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Chemistry senior Andrea Soto was 10 years old when she came to the United States for the first time. Growing violence in Mexico and a lack of academic opportunities drew the Soto family to the American dream. Since she was little, Soto had dreams of pursuing a medical profession. Meanwhile, Soto’s mother was also trying to care for her grand-
from Alzheimer’s at the time in the U.S.. “Our parents do anything and everything for their own kids,” Soto said. “They will sacrifice and give up things for their children to move forward to reach their goals.” Soto is one of the estimated 300 to 350 members of the undocumented UT student population, according to numbers according to the UT International Office. Through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
policy, Soto became eligible to work in the U.S. while she attends college and is relieved from deportation. She now advocates for other undocumented students and their famlies along with other UT students. Earlier this week, Soto participated in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, along with UT immigrant students and allies, as the justices heard oral arguments
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Andrea Soto, one of the estimated 300 undocumented UT students, rallied outside of the Supreme Court.
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Junior guard Isaiah Taylor dribbles against a Northern Iowa defender in the NCAA tournament on March 18. It was the last game of his college career.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety is conducting a comprehensive review of security measures on the UT campus at the request of President Gregory Fenves. The evaluation has already started and is expected to be finished by the end of August, Fenves wrote in an email to the University. Fenves said his decision to implement an external review was prompted by the Waller Creek homicide. Tom Vinger, press secretary for DPS, said the assessment will examine elements such as surveillance video coverage, outdoor lighting, building security and the roles of law enforcement officers and noncommissioned staff. While DPS will be conducting the review as an outside entity, various departments including the UT Police Department will provide information needed to complete the survey. “DPS will continue to work closely with the UT leadership and the UT police department throughout this process to ensure we provide the assistance requested and to keep them informed of the progress,” Vinger said in an email. In addition to the main campus, DPS is reviewing security at the J.J. Pickle Research Center, graduate student housing, parking garages and other University-owned properties, according to Fenves’ email. After the review is complete, the findings will be presented to the University. Fenves said he plans to implement the recommendations received from DPS. UTPD Chief David Carter said public safety experts covering different components of
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Engineering training, RotMan humor boosts UT Twitter traffic drones to aid rescues By Caleb Wong
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The Austin Fire Department entered into a mutually beneficial agreement with UT’s engineering school in the hopes of learning how to better use robotics, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, in responding to fire and water rescue operations. On Thursday, Austin City Council members approved the interlocal agreement between the Austin Fire Department and the Cockrell School of Engineering, establishing a partnership between the department officials and the school’s award-winning UAV Team, which is comprised of about 30 undergraduates from the school of engineering who
Natalie Groves, one of UT’s two social media coordinators, works to keep students updated through UT Austin’s various social media accounts by posting three to six times a day on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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compete annually in aerial robotics competitions. “In order for the fire department to participate in any of our demonstrations, they have to have the approval of the city council,” said Armand Chaput, an aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics lecturer. “As an educational institution, we have the objectives of wanting students to work on interesting projects that benefit the city and the state, and that’s what this is.” The UAV team held a demonstration on Wednesday where students were able to launch UAVs in a simulated emergency response situation. The fire department was unable to
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If you want to grow your social media presence, you have to give it up. This is the lesson Natalie Groves and Nicholas Persac, UT’s social media coordinators, learned when they let two self-described “good boys” — Xavier Rotnofsky and Rohit Mandalapu — take over their Twitter and Snapchat for a day on March 3. “This password was sooo easy to guess. Get ready for the #RotManTakeover,” wrote the former student body president and vice president on UT’s Twitter. As Rotnofsky and Mandalapu asked social media users what they should eat for lunch (grass from East Mall, seven raw eggs or UT President Gregory Fenves’ leftovers?) and advised President
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Barack Obama to send his college-aged daughter to UT, analytics showed the #RotManTakeover had reached nearly the same number of Twitter users in a day that UT typically reaches in a week. “With 27 tweets, collectively they reached almost half a million people,” Groves
wrote in an email. “I personally didn’t come across one negative tweet about the takeover.” However, for Groves and Persac, the takeover was not a one-off experience but instead part of a broader plan to engage more closely with students on social media. In
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continues from page 1 challenging the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents. Similar to DACA, the policy helps grant deportation relief to undocumented parents with U.S. citizen and legal resident children. During the week, the group advocated for the policies it says help fix a broken immigration system negatively affecting families. “We aren’t going to back down, and we are going to keep fighting,” Soto said. “They deserve to be fought for.” States, including Texas, challenging the the executive
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order said the president overstepped his constitutional authority when he announced DAPA and an extension of the existing DACA policy in November 2014. Texas sued shortly after the executive order announcement and an injunction has stopped its implementation. According to the lawsuit, “This case is about an unprecedented, sweeping assertion of executive power.” Radio-television-film senior Sheridan Aguirre traveled to Washington to advocate for DAPA, which would allow his mother, father and stepfather to get deportation relief. Aguirre is president of
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Assistant Fire Chief Richard Davis. Now that the ordinance has been approved, fire department officials will be able to participate in any demonstrations and will grade UAV team members on their final projects, Chaput said. While the UAV Team and the School of Engineering get to utilize the experiences and tools of the fire department, the city will also learn how to better react to emergencies that require fire and water rescue. “Using robotic technology may help the city expand and enhance its response
continues from page 1 “Whatever we think is cool or what our users want to see, we’ll go out and snap,” Groves said, noting that UT had increased its Snapchat friend count by 50 percent since its launch. “After spring break, we did a Snapchat story about how different buildings on campus miss the students — PCL missed you, Welch Hall missed you — just kind of fun, lighthearted, entertaining things that people want to flip through.” For Groves and Persac, social media isn’t an afterthought — it’s their full-time jobs. Hired in 2014 and 2015, the two manage the main UT-Austin social media accounts. When not letting students take over the accounts, Groves said, they post three to six times a day on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and work with 200 departments
University Leadership Initiative, a student group that organizes programs and advocates for legislation that benefits the undocumented community. Even though a Supreme Court vote could put the policy in gridlock, he said the community would continue. “I see it as a mobilizing moment,” Aguirre said. “Our momentum can’t stop. In fact, I think it will fire people up more. We can’t let a loss like that hurt our community.” According to the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan organization that provides evaluations of migration policies, the DAPA and expanded DACA programs would benefit millions of
people in the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrant population. Teri Albrecht, director of international student and scholar services, said she created the Longhorn DREAMers Project after the passing of House Bill 1403 in 2001, which allows certain immigrants who are long-term residents of Texas to receive in-state tuition if they meet certain requirements. The Project seeks to strengthen support services on campus for undocumented students. Albrecht said in her experience since the implementation of H.B. 1403, which also known as the Texas Dream Act, Texas lawmakers have challenged the law every two years.
