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O’Malley talks fair wage, serenades crowd By Forrest Milburn @forrestmilburn
Democratic presidential contender Martin O’Malley showed students and faculty a more personable side of himself than he presents on primary debate stages during a talk at Hogg Auditorium Thursday evening. O’Malley, a former Maryland governor and Baltimore mayor, stepped off the stage to interact more closely with the crowd and detail the merits of his economic plan over his counterparts.
“We should raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour however we can and wherever we can,” O’Malley said. “When workers earn more, they spend more, [and] our economy grows.” Throughout the talk, O’Malley heavily stressed his economic plan to increase wages, expand Social Security, approve paid family leave legislation and pass comprehensive immigration reform. Computer science freshman Ramsey Hashem, a supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, said he was
impressed with O’Malley’s economic policies and his approach to college voters. “I think he definitely sounded hopeful for his chances in the future,” Hashem said. “If you look at the Republican caucus in 2012, [Sen.] Rick Santorum [RPenn.] won the Iowa caucus, so anything can happen.” With frontrunner Hillary Clinton and Sanders leading the polls with 52 and 33 percent, O’Malley placed a distant third at five percent in a
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Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley finishes his talk by serenading the audience Thursday night at Hogg Auditorium.
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Students shut down Dean Keeton, Guadalupe Street, and 21st Street as they marched in protest against the current minimum wage, student debt, and tuition fees. The rally was part of the national #MillionStudentMarch movement.
the privilege that they have,” Barlas said. “I’m not a black student and I’ll never understand how difficult it is to be a black student at UT, but it’s crucial that we all stand together in solidarity.” Barlas said Student
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Humanities senior Hirrah Barlas, who helped plan the event, said high tuition fees contribute to racial and economic inequalities on campus. “When other students choose to look the other way, that’s kind of stemming from
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Students chanted and carried signs that said “education should not be a debt sentence” as they rallied against tuition fees and student debts on Thursday afternoon. Members of the rally marched through campus and addressed eliminating tuition fees in public universities, canceling student debts, raising minimum wage to $15 an hour and prohibiting guns in classrooms. The rally, part of the national #MillionStudentMarch movement, was organized by the Society for Cultural Unity, along with other student organizations. Mohammed Nabulsi, a second year law student and one of the rally’s speakers, said the priority of this rally is the needs of black students due to their low representation on campus. “The purpose of this protest is that members of this community — students of color, predominantly poor students — are feeling the increasing pressure that they’re not welcome here,” Nabulsi said. “The idea is that we as a community are inextricably linked, [as] students of color, but also that we’re the greatest victims.”
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Government has not responded to the pressing needs of minority students. “For our tuition campaign, it’s been kind of difficult getting the Student Government to back us up,” Barlas said. SG Vice President
Rohit Mandalapu said they are working with UT administrators to recognize challenges that impede the growth of diversity on campus. “Increase in tu-
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Results from a campuswide survey show that students, faculty and staff largely agree sustainability should be a high priority at UT over the next 15 years. The survey was open through the end of October in order to collect input from the UT community for a UT Sustainability Master Plan, which will be in effect for 15 years after it is published. Director of Sustainability Jim Walker said 3,000 people answered the survey, and their answers will be used to shape the Master Plan. “The first ever UT Austin Sustainability Master Plan will use the diverse responses from the poll, the experience of our own students, staff and faculty, as well as feedback from many in-person meetings around campus, to help us shape practical strategies designed to build on our strong foundation and the widespread existing consensus about future priorities,” Walker said in an email. According to survey findings, there is broad consensus within the UT community regarding eight sustainability categories. More than 70 percent of the surveyed UT community thinks energy conservation, water conservation, investing in renewables, investing in research innovation and trash and landfill reduction should be high priorities. More than 60 percent of the community indicated increasing the availability of fresh and local food, sustainability education and green building
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Students limited by housing options Parakeets removed from UT fields By Jackie Wang
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Editor’s Note: This is the second piece in a two-part series of stories examining the affordable housing options available to students looking to live in West Campus. The first part ran Thursday. When Lorena Lopez was 16, she came to Austin for a music competition. She remembers seeing the campus for the first time and being shocked by its size; her hometown, El Paso, was not as amazing as this city. Looking back, she cannot believe how awed she was by the size of UT. “I came again my junior and senior year and every time I was like, ‘I want to
Although the subtropics of South America are thousands of miles from the subtropics of Austin, they have one thing in common — they are home to the green-feathered, yellow-bellied Monk Parakeets. The birds, which are native to South America, can be found all over Austin. Recently, the parakeets have been spotted at the UT Texas Red and Charline McCombs fields — where the UT softball team plays — and were previously relocated from the UT intramural fields. According to Tim Keitt, who teaches the class ‘Biology of Birds’ at UT, the parakeets are not native to Austin but were introduced through the pet industry.
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Lorena Lopez, human development and family sciences senior, lives at The Ballpark Apartments, located in Riverside. Lopez saw Riverside as an affordable alternative to West Campus.
come again so bad,’” Lopez said. “My dad has always been a big fan of UT. I always saw him with shirts and hats and stuff. And I was like, ‘Oh, I can actually come here?’”
Lopez started at UT three years ago, intent on becoming a doctor. The senior has changed her mind since then — she
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“These feral populations originated from escaped cage birds,” Keitt said. “I see Monk Parakeets all over Austin. The big concentrations are usually around open fields where they build large communal nests on (typically) light towers.” The parakeets were recently removed from the intramural fields over the summer to prepare for the renovation of the lighting systems at the Whitaker Fields and Tennis Center Complex, Laurie Lentz, university co-communications manager, said. Lentz said precautions were taken to make sure no birds were harmed.
