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Officials respond to Dobie burglaries By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16

Four burglaries occurred on Feb. 26 at Dobie Twenty21, a private dorm near campus, according to the Austin Police Department. Shortly after these burglaries were reported, Dobie management sent out an email to residents warning them that a man posing as a construction worker broke into unlocked rooms and took personal belongings from residents. In the email, management advised

residents to lock their doors at all times, not lend room keys and to call 911 if they detected any suspicious behavior. UTPD officer William Pieper said keeping doors locked is the best way to avoid getting robbed. “One of the easiest ways for a burglar to make entry into a residence is through an open door,” Pieper said. “Most burglaries occur because a door or window was left unlocked.” Pieper said law enforcement generally sees a large number of burglars use disguises

as an attempt to cover up the fact that they’re stealing if they are caught in the act. He said some common costumes include posing as utility workers, magazine salesmen and cable service providers. If students see a service provider roaming their apartment complex and shaking multiple doorknobs, Pieper advises they contact the police department or apartment management. Pieper said a high level of comfort and safety sometimes prevents students from taking

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Dobie management is working with detectives on investigating the four burglaries that occured on Feb. 26.

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Wills Brown and Francesca Cicero are the newly elected president and vice president of the Graduate Student Assembly. Brown and Cicero will use their passion for student affairs to make GSA a well-known organization on campus.

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“I think it goes to show how even one vote counts — at least in this race,” Cook said. “But it is exciting to see that there was a lot of support for both campaigns.” Brown and Cicero, graduate students in the College

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difference. The Warner Cook and Ellie Boisjoli executive alliance had 193 votes, just 16 votes short of the 209 votes Brown and Cicero received. Cook said the close race illustrates how every student’s vote matters.

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Wills Brown and Francesca Cicero said they are excited to be the newly elected president and vice president of the Graduate Student Assembly on Monday but feel that too many students are uninformed on its resources and purpose. Based on information provided with the GSA election results, only 402 students out of the 11,331 graduate student body population voted in the GSA executive alliance election, putting voter turnout in the executive alliance election at just above 3.5 percent. Brown and Cicero ran their campaign emphasizing the need to bridge the divide between graduate students and the University. Incumbent GSA President Brian Wilkey said low voter turnout has been a struggle in GSA elections, where candidates must walk a thin line because of campaigning rules. “[GSA] cannot appear to be favorable of any campaign at all,” Wilkey said. “We have to be very careful about that. In doing so, it makes it hard [to advertise].” The executive alliance race came down to a small

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of Education, said they want to use their passion for student affairs to make GSA a better-known organization on campus. “My hope is once we start accomplishing our platform points, people will

start to see it came from the GSA and recognize us,” Brown said. Their comprehensive platform includes raising awareness on graduate student mental health, increasing

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Citing a rise in bike theft among the UT community, Parking and Transportation Services is urging students to take precautions to prevent their bikes from being stolen. According to APD crime records, there was a slight increase in bike thefts from December, which saw 14 thefts. January and February had 18 and 17 thefts, respectively. Bikes both on and off campus have been targeted, although Jeremy Hernandez, the bike coordinator for PTS, said he thinks bikes near the center of campus have a lower risk of being stolen. However, Hernandez said leaving bikes on campus for long periods of time while their owners are away can increase the risk of theft, regardless of a bike’s location. “Spring break is coming up, and people are gone for extended periods of time. Bike thieves are just as smart as normal people,” Jeremy Hernandez said. “They’re going to notice when people are here or not here.” Public health senior Oscar Hernandez said having his bike stolen in West Campus early last year has given him a different view on leaving his bike out, both at home and on campus. “I feel pretty safe when I’m on campus,” Oscar Hernandez said. “But it’s not like I’m gonna leave [my bike] there all night.” Theatre and dance

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Student organization joins Amplify Austin By Janelle Polcyn @JanellePolcyn

The UT chapter of Camp Kesem and 610 other nonprofit organizations around the city have a goal of collectively raising $9 million for their organizations in 24 hours, starting tonight at 6 p.m. Camp Kesem is a yearround support group which focuses on kids whose parents have cancer or are cancer survivors, Joseph Panzarella, sports management senior and chapter director, said. The UT chapter started in 2012 and will counsel 120 kids this year, Panzarella said. “Fundraising is such a big aspect of what we do,

[so the team] puts on a ton of fundraising events,” said Samantha Finkenstaedt, nutrition and human biology junior and chapter coordinator. Through Amplify Austin, a yearly program that encourages the community to donate to nonprofits, the chapter hopes to raise $2,500 — almost as much as they typically raise through events over one month. Neuroscience junior and chapter coordinator Dionna Arimes said Camp Kesem will have ice cream sundaes, stations with camp activities and a video stream on campus to

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Youth vote approaches 2008 levels By Caleb Wong

