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Alumna backs online sexual assault reporting

By Anusha Lalani Volume 117, Issue 4

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UT alumna Tara DeMarco launched a petition on change.org on June 8, calling on Chancellor William McRaven to implement an online reporting system for campus sexual assaults.

DeMarco, a sexual assault survivor, encourages the chancellor to implement Callisto, an online reporting system for sexual assaults on college campuses, through her petition.

The petition has gathered

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over 1,500 signatures. DeMarco also published an open letter to football head coach Charlie Strong on burntorangenation.com, asking that he not allow football players accused of sexual assault to play in games. The petition even caught the attention of football player Malik Jefferson, who retweeted it.

Callisto, founded by Jessica Ladd, enables victims to report their assault online before informing a police officer, preserving their statement in a secure, dated

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document. The program also provides the option to keep a victim’s report sealed until someone else reports the same assaulter, at which point the victims would be able to see that they were not the only ones victimized by that individual.

Although she was assaulted in 2013, after she had graduated from UT, DeMarco felt the need to speak up now about what happened because she felt Callisto could help assault survivors who don’t know how or when to report the incident.

“When I saw Jessica Ladd’s TED Talk [about Callisto], it seemed like an obvious, easy-to-understand solution that people could get behind — a concrete step rather than more vague conversations around (still much needed) research and consent training,” DeMarco said in an email.

Since the petition was launched, Chancellor McRaven and DeMarco have met.

DeMarco said McRaven emphasized his own desire to prevent sexual assault on campus through a four-year research study, Cultivating Learning and Safe Environments (CLASE), conducted by the UT System.

CLASE analyzes sexual assault, dating violence, sexual harassment and stalking crimes at 13 campuses in the UT System, according to research associate Leila Wood, who is working on the study.

Wood said there is no single reason why sexual assaults occur on college campuses but that it is a mixture of multiple factors, such as being in a new environment or becoming older and more social. She also said that although society is generally more aware of what sexual assault is, identifying it still remains a problem for some people.

“Middle schools, high schools are talking more about sexual assault and how to recognize it, but

those conversations are still not happening as regularly as they need to be so that people can identify some of the behaviors that are associated with somebody who is going to be perpetrating a sexual assault,” Wood said.

Title IX Coordinator Latoya Smith said the University created its own online reporting form this academic year based on Callisto. Smith said the original reporting system could not be used because “there’s a lot of information that’s being housed that the University doesn’t own,” such as Facebook login information through the program’s matching feature, which allows assault victims to see if the assailant was reported before by another victim.

“However, those are things the students really liked so we are taking a look as to how can we implement something like that on our campus and also exploring if Callisto is the best platform to do that,” Smith said.

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UTPD closely monitors alcohol use during freshman orientation

By Catherine Marfin @catherinemarfin

Despite conduct expectations set by the Dean of Students, it is not uncommon for freshmen attending New Student Orientation to attend fraternity parties or consume alcohol when the day’s activities are through.

This is according to officer William Pieper, a member of the UT-Austin Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit.

“We have officers out on patrol every night to look for a litany of suspicious activities, including alcohol consumption [or possession] by minors,” Pieper said. “Every summer during orientation sessions, we have to deal with these situations.”

Since the first orientation session on June 6, UTPD has recorded over four incidents of alcohol possession or consumption by incoming freshmen in the Campus Watch, a daily report of recent crimes in the campus area that UTPD sends to subscribers via email of recent crimes in the campus area. Two of these incidents resulted in UTPD calling AustinTravis County EMS for treatment of alcohol poisoning, and one resulted in an arrest.

While there may have been other incidents of public intoxication involving prospective students, Pieper said the Campus Watch has only featured a handful, since the report only includes a limited number of crimes n Staffselected by UTPD from the

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previous day.

Before attending orientation, prospective students are required to watch a series of videos outlining conduct expectations during their session. Students must agree to attend all mandatory activities, remain on campus at all times, return to their residence hall by 1:30 a.m. and perhaps the rule most frequently broken — refrain from drinking alcohol and using illegal drugs.

“I don’t drink, but I know a lot of people do go out and party, even during this week,” communication studies freshman Elizabeth Miget said. “My roommate actually went out the very first night.”

According to the New Student Services website, students who violate these rules will not be able to register for classes and will be required to meet with an orientation staff member or Soncia ReaginsLilly, the Dean of Students, for further discussion of the issue.

“If you want to get involved with that kind of thing, it’s really on you

to be smart about it,” computer science freshman London Bolsius said.