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itions hurts minority students disproportionately,” Mandalapu said. Edwin Dorn, professor and former dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs, said he opposes eliminating tuitions at public universities. According to Dorn, free tuition would actually put students with low socioeconomic status at a disadvantage. Assuming overall costs of college education stay the same, the portion of costs currently covered by tuitions would have to be obtained elsewhere, for example by raising the sales tax, Dorn said. “We would be asking all Texas taxpayers, including workers whose children have relatively little chance of being admitted to UT, to help pay for a free education for wealthy kids,” Dorn said. “That’s perverse. A better solution is to use means-tested financial aid packages.”
should also be high priorities. Daniela Pachon, environmental science sophomore and a zero waste assistant at the Campus Environmental Center, said she thinks the survey shows students’ efforts to be more sustainable and hopes education is the main aspect that comes to fruition in the Master Plan. “We know what recycling is, we know what renewable resources are, we know what water conservation is, but a lot of people — just out of fear of how big and broad the topic is — are misinformed about a lot of things and thats not a bad thing, it’s totally normal,” Pachon said. “It’s a two way thing. It’s one, us getting the thing we need to become sustainable and also the people putting in their effort to adopt that kind of lifestyle.” Integrative biology graduate Elise Worchel said she went to one of the forums about the
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UT Sustainability Master Plan held before the survey was sent to UT students and said she was not surprised so many students felt water conservation should be a top priority for the Master Plan. “It seems that water conservation is a big thing that campus is going to move forward on, especially after this survey,” Worchel said. “I know they talked a lot about having assistance for rainwater collection.”
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The sustainability survey also found that 50 percent of those who took the survey think UT should be more bike and pedestrian friendly and 48 percent want the campus to be as “car-free” as possible. Although community input is being taken highly into consideration, Walker said making UT “car-free” is not a realistic strategy due to local transit limitations. Over the next few months, staff will be working on
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continues from page 1 CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday. O’Malley said he has improved from his initial polling position from the summer and said he believes early polling never reflects the eventual outcome of the primaries. Connor Hughes, Tejas Club vice president, said he thought O’Malley’s personable approach — including a sing-along guitar performance after the talk – reached a lot of students in the auditorium. “I really liked how he catered to the young crowd,” Hughes said. “Talking to him in the backstage and beforehand, he was very excited about the event and he definitely was just here
the outlines of the first UT Sustainability Master Plan, which is estimated to be completed by April 2016, Walker said. “We want to make sure that UT-Austin is a leader over the next fifteen years in innovative and affordable solutions that make a positive impact,” Walker said in an email. “When the plan comes out next spring, you will see just how seriously we take your feedback.” to meet the students and get engaged with them.” On the recent protests over racial inequality at the University of Missouri, O’Malley said he believes the movement could be a “crowdsourced healing of the deepest kind” and that it calls for more effective leadership and transparency in the country. Hashem said O’Malley lacked a well-defined answer on the Mizzou protests. “I think he beat around the bush a little bit,” Hashem said. “I think definitely at the next debate, he’ll have a much more polished answer.” O’Malley will take part in the second Democratic debate against Sanders and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa this Saturday.
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UT System, DSHS work to reduce infant mortality By Matthew Adams @MatthewAdams60
The UT System and the Texas Department of State Health Services announced a collaboration this week to reduce infant mortality rates across the state. According to data collected by the Department of State Health Services, the Texas infant mortality rate in 2014 was 5.9 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to the national average of 6.0 deaths per 1,000 live births. While premature births can occur and lead to sudden baby death syndrome, issues among women such as obe-
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continues from page 1 is staying an extra year to finish up a human development and family sciences degree. She works at the YMCA taking care of kids, and wants to pursue a career where she can work with children. Her salary isn’t bad, but she said she doesn’t really rely on the job; her scholarships and grants take care of most of her expenses. “I wanted to get away from studying and stuff,” Lopez said. “It’s not like all I’m going to spend my paycheck on [is] clothes. My parents have been [having trouble] with bills, and I have siblings in high school. They want to go to [a] concert and I’m like, ‘I got you.’” Lopez lives in The Ballpark Apartments, a large complex in Riverside, a student housing community south of Interstate 35. She started looking for housing in West Campus, but realized most of the options within her price range were unfurnished — being from El Paso, having a furnished apartment was a priority. “We started looking at West Campus … just because it was West Campus,” she said. “We saw a bunch of apartments but it was just really pricey. Nothing there was under $800 or $700 a month. Here, I’m paying $555.” In an attempt to offset the rising costs of West Campus, the city of Austin wrote the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) ordinance, which calls for developers within the area to make a minimum of 10 percent of their units affordable housing and
sity and smoking can lead to a higher risk of infant deaths. Certain races and ethnicities also run the risk of having higher rates of prematurity, according to the department. David Lakey, UT System associate vice chancellor for population and a member of UT Health Northeast in Tyler, said he has been working to address infant mortality rates during his term as commissioner of State Health Services from 2007 to 2015. While addressing this issue, Lakey said he realized infant mortality rates were more of a problem than expected while at a conference for southern states in 2010.
