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Speedway mall construction continues By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
Construction on Speedway, which began in October, is part of the University’s 2012 Campus Master Plan and will introduce a mall area on the east side of campus. The Speedway Mall Project aims to make walking and biking easier in the area, according to its website. The mall will serve as an outdoor space for students to talk, study or engage in group activities. The project plans to put food
trucks in the new area and have more bike racks and limited vehicle activity after the mall is finished. As of now, the west side of Speedway from the 2000 to the 2200 block is under construction, but construction will expand to other areas of campus throughout the remaining phases of the process. According to the website, the first phase is occupying about 8.8 acres, and the finished mall will expand from Inner Campus Drive to beyond the PerryCastañeda Library.
“The current fencing defines the construction limits for Phase 1, but there are places where east and west pedestrian and vehicle traffic crosses the work limits,” David Rea, associate vice president of Campus Planning and Project Management, said. “When work needs to happen in these areas, space that is currently outside the construction fence will be affected.” Douglas Hannah, management assistant professor, said he rides his bike throughout
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Construction near the McCombs School of Business currently blocks a section of Speedway.
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Students register to vote outside of Gregory Gymnasium on Monday afternoon. Deputized registrars from Hook the Vote, UT Votes, University Democrats and other campus groups were helping students register.
a passport, a concealed handgun license or another form of state-approved photo identification in order to cast their vote. Students will not only get
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can go to the Flawn Academic Center beginning Feb. 26 for two weeks of early voting before the March 1 primary. Students will also need to present a Texas driver’s license,
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Hundreds of students were able to register Monday to vote in the upcoming Texas primaries as campus organizations and political groups set up registration booths available until midnight. In preparation for the March 1 Texas primaries, deputized registrars from Hook the Vote, UT Votes, University Democrats and other campus groups were out registering new voters on the West Mall and in front of Gregory Gymnasium. “We’re just trying to make a last push and register as many students as we can,” said Ashley Alcantara, international relations senior and Hook the Vote director. “Our goal today is a thousand, so we’ll see if we get there.” Alcantara said the organizations had registered approximately 1,400 students as of Monday afternoon. “A lot of times, we have to kind of yell and chase people down, but this year, I feel like we have more people coming up to the table,” said Tim Meyer, history senior and University Democrats president. After registering, students
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which covers West Campus and all of UT. “[Registering] is important, but it’s equally important that
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About one in four Division I athletes report signs of depression, according to a new study of nearly 500 athletes by the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Researchers collected data on the frequency of depression in 465 undergraduate athletes who went to a private university with an NCAA Division I program over three years. The sample is one of the largest to look at depression in college athletes by gender and sport. The NCAA published a 40-page document last week which recommends universities have pre-participation mental health screenings and help refer students to qualified practitioners when needed. Allen Hardin, senior associate athletics director of sports medicine at UT, said athletes complete a medical screening process once they enroll and arrive on campus. “Mental health is just one piece of what we do,” Hardin said. “We do an extensive screening process that looks at emotional and physical health. We identify those who may be at risk and address any of those issues at that time.” In the Drexel University study, 28 percent of women were likely to experience depressive symptoms, compared to 18 percent of men. Female track and field athletes had the highest percentage of clinically relevant depressive symptoms at 38 percent. Former UT track athlete Kendra Chambers
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Lions Club sells succulents Cruz wins Iowa, Clinton and to raise money for refugees Sanders locked in virtual tie By Lynna Vo @thedailytexan
In a fund-raiser to benefit refugees, the UT Lions Club sold succulents in handmade dinosaur-shaped pots that sold out within an hour. The club sold its entire supply of 100 succulents. Originally, it planned to sell the 100 throughout the week but did not expect it to sell out in one day, let alone so quickly, said Morton Payne, undeclared freshman and club member. Katherine Chan, international relations and global studies senior, said the club holds fund-raisers annually to raise money for charities of its choosing. According to Chan, the club previously had a successful fund-raiser selling succulents, but she was overwhelmed by the energetic
response this time around. “The funds from the first fund-raiser last semester went to Syrian refugees via the [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees],” said Chan, head of the club’s international relations special committee. “For this fund-raiser, we are donating proceeds to Refugee Services of Texas in order to further help them to aid refugees here in need of guidance and comfort.” Refugee Services of Texas provides services, resources, education and guidance for refugees to help them thrive in their new communities. Kevin Gwen, actuarial science sophomore and chair of the international relations special committee, said the club continues to partner with RST because of its wide and
valuable impact. “The organization helps refugees integrate into local communities with services like counseling and wellness or financial aid,” Gwen said. “This was pretty important to us because we feel it is our responsibility as an international relations committee to help refugees settle and readjust.” Payne said the committee set a goal to fund-raise $1,500 for RST this semester, and the club made nearly half of that. It plans to sell more succulents in the future by expanding the varieties of dinosaurs and possibly including Pokémon-themed succulents, Payne said. Biology sophomore Nghi Truong said she was glad she
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won the majority of Republican Iowa caucus delegates Monday night as the top two Democrats were caught in a virtual tie in a race that came down to the wire as the night went on. With a record-setting turnout of 180,000 from both parties, Republican caucus voters gave Cruz 28 percent of the vote, while Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) trailed behind at 24 and 23 percent, respectively. “I think it goes to prove that he has an amazing grassroots campaign that has the ability to win this race,” said Jessica Browning, assistant state director with Millennials for Ted Cruz.
