boundaries.” The College Board announced last year that it would introduce a redesigned version of the SAT in March 2016 to focus on important academic skills taught in schools. The College Board will give students the choice to take the essay portion of the SAT, but some colleges may still
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University offers only one African language
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Faced with either providing additional affordable housing units in new apartment complexes or handing over a onetime fee to the city, developers in West Campus have rarely hesitated — they pay up. The money they put forth — a fee generated by the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Office based on the square footage of the complex — is deposited into a neighborhood trust fund open to the few developers who are looking to build affordable housing options. This system, established in 2004 alongside West Campus’ new zoning code, University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO), and
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Learning an African language is both a business investment and a method to gain cultural understanding, according to history professor Oloruntoyin Falola. According to an article published by Forbes Magazine, seven out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies are located in Africa. Despite the rising economic status of these nations, only one out of the 33 languages UT offers originated in Africa — Yoruba, the predominant dialect spoken within Nigeria. Falola, a Yoruba history professor, said understanding an African language would be a tremendous advantage in terms of business. “You need to know the culture of your trading partners,” Falola said. “You need to know their customs and their habits. Very minimally, you need to make friends through greetings and conversations.”
Adding more African language courses would allow the University to be more representative of its African student population — among the highest in the nation— and its existing programs, Falola said. “Additionally, the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies will require African languages for its program,” Falola said. All students would benefit from these courses according to Nneoma Ajiwe, a public relations senior and African Student Organization president. “First generation students who don’t know their own language would be able to gain more insight and become more in touch with their culture and what their parents know,” Ajiwe said. “For non-African students, these language courses can be used for educational purposes and to relate to African friends.” Biochemistry freshman
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revised in 2013, is intended to address the needs of lowincome renters. But despite the frequent rate at which developers opt to pay the fee, the fund is rarely used. Over 12 years it has gone toward two projects, only one of which is in operation. The so-called “Super Co-op” at
1905 Nueces St., run by College Houses, was built in 2008 and is the first. A forthcoming co-op house at 915 W. San Gabriel St., run by Inter-Cooperative College Housing Austin (ICC), will be the second. College Houses used the trust fund money to renovate and expand the “Super Co-op,”
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adding 76 units and bringing its total capacity to 173, and the San Gabriel home will be able to accommodate 35, the organizations said. Each received over $600,000 from the city. College Houses Executive Director Angela Atwood said
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during the 1930s. In the pre-Pearl Harbor era, Denius said war involvement was a critical part of everyday life, but he said he believes, even though the country may be unaware, it is still fighting a part-time war today. “If I have a son that’s in Afghanistan, my family is going to look at the war totally different than those that have no connection or relatives that are involved in combat,” Denius said. Mechanical engineering sophomore Andrew Repetski said he hopes to be an engineering officer in the army and attended the lecture because he was interested in Denius’s involvement in the military. “I gained a sense of his experiences and information about what I
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If we don’t remember what...our veterans sacrificed or what our military members did, then we are worse off as a society.
continues from page 1 Kyler Moore said she will be enrolling in a French course next semester, but agrees UT should offer more African languages. “I think I signed up for French because I was comfortable with it because I had taken it in high school,” Moore said. “I didn’t even look at other languages. I didn’t know there was only one African language offered. It would be amazing if UT did offer more African languages because
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may come across in the future,” Repetski said. “I think it’s important just to hear about things that happened in the past that I didn’t have the opportunity to be there for or learn much about.” The event, sponsored by the Clements Center for National Security and UT Student Veterans Services, was meant to honor veterans and reflect on their service through Denius’s talk, according to Jeremiah Gunderson, director of Student Veterans Services. Gunderson said he thinks that, while veter-
ans are not looking for recognition, Veterans Day is a good opportunity for the country to show appreciation for them. Gunderson said through contacting loved ones such as friends and family who served in the military, Americans can demonstrate that they have not forgotten about the veteran community. “If we don’t remember what has happened before us or what our veterans sacrificed or what our military members did, then we are worse off as a society,” Gunderson said. “I think we need to remember what they did.”
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continues from page 1 ing to get to have some input,” Muñoz said. “For us, that is a benefit, but I can certainly support and understand why UTAustin officials would say, ‘Let’s see how it works, and we can join later.’” Rice will begin to accept applications through the coalition next year, and Muñoz
people like me who are black African-American would love to take classes and learn more about our culture.” As a starting point, Swahili and Zulu should be added to the language courses at UT, according to Falola. “We are developing connections to South Africa, so learning Zulu is important,” Falola said. “The African Union has adopted Swahili as the official language. They are now expecting all Africans in the future to be able to speak Swahili, so we need to teach it.” said Rice’s primary motivation for joining the coalition was having multiple application options to prevent a situation where the failure of one system causes applications to be lost, as recently occurred with the Common Application. While Texas A&M uses ApplyTexas, the same application system UT uses, A&M declined to comment on its participation in the coalition for this story.
