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Regents invest to attract top faculty By Caleb Wong @caleber96
The UT System Board of Regents voted Thursday to fund a program by an additional $30 million that attracts promising faculty members to UT System institutions. The Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention program, known as STAR, has been used to recruit hundreds of faculty members
from other institutions by giving them funds for their research. Dale Klein, UT System associate vice chancellor for research in academic affairs, said the program attracts faculty members from other research institutions who would otherwise be unlikely to join a UT System institution. While the money doesn’t go toward faculty salaries, each faculty member could be offered as much as a couple million dollars after
both the UT System and each individual campus contributes to the funding. “The faculty we recruit are already happy at [the universities] where they are [located],” Klein said. ”We have to basically win them over with incentives and reasons why they have to join.” Since the program’s launch in 2004, the UT System has invested $178 million in the program and has seen a $1.2 billion return on invest-
ment from the UT System, according to a UT System press release. Some of the faculty members recruited through the program include Bruce Beutler, a UT-Dallas faculty member who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and Richard Aldrich, a professor at UTAustin whose recognized work in neurobiology led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences.
The recent renewal of funding for the STAR program coincides with Chancellor William McRaven’s initiatives to improve the rankings of UT System institutions as part of his strategic plan for “winning the talent war.” Among other factors, the quality of research at universities plays a large role in their rankings. Drawing
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Alumnus led team to detect gravity waves By Eunice Ali @euniceali
UT alumnus David Reitze led the first direct detection of gravitational waves, 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted them in his general relativity theory. On Sept. 14 of last year, Reitze and his team recorded gravitational-wave signals emitted 1.3 billion years ago by the merging of two black holes, each about 30 times the mass of the sun. This discovery confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, which Einstein predicted in 1916. The paper was published in the journal Physical Review Letters on Feb. 11. “Last night [our team] toasted with champagne, but everybody was actually eager to come back to work to find more black holes,” Reitze said. Reitze is the executive director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), a research laboratory designed and operated by the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with funding from the National Science Foundation. He received his Ph.D. in physics at UT-Austin in 1990. Physics professor Michael Downer, who supervised
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Reitze’s dissertation, said Reitze’s team improved the sensitivity of the LIGO detectors until they could detect gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are tiny, rhythmic distortions in space and time that occur when objects move. They are generated all the time; for example, a
person generates a weak gravitational wave when they spin a chair, according to Downer. Humans can only observe and measure the gravitational waves of large, violent motions. Downer said even though the black holes were billions of light years away, scientists could
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detect their gravitational waves because of the magnitude of the collision. “Basically, what they have developed in the past three to four decades is a sort of optical microphone that is able to listen to very low level gravitational signals from across the universe
that Einstein predicted to exist, just over a hundred years ago,” Downer said. Richard Matzner, physics professor and faculty member of the UT Relativity Group, said every detail of this first
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Community responds to shooting of local teen By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
The national conversation surrounding police brutality and racism continued last week when a black officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in North Austin. In response to the shooting, local activists from Black Lives Matter, Austin Justice Coalition and Measure Austin spoke about their battle for justice at a press conference Thursday afternoon following a peaceful protest at City Hall. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said the police department aims to avoid taking a life in all circumstances and suggested a collaborative approach between law enforcement and community members to progress toward this goal. “There’s a collective responsibility in this nation for the community and the police not to point fingers at each other, to scream at each other or to demonize each other,” Acevedo said. “There’s a collective responsibility to work with each other to make things better.” According to police reports, David Joseph, the victim of the shooting, charged at Officer Geoffrey Freeman when Joseph was found standing naked in the 1200 block of Nature’s Bend. As of now, Acevedo said there is a 30-day timeline to complete a thorough investigation of the incident, but the police department said they will be transparent about any delays in the process. Acevedo said the investigation is expected to serve as a way to assess training protocols and examine policies and procedures such as how
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Student Government bill calls Austin Marathon maintains for umbrella checkout system pace for 25th year anniversary By Rachel Lew @rachelannlew
Unpredictable Texas showers can leave students without umbrellas stranded on campus, but Student Government wants to give students the opportunity to check out umbrellas and stay dry. SG is currently working on the implementation of Assembly Resolution 17, which would create a system of umbrella checkouts on campus for students on rainy days. According to the School of Architecture’s Center for Sustainable Development, annual rainfall in Austin ranges from 32 to 36 inches on average, and rain patterns can often be unpredictable. John Falke, co-author of AR 17 and supply chain management senior, said his idea
I thought that umbrella checkout would be a great idea for students and would be a Student Government initiative where we could actually have some follow-through.” —John Falke, Co-author of AR 17
for an umbrella checkout was inspired by the cell phone charger checkouts currently available around campus. Cell phone chargers have a 24-hour checkout period, and require a UT ID to borrow. “Kallen [Dimitroff] and I were actually stuck on campus in the [Student Activity Center] without an umbrella while it was raining and I saw someone check out a phone charger from the hospitality desk,” Falke said. “I thought that umbrella checkout would be a great idea for students and
would be a Student Government initiative where we could actually have some followthrough.” Kallen Dimitroff, co-author of AR 17 and government senior, said she hopes the umbrella checkout system will be similar to cell phone charger checkouts, with a few modifications. “Unlike cell phone chargers, we want students to have 48 hours to return the umbrellas. The thought is that the lost,
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Over 11,000 runners crossed the finish line yesterday at the 25th Austin Marathon and Half Marathon. John Conley, the race director for the past 20 years, said he has watched the race change in many ways over the past two decades. “The overall fitness level of your average Austinite is very high,” Conley said. “It’s remarkable when half of your field comes from your hometown.” Conley said that Austin’s sister cities were also well represented at the race. “The sister city program originally had two purposes, educational and cultural,” Conley said. “When I
became [the race director], the first thing that I did was say that we need to add an athletic component, so we immediately issued an invitation to our sister cities to get some athletes.”