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Ted Cruz poses for a photo with constituents at a meet-andgreet in Washington D.C. in February 2015.
According to polls released in the few weeks leading up to Iowa, Trump and Cruz were in a tight race for first and second on the Republican side, with Rubio coming in at third. Cruz ended the night with
eight delegates, while seven went to Trump, seven went to Rubio, three went to Ben Carson, one went to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and one went to Jeb Bush.
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“The grassroots [supporters] are going to have a strong voice, they’re going to continue to push forward and they’re going to continue to do what they did in Iowa,” Browning said. Both former Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — who won the 2008 Iowa Republican caucus
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bought a succulent because of how quickly they sold out. “There were so many cute ones,” Truong said. “I had trouble picking — I wanted them all!” Advertising junior Ilana Grabarnik said the succulents sold out before she got to the event. “I hope if they ever decide to do this again, they bring more,” Grabarnik said.
campus. While he believes the construction is inconvenient, he is looking forward to the introduction of the Speedway Mall. “Construction’s pretty lousy, but having outdated facilities is also kind of lousy,” Hannah said. “I wish it were going faster, but that’s about it.” While construction currently poses inconveniences such as narrower roadways for bikers, Rea said the project should not cause significant traffic concerns. “Everything possible is being done to minimize the impact of this construction on campus,” Rea said. “Bicyclists seem to be adapting well.” Blanca Gamez, assistant director of Parking and Transportation Services, said the department has worked to limit mobility disturbances, but students might have to use alternative routes around the construction site. She said bus routes and schedules have not been affected at this stage in the project. “Much like any other construction projects on or around campus, there are disruptions to the community,” Gamez said. “PTS has worked with various stakeholders across campus to minimize any disruptions to the campus including parking- and mobility-related concerns.” Mark Brooks, project manager for Campus Planning and Project Management, said the construction process occurs in five stages. Currently, the project is in its first stage of development, which the project team plans to complete by May 26. Brooks said the last stage is scheduled to finish in December 2017, but the construction schedule could be delayed if the University is able to fund new domestic water and sanitary sewer pipes, which could reduce the cost of expensive repairs later on. “The University builds in allowances for these types of occurrences, but they could still have an impact on the construction schedule,” Brooks said.
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cent of precincts reporting, 22 delegates went to Clinton and 21 to Sanders. Maliha Mazhar, University Democrats communications director, said she believes the razor-thin margin between the top two candidates shows just how compelling the rest of the campaign season will be. “This gives a lot of credibility to the Bernie campaign, … and I think it’s a pretty strong showing for Hillary,” Mazhar said. “I think it shows the top two can-
didates for president are both extremely qualified, and I love the debate they are having.” Polling in the state of New Hampshire, where Democrats head to the polls on Feb. 9, has shown Sanders with a large lead, while Clinton leads in most of the following states in the race. Plan II sophomore Charlie Bonner, a Students for Hillary volunteer, said Hillary supporters are feeling great looking at the results in light of the strong
campaign their candidate showed in Iowa. “[It was] a very narrow victory, but a victory nonetheless,” Bonner said. “The demographics as [Hillary] gets down to the South are only in her favor.” After Iowa and New Hampshire, all the candidates still in the race will continue to compete as the campaigns enter Super Tuesday on March 1, when a long list of states, including Texas, finally get their wopportunity to vote.