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DHFS to adopt new healthy foods brand By Selah Maya Zighelboim @SelahMaya
The Division of Housing and Food Services will begin branding certain healthy foods in the campus markets with a “Lite Bites” logo beginning next semester. To receive this logo, foods must have no more than 10 percent of calories from saturated fats, no more than 35 percent of total weight from sugar and added sweeteners, no more than 360 milligrams of sodium, and be less than 250 calories per individual package, DHFS registered dietitian Lindsay Wilson said. Examples of this include some kinds of fruit snacks, protein
bars and baked chips. “I think it’s very important to be able to easily show students what healthier options are and give them recommendations,” Wilson said. “Being able to highlight those healthier choices does, I think, hopefully help students make a healthier choice when they go into the dining locations.” According to Wilson, the idea for Lite Bites came out of the Healthy Vending Initiative to put healthier snacks in some of the campus vending machines. The Lite Bites foods in the market will follow the same guidelines as the Lite Bites foods in the vending machines. Currently, there are 10 vending machines on campus
that have only these healthy snacks in them, but they do not yet have the Lite Bites logo to designate them. Wilson said DHFS are trying to figure out how to implement the Lite Bites brand into the dining halls as well. The Lite Bites logo will eventually replace the Healthy Suggestions logo that currently exists. DHFS marketing coordinator Kathy Phan said DHFS will launch a campaign to teach students to associate the Lite Bites logo with healthy food choices. The campaign will launch in coordination with other organizations on campus, such as University Health Services and RecSports, when they have the
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vending machine wrapping material to mark the all-Lite Bites machines. Next week, DHFS will begin surveying students about which foods they want to be sold in the markets that meet the criteria. “We want to get to a point where they understand that if they see that logo, that is something that is healthy and adheres to certain credentials,” Phan said. Biology freshman Bersabeh Asfaw said she is pretty ambivalent about DHFS labeling healthy food options. “From one to 10, I’m like a six when it comes to eating healthy,” Asfaw said. “I would appreciate the labeling, but I’m not too concerned.”
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continues from page 1 she plans to apply for the funds again to make needed improvements soon — once enough big-time developers have helped replenish it the fund. Meanwhile, commercial complexes are regularly built with 150 or more bedrooms, 10 percent of which must still be set aside for affordable housing. They utilize this opt-out mechanism to pay out of providing in-demand, cheap units beyond that minimum threshold. The contributions commercial complexes choose to put in the fund are significant, but almost all of them opted to pay this fee because of cost-benefit analysis, according to campus realtor Mike McHone. He said they can make more money by taking the initial financial blow. “Contrary to popular myth, there is no magic money,” McHone said. “A project has to stand on its own.” The resulting fee is almost always in the tens of thousands of dollars. The Block on 28th Street, home to 208 tenants, was asked to put $48,000 into the fund upon its construction. The city told Pointe on Rio it would have to contribute $66,000. 26 West paid about $201,000. The few that have elected to provide extra affordable units did so because they can build their complexes slightly higher, according to City of Austin employee Javier Delgado. “The land is extremely valuable, there isn’t very much of it left, and the people who own most of it are interested in building stuff that’s going to maximize the profit,” ICC Executive Director Billy Tho-
gersen said. “Typically affordable housing is not something that allows you to maximize your development.” The neighborhood trust fund, which functions like a grant, is almost the only one of its kind in Austin. Developers apply for funding, and the city loans them money. If they continue to uphold the guidelines, the loan is eventually forgiven. Per a city ordinance, all new West Campus developers must set aside one of every 10 units and charge less than 60 percent of the Austin area median family household income for them. This amounted to about $740 for a one bedroom in 2014. UNO says that a second, optional tier of affordable units — which can be avoided by paying the fee — need to be leased at less than 50 percent of this median income, or $616 for a one bedroom. In contrast, sharing a four-bedroom, non-affordable unit at The Block can cost over $950 per person. Should a developer choose to opt out of the second tier, as most do, they have to pay an amount to the city equivalent to a dollar per square foot of the building’s total area. That exact amount is reported to the city by an architect and is often small in comparison to overall construction costs, which are often over $25 million, McHone said. The affordable housing units that are available, commonly referred to as S.M.A.R.T. housing, always fill up, according to Delgado, although developers occasionally argue otherwise. “People test the waters sometimes to see what we’ll say,” said Delgado, who gathers the fee during the building process.