“It became very apparent in the meeting that we were all struggling with the rates of infant mortality and prematurity across the southern parts of the United States,” Lakey said. “From that, we decided instead of just talking about this, we’ve got to learn from each other and figure out how to move this forward in our different states.” In 2013, 150 individuals from healthcare and government backgrounds formed the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies to come up with new plans to prevent infant mortality. This organization is also col-
require them to pay a fee in order to opt out of providing more than 10 percent. Affordable housing in Austin is called “S.M.A.R.T. Housing,” which stands for safe, mixed-income, accessible, reasonably priced and transit-oriented housing. Gina Copic, the real estate and development manager for the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development of the City of Austin, oversees the incentives that power the S.M.A.R.T. Housing program. Requiring affordable housing is prohibited by state law, so the city came up with a program to encourage developers to provide affordable housing, Gina Copic said. Incentives to provide S.M.A.R.T Housing include flexible regulations on height and parking. Developers do not have to participate, Copic said. Marketing senior Kara Simmang is currently studying abroad in New Zealand, but plans to return to her S.M.A.R.T. Housing unit, which she has been subleasing, next semester. She pays $616 for a one-bedroom unit normally priced at around $1,000. It can technically be labeled as affordable, she said, but it depends on who you’re asking. “Everyone has a different budget,” Simmang said. “But I do think that the S.M.A.R.T. Housing opens up more options for people who are looking for lower rent prices. In my experience, the further away you look from campus the cheaper the rent becomes for students.” Staying close to campus is a priority for many students, including Simmang and journalism and political communications senior Luqman Adeniyi, who pays
$959 for his one-bedroom at 26 West. The same unit, without S.M.A.R.T. Housing designation, rents for $1,439 a month. The rates have increased significantly in recent years — in 2012, the same apartment at 26 West rented for $1,209. The University ranked 40th out of 179 top American colleges in affordability, but finding affordably priced housing has become a challenge for students. Even ignoring the fact that UT does not provide enough beds to house students on campus, dorm rooms at the University cost at least $9,757 during the 2015-2016 school year, which works out to roughly $1,064 a month (including a meal plan). Students can qualify for S.M.A.R.T. Housing within the UNO district through certain kinds of financial aid and scholarships. Fifty percent of UT students receive financial aid, and the University gave out $360,726,238 last year in assistance, according to the Office of Financial Aid. But with so few S.M.A.R.T. Housing units available in West Campus, this does not guarantee many students discounted housing near campus. Of the 13 apartment complexes that do offer S.M.A.R.T. Housing, three have sold out of S.M.A.R.T. Housing, and six are still waiting for their current residents to renew leases before opening up units to other potential renters. It is difficult to get S.M.A.R.T. Housing because most people renew their leases. Crest at Pearl has 28 S.M.A.R.T. Housing units, and they all sold out before November, according to property manager Eric Lopez. “The rate is such a good
laborating with the UT System and UT Health Northeast in Tyler on preventive solutions to infant mortality. Carrie Williams, public information officer for the Department of State Health Services, said UT reached out to the Department of State Health Services to support the initiative. “We were interested in partnering with an academic institution for support, and UT had the capacity and connection to public health students [or] research and UT’s plan was consistent with the work we wanted to do,” Williams said in an email.
As part of this collaboration, Lakey said the groups are working to address the areas of community health through preventive measures to reduce incidents of fetal alcohol syndrome and the number of cesarean sections, as well as providing more breast milk to babies in the ICU. George Saade, chair of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies, said the collaborative’s biggest initiative focuses on educating the public about infant mortality. “We will go to different communities in Texas,” Saade said. “We will have
certain clinical care bundles or certain guidelines we will recommend to the communities, hospitals, institutions and patients telling them the importance of what to do.” Lakey said it will take a couple of years to see the results, but based on data so far, he expects Texas’ infant mortality rate to go down. “Our prematurity rates have come down slowly, but it’s going to take some time to really facilitate major change,” Lakey said. “We have seen significant improvement over the last five years, so I would predict that rate will continue to decrease.”
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History junior Faye Cheung cooks in her apartment’s kitchen in Riverside, an area that is farther away from campus, but considerably less expensive to live in than other student options.
deal, we typically don’t have cancellations — but if we do, it’s the resident’s responsibility to find someone,” Lopez said. “I’ve never had any issues with someone finding a person to take it over.” Sociology senior Crystal Nuñez lives in Town Lake Apartments, on Pleasant Valley Road. She said she prefers the homey feel of Riverside to the West Campus culture, which she feels is saturated by constant frat parties, noise and garbage. Lorena Lopez agrees. “That bus ride makes it feel like you’re going home, away from campus, away from that radius of stress,” Lorena Lopez said. “There’s a moment that makes you feel like, ‘Oh, there’s a city outside of UT?’ You forget that.” Nuñez wanted to move from Jester East to West Campus her sophomore year. She moved into Axis West, where she paid the regular $785 a month for her
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much more inexpensive areas, Adeniyi said he prioritized living in West Campus because he often stays on campus late into the night for various organizations he is involved in. He renewed his lease to stay another year, even though the rent increased by $30 a month. “Although the cost is still high for a single unit, compared to other options, it is worth it to me,” Adeniyi said.
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continues from page 1 “A local subcontractor, Town Lake Construction LLC, was selected for the nest removal because of their strong record for successful, humane nest removal and bird handling,” Lentz said. “The nest removal was done from mid-summer into September, a time when most babies have fledged, the season is warm, and the birds have time to relocate before cold weather. Additionally, Town Lake Construction committed to taking any babies to Wildlife Rescue here in Austin.” The removal of the light fixtures at the Intramural Fields began on Thursday. Keitt said the birds that were removed from the location will “most likely build nests in another location.” Joshua Richardson, electrical and computer engineering sophomore, said he sometimes sees the green birds perched on telephone wires when he parks his car near the Texas Red and Charline McCombs Fields in the morning before classes. “The maximum number of birds I’ve seen on the mornings I’ve been there has been five at one time, I’m not sure there’s much
The nest removal was done from mid-summer into September, a time when most babies have fledged, the season is warm, and the birds have time to relocate before cold weather. —Laurie Lentz, University Co-communication Manager
more than that,” Richardson said. “I enjoy seeing them personally. They have those interesting colors and are in an area where you wouldn’t expect to see parakeets, of all things.” Although the parakeets are not native to Austin, Lentz said they pose no threat to other species. Lentz said she has been able to watch some of the birds near her neighborhood in Central Austin. “They love bird feeders and they don’t seem to be aggressive,” Lentz said. “It’s my understanding that they are considered nonnative, but not ‘invasive’ because they don’t push other birds out.”
