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Executive alliance campaigning starts By Rachel Lew @rachelannlew

Students will vote in a new election for the Student Government executive alliance after the Election Supervisory Board and Dean of Student’s office did not certify the results of the original election. Zachary Long, ESB vice chair and human relations sophomore, said the violation stems from the presence of UT Supreme Court justices at each of the ESB hearings. UT law professor Jeana

Lungwitz was appointed as appellate hearings officer to make decisions on the original complaint appeals. “Our decisions were upheld by the hearings officer in the new appellate process,” Long said. “Because we cannot go back in time and apply the rulings to the old election, the only way to ensure there is a fair election is to hold a brand new one.” Campaigning will begin Monday, March 21; voting at utexasvote.org will begin Wednesday, March 23 at 8 a.m. and end on Thursday,

March 24 at 5 p.m. with results being announced at 6:30 p.m., Long said. Long said there will be a spending limit of $150 for this week of campaigning for each campaign team. “It’s a new spending limit just for this campaign period,” Long said. “Campaigns can use everything they purchased and used in the original campaign period, as long as it was disclosed on one of the three disclosures.” Long said the upheld

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Irrigation technology helps UT save water By Cassandra Jaramillo @cassandrajar

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Students await the results of Student Government elections March 3. Results for executive alliance were not announced, and students will vote to decide a new president and vice president this week.

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Surprise performer Drake peforms a set at The Fader Fort presented by Converse during South By Southwest on Saturday March 19. Drake and other OVO Sound artists performed after Yo Gotti, the headlining act.

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Heavy rains before spring break filled up the four cisterns behind the Belo Center of New Media, which were nearly empty two weeks ago. Now, the four tanks that hold 7,000 gallons each are full and ready to be used for irrigation. The University collects 460,000 gallons of rainwater a year to reuse for irrigation purposes as part of its water conservation efforts. “All this rainfall is great,” Markus Hogue, program coordinator for irrigation and water conservation, said. “The irrigation [system] stays off. The tanks get full and when we actually need the water, the system will divvy it up.” Before 2011, it took two days for a facilities team to turn on or off each of the 109 irrigation units at the University, and it took 175 million gallons to irrigate campus each year. In the last five years, the University has reduced water usage on irrigation by 60 percent to about 60 million gallons a year because of its new irrigation technology system. From a flat screen computer in his office, Hogue monitors and generates reports from the data the controllers gather from irrigation zones. The proprietary software uses algorithms to look at the amount of rainfall and the evapotranspiration rate of water in the

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Increased crime during SXSW Buzzer-beating prayer ousts prompts response from police Longhorns in deflating defeat By Mikaela Cannizzo

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South By Southwest draws a huge influx of people to Austin each year, but the Austin Police Department also sees an increase in crime during this week of interactive, film and music events. According to APD reports, crime in downtown Austin increased nearly 50 percent during March 2015 compared to the monthly average. Misdemeanors and felonies related to alcohol and violence specifically increased during the week of the festival last year. Tim Pruett, commander of special events for APD, said crime rates for this year’s festival seemed to be similar to the 2015 record. In 2015, a total of 146 arrests took place downtown

OKLAHOMA CITY — Just like that, the Longhorns’ time in the NCAA tournament was over. Junior guard Isaiah Taylor tied the game at 72 with 2.7 seconds left to play, and with Northern Iowa declining to call its final timeout, all 15,279 fans in Chesapeake Energy Arena believed overtime would be needed to decided the first round contest. With a second left, Panthers senior guard Paul Jesperson heaved up a prayer — and it was answered. The Longhorns shuffled out of the arena, victims of a miracle shot in the tournament and losers in the first round for the second-straight year. “It’s March Madness,” Taylor said. “If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen during this