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“People always tell me, ‘I can’t rent my units.’ I tell them, ‘That’s impossible.’” According to ICC’s Thogersen, this is the latest, slightly less tortured chapter in West Campus development history post-2003, when the UNO was implemented. After that, development took off and prices never turned back. UNO and the affordable housing section were revised in 2013, which he describes as a painful but necessary step forward. “Before the revision was done, the system was messed up,” Thogersen said. “It was pretty bad. All the affordable units were $1,200 efficiency apartments, and they were all going to people who were the least poor you could possibly be to get in. The system was broken. It was not working.” To help remedy it, a panel of local interest groups, Thogersen included, got together and debated the revision for around three years. Thorgersen said developers would often argue that increasing the demands related to the fee would spurn development and everyone would suffer. For example, in a 2010 letter a representative from Education Realty Trust, a Memphis-based
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developer, wrote the City of Austin to say that an increase in “the affordability requirements of UNO would … decrease the probability of additional projects, which I can only assume is counterproductive to the city’s goal of providing more affordable housing.” In other words, critics said that raising affordability requirements would, in effect, decrease affordability in the area overall. However, by the end of the revision process a compromise was struck: the fee was doubled from 50 cents per square foot to $1 and the definition of affordability was strengthened. Development has not ceased, but this position is still brought up. “There’s never enough affordable housing,” McHone said. “Never enough. But at the same time, you’ve got to get projects built. By building projects, you keep the cost down as much as you can. Keeping the supply high is a way to moderate the increases.” American Campus Communities, an Austin-based company which owns numerous West Campus housing complexes such as Callaway, The Block, and 26 West, reported a net income
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It was standing room only for Naomi Klein’s presentation to students and the general public in the LBJ Auditorium on Wednesday night. Klein was invited to campus as the eighth C.L. and Henriette Cline Visiting Professor in the Humanities, an annual series featuring distinguished scholars, writers, and artists. Klein discussed her new book and documentary, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate,” which argues for changing current economic models in order to save the environment. Klein, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times Bestselling author, said her explanation for climate change, such as the rising global temperature and increased frequency of severe weather conditions, have not been taken seriously as a global issue
because it was recognized at the “worst possible” moment. “It was epic bad timing,” Klein said. “1988, that’s the year governments started meeting to talk about what we are going to do about this. It was also the ascension to neoliberalism. The idea there is something sinister about collectivism and the idea we can do good things when we work together. Climate change is the very essence of a collective problem.” Klein said she was not always interested in covering climate change. “I am here to talk about climate change which is strange for me because seven years ago I would have wanted to talk to about anything else,” Klein said. “I think a lot of us live in this state of looking away from climate change. It’s ‘Oh, I should watch this video about climate change, but no, I’m going to watch this cat video.’” Philosophy freshman Da-
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West Campus apartments are required to offer 10% of their units as affordable housing., priced at less than 60% of the Austin area median income.
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of $26.9 million in February. ACC’s Vice President of Branding Gina Cowart released an email statement to the Texan. “All of ACC’s properties that are subject to UNO and its affordable housing requirements comply with the applicable standards whether they were acquired or developed,” the statement said. “Zoning designations/overlays, such as UNO, play a vital role in the meaningful planning and sustainable growth in any community and are always a consideration that owners/developers must evaluate when considering the viability of developing properties.” CA Ventures, which owns 21 Rio and Texan26, and Grand Campus Living did not return
requests for comment. Austin Historic Preservation Officer Steve Sadowsky said the idea behind UNO is good. However, he said making West Campus a financially inclusive area is trickier. “I think the idea of creating a student village in West Campus is very noble, but I’m afraid that the market prices in West Campus are going to make that more difficult over time,” Sadowsky said. “And maybe if more high rises are built and competition for rooms close to campus lessens then rents can possibly come down. But I really don’t know that there’s a single answer to how to make campus-adjacent living more affordable.”
from incoming freshman and what changes they want to make.” Lorraine Pangle, a government professor who directs the Jefferson Scholars Program, said she is skeptical of the validity of SAT scores. Pangle said she lightly considers test scores when evaluating students for admission to the program, a course sequence focusing on great books from several ages in history. “As a predictor of college success, it’s pretty weak,” Pangle said. “I wish we had a better replacement.” Andrew McMasters, high school junior from Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas, said he likes the
changes made to the SAT and plans to take it once the new test is administered. “I like it because if you get a question wrong, it doesn’t count against you.” McCasters said. “If I’m down to two answers and I’m pretty sure I know the right answer, I feel confident in picking an answer because points won’t be taken off for it.” Sociology sophomore Paula Millan said changes to the SAT do not reduce its overemphasized role in the admissions process. “It’s very difficult to grade people on one exam because not everyone learns the same,” Millan said. “I think they’re trying to fix it, and, in a way, make it easier.”
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The Texan Talks: race and diversity on the 40 Acres
By Walker Fountain Daily Texan Forum Editor @wf_atx
This week, the Daily Texan Forum will approach the topic of race and diversity on
campus. As protests over police brutality and race relations on college campuses dominate the headlines, we hope to explore the impact of such topics on our campus. This week, the University of Missouri made national headlines for protests surrounding campus administration. University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin both resigned in the wake of protests surrounding their handling of racist incidents on campus, including an alleged swastika painted with human excrement on a bathroom wall. Also in the news are protests against two Yale administrators and faculty, who drew flak for their defense of racially insensitive Halloween costumes. These issues are not limited to Missouri and New Haven. On Oct. 29, members of Society for Cultural Unity confronted
President Greg Fenves during The Texan Talks panel about lack of diversity on campus, including a lack of diverse faculty members and seemingly stagnant rates of black students on campus. These issues are not going away — and their resolution are crucial to the long-term success of the institution. With the Supreme Court case Fisher v. UT about to be heard — the case which may determine whether using race as a factor in college admissions is constitutional — the topic of diversity on campus has possibly never been more urgent since the days of Heman Sweatt. Please join Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Claire Smith and Associate Editor Adam Hamze at 11 a.m. today, Nov. 12, in the Texas Union Sinclair Suite, as they sit down with leaders of the campus community to discuss
issues of race and diversity on campus. Jessica Bathea, a member of Thinkers of Color and guest columnist for The Daily Texan, will participate in the panel. Also joining us will be Richard J. Reddick, assistant vice president of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and associate professor in the Departments of Educational Administration and African and African Diaspora Studies. Finally, Marisa Kent, an officer in Queer People of Color and Allies (QPOCA), will also discuss issues of diversity, advocacy and intersectionality with us. We hope that this panel discussion will be an open, respectful dialogue on this crucial issue and will shed new light on campus perspectives on diversity and race at UT. Fountain is a government senior from Pelham, New York.