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Still not enough women in business By Mary Dolan
Daily Texan Columnist @mimimdolan
Feminist Gloria Steinem says that in 2015, female ambition is still interpreted as aggression. Steinem says, “if you don’t do what you’re supposed to do, you get to be a loud black woman or a bitchy white woman.” And she is right. It’s no more apparent than in the business world. According to recent reports, the gender gap in the McCombs School of Business MBA program is narrowing. This seems to be great news — as long as you don’t look at the actual numbers. Only 32 percent of those currently in McCombs’ MBA class of 2017 are women. Only 29 percent of the applicants for the 2017 class were women to begin with. While we should not dismiss the decreased imbalance, we should remember that, even with “improvement,” less than a third of McCombs’ 2017 MBA graduates will be women. These numbers show that many women are still hesitant to enter the business world for a variety of reasons. It is important to note that some women simply don’t have an interest in business. However, those who have chosen the field, such as accounting freshman Yuxi Li, said that women in business have had to deal with certain challenges. “In business, sexism is more apparent than I’ve ever experienced,” Li said. “Friends of mine have
practiced trying to make their voices lower and more authoritative. And I’ve been told that I look a little too ‘cute’ to do the job I want to pursue.” It is ridiculous that some people still subscribe to the theory that women are not qualified enough for jobs in the business world simply because they have a higher voice or look more feminine than men. Unfortunately, when a woman is trying to decide whether or not to attend business school or pursue a related job, such attitudes can easily turn her away from the profession. However, there are ways that women can be given support in business schools. Marketing sophomore Han Nguyen said that she has had great experiences with women’s groups within McCombs, and that spreading the word about these groups could help more women receive support. “There are already organizations such as the Women in Business Organization and the Womens’ Business Council,” Nguyen said. “A thing that could help is encouraging them to do more high profile events and increase club membership. Many of the successful clubs in McCombs are very active and host many professional events as well as case competitions.” Business schools could also actively recruit more women. While many schools have instituted quotas as a means of narrowing existing gender gaps, other schools have taken a more personal approach by asking current female students and prospective applicants about how
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Students walk out of the Red McCombs School of Business on Thursday. Not enough women are pursuing business degrees, and business schools must priorotize recruiting high school women.
to improve their experiences. This method allows women to talk about what challenges are facing them instead of just being treated like a check mark for diversity. Gender diversity in business schools is increasing and we shouldn’t discount that fact.
However, there are still obstacles that women in business face. We need to ensure that any woman who wants to go to business school will get the support she desires and not get called a “bitch” for pursuing her dreams. Dolan is a journalism sophomore from Abilene.
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Austin must increase number of resources for homeless youth By Leah Kashar
Daily Texan Columnist @leahkashar
At 17 years old Regina Tardy fled her abusive boyfriend, intending to flee to relatives in Lubbock, according to the Austin Chronicle. After getting stuck in Austin and being taken to a homeless shelter by police, she had nowhere to turn but the streets. Four years later and Tardy is still homeless and deals with Austin’s ineffectual policies regarding the homeless on a daily basis. Austin is home to more than 2,300 homeless people, 28 percent of whom are under age 18. Laura Poskochil, youth shelter director at the Austin shelter and rehabilitative program LifeWorks, sees many of these youths on a regular basis. She approximates that around 20-30 percent of them have been through the foster care system or phased out of the foster care system and many have faced abuse in their lives. Homeless youth are especially difficult to place, she explained, because she said they may not feel comfortable in regular homeless shelters. “Homeless youth may not feel comfortable at a homeless shelter because [they are]
for folks who are trying to figure out their identity and gain some measure of control over their lives,” Poskochil said. Austin deals with its homeless problem though a “No Sit/No Lie” policy, which prohibits one from sitting on the street for more than 30 minutes at a time in West Campus, downtown and several other areas. Police are required to issue a warning, then issue fines, which can be up to $500. When these fines are not paid, one can face jail time. Poskochil said homeless youth often end up in a vicious cycle of not being able to find a job because their application has a “red flag” due to the No Sit/No Lie policy’s impacts. While the proportion of homeless youth in Austin is equal to that of the nation’s, it is still a problem that needs to be addressed. Instead of perpetuating the problem and giving fines to those who cannot pay them, more state supported programs should be added to aid homeless youth. The government must amend the “No Sit/No Lie” policy to accommodate for those stuck in a dangerous and vicious cycle of poverty. As opposed to using the city’s money to boost police presence in areas where there is a high homeless population, rehabilita-
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tion programs are a more effective use of the city’s money. Instead of attempting to eradicate the homeless issue by fining them until they begin to disappear, programs
should be created that actually aid these people like we would hope to be treated. Kashar is an English freshman from Scarsdale, New York.