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time of year. They made one more shot than us.” The miracle buzzer shot upended a valiant comeback by the Longhorns. Despite all the talk of a different team, the first twenty minutes of the game played out as a similar script to Texas’ loss to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament. The Longhorns opened with a 9-2 lead, but then slipped back into their struggling, sluggish selves — and Northern Iowa was happy to take advantage of it. The Panthers rattled off ten straight buckets interspersed with nine free throws. Guards Wes Washpun and Jeremy Morgan cut to the lane with ease, combining for 20 first half points. The Longhorns, meanwhile, couldn’t muster a response. Only Taylor’s 16 points kept Northern Iowa’s lead from growing larger than 16 in the

during the festival between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. each night, according to police reports. Pruett said theft, public intoxication and assault are the most frequently occurring crimes during the festival. “We have some DWIs,

but the majority of [the arrests] are people getting intoxicated and causing disturbances or fights,” Pruett said. “This is normal for a weekend downtown, but it’s more prevalent during the

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Political satire deserves to be taken seriously. PAGE 4

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first half. But then, for once, Texas responded. It started with an inauspicious last-second three-pointer by senior guard Javan Felix to end the half and cut the deficit to eight. Then after the break, the deficit shrunk. Shots began to fall for the Longhorns, who made four of their first five shots out of the break. Meanwhile, the Panthers went ice cold, making just one shot in the first 7:55 of the second half. The resulted turned out to be a 22-3 run and a five-point lead with less than 12 minutes to play. “I thought this was about as well as we’ve responded to getting down all year,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “Our guys, the things they were saying in the timeouts and the look on

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Education Secretary talks student loans By Caleb Wong @caleber96

Paying off student loans isn’t easy and can take years, but the Department of Education is trying to make it easier through streamlined repayment options. In a conference call Friday with U.S. student reporters, Education Secretary John King Jr. spoke about two ways the department is attempting to streamline the student loan repayment process: incomedriven repayment plans and the public service loan forgiveness program. Under the new payment options, which were implemented last fall, King said most borrowers are eligible to cap their student loan repayments at ten percent of their monthly income, and qualifying students

working full-time in public service can see their loans forgiven after making 120 qualifying payments. “I know the spectre of paying off your college loans can be daunting,” King said. “Even though I was confirmed Secretary of Education this week, I’m still paying off loans for the graduate loans that helped me get here.” Student Government Vice President Rohit Mandalapu said reducing the amount borrowers ultimately owe is a more viable solution than changing the way college graduates pay back their loans. “These measures are helpful as they provide students alternative ways to pay off their loans without being bogged down by the debt of having to pay a huge amount every month,” Mandalapu

said. “Still, it would be nice to see even more measures in place like lower set interest rates.” King also addressed state investment in public higher education, which, for UTAustin, has decreased from 47 percent of the University’s budget in 1984 to 13 percent in 2013. In response to a question about middleincome families who do not qualify for financial aid to afford college, King said state support for public higher education institutions has decreased, and his department has urged states to make sure to invest more in education. “We’ve been urging states to pay careful attention to their level of investment in higher education,” King said. “One of the things that has driven higher costs for students and families has

been disinvestment by states for the last decade in public higher education.” In response to the same question, Christine Gauger, assistant director for federal and state programs at UT’s financial aid office, said other factors such as family size and number of children in college affect student aid eligibility calculations, not just income levels. “We recommend that no matter what [students’] income level is, they go and fill out the FAFSA,” she said. “We try to get out as much money we can to the students who are eligible to receive it.” King also spoke out against “debt relief scams” which charge students for services such as lowering their monthly payments or consolidating their federal

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rulings will apply to the Helgren-Kim campaign, which will have an 18-hour campaigning moratorium starting Monday at 8 a.m. and a 20 percent spending reduction in the new spending limit. Delisa Shannon, student body vice presidential candidate and journalism junior, said she thinks the new election cycle will be stressful. “The whole process has been a challenge for everyone,” Shannon said. “While it is easy to be frustrated with the process, it is important to remember that this is the first time that every party involved has had to deal with this. The DoS and ESB have both done a great job, and have made a decision that they believe is fair to everyone — we agree that it is the best solution in making sure everyone has a fair shot at the election.” Kevin Helgren, student body presidential candidate and neuroscience and psychology senior, said he thinks it is disheartening the initial results are being disregarded. “Voter turnout in campus-wide elections is something that we’ve struggled with for years, and turnout in this year’s initial election was record-breaking,” Helgren said. “The decrease in voter turnout that will likely characterize the new election may very well outweigh the repercussions of the alleged violation of due process.”

loans. His office, he said, has sent cease-and-desist letters to scammers who falsely use the Department of Education’s logo in communications with students. “Some of these companies misrepresent themselves by using our logo, or they violate your privacy by inappropriately using your FSA ID,” King said. “If someone tries to charge you for these services, think twice.” Gauger said the UT financial aid office warns students about fraud via social media, but hasn’t received any complaints from students about financial aid scams. “You should never have to pay to get help with your loans,” Gauger said. “We always tell students to go directly to their direct-loan servicer.”