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Creating change in bastions of social structure By Richard J. Reddick
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Once again, colleges and universities are at the center of media attention. The resignations of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, are the latest events confirming that W. E. B. DuBois’ prophetic words from 1903 can be applied to the 21st century as well. The problem remains the color line. The genesis of the University of Missouri events — and there are many, including the elimination and later reinstatement of graduate student insurance — seems to be a pervasive concern about a hostile campus climate. Black students have shared examples of being racially assaulted via name-calling and physical aggression. This included student body president Payton Head being called a “nigger.” The sheer number of these events points to a troubling institutional response or perhaps, better stated, a lack of one. The crescendo of student activism was graduate student Jonathan Butler’s hunger strike, and perhaps most visibly (and financially), the announcement that the Missouri football team would boycott Saturday’s football game unless Wolfe stepped down. While the Missouri situation is capturing headlines, it’s significant to note that Yale University is similarly experiencing student unrest over structural racism. These are not isolated incidents — we can point to incidents at Oklahoma, UCLA, and even here at The University of Texas at Austin. Universities occupy a problematic positionality in the regard that they both serve as sites of social
We need a Manhattan Project to eradicate racism and bias. What better place to start the work than a university campus, indeed, one that proclaims that what starts here changes the world? change as well as bastions of social structure. It is only through intentional, structural efforts that directly challenge these mainstays that we can ever hope to address and overcome the institutional racism that assails and assaults students, staff, faculty, alumni and members of the community. I would like to point out that The University of Texas at Austin has focused on campus climate for some time. Researchers in the Institute for Urban Policy and Research and Analysis (IUPRA) will soon release a report analyzing campus climate among faculty and staff. The Campus Climate Response Team (CCRT) in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and in partnership with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Dean of Students and other units, has a reporting system where anybody can report a bias incident that will be investigated. The CCRT has data from 2012 regarding the reported bias incidents on our campus. Diversity Education Initiatives engages members of the campus community in dialogues and trainings. BeVocal
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is an initiative to employ bystanders to intervene when potential harm occurs — inclusive of hate speech and bias. While we are not immune from incidents of racism or bias on this campus, there is an invested institutional commitment to addressing racial aggression. It is very easy to discuss events at Missouri in the abstract; I would encourage every member of the UT community to think of it as an example of what can be termed the empathy gap. Whites and people of color tend to perceive the pervasiveness and impact of racism very differently. Greater dialogue and a willingness
to understand how people of color experience predominantly White institutions — and a personal and institutional investment in dismantling institutional racism — is the initial step we should take to address these issues. We need a Manhattan Project to eradicate racism and bias. What better place to start the work than a university campus, indeed, one that proclaims that what starts here changes the world? Reddick is assistant vice president of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and associate professor in the Departments of Educational Administration and African and African Diaspora Studies.
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UT must respect voices’ of Support and uplift the voices fighting to be heard minority students on campus By Marisa Kent
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If we look at what is happening at the University of Missouri, we see a highly charged situation fraught with racism that observers refuse to identify as racism. Despite the fact that there have been white students driving around in trucks threatening black students, and then shooting and death threats visible on multiple social media platforms, observers still hesitate to call these threats racist. Reading comments from students across the country displays that, more often than not, students of color bear the responsibility to prove that what is happening in Missouri are acts of racism. This is worrisome for even communities in Texas as Texas shares similarities with Missouri politically. At our own university, we are currently debating the issue of campus carry, and amongst those debates includes the very real issue that the law can compromise the safety of some students for the “safety” of others. As is currently the case for Missouri, the threat of violence, whether with campus carry present or not, risks lowering the quality of education that a university can provide. This is the problem — discrimination and prejudice reside as elephants in the room for marginalized communities, but we do not want to discuss these issues on a structural level. UT lacks diversity in terms of minority populations. Almost half of this campus is white, the other half are Asian and Hispanic. Our Black students make up 4 percent of our population if we look at numbers for the beginning of the fall semester, but that number tends to drop as the semester progresses. Our Native American, Native Ha-
waiian, and Pacific Islander population never sit above 1 percent. The student populations are not diverse, and often neither are the faculty nor staff those students learn from. The lack of diversity in the seats of the classroom, at the front of the classroom, and in the administration of our university fail to provide a myriad of perspectives. Without diverse perspectives, the University cannot truly open the door for conversations and education about race to take place. Queer People of Color and Allies (QPOCA) dedicates its mission to fostering an educational environment focused on the intersection of queer identities with different races and ethnicities because those intersections provide a unique way of experiencing the world that is not fully encapsulated by either the queer community or varying people of color communities alone. We focus on educating our own community and the communities we engage with every day. We have an opportunity as an agency of the Multicultural Engagement Center to have strong voices and presence throughout the different communities on campus and have access to resources to put on great programming. QPOCA strives not only to offer a brave space for queer people of color, but to also support and uplift the voices in varying marginalized communities that fight to be heard. With what is happening in Missouri, our role is to support even as we are separated by different states and different universities. After all, what is happening at the University of Missouri is not exclusive to that university alone. In the long term, QPOCA seeks to educate and develop leaders in our community to serve UT and beyond. Kent is a sociology senior from Midland. She is an officer in QPOCA.