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UT Professor wins award in theoretical chemistry By Audrey Zhang @thedailytexan
New Department of Chemistry chair Dave Thirumalai received the 2016 Award in Theoretical Chemistry from the world’s largest scientific society last week. The American Chemical Society selected Thirumalai for his work on protein folding and molecular crowding. The University announced Thirumalai had received the award, which is given annually and meant to recognize outstanding scientific achievements, Friday. “I was quite honored to have the hard work done by my group recognized,” Thirumalai said. “I was not thinking about the award because of my move from D.C. to Austin. So I was very pleasantly surprised.” Thirumalai accepted the chairmanship of UT’s Department of Chemistry and came to Austin in January. His work is primarily theoretical and focuses on biomolecular structures. Thirumalai has published more than 325 peer-re-
viewed research publications, in addition to his work as a professor and mentor. Assistant chemistry professor Ruxandra Dima, who works at the University of Cincinnati and is a former student of Thirumalai’s, said he was an inspiration and a deeply constructive mentor. “[Thirumalai] is a highly creative and deeply thinking researcher,” Dima said. “I learned from him that tackling hard problems is not to be feared but approached with tenacity and out-of-the-box thinking.” Thirumalai has a distinctively rigorous process of researching, Dima said. “He required all evidence to be deeply rooted in the data,” Dima said. “This usually led to one conclusion being based on large amounts of data, generated with different techniques, repeated many times, to ensure that even the smallest of details was strong,” Ed O’Brien, assistant chemistry professor at Penn State University and a former Ph.D. student of Thirumalai’s for over five
years, said Thirumalai deserved the award because of his vast experience. “He has been a real leader in theoretical chemistry,” O’Brien said. “He is a Renaissance man in the sense that he works and contributes in many different areas of science.” O’Brien said the experience of working with Thirumalai continues to influence him as an academic. “He has high expectations of his students and high standards,” O’Brien said. “That has been a strong influence on me in my scientific research — to make sure everything I do is correct and well-supported.” Thirumalai said he plans to continue his work in chemistry and is currently focused on producing physical and mathematical models for cancer progression. He said his advice to young scientists would be to follow what they find interesting. “Follow the nose,” Thirumalai said. “Follow what excites you and keeps you up at night. Don’t worry about trends.”
Last week, Dave Thirumalai, the Department of Chemistry chair, received the 2016 Award in Theoretical Chemistry.
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While discussing tough rhuman rights concerns, ,Pakistani lawyer and activ-ist Hina Jilani is passionate rand succinct. “Always be outraged,” Jilani told the aspiring lawyers and advocates crowding the tables around her. “If we see torture, if we see discrimination, if we see violence, we need to react.” The Rappaport Center for
Human Rights and Justice in the UT law school invited Jilani to give a lecture on conflicts and crises in South Asia on Monday. Jilani founded the first allwomen’s law firm and the first legal aid center in her native Pakistan. She has been an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 1992 and has served as the first UN special representative on human rights defenders. Jilani said regardless of whether a nation is at war,
unless individual communities are at peace, there will be enough conflict to spark violence. “Regions which should be celebrating their plurality have made it the reason for conflict,” Jilani said. According to Jilani, defending human rights has become increasingly dangerous over time, as activists lose access to areas of conflict and the tools they need to help communities in crisis. Government freshman
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Jordan McGee said she came to listen out of curiosity. After college, she wants to help communities work their way out of poverty. “It’s hard to learn about all that stuff without wanting to take action against it,” McGee said. Even after 25 years and over 3,000 legal cases, Jilani still believes the international community can do more for the oppressed. Over the years, Jilani has worked to uncover human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Darfur, Gaza and Pakistan. Jilani said she has seen repeated denial of wrongdoing by the states of these areas, which keeps conflicts from being resolved. “Violence may end, but the reasons for it persist,” Jilani said. Jilani said citizens must be wary of allowing military to
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Jenah Ovalles-Forey | Daily Texan Staff Pakistani lawyer and activist Hina Jilani speaks at a lecture hosted by the Rappaport Center for Human Rights and Justice on Monday.
take too much control in the face of terrorism. “In the parts of the world where the roots of terrorism are the strongest, it was the human rights people who were in the forefront, confronting the very extremism that gave birth to terrorism,” Jilani said. Selma Bora, an international
relations and global studies senior and intern for the Rappaport Center, sees Jilani as a role model. “We should always pay attention to human rights violations,” Bora said. “[Jilani] has been tremendously brave in a country that has not been that open for women’s rights.”
it is still important that students register and get engaged early in the campaign cycle. “We’re a large population, and it’s important for us to know what’s going on rather than going off what we grew up on from our parents,” Ngo said. According to exit poll data, turnout from voters 18–29 hovers around 20 percent during midterm elections and
around 50 percent during presidential elections. In order to play a larger role in determining which candidates win the Texas primaries student voters need to not only register but also turnout on election day, computer science junior Melody Park said. “We’re the generation that is going to make the impact for our futures,” Park said.