Daniel James Chapman, student body presidential candidate and economics and mathematics senior, said he is frustrated with the election process and Student Government. “This is the second time this decade that an election has been postponed due to a legal scandal, and I feel like Student Government is fundamentally broken if this is a recurring issue,” Chapman said. “No one is going to care about these new elections. I feel like candidates should focus their energy on running positive campaigns instead of trying to disqualify or hurt other teams for very petty reasons. It’s time for us to question if Student Government is really worth the resources that UT puts into it.” Kallen Dimitroff, student body presidential candidate and history and government senior, said she thinks due process was necessary and not given the first time. “The hearing officer upheld all of the ESB’s decisions that the [Supreme Court] overturned … the ESB’s rulings and subsequent punishments or acquittals were found to be correct and fair,” Dimitroff said. “However, the way in which the ESB decided to implement those rulings in the new race won’t significantly alter the outcome of this election as opposed to the last. For that reason, we feel like delaying the election wasn’t really of benefit to anyone — especially not the student body.”

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Improved relations with Cuba aid study abroad By Caleb Wong @caleber96

President Barack Obama touched ground in Cuba on Sunday, marking the first time a sitting president has visited Cuba since 1928. But countless scholars, students, journalists and other people traveling with visas from the U.S. have visited Cuba before the president’s historic visit — and through Obama’s executive actions, the categories of people able to visit the island will increase, widening opportunities for U.S. citizens to visit Cuba. Since 2014, UT students have been able to travel to Cuba through a study abroad program organized by the International Office that runs during the Maymester from May to June. Students and faculty involved in the program said studying abroad in Cuba with an academic program provides a deeper understanding of the island nation, nicknamed “the Pearl of the Antilles,” than merely going as a tourist. “One of the things we want students to do is not to live in a cocoon or a bubble, which can happen when you are a foreigner in Cuba, and the way to do that is to use the services that people in Cuba use,” said César Salgado, associate Spanish and Portuguese professor and the

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continues from page 1 South By event.” Pruett said the aboveaverage number of people downtown, excessive alcohol consumption and the increased opportunity for crime are all contributing factors to the rise in crime during SXSW. Pruett recommended festival goers be aware of their surroundings and limit their alcohol intake to avoid a possible theft or offense. UT Police Department Officer William Pieper said another concern for students during SXSW is residence burglary. While he said the incidents are not always directly related to the event, the high rate of people leaving for the week because of spring break increases the chances that someone will commit a property crime. “Anytime you have a designated period when you

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continues from page 1 ground. Hogue said irrigation systems will automatically switch on and off for a certain amount of time, using water that’s also been recycled from rainfall. Luis Garza, landscape services assistant manager of irrigation and installation who has worked with facilities for 31 years, said the old irrigation system meant being on call in case of leaks. Now, the department receives alerts when there’s an apparent leak at a site. “Sometimes we’d get a call in the middle of the night about an irrigation leak and had to go out to the site,” Garza said. “The old system wasn’t efficient. We’d spent

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Since 2014, UT students have been able to travel to Cuba through the “Cuba in Question” Maymester organized by the UT International Office. Improved relations between the United States and Cuba mean U.S. citizens have more opportunities to visit Cuba.

first faculty leader of the study abroad program. While based primarily in the city of Havana, the program takes students on excursions to cultural sites such as museums and historical landmarks accompanied by local scholars. Salgado said the Cuban scholars’ knowledge adds context to visiting museums and landmarks of Cuba that ordinary tourists wouldn’t have access to. Admission to the program is also competitive; program coordinator Dan Siefken said