“It should be your responsibility to inform yourself of the dangers [and consequences] that go along with that.”

When UTPD investigates these incidents on campus, officers will typically return the student to their residence or put them in the custody of a sober friend or adult. If the individual is causing a public disturbance, officers will issue a citation, or a “ticket,” which requires the student to pay a small fine — but stays on the student’s criminal record.

However, when UTPD is involved in alcohol incidents, officers prioritize student safety over making arrests or issuing citations.

“When we come across people who need medical attention, they clearly haven’t been informed of the dangers of what they’re doing,” Pieper said.

“But we try not to be too ‘preachy.’ Our job is to enforce the laws … and our primary concern is student safety.”

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Diversity remains lacking despite Fisher decision In an unexpected move, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the University’s use of race-based affirmative action in its current admissions policy last Thursday. While this move may have been bad for most fantasy supreme court leagues (yes, those are a thing), it is decidedly a good one for the near-future of college admissions for underrepresented students. Allowing the University of Texas to correct for the glaring deficiencies of the state’s education system is integral to ensuring every student has a chance to succeed.

Those interested in that mission cannot see this narrow ruling as a total victory. The future of race-based affirmative actions is by no means settled. While the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed UT’s current policy, there is no guarantee future policies will receive the same verdict. Now is the time to craft the future of admission in a way that protects affirmative action while preparing for a day when it may no longer be an option.

The policy that they considered splits the application process in two. Those who graduate in the top seven to eight percent of their high school class are guaranteed automatic admission through House Bill 588, better known as the top 10 percent rule. State law caps the percentage of a class admitted under this provision at 75 percent. The other 25 percent are admitted through a holistic review process that takes into account a variety of factors, among them is race.

Fisher was only eligible for a spot in that second group, and the U.S. Supreme Court was never able to consider whether the top 10 percent rule itself was good for diversity. When comparing the University’s enrollment to the general population of the state, it seems clear that a bevy of changes can be made to ensure that every student is given the opportunity to get into, afford and graduate from a university of this caliber.

The importance of diversity in the University’s student body cannot be overstated. There is no better way to ensure rigorous intellectual discussion than by the inclusion of students with diverse experiences and perspectives, not only the presence of students of different races and

ethnicities, but also from the inclusion of people of different socioeconomic backgrounds, nationalities, talents and beliefs. Further, adjusting for the additional barriers that students of color and of low socioeconomic standing face improves the chances that the students with the highest potential are those who actually attend.

But in order to be a university that best serves the people of Texas, rather than one that allows itself to become an enclave of privilege, UT must attempt to closer reflect the demographics of a state which includes significant low income and minority and populations. As it stands, 45 percent of UT students are white despite making up 30 percent of Texas students, and 17 percent of UT students are Asian despite making up four percent of Texas students. On the other hand, Hispanic and black students are underrepresented at UT, making up 20 percent and four percent of the student body despite making up 52 percent and 13 percent of Texas students respectively.

On some level, this vast divide in racial representation reflects the failure of Texas to effectively tap the potential of its minority students. While the Texas Supreme Court did rule that the state’s public education system is constitutionally adequate, that system gives less money and resources to economically disadvantaged students, who are disproportionately black or Hispanic. As long as the state continues to stack the deck against these 60 percent of students, the University will have to choose between diversity and prestige.

Over the past two decades, the state government decreased university funding per student by 20 percent, prompting Texas public universities to raise their tuition and shifting the burden of paying for college towards students. This makes it harder for universities to garner enough funding, oftentimes putting programs that specifically serve minority and economically disadvantaged students, such as the Texas Interdisciplinary Plan, on the backburner. This further incentivizes them not to apply to the University.

Funding gaps affect admissions in even less obvious ways as well. Many poorer districts have

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forgone college counselors to keep costs down, increasing the need for colleges to directly recruit the sorts of students capable of adding diverse perspectives to their incoming classes. Texas A&M University has been able to achieve similar levels of minority enrollment to UT through aggressive recruitment strategies centered around the idea that these students are worth having on campus. UT would be wise to adopt similar strategies, especially given its already strong name recognition among these students.

In the long term, the University needs to consider its options outside of its current system. The University of California System has managed to massively increase the number of minority black and Hispanic students without race-based affirmative action by giving greater weight to students who did not speak English at home and were first in their family to attend college. UT should consider adopting at least some elements of their system should another future Supreme

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Court decision render the current system untenable, or even advance of future rulings.