Conley said that there were representatives from Ōita City, Japan, and Saltillo, Mexico, both sister cities of Austin. The winner of the
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Texas 4000 members Khoi Truong, from left, Gilpreet Kooner, Mary Aviles and Alyssa Dawson run in the Austin Marathon on Sunday afternoon.
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marathon together with his brother and UT alumus Patrick Hunt. “This is our third marathon together,” Ed Hunt said. “When [Patrick] was here, we’d wake up every morning and train together.” Katie McCarthy, applied learning and development senior, ran the half marathon with her roommate.
McCarthy said that she had been training for the race for about eight months. “The hardest part of training is mentally preparing yourself to go over 10 miles,” McCarthy said. “The race itself was actually really fun, but the hill at the 12th mile was brutal. You’re almost done, you have one more mile left, and there’s
a huge hill before you can finish.” History sophomore Sydney Rodriguez said she ran the half marathon after making a promise to a friend last year. “I don’t back down from a challenge,” Rodriguez said. “You just have to put one foot in front of another and never give up.”
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couple met after working on the race together during the time when Motorola sponsored the event. “[1991] was my first experience with the marathon, and I had such a blast,” Stacey Conley said. “My role kept getting bigger and bigger throughout the years.” Communications studies senior Ed Hunt ran the half
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continues from page 1 stolen or damaged policy that applies to chargers will apply to the umbrellas, which are notably cheaper than chargers,” Dimitroff said. Falke said he hopes to have umbrella checkout locations in the Flawn Academic Center (FAC) and Student Activity Center (SAC) in place by late March or early April. Dimitroff said Student Government plans to run a pilot program using funding from SG’s special projects fund with the potential of seeking long term funding if the program is successful. Falke said there will be no rental fee to check out umbrellas. Dimitroff said Student Government hopes to recycle the umbrellas that fans leave at Darrell K. Royal Stadium on rainy game days. “The official cost incurred by Student Government will be dependent upon the quality and quantity of those umbrellas,” Dimitroff said. “However, a lot of this is still pretty preliminary.” University Unions assistant director Nick Parras said there are key logistics that need to be discussed with the SAC team and the authors of the SG resolution. “If an opportunity is there to serve students by supporting the implementation of a Student Government resolution and we can realistically support the service, then we are happy to help,” Parras said. Parras said the main obstacles in implementing an umbrella checkout system are the loss and damage of checked out umbrellas, uncertainty regarding umbrella supply and demand, having a better understanding of umbrella supply replenishing protocol and plans for long-term funding. Electrical engineering senior Corey Cormier said he thinks an umbrella checkout would be a good idea for UT students, but does not know if the system will be practical. “It doesn’t rain often in Austin, so I don’t normally bring my umbrella to class,” Cormier said. “Having an umbrella checkout for the days that it does rain would be convenient, but UT would need to provide a lot of umbrellas and many people may not bother to bring them back.”
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Safe sex advocacy groups provide condoms, cupcakes By Zach Lyons @iamzachlyons
With International Condom Day on Feb. 13 falling sideby-side with Valentine’s Day, UT students and staff saw an opportunity to advocate for safe sex. Texas Rising, a student political organization, ran a table handing out condoms and cupcakes in front of Gregory Gym on Friday. Member Zoraima Pelaez, a humanities junior, said her group found merit in using a novel approach to giving condoms away, creating mock roses with pipe cleaners and cellophane. “We know that people are doing it, so we want them to be safe,” Pelaez said. “We thought it’d be cute to hand out these little condom roses for people to give to their valentines.” A few tables away, two peer educators with University Health Services (UHS) were also handing out condoms to passersby. Breanna Alonzo, a biology junior and peer
educator, said UHS representatives were out on either the West Mall or Gregory Plaza throughout the semester to remind students of the resources that are available to them. “We’re out here every week on either Thursday or Friday,” Alonzo said. ”I just want to make sure [fellow students] know that they have access to free condoms, that the university provides them. Most students don’t know, so this gets the word out.” Alonzo said UHS allows students to pick up three free condoms a day at the Health Promotion Resource Center in the Student Services Building. Beyond condoms, UHS offers education and testing services for reproductive health and aims to make them as accessible as possible, said Susan Kirtz, health promotion coordinator at UHS. “We promote STI testing here at UHS, [and] we also have a great web page that offers a lot of resources in the community for STI testing,”
Donald Egan, left, and Breanna Alonzo, peer educators with University Health Services (UHS), hand out condoms on National Condom Day on Friday. UHS gave out free condoms to students to promote safe sex.