Texas youth voter turnout in 2016 rivals election participation in 2008, according to political science researchers. An estimated 565,864 young people ages 18 to 29 voted in the Texas Super Tuesday primaries, according to The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, which researches youth political activity in the U.S. The center found that an estimated 15 percent of Texas youth turned out to vote in the Texas Super Tuesday primaries compared to an estimated 17 percent in 2008. “With a number of strong showings across many

states, young people continued this year’s trend of high participation that rivals the numbers from 2008, when youth turnout in some cases tripled that of previous years,” the report said. “And in both parties, young people are still not rallying around the front-runners.” Assistant government professor Bethany Albertson said while young people used to support the same candidate older voters supported, they’ve become more ideologically independent, as seen in the 2008 presidential election. “Young people hold very different views from their parents on issues such as marriage equality,” Albertson said. “It’s not just social issues, though. Young people are more suspicious

or are opposed to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan that was so strongly associated with the Republican Party.” In Texas, exit polls showed that young people in the Republican primary narrowly supported Marco Rubio over Ted Cruz. In the Democratic primary, they supported

Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton by a 19-point margin. Neither of the young people’s favored candidates won the Texas primaries. “Sanders seems to not represent the institution, and that might be what he’s tapping into,” Felicia Sullivan, a

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basic safety precautions such as locking a door but warns that crime can happen to anybody. “A lot of students feel like they don’t need to [lock their doors], and sadly they don’t realize that they need to until after they’ve been a victim of a theft,” Pieper said. Felipe Furtado, a mechanical engineering junior and exchange student from Brazil, said he and his roommate were victims of burglary at Dobie. He said he left the door unlocked one night because he determined the building was safe enough but regretted it the next morning when he realized his laptop, backpack, headphones, room keys and wallet

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were missing. “Dobie changed the lock system recently, so sometimes my roommate and I just forget to lock it,” Furtado said. “Since it happened to us, we always lock all the doors possible, and we also try to hide our valuable stuff during the night. Although we are doing everything we can to avoid getting robbed again, I feel like we can be stolen from whenever someone wants, especially at Dobie.” Ethan Jewell, electrical engineering freshman and Dobie resident, said he believes management could have invested more money into security. “The security at Dobie is extraordinarily lax — there are almost no cameras, and the guards are very lenient,” Jewell said. “A heightened

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continues from page 1 hourly wages for graduate assistants who have moved from salary to hourly wages, promoting collaboration with a graduate startup incubator space, adding agencies for women’s and LGBT issues, and creating dialogue on campus carry ahead of the 2017 legislative session. Wilkey said Brown and Cicero will officially assume their positions on April 11. “I think they are going to act wonderfully as president and vice president,” Wilkey said. “They clearly care about [GSA], and they bring a wealth of experience from different areas.” In the meantime, Brown and Cicero said they want to meet with individual representatives in GSA,

security presence would help deter burglars. However, it’s true that burglaries can happen to anyone, and so it is hard to say Dobie is solely responsible for the burglaries.” According to the email sent out to residents, Dobie management is working with local authorities to investigate the situation. While Pieper said there have not been any recent reports of burglaries on campus, apartment complexes around campus are experiencing burglaries at a heightened level. Shortly after the Dobie incident, two burglaries occurred at Villas on Guadalupe on March 2. Detectives are currently working on both of these cases and others, according to the APD. then tackle the outdated information on the GSA website and improve its social media presence. “I think having more visibility [in GSA] and communicating out what’s happening will affect a larger group of students,” Cicero said. Brown said he and Cicero plan on using the summer to meet with administrators to work on achieving platform goals. “The summer is going to be a very important time to get our work done to knock out platform points,” Brown said. “That’s the time there’s less students on campus, and administrators have more time to meet and talk.” Both Cook and Boisjoli said they congratulate Brown and Cicero and look forward to working with them in GSA.

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continues from page 1 senior Maegan Wilson said she’s unconcerned about keeping her bike on campus — she thinks proper bike lockup is key to preventing theft. “It seems like if you’re locking with a u-lock, [your bike] will be fine,” Wilson said. Jeremy Hernandez said on top of proper lockup of frames and tires, paying attention to bike location does a lot to help prevent theft, especially for students who don’t often ride their bikes. “Check on your property. Check on it once a week. Walk by it. Be sure it’s OK,” Jeremy Hernandez said,

n i “Look at the lock. Check tot see that there aren’t any fraysf or cut marks in the cable.” Jeremy Hernandez saidc students should registers their bikes with PTS and keep a picture of them to aid police in case of theft. Theatre and dance senior Patricia Kelly said when her bike was stolen from north campus in November, it wasn’t registered, but having the information that UT’s registration system typically asks for made all the difference. Her bike was found at a pawn shop and returned to her last week. “If I wouldn’t have had the serial number and everything, they wouldn’t have found it,” Kelly said.

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Business freshman Maria Fernanda Guerro makes sure to lock up her bike, even when leaving it on campus.