We recognize that the Texas legislature is unlikely to implement any of these measures in the midst of debating gun rights, regulating women’s bodies and arbitrating who is allowed to use bathrooms. The the U.S. Supreme Court ruling presented a win for UT, an affirmation that status quo practices are acceptable measures of attaining diversity. But the state’s underlying system for educating its minority and low income students is broken and the only people capable of fixing it seem more interested in breaking other things.

While the ball is essentially in the legislature’s court, UT must waste no time in implementing every change they can to improve the situation in the interim. This means diverting more resources to recruit students of color or commissioning its researchers to study how to better treat the problems on their end. No less than guaranteeing the educational future of the state is at risk.

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Recent rainfall brings rare orchids to Lake Austin area

By Danielle Ransom @dsr_013

A strangely vivid purple flower was recently found in the forested area at Brackenridge Field Lab, located on Lake Austin Boulevard.

The purple species, Hexalectris grandiflora, is a native orchid species of Texas that has not been spotted in over 50 years. The species was thought to be restricted to Mexico and the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas.

Dr. Rob Plowes, an ecology research scientist at Brackenridge, said this important find was followed by the discovery of a second rare orchid called Hexalectris arizonica about 50 yards away from the first orchid.

Plowes has been studying these orchids, which are both coral root orchids, since their discovery.

Both of these plants appear to live most of their lives underground and only sprout above ground when it is time for their seeds to be pollinated. Plowes said that H. grandiflora seems to be pollinated by a particular type of bee but that H. arizonica appears not to have any specific pollinator.

“That is another mystery that we’re trying to solve,” Plowes said. “We don’t know what species of bee even pollinates [H. grandiflora].”

Five different species of coral root orchid species have been found in the lab field area since 1996. According to Dr. Lawrence Gilbert, an integrative biology professor and Director of the Brackenridge field

stations, these rare coral orchids are different than any other known orchid species.

“Coral root orchids represent a lifestyle that has evolved independently over 20 times across more than 25,000 species worldwide,” Gilbert said. “They not only lack leaves, but have lost any ability to carry out photosynthesis. Instead, they depend entirely on fungal symbionts for nutrients.”

These “mycoheterotrophic” orchids have a symbiotic relationship with an ectomycorrhizal fungi found in the soil. The fungi connect the orchids to roots of trees.

Gilbert said that studies indicate that these orchids obtain nutrients from the trees through this fungi.

Each of the six H. grandiflora plants in the field had six to eight flowers that open over a period of six weeks. Plowes said his current hypothesis is that the plant flowers over a certain period of time to train pollinators to know when to pollinate. H. grandiflora uses a pollinator to carry off it seeds and distribute them for reproduction.

The second orchid, H. arizonica, is a creamy red flower and is even more rare than H. grandiflora. Only two H. arizonica plants with six flowers each were found.

Plowes said that an interesting fact about H. arizonica is that its flowers don’t fully open, limiting pollinators’ access to the pollen inside. Instead, the plant self-pollinates and feeds off of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the soil.

“If you think about it, it’s

not surprising that a flower as rare as this would adapt to self-pollination as we have not found a species that pollinates it,” Plowes said.

Plowes said that these species may be growing in the Austin area for the first time because of surplus rainfall over the past two years.

“The El Niño event may have provided sufficient moisture and resources that caused the plant to flower,” Plowes said. “It’s not uncommon in nature for other plants and insects to have these long periods of 15 to 20 years between their reproductive events.”

Because these orchid species survive severe droughts by adapting to seek out moist conditions under rocks, it makes sense that they were found at the Brackenridge Field Lab, which was previously a limestone quarry.

Gilbert said that coral root orchids appear to associate with plants and trees found in limestone areas. However, the native environment of these rare orchids is currently unknown.

Plowes intends to use these specific plants to learn more information about how and where these species grow, pollinate and disperse, and how they manage to survive in a way not documented in other orchid populations.

“That way we will understand a little more about why they are where they are, how they manage to live, and why they flower so erratically over long periods,” Plowes said. “We don’t understand the basis of what they do.”

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The Supreme Court of the United States considered three prominent cases feauturing Texas.

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Undocumented immigrants confront setbacks from failed executive order

By Anusha Lalani @anusha_lalani

The U.S. Supreme Court was split, 4-4, in United States v. Texas on June 23, affirming the injunction on President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration, which would have protected nearly five million undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Because of the court’s inability to reach a decision, the lower court’s ruling stands, blocking the implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and preventing the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Under DAPA, undocumented adults could remain in the U.S. if they meet certain residency requirements and have children with legal status. Under DACA, children would be allowed to stay in the country if they were brought to the U.S. before the age of 16.