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Kirtz said. ”For students who may be financially unable or may be uncomfortable about coming into UHS, that’s a great resource.” Kirtz said UHS also conducts “sex trivia workshops” multiple
times throughout the year and is looking forward to implementing the Student Government’s recent recommendation in Assembly Resolution 19, which aims to make free testing for sexually transmitted
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Travis County Sheriff candidates debate immigrant detention program in forum By Forrest Milburn @forrestmilburn
The audience at a Travis County Sheriff’s race forum remained measurably quiet Saturday evening, but when each of the six candidates were asked to describe their stances on the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants, the mood in the room flipped from reserved to alert. Each of the candidates broke y that along party lines on one of inapply cumbent Travis County Sheriff h are Greg Hamilton’s most conchar- troversial programs, in which local police departments are o have told to cooperate with federal ations Immigration and Customs Cen- Enforcement (ICE) officials in Activ- targeting and detaining undocce by umented immigrants illegally residing in the country. . udent When Hamilton decided run a against running for re-elecnding tion in 2016, local activists ojects and immigration rights supal of porters saw an opportuing if nity to ending the unpopular l. Falrental as. udent ecyclecontinues from page 1 leavehigh quality faculty memdiumbers from other institutions helps universities increase urredresearch productivity and atmenttract higher quality students, n thewhich can in turn increase thosenational rankings and the atsaid.tractiveness of the university is stillto outside faculty members. “They oftentimes come assis-in with existing research s saidfunds, but also a network thatof collaborations with other th thedepartments and the uniors ofversities,” Klein said. “If you look at rankings and how thereuniversities are perceived, it’s pport-perceived by the quality of n of aour faculty.” esolu- Klein said that these faculticallyty members often introduce en weundergraduate students to s said.research and have several obsta-students work in their labs n um-when recruited to join sysre thetem institutions. He said eckedeach faculty member hired nty re-through the STAR program y and r una supol and ding. continues from page 1 g se- officers respond to resistance, id he as well as to determine if crimickout nal charges are appropriate for or UT Officer Freeman. know Following the shooting, five ctical. areas of the UT campus were en in graffitied with “Black Lives mally Matter.” Journalism senior Nia class,” Wesley, who said she supports g an BLM, said she thinks the officer r the could have handled the situawould tion differently. UT “I don’t think someone a lot should have ended up dead,” peo- Wesley said. “Within the past bring five years, [police brutality] has
program that was implemented under his tenure. “Getting ICE out of Austin is the main reason why I’m here,” said Dora Gonzalez, social work and American studies senior. “A lot of [the candidates] had a lot of things to say about what that could look like.” The four Democrats in the race — Constable Sally Hernandez, Lakeway police Chief Todd Radford, Travis County Sgt. Don Rios and former sheriff’s deputy John Sisson — and Green Party candidate Debbie Russell have previously said they would unequivocally support ending the program and reiterated their support at the forum held at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. “Legitimacy is about how you create trust within your community,” Radford said. “This type of practice, having Travis County deputies act as immigration agents, deteriorates that trust.” The lone Republican in the race, private investigator Joe
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Martinez, disagreed with the other candidates on ending the ICE program, arguing that anyone wanting to enter the United States must do so legally. “I understand that there’s millions of people coming to this country trying to find a better life,” Martinez said. “But if you obey our laws, then nobody is going to bother you.” As the forum went on, the Democratic candidates got into a frenzied discussion when Rios and Sisson accused Radford and Hernandez of being dishonest to voters, alleging the latter two show support for ending the program in public and then go back on their stances in private meetings with local newspaper editorial boards. “When we were in front of the [Austin] American-Statesman editorial board, … there was a clear separation,” Rios said. “Nobody at this table is going to deny that conversation did not happen. It is up to you to really look at who you really want as your Travis
County Sheriff.” In response to Rios’s accusations — which were backed by both Russell and Sisson — Hernandez defended herself by saying she has been a longtime supporter of getting rid of the ICE program. “I am insulted at them saying that,” Hernandez said. “I believe that we need to renew our relationship with the immigrant community …. I am against ICE, clearly.” In addition to their stances on the ICE program, candidates at the forum argued they were the best candidates for the sheriff position because of their commitment to reforming Travis County prisons and increasing transparency. “We want to be able to trust who’s running the prisons,” Gonzalez said. Although the primary election day is still a few weeks away on March 1, voters can head to the polls during the early voting period beginning this week from Feb. 16 through Feb. 26.
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said. “It’s not a requirement, [but] it’s certainly an expectation and we encourage it.” Some of the undergraduates working in these faculty labs are part of the Freshmen Research Initiative, which is designed to pair
undergraduate students with faculty members in the sciences. Gregory Ross, Plan II and chemical engineering sophomore, said the program contributes to a strong undergraduate research education.
been at the forefront of the media, but as an African-American woman, this has been happening to black people for decades and it’s just now getting a magnifying glass to it.” Chas Moore, co-founder of Austin Justice Coalition, said he believes police training could be enhanced to serve the community better, and that public involvement will help combat these reoccurring issues. “I think it takes a community effort by and large to challenge the status quo and the way things are now,” Moore said. “One very important
element into changing these things is to have transparency between departments and the community.” Acevedo said he supports activists, and believes their goal of improving the police system is mutual. In comparison to other cities highlighted in the media for officer-involved incidents, Acevedo said he believes Austin is a model city. “We aren’t Ferguson; we’re not another American city,” Acevedo said. “We’re the city of Austin and we stand together to hold each other’s feet to the fire.” While some activists asked
for an independent investigation, Acevedo promised a complete and impartial internal investigation with a commitment to justice and the law. He said he believes an independent investigation from an outside law enforcement agency would be premature and asked the community to be patient. In response to requests asking to release the dash cam video of the incident, Acevedo said his responsibility to the Joseph and Freeman families is his foremost responsibility and he does not have any intention of releasing the video.
illnesses available to students. These measures are intended to benefit students in health and in the classroom, Kirtz said. “We know, and the [Centers for Disease Control]
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have repeatedly found, that healthy behaviors are repeatedly linked to academic success,” Kirtz said. “We work really hard to make sure that students are healthy but also academically successful.”
discovery, Tisdale said the Ransom Center will temporarily display several pages of Einstein’s manuscript until Feb. 29, and that the full manuscript is available online. Physics sophomore Bailey Kroll spent three hours on Friday afternoon looking through Einstein’s manuscript at the Harry Ransom Center after learning about the recent discovery. “Our whole lives, and for the history of humanity, we only saw the universe in electromagnetic waves, [but] now we have a new way of observing the universe,” Kroll said. “It’s moments like this that inspire me to become a scientist.”