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continues from page 1 senior researcher at the center, said. “[Cruz and Rubio] might have more people on their staff or in their communication network. Young people do respond when there’s more one-on-one contact when campaigns reach out to them.” When asked why young people have pulled away from the front-runner in the race, Robert Guerra, communications director for College Republicans, said Donald Trump doesn’t target youth voters. “If you look at most of the rhetoric Donald Trump is spitting out, it largely does not have to do with the issues that college students and younger voters are more concerned with,” Guerra, a finance junior, said. “A lot of what Donald Trump focuses on is … more big-picture items as opposed to the issues that are near and dear to younger voters.” Young people made up 20 percent of voters in the Democratic primary, while they made up 10 percent in the Republican primary. “I think that there’s a higher percentage of young voters in the Democratic Party because Democrats prioritize and actually address issues that affect and matter to young voters,” said

If you look at most of the rhetoric Donald Trump is spitting out, it largely does not have to do with thre issues that college students and younger voters are more concerned with. —Robert Guerra, finance junior

Maliha Mazhar, government senior and communications director for University Democrats. “Democrats also are more inclusive, accepting and diverse in general — just like young people in this country.” However, the gap between the two parties is narrowing, according to the report. In Texas, 281,000 youth participated in the Republican primary in 2016 compared to 171,000 youth in 2008. In comparison, 284,499 youth voted in the Democratic primary in 2016. “The gap is starting to narrow again,” Sullivan said. “Republicans are doing a better job of capturing youth votes, and the Democrats have lost some. They’re more on par in this election than they have been in the last three or four election cycles.”

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Professor: Candidates back nonviable policies By Jasleen Shokar @jasleenshokar

During the election season, many candidates promise economic prosperity in their budget proposals — but voters don’t usually think about whether a plan is feasible, one UT professor argues. In his March opinion article “Candidates who tout spending cuts as a solution live in a fairy tale,” published in the Houston Chronicle, public affairs and accounting professor Michael Granof argues that political candidates tend to oversimplify their economic policies. One such oversimplification comes from the economic proposal of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). “Ted Cruz is going to abolish the IRS and use a tax return that can be prepared on a post card,” Granof said. “It’s not realistic and not going to happen.” Granof said campaign promises don’t live up to the reality of the federal government’s spending practices. “It’s hard to come by solutions,” Granof said. “In the short run, we probably need government spending not only to stimulate the economy but to address fundamental problems.” Granof, a Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board member, said

Candidates make a lot of promises, but the reality is they have very little discrestion in the issue. We face these massive issues … and it’s not easy to solve them.

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candidates need to expand and clarify their plans for financial stability. As a member of the FASAB, Granof helps set the accounting standard for the federal government. These measures are used when the Government Accountability Office compiles the yearly Consolidated Financial Report of the U.S. Government. This report is an audit of the federal government’s financial statements. “Candidates make a lot of promises, but the reality is they have very little discretion in the issue,” Granof said. “We face these massive problems, increasing debts and deficits, and it’s not easy to solve them.” According to the 2015 Consolidated Financial Report, there are uncertainties

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Michael Granof, a public affairs and accounting profesor, is a Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board member. Granof helps set accounitng standards for the federal government.

regarding long-term sustainability with programs such as Medicare and Social Security. “After 2025, however, increased spending for Social Security and health programs due to the continued retirement of the baby boom generation and increases in the price of health care services is expected to cause

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Study finds accepting low-skill jobs may hurt future prospects By Anusha Lalani @anusha_lalani

Individuals who accept a job below their skill level could potentially be penalized when applying for future employment, according to a recent study conducted by a professor in the College of Liberal Arts. Assistant sociology professor David Pedulla is the sole author of the study, “Penalized or Protected? Gender and the Consequences of Nonstandard and Mismatched Employment Histories,” which focuses on employment situations that could be potentially penalizing fwhen applying for jobs in the future. Pedulla conducted his study by submitting nearly 2,500 fictitious applications for over 1,200 job openings in five cities across the U.S. The study found that for men and women working below their skill level, only 5 percent of applicants received a positive employer response. Having part-time employment on an application, on the

other hand, only negatively affected men and had no negative effect on women. Temporary agency employment, Pedulla said, had little effect on either gender. Mannan Ali, management information studies and corporate communications junior, who works part-time at a real estate company, said he feels the study’s results could vary based on the demographics of the person who is applying for a job. “If an employer looks at my resume and saw that I was working a parttime job while I was in college, then I believe it would help my case to get a full-time offer,” Ali said. “[But] if I was laid off, in my 40s and had a parttime job as my most recent form of employment, then I believe it would hurt me.” Ali also said the results could vary because of economic conditions and individuals experiences. “[This study] shows from an economic standpoint that employers are less willing to hire someone

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who isn’t working on their skills,” Ali said. “Thus, if someone is having to make ends meet, they will have a tougher time getting out of that situation even though they have a stronger skill set.” Economics sophomore Anica Ali, who previously worked at Chick-fil-A, said she believes the results of the study are accurate but that work ethic is valued by employers above other factors. “I think having a good work ethic and learning the value of money is relevant,” Ali said. “It’s competitive, and the chances of you getting the position without any previous experience [are] difficult.”

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of donors. “A lot of locals were noticing the donor population was not necessarily keeping up,” Lucchesi said. “Our organization decided to create an online giving day to energize young donors to find a cause and find that nonprofit they would like to invest in.” Amplify Austin has an online marketplace for donations where every

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funding will be needed. Government and public affairs professor James Galbraith said he thinks the problem with candidates’ policies is not that they are oversimplified, but that they need to be sufficiently justified. “[Policies] need to be anchored in the objective and

make sure Americans who have jobs can get them,” Galbraith said. “There is a lot of malarkey spread about what is and is not sustainable. It is possible for us to pursue a policy that is oriented toward general prosperity and doesn’t have to be dominated by some rule about the budget.”