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It is time for politicians to stop distorting climate research
Double standards plague women on presidential campaign trail
By Alexander Chase Daily Texan Columnist @alexwchase
Climate change is no matter of opinion. As its impacts become more devastating, inaction has become unthinkable. Even so, politicians who deny climate change have enormous power over climate policy and research. Now more than ever, unscientific political opinions should have no room in discussion about climate science. UT students’ representatives in particular have an outsize influence on federal climate policy. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) chairs the Senate Committee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness. The chair of the corresponding House committee, Lamar Smith (R-Texas), represents most of West Campus. Both have claimed that climate change is a myth or “religion.” Both have used their power on these views to attack actual scientists. Smith’s Committee helped slash NASA’s earth science budget. He has used his subpoena power to harass NOAA scientists who research climate change. Cruz has introduced legislation to gut the Clean Air Act. The overwhelming scientific consensus is that humans are causing this change. The scientific community is as sure of this as it is that smoking causes cancer. Exxon Mobil knew this in 1977, and has spent millions of dollars to fund climate change denying politicians. Saying otherwise means blindly attacking the scientific process. Attacks on politicians for ignoring public opinion on climate change miss the point, however. While politicians are ignoring voter opinion on science, this still implies that they should
be listening to an opinion, not data. This legitimizes Smith and Cruz when they listen to their donors, especially oil companies. While it matters that the vast majority of scientists believe humans are causing climate change, those are still opinions, no matter how well-informed. What matters is that their research finds that the earth is warming on average, and that this will have devastating effects. Politicians who sit on these committees should be required to understand how science work. NASA would never hire an engineer who denies Einsten’s theory of general relativity. Why, then, are science-denying politicians given jobs they cannot perform? There are well-defined processes,which the University of Texas teaches, for disputing scientific conclusions. Medical laboratory science senior Alex Vences said he is frustrated with the way science is used in politics. “Scientific journals invite fellow researchers to review the data and, in some cases, perform the experiment themselves to double-check the data,” Vences said. Vences said he believes that it reasonable for politicians have room to deny climate change “when they have performed a reproducible experiment that yielded credible evidence contrary to the current accepted theory.” In order to start to combat the effects of climate change — which are neither distant nor minor — this data needs to be taken seriously. Now is time for less politicized science, and more accountable government. Chase is a Plan II and economics junior from Royse City.
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By Derek Poludniak Daily Texan Columnist @DerekPoludniak
Carly Fiorina is right — sort of. In a recent interview she said conservative women face a double standard when it comes to the liberal media. Some pundits agree that Fiorina has faced far more sexist attacks this presidential cycle than her Democratic counterpart, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But in the end, it doesn’t matter if a woman is liberal or conservative — she will still face sexism on the campaign trail. Fiorina’s looks are often headlines. She has faced multiple attacks for her face since launching her campaign in May. Businessman Donald Trump infamously asked why anybody would vote for Fiorina based on her looks. And just last week, the co-hosts of The View remarked that Fiorina looked demented during a debate, at one point joking that her face should be a Halloween mask. And when it’s not her face, it’s her shoes. After the CNN debate in September, some news sites suggested Fiorina “proved herself ” worthy of being a woman among men not for her passionate responses, but for standing in her 3 ½ inch blue Manolo heels for three hours. Meanwhile Trump, in his flat dress shoes, complained that three hours for a debate was too long. “We’re still absolutely focused on [women’s] physical appearance in a way
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that male candidates are not,” American studies professor Janet Davis said. Meanwhile on the other side of the aisle, Clinton faces similar sexist remarks for her voice. Earlier this year, Trump called Clinton “shrill.” And during a heated debate on gun control, Sen. Bernie Sanders implied that Clinton’s passionate tone was shouting when he argued that “all the shouting in the world” won’t fix gun violence. Clinton shot back at Sanders, who is known for his shouting demeanor, by noting that “sometimes when a woman speaks out, some people think it’s shouting.” “Powerful women who run for office are called the b-word,” Davis noted. “If they’re assertive or brusque or in anyway unlikable, they’re a bitch. Men can be just as brusque and just as assertive and they’re considered forceful.” Today, sexism isn’t holding women back from running for office. Both Fiorina and Clinton have been putting cracks in the glass ceiling for years, and maybe this is the year one of them will shatter it. But as long as sexism on the campaign trail prevails, women will have to work harder to make voters focus on their issues and not their looks. And when a voter only knows Fiorina by “that face” or Clinton by her “shrill” tone, shattering the glass ceiling looks less likely each and every presidential election. Poludniak is an international relations and global studies sophomore from San Antonio.
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Texas, Iowa State meet for showdown in Ames
By Blanche Schaefer @schaefer_bb
Rebecca Millard isn’t the same swimmer she was a year ago. At the beginning of her freshman season, she lacked self-confidence. By season’s end, she earned All-American honors. “A turning point was [the NCAA championships] where I went from being afraid to lose to wanting to win,” Millard said. She attributes that transformation to the help of Gretchen Jaques, a senior on last year’s team. “Coming into college, I was afraid to anchor a relay,” Millard said. “[Jaques] told
me one time, ‘There’s no one I’d rather have anchor a relay than you.’ That moment was a huge turning point for me.” Her production has continued this season. Last weekend against A&M, she won every sprint freestyle event she entered and anchored the 400-yard relay team to a win. Junior Brynne Wong, one of Millard’s relay teammates, said she sees Millard’s growth. The two have been friends since attending separate high schools in California. “She’s so much more confident in herself,” Wong said. “She came in and right off the bat just jumped in and didn’t miss a step there … It’s awesome to see growth like that.”
Millard attributes much of her growth to work outside practice. She didn’t start swimming until junior year of high school, so she said “playing catch-up” is necessary. She sets aside time after practices to work with assistant coach Roric Fink on her starts and turns. She also comes to practice early to watch film with Fink. “I like her tenacity, I like her attitude and I just like how much she wants to get better,” Fink said. “She did a great job last year for us, and some athletes might sit back and be satisfied with that, but she’s always looking at ‘How do I beat the next person that’s up above me?’ which is really cool.”