to flooding, wildfires, and other emergency situations when the lives and property of Austinites are at risk,” said Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, who represents UT in District 9. Aerospace engineering senior James Bell, who serves as the systems engineer on the UAV Team, said the UAVs are beneficial because they allow the city to look at ways of improving its own UAV technologies. “In the case of flooding, it’s even more important to get overhead pictures because you can’t just walk through a flood,” Bell said. “You’re able to look at places that you weren’t able to look at before, find
potential problems before they occur, as well as find people who’ve been stranded.” Currently, the city has a Robotic Emergency Deployment team with UAVs in place and is hoping to learn how to better equip them through simulations with the UAV team. According to the agreement, all resources provided by the city are directly limited to those of the fire department and resources from UT are similarly limited to the School of Engineering. In August 2014, council members approved a similar item dealing with aerial robotics that
authorized an interlocal agreement between Austin and Texas A&M University, leading to a four-year collaboration on the practicality of UAVs and other robotics during emergency response situations. In addition to the similar 2014 agreement, Davis said the newly approved ordinance will help the city in the long-term by improving its response rate and speed of damage assessments during emergency situations. “The proof of the concept of using UAVs is already there,” Davis said. “It’s just our job to perfect it and use it in a realm of emergency management, and that’s what we’re doing.”
and college social media accounts to keep UT’s message consistent across all platforms. In addition, they use data to track how well their content is doing, relying on spreadsheets to make sense of UT’s activity on its social media platforms. Social media statistics shared with The Daily Texan show the University has picked up more than 160 million new followers on its primary channels — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn — over the last year. However, social media still has to have the human touch to make sure it’s fulfilling its goal: properly communicating UT’s brand to its community and the general public. “There’s no magic number,” Persac said. “We look at it from the value of the content to make sure we’re elevating UT’s brand, that it’s inserting our expertise — the knowledge, the scholarship, the opportunity of the University
into the conversation — and we do it differently channel by channel.” These social media initiatives seem to be paying off, said Marymar Martinez, a theatre and public relations junior who manages social media for a nonprofit. Martinez said she is glad UT has begun using platforms
besides email to update students about campus happenings. “They’re giving great photos on social media, they’re promoting great events like Voices Against Violence on their Instagram, and they’re just doing a lot more than than they have done before,” Martinez said. “I really appreciate it.”
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Now that benefits under the DACA expansion and DAPA programs are at risk of being lost at the federal level, she said it adds more stress to these students. “It adds to the uncertainty, which is prevalent in these students’ lives,” Albrecht said.
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Several UT Asian dance groups and slam poets performed at Origins, an Asian-American cultural showcase performance, on Thursday evening.