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By Myra Ali
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When minority students step onto a predominately white institution, we are entering an environment that was not created with us in mind. Our identities and experiences have always been a side thought, and continue to be secondary to the norm. We are by default the Other, and we exist in spaces that do not intrinsically want our presence. When minority students want anything — greater representation in tenured faculty, a student population that accurately reflects the diversity of the state at large — we have to fight. We have to struggle. The burden of proof is and remains on us, even when it is evident that systems of oppression and injustice are the cornerstones of our society. When Black students call for all Confederate statues — not just Jefferson Davis — to be removed from campus, there shouldn’t be working groups and committees. When Latino students ask for fraternities to be held accountable for their actions, there shouldn’t be a carefully worded press release that voids responsibility based on the proximity to campus. When Palestinian students ask for the University to divest from corporations that benefit from the ethnic cleansing of their people, there shouldn’t be an organized smear campaign. There should be action. No questions asked. We must stop belittling the experiences of minority students on campus by asking them to explain their oppression and then turning around to patronize them with the tools of the same institution they call into question. As Black students and allies at Mizzou,
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When we refuse to speak out we allow ourselves to be spoken for; it is irresponsible and negligent to stay seated in the face of injustice. Yale and other campuses across the country unite to hold their institutions accountable, it is essential that we at UT look to minority leadership on campus and ask what we can do. Now is the time to listen, learn and take action — because we are complicit. Silence is complicity. Neutrality, apathetic and politically polite stances do more harm than good. By refusing to engage in the discourse, we legitimize the system and further the status quo. When we refuse to speak out we allow ourselves to be spoken for; it is irresponsible and negligent to stay seated in the face of injustice. It may seem like a call to action is mobilizing across the nation, but the fact of the matter is that people of color have been calling out for months, and years and decades upon decades. We refuse to be ignored and we demand to be recognized — not in the bits and pieces of our cultures and identities that may be cute or convenient for you to digest, but as our full and whole selves. Ali is an international relations and global studies senior from Islamabad. She is the Diversity and Inclusion Agency director of Student Government and a member of Palestine Solidarity Committee. She is also a staffer of The Daily Texan.
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Blue jeans are the staple wardrobe item for college students — they can be worn repeatedly during laundry dry spells, and students can throw them on with any top when running late to class. Most wearers agree that blue jeans are comfortable, according to interviews in the book “Blue Jeans: The Art of the Ordinary.” Authors Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward found people believed jeans “go with everything,” are low maintenance and gradually adjust to the wearer. They also have the ability to transcend social categories because they are seen as classless and appropriate for both men and women. But many of the characteristics that make denim jeans so comfortable and that wearers take for granted aren’t really physical qualities of the textile. Ideas about blue jeans, such as that they don’t need to be washed as often as other garments and that they can match with any outfit, are culturally ascribed features, according to the Global Denim Project. Communication studies grad student Camille Hall said she’s noticed these features of jeans are
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simply social conventions. “If you think about it, they’re just blue pants,” Hall said. “Blue jeans go with everything because we’ve made it so.” Cultural convention has also made people think denim is rough and impermeable to dirtiness. For example, people that Miller and Woodard interviewed, often said jeans don’t need to be ironed, but denim has no unique physical characteristic that makes them wrinkle-free. Instead, this perception is made possible by the convention that jeans don’t need to be tidy. Chip Bergh, Levi’s CEO, reinforced this idea by publicly saying he hasn’t washed his own jeans in over a year. “If you talk to real denim aficionados, they’ll tell you:
You don’t wash your blue jeans,” Bergh told Fortune. Such ideas about the physical roughness and hardiness of denim may be products of its historical associations with heavy labor in the 19th century. Jeans began to be used as casual wear in the 1950s, according to Levi’s historian Lynn Downey’s research. At that time, they became associated with particular subcultures, such as the rebellious youth and American cowboys. By the 1970s, blue jeans eventually broke out of these cultural niches, and people gradually integrated them into popular culture. A global 2008 survey found that 31 percent of people own three or four pairs of jeans, while 29 percent own between five and 10 pairs. Millions of wardrobes all
If you’ve got the right pair, you don’t really notice you’re wearing anything. But also, you don’t have to worry about a pair of jeans out in the world. Any pair of jeans is cool. —Aubrey Folck, Speech pathology senior
over the world possess at least one pair of regularly worn jeans. Its worldwide spread helped normalize peoples’ ideas about the comfort and convenience of wearing denim — ideas that don’t come from any intrinsic quality of the fabric. A pair of blue jeans’ capacity to make people feel more comfortable than other clothes goes one step beyond attributes that make them convenient. People also reconcile physical comfort with the