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Illness research demands proactive efforts By Laura Hallas
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @LauraHallas
Chances are you hadn’t heard of Zika a year ago. The virus that the World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared an international public health emergency has been around for more than 60 years, but we only started paying attention after regional epidemics become global pandemics. Mosquitoborne diseases deserve attention before they reach this point, not only out of concern for other people in the world, but also to protect ourselves from future outbreaks. With more people traveling internationally than ever before, it is safe to assume that the afflictions of the world will eventually find their way to U.S. shores — and we aren’t ready. A 2015 report of infectious disease preparedness found that much of the U.S. is unprepared to handle a pandemic. More likely than not, such a pandemic will come from mosquitos, which kill more people each year than any other animal, including humans. In light of this, mosquito-borne diseases are severely underfunded. “It’s not a sexy topic. Sexy topics get more [funding],” said Dr. Richard Nauert, adjunct associate professor in public health. “Only now when we hear that the babies can have small heads is it resonating with us; it’s hitting home, like ‘Oh my God, [the mosquitos] are headed up this way. How come the health department hasn’t done anything, how come academia hasn’t done anything, how come medical hasn’t
The congressmen and representatives who approve budget proposals are responsible to their constituency, so reaching to these public figures could return attention to overlooked diseases. done anything?’ Well, what do you want us to do?” The problem is that with experts’ limited resources, they research what the public deems relevant. Because mosquito-borne illnesses disproportionately affect poorer countries and lower socioeconomic status groups, they don’t show up on our radar. That isn’t to say that the scientific community hasn’t made great strides in mosquito-illness research. Just last week the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston teamed up with the Brazilian government to find a Zika vaccine, and sterile mosquitoes released have successfully combated dengue fever in Brazil. President Obama specified Zika prevention in Texas and other parts of the U.S. in his annual budget proposal. But these measures have occurred in spite of public support, not because of it. Budget proposals and funding requests for a subject are much more likely to be granted when there is public interest. This is where a layperson can exert some influence over
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world, causing 725,000 deaths annually. Despite this, the U.S. cut its funding to fight mosquito-borne illnesses by 60% from 2004 from
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global health. The congressmen and representatives who approve budget proposals are responsible to their constituency, so reaching to these public figures could return attention to overlooked diseases. Nutrition sophomore Natalia Rios contracted Zika over winter break while visiting her family in Colombia, where the disease has been a common ailment for more than 60 years. She says back then, her friends back in the United States were unaware of the disease, but they are more paranoid now that it has reached Dallas and Austin.
“Things like this just sweep the country and everyone gets ill,” Rios said. “So be thankful that as soon as something happens [in the U.S.] people jump on it with research.” Objectively, mosquito-borne illnesses pose the greatest threat to world health, a fact we can’t afford to ignore. Ignoring disease until it reaches U.S. shores makes the eventual pandemic much worse and shows disregard for the health of others. We don’t expect economic crises or political movements to be constrained by borders, so why don’t we treat health risks the same? Hallas is a Plan II freshman from Allen.
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Bilingual education makes sense — and dollars By Josie MacLean Daily Texan Columnist @maclean_josie
Bilingual education gives kids more than just the ability to speak two languages. Despite this, bilingual education programs are not being implemented as numerously or as rapidly as they should be due to outdated fears. Although the number of these programs have seen an increase in recent years, there exists an antiquated notion that teaching a child two languages will undermine English, and this still remains a barrier to the widespread acceptance of these increasingly necessary programs. Some educators even believe that a dual language program could be harmful to English language learners. “Oftentimes district administrations are under the impression that the sooner kids are immersed in [English] the faster they learn English,” said Rebecca Callahan, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. In fact, it’s the other way around. While being completely immersed in another culture may get rid of an accent, kids whose primary language is Spanish suffer more from being transplanted into a totally English environment. “Research says … the more primary language support they get, the better their academic development and foundation,” Callahan said. Bilingual education shouldn’t just be for kids learning English. Dennis Chapman is a father
Compared with “white native parentage English monolinguals” and controlling for age, gender, ethnicity, parents’ socioeconomic status, and living with parents:
Bilinguals are used to looking at and recognizing that every situation and context has two different perspectives. You can draw from whatever language works best; you can switch back and forth. So when kids approach a problem, [bilinguals] are at an advantage when you can think of different ways to do it. —Rebecca Callahan, Associate professor, curriculum & instruction
whose fourth and fifth graders attend Gattis Elementary School in Round Rock, a school that offers an optional dual language program. “I think just being around people from different cultures year after year, they’re going over to other people’s houses that speak Spanish in the home,” Chapman said. “I know that the last bilingual [program] meeting that we had, they showed the test scores, and all the kids in our program had higher test scores on average. … As a group, they were in a really high percentile compared to the entire district’s.” Chapman’s observations match the research. In 1999, researcher Ellen Bialystok found that “control” (the ability to be selectively attentive) develops earlier in bilingual
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children, leading to higher test scores. Another study from 2013 found that, in 5- and 7-year-olds, bilingual students had better conflict resolution skills than monolinguals. “Bilinguals are used to looking at and recognizing that every situation and context has two different perspectives,” Callahan said. “You can draw from whatever language works best; you can switch back and forth. So when kids approach a problem, [bilinguals] are at an advantage when you can think of different ways to do it.” The benefits of bilingual education are
becoming too great to ignore, and it extends past test scores. Kids educated bilingually are more empathic. A study done in Southern California in 2014 found that bilinguals become more likely to attain not only a job but higher paying jobs than monolinguals. Dual language education would allow all American kids the opportunity to be competitive in the job market, develop stronger academic foundations and expand their cultural awareness. Why aren’t we doing this? MacLean is an advertising freshman from Austin.