18 to 20 students are accepted from a applicant pool of 30 or more students. “[The interview process] requires students to have a bit more understanding of the culture and the coursework prior to even being accepted into the program,” Siefken said. Before traveling to Cuba, students accepted into the program must take a course focusing on the country’s cultural and political history that extends beyond America’s limited interactions with Cuba.

know students won’t be there, it makes it a prime opportunity to commit burglaries and thefts,” Pieper said. “Several different years in the past, there have been reports of somebody entering apartments or houses illegally and residing there during the week.” Pruett said the department tries to combat the rise in crime with an approximated ten percent increase in officers downtown during SXSW week. “When we have extra officers downtown and in and around the festival, then the greatest deterrent against crime is an officer’s presence,” Pruett said. “We’re hoping that adding extra officers downtown and being visible in and around the event will reduce crime in the area.” Pruett said a team of officers patrols the area from Sixth Street to Lamar Boulevard, which usually

attracts large crowds during the festival. He said coordination with other departments such as the fire and transportation departments also helps facilitate the large number of people throughout the week. Biochemistry junior Sailee Yadav said she prepared for SXSW this year by packing lightly, bringing a cross-body purse that she could easily keep track of and having pepper spray with her as a potential defensive tool. “I think you inherently get more cautious during festival periods like South By Southwest because you know there is an influx of people from all over the world coming to this central location,” Yadav said. “I think the best thing we can do is to be aware of our surroundings and not venture into unnecessary hazards, even if that means slightly altering our routines for this one week.”

days looking for breaks. It was checks every day, but now we are in more control of the work we do and [are] able to be efficient.” According to irrigation data, during last year’s uncommonly wet month of May, 446,055 gallons of water were used on irrigation. However, in May 2014, a drier month, the system used 4.1 million gallons of water. With the old system, Hogue said the facilities team couldn’t efficiently make changes in real-time. “They didn’t have time to come back to adjust for sharp temperature changes or unexpected rain. This [technology] does it every single time it runs,” Hogue said. Jim Walker, director of the

UT Office of Sustainability, said water management became a concern years ago in regards to recycled water for drinking uses and irrigation purposes. Now, the University has a water recovery system that collects condensate from buildings and pipes it back to the utility. “We live in a part of the world where water is not abundant, so we have a responsibility to practice good stewardship of the water we use, meaning being as efficient as possible to achieve effective outcomes,” Walker said. “This ethic is visible in the utility operation and in our irrigation management, and we’re spreading it into the buildings and labs. This saves the University money and saves the region’s water.”

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Markus Hogue, program coordinator for irrigation and water conservation, said that increased rainfall has benefited the University’s water conservation efforts.

“We’re not fixated on Castro,” Salgado said. “The program wants to look at the complexity of Cuban culture and history. Certainly, the revolution is very important to it, but we look beyond it, and there are people in Cuba who support that. Salgado said Cuba has a rich museum culture that sheds light on the full spectrum of Cuban history, including the colonial period before the revolution. “We are basically still a time travel machine. We move

across different periods in Cuba and Cuban arts by focusing on different monuments and different museums and different spaces,” Salgado said. “We want to give a sense of the overall arc of Cuban history by making sure that each of these periods are well-represented.” Omar Gamboa, a UT graduate who participated in the 2014 Cuba Maymester, said the program showed him an intellectual side to Cuba that isn’t present in American stereotypical representations of

the island. “Before I had ever studied Cuba, my perception of the country was unfortunately influenced by the mainstream — the Elián Gonzalez controversy, Scarface, and textbooks’ recounting of the missile crisis,” Gamboa said via email. “Once I left Cuba, I realized it is a struggling country with an intelligent citizenry, one that continues to make advances and looks forward to warming relations with U.S. neighbors.”