The president, who has been pressing for a change in immigration policy, expressed his disappointment with the decision. Obama attributed the court’s deadlock to the lack of a ninth justice.

“This is part of the consequence of the Republican failure so far to give a fair hearing to Mr. Merrick Garland, my nominee to the Supreme Court,” Obama said in a statement. “It means that the expanded set of commonsense deferred action policies — the ones that I announced two years ago — can’t go forward at this stage, until

there is a ninth justice on the Court to break the tie.”

House Speaker Paul Ryan, on the other hand, approved of the court’s decision.

“This is a win for the Constitution, this is a win for Congress,” he said in a statement. “Presidents don’t write laws, Congress writes laws.”

Mayte Lara, a Crockett High School graduate who recently received nationwide recognition for her tweet about being an undocumented immigrant, said although the ruling is a setback for immigrants, she hopes the push for reform continues.

“Although DACA and DAPA didn’t go through yesterday, it will if people keep striving and fighting for it,” Lara said. “However, even when DAPA and the extension of DACA are put in place, people should and will continue to fight. These programs are only temporary, and what we really need is comprehensive immigration reform.”

University Leadership Initiative (ULI), an organization led by undocumented youth that advocates for the rights of the undocumented community at the local, state and national levels, held a press conference Thursday discussing the decision made by the court.

Sheridan Lagunas-Aguirre, lead coordinator of ULI and radio-television-film senior, said the ruling was unfortunate for the millions of people who have been waiting for relief from the government.

“Five million people have been waiting close to a year and a half for

the DAPA and expanded DACA programs to be implemented,” LagunasAguirre said. “It’s frankly just a shame that all this waiting has resulted in the case being sent back down to the court in Brownsville, Texas where this whole political game started.”

Although Texas led the case against the Obama administration, some state officials believe the court made a mistake in its ruling.

Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt released a statement earlier today condemning the decision because of social and economic contribution by undocumented immigrants.

“If [DAPA and DACA] had become available, thousands of undocumented parents in Travis County, who already contribute enormously to the economic and social fabric of our county, would be able to more fully participate in our community,” Eckhardt said in a statement. “Travis County will be safer when fears of deportation are alleviated, when undocumented victims and witnesses are no longer afraid to work with law enforcement officers and when children are not separated from their parents.”

Finance junior Zahra Jaffer, who immigrated to America eight years ago, said she is not satisfied with the court’s ruling because of the many immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for so long and have established a life here.

“The U.S. should allow people to stay here,” Jaffer said. “The court’s ruling goes against what America stands for. People deserve to be free and have a better life.”

UNIVERSITY

4-3 decision upho action in UT adm

By Catherine Marfin @catherinemarfin

For many, the Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision on June 23 in favor of UT-Austin’s consideration of race in its admissions policies in the Fisher v. University of Texas case is considered a victory.

With the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February and the recusal of Justice Elena Kagan from the decision making process because of her role as Solicitor General when the lower court was making its decision, the case was left to the decision of seven justices.

Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court, saying “ … although admissions officers can consider race as a positive feature of a minority student’s application, there is no dispute that race is but a ‘factor of a factor of a factor’ in the holisticreview calculus.”

“The court has affirmed UT’s efforts to develop a diverse student body that brings with it educational benefits for all students,” UT President Gregory Fenves said in a statement Thursday. “We must make sure all of our students are able to excel in the wider world when they leave campus — educating them in an environment as diverse as the United States is one of the most effective ways to do so.”

Fisher’s seven-year legal battle has raised important questions about UT’s evaluation of academic records.

Fisher, who graduated from high school with a 3.59 GPA and scored 1180 out of 1600 on her SAT, was not in the top 10 percent of her class, and therefore was not automatically accepted under Texas’ top 10 percent law (a law requiring public universities to automatically accept high school students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class. Because of a special modification, UT currently accepts those in the top seven percent).

Fisher was therefore evaluated under UT-Austin’s standard holistic admissions process, where applicants are evaluated under two different categories — Academic Index (AI) and the Personal Achievement Index (PAI). Under AI, UT-Austin considers class rank, high school GPA and SAT/ACT scores. Under PAI, an applicant is evaluated by their essays, personal achievements, extracurricular activities and yes — race.

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more prone to race discrimination than other industries rather than less so,” reads an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief submitted to the case in support of Fisher by the California Association of Scholars. “The Constitution and its command of Equal Protection should not be and is not oblivious to this.”

However, this time around, the Supreme Court firmly decided in favor of affirmative action admissions policies, holding in its written opinion that the “race-conscious admissions program in use at the time of petitioner’s application is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause.”