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primary surpluses to steadily deteriorate and become a primary deficit starting in 2028,” the report said. Essentially, the policy that influences Social Security has to account for both its short-term and long-term implications. Because of the increase of beneficiaries in the program, additional

participating organization is listed and sorted by category. “The cool thing about Amplify Austin is that it’s the city’s way of giving back to nonprofits, so it’s a really good way for us to get our name out there,” Arimes said. “Having a profile on [the website] is another way to get our name out there.”

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Emojis, dating can make you :( By Kennedy Brookins Daily Texan Columnist @kenneteaa

I remember the simple days. The days when texting “(;” to your crush was enough to let them know that it was going down once that final bell rang at 3:00 p.m. Now with hundreds of emojis to choose from, sending the right signal to your love interest has become a much harder task. As authors Olivia Baniuszewicz and Debra Goldstein put it in their book “Flirtexting: How to Text Your Way Into His Heart,” “texting has become the new first step in dating,” so it’s time to perfect the craft. Emojis have deceived our generation into thinking we can express ourselves with less effort. Just throw a cute emoji at the end of a thought, and you’re good, right? Wrong! There are rules to using emojis — rules that make the first few conversations with your potential boo feel like you’re walking on eggshells. Public relations junior Jordan Kasprzynski remedies this awkwardness by texting with only words in the early stages of courtship. “I try not to use emojis when I first start talking to someone,” Kasprzynski said. He has good reason, too. Figuring out someone’s texting style is a process, and rushing it won’t help you get that second date. The way I see it, there are three major rules when it comes to emojis and flirting (results may vary).

Emojis have deceived our generation into thinking we can express ourselves with less effort. Just throw a cute emoji at the end of a thought, and you’re good, right? Wrong! There are rules to using emojis — rules that make the first few conversations with your boo feel like walking on eggshells. First, not all smileys are created equal. I know you think it’s a harmless act to drop the smiley with the open mouth at the end of that “good morning” text, but have you considered the smiley with the closed mouth instead? They are not the same! Search through emojipedia for just a few minutes, and you’ll find that every emoji comes with its own unique meaning. How can one possibly learn the connotations of all 845 emojis? Your guess is as good as mine. Second, keep up with the Internet or die trying. Before B.o.B. blessed Instagram with #EggplantFriday, the eggplant emoji really was, well, just an eggplant. And remember when the peach emoji was simply a piece of fruit? Those days are gone. Not only does each emoji have a different

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meaning, but these meanings also change over time as the Internet’s imagination runs wild. If social media isn’t your thing, keeping up with these new trends can be nearly impossible. The last rule is there are some emojis that you cannot send, depending on who you’re talking to. Personally, a boy sending me any of the monkey emojis is a deal breaker. For Kasprzynski, on the other hand, the “100” and the purple devil

emojis are out of the question. “It makes me think that person is immature,” Kasprzynski said. “I won’t stop talking to them, but I’ll make a mental note.” Emojis are a blessing and a curse. I will forever be thankful for the fabulousness that the sassy girl and manicure emojis have brought into my life. When it comes to dating, though, emojis have turned me into an over-stressed riddle decoder. Brookins is a psychology junior from McKinney.

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Deluge of digital content killing Internet By Jake Schmidt

Daily Texan Columnist @heyjakers

Global Internet traffic is expected to grow a whopping 6,400 percent between 2005 and 2019. By the end of that period, you will need 5 million years just to watch all the videos uploaded each month. Despite this tremendous growth, the Internet is stagnating. The deluge of digital content we consume every day has turned us into repost machines. Our penchant for sharing articles, polls, videos, songs, GIFs and memes gives the authors of such content significant influence over us — and the agendas of content producers are not always benevolent. The rise of traffic analytics and search engine optimization shifted content producers’ focus from creating meaningful content to manufacturing profitable content. For amateur bloggers and media titans alike, traffic metrics like clickthrough rate, interactions-per-visit and cost-per-conversion have replaced substance and quality at the bottom line. Subtle factors can mean the difference between becoming the next digital trend or another forgotten URL. The Internet is an extreme place where content fights in a winner-take-all war for our attention. The slim few that win “go viral,” while the vast majority die quietly in the background.