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Millard and the No. 6 Longhorns face their next challenge this weekend with a dual meet on the road. The No. 1 men will join them against No. 2 North Carolina on Saturday and No. 7 North Carolina State on Sunday.
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Longhorns look to out-run UTSA Roadrunners By Jasmine Johnson
Sophomore Ariel Atkins is one of 11 Texas players coming back this year. The Longhorns spent five weeks ranked No. 3 last season, and this season they have the No. 4 recruiting class.
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No. 12 Texas takes on UTSA on Saturday in its home opener. After an offseason filled with scrimmages, the Longhorns are more ready than ever to play a game. “I don’t know exactly what we’re going to look like Saturday, but we need to play,” head coach Karen Aston said. With 11 returning players, including four seniors, the Longhorns look to build on last year’s up and down season. The Longhorns spent five weeks ranked No. 3 in the nation before a series of injuries. Sophomore Ariel Atkins suffered an injury in December causing her to miss eight games. A month later, thensenior Nneka Enemkpali tore her ACL on Jan. 15. While the injuries were a low point of last season, Atkins said her injury was a teaching point.
No. 5 Texas reclaimed first place in the Big 12 Conference with a road win over No. 10 Kansas, but it’s not celebrating yet. With four games left in the season, Texas must stay focused. A road match Saturday against Iowa State will be Texas’ first obstacle in its quest to finish the season strong and stay atop the conference. “We have to play at a high level, that’s what we’re focusing on,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “That’s what this program is made out of, being able to play at a high level regardless of what’s going on around you.” The Longhorns swept the Cyclones when the two faced off in Austin. Iowa State’s strong defense kept Texas’ offense out of system at times and forced a tight first set, but Texas made adjustments and pulled away as the match went on. The Cyclones are coming into this match off a sweep of West Virginia behind a solid offensive outing. Sophomore outside hitter Alexis Conaway and sophomore redshirt middle blocker Samara West are swinging well and also leading a dominant Cyclone block.
“Coming in as a freshman, you always want to go fast,” the Duncanville native said. “But my injury really slowed me down and made me focus on things I probably wouldn’t have realized had I not been hurt.” With the addition of the No. 4 freshman class according to ESPN, the ladies hope to have enough to withstand whatever adver-
sity may come their way. But despite what Aston considers the perfect blend between old and new talent, Aston understands that it will take time for all the pieces to mesh, with players returning each day from offseason rehabilitation. “We have the potential to give teams a lot of different looks, but it may not be right
away,” Aton said. However, with a No. 2 pre-season Big 12 ranking, and the Big 12 pre-season Freshman of the Year, Lashann Higgs, on their roster, Aston knows the bar has been raised. “The players want the pressure,” Aston said. “They want the expectations and they understand them.”
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FOOTBALL Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard and the Longhorns have lost every true road game this season. Head coach Charlie Strong says the Longhorns need to get off to a fast start Saturday.
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Texas hopes to find an answer for its road woes in West Virginia on Saturday. Its goal: score first. The Longhorns have a 112-10 deficit on the road this year. But the team is undefeated under head coach Charlie Strong in games in which it has scored first. “We need to get off to a good start,” Strong said. “It relies on the quarterback. If he plays well, then we’re going to get off to a good start.” Offensive woes have plagued the Longhorns, who average 175 yards less on the road than they
do at home. Play-caller Jay Norvell said he believes Texas can beat West Virginia. “We need a breakthrough on the road against a good football team and we haven’t done it yet this year,” Norvell said. “We’re certainly capable of all these games on our schedule. If we perform the way we are capable of, we can put together games where we can win on everybody left on our schedule.” Redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard, who has passed for just 84 yards in Texas’ three road games, said his performance will decide the game. “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 so I have a responsibility to get the ball to my athletes on the outside edge.” Strong and the players said there was more focus at practice after losing to Iowa State. They said they want the same effort this week leading up to West Virginia. “It’s going to be a tough road test for us this week, having to go up to West Virginia, and any time you’re on the road you’ve got to have your focus,” Strong said. “I expect our team to go out, and it starts this week in practice because if
We’ve just got to take the excitement and the passion that we come out and we play with at home and take it on the road, and I think that’s the million-dollar question at this point. —Dylan Haines, Junior Safety
we make it tough on them in practice then you expect it to carry over to the game, and it’s got to be a buildup with the preparation and the execution, each and every day.” Texas looks to take the pressure of the offense by containing the Mountaineer attack. Junior safety Dylan Haines said the team wants to channel the confidence
it shows at home when it plays on the road. “You look at the way we’ve played on the road and it just hasn’t been our standard,” Haines said. “We’ve just got to take the excitement and the passion that we come out and we play with at home and take it on the road, and I think that’s the million-dollar question at this point.”