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Political satire deserves to be taken seriously By Laura Hallas

Daily Texan Senior Columnist @LauraHallas

Election season is in full force. Every cable news desk, radio podcast and conversation with your grandparents seems to focus on politics. Even here at school, recent student elections have captured campus conversation. With so many campaigns and opinions to keep track of, being an informed participant of the democratic process can be difficult. Political satire offers a compelling place to start. Ideally, we would all be well-read on political issues and ready to shoot out poll statistics at the slightest provocation, but that just isn’t realistic. Time is a college student’s scarcest resource, and spare moments are more likely to be taken up by the pursuit of food and friends than Politico and Pew. This is where political satire comes in. “We feel that we have so much going on in our lives that we don’t have time to fully process a topic that is so complicated as politics as well as balance everything else we are learning in school,” said Madeline Dimayuga, executive producer of Longhorn LateNight and radiotelevision-film junior. “But when you spin it and make that information entertaining, we retain it a lot better.” The educational community has long

known about the benefits of using humor while teaching. Learning comes from the context and delivery of information, not just the facts and statistics themselves. “Humor is a kind of communication, and communication is very important in politics. Humor is one way of communicating effectively,” government professor David Prindle said. “It’s extremely hard to learn when you’re bored.” These same concepts translate into politics. A Pew research poll discovered that, with 54 percent in the “high knowledge group,” audiences of comedy news shows were just as well-informed as those of major newspaper websites. Educational principles lend themselves to comedy quite naturally. Political comedy requires an intimate knowledge with the actual, real-life facts — so as to better satirize their subject. In between comedians packing their punches, the audience gets compact doses of very real information. In setting up their jokes, most satirists utilize actual video clips of their subjects, or at least cite verifiable news events. Even the punches themselves have value. A comedian adds counter arguments and points out flaws in his or her chosen victim’s views. John Oliver’s viral “Donald Drumpf ” segment of “Last Week Tonight” used comedy to force a closer look at the Republican

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presidential frontrunner. Oliver relentlessly and hilariously examined the track record of the “litigious serial liar with a string of broken business ventures and the support of a former Klan leader.” Oliver’s critique, while entertaining, offered snippets of very real information that could inform and influence a voter.

While you probably shouldn’t cite John Oliver on your next political science paper, these comedic forays offer the kind of basic information necessary to be an informed voter. Laughing at your news is a serious way to stay informed and not sleep through the polls. Hallas is a Plan II freshman from Allen.

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Accusations against SG Supreme Court erode trust By Reagan Stuart Daily Texan Columnist @realreaganstu

To be frank, this year’s executive alliance election has been embarrassing. The average student has been forced to sit idly by as they witness impeachment legislation, Supreme Court resignations and a takeover of the elections by the Dean of Students. One can’t help but wonder what happened to cause this implosion. Harsh rulings by the Election Supervisory Board, a flawed election code and mishandling by the Dean of Students are the main factors that have led to this unfortunate situation. Organizing and conducting elections is not a simple task. The multitude of competing motivations coupled with the high stakes means that campaign infractions happen every year, and this cycle was no exception. However, unnecessarily harsh punishments handed down by the ESB created a toxic campaign environment. In an attempt to perhaps send a message of caution to the campaigns, it inadvertently turned themselves into a weapon. It seems that some of the campaigns attempted to use the ESB not as an arbiter of fairness, but as a means to impede or even disqualify their competitors. According to Chief Justice Emeritus Zachary Stone’s resignation letter, “the ESB backed itself into a corner where excessive harshness was the only consistent, face-saving answer.” The campaigns’ only recourse was to appeal to the SG Supreme Court, whose decisions were to be final. However, Stone

determined the election code to be “an absolute nightmare.” The rulings in question were unanimous among the justices, highlighting the fact that the ambiguous code could have multiple valid interpretations. However, the consistency of the rulings in favor of one campaign team raised suspicion that the court had ulterior motives. Stone attributed these ruling to “good faith disagreements,” according to David Engleman, Plan II and English senior and ESB chair. However some in the Assembly interpreted these as evidence of bias. Tanner Long, speaker of the assembly, filed to impeach Stone despite having only circumstantial evidence against him. He also filed an injunction on the election results pending the impeachment. Not only was this impeachment irresponsible in its nature, the timing of it severely disrupted normal electoral proceedings. In addition, the speaker of the assembly does not possess the authority to delay election results or remove a justice from his or her seat. His attempt to do so could have constituted an abuse of power. All of this kerfuffle left the Dean of Students no option but to intervene. The Dean of Students kept silent during all of this, and then attempted to place blame on the court, citing “procedural irregularity” in regard to court members attending ESB hearings. There is no written rule preventing the court from attending ESB hearings. Trying to remedy the situation, the DoS hired an independent party, UT law professor Jeana Lungwitz, to review some of the cases that were overturned by the court.