social concern of how they look in public. Speech pathology senior Aubrey Folck said she loves wearing jeans, not only because she thinks they’re comfortable enough to sleep in but because there’s no social pressure against wearing them. “If you’ve got the right pair, you don’t really notice you’re wearing anything,” Folck said. “But also, you don’t have to worry about a pair of jeans out in the world. Any pair of jeans is cool.“
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continues from page 8 of the scientific name for the roundworm, C. elegans. Corey Nacrelli, a contributor to the zine, has provided images for Vaughn to integrate into her collages. Nacrelli said he was able to observe the scientific lens through which Vaughn views creative projects. “She is constantly running in every direction, trying to find a neat way to integrate science and art,” Nacrelli said. “In the art world, there’s not too many people who have that kind of perspective. I just think that’s kind of refreshing.” Amanda’s biochemistry research focuses on spinal birth defects caused by folic acid deficiency. Halfway through her Ph.D. program, Vaughn said she hopes to teach science through art in some form in the future. “Art is something that’s beautiful to look at and experience, but I think that we can use art as a way of communicating more often,” Vaughn said. “My goal is to encourage people to love science the way I do and to realize that it’s just like another form of art.” Aside from making zines, Vaughn is also currently working on mural-sized paintings in her own cartoon style of proteins she has observed in her lab and portrayed. Vaughn said she sees a need for change in the way the sciences are taught and presented to students. “In the era of the great thinkers, there was not this stigma about science being a negative thing,” Vaughn said. “It was more like a perspective through which you viewed the world. If people are brought onto the scene with a sense of fear already installed in them, I don’t think we’re going to advance in science. We need people that have different perspectives that are bringing something to the table.”
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FEATURE Matthew McConaughey was one of the many who joined Edith Royal for her 90th birthday celebration and fundraiser for the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s disease on Nov. 5 at Hotel Granduca in West Lake.
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Friends, family, celebrities and Alzheimer’s researchers flocked to Edith Royal’s 90th birthday party last week. The party did more than just celebrate Edith’s life. It also marked the latest fundraiser for the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s disease. Edith established the fund in February 2012. Her husband Darrell, Texas’ football coach from 1957-1976, died that November. The diverse crowd reminded Edith of the many who visited Darrell in the final years of his life. She’s still blown away by the Texas support she received — the friendships the Royals formed through the University. Her life wasn’t always this way. Edith was born to a family of
true Sooners — the Thomasons left their Jack County, Texas home to stake out 500 acres in Harmon County, Oklahoma. She worked the family cotton farm through childhood, commuting 25 miles to school. The work was hard, Edith said, but her family loved it. “I didn’t know we were poor, but we were just so poor we could barely make it,” Edith said. “From one crop to the next is how we lived. So did all of our neighbors.” She met Darrell Royal almost as a fluke. The two were both “in town” in Hollis, Oklahoma, and Edith was staying at a friend’s house. When Darrell’s brother walked Edith’s friend home, Darrell and Edith fell into step together. They began dating and continued when Darrell wasn’t at army bases. In July 1944, Darrell received a 10-day furlough and invited
Edith on a trip to Hollis. “I said, ‘Darrell – That just wouldn’t look right. We can’t go to Hollis. We’re not married,’” Edith said. Darrell got the license the following day. They told their families after. Before long, football consumed Darrell’s life. He made the third Air Force team in 1945, played as a Sooner from 1946-1949 and coached at Mississippi State and Washington before taking the Texas job in 1957. At Texas, the Royals formed strong relationships with everyone from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Matthew McConaughey. Their teams became their family. When Darrell became sick, friends and former players flocked to the Royal household. Some took Darrell for rides in new trucks. Others
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came just to chat. Willie Nelson and George Strait sang Darrell songs. The list goes on. Edith said each visit helped immensely as a caretaker, relieving pressure from the “24/7” job. She established the DKR Fund with later Alzheimer’s patients and caretakers in mind. “In the world of Alzheimer’s and dementia, Edith knows a lot of caregivers don’t have that help and support,” gala co-chair Debbie Hanna said. “Her concern was: How are we going to do something for the caregiver that’s 24/7?” Three years later, she continues to fundraise. She celebrates her own life and birthdays — she turned 90 on Oct. 27 — by giving back. In typical birthday party fashion, she raised more than $750,000 for the fund, awarded researchers across the
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state with grants and supported a DKR Fund Legacy Council event for young professionals affected by the disease. The Legacy Council gives these members a community. Edith says the community of support is crucial for caretakers. The spotlight of Texas football gave her and Darrell that blessing. She still takes comfort in the truck rides, player visits and song sessions in Darrell’s final days. “He loved music, loved musicians,” Edith said. “They were all invited to our house all the time. A pretty interesting life.”