Texas will return to action this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama at the CCB Collegiate Invitational after two weeks off. The Longhorns will send three players from their 12-man roster to compete. The tournament will showcase three singles and three doubles draws and will feature 11 universities. Sophomore Adrian Ortiz, redshirt sophomore William Jou and redshirt freshman Julian Zlobinsky will compete in the singles draw. Ortiz will play Middle Tennessee freshman Ayed Zatar in the first singles draw. Zlobinsky will take on the University of Alabama at Birmingham sophomore Oliver Poysti in the second singles draw. Jou will compete in the third singles draw against University of Alabama junior Hayes Brewer. In doubles play, Ortiz and Zlobinsky will team up to compete in the Crimson doubles draw against Tulane junior Chi-Shan Jao and freshman Tyler Schick. Jou will pair up with LSU freshman Cameron Andry in the Houndstooth double draw and take on Samford University sophomores Jake Faundez and Eduardo Lourido Sanchez . This weekend’s tournament will be held at the Country Club of Birmingham. The tournament will begin on Friday and will conclude with a crowning of a champion on Sunday. —Alana Kaufman
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At 3:30 a.m. last Saturday, the Longhorns loaded onto buses following an exhibition win over Tarleton State. The team trekked three hours north to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport and embarked on a 15-hour, 35-minute flight to Shanghai, China. Now, nearly a week after their arrival, the Longhorns face Washington in their season opener. “We’ve got to make sure that we prepare for this game,” head coach Shaka Smart said. The game — part of a Pac-12 initiative — will be the first regular-season competition between American sports teams in China. Leading up to the game, Texas trained at Olympic facilities and visited the
Alibaba headquarters, a Google-esque company sponsoring the event. The team also met NBA legend Bill Walton during Tuesday’s practice. Smart said the trip is more than a mid-semester vacation. “It’s a game that counts,” Smart said. “At the end of the year in March, that game is going to be on our ledger one way or another.” The Longhorns come into the season opener riding momentum from the win over Tarleton State. Texas dominated the D-II contender, knocking down 12-of-30 shots from beyond the arc. Smart said the high number of 3-point attempts don’t worry him. “You can’t coach every shot,” Smart said. “If you try and do that, you’ll have guys that are hesitant.”
The Longhorns’ Friday night opponent, Washington, enters this season hoping to improve. The Huskies missed the NCAA and NIT tournaments each of the last three seasons, finishing 5-13 in the Pac-12 last year. Washington returns senior guard Andrew Andrews, who posted 15 points per game last year, but could start up to three players who didn’t play last season. Still, Smart said Texas needs progress. “We have a chance to do some really good things this year,” Smart said. “I’ve got to make sure from our coaching staff’s standpoint that our focus stays on getting better each day.” The team will return to the U.S. following the game. The Longhorns then take on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at home on Nov. 21.
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Professor designs drones for research, rescue By Ellen Airhart @ellenairhart
Ten years ago, hummingbirds inspired engineering professor Maruthi Akella and his coworkers to create drones that can move quickly and sense their surroundings. Now NASA, the City of Austin and the U.S. Air Force are scrambling for his designs. Akella leads the UT Austin coordinated UAV teams. UAV stands for unmanned autonomous vehicles, or drones, which are motorized vehicles that can move without a human operator. In his initial research at UT, Akella studied hummingbirds. He was more interested in the hummingbird’s sensory abilities than their speed. Not only can the birds go fast – they swerve and turn precisely, without running into obstacles. The UAV team works to create drones that could move almost as quickly, with spatial awareness that doesn’t require a GPS or a human operator. “Hummingbirds are at the limit of what nature can do,” Akella said. “They’re super-birds.” The UT UAV teams are currently allied with the City of Austin in pioneering search and rescue work. The new City of Austin Rescue Robotics team is the first city department to gain permission to use drones in the United States. Currently,
firefighters and paramedics have to head into dangerous situations such as wildfires, floods or abandoned buildings to quickly find victims that may or may not be alive. Drones can help first responders locate people trapped in areas with debris and low visibility. These drones can fly quickly through isolated areas, making them ideal for combat zones. The Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, is interested in larger models of the UAV teams’ drones. “You’re flying through enemy terrain, jammed, and you need to do a search and kill mission,” Akella said. “There is nobody who is babysitting you from the outside – you are flying so fast and in such remote regions that there’s no opportunities for the vehicle to collect information, take pictures and send those pictures back to human operators.” Instead of 10 meters per second, these unmanned vehicles will move as fast as twice the speed of sound. They will have to move independently, since outside signals are often blocked by enemy forces. Drones aren’t limited to war zones. NASA scientists use UT Austin drones in IceBridge, a six-year campaign to map Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets. Scientists have traditionally used satellites to map landscapes, but they present inherent disadvan-
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Engineering professor Maruthi Akella leads the UT-Austin coordinated UAV teams. His drones, inspired by hummingbirds, are now wanted by NASA, UT-Austin and the US Air Force.
tages. If scientists are surprised by a particular picture from the satellite, they can’t move it to get a better view. Many satellites were sent up before current camera technologies were in place – much like trying to gather data from pictures taken with a camera phone from 2005. Drones are equipped with the latest video technologies
and are mobile. They can fly high or gather data on the ground in areas that may be going through interesting changes, such as unexpectedly fast melting. These drones can map temperature, wind speed and ice shifts, as well as plot their own trajectories and avoid running into each other. More remote than natural
disaster aftermaths, combat zones or the polar ice caps is space — the latest frontier for the drones. NASA recently announced they will be recruiting astronauts for a Mars mission. “Part of the technology for a Mars mission would require us to do autonomous operating and navigation,” Akella said. “The vehicle is going to be
so far away that it can’t rely on guidance from Earth.” Akella said that UAV technology is applicable in all of these different circumstances. “The common theme of UAVs are that they are accessible, we can build them, and that we can train them,” Akella said. “But these capabilities can solve a very diverse class of problems.”