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The outcome is an upcoming special election, and potentially a lawsuit against the Dean of Students from whichever campaign ends up losing because of the unprecedented seizure of control of the election process. The Dean of Students’ failure to adequately address the quickly escalating situation following Long’s legislation has only added to the problem that now has no good solution. No one person or body should be held completely responsible or blameless in this situation. The candidates, the ESB, Tanner Long

and the Dean of Students all made mistakes while operating under a mangled campaign election code. Should we hope for better? Yes. Should we expect it? Under the current circumstances, no. If anything, this cycle has evidenced the need for an overhaul of the election code, and perhaps structural change beyond that. Student Government should be a model for democracy. Instead, it has been a farce, disappointing the students it is supposed to help. Stuart is a Plan II and business honors sophomore from Lubbock.

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Undocumented students need DACA expansion By Giselle Suazo

Daily Texan Columnist @giselle_suazo

Every year an approximated 65,000 undocumented students graduate high school but, due to the lack of their legal status, not all of them move on to attending college. In 2012, the Obama administration introduced DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which helped students overcome the hurdles their legal status presented. They were able to obtain in-state tuition, work legally for higher wages and find jobs after graduation. However, DACA-mented immigrants are in a state of panic after federal judge Andrew Hanen used a preliminary injunction to block the expansion of Obama’s DACA program. The expansion would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to obtain a valid driver’s license and a work permit. But since the program was brought to a halt, none of the eligible applicants have been able to obtain either. The expansion should be granted in order for immigrants to obtain insurance and a driver’s license, to be hired legally and above all to pursue higher education. When DACA was first introduced, it only let immigrants under the age of 31 apply. Roughly 4.1 million immigrants were left out, including undocumented parents of American citizens, and they advocated for their right to apply for

the program. On Nov. 20, 2014, Obama announced that the age requirement would be removed and undocumented parents would be given access to DACA applications. Texas, along with 25 other states, rushed to block this motion and in Feb. 2015 a federal district court approved the motion. Since then, lower courts have put Obama’s new policy on hold. In January, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would grant a review of Texas’ challenge on Obama’s “deferred action” program. A decision will be made in June but, even if the preliminary injunction by Hanen is removed, DACA is still left to face the wrath of the current Republican presidential candidates. Two of the three remaining Republican candidates running for presidency — Ted Cruz and Donald Trump — have spoken out against DACA and said they would remove the program if they took office. This would not only strip away people’s ability to work legally in the U.S. but also put students under DACA in a precarious situation. If Obama’s deferred action were to be removed, then this would hurt not only Texas’ economy, but also the national economy. Noncitizen students paid $51.6 million in tuition and fees in the year of 2013, a number that has since grown. Students under DACA receive in-state tuition in Texas and many have said that if DACA were to disappear, so would their

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ability to stay enrolled in college. “I know that if I didn’t have in-state tuition, there’s no way that I would have been able to pay,” said Katia Carmona, a psychology major from the University of Houston. “The reason I’m graduating is that I had in-state tuition.” Politicians, lawmakers and our very own presidential candidates are still failing to see the

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benefits of welcoming immigrants. They also disregard how getting rid of DACA and other programs will burden our struggling economy even further. However, they still have a chance to put our nation of immigrants first by supporting DACA and programs similar to it. Suazo is an international relations and global studies junior from Honduras.