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It is time to undo HB 2’s undue burden By Leah Kashar
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @leahkashar
Texas has done almost everything short of attempting to legally ban abortion in order to ensure that as few women as possible have access to this constitutional right. Although the Supreme Court has established protection against placing undue burden on women seeking an abortion in several cases spanning decades, Texas is stubbornly revisiting the issue in House Bill 2 and the subsequent suit over its constitutionality in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. This case will be the third time the Supreme Court visits the issue of the constitutionality of placing undue burden on women seeking abortions. If precedent holds, this will be the third time that these restrictions are found unconstitutional, and the fact that this law was passed in the first place is a direct attack on women’s rights. The most recent abortion case to reach the Supreme Court regarding excessive burden, or what the Supreme Court calls “undue burden,” placed on women seeking abortions was Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This case further entrenched the protections for women initially established in Roe v. Wade. The issue is that, now, Texas is taking advantage of the gray area in the determination of what undue burden actually means. To be clear, Texas’ HB 2 is placing undue burden on its women — the state’s 40 abortion clinics have since been reduced to 17. Both women seeking abortions and women’s health
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The issue is that, now, Texas is taking advantage of the gray area in the determination of what undue burden actually means. clinics face hurdles that make it too difficult for women to easily access an abortion. Some women would have to travel extreme distances to get an abortion. These distances are especially problematic in the western and southern regions of Texas, as women in these areas would be forced to go to a clinic an average of 111 miles away or go to New Mexico. Many working or economically struggling women are likely unable to make the trip to an abortion clinic twice. Grace Gilker, Plan II and history sophomore and the president of Women’s Resource Agency, speaks on the extreme efforts some women face and the outlandish alternatives on offer. “The average of 111 miles probably isn’t representative because you are having to make more than one trip,” Gilker said. “Having the audacity to allege that women can “just to go New Mexico” is insulting and unconstitutional.” Texan women would also have to endure additional, unnecessary medical procedures. They are required to make two visits to women’s health clinics to receive an abortion. The first visit is to get an ultrasound. There is abso-
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lutely no medical reason for a woman to get an ultrasound 24 hours before her abortion, and yet it is standard procedure. Clinics, too, face cumbersome restrictions on their right to exist. Just under 60 percent of Texas’ clinics have closed because the bill requires all clinics that perform abortion services to meet the standards for ambulatory surgical centers. These standards primarily consist of regulations that apply to emergency rooms generally but not tailored specifically
to the abortion process. They are being put in place primarily to shut the clinics down. Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is the most important abortion case since Planned Parenthood v. Casey. As long as politicians continue to pass restrictive laws on women’s rights, this fight will continue to be had. The Supreme Court needs to take a stand and establish the constitutionality of abortion once and for all. Kashar is an English freshman from Scarsdale, NY.
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Professor’s gun ban would preserve free speech By Sam Groves Guest Columnist @samgroves
With the controversial campus carry law set to take effect in August, Nobel laureate and UT physics professor Steven Weinberg says he will ban guns in his classroom beginning in the fall semester. Despite the fact that Weinberg might be breaking the law in doing so, it is worth considering whether the law violates free speech protections provided by the First Amendment. Both Student Government and the Faculty Council passed resolutions opposing campus carry legislation, and UT System Chancellor William McRaven echoed their opposition. Still, the working group policy recommendations submitted to President Gregory Fenves in December did not include a ban on guns in classrooms. Rachel Osterloh, president of the Senate of College Councils and a student representative in the working group charged with recommending implementation policies for campus carry, said many students at UT were uncomfortable with prospect of guns anywhere on campus, let alone in classrooms. “UT students strongly pushed back against Senate Bill 11,” Osterloh said. “We rallied and organized. The vast majority of students voiced our concerns about campus carry.” Despite those concerns, students and faculty may soon face the reality of guns in classrooms. UT law professor Steven Goode, who chaired
A student should only be limited in a discussion by what they have to contribute and a teacher only by what is relevant to the class. the working group, said bans such as Weinberg’s would violate the law. So even among those who oppose campus carry, some will ask whether Weinberg is justified in openly defying the law, especially if the University ends up adopting the working group recommendations. But there is a bigger question to ask than whether Weinberg’s actions would violate the law: whether the law itself violates the Constitution. Weinberg and others argue it does, and for good reason. It is well established that the First Amendment does not protect all forms of speech. Weinberg cannot incite students to overthrow the government in his lectures and not just because it has nothing to do with theoretical physics. However, the campus carry law limits the kind of speech he can engage in within the parameters of the First Amendment. Linguistics professor Stephen Wechsler, a member of the organization Gun-Free UT, explains how guns discourage free speech. “It puts a damper on open discussion if the person you disagree with is carrying a loaded weapon,” Wechsler said.