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UT students jumped and slid across the stage in unison before a deep red backdrop as Drake’s “Big Rings” blasted around the auditorium, and the crowd roared deafeningly. The Eta chapter of alpha Kappa Delta Phi and the Texas Chinese Student Association opened Origins, an Asian-American cultural showcase performance, with a fusion of hip-hop and traditional Chinese dancing, on Thursday. The show featured several UT Asian dance groups and slam poets who performed to show the beauty of the traditional Asian and
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continues from page 1 safety will physically inspect areas of interest and review policies and procedures. DPS will alert specific departments of any issue that needs immediate attention, rather than wait until the end of the review to recommend a change. Carter said the review intends to make campus safer for students by implementing changes based on a thorough assessment of features including technology, security
Asian-American cultures. “We know that the AsianAmerican population at UT is getting larger, but we are still a minority,” Kat Wong, alpha Kappa Delta Phi vice president of services, said. “We are trying to raise awareness for Asian-Americans here on campus.” Each dance team competed to win $100 for a charity of their choosing. The winner of the competition will be announced sometime Friday. “Our philanthropy helps people with leukemia and other types of cancer,” said David Kim, finance and history senior and a member of Lambda Phi Epsilon. “Our performance is a Korean folk song called ‘Arirang’ and is
about Korean culture, and it’s a very famous traditional song that people in Korea sing.” Wong said a showcase is a better way to spread awareness than other fundraisers such as selling food, because it better engages the community. “Sometimes people forget when they eat the food what it’s raising awareness for, but a performance directly emphasizes certain elements of Asian culture that aren’t prevalent in everyday life,” Wong said. Sangbin Kwon, director of the Korean Dance Crew, said the most important aspect of the event is its role in helping to spread Asian culture throughout campus. “There really hasn’t been an
event that showcases Asian talent and cultural awareness at one event,” said Kwon, an economics senior. “Helping to get this started as a yearly thing that continues on for a good, long time would be really awesome.” Origins is unique because it focuses on the cultural aspects of Asian organizations, said Tiger Wu, president of Chinese Students Association. “At times, there is a divide between Asian Greek culture and other Asian organizations on campus,” said Wu, a senior electrical engineer. “Our goal is to unite those two groups on campus. All these orgs on campus has the same common goals as we do, and our goal is to reinforce them.”
systems and environmental design. Increased police patrols will continue as the review is in its beginning stages. “It is always important to have an outside perspective brought in because sometimes you may think you’re going in the right direction, but things evolve and change over time,” Carter said. “This is an opportunity for us to look and see if there are evidence-based practices that we should adopt that we’re not already using.” Students can also get involved by adding comments
about campus safety and security on UT’s BeSafe website, besafe.utexas.edu. Carter said he encourages students to express their concerns and identify areas they feel are unsafe through commenting on the site. According to Fenves’s email, the feedback received will be shared with DPS as part of the comprehensive assessment. Public relations senior Elizabeth Pickard said she generally feels safe on campus, but thinks the lighting near the Fine Arts Library
could be improved. While she said the assessment will be beneficial for students, she thinks the University should have been conducting security reviews more frequently prior to the homicide. “It does seem a little reactionary, something to appease people’s concerns, but it’s definitely necessary and I’m glad that they’re doing it,” Pickard said. “I just wish that it didn’t take having someone murdered on campus to have it done.”
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Scientists use lasers to treat depression By Kate Thackrey @thedailytexan
Researchers are recruiting volunteers for a study to see whether lasers can make depressed subjects more receptive to therapy. For the new study, Christopher Beevers, director of the UT Institute of Mental Health, partnered with psychology professor Francisco GonzalezLima. Researchers in the Gonzalez-Lima lab have found that shining a low-level light laser against a subject’s forehead increases energy levels in the brain. The study is one of several conducted by Beevers, who is testing 18- to 45-year-olds to see if treatment with the lasers can boost receptiveness to an online depression program called Deprexis. The laser uses an infrared light invisible to the naked eye, with a power level onetwentieth that of a 60 watt light bulb. The light activates an enzyme in the brain regions right behind the forehead, the prefrontal cortex, which is important for decision-making and higher brain function. Gonzalez-Lima said that his lab has helped treat anxiety, cognitive decline and now depression in a way that is easier, safer and cheaper than traditional medications. Some researchers have even started classifying the method as its own field,
called photomedicine. “If you have a trauma you never really forget it, but modulating the prefrontal cortex allows you to cope with it,” Gonzalez-Lima said. “We’ve yet to see anyone who hasn’t improved.” This enzyme, cytochrome oxidase, is present in the mitochondria of all cells in the body. By binding oxygen molecules together, it frees up energy that the cells can then use. By activating cytochrome oxidase with the laser, the Gonzalez-Lima lab has shown that blood flow to the prefrontal cortex increases. The lab has evidence that the laser treatment strengthens neural networks that are important for treating cognitive problems, according to Douglas Barett, the Gonzalez-Lima lab manager. Barrett said that memories are malleable for a critical period after being accessed, and so by using the laser treatment for just eight minutes after undergoing therapy for a cognitive issue, subjects will see stronger improvements than peers who just completed traditional treatments. “It’s not like people walk out of here like supermen,” Barrett said. “But it will be another tool in the arsenal.” Originally developed in Germany, Deprexis uses the principles of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on recognizing and breaking negative habits and
Students played games, won flash tattoos, participated in a silent auction and discussed sexual consent during Voices Against Violence’s annual ConsentFest festival Thursday. The student organization teamed up with other campus groups to educate the student body on consent-related issues and donated the proceeds to VAV Survivor’s Emergency Fund, which benefits student survivors of sexual or relationship violence. VAV member Jackson Miller said ConsentFest was intended to start a dialogue on campus about the importance of consent. “ConsentFest is a festival to celebrate consent,” said Miller, an archaeology senior. “It’s trying to get the UT community to learn about consent — what consent is, how you ask for consent, and ways to be safe. I realized how important it is that students engage with these ideas, because a lot of people did not learn about consent in high school.” Miller said the way “consent” is defined can involve a few different factors. “VAV has a specific definition for consent,” Miller said. “You need to make sure that you’re sober, that you can say no. [We want students to make sure] it’s an enthusiastic yes when they can say no.” Managing information systems senior Afshad Dholakia, who volunteered at the event, said consent awareness is important because of the damaging nature of sexual assault. “[Sexual violence] should be noted as a problem if there are only one
ConsentFest is a festival to celebrate consent. It’s trying to get the UT community to learn about consent — what consent is, how you ask for consent, and ways to be safe. —Jackson Miller, Voices Against Violence member
or two cases, or if there are hundreds of cases,” Dholakia said. “Because at the end of the day, malicious acts are having a negative impact on someone’s life. Not only is their experience at UT getting tarnished, but their lives are.” Raising awareness and educating students could make a real difference at the University because of its large party culture, Dholakia said. “Sometimes education in and of itself may not stop someone from doing something wrong, but we’re hoping that if this is on people’s minds, they will take it into consideration when making decisions,” Dholakia said. “We can work against this. We can work to solve this problem and help people.” Mechanical engineering senior Paige McKenzie said she found the festival an open, supportive environment. “I’m glad they’re doing this because it’s a really important issue,” McKenzie said. “This is a really safe space to come and talk about these issues. They’re open and being really nice, so it’s good that it’s in a public place and you can come and ask questions and have all this material available to you.”