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their faces was one of resolve.” Even as Northern Iowa fought back to retake the lead, Texas took each blow and responded. After Washpun missed a free throw that would have given the Panthers a three-point lead, Taylor took the ensuing rebound coastto-coast, laying up the tying shot with 2.7 seconds left — 2.7 seconds that would end Texas’ season. Celebration turned to scramble defense. Senior forward Connor Lammert said they knew they didn’t want to foul Jesperson to send him to the free-throw line. But what space they gave him proved costly in the end. Jesperson got off a clean shot. The ball banked off the glass and into the net. Northern Iowa players swarmed him and celebrated with the traveling fans. Texas just walked off the court, hands on heads, unsure of what had just transpired and with the scoreboard reading 75-72 in favor of Northern Iowa. “If you could have that play back, you try to make it tougher on him,” Smart said. “But the kid made a shot from half court, so you’ve got to give

team placed seventh in the consolation final. Texas went into the fourth and final day in 16th place with 53 points. Solid individual finishes by Karosas in the 200-yard backstroke and Millard in the 100yard freestyle added needed points to catapult the Longhorns to finish in 15th. Karosas won the 200yard backstroke consolation final with a time of 1:50.89

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continues from page 6 The immediate future for Aston’s squad comes Monday at 8 p.m. back at the Erwin Center when the Longhorns take on No. 10 Missouri. The Tigers took care of No. 7 BYU 78-69 Saturday evening at the Erwin Center as Aston looked on, scouting the potential second round opponents. She said Missouri’s toughness caught her eye. “They have played in the rigors of the SEC, so nothing is going to surprise them or intimidate them,”

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Northern Iowa senior Paul Jesperson (4) shoots the half court shot that sent the Longhorns home in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

him credit.” For the seniors, who have been through a tumultuous four years of Texas basketball, the shot gave one final cruel punch in their last game in a Longhorn uniform. Felix and Lammert each fought to hold back tears during the postgame interviews, and the muted locker room seemed a distant cry from the boisterous team practices. “It just hurts,” Felix said. “You immediately start thinking about all of the work you’ve

put in. The countless hours. You just think about it ending like that and it’s hard. For it to end on a half-court shot, it just sucks.” Texas had successes this season, but the season will likely be remembered for how it ended. The Longhorns end their season in the same round as last year, and they haven’t advanced past the first weekend of the tournament since 2008. And now, they’ll have to replace five scholarship seniors — and

potentially Taylor. Smart, however, said he isn’t worried about replacing those players and maybe starting from the ground up again. Instead, he’s looking to what he has for next year. “There’s no question the makeup of our team will be significantly different next year,” Smart said. “But that would have been the case if we would have rattled off sixstraight wins. “We just have to turn the page.”

Aston said. Texas took on three SEC opponents this season and beat them all, collecting wins against No. 4 Tennessee, No. 9 Mississippi State and Arkansas. Missouri head coach Robin Pingeton said that the physical nature of the Longhorns reminds her of fellow SEC foes. “I think Texas is one of those teams that’s used to playing very physical, as well,” Pingeton said. “So I really do, I think it’s going to be a good matchup.” The Tigers boast a starting lineup that does not feature a player shorter than six-feet tall. Four of the five starters

for Texas are under the sixfoot mark. “I think they are a big team and I think they play good defense,” senior guard Empress Davenport said. “They shoot a lot of threes. So us guarding the transition threes will be a huge focus for us.” Davenport helped the Longhorns get off to a quick start against Alabama State in round one. She hit four of her first five shots, two of which were three-pointers. Open looks will not come as easily against the length of the Missouri defense. But Aston said that Missouri presents the biggest challenge when Texas is

on defense. “I was very impressed with their overall physicality and the way they move the ball offensively,” Aston said. “They will be a difficult guard for us.” Getting past Missouri and reaching the Sweet 16 for the second straight season will be a tall task for the Longhorns, but it isn’t the overall goal. Aston said her players have higher aspirations. “If we were to fall short somewhere along the way before the Final Four, this particular team would be disappointed,” Aston said. “That’s what their goal and what their expectation was.”