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Bernie Sanders offers panacea, Hillary Clinton offers reality By Noah M. Horwitz
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @NmHorwitz
Eight years ago, in the midst of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, I was too young to vote. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, along with a plethora of other contenders, fought for the nomination. My parents supported opposing candidates in the primary, as did many others all across this country. To the extent that I could participate in the process, I initially supported Dennis Kucinich. Kucinich, then a congressman from Ohio, voted against the Iraq War. He opposed the Patriot Act. He supported single-payer health insurance and gay marriage, back at a time when both Clinton and Obama pandered to homophobic bigots. To me, Kucinich represented the full potential of the Democratic Party, remaining pure from the adulteration of moneyed interests. This should sound familiar. Sen. Bernie
Sanders, who last Tuesday won the New Hampshire primary by a wide margin, is largely considered Kucinich’s political heir. However, Kucinich never even came close to winning a single nominating contest. Sanders is on the path toward a long, competitive campaign. Him winning the Democratic nomination, while still not likely, is possible. The attentive will probably remember that I have not been the most supportive of Sanders in the pages of the Texan. I plan on voting later this month for Clinton. Accordingly, this anecdote about once being supportive of Kucinich may not make sense upon first glance. But it does. Don’t be like 14-year-old Noah. The middle school version of me, in addition to having various cringe-worthy idiosyncrasies, did not have a complex understanding of politics, life, the world or reality. Since then, I’ve worked — both in the public and the private sectors — and I’ve been involved in enough campaigns to be a little less naïve.
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Kucinich, like Sanders today, argued that most of America’s problems could be solved with very easy fixes. That taxing the rich or breaking up big banks is a panacea capable of rectifying all of our country’s issues. In contrast, Clinton has been maligned for being too pessimistic and incremental in her approaches, but she’s being realistic. Clinton’s proposals are grounded in reality. She can actually work with the Republican majorities in Congress that are almost sure to exist during the 45th presidency. And, most importantly, she has a better chance of winning a general election against a Republican, such as Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. I’ve become more centrist in the past eight years, but there are still myriad issues in which I agree with Sanders and disagree with Clinton. I believe Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with single-payer healthcare, though I am still skeptical of Sanders’ fiscally irresponsible way of doing this. I still oppose the Patriot Act. I support legalizing marijuana and abolishing the death penalty.
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[Clinton] can actually work with the Republican majorities in Congress that are almost sure to exist during the 45th presidency. And, most importantly, she has a better chance of winning a general election against a Republican, such as Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. The 14-year-old Noah would have leapt at those comparisons. I would have thought that just shifting a few things could have made everything better overnight. I would have felt the Bern. Today, I realize that the truth is a little more complicated. Clinton realizes this too, and that is why I’ll support her. Horwitz is a government senior from Houston.
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Images of armed fighters running through the streets of an Iranian war zone still linger in Mardin Aminpour’s memory. Aminpour, a history Ph.D. student, is one of the first Kurdish Iranian scholars granted a Fulbright Scholarship to finish his education in the United States. “When I arrived I was amazed. Really amazed,” Aminpour said. “It felt like the world was at my feet, and I could accomplish anything I wanted.” Born and raised in Kurdistan, Iran, Aminpour came to the United States eight years ago, setting out to accomplish a dream he didn’t realize he had. Aminpour gained his bachelor’s degree in English literature and began his masters at the University of Tehran before coming to America. Aminpour said the journey to the United States wasn’t easy. With no American embassy in Iran, he had to travel to Dubai to interview for the program.
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“This has changed my life,” Mardin said. “I never thought I would come to the U.S. I was very unfamiliar with any kind of scholarships.” While he said it was a big adjustment moving from the small West Azerbaijanian town of Sardasht to the big city of Tehran, he experienced a real culture shock when he came to the United States. “What Hollywood showed us about America was all violence and gangsters,” Aminpour said. “But when I arrived here, I was amazed how nice Americans were. Everyone was smiling at me; in Iran they never smile.” Aminpour said living thousands of miles away from home was a surreal feeling, but school kept him from letting the pain of missing home resonate through his everyday life. Last summer, when he finally had the chance to visit home, he was overwhelmed by how much had changed in eight years. “I feel that I have this split personality,” Aminpour said. “I don’t know whether I want to go back or stay [after
Moore’s liberal views have further played out in his satirical non-fiction novels, notably “Stupid White Men… and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation”! (2001), an assessment of the Clinton and Bush administrations, and “Dude, Where’s My Country?” (2003), a left-wing analysis of political turmoil in the early 21st century. Though insistent that he is not a political activist, but rather an active democratic citizen, Moore’s plethora of works have endowed him with ce-
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History Ph.D. candidate Mardin Aminpour, is one of the first Kurdish Iranian scholars to receive a Fullbright Scholarship.
graduation]. I know that I’d love to stay here, but I don’t know if I can live there, because when I visited, I had really missed my family but I also missed here. When I
came back to the U.S., everything was familiar.” Mardin still doesn’t have an American-born friend, but he said he would love for this to change. He
lebrity status in the realms of politics and documentary filmmaking. His overlapping themes of corruption and crisis have sparked debate for more than 25 years, turning him into one of the most influential figures in recent history. “Where to Invade Next” is no exception to this trend of controversial political commentary. With clear motives and pervasive satire, it stands as one of the most important films of the decade — a rare treat for viewers that’s as entertaining as it is resounding.