“The University articulated concrete and precise goals — e.g., ending stereotypes, promoting ‘cross-racial understanding,’ preparing students for ‘an increasingly diverse workforce and society,’ and cultivating leaders with ‘legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry’— that mirror the compelling interest this Court has approved in prior cases,” reads the opinion.

The Court, however, also advised UT to continue reviewing its admissions procedures and holding them to constitutional standards, adding that their decision “does not necessarily mean the University may rely on that same policy without refinement. It is the University’s ongoing obligation to engage in constant deliberation and continued reflection regarding its admissions policies.”

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Students predict upcoming abortion ruling

By Jasleen Shokar @jasleenshokar

The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to rule on a Texas abortion law known as HB 2 on June 27.

In the case, Whole Woman’s Health v.

Hellerstedt, the plaintiff is arguing the key provision that mandates all abortions, both surgical and medical (administered by a pill), must be completed in ambulatory surgical centers — which do not require overnight hospital stay after surgery — poses an undue burden on women.

The current law requires a doctor who is an abortion provider to be able to admit a patient to a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic. The bill also includes revised building codes for the facilities, similar to those for a hospital.

Many abortion clinics statewide have closed since the law was enacted.

Charlotte Lichtenheld, advertising and women’s & gender studies sophomore, said the law that is up for review is completely uncalled for and has nothing to do with protecting a woman’s health.

“An abortion is an extremely safe procedure,” Lichtenheld said. “It is safer than liposuction and it is 11 percent safer than

Source: New York Times

giving birth. Any restrictions that have been placed on abortion are completely unnecessary and are only to restrict abortion access.”

Lichtenheld said regulation of abortions is important.

“Abortion is only unsafe when it is performed illegally because it is unsterile, unregulated and is not performed by medical professionals the majority of the time,” Lichtenheld said.

Ryan Bullard, a political strategy and government senior, said he believes the case is less about the law itself and more about the state’s abilities to regulate abortions.

“Although I am pro-life, the main reason why I support the respondents, the state of Texas, is that I believe key parts of HB 2 are in the interest of public health,” Bullard said. “The Texas State Legislature, a democratically elected body, [has] the right and obligation to pursue legitimate state interests such as public health.”

Humanities junior Zoraima Paeza, is president of Texas Rising, an organization on campus that advocates for reproductive rights. He said if the law is upheld, it could have an effect on access to abortions nationwide.

“If we lose, then it’s terrible because this stands as a precedent,” Paeza said.

“Then Republican-led legislatures will take this law and pass it, and we’ll see massive closures nationally.”

Paeza said if the law is struck down, but the Supreme Court fails to define what an “undue burden” is, the legislature can drum up a whole new slew of bills that put restrictions on providers.

Bullard said he believes the court will likely strike down some parts of HB 2.

“There are four liberal justices on the Court,” Bullard said. “A fifth, Justice Kennedy, helped author the Planned Parenthood v. Casey plurality decision, which lays the foundation for the pro-abortion argument. Kennedy will likely back the liberals, causing a 5-3 split and a win for the pro-abortion side.”

Lichtenfeld said she thinks the Supreme Court will vote in favor of Whole Woman’s Health as well.

“If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Whole Woman’s Health or if it is a mixed decision, the remaining 19 clinics will keep their doors open,” Lichtenfeld said. “The decision will pave the way for other clinics to reopen and help solve the abortion access crisis in Texas.”

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SPORTS

UT Rock Climbing team boulders new challenges

By Elizabeth Hlavinka @ hlavinka_e

Art history senior Hanna Bernbaum joins her competitors in the isolation area, handing over her cell phone and leaving her teammates behind. She has only a moment to look at the wall — 10 seconds later, she’s scaled it.

Bernbaum is an officer in Texas Rock Climbing, UT’s rock climbing team, which competes in six competitions per year, as well as regional and national championships.

Climbers participate in one of three divisions — bouldering, speed climbing or sport climbing. Bernbaum specializes in bouldering, a no-rope climb at a maximum height of 10 feet, as well as speed climbing, where climbers scale a 10-meter wall as fast as they can.

“If I’ve had a bad day, there’s no doubt I’ll be going climbing

to filter out all the toxins and bad emotions,” Bernbaum said.

“I feel beautiful while climbing.”

The team is comprised of 65 undergraduate and graduate students. Beginning in 2012, Texas Rock Climbing won nationals three years in a row. For the past two seasons they have placed second, making them one of the top five teams in the nation.