The deluge of digital content we consume every day has turned us into repost machines. Our pechant for sharing articles, polls, videos, songs, GIFs and memes gives the authors of such content significant influence over us — and their agendas are not always benevolent. The end result is a frightening homogeneity. Many websites look and feel identical because designers emulate the successful sites they see online. Musicians mimic the sounds and production techniques of famous artists they hear online. Videographers format their videos like the clips they view online. Cultural dilution is the price we pay for boundless access to digital content. Local and regional idiosyncrasies are marginalized by global trends because originality is hard to maintain when web success seems to follow such a strict format. The web has lowered the barriers to entry for many content producers, but content consumers haven’t established a clear way to sort or value the flood of new

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content. Our primary tool for navigating the web, search engines, only directs us where others have previously gone. Our fondness of reposting, the agendas in our content and the web’s culture of genericism are creating a swell of insignificant digital experiences that drown out the Internet’s creative and collaborative potential. But as witnesses of and participants in the

evolution of the web, we have the ability to improve it with each use. Think about how you use social media and consume digital content. Stay true to your history and culture. And most importantly, don’t worry if you don’t have all the answers yet — that’s what Google is for. Jake Schmidt is a physics and aerospace engineering sophomore from Austin.

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Children in detention centers stripped of rights By Leah Kashar

Daily Texan Senior Columnist @leahkashar

If the United States should be ashamed of any of its past political decisions, Japanese internment camps must be extremely high on the list. The children imprisoned in these camps, without due process of law, were traumatized for life. We don’t think of ourselves as capable of doing it all over again, but we are, and we are currently letting history repeat itself. Upon entering the United States, current refugees are put into these detention centers where they await official asylum or refugee status, which are both legal statuses that must be approved by a judge. This process can take months, even years. These individuals see the United States as a safe haven to reach, but once they arrive, they are locked up like criminals. Until recent years, women and children throughout the United States could not be put in detention centers. The only thing that prevented children from being locked up was that detention centers were not certified child care facilities. To get

around that, the state of Texas certified detention centers as child care facilities. To be incredibly clear, these are not child care facilities. They are prisons. Texas’ treatment of children in detention centers is unnecessary and entirely inhumane. The United States is repeating its own shameful history with internment camps and must be aware of the human rights violations that it is committing. While standards for family detention centers do exist, they are not codified. Meaning, there are ways that family detention is supposed to run, but these rules are not punishable by law and, as such, are rarely followed. According to court filings during the Bush administration, young children were put in prison jumpsuits. When they are too loud, they are commonly punished by being separated from their parents. Many of these children have already been through traumatic situations, such as dealing with gang violence or economic persecution. Now, they live their lives in constant fear of prison guards. Studies have shown that being in detention is psychologically damaging for anyone, let

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alone a small child. On Jan. 14, 1942, President Roosevelt signed an executive order placing Japanese-Americans into detention camps for the “safety of Americans,” irreparably doing psychological damage, among other horrors. These are the sorts of wrongs that we cannot afford to forget. Today, toxic rhetoric surrounding immigration mirrors what we swore to never do again. Presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed to ban all Muslims from the U.S., which six out of 10 GOP voters support. Instead of accepting Syrian refugees fleeing impossible life situations with open arms, we are placing them into prison-like conditions indefinitely until they can be tried in court. These parallels are incredibly important to recognize and must be considered going forward as the U.S. continues to imprison innocent people. The United States, compared to similar countries, is an awful place to enter as a refugee. People seeking refugee status are treated like animals as opposed to people, and we must reform our system to be humane and caring. Children, of all people,

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The only thing that prevented children from being locked up was that detention centers were not certified child care facilities. To get around that, the state of Texas certified detention centers as child care facilities. To be incredibly clear, these are not child care facilities. They are prisons.

should be given their childhood and not forced to sit in a detention center. Prisons and detention centers are not childcare facilities and should not be treated as such. Beyond policy, this is a matter of morality. Americans need to remember the nation’s past and not make it the future. Kashar is an English freshman from Scarsdale, NY.

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continues from page 6 and attempt to regroup with a home matchup on Tuesday at 6 p.m. against the Sam Houston State Bearkats of the Southland Conference. The Bearkats heads into Tuesday with a 5–8 record, but the team has faced a brutal schedule that has included seven matchups with top 25 foes. The Bearkats have also played particularly well against Big 12 opponents. Sam Houston State rode strong pitching and clutch late-inning offense to a three-game sweep over the then No. 25 Oklahoma Sooners during the last weekend in February and have stayed competitive in losses to Baylor and No. 23 Texas Tech. “This game is centered on confidence,” Sam Houston State head coach Matt Deggs said following the final game of the Oklahoma sweep. “Any time you can win three against the quality of opponent with the history and tradition OU does it propels that momentum.” The Longhorns, who dipped below .500 following last weekend’s sweep, have just about lost any semblance of momentum, but the veteran leaders claim that it is too early to hit the panic button ahead of Tuesday’s game. “We have 40-something, 50-something games left, but we have to keep taking it pitch by pitch, game by game,” junior catcher Tres Barrera said. “Worry about the task at hand, and don’t worry about the past and what’s going to happen in the future. Just keep on doing your job, and good things will happen.”