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It’s hard to question the fight in the Longhorns this year. They opened the 2016 season with a 4-1 victory over Arkansas in game one of the Texas Classic at Red and Charline McCombs Field on Thursday, but their next three wins didn’t come so easy. Texas erased three- and six-run deficits to notch consecutive come-from-behind victories over UNC. They went to extras again to close out their doubleheader on Saturday with a 6-5 rally win over Arkansas. Sunday’s finale against North Dakota State University followed suit. The Bison scored in the opening frame and built a 2-0 lead before Texas scored three unanswered runs to win, 3-2. “The takeaway from the weekend is the confidence that you’re never out of the ballgame,” head coach Connie Clark said. “It was going to come down to the mentality. Sore bodies — you’re wiped out mentally and physically, so how tough are you to come back on day four? I thought we were really good with that.” Junior pitcher Tiarra Davis got the start for Texas and notched her third win of the season behind a complete game effort. NDSU jumped on her early, grabbing two runs in the first inning, but she settled
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Senior outfielder Lindsey Stephens swings at a pitch against North Carolina. Stephens, who hit the Longhorns’ first homerun of the season against North Dakota State on Sunday, said this year’s team has an “unbelievable” amount of fight.
down and pitched five scoreless innings to help Texas improve to 5-0. “Tiarra was tremendous mentally today,” Clark said. “She didn’t start as sharp; she got stronger as the game went on. She made a lot of adjustments and really solved [NDSU].” Texas made good contact all game, but everything was hit right to the Bison defenders. The Longhorns stranded
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10 base runners, but big hits came when it mattered to get the walk-off. Freshman third baseman Christina Bardwell took a pitch to the helmet to walk in Texas’ first run of the game in the third. Senior center fielder Lindsey Stephens blasted Texas’ first home run of the season over the center field wall in the seventh to tie the game. Junior designated player Celina Felix followed with a triple to center
field, and freshman right fielder Reagan Hathaway drove her in with a sacrifice fly to left. “Honestly, I didn’t care who hit it,” Stephens said. “But I was happy to do it before the weekend was over. I felt like I was seeing the ball really well all day, but that one I just got a good piece of it. It looked really big.” The Longhorns will travel to Houston next weekend to compete in the Hilton
Houston Plaza Invitational. There’s no guarantee the games will be as dramatic, but Stephens said they can guarantee that they’ll compete to the end. “There’s so much fight [in this team], it’s unbelievable,” Stephens said. “We’re not trying to wait for them to score and then we’ll hit; it’s just a coincidence that it happened. But we’re all on the same page and everyone’s so selfless and ready to play.”
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Fourth quarter collapse leads to lopsided loss against rival By Tyler Horka @TexasTy95
Texas entered the fourth quarter with the lead against a ranked rival, but what looked like a 10th-straight road win for the No. 6 Longhorns quickly turned into their second loss of the season. No. 21 Oklahoma pounded the Longhorns in the fourth quarter on its way to a 74-56 victory at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. Head coach Karen Aston, who took over at Texas in 2012, is winless in three trips to Norman. Her team was outscored by 22 points in the final ten minutes. “We just didn’t look like we had the competitive spirit,” Aston said. “I thought we fought hard, but we weren’t nearly as competitive as they were. They were just the better team today.” The contest was close until Texas (22–2, 11–2 Big 12) fell apart in the fourth. Sophomore guard Brooke McCarty kept the Longhorns in the game for three quarters. McCarty connected on 2-of-3 from beyond the arc and wound up with 14 points at halftime to lead all scorers as the two teams stood deadlocked at 32 after 20 minutes. The Sooners (17–7, 8–5 Big 12) started the second half by taking a 41-36 lead. It looked to be danger time for the Longhorns with multiple Texas players on the bench in foul trouble. But Texas answered with six straight points to regain the lead. The mini run launched a larger 13-2 spurt that gave the Longhorns a six-point advantage, their largest of
the game. McCarty and senior guard Celina Rodrigo both drilled a 3-pointer late in the third that seemed to give Texas momentum heading into the fourth. It did not. A four-point Longhorn lead turned into a 16-point deficit as Oklahoma exploded on a 22-2 run. Five of the Longhorns’ seven points in the quarter came in the final minute when the game had already been decided. McCarty failed to score in the fourth, ending the game with 19 points. Senior center Imani Boyette, the Longhorns’ leading scorer, tallied just eight points on 2-of-12 shooting. “I think in the fourth quarter we kind of got away from the game plan,” McCarty said. “We gave them open shots and didn’t pay attention to detail.” Texas shot 29 percent from the field as a team — its worst shooting effort of the season. Only two of the Longhorns’ 15 shot attempts in the fourth quarter went through. Aston said although the missed shots were a huge factor, Oklahoma was the better team. “I thought they played every possession like it really mattered,” Aston said. “They had the sense of urgency that was necessary to win a game like this.” The Longhorns were also outrebounded 45-38, marking the third time this season they’ve lost the battle of the boards. Texas returns home Wednesday looking to bounce back against Kansas State (16–8, 6–7 Big 12). The Longhorns beat the Wildcats 66-51 on Jan. 30.
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Sophomore guard Brooke McCarty scored a game-high 19 points in a losing effort against No. 21 OU in Norman on Sunday.