Their coach, John Myrick, started the team in 2008, when there were few opportunities for college climbers to compete.

To help bridge the gap between youth leagues and adult professional competitions, Myrick coordinated with college teams around the country to host the sport’s first Collegiate National Championships. The year the series began, there were 45 teams participating. Now, there are over 200.

“When I was in high school, I had a dream to see climbing become a college sport,” Myrick

said. “How cool would it be if you could get a scholarship to go to college for climbing and represent your school?”

Myrick has been showing people the ropes from a young age. When he was 10-years-old, he went on a Boy Scout camping trip and taught his Scout masters how to climb and belay.

Later, he joined the Navy and developed a training program which included climbing skills for people that were about to enter the search and rescue school.

During this time, he was inspired to create what would later become the team’s philosophy: “FES” — focus, execute, send.

“It’s a way to approach any obstacle or challenge you face in life,” Myrick said. “If you can use that to stay poised and help give you confidence in high pressure situations, that’s huge in life.”

While some climbers like Myrick have been climbing since childhood, many of the

Sophomore Oscar Song boulders a wall at the South Austin Rock Gym. Song is a part of Texas Rock Climbing, UT’s rock climbing team and one of the top five teams in the nation.

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team’s members are new to the sport. Bernbaum, for example, didn’t begin to climb competitively until her second year at UT. After leaving the NCAA rowing team, she said she was looking for a more communal and down-to-earth sport. “[Our community] is rooted in this sense of adventure,

and it’s also based on trust,” Bernbaum said. “Every day at practice, you’re trusting somebody with your life — that translates socially.”

Mechanical engineering senior Michael Sulkis, the team president, said the group dynamic is his favorite part of climbing. Last season,

he earned the Most Valuable Player award, which was presented to him at the team’s annual banquet.

“I’m not the strongest climber on the team, but I put a lot of work into [it] and I care about it a lot,” Sulkis said. “It means a lot for my teammates to recognize that.”

ALBUM REVIEW | ‘THE MOUNTAIN WILL FALL’

DJ Shadow modernizes sound through surprising experimentation

By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc

Joshua Davis is officially an old man in his business. The artist known as DJ Shadow released his plunderphonic masterpiece Endtroducing.....

20 years ago, displaying his immense attention to detail and setting forth a new style few could match.

But in the five years since the release of Shadow’s last full-length LP The Less You Know, the Better, he’s lacked the charisma that made him so impactful and has struggled to

keep up with younger producers. However, with his latest effort, The Mountain Will Fall, DJ Shadow dives into some new experimental facets, creating what is an admittedly flawed yet intriguing album.

While his debut inspired future musicians, The Mountain Will Fall draws from the past, namely instrumental hip-hop of the 2000’s. The album’s opening track declares this as boldly as almost any song on the album, kicking off with hazy sounds and slight funk similar to those of Oh No on Dr. No’s Experiment in 2007.

The album’s eyebrow-raising second track “Nobody Speak” features Run the Jewels, and although Killer Mike and El-P may not be at their most potent here, the prominent feature is a surprise in itself. And the experiment pays off — “Nobody Speaks” comes off as a fun-loving song with a decent amount of replay value. Other appearances from producers Nils Frahm and Ernie Fresh bring Shadow out of his comfort zone to immediate success, finding the ground between old-school sample-based beats and modern electronica to cre-

ate two colorful and hard-toignore tracks.

Unfortunately, some of these risks don’t pan out. “Three Ralphs” feels vintage, but the drum beats come far too quickly to be something Shadow hand-mixed on his Akai MPC 3000. While computermade beats aren’t necessarily horrible, this is out of character for him, and other songs take it too far. The iTunes bonus track “Swerve,” for example, is easily the weakest on the album, built from the foundations of cartoon pings and lackluster sound effects.

Although not every moment translates perfectly, each song on The Mountain Will Fall builds into the album’s experience — for better or worse. The difference between The Mountain Will Fall and all of DJ Shadow’s releases since 1996’s Endtroducing..... is that this record pulls the listener in, demanding attention to detail. And although Davis might not execute every single time, he comes through on his promise often enough to warrant excitement for releases to come.

DJ SHADOW Genre: Instrumental Hip-Hop Title: The Mountain Will Fall Rating: 7/10

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New ID technology aims to enhance ride-hailing safety

By Amanda Eakin @misssocurious

To give the convenience of ride-hailing back to drivers and riders after Austin’s rejection of Proposition 1, two Boston businesses are bringing selfies to the rescue.