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A student should only be limited in a discussion by what they have to contribute and a teacher only by what is relevant to the class. Guns functionally place new limits on what a student will feel safe saying. Weinberg’s justification for keeping guns out of his classroom, even if the law says he cannot, is that guns make it impossible for students and teachers to speak freely. “Professor Weinberg argued that we should let the courts decide whether the presence of loaded weapons in a classroom places an undue burden
on the teacher’s First Amendment rights to free speech,” Wechsler said. President Fenves has yet to announce implementation policies for the campus carry law. We do not know if the law will allow guns in classrooms. Even if it does, that is no reason for UT students and faculty to accept this uninvited and undemocratic threat to free speech and public safety. Groves is a government freshman from Dallas.
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Extreme candidates appeal to angry voters By Michael Jensen Guest Columnist @michaeltangible
The 2016 presidential race was supposed to be an inevitable, dynastic dispute between the Clinton and Bush families. That’s not what’s happened. Donald Trump, a flamboyant reality TV star, and Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist, have disrupted the race with their astonishingly successful populist campaigns. Trump has considerable leads over his GOP competitors in every early primary state. Sanders is leading in New Hampshire, competitive in Iowa and gaining momentum across the board. Regardless of which candidates win these early primaries, wishful thinking amongst the political establishment has caused pundits to consistently underestimate Trump and Sanders, as well as the widespread voter dissatisfaction fueling their campaigns. The mainstream media’s deluge of premature political obituaries, smug dismissals and condescending lectures directed at Trump and Sanders reveals a peculiar mix
Regardless of which candidates win these early primaries, wishful thinking amongst the political establishment has caused pundits to consistently underestimate Trump and Sanders. of arrogance and anxiety. Pundits began predicting Trump’s demise almost as soon as he announced his candidacy. His popularity has been growing ever since. Many media outlets have already endorsed Clinton over Sanders, largely downplaying his chances of winning the democratic nomination. The media can endorse whichever candidate they choose, but their criteria for endorsement often do not reflect those of average Americans. In January, the renowned statistician Nate Silver predicted Clinton had an 82 percent of winning Iowa, despite multiple polls showing Sanders in
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the lead. It’s entirely possible Trump and Sanders will lose, but pundits seem to be reassuring themselves rather than looking at the evidence. Their gloomy predictions are certainly at odds with the large crowds and grassroots fervor these anti-establishment campaigns have generated. Perhaps mainstream pundits and political elites are happy with politics as usual, content with compromise and slow, incremental change. Perhaps they rightly believe our imperfect system is the best we can realistically aspire to. But for the disaffected and disenfranchised, political pragmatism will never hold the same allure as bold rhetoric and radical populism. It’s a reality the establishment ignores at its peril. Many pundits appear to believe that America has entered a post-ideological, post-historical paradigm in which globalization, capitalism and racial harmony are inevitable. This narrative overlooks widespread, bipartisan anger with the status quo and naively presumes the political extremism, violence, racism, ideological struggles and class conflicts which characterized the previous century could never
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happen again. It takes our political establishment for granted and dismisses the appalling inequalities that still permeate our society. Conventional wisdom holds that contemporary America is a politically moderate, center-right country where tolerance prevails and capitalism is next to godliness. However, considering more millennials hold favorable views of socialism than capitalism and the undeniable support Donald Trump enjoys because of his increasingly racist, xenophobic and misogynistic rhetoric, this narrative has been called into serious question. Millions of disaffected Americans from virtually every demographic are hungry for change and raging against the machine. This anger isn’t new, but the way Americans are expressing it — by flocking to extreme candidates — is. Maybe candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders aren’t going away anytime soon. Maybe the supposedly reasonable, centrist America we’ve grown up hearing about doesn’t exist anymore. Jensen is a neuroscience junior from The Woodlands.
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continues from page 8 co-founded the Wyatt Brand. The “No Guns” signs have been downloaded for the use of small businesses over 300 times since debuting on Jan. 19. The Wyatt Brand offers legally compliant 30.07 signs, which prohibit the use of openly carried weapons, in six different colors. Wyatt Brand art director Rachael Craft said the signs were created to help people feel safe in their own environments. Businesses that opt out of the open carry law
are required under penal code 30.07 to post a poster with contrasting colors within their establishment. The no-gun signs’ modern designs make it easier for small businesses to post their open carry preferences. “From a design standpoint, legal posters are really typographically offensive,” Craft said. “We wanted to make something nice, tight-set and beautiful that — even though it was giant — was easier on the eye.” The team also designed four smaller, creative signs that do not legally prohibit customers from possessing a handgun but
note the business owner’s antigun preferences. One reads “Oh shoot … no guns allowed,” while another has an illustration of a cowboy drawing his weapon with the phrase “Easy there, cowboy!” Wyatt said her favorite sign is one that resembles the 1940s “Rosie the Riveter” campaign and has an illustrated flexed arm with the words “The right to bare arms” on the bicep. Craft said the website shows how many times each sign has been downloaded so business owners feel more comfortable downloading and posting their preferences.