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Texas head coach Charlie Strong shouts instructions in a Sept. 26 game against Oklahoma State. Strong and the Longhorns begin spring practice with new coaching hires and the same questions about the team’s options at quarterback.

the role for the majority of the 2015 season, though senior Tyrone Swoopes was still important for several offensive packages. With the new addition of Sterlin Gilbert as the offensive coordinator and play caller, there remains uncertainty as to who will start come September. The decision may not take long, though. “There’ll be enough reps that we’ll know fairly quickly who the [quarterback] will be,” Strong said. “With the way we practice and the tempo we practice at, we’ll be able to

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continues from page 6 “If you look at us last season, people were able to run the ball and throw the ball with ease on us,” Strong said. “You have to control the line of scrimmage. … The help is coming — we just have to wait for it to get here and get through this spring.” The most notable competition, though, is at the quarterback position. Redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard assumed

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seed. It’s the sixth-consecutive Big 12 title for the Bears. The No. 7 Longhorns (28–4) enter tournament play having lost to Baylor twice in an eightday span. The two losses came by a combined 42 points. It’s Texas’ 14th-straight defeat to the lady Bears and the second-straight year it dropped three games in one season to Baylor. The lone bright spot for Texas came in unexpected

continues from page 6 the ball up nine times in the first 20 minutes. The Bears started the second half on a 6-0 run to stretch their lead to 17. The Longhorns wouldn’t crawl to within a single-digit deficit the rest of the game. The victory sends No.4 Baylor (33–1) to the NCAA tournament as a probable No. 1

see it.” Strong will have five quarterbacks at his disposal this spring between Swoopes, Heard, freshmen Kai Locksley and Matthew Merrick, and early enrollee Shane Buechele. For Charlie Strong, the decision could make or break his third season in Austin. “The team will go as the quarterback goes,” Strong said. “We have the numbers there. It’s about who’s going to really step up and be that guy. … If we feel like he can take us where we need to get to, we form: freshman guard Lashann Higgs. She scored 15 points in 20 minutes of action. All 11 Longhorns who recorded minutes for Texas registered points, but Texas needs more from its starters if it wants to make a deep tournament run. The Longhorn bench outscored the starters 35-28. Aston’s players get over a week of rest before starting NCAA tournament play next weekend, likely in Austin.

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Texas entered its game against Baylor last Monday with a shot to share a regular season conference title with the Bear but lost decidedly in Waco. Exactly one week later, the stakes were almost exactly the same — beat Baylor and win a

conference tournament championship. But so was the result. Baylor took it to the Longhorns for most of the night, winning the Big 12 Championship game in Oklahoma City 79-63. The Longhorns trailed by one point after the first quarter a week ago but found themselves down by nine in

the opening minutes of last night’s game. But eight unanswered points for the Longhorns cut the Baylor lead to 12-11 and gave Texas new life — new life that was short-lived. The Bears responded to the Texas spurt with a 16-6 run, giving them a 28-17 lead with 4:07 left in the first half.

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Junior center Kelsey Lang nailed a long jumper to pull the Longhorns within eight with 50 seconds remaining in the half. Texas needed a stop on defensive and points at the other end to head into the second half with confidence. It didn’t get either. With time expiring on the Baylor shot clock, junior guard

Alexis Jones lost her handle of the ball but still scooped it off the floor and drained a three. The Bears held a 36-25 halftime advantage. Texas couldn’t get out of its own way in the first half, committing nine fouls to Baylor’s three. Texas also coughed

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Longhorns hold top spot at UNF Collegiate By Jacob Martella @ViewFromTheBox

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Junior first baseman Kacy Clemens takes off towards first against California. The junior had a productive weekend at the plate, but dropped the would-be game winning out in Sunday’s

Longhorns look for offensive, defensive recovery against Sam Houston State By Daniel Clay @dclay567

Punchless offense and porous defense don’t breed success against Power Five baseball teams. In eight games against Pac 12 opponents Stanford and Cal, the Longhorns sport a 2–6 record and are averaging just a shade over three runs per game and have collected 11 errors. Costly misplays from the corner outfield spots

have not counted toward the defensive statistics but have held sway over the final scores. “The defense allowed them extra outs,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “We didn’t get our three outs on time in many cases, and they took advantage of it, and when defense breaks down in the way our team is structured, it’s very costly.” Among those miscues against Power Five com-

petition was a play where Longhorn first baseman Kacy Clemens dropped what would have been the final out in a 7-6 win over Cal on Sunday. After the error tied the game, the Golden Bears went on to win 10-7 and hand Texas its first four-game sweep in program history. The Longhorns will receive a respite from Power Five competition

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New year, same expectations heading into spring practice By Samuel Williams @smwilliams27

Sharp whistles pierced the calm morning air, yet Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium stood quiet. The real action was a quarter mile up the road at Frank Denius Fields, where the Longhorns were holding spring practice. “This seat’s always been hot since I’ve been here,” Strong said with a laugh during the spring press conference. “We need to win. … The first two years it hasn’t happened. We

need to go out, and we need to compete at the highest level and put a product on the field that everyone is pleased with. A very competitive product.” If Strong hopes to make this season different, he’ll need to see development and leadership on both sides of the ball. Texas played a nation-high 16 freshmen last season, including linebacker Malik Jefferson, one of the young highlights for t he program. “Everybody expects a lot out of [Jefferson] because he plays that middle linebacker posi-

tion,” Strong said. “He’s very versatile. … We move him around a lot. When you talk about going and winning oneon-one, he’s a guy that can rush from the outside and do that.” At defensive tackle, Texas will bring in much-needed talent with five signees. These players won’t arrive until summer, though, so it will be up to senior Paul Boyette, junior Poona Ford and a few other rotating players to hold down the position for spring practice.