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Texas hangs with Iowa State, eventually falls short in Ames By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox
Before leaving for Ames, junior guard Kendal Yancy said the Longhorns weren’t going to let themselves get “punked.” The team did just that for the first 35 minutes of Saturday night’s game, holding up against the “Hilton Magic” that makes it so tough to play in Ames. Texas managed a response every time Iowa State threatened to run away with the game. But the final five minutes ended in a struggle. The Longhorns made just two of their last 12 shots as the Cyclones handed them an 85-75 defeat — their second road loss this week. “I didn’t think our commitment to all the things to getting stops was as good as it has been,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “When you’re playing against Iowa State, they have a way of making you look bad on defense.” Iowa State started the game on the front foot. The Cyclones went on a 10-2 run to take a 21-12 lead with 10:10 left in the first half and threatened to run the Longhorns out of the building. But Texas responded immediately. Freshman guard
Tevin Mack hit the first of his five 3-pointers, and senior guard Javan Felix and freshman guard Kerwin Roach Jr. orchestrated a 12-0 run to put the Longhorns ahead by three. Then senior forward Georges Niang scored 11-straight points for the Cyclones, including threestraight 3-pointers; however, Texas countered with three free throws from junior guard Isaiah Taylor and another 3-pointer by Mack and went into halftime down just 36-34. The Longhorns continued to stay within arm’s reach of the Cyclones in the second half, thanks in large part to two more 3-pointers from Mack but failed to get in an offensive punch of their own. Texas tied the game four times in the final 20 minutes, but missed two shots that could have given it the lead. Foul trouble then hampered the Longhorns’ effort to get back into the contest. Seniors Prince Ibeh and Connor Lammert each picked up their fourth fouls a little over halfway through the second half, and Ibeh eventually fouled out with 2:57 left to play. At that point the Cyclones finally broke free,
going on a 10-2 run to see out the 10-point win. “You only have one Prince,” Smart said. “When Prince is out there, we’re a different team.” The Longhorns struggled to contain the Cyclones’ two best scorers, Niang and junior guard Monté Morris. The two, who rank second and fifth respectively in scoring in the Big 12, combined for 48 points and 5-of-6 shooting on 3-pointers. Mack, who’s been one of the most streaky shooters for Texas, finished with 18 points, along with Felix. His five 3-pointers tied a career high. The loss drops the Longhorns to 7–5 in Big 12 play and puts them on the outskirts of the conference title race. It also likely pushes Texas out of the rankings after making its first appearance in both the AP and coaches polls in over a year. But Smart said he doesn’t pay much to the standings. “We’re just trying to take care of business when we take the floor,” Smart said. The Longhorns return to Austin to face No. 10 West Virginia — one of four ranked opponents left on the schedule — on Tuesday.
After a successful string of home matches, the Longhorns fell in a close 4-3 match to No. 31 Rice in Houston on Saturday afternoon. Rice struck first in the contest, securing the doubles point after winning two of the three doubles matches. The Owls (4–1) increased their advantage to 2-0 after a win in the fifth singles spot, but Texas (3–2) managed to keep pace. Junior Neda Koprcina beat Rice freshman Emily Smith at third singles 7-6 and 6-3 to give the Longhorns their first point of the match. Texas freshman Daniella Roldan followed her teammate’s lead and evened the score with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win in a second-set tiebreaker against Alison Ho. No. 8 senior Breaunna Addison then gave Texas the lead 3-2 when she fought off Rice’s No. 84 Lindsey Hodge at first singles. But Rice junior Katherine Ip defeated Longhorn sophomore Dani Wagland in a pair of tiebreak sets to tie the Owls up 3-3, forcing the contest to come down to the last match between Longhorn senior Lana Groenvynck and Rice senior Solomiya Zinko. Groenvynck won the first set 6-4, but Zinko responded with a 6-0 set win, taking it to a third set. Zinko kept the intensity with an early service break and got a 4-1 lead, but Groenvynck fought back, eventually breaking Zinko’s serve. Groenvynck stayed in the game by saving multiple match points, but it wasn’t enough. Zinko finished it off 6-3 to put away the match 4-3 in favor of the Owls. The loss snaps a two-game win streak for the Longhorns. Texas heads back on the road again next weekend to take on Duke in Durham, North Carolina on Feb. 21. —Aspen Detrick
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ALBUM REVIEW | ‘THE LIFE OF PABLO’
Kanye’s album takes music in new direction The Life of Pablo might not be Kanye West’s most triumphant effort, but it pushes the boundaries of rap with its variety of influences and sounds.
By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
Love or hate him, it’s hard to deny Kanye West’s raw talent. For more than a decade, he has set the standard for modern rap music with frequent style shifts, allowing him to explore different genres through his music. The Life of Pablo, released Sunday, finds Kanye West experimenting with a new, more minimal style of production to create fantastic results. West described TLOP as a gospel album, and although it certainly isn’t pure gospel, the genre is the project’s biggest influence. The record’s lead track, “Ultralight Beam,” which features solid verses from hiphop recording artist Chance the Rapper and choir singer Kelly Price, is the best display of West’s gospel influence, incorporating a church choir to create a unifying and overpowering sound over a spacious beat. Later on the album, the hook-heavy “Waves,” a track brought back from the dead by Chance the Rapper, sounds as if it could become the breakout single of the album. Even “Low Lights,” an interpretation of a testimony written by Paul in Romans 8:38-39 stands out for not just its historical context, but its emotional weight as well. These tracks stand out as clear visions for the dominant sound of the album rather than random moments. At times, though, TLOP feels scattered, jumping from a heavy and intense beat to a lighter, more choral sound. These constant jumps back and forth make the album as
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a whole less cohesive. “Facts,” remixed from its previous G.O.O.D. Friday release, still lacks the lyrics, which include a reference to Kimojis, or a resounding beat to make it a bearable song. During “Highlights,” West delivers one of his worst lines in recent memory when he says, “Sometimes I’m wishin’ that my dick had GoPro.” The album’s varied feeling is likely the result of the vast number of features, producers and samples on TLOP. Listing this album’s personnel is such difficult task in itself — all pity
goes to the person who has to write the liner notes for this one. The names sometimes result in huge moments, such as Madlib’s fantastic beat on “No More Parties in L.A.” and Frank Ocean’s outro during the modified “Wolves”; but occasionally Kanye’s tendency to bring on everybody comes back to bite him — especially on “Famous,” where the hook from Rihanna feels forced, in addition to Desiigner’s unnecessarily boisterous verse during “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2.” Besides gospel, the other
resounding theme of TLOP is Kanye West’s happiness. There’s an abundance of humor, whether it’s in the satirical self-indulgence of “I Love Kanye” or West’s comparison of himself to Oprah during “Feedback.” These moments bring a positive spin to an otherwise heavy album. Lying behind all of these influences is usually a very minimal and hazy production style. Certain songs break the mold, especially the aforementioned “No More Parties in L.A.,” but West’s
decision to scale back his overbearing style to something more palatable was the right decision. At almost an hour long, TLOP isn’t a quick and easy listen by any means. There’s a variety of different sounds on this project, and the entire experience is much more stylistically varied than most of his previous works. However, taken individually, almost every song has a standout moment, with very few tracks going unnoticed or sounding out of place. Before TLOP’s release,
THE LIFE OF PABLO Genre: Hip Hop Tracks: 18 Rating: A-
West touted the album as not just his best, but one of the best of all time. Although both of those statements are up for debate, and will likely be for a long time, The Life of Pablo delivers on Kanye West’s reputation for challenging music, spinning his career in a brand new and exciting direction.