Aside from its “No Guns” project, the Wyatt Brand is working on the campaign for the Austin Public Library’s new central branch. They also plan to continue cooperation with some of their current clients, including Read 3, a program sponsored by H-E-B that provides curricula for children learning to read. Wyatt said she hopes to continue doing her part in larger issues. “It’s a way of having power without having to have that weapon,” Wyatt said. “It’s a serious message, but I think it can be friendly and fun.”
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Movie soundtracks fitting for Valentine’s Day In “(500) Days Of Summer,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt listens to The Smiths while sharing an elevator with his co-worker and crush, played by Zooey Deschanel. The Smiths join The Temper Trap and Simon and Garfunkel in this romantic soundtrack.
By Megan Hix @meganhix95
Nothing says romance like the movies. Whether it’s John Cusack holding a boom box over his head or Noah and Allie’s rain-soaked kiss, these iconic movie moments invariably feature a swelling orchestra or perfectly timed ballad to heighten the scene’s emotion. This month, honor Valentine’s Day with a collection of four romantic movie soundtracks: My Best Friend’s Wedding From the starting credits’ sing-along-worthy performance of Ani DiFranco’s “Wishin’ and Hopin’” to a scene featuring Julia Roberts dancing to the Frank Sinatra classic “The Way You Look Tonight,” music plays a central role in “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” The film’s soundtrack, released in 1997, features the cast’s rendition of “I Say a Little Prayer” and Cameron Diaz’s karaoke song of choice, “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself,” so listeners can relive all the on-screen magic. Her Not to be confused with
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your average romance movie, “Her” takes a look at the changing role of technology in our daily lives. The music creates the backdrop for the story of a writer who falls in love with his new, Siri-like operating system. Karen O’s dreamy lullaby, “The Moon Song,” earned a nomination for a Grammy and an Oscar. As an added bonus, Arcade Fire contributed three tracks to the album, and band member Will Butler was hired by director Spike Jonze to score the film itself. 10 Things I Hate About You This teen rom-com stars Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger as high school students caught in
a tangled love story. Released in 1999, the film is based off of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” and also stars a young Joseph GordonLevitt. While not directly about music, the movie features several musical moments, including Ledger’s show-stopping performance of Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” While ’90s favorites such as the Cardigans and Semisonic are included, the real standout track is Letters to Cleo’s cover of Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me.” (500) Days of Summer Indie favorite “(500) Days of Summer” stars Joseph
Gordon-Levitt as Tom, a man recalling his 500-day love affair with a quirky coworker named Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel. Though Summer doesn’t believe in true love or want a boyfriend, Tom falls in love with her anyway, leading to his own heartbreak. The musical accompaniment to the relationship’s ups and downs takes its cues from several generations and includes “Bad Kids” by the Black Lips, “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” by the Smiths, “You Make My Dreams” by Daryl Hall & John Oates and “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap.
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WACO — Texas and No. 15 Baylor spent Monday night slugging it out, both with made baskets and fouls. Both teams, who had a scuffle in overtime in their last meeting, combined for 30 fouls while shooting 43 percent. But Texas, like it did on that meeting on March 2, 2015, came out on the winning end, hanging on for a 67-59 in Waco. “I thought our guys hung in there really well,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “There were some things that went our way tonight that easily could have gone the other way. I think our guys had a lot to do with that.” Unlike Saturday’s game
against Vanderbilt, the Longhorns came out firing to open the game. Senior guard Javan Felix opened the game with a 3-pointer, and minutes later freshman guard Kerwin Roach drilled back-to-back three’s to put Texas up 19-16. But Baylor hung with Texas. Despite hitting just 2-of5 from three, the Bears kept the game in arms length until Texas pushed their to 3529 at the half. Things, however, heated up in the second half. Baylor began the second half on a 5-2 run, cutting the Texas lead to three. Baylor senior forward Rico Gathers got tangled up with senior center Prince Ibeh tangled up in the lane and a scuffle ensued. Gathers ended up
with a regular foul and a technical foul while Isaiah Taylor was called for a technical as well. “It’s just two intense guys wanting to win and sometimes emotions can cloud your head for a couple of seconds,” Ibeh said. The stoppage gave momentum to the Bears, who tied the game moments later on a 3-pointer by Taurean Prince. With the game tied at 43, the Longhorns came back with a layup from Taylor and a hook shot from junior forward Shaquille Cleare to give themselves breathing room. After Baylor cut the lead to one, Texas fought back with an 8-2 run to take a 56-49 lead with 4:32 left to seal win.