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The Longhorns had no trouble finding success in the first two rounds of the UNF Collegiate on Monday. Texas shot a 14over 590 to finish the day tied with Houston atop the leaderboard. Sophomore Sophia Schubert led the way for the Longhorns, shooting two-under par to put herself in a tie with Madison University’s Laura Gomez for first on the individual leaderboard going into Tuesday’s final round. Freshman Maddie Luitwieler also ended the day in the top ten, shooting two-over through the first two rounds. Senior

Mark Anderson, Cory Bowersox, Meghan O’Brien and Meghan Houston each earned NCAA Championship berths Monday after strong finishes in day one of the NCAA Zone “D” Diving Meet in College Station. Anderson, the Big 12 Men’s Diver of the Year, won the men’s three-meter finals with 833.30 points, propelling him to this third-straight NCAA Championships, while

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Natalie Karcher is three shots back, with a score of five-over. Juniors Haley Mills and Julia Beck rounded out the field for the Longhorns with scores of 10and nine-over par. The final round of the tournament will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Bowersox took fifth, earning 783.80 points and his fourth trip to the NCAA Championships. Meanwhile, O’Brien, a freshman, earned her first NCAA Championships berth with 616.50 points and a third place finish in the women’s one-meter finals. Houston, who won the one-meter dive in the Big 12 Championships and was named Big 12 Women’s Diver of the Year, guaranteed her second straight NCAA

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The No. 5 Texas men’s golf team had a season first on Monday — a slow start in a golf tournament. The Longhorns struggled to an 8-over par day at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters in Las Vegas, and currently sit in a tie for eighth, five shots back of tournament leaders No. 14 Arizona State. None of the 15 teams in the field were able to break par on what was a windy day in Las Vegas. Arizona State shot 3-over par on the day to take a one-shot lead over SMU, No. 1 Illinois and No. 8 USC. Sophomore Doug Ghim led the Longhorns with a 1-over 73, putting him in a tie for 15th. Junior Beau Hossler and sophomore Scottie Scheffler each shot 2-over 74, putting them in a tie for 24th. Redshirt sophomore Taylor Funk finished in a tie for 34th after shooting a 3-over 75. Junior Gavin Hall finished in a tie for 56th after posting a 5-over 77. UNLV’s Taylor Montgomery, Arizona State’s Jon Rahm and Florida’s Sam Horsfield each shot 3-under 69s to lead the individual standings. Round two of the tournament tees off Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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Associate director creates DHH opportunities By Elizabeth Hlavinka

Being deaf, Lauren Kinast is proud to relate with students who share a common pathway. Lauren serves as the associate director at UT Services for Students with Disabilities and promotes awareness for students with disabilities.

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More than 50 percent of the deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students at UT live unaware of the extent of the captioning and interpreter services the University offers. But there to ensure these students’ needs are met is Lauren Kinast, UT’s Services for Students with Disabilities associate director. Kinast’s position had previously been filled by a hearing person. Kinast said because she is deaf and a consumer of the interpreter services herself, she is better able to match the specific needs of students with the appropriate interpreter, who each has his or her own unique style and skill set. After earning her degree in graphic design, Kinast had difficulty finding a job, often missing opportunities available to hearing employees. Kinast said these difficulties were rooted in inadequate appropriations within the education system. Frustrated by the communication barriers she faced, Kinast shifted toward a career in education to reform college programs and provide accommodations for students with disabilities. Kinast said her 17-year-old

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daughter, who is deaf, has also experienced limited opportunities, and was not able to participate in her school’s annual academic bowl. But this year, Kinast formed the first

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deaf team to compete in the competition, despite a lack of funding from the school. Kinast said students left with new friendships, connections and invaluable experiences.

Kinast also works for the Child First Campaign, an outreach program that ensures K-12 programs are meeting students’ needs appropriately. In the future, Kinast plans

to finish her Ph.D. in higher education and leadership and continue educating students, reforming policies and inspiring leadership in students with disabilities.

“Looking back, I missed out on a lot,” Kinast said. “We don’t want schools just trying to get by; we really want to change, and change for the right reasons.”

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Trio amps up Puro Reformed ‘The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Chingon in Austin Princess’ comes with sublte improvements By Brian O’Kelly