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seek out funding for a more in-depth study. Gonzalez-Lima said the most difficult part of setting up human research is reaching volunteers. If you are interested in participating in a laser study for depression, anxiety or memory loss, contact his lab at gonzalezlima@utexas.edu. Enrique Vargas, a neuroscience and biochemistry sophomore, said working in the lab has helped him expand his research skills. “Almost everything you do here is new — there’s no template you follow, that really allows us to be really creative in our decisions,” Vargas said. “Photomedicine can be applied to anything if you really put your mind to it.”
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Northwest corner of UT campus needs gym By Abinav Kumar
Daily Texan Columnist @ImAbiKumar
The FAC vs. the PCL. Kinsolving vs. J2. The Union vs. the SAC. These are among the oldest on-campus rivalries known to UT students, but let us put those aside for a second. Pay attention to the lack of athletic facilities in northwest campus, compared to southeast campus. The only location northwest campus can claim is our good old, soon to close, un-renovated gym with no weight room, Anna Hiss. With Clark Field, Gregory Gym, Belmont Hall and the RecSports Center, southeast campus easily takes the cake for exercise locations. The University Residence Hall Association divides the campus into three areas: Whitis Area community, Waller Creek community and Jester Center community. The southeast area of campus is composed of the Waller Creek community and Jester community, which have a capacity of 4,763 students. The northwest area of campus is composed of solely the Whitis Area community, which has a capacity of 2,193 students. The students in the northwest corner and areas around it are neglected when it comes to athletic amenities relative to the southeast corner. Additionally, it takes about 15 minutes to get from northwest campus to southeast campus. While there are advantages to living in the northwest corner of campus, most prominently the selection of overly-priced “city food” on the Drag, every time I want to go to the weight room, I have to take out 30 additional minutes of my day.
Bringing a gym to northwest campus will likely incentivize students on that end of campus to be more physically active, and possibly even in the surrounding areas of West Campus and North Campus. At a vital age of development, helping students build healthier habits will stick with them for years to come. URHA President Alan Bigler sees the split between amenities as relatively even. “In this I would say they are proportionate,” Bigler said. “For example, San Jacinto Residence Hall has the stadium food court and Cypress Bend but also has Clark Field, whereas Duren doesn’t have Clark Field but is in a wonderful location close to the Drag. Moore-Hill is right next to the SAC full of food, etc.” The location of Whitis Court, Duren, Kinsolving and the Quad are convenient for those who want to go off campus and get food, but for those who are on a tight schedule and want to stay physically active, the location is less than ideal. Some may argue that Duren has a gym in its basement and that is good enough, but only Duren residents have access to this “gym,” which consists of only a rack of dumbbells, a couple of benches and
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University of Texas students walk past Jester Dormitory in the southeast area of campus where workout facilities abound.
some treadmills. URHA may divide Jester and Waller Creek into two different communities, but in reality, they are less than a three-minute walk from each other. The division and significantly higher population in the southeast area of campus misrepresent the interests of northwest campus. Bringing a gym to northwest campus will likely incentivize students in that area to be more physically active, and possibly even those in the surrounding areas of West
Campus and North Campus as well. At a vital age of development, helping students build healthier habits will stick with them for years to come. The University should begin to push even harder for physical health resources alongside their recent push for mental health resources. If what starts here changes the world, we should make the world a healthier place. Kumar is a PACE freshman from Sugar Land.