I thought our guys hung in there really well... There were some things that went our way tonight that easily could have gone the other way. —Shaka Smart, Head coach
Senior forward Connor Lammert finished the game with a team-high 15 points on three made 3-pointers while Taylor finished with 12 points and nine assists. “Earlier in the season we weren’t winning, and we were tried to figure out what was the problem,” Lammert said. “But we set our identity on defense and rebounding.”
Gathers led all scorers with 20 points before fouling out of the game with six minutes to play. The win moves the Longhorns to 4-2 against ranked opponents. Texas returns home Saturday to face Texas Texas at 1 p.m. The Longhorns fell to the Red Raiders 82-74 on the road on Jan. 2 to open Big 12 play.
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The Big 12 prevailed in Saturday’s Big 12/SEC Challenge. The conference went 7–3 against the SEC and won the final four games of the day. The marquee matchup came when No. 4 Kansas took on No. 20 Kentucky in Lawrence. The Jayhawks prevailed 90-84 over the Wildcats in an overtime thriller. One of the bigger surprises came when TCU, the last place team in the Big 12, took down Tennessee, led by former Texas head coach Rick Barnes, in Fort Worth. Hield outlasts Simmons Oklahoma played LSU in one of the bigger games of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Two stars, senior guard Buddy Hield and LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons, vied for the Naismith National Player of the Year during the game in Oklahoma. In the end, Hield’s Sooners downed Simmons’ Tigers 77-75. Oklahoma was down by 14, but Hield hit seven second-half 3-pointers to bring the Sooners back. Oklahoma
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Roach, Hield win weekly awards Hield earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors after his big game against
LSU. He averaged 31.0 points last week. Texas freshman guard Kerwin Roach Jr. earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors for his two performances last week. Roach averaged 18.5 points and 8.0 rebounds in two games last week, including a 22-point effort against TCU. Roach is the fifth Texas player to win a
weekly award this season. Senior guard Javan Felix, senior center Cameron Ridley and junior guard Isaiah Taylor have each earned Player of the Week once, while freshman guard Eric Davis Jr. has won Newcomer of the Week twice. Oklahoma keeps top spot in AP Poll The 18-2 Sooners remain
No. 1 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. North Carolina, which Texas beat in December, sits at the No. 2 spot. Kansas falls to No. 7 in the poll after losing to Iowa State on Jan. 25. That win helped the Cyclones rise to No. 13. West Virginia and Baylor are right behind them, at No. 14 and No. 15 respectively.
During her time as a Longhorn, Chambers was a fourtime All-American and fourtime Big XII track champion. She is now a pro-athlete training for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. She said she focuses just as much time on her mental well-being as she does on her physical health. “I’ve grown so much as a pro-athlete that I now use a
sports psychiatrist on a weekly basis,” Chambers said. Dr. Brian Hainline, chief medical officer at the NCAA, said when he visited UT last year he was “very impressed” by the University’s concussion health and mental health programs. Randa Ryan, executive senior associate athletics director of student services at UT,
said athletes have resources available when in need of a referral, and coaches are trained to handle situations where a student athlete is in crisis. “Texas is a model program in regards to what the NCAA is looking for in mental health support for student athletes,” Ryan, who has worked with Texas athletics for 31 years, said.
Depression among college athletes is comparable to its incidence in the general college population, the study found. “Estimates of mental illness among college athletes are really similar to their non-athletic peers,” Hardin said. “This isn’t just a college athletics problem. This is something that all college campuses are addressing.”