By Elena Mejia @elenamejialutz

Austin’s art scene is known to be a home for emerging creatives, but many Latinos often don’t feel represented in these “white-centric” art spaces. To combat this, local artists James Huizar, Claudia Aparicio-Gamundi and Claudia Zapata designed a new brand in 2012 to represent the “latinidad,” or traditional Latino culture, striving to give an identity to a forgotten crowd. “I don’t feel a lot of Tejano and Mexican-American stuff goes on in Texas,” Huizar said. “It’s all for music, but visual [art]? That was the birth of Puro Chingón Collective.” The Puro Chingón Collective is a Latino-based collaboration that produces murals, a handcrafted toy line called Chingolandia and a zine, called ChingoZine, that features original drawings and print work of emerging Latino artists. The collective sells and promotes their limited edition products online only. The sixth issue of ChingoZine will come out in June. After working together at Mexic-Arte Museum, the three artists released their first issue of ChingoZine in 2012. The positive feedback led the group to produce more issues under the brand name Puro Chingón Collective, creating an art space for a crowd they thought was underserved. The company received a grant from the Downtown Austin Alliance in 2013 to create a mural that celebrated Mexican culture. Their design protested the forced immigration of Mexicans in

downtown Austin during the Jim Crow years. Though the city ordinance specifically forced African-Americans to move away from downtown, gentrification affected the Mexican population, segregating them to East Austin. “We wanted to talk about that and give emphasis on parading the spectacular nature of Mexican identity or Mexican culture versus the forced diaspora,” Zapata said. “It became unique as we affiliated Mexicanidad into the Austin space.” Each person at the Collective has a different background. Huizar said he identifies as Tejano, Aparicio as Mexicana and Zapata as a Chicana. Zapata said they form a Latino art trifecta that reflects a small but varied experience of Texas. Aparicio, born and raised in Mexico, said she noticed that there was no diversity in the artists at the shows she attended after moving to Austin. “We just really wanted to be heard and started to be really loud with Mexican parties to celebrate the zine,” Aparicio said. “We started having artists from California, Mexico and Chile, and we had a show in Ukraine. It all just blew up from there.” UT alumnus Huizar grew up in Pleasanton, Texas, a town 30 miles south of San Antonio. He said Pleasanton is the “birthplace of the cowboy,” which inspired him to pull Texas imagery into his artwork. The trio combines their ideas to keep developing a brand with designs that give an identity to Latino culture and traditions.

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“The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD” is an HD reimagining of a classic “Legend of Zelda” title. Nintendo’s HD update tweaks the original’s outdated graphics but does little more than clean up some low-quality textures in terms of new content. “Twilight Princess” tells an epic narrative, where farm boy Link is tasked with saving the fantasy land of Hyrule from an invasion. The invaders are an exiled race who cover the land with “twilight,” distorting the game’s provinces into darker versions of themselves. Link receives a similar transformation as the twilight transforms him into a wolf, which the player can use to explore the twilight realms. The game skillfully balances a personal focus on a cast of characters with a grand overarching plot structure. The inclusion of side characters as more than just plot points improves the game’s narrative so it becomes emotional and immersive. It’s this well rounded use of different plot elements that distinguishes “Twilight Princess” from the other “Zelda” entries, which focus on the heroism at the expense of the characters’ humanity. The dungeons in the game are some of the best in the se-

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ries, with challenging puzzles that require players cleverly use the items they find during their adventure. This is enhanced by the phenomenal combat that uses shield bashes, rolls and finishing moves to add a new dimension to the series’ usual simplistic combat. “Twilight Princess” is a masterfully crafted adventure title, and the HD remake captures the details that made the original a classic. As the game’s title references, the HD version features new high-definition textures that improve the visual appearance on modern TVs. A new lighting engine has been added to complement these new textures, but the combination of these two bring out the game’s age. Occasionally, the softer lighting engine removes a certain level of depth, which often results in visually unappealing faces and landscapes. Nintendo’s original aesthetic vision for the title is still largely timeless, and luckily for the remake, the new textures often do more good

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“Twilight Princess HD” cleans up a decade-old game’s aging graphics, but features almost nothing new.

than bad. This new version also introduces some new gameplay elements such as Hero Mode, which makes enemies deal twice as much damage and removes health pickups from being dropped. This increased difficulty is particularly appealing for veteran players who want to test their mastery of the game’s combat. The Cave of Shadows is a new optional dungeon that can be accessed at any point in the game. The dungeon is combat-oriented, with 40 floors of enemy hoards for the player to challenge. This dungeon must be completed in Link’s wolf form and requires the additional purchase of a Wolf Link figurine. The figurine only sells with the limited edition of the game, and put-

ting a piece of content behind a paywall when the title was already lacking new features is a greedy business decision for the developer. The game also has some minor changes such as increased movement speed and fine-tuned controls during horseback riding and swimming. While these additions are nothing to write home about, they do improve the overall experience of the game by removing some frustration because of unresponsive controls. The minimal amount of additions may turn off players hesitant to revisit a 10-year-old game, but hardcore fans who wish to return to a cleaned-up version of Hyrule will be pleasantly surprised by the game’s many small touch-ups.

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Puro Chingón Collective founders James Huizar, Claudia Zapata and Claudia Aparicio-Gamundi.

International relations and global studies freshman Tanya Haden has a tattoo of “The World is Still Beautiful” written in Japanese on her side. “I heard the quote, and that made me realize that even though I go through a lot of things, in other places in the world, it’s still beautiful,”

Haden said. The tattoo is also ironic, Haden said, given that she is Korean, not Japanese. “I grew up in a Korean community that still has some animosity toward the Japanese, but I wanted the tattoo in Japanese Kana anyways,” Haden said. “I got it the night of my 18th birthday with some friends and went to my Korean church the next day.”

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