Starting on Aug. 1, all Austin transportation network companies will be required to have at least half of their drivers fingerprinted. Confirm.io, an identity verification company, partnered with MorphoTrust, which owns the Texas contract for FBI fingerprinting, to design software that will help drivers comply.

Kyle Kilcoyne, director of marketing at Confirm.io, said that ride-hailing companies Get Me and Arcade City already plan to integrate the partnership’s services into their applications using Confirm.io’s software development kit, or SDK. “Our solution helps decrease driver enrollment time while also enhancing driver identity architecture,” Kilcoyne said.

Instead of going to the Department of Public Safety, drivers can complete the identity verification process by taking a selfie to match their photo ID. Both photos are taken using the software designed

by Confirm.io that scans facial texture, shape and skin for comparison.

MorphoTrust is also incorporating a blinking “liveness” test into the selfie to confirm that the selfie is being taken in real time. If the software determines the two match, license information is provided to the ridesharing company, which then registers the driver for a background check.

According to Confirm.io’s website, the process runs without a human and takes only six seconds.

After identity approval, drivers are required to visit a MorphoTrust IdentoGO center for fingerprinting.

There is currently one such center in Austin. IdentoGO claims a turnaround of several days, but Confirm.io hopes to expedite the process by providing an IdentoGO appointment booking service. That way, the entire driver checking process will be incorporated into one platform.

Kilcoyne said that another time saving feature of Confirm.io’s software is its digital onboarding platform, which quickly signs up drivers with ride-hailing programs. Some ridehailing companies still hire Driver Onboarding Specialists to recruit, sign up and orient new drivers with their apps.

“Physical onboarding is time consuming and laborious for the ride-hailing companies,” Kilcoyne said.

Kilcoyne said that with Confirm.io’s platform, onboarding is completely digital.

Ralph Rodriguez, CTO of Confirm.io and MIT fellow, said that the integrated SDK performs digital forensic tests on driver’s licenses and passports at a high success rate.

“With a high quality uncompressed image we can detect over 99 percent of all fake IDs,” Rodriguez said.

The facial recognition technology is built by MorphoTrust, who makes similar solutions for border patrol and U.S. Customs.

“We’re excited about taking this high-grade technology to a consumer market.

“With a high quality uncompressed image we can detect over 99 percent of all fake IDs,” Rodriguez said.

—Ralph Rodriguez,

CTO of Confirm.io

It’s a new step for Confirm.io and MorphTrust,” Kilcoyne said.

Kilcoyne said that the most challenging part of identity verification has been obtaining quality user submitted images from mobile devices. Photos taken with glare or low light are difficult to scan for security features. While the recommended resolution for the ID scan is compatible with most common phones, some mobile devices may not be able to capture a quality image. For now, drivers can use the technology on any phone, but Confirm.io will soon add DeviceID, which will verify that the user is the owner of the phone to add an aditional layer of security.

Confirm.io’s mobile solution can be used for any transaction that benefits from proof of identity, extending their product beyond the ride-hailing market. Kilcoyne said that selfies may be the future of online shopping. For example, Amazon recently patented technology that would allow users to purchase goods with facial recognition instead of a password. Confirm.io is looking into similar avenues. No longer just fun attention grabbers, selfies have gotten serious.

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TRACK & FIELD

Current, former Longhorns set for Olympic trials

By Leah Vann

@Vanntastic_Leah

Mario Sategna already knows he’s going to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro — the track and field head coach is an assistant on Team USA. He just doesn’t know which of his former athletes will join him.

Starting on June 30, a mix of 10 current and former Longhorns will compete for spots on the Jamaican and U.S. Olympic teams.

Team USA will host its trials in Eugene, Oregon, while Jamaica’s will take place in Kingston, Jamaica.

“We really tried to hype it up with the alumni at Texas Relays to show what this year meant,” Sategna said. “Anytime an Olympic year rolls around we know it’s going to be big in our sport of track and field.”

Juniors Senoj-Jay Givans and Chrisann Gordon currently stand as top-five runners in Jamaica going into the trials. Gordon has international experience after running on the Jamaican team at the 2016 World Indoor Championships, but Givans hopes to be a newcomer to the global competition. If Givans makes the

100-meter finals, he will line up against the world’s greatest: Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake.

“I’ve just gotta do what I always do,” Givans said, “Line up and run with the wind. The first, second and third fastest guys in the world will be in that final and if I think about that it’ll slow me down.”

Three former Longhorn women have a chance to represent the U.S. in the 400-meter: Sanya RichardsRoss, Ashley Spencer and Courtney Okolo.