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Southwest Airlines episode shows fear of Arabic language persists By Khadija Saifullah
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @coolstorysunao
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Value of our planet deserves more than feel-good holiday By Benroy Chan
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @Benroychan
We rely on the Earth to grow food, breathe air and simply exist for 365 days a year. So why do we dedicate only one day a year to learn about how we’re destroying it? On April 22, people from all over the world celebrate Earth Day. Ironically, many of these same people take part in unsustainable behaviors that contradict this appreciation for our planet, whether they know it or not. As our future looks increasingly bleak due to climate change and more, we all must realize sustainability requires years-long effort beyond a single “feel-good” holiday. The United States created Earth Day in 1970 to raise awareness of environmental issues, and for the most part, it has been successful. Throughout that decade, legislation such as the Clean Air Act, the Water Quality Improvement Act and the Endangered Species Act were passed, and the Environmental Protection Agency was formed. All of these signified a growing desire to defend the natural world, but they all share one problematic trait — they deal with only immediate problems. These problems were easy to draw attention to because their effects were obvious. In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire due to a high presence of flammable pollutants in the water. Common sense dictates that water should not combust, and this event rightfully spurred the desire for environmental protection. Now, seemingly invisible effects from human-induced climate change pose problems that remain inadequately addressed. While a landmark carbon reduction agreement was made in Paris last year, critics speculate it
As our future looks increasingly bleak due to climate change and more, we all must realize that sustainability requires years-long effort beyond a “feel-good” holiday. might not be enough. In the coming years, global temperatures rising only a few degrees may increase the intensity of natural disasters and precipitation and further raise sea levels. As our friends in the Houston flood will tell you, these effects can be deadly. Ultimately, climate change is an issue we do not prioritize because the effects remain unnoticed or too distant. Most people in the United States have access to relatively clean water and air, and when we begin to take these for granted, we forget their importance. But in order to protect the natural world and its resources for future generations, we cannot just disregard it. The media portrays sustainability as treehugging and recycling, but this oversimplifies a complicated issue. Sustainability is more than just appreciating nature and not littering, because every single action a person carries out has an environmental impact. From the transportation we pick to the food we eat, each person must pick an option with the lowest environmental harm. Undeniably, the Earth is something worth protecting and preserving. Our individual decisions can add up to produce devastating effects, and as a result, we must all be aware of these issues beyond a single holiday. Chan is a journalism and environmental science freshman from Sugar Land.
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Last week, a Muslim college student from UC-Berkeley was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight and questioned by the FBI after another passenger heard him speaking in Arabic, as if midterms and the approaching of finals weren’t stressful enough for college students. While the airline has not yet apologized, it responded by claiming that its employees were simply “following protocol, as required by federal law, to investigate and report to law enforcement agencies any potential threat to civil aviation.” I’m appalled that Southwest had the audacity to add on that it “neither condones nor tolerates discrimination of any kind,” when its employees did exactly the opposite. In light of much of the Arab world being in the midst of political instability, national security is a very important concern. But one of the most sacred principles in the American criminal justice system is the belief that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. No one should be made to feel unsafe on a flight or denied service because of their race, religion or the language they speak. Unfortunately, on Southwest Airlines flights, customers are experiencing just that. The Arabic language is the fastest-growing foreign language taught at U.S. colleges and universities, and the 10th most-studied language in the U.S. This University is home to one of the strongest Arabic programs in the country. If you walk into one of its classes, you’ll find more students who aren’t Muslim enrolled than Muslims who are. Even if the passengers and employees on that flight felt threatened
upon hearing a common Arabic phrase, not everyone who speaks Arabic is a Muslim. And, certainly, not all 3.3 million American Muslims are security threats. “God-willing:” It’s both hilarious and absurd that merely saying that phrase in Arabic got him kicked off of a flight, when the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world casually use it in conversation on a daily basis. I wonder whether the response would be the same had someone who wasn’t Muslim spoke the Arabic instead. The same country that promotes learning different languages throughout high school and college kicks a student off of a plane for speaking a Middle Eastern language. If we develop fear based on an entire language, we as a society are only going to regress, despite claiming to be the land of the free. I only hope that employees at Southwest don’t feel threatened after eating hummus or even baklava, which originate from other Arabic-speaking countries. Instead of hating on the Arabic language, maybe they should redirect their anger towards Arabs because they invented algebra and the very calculus we wince thinking about before registering for it at the University. Aside from losing a large chunk of potential clients, the airline has also gained a reputation of baselessly harassing minorities. This blurs the borderline between what is offensive and acceptable. Now, maybe it’ll be acceptable to report a passenger that does anything to bring you discomfort — such as snoring or playing Minecraft nonstop. Although the airline claims to operate on the principle of #SouthwestHeart, when it comes to Muslim and Arab customers, it seems to be #SouthwestHeartless. Saifullah is a neuroscience sophomore from Dallas.
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continues from page 8 Martin and Martin Short were doing. I didn’t really have anybody to look up to who looked like me in the movies, and I was not a fan of Bollywood movies at all.” Economics senior Ayush Dahiya also premiered his first short film, “Jaal,” over the weekend. The film offers a searing portrait of a young girl as she attempts to escape a life of human trafficking. “I’ve just always had a passion for exploring social issues, just knowing about the evils of this world and that they exist while we’re here safe,” Dahiya said. “I realized I could spread that through cinema.” Dahiya said his goal with the film was to bridge the gap between the realities of America and South Asia. “I feel like there are so many South Asian people here, so showing a side
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These are the kinds of films you don’t really see anywhere else... That’s how it started. It was going to be something small, but the community in Austin was ready for more.
Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth and Emily Blunt star in “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” Universal Pictures’ sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
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of that world to a group of people and raising awareness of their social issues and culture is very important,” Dahiya said. “Fusing both of those worlds together is what I tried to do with my film.”
Cry” is Prince’s best-selling song. It doesn’t just shine in the sales department, though — the track tells the story of parental difficulties and a love affair. Surprisingly, the song lacks a bass line, but it’s unnoticeable on a first listen when the guitar solo intro kicks in.