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No. 5 Longhorns down Kansas in road match By Michael Shapiro @mshap2
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The softball team and veterans prepare to play in a split squad scrimmage. The Stars beat the Stripes 9-7 in the game Wednesday night.
Texas plays slow pitch game with veterans to conclude fall By Bradley Maddox @MaddoxOnSports
Jimmy Daniels, a 92-yearold World War II veteran, took the ball and fired in a strike to kick off the special Veterans Day softball game on Wednesday night at McCombs Field. The event featured the Sun City Veterans, a team of retired armed forces members, pairing up with the Texas softball team in a split-squad, slow-pitch style contest. Gary Dennett, a member of the National Guard from 1958-1989, got the start for the red-clad Stripes. Opposite of Dennett was Shirley Harmes, a member of the Coast Guard from 1978-1993, who got an inning of work for the blueclad Stars, who downed the Stripes, 9-7.
“Tonight was more than about the outcomes on the field. It was incredible to share the field with a very special group of veterans,” head coach Connie Clark said. The Longhorns, split between the two teams of veterans, had a field day at the plate, belting five homers on the evening. Clark said the team enjoyed sharing the field with the veterans. “You know, you get some through the game that come up and say this is the first time we’ve been celebrated in a long time,” Clark said. “To hear that is amazing, but it just shows that a little thing can be big for them.” The game marked the end of Texas’ fall schedule. The Longhorns only suffered one loss in the fall, losing 6-0 to Texas State on Nov. 6.
Tonight was more than about the outcomes on the field. It was incredible to share the field with a very special group of veterans.
The Longhorns were up 14-9 in the fifth set when senior outside hitter Amy Neal stepped up to serve. Kansas fans rose to their feet as Neal prepared. Kansas returned, and, following a set by junior setter Chloe Collins, senior middle blocker Molly McCage recorded the evening’s final kill. As the ball fell to the floor, the No. 5 Longhorns celebrated at mid-court and left Lawrence with a 3-2 win over Kansas and a strong grasp on first place in the Big 12. “It’s a tough environment to play in,” Elliott said. “Both teams had only one conference loss this year. We knew it was going to be tight.” In its biggest match of the season, it was the Texas (21-2, 11-1 Big 12) seniors who came through in the fifth set. The Longhorns recorded seven kills in the final set, with five of them coming from seniors Neal and middle blocker Molly McCage. “They were both very aggressive,” head coach Jerritt
Elliott said. “They’ve been in spots like that before and they kept swinging and coming up with big points for us.” The match was a tug of war throughout, with the two teams trading leads throughout each of the five sets and splitting the first two sets. Texas took a 2-1 lead after an 30-28 third set victory highlighted by five kills from junior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame. The set followed a frenetic pace throughout, with both teams scrambling to recover after each smash over the net. But any momentum garnered from the third-set thriller quickly faded as Texas dropped the fourth set 25-22. The stage was set for the fantastic finish in the biggest match of the Longhorns season. After the Longhorns closed out the match’s final set, they boarded the team bus elated but not satisfied. Texas is now in first place in the conference, but with four matches to play, nothing is settled in the Big 12. “We still have work to do,” Elliott said. “We have the hardest schedule left in the conference and we need to win out.”
—Connie Clark, Softball head coach
Texas now looks to prepare for the spring, which kicks off in February. Clark said Wednesday’s contest was a great way to end the fall. “They have big world experience and to be able to let our athletes hear from them is a win-win,” Clark said.
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Senior outside hitter Amy Neal hits the ball against West Virginia on Nov. 5 at home. The team won 3-0.
Quarterback Vince Young played his final home game as a Longhorn in a 66-14 win over Kansas. Young passed for 281 yards and four touchdowns.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Young players shine for Longhorn defense
Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said Wednesday he hopes to play more freshmen as the season progresses. “They’re going to be very good one day,” Bedford said. “They’re growing and getting better, and they’re going to play a lot of football for us this year.” The Longhorns played their largest variety of freshmen during Saturday’s win against Kansas. Specifically, freshmen safety DeShon Elliott and defensive end Charles Omenihu played their first major career stints. Additionally, freshman mainstays cornerback Holton Hill and linebacker Malik Jefferson continued to shine. Bedford said the freshman class has earned its chance despite the players’ inexperience. “We’re playing all those guys for one reason,” Bedford said. “They’re all good players. They’re very young, but they’re all good players, and they’ve made plays for us this season.” In addition, Bedford said he isn’t concerned about Texas’ current recruiting class. The Longhorns have just nine players committed to their 2016 recruiting class, but Bedford isn’t worried about the early shortage. “Why would I be?” Bedford said. “At this time [last year], the same questions were asked, and they got answered on signing day. They’re [going to] be answered again on signing day — one way or the other.” According to 247Sports, Texas finished with the No. 9 recruiting class last February. Bedford emphasized the program can only improve if the team replicates its recruiting success from last season. He said he thinks that goal is attainable and that the program is an easier sell this year. “I think this year, because it’s our second season into it, we’re getting a lot better responses,” Bedford said. “I think word got out that [head coach Charlie Strong] cares about the kids. … And at the end of the day, I think the University of Texas sells itself.” —Ezra Siegel
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UT freshman perseveres after brain injury By Katie Walsh @katiewalsh_atx
The first thing biology freshman Austin Morgan used to do before hopping on his dirt bike was put on his thigh-high socks. His knee braces followed, hidden beneath the thick fabric of his pants. Then, he climbed into his knee-high boots, pulled a jersey over his head and topped it off with a plastic chest protector. He slid on his gloves, goggles and finally, his $400 helmet. But no matter how much equipment he wore, nothing could have prevented his accident on July 6, 2014. Austin crashed last year while practicing on a track outside of Bastrop, Texas. Doctors initially predicted his brain injury would kill him, but after a year of therapy, Austin stepped foot onto the 40 Acres with a plan to become a neurologist and confront the same questions that puzzled his doctors. “I want to help people who have gone through similar circumstances as I did,” Austin said. “I went through a brain injury, and I know firsthand what goes on.” Austin started racing dirt bikes before he started kindergarten, prompted by a deal from his father — “If you learn how to ride a regular bike, I’ll get you a dirt bike.” Since then, he has gone through nine bikes and countless races. He focuses on trail rides in which a track is carved into a wooded area and riders are given a specific amount of time – usually 30 to 70 minutes – to make as many laps as possible. When he wasn’t racing at trail rides, Austin spent his weekends competing at mo-
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After enduring a brain injury from a dirt bike accident and going through a year of therapy, biology freshman Austin Morgan decided he wanted to become a neurologist in order to help others in similar situations.