Okolo, who just graduated, recently set the collegiate re-

cord 400-meter time of 49.72 at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational. She stands as one of the favorites to make the team at the Olympic trials.

“My mindset is that I’m an underdog” Okolo said. “Some of these women have been to the Olympics and have more experience than me, but I consider being the underdog a good position to be in.”

Joining Okolo as recent Texas graduates are sprinter Morolake Akinosun and thrower Ryan Crouser. Akinosun was part of the team that took first in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA Championships, along with third in the

100-meter and fourth in the 200-meter. Crouser is a four-time NCAA shot put champion and currently holds the collegiate record with a throw of 21.73 meters.

Former Longhorns Trey Hardee, Leo Manzano and Richards-Ross have all medaled in the Olympics before, but have to qualify again in Eugene. In addition, former Longhorn and Buffalo Bills wide receiver Marquise Goodwin will seek to qualify and potentially earn his first Olympic medal.

“You go into every Olympics thinking you have a

chance,” Manzano said. “You have to think like that. You also got to be realistic. You have to know who your competitors are. Everybody competing at that level is extremely good.”

There are no guarantees at the Olympic trials, but assistant coach Tonja BufordBailey said that’s part of the experience.

“I don’t know who is going to Rio,” Buford-Bailey said.

“There were times where I shouldn’t have been on the team and I was because other people didn’t have a good day. Everybody has an equal chance in the finals at trials.”

SWIMMING & DIVING

Texas swimmers battle nervousness ahead of trials

By Aaron Torres @AaronTorres

A few nights ago, Eddie Reese lay in bed at 3 a.m., unable to sleep.

This isn’t abnormal. Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night, and if he can’t doze off again, he’ll pick up a book or hop on his stationary bike. He acknowledges he isn’t a good sleeper, but it’s tough to sleep peacefully when you’re the head coach of Texas’ men’s swimming team, heading to Omaha for the Olympic Swimming trials, which began Sunday.

Although it’s a nerve-racking time, Reese’s responsibility is helping his swimmers make the U.S. Olympic team.

“The Olympic trials, in the United States, is the toughest meet in the world,” Reese said. “It is the toughest top 30

places and only two people out of every event, except for relay events, get to make the team.”

Reese isn’t the only one with nerves on over-drive heading into this weekend. Thirty-nine Longhorn swimmers from both the men’s and women’s team are headed to the Olympic trials.

“Nervousness is good. You don’t want to get too nervous,” Reese said. “And the good thing about that is splashing water on your face or going in the water has a very calming effect.”

But Texas’ swimmers can’t be in the water every time they feel nervous. So they developed methods to combat their anxiety.

Junior Will Licon doesn’t obsess over the trials. He pursues other activities, hoping to distract his mind. He plays Call

of Duty and NBA 2K16. He hangs out with his roommates.

“I try not to think about it,” Licon said. “I just try to take my mind off it.”

Licon is competing in perhaps the toughest events: the 100-yard breaststroke, the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard IM. He might be one of UT’s most decorated swimmers, but making it to Rio de Janeiro would top it all.

“I’d say so,” Licon said when asked if making the team would surprise him. “I’d shock myself.”

It’s ironic calling a six-time national champion and an American Record holder in the 200-yard breaststroke an underdog in the 200-yard IM. But when legends Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are in the same pool, even the most accomplished collegiate swimmers can be overlooked.

“I think between those two, they have something like 12 of the fastest times in the history of that event,” Licon said. “So they’re pretty good.”

Madisyn Cox admits she’s the nervous type. The junior swimmer is competing in the 200-yard IM, the 400-meter IM and the 200-yard breaststroke.

Women’s head coach Carol Capitani often says, “If you are nervous that means you care.”

But Cox isn’t fond of the feeling. So she runs errands. She binge-watches Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix.

Cox admits it’s gotten worse.

She’s been watching five or six episodes a day. Her roommate keeps her company.

“You don’t want to just sit there in your own mind and sit alone without anyone to talk to,” Cox said.

Cox tried not to dwell on the trials.

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Junior Will Licon swims in a practice on June 21. Licon and other Longhorns travel to the Olympic trials this week.

“That’s a constant effort,” Cox said. “To have to, like, put it aside and just think about my normal life. Honestly there’s a little anxiety sometimes.”

Finding distractions might be tough once Licon and Cox

are on the edge of the pool at Omaha.

Nerves will agitate, stomachs will tighten. There won’t be Grey’s Anatomy or Call of Duty.

The only choice is getting in the water.

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