“Kiss” (1986) Consisting of a simple 12-bar-blues verse, Prince actually wrote this song for the funk band Mazarati but took it back after hearing their version. He replaced the lead vocals and added his own lead guitar, threw it on his 1986 album, Parade, and the song became an instant hit.
“Raspberry Beret” (1985) Though “Raspberry Beret” was recorded 1982, Prince reworked the song to include finger cymbals, harmonica, cello and violin, giving the track a pop feel different from his previous work. Released as the first single for the 1985 album “Around the World,” the feel-good song addresses young love and rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Sign o’ the Times” (1987) Constructed almost entirely on a sampling synthesizer, “Sign o’ the Times” used the stock sounds of Prince’s Fairlight CMI machine to write a hit that addresses socio-political issues, including AIDS, poverty and drug abuse. This single shows Prince’s ability to merge modern rhythm and rhythm and blues with classic blues.
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‘Huntsman’ visually stuns, misses target
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By Sebastian Sada @sseebbaasstian
Once upon a time, “Snow White and the Huntsman” enraptured viewers with its beauty and bravado. Its follow-up, both a prequel and sequel to the 2012 hit, does just the same, with far less focus on constructing an enchanting narrative. In “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” Freya, the Ice Queen (Emily Blunt), banishes her most skilled huntsman, Eric (Chris Hemsworth), after he falls in love with Sara (Jessica Chastain) and plots to flee the kingdom with her. His betrayal of Freya and her command to not love others returns to haunt him seven years later, following the events of “Snow White and the Huntsman,” when Snow White’s Magic Mirror is stolen from her castle. Fearing that the Magic Mirror will end up in Freya’s hands, Eric sets out to recover the stolen object with two dwarfs, Nion (Nick Frost) and Gryff (Rob Brydon), at his side. Realizing
that the Magic Mirror is embedded with evil, they expedite their journey, stumbling into forces that threaten to impede – or contribute to – their heroic venture. As with “Snow White and the Huntsman,” “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” finds its strength in its striking visuals – notably its elaborate production and costume designs. Freya’s cold heart is complemented by snowy scenery, white masks and an adornment of white crystals, the sum of which suggest an innocence beneath her icy dominance and demeanor. Her sister, Ravena (Charlize Theron), dons elegant attire during her brief screen time, returning with a black and gold combination that signifies her wickedness and desire for power. Costume designer Colleen Atwood manages to contrast the sisters’ appearance with brown and silver textures, which are used to distinguish the film’s noble protagonist, Eric, and the duo of rugged dwarfs at his side. “Winter’s War” is filled
with strong performances from its cast members. The cold-heartedness that characterizes Freya is strengthened by Emily Blunt’s emotional depth, which complicates her role as the film’s antagonist. Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain do justice to the strength of their characters, grounding their performances in relentless power and determination. Nick Frost and Rob Brydon add light-heartedness to an otherwise dramatic narrative, becoming even more humorous with the introduction of female dwarfs – and scene-stealing actresses – Doreena (Alexandra Roach) and Bromwym (Sheridan Smith). Charlize Theron, however, manages to steal the spotlight yet again, impressing viewers with her unapologetic aura and flawless transitions between loving sister and sinister queen. However strong its performances are, “Winter’s War” falters under the weight of its structural weakness. The love story that unfolds at the film’s start escalates far too quickly
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Longhorns set to travel to Lubbock By Daniel Clay @dclay567
This year has been a tale of two seasons for the Longhorns. Texas non-conference resume includes a rather unflattering 10-15 record and some eyebrow raising mid-week losses. But in conference play, Texas sports a 7-5 record and has won its last two conference sets against Kansas State and Kansas. “I think they are turning, for sure in the last three games,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “I think the reason for that was, the players took ownership after that first loss to Kansas. Since then they’ve been scoring a lot more runs, playing better on defense, making better decisions and playing with more confidence.” However, that confidence, is about to face what could be its toughest test of the season with a three game set against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Red Raiders, who were picked to finish fifth out of 10 teams in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll, have defied expectations by roaring out to a
30-10 start and an 11-1 conference record that puts them at the top of the Big 12 standings. “With social media now, it’s kind of hard not to see everything that goes on,” senior pitcher Ty Culbreth said. “We know where they are, we know their record and whatnot, but we try not to think about that as much as possible.” The Texas pitchers though, might need to think long and hard about the Texas Tech lineup. Texas pitchers will have to deal with three games of Tanner Gardner, who is ranked second in the Big 12 with a .390 batting average. Gardner though, is not the only threat in the Texas Tech lineup. The Red Raiders have a staggering five regular starters hitting .329 or above and are hitting .305 as a team, well ahead of Texas’ .266 mark. “Just limit the walks; that’s got to be our biggest goal for this entire weekend,” Culbreth said. “We can’t give them any free bases. We need to get ahead as much as possible and make them in a hole instead of ourselves.”