tocross races. On the day of his accident, he fell while riding across a trail of whoops, or short consecutive inclines. “I made it about half way, and then I somehow went down,” Austin said. “I don’t know how. The only eyewitness to the wreck was a 7-year-old girl who said my bike ate me.” He was helicoptored to a hospital where doctors diagnosed him with severe intracranial pressure and a broken back, collarbone, eye orbital
and finger. His best friend, Mason Houston, said he visited the hospital every day after work, sometimes spending the night so that Austin’s mom could go home. “When you have an image of somebody who has been a certain way for so long, and then you see them lying on their back in a hospital bed — it’s pretty hard to see,” Houston said. Austin eventually woke up, unable to speak or walk.
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Biochemistry doctoral student Amanda Vaughn’s interest in science and art combine in the zines she creates. A zine is a small handcrafted magazine that focuses on the interests of the artist who made it.
Doctoral student bridges arts, sciences through zine @rachelrascoe
Biochemistry doctoral student Amanda Vaughn balances her time between growing mutated rats, performing with her scientifically named shoegaze band Telomere, making zines and spending summers in China performing outreach for her research lab. Vaughn integrates the arts and sciences through zine-making. She said she hopes her Bearcat Zine will bridge the widely perceived gap between the two disciplines by using art as a form of communication. Bearcat incorporates a variety of visual elements, such as handmade collages composed of vintage postcards, pictures of cats, biological diagrams and handwritten prose entries. The title Bearcat comes
His mother, Brenda Morgan, attributes Austin’s full recovery to his positive attitude. She said throughout the process, Austin remained determined to recover fully. “There was something inside him that wanted to wake up,” Brenda said. “[Later on in his recovery,] the therapist would be like ‘Let’s take a break,’ and he was like ‘No, let’s keep going.’” Today, Austin said he can’t run or play sports and has learned to write left-handed
because the right side of his body is affected by spasticity, a condition that causes muscles to constantly contract. He said he used to be the kid in high school who postponed studying until the morning of, a luxury his short-term memory no longer allows. Even so, he takes it all in stride. “We only have one life,” Austin said. “You can be bitter, you can be angry, or you can be positive. Being positive is a hell of a lot better than being negative.”
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He stayed at several hospitals and rehab centers over the next year, visiting therapists regularly to regain speech, mobility and most of his long-term memory. Memories from the day of the accident and the 30 days that followed never resurfaced. “Basically, I lucked out that this injury will continuously heal for the rest of my life,” Austin said. “But that’s also the downfall. I’m kind of an impatient person and [the rest of my life] is quite a while.”
from the Chinese word for panda, which is made up of the two separate Chinese words for bear and cat. Vaughn, who speaks five languages, said she enjoys bringing together a variety of elements into a final artistic product. “I like taking two concepts and summing them to make a whole greater than the sum,” Vaughn said. “It’s great to be able to look at a piece that is collectively comprised of different contributions from different sources and then have this whole that is totally unique and different. I like creating things that no one has ever seen before.” Anastasia Kirages of the Houston-based Modernizm Zine discovered Bearcat at a previous Austin Zine Fest. Kirages said that Vaughn’s mix of collage elements embody the
creative freedom possible in zine-making. “There’s no real right way to make a zine,” Kirages said. “You don’t really have to answer to anyone, but you can also collaborate with others. You can literally do anything that you want to.” Previous issues were centered around the themes of memory and nostalgia, comedy and literary submissions. Vaughn has also made an illustrated pocket-sized field guide to cell organelles. Vaughn’s zines feature primarily her own work, as well as submissions from friends and other zine-makers. All works are presented anonymously without names, although Vaughn occasionally includes notes from C.C. Elegans. The pen name is a play off
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