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MOVIE REVIEW | ‘WHERE TO INVADE NEXT’
Live show seduces audiences to open up about sex, relationships By Maggie Rosenbohm college kids to come,” Gil@magstahhh
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In “Where to Invade Next,” documentary filmmaker Michael Moore portrays life in foreign nations, using citizens’ experiences to contrast those of the middle-class American.
‘Where to Invade Next’ offers comedic look at U.S. politics By Sebastian Sada @sseebbaasstian
The progressive politics that have defined documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s career are back and bolder than ever. In his latest documentary, “Where to Invade Next,” Moore embarks on an expedition for logic, seeking sane solutions to social and economic ills. In showcasing the solutions developed by numerous foreign entities, Moore remarks on the progress America has failed to make, turning his seemingly innocent “travelogue” into a powerful political force. Shot on three continents with a small crew working in secrecy, the film documents Moore’s ambitious quest to send a message to his American brethren — one of clarity in the face of an uncertain political future and of hope in the face of hardship. Contrasting the critical tone of his previous works, Moore opens the documentary with a clear message: America is caught in
crisis. A montage of recent political turmoils invites viewers to pause for reflection and to assess the state of the union in which they live with as much objectivity as possible. Moore proceeds to carry his film with a surprisingly lighthearted, humorous tone, conveying citizens’ reactions to descriptions of politics, education and employment in America. However subversive the film’s connotations may be, they’re cleverly blanketed by Moore’s boundless humor, which functions as a vehicle of entertainment amid disconcerting revelations. Humorous as the film may be, its overt comedy eventually calls for serious self-assessment. The critical second half of “Where to Invade Next” accepts Moore’s invitation to pause for reflection, utilizing interviews with government officials to reflect upon America’s political stagnancy. The shift from amusing, journalistic humor to deep, poignant commentary fans the flames of discontent toward the American government
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Running Time: 119 minutes Rating: R Score: 4/5 stars
— or, at the very least, its supposed ineptitude. While a few lighthearted moments break up the second half ’s dramatic overtones, its contemplation satisfies Moore’s objective as a filmmaker: to send a wake-up call to the American public. And, for the most part, it succeeds, impacting viewers from across the political spectrum in profound — perhaps even unimaginable — ways. This venture into political waters isn’t a first for Moore. The acclaimed documentarian gained traction for his work on “Roger & Me” (1989), which assessed the impact of Roger Smith’s decision to close a number of GM auto plants in Flint, Michigan. In 2002, three years after the Columbine High School
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People rarely kiss and tell. At Bedpost Confessions, a live show about sex, relationships and everything in between, kissing and telling is what they do. With thousands of podcast listeners, Bedpost Confessions is one of the most popular recurring shows in the Austin area. The show, created in 2010 by Sadie Smythe, Mia Martina and Julie Gillis, intends to not only entertain with racy topics but to educate as well. During the performances, audience members are encouraged to participate by anonymously submitting their experiences, secrets and unmentionables, which are then read aloud by a handful of performers. Gillis said by bringing in all walks of life, the show is able to highlight more honest and memorable stories. While the audience is commonly made up of individuals aged 30 and up, Martina and Gillis stress the importance of younger people speaking up about their sexuality and experiences. “We would love more
lis said. “Texas schools are known to either not have sex education or it’s incorrect.” Having taught seminars at the University of Texas, Gillis said she’s experienced the ramifications of poor communication about sex and relationships. “People in college are at a really important age where you need other people to talk to and understand that your body and sex is healthy,” Gillis said. “The stories are a way to teach. Our show is built on ethics and education that’s merged into entertainment.” In a culture that censors nudity, sexually explicit language and often puts heavy emphasis on modesty while shaming promiscuity, Gillis said she understands why attending one of their shows for the first time can be nerve-wracking. “I think that in our general culture, sex is a little dangerous,” Gillis said. “It’s something we’re all encouraged to have but been also encouraged not to have. So a show about [sex] is really dangerous to some people. I don’t know what the audi-
Being open about one’s experiences in sexuality and relationships can be hard but very fulfilling. —Mia Martina, Bedpost Confessions Co-creator
ence expects, but once they arrive and hear the stories they have such a good time.” For many, opening up about personal subjects such as sexuality can be difficult. To create a supportive environment that encourages their attendees to share their thoughts and feelings, Bedpost Confessions holds their shows in some of the more intimate venues in Austin, such as Spider House Patio Bar & Cafe. “Being open about one’s experiences in sexuality and relationships can be hard but very fulfilling,” Martina said. “Working with people, getting them to write down their stories and then want-
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