The Longhorns return home to face Oklahoma State in a three-game series over the weekend after being swept by the Sooners last weekend. The Longhorns have protected their house, achieving a 17-4 record at McCombs Field this season. However, they have not fared well against conference opponents in 2016, earning a 2-6 Big 12 record that ranks second to last in the conference. “I think they came away from the [Oklahoma] series feeling obviously painful, because we were in every game,” head coach Connie Clark said. “We didn’t get the outcomes but competed well.” With the Oklahoma series behind them, Texas’ schedule eases up as they enter an eightgame homestand that begins with Oklahoma State. “I compare [Oklahoma State] a little bit to Texas Tech in regards to I expect them to come out fast and stir up momentum,” said Clark. “We have
to slow it down, own the moment and not get consumed with them trying to rush us up.” Oklahoma State matches Texas in the loss column in Big 12 play but their 22-19 overall record compares unfavorably to Texas’ 27-13 record. In 2015, the Longhorns pulverized the Cowgirls, winning by a combined score of 27-2 in a threegame series in Stillwater. Junior second baseman Kelli Hanzel contributed six runs and three hits in the Oklahoma State series in 2015. She is currently second on the team in runs with 25 after scoring five in the Oklahoma series. Hanzel blasted a three-run home run in Texas’ last game, responsible for all three runs in a 5-3 loss to Oklahoma. “We had a game plan in place, and we were right there, so we’re just looking to turn those into W’s,” Hanzel said regarding the previous series. “It’s kind of refreshing to know our offense was right there the whole time and knowing we can compete with any team in the country.”
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Freshman pitcher Blake Wellmann winds up against UT Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday. The Longhorns won 7-5 and play Texas Tech on the road this weekend.
The Longhorns still have a long way to get to 30 wins. Texas will have to go through the conference leading Red Raiders and the very strong Oklahoma State Cowboys in order to win the conference in the regular season and earn a postseason berth. “Even the impossible is
possible in sports,” Garrido said. “That’s why we’re all gathered here, to see the unexpected take place.” Texas may be playing its best baseball of the season, but with 15 games left to play, and 13-away from the 30-win benchmark, it will take quite the finish for the Longhorns
to comfortably make it to the postseason. “You have to get ‘hot’ at the right time,” Garrido said. “It’s a process but they know more about the definition of process now than they did when we started. They’re a lot more experienced than when we started.”
No. 24 Texas welcomes the Lady Bears to Westwood Country Club Saturday where the Longhorns can finish their season on positive note. Baylor and the Longhorns are coming off similar competition, last weekend both teams faced Iowa Sate and West Virginia. The No. 42 Lady Bears blanked both of the squads while Texas shut out WVU 5-0 and beat ISU 4-2. The Longhorns were honored this week with four
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continues from page 1 What appeared to be a game-winning shot in the NCAA tournament turned out to be the last bucket of a three-year career in burnt orange. Junior guard Isaiah Taylor has decided to hire an agent for the NBA draft, Texas athletics announced Thursday afternoon. The move rules out a possible return to Texas for Taylor’s senior season. “I’ve been chasing my
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Junior first and second baseman Kelli Hanzel fields a ball during Texas’ 3-2 win over Texas State on March 30. The Longhorns host Oklahoma State this weekend.
Lindsey Stephens, the team’s leader in runs, hits, RBIs and home runs, is eyeing a milestone during the series against Oklahoma State. With one home run, Stephens can become the second Longhorn in program history to hit 40
career homers. The senior centerfielder has rewritten the record books in Austin, currently fourth in batting average, third in RBIs, and second in slugging percentage in her career. “We’re happy to be back in another conference series this
weekend, just taking what we learned from our [Oklahoma] series and putting that into place against [Oklahoma State],” Stephens said. “If we take that same mentality to this game, our bats will do just as great as they did in the OU series.”
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players named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team. Senior Breaunna Addison was placed on the team for a third time along with other returning members, senior Lana Groenvynck and junior Neda Koprcina. Sophomore Dani Wagland was also selected, meriting her first Academic All-Big 12 selection. The Lady Bears’ No. 91 Blair Shankle and Theresa Van Zyl also earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors. In league play, Texas boasts a 6-2 record and is riding a five-game win streak. The
Longhorns are currently 9-1 at home. Addison remains the highest ranked Big 12 player moving up a spot to No. 10. Baylor sits at 5-3 for the season, however their 3-5 awayrecord shows some struggles on the road. While Shankle is also Baylor’s sole ranked player, they also hold a doubles duo of Shankle and Kiah Generette ranked close behind Addison and Wagland at No. 18. The teams face off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Westwood Country Club. Addison and Groenvynck will be honored before the match for Senior Day.
Senior Breaunna Addison hits the ball in Texas’ 5-2 win over Northwestern. Addison and fellow senior Lana Groenvynck will be honored in Texas’ Senior Day on Saturday.
dream to play in the NBA my entire life,” Taylor said in a statement. “While I’m sad to be leaving my teammates and family behind at Texas, I am ready to start this next chapter of my career. Thank you to all the fans that have supported me these past three years. You have made me feel at home.” Taylor’s final game in a Texas uniform came in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Northern Iowa. Taylor had 22 points and six assists and made a game-tying layup with 2.7 seconds left
to play. But Northern Iowa’s Paul Jesperson hit a half court game-winner to oust Taylor and the Longhorns from the tournament. It proved to be Taylor’s final game as a Longhorn. Taylor initially declared for the draft on April 7, but a rule change made this year would have allowed him to return to Texas within 10 days after the NBA draft combine on May 11-15 if he didn’t hire an agent. Taylor led the team with
15 points and five assists per game last season while dealing with plantar fasciitis for the late part of the season. He ranks 156th in ESPN’s draft prospects. Taylor flirted with leaving for the NBA last year before eventually deciding to come back and play for head coach Shaka Smart. Smart said he will still support Taylor as he starts his professional career. “We are extremely grateful for the impact Isaiah has made during his time at
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Texas,” head coach Shaka Smart said in a statement. “I truly enjoyed coaching him this past season and will support him wholeheartedly as he moves into this next stage of his career.” Taylor leaves Texas 20th in career points with 1,254 and seventh in assists with 415. “These next two months are going to be intense, but I’m ready for it,” Taylor said. “Follow along with my journey as I prepare for this next step in my career. Thanks again to all the fans here in Austin.”