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Chase Shugart didn’t allow a ball out of the infield in the eighth inning of Sunday’s contest with Tulane. But the freshman pitcher still allowed Tulane to plate two runs with the game tied, and Tulane took a 4-2 lead it would never relinquish. A pair of bunt singles — one of which Shugart could have let trickle foul — allowed Tulane to take the lead. A shaken Shugart then walked two consecutive batters, extending the Longhorns’ deficit. Texas threatened in the ninth but to no avail. A sacrifice fly by junior outfielder Zane Gurwitz proved inconsequential to the final result, as the Longhorns fell 5-3 in the series finale. The loss marked the Longhorns’ fifth defeat in six games. “We have provided the opponent with more opportunities than any team can withstand,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “We’re not playing our game, we’re not doing what we’re capable of doing. We need to start over.” Sophomore pitcher Kyle Johnston was solid in five innings of work, but did not escape unscathed. Texas was porous up the middle and surrendered two errors in the third, which led to a pair of Tulane runs. The Longhorns found themselves in a 2-0 hole. “We need to play defense at

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a high level, and we have not done that,” Garrido said. “We have taken the routine, and created opportunities for the opposing team.” As Johnston rolled, so did Tulane starter Emerson Gibbs. Gibbs carved up the Longhorns through the first five frames, ultimately fanning seven batters. On a lazy Sunday at the Disch, the Longhorns’ bats failed to

produce. Texas couldn’t bring a runner to scoring position in the opening five innings, unable to attack Gibbs with any efficiency. “[Gibbs] had very good control of his curveball, throwing a lot of strikes on the outside,” Gurwitz said. “He came out and attacked us.” The Green Wave’s defensive issues cost them just as it did

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hurt the Longhorns again in their third consecutive series loss. Conference play starts on Thursday and the season is far from over, but Garrido said the team needs to fix its bad habits quickly. “The bad news is, we’ve lost twelve games,” Garrido said. “But the good news is, we’re responsible for the losing. It’s now in our hands to change it.”

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Alabama State head coach Freda FreemanJackson said if Texas plays the way it did against her team Saturday night in future tournament games, it will end up in the National Championship conversation. F r e e m a n - J a c k s o n’s words came after Texas dismantled her 15th seeded Hornets 86-42 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Austin Saturday night. According to Texas head coach Karen Aston, her team might not be ready to take the title yet — but it’s getting close. “We do have just this one little step of mentality and a way of playing that we have to take,” Aston said. “But I’m excited about this team. I don’t think we’re through, and I’m really excited about the future.”

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medley team of Karosas, Cox, Schneider and Millard took seventh in their event’s consolation final. “This wasn’t our best day but we have a lot of fight left,” Capitani said at the end of the second day. “At NCAAs against the best swimmers in the country, we know there is no room for error.” On the third day, Texas earned honorable mention All-America awards from juniors Jordan Surhoff and Cox as well as the 200yard medley team of Karosas, Surhoff, Schneider and Millard. Cox finished first in the consolation final of the 400-yard individual medley, with a time fast enough for the eighth-fastest swim in school history. She now holds seven of the ten fastest swims in the event at Texas. Surhoff earned her first individual honorable mention All-American award with an eighth place finish in the consolation final of the 100-yard breaststroke while the 200-yard medley

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Junior Madisyn Cox finished in the top-four in the 200 individual medley for the second straight year.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

1994

Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record with his 801st career goal. Currently Gretzky holds the record himself with 894.

SPORTS BRIEFLY

Women’s tennis fares well over weekend

While students were on spring break, the Longhorns had a successful week of action. Texas went 2–1, beating both Princeton and Kansas State but falling to Kansas. The win against Princeton kept Texas undefeated at home, and it tacked on its first victory in enemy territory in Manhattan, Kansas on Sunday afternoon. The Longhorns’ No. 13 doubles tandem of senior Breaunna Addison and sophomore Dani Wagland beat K-State freshmen Ana Garcia Navas and Millie Stretton 6-4. The other Longhorn duo of senior Lana Groenvynck and freshman Katie Poluta pulled out a win over juniors Maria Panaite and Palma Juhasz 6-1 to sweep the doubles point for Texas. “Bree, Neda [Koprcina] and Dani were characteristically ferocious in closing out our first Big 12 win,” head coach Howard Joffe said. Wagland gained the Longhorns’ second point at third singles over Stretton with No. 8 Addison and junior Koprcina following suit to carry Texas to the 4-0 sweep. The remaining courts were suspended due to rain. Texas returns home to face No. 36 Northwestern on March 28 at Whitaker Courts. —Aspen Detrick

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Monday, March 21, 2016

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