senior guard Isaiah Cousins hit the game-winning jumper with four seconds left to finish the job. Hield finished with 32 points, while Simmons had 14 for LSU.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Turner settling into his role with Pacers
After a thumb injury sidelined Indiana Pacers rookie center Myles Turner for 21 games, his role with the team was a mystery. The former Longhorn returned to action on Dec. 30, playing limited minutes with the team until a breakout game on Jan. 17. In a three-point loss to the Denver Nuggets, Turner shattered his previous career-high of 10 points by scoring on 11 of 13 field goal attempts. The rookie then posted 15 points and played a career-high 31 minutes in the subsequent victory over the Phoenix Suns. During a nationally televised game against the Warriors, he bested his career high by scoring 31 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Turner made his first career start against the Atlanta Hawks last Thursday. This was a significant move for the slumping Pacers, who dropped six of seven games while struggling with a small-ball lineup. When Turner’s name was called, the 19-yearold delivered with a 20-point performance, but his presence on the court made an even larger impact, according to his teammates. “I like it,” Pacers AllStar forward Paul George told the Indianapolis Star regarding Turner’s role. “It increases our scoring, our rebounding and our whole defensive disposition to have length with two bigs out there.” The Pacers are 2–1 with Turner starting this season, and it appears that head coach Frank Vogel will continue utilizing the new lineup. “I think the kid’s earned it,” Vogel said. “It’s glaring to me that we need to increase his role, his minutes, his everything.” —Steve Helwick
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Alumna combines design with anti-gun activism By Elizabeth Hlavinka @hlavinka_e
UT alumna Rachel Wyatt was scrolling through her news feed last December when she came across another report of a school shooting. She thought of those lost, those in danger, and her husband and eightyear-old son. Moved to tears, she realized she had to do her part to help. The next day, Wyatt pitched a “No Guns” campaign to her team at the Wyatt Brand, an Austin graphic design company she and her husband founded in 2006. The team of eight employees designs magazines, websites and advertisements for over 200 clients including H-E-B, the Long Center and Texas Monthly. Two weeks ago, they launched a series of free
downloadable signs for businesses opting out of the open carry law. “This is something we can do to contribute in a positive way,” Wyatt said. “I don’t know anything about how to change the law — all I know is art. If each person contributes their gift, [it will] help make [the community] better and more peaceful.” In 2006, Wyatt decided to quit her job as a publication designer for Texas Monthly. After 10 years of working 5 a.m. nights in a newsroom, she finally decided to pursue a career in art, something she had always dreamed of. She put in her two weeks notice, and her husband quickly followed suit. Three months later, they
From left, Dasha Rakasovic, Rachel Wyatt and Rachael Craft of Wyatt Brand in Austin show off their new designs against the open carry of guns. These signs can be downloaded for free by local businesses who are opting out of open carry. A variety of signs were crafted to fit different businesses.
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Casa de Luz celebrates 25 years of food, community By Katie Walsh @katiewalsh_atx
Amid the array of TexMex eateries and barbecue joints near Barton Springs Road lies Casa de Luz, a tucked-away haven for vegans, nomads and hippies to share healthy food and conversation. “I like to say that it’s a place to come and make connections with people, nature and to expand your connectivity with all things in our biosphere,” said Eduardo Longoria, Casa de Luz co-founder. For 25 years, Casa de Luz, which Longoria describes as an “educational, experiential community center” rather than a restaurant,
has served plant-based, non-GMO foods to Austin’s community. At Casa de Luz, there is no menu. Each meal, served cafeteria-style, consists of a soup, legume, grain, dark leafy green, vegetable and pickle. But according to Longoria, the food comes second to the sense of community Casa de Luz provides. At Casa de Luz, strangers are encouraged to sit with one another at one of many large circular tables. Longoria said he has watched strangers at Casa de Luz become business partners and has even seen others get married. “They are momentary strangers because the next moment, they are your
friends,” Longoria said. Nutrition senior Yannik Rohrer first visited Casa de Luz two weeks ago and has returned for every meal since. Although eating there twice a week is expensive, he said he considers it completely worth it. “Every time you go eat, it gets better,” Rohrer said. “I’ve been eating here for two weeks, and something has changed, but I can’t really put words to what it is.” Finance professor Stephen Magee said he has been eating at Casa de Luz, which he describes as a “utopian community,” two to three times a week for about 25 years. As a diabetic, Magee said the
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Eduardo Longoria, co-founder of Casa de Luz, stands in the kitchen with members of the kitchen’s staff. Longoria has described the space as an “educational, experiential community center.”
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Journalism senior J.D. Harris first inked a cross on his upper arm in 2011. He said the symbol, one of Harris’s five tattoos, is meant to be a memorial to his mother. “The Bible verse on my back takes up my shoulder blade,” Harris said. “I wish I’d gotten it where I could see it. It was my mom’s favorite verse.” On his chest, Harris has his last name and his mother’s maiden name. A wing tattoo and the word ‘Family’ cover his left arm. “[The names] are all of people I went to high school with who died,” Harris said.
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Journalism graduate student Kassie Barroquillo got the first of her three tattoos eight years ago. “My mom and I both got ‘I love you’ in sign language,” Barroquillo said. “My mom is a hearing-impaired instructor, and we love each other.” Another tattoo features an infinity sign and “Ohana,” or “family” in Hawaiian. “I have a pink ribbon that says ‘Live, laugh, love’ that I got for my mom’s friend who passed away,” Barroquillo said. “And I got ‘Ohana’ because I’ll still be family with her kids.”
Shion Chung, a psychology and social work senior, has collected many small tattoos since getting her first when she was 13 years old. The stages of the lunar cycle she has tattooed across her forearm is one of her largest. “I love the lunar cycle, and it means a lot in Japanese culture,” Chung said. She said her most sentimental tattoo is of the bear in “The Tao of Pooh,” a book that uses Winnie the Pooh to introduce readers to Taoism. “A lot of my tattoos are just aesthetically pleasing,” Chung said. “I like words, like ‘This is water,’ which is an excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech.”
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