Women’s golf set for Big 12 tournament The Longhorns are set to play their biggest tournament of the season this weekend. Texas will square off against the eight other Big 12 teams for the conference title, and a spot in the NCAA tournament, beginning today at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio. The Longhorns come into the conference tournament after struggling to a seventh-place finish at the PING/ASU Invitational two weeks ago. Texas shot 27-over par, well back of first-place UCLA, who finished 12-under par. But there is a bright spot for the Longhorns with Sophia Schubert. The sophomore has finished in the top four three times this season, including a fourthplace finish at the PING/ASU invitational. The Longhorns enters the tournament in the middle of the pack in the Big 12. Texas is currently ranked 32nd in the latest GolfWeek rankings, fifth in the conference. Oklahoma State is the highestranked Big 12 team at No. 9 while Iowa State, Texas Tech and TCU check in at No. 17, No. 25 and No. 27 respectively. All nine Big 12 teams are ranked inside the top 73. Unlike the other tournaments the Longhorns have played this year, the teams will just play 18 holes over the course of three days on the par-72 course. Texas will start it’s run towards a potential conference title at 9 a.m. —Jacob Martella
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Economics senior and filmmaker Ayush Dahiya’s short film “Jaab” premiered at the Indie Meme Film Festival this weekend. The festival featured independent Indian and Pakistani films with the aim of bridging the gap between realities of America and South Asia.
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Midway through the opening night party for the Indie Meme Film Festival, founder and co-organizer Alka Bhanot attempts to make her way through the crowd. Swarmed by congratulatory friends, family and festival-goers, she takes over ten minutes to reach the microphone. In 2013, Bhanot founded Indie Meme, a nonprofit dedicated to showcasing independent South Asian films that would otherwise garner little attention in the U.S., if they are shown here at all. While the word “meme” is now synonymous with viral Internet photos and videos, Bhanot
said she is interested in returning to the original definition of the word: “an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” In this case, Bhanot is spreading films, which she said have resonated with the South Asian community in Austin, a tight-knit network that encouraged her to grow Indie Meme. “It’s a very, very supportive community,” Bhanot said. “I think it’s a vibrant community, a very involved community. They do a lot for each other. This community is helping us in more ways than you could ever imagine. It’s not just showing up at events but generally supporting you, saying, ‘Let’s see how you
can do better.’” After several years of organizing individual screenings, Bhanot said she and her team decided it was time to put on a festival. “These are the kinds of films you don’t really see anywhere else,” Bhanot said. “I had a lot of friends in Mumbai who were making interesting cinema, and I didn’t have access to it here, so I felt like if I was able to somehow bring those films here, maybe there would be more people like me who enjoy watching them. That’s how it started. It was going to be something small, but the community in Austin was ready for more.” The festival, which took place April 15–17, featured
films out of India and Pakistan, as well as the work of homegrown talent such as Rasika Mathur, a UT alumna and a former star of MTV’s hit series “Wild ’N Out.” Mathur, who stars in the short documentary, “Rasika Mathur: Truth Teller,” said the festival’s additional focus on strong female characters from South Asia — roughly 80 percent of the lineup featured female leads — filled a gap that she felt in her own childhood. “I noticed that I never really had any female heroines in movies,” Mathur said. “I was always like, ‘I wanna see the Chevy Chase movie’ or whatever Steve
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Prince, the enigmatic singer-songwriter and oneman show, died Thursday at the age of 57 at Paisley Park, his compound in Chanhassen, Minnesota, according to his publicist. Throughout his storied and prolific career, Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, became widely known as a virtuoso of his craft, combining funk, rhythm and blues and rock throughout his songs. From his origins in the late 1970s to his most recent arena tour just a year ago, Prince often combatted the traditions of the music business, taking charge of his image and career. Known as a sex symbol and music prodigy, Prince recorded almost every note of his music on his own. Once he walked on stage, he acted as a conductor, following the aesthetic of artists such as James Brown, Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix to create a keenly precise experience
for his fans. Following the news of his death, fans have shared their memories of the iconic artist. Austin radio station 96.3 RnB honored him by playing back-toback hits, and Snapchat released a “Purple Rain” filter. To celebrate his storied career, The Daily Texan has assembled a short list of some of his greatest songwriting achievements, from the triumphant to the subtle moments that made his career so legendary. “Purple Rain” (1984) Prince’s undisputed master work, Purple Rain told a fictionalized account of his own story – a young, gifted boy with the ambition to take on the world. The song of the same name unified race, sex and music to create songs that teased the accepted norms, catapulting Prince to superstar status. “When Doves Cry” (1984) Another track off of Purple Rain, “When Doves
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“Purple Rain” singer Prince incorporated issues such as race and poverty into his sound, propelling him to superstardom.