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Asian American Voices Hype Squad brings school spirit to UT sports By Megan Hix establishes safe space @meganhix95
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Maneuvering cultural clashes, identity issues and feelings of displacement can all be part of being an Asian-American student at UT. These problems typically get pushed under the rug, but UT’s Asian American Voices aims to tackle them head on. Founded this semester by Sona Shah, assistant director of the Center for Asian American Studies, and Mona Ghosheh, diversity coordinator and psychologist for the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, the group provides a space for Asian-American students to share everything from personal struggles with identity to broader community issues. The group is geared toward creating a place where Asian-American students can relate to others with similar experiences. Ghosheh specifically works both in groups and privately with the Asian-American students who go into the CMHC seeking a counselor who is more familiar with their struggles. After conducting a series of surveys last year regarding AsianAmerican students wants and needs for counseling and support, she discovered students sought a way to share without formal pressure. Ghosheh said Asian-American students don’t typically use mental health services and many don’t feel comfortable going into individual or group counseling by themselves. “They tend to seek support from one another, from family members, try home remedies, rather than use traditional forms of counseling,” Ghosheh said. Some Asian-American students come from families who immigrated from very different cultures and feel a disconnect from their country of origin, which often fosters identity issues. Additionally, students often feel a lack of representation in the media. This cultural confusion can add on to the other
stresses of being a student. “There’s already a lot of pressure to do well, but on top of that there can be cultural clashes,” Ghosheh said. “It’s not always something, but it can be, especially when parents have different cultural expectations.” One business freshman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said many Asian cultures view talking about personal issues outside of the family as taboo. She said mental illness often goes unrecognized. “I’ve been struggling with chronic depression and bulimia since my early teenage years, and every time I tried hinting at it to my family, they never took me seriously,” she said. “I had a roof over my head, a comparably luxurious life in the States, and I wasn’t too skinny. It’s not that they don’t care. It’s just that they don’t see these things as a real issue as much as a whiny firstworld problem.” She said she finds it difficult to discuss mental health issues with her parents due to these cultural differences. “Everybody in college goes through their own coming of age struggles, but as an AsianAmerican student, I often feel like I’m not supposed to talk about it. To our parents, we’re just supposed to suck it up,” the UT student said. Asian-American studies senior and frequent group member Rachel Dady said she appreciates the way the group creates a non-judgmental space for Asian-American students to communicate. “It arose from this necessity to institute a group to be more specific because we can’t always relate to other minorities or even more so a white majority,” Dady said. In the future, the group hopes to continue AsianAmerican dialogue. It has been received well by students, such as Dady, who enjoy having a place of dialogue tailored to Asian-Americans. “It helps to create a place where we’re able to have a faceto-face discourse and have fellow Asians to bounce ideas off of,” Dady said.
On Texas gamedays, Lexie Dolan and a group of 24 other boisterous, spirited students charge through a packed Darrell K Royal-Memorial Stadium and onto the field. Clad in matching burnt orange shorts and white T-shirts, they lead 100,000 people in cheering on the football team. But Dolan isn’t a member of Cheer or Pom. Instead, she pumps up the crowd as part of “Hook Em’s posse” — the Hype Squad. The Hype Squad is Texas Athletics’ new in-game interactive group. Eight members of Texas Mascots started the group, which was once called Hoop Squad, during last year’s basketball season. By leading chants, promotions and fan contests, the squad seeks to improve school spirit and crowd interaction at UT’s major sporting events, such as baseball, volleyball, soccer and football. “We are an extension of your biggest Texas fan,” Dolan said. “We’ve been working to enhance the gameday experience, in general, for all sports. The first thing is getting people more engaged.” Dolan, Hype Squad captain and physical sports and culture junior, said that since the group is still so new, they’re able to experiment and decide what the squad will become. She said their main goal is always to engage the crowd. “Before, the game was your entertainment,” Dolan said. “As entertaining as that may be, it helps a lot to have emcees at basketball games and the Hype Squad to execute, whether it’s a promotion or contest, something for people to see. It just helps having that extension of personality brought onto the court from the student section.” Charles Branch, a marketing coordinator for Texas Athletics, said the squad is the first of its kind in the country and is already inspiring similar programs at other schools such as Florida State. “It’s something that’s starting to spread,” Branch said. “They’re able to go out
and make that personal touch with the fan, something that was lacking before.” Dillon Larberg, advertising junior and captain of Texas Mascots, said when they aren’t dressed as Hook Em, all mascots support Longhorn teams as part of the Hype Squad. While Hype Squad includes non-mascot students, the two organizations are closely linked. At practices, the team rehearses dances, makes signs with phrases such as “Make Courtesy of UT Athleticsf Noise” and learns improv techMembers of Texas Athletics’ new in-game interactive group, niques to help them interact the Hype Squad, cheer on the football team at Darrell K. with the crowd better. Royal-Memorial Stadium. “It’s also growing based on sport, like at soccer we play going to have just as much.” the team is so big they’ve had the drums and lead chants, Members of the Hype Squad to turn many applicants away. which isn’t something you can work on a volunteer basis, but Despite having nearly a season do at football,” Larberg said. Larberg said the job comes under her belt, Dolan said she “We’re learning what each dif- with perks such as being on the still gets nervous before perferent atmosphere is, based on field with the team. forming in front of massive the sport.” “On game day, it’s just excite- gameday crowds. While previous experience ment,” Larberg said. “We’re all “When I first started, I didn’t as a mascot or performer is not UT’s biggest fans, so the oppor- like being in front of a crowd like required to join Hype Squad, tunity to be able to be on the that,” Dolan said. “I’m still not a Dolan said members must court or be on the field and get huge one on dancing in front of have big personalities. to be a part of that whole pro- everybody, but it’s really helped “You have to not be afraid to cess with band or with cheer is me grow as a person, find out look stupid in front of every- really cool.” what I’m passionate about and body,” Dolan said. “We’re just Over the course of the se- put that positive energy toward there to have fun. If people see mester, Dolan said she’s seen an awesome school and great you having fun, then they’re Hype Squad “blow up.” Now, athletic program.”
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