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Speedway project remains incomplete

By Paul Cobler @paulcobler

The construction to turn Speedway into a pedestrian mall is still more than a year out from completion, University officials said.

The project that began in October 2015 is expected to complete construction in January 2018, according to Laurie Lentz, communications manager for University Operations. It was first proposed in the 2012 campus program and ap-

proved by the Board of Regents in May 2015, but the idea has been around for much longer, Lentz said.

“This has actually been envisioned for quite a long time, really going all the way back to the 1996 campus master plan,” Lentz said. “There’s been a vision for making the Speedway area more inviting to pedestrians and having more informal activities taking place.”

At the completion of the project, Speedway will include space for University

events, study areas and food trucks, Lentz said.

“It’s really going to transform that center area of campus,” Lentz said. “It will accommodate learning experiences, social experiences, student activities and become a learning area — which it really hasn’t been until now.”

Sasha Parsons, Plan II and marketing senior, is a fitness instructor at Gregory Gymnasium who has passed the construction on her way to organizational meetings,

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The Speedway mall — expected to be finished in January 2018 — has been a challenge for many students.

By Van Nguyen @nguyen_van

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Students gather in the West Mall to protest campus carry on Wednesday afternoon. Gun Free UT and Cocks Not Glocks led the protest.

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By Van Nguyen

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Students, faculty and Austin community members gathered in the West Mall on Wednesday, wielding dildos and shouting “Cocks not glocks” in unison.

The crowd was protesting campus carry, which took effect Aug. 1. Anti-campus carry organization Cocks Not Glocks handed out sex toys, which are considered obscene under the Texas Penal Code and University rules and prohibited from public display. Members of campus organization Gun Free UT also participated in the event.

According to Cocks not Glocks founder Jessica Jin, the goal of protest is to fight “absurdity with absurdity.” She wants people to question why it’s okay to carry handguns on campus, but when people carry a dildo it is considered a tabooed topic.

Some students who attended the rally feel that concealed carry is beneficial to

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Eleven faculty members received recognition from the UT System as recipients of The Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

The award is given annually to outstanding UT system professors who innovate in the classroom and have demonstrated their abilities to create extraordinary learning environments.

“We have outstanding teachers and faculty at UT,” President Gregory Fenves said. “It‘s really special when we recognize the best of our faculty for the teaching that they do everyday in the classroom.

I’m really honored to be there with them tonight.”

The $25,000 prize is the highest honor the Board of Regents can award a faculty member with and is offered to those in the UT System’s eight academic and six health institutions. $25,000 is given to each professor that is awarded the ROTA. Almost 60 UT System faculty members, including the 11 from UT-Austin, were offered the award this year.

“This is the dinner where we’re able to recognize the extraordinary talent throughout the system,” said Paul Foster, chairman of the Board of Regents. “The problem is we just don’t give enough of them.”

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Lt. Gov. Patrick pushes for Student duo leaves University cutting set-aside financial aid to develop campus club app

By Sarah Phillips @sarahphillips23

By Elizabeth Hlavinka and Katie Walsh

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has proposed removing access to set-aside tuition grants for students at public Texas universities on the basis that the money comes from a “hidden tax” on parents and students.

These grants are given to students at UT Austin and other Texas public universities who express a need for financial assistance.

They are funded through what’s called the Texas Public Educational Grant. The TPEG awards money to students who demonstrate financial need, are Texas residents, non-residents or foreign students and have registered for Selective Service, meaning they could be conscripted into the military.

A year ago, Chris Prinz walked into his intro to marketing class, beginning his second year at UT. But on the first day of school a year later, he was far from campus, feverishly working behind computers and rushing to finish his debut app.

Prinz, a management informations systems sophomore, along with his friend Carey Janecka, a computer science sophomore, withdrew from the University last spring to create Tether, an iPhone application that pairs students with organizations on their college campuses that match their interests.

Janecka, the CEO, manages the technical operations, while Prinz — who earned his lowest

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Dan Patrick participates in a debate against Leticia Van De Putte on Monday October 6, 2014.

“In Texas, up to 15-20 percent of their tuition, [is] to fund other students,” Patrick said in an email. “Most students and their parents aren’t even aware that up to one-fifth of their tuition is going to fund other students. What is even more

troubling, is that many students and their parents are going into debt to pay for their tuition. This is nothing more than a hidden tax to fund other students.”

This conversation about

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Former students Chris Prinz and Carey Janecka created an app to connect students to campus organizations.

grade at UT in his intro to marketing class — handles the business side of the project. The app is scheduled to be released at UT, Texas Tech and Texas A&M next week.

According to Forbes.com, nine out of 10 startups fail.

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Because the odds are stacked against them, Prinz said he and Janecka knew they had to go all in — even if it meant dropping out of school.

“It’s less scary and more

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Moody launches new leadership major

By Ellie Breed @elliebreed

The Moody College of Communication has created a new communication and leadership undergraduate degree, which focuses on communication training and interdisciplinary courses.

The major, which opened for registration this fall to incoming freshman and transfer students, will prepare students for careers in public service, philanthropy, nonprofit and nongovernmental organization administration.

Students in the major will take classes from various departments in the college with a focus on ethical leadership, communication foundations, the understanding of social challenges and promoting social change through philanthropy.

Barry Brummet, professor

and department of communication studies chair, will be teaching classes within the major and said the degree’s interdepartmental approach to learning sets it apart from other majors.

“This is the first interdisciplinary major in Moody,” Brummet said. “It is part of a growing trend across UT. Students will be able to put together a rich and diverse plan of study from a variety of departments and disciplines. This will be the plan for degrees in the future.”

Communication and leadership freshman Rey Castillo wants to pursue a profession in the music industry but hopes to gain leadership experience

through the major.

“The concept of leadership has intrigued me my whole life,” Castillo said. “I like the idea that someone can truly influence and make change happen through their words and actions. I have an interest in a career in the music industry, but I still hope this major will help me pursue any career that will allow me to make the world a better place to live in.”

Although students can study leadership in many majors across the University, communication and leadership is different because of the professions it trains students to enter.

“By being a part of this

By being a part of this new major we can say that as a department we are helping to further social change for positive good in the world.

—Barry Brummet, Communication studies chair

new major we can say that as a department we are helping to further social change for positive good in the world,” Brummet said.

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student safety.

“Concealed carriers aren’t the danger, they aren’t the boogeymen that snap all of a sudden and go ‘Oh I got a C now let pull out my concealed handgun and shoot someone,’” chemical engifitnes neering junior Forrest Sullivan near said. “I feel safer with my neighof Bu bors and myself if we choose to “As go through a rigorous licensing with process to have guns. I trust the tion a students at UT.” that, Kathryn Howard, an uncamp declared freshmen, said guns really should never be the solution to const a problem.

“It’s a “I kind of freaked out when durin I was getting all these emails to go about campus carry before I ing p came to the school and I wasn’t very excited about it,” Murphy said. “I would love if [campus carry] was repealed. I don’t think it will prevent any kind of school shooting.”

Brian Bensimon, government sophomore and Texas director of Students for Concealed Carry, said the Cocks Not Glocks protest is creative but that the point they were trying to make was muddled up.

“I don’t think people understand why we passed [campus carry],” Bensimon said. “We passed it to create more uniformity. Currently you can carry in restaurants, you can in grocery stores, you can carry at Bob Bullock Mueseum [and] even the Texas State Capitol.”

On Monday, a federal judge denied a lawsuit filed by three UT professors in July which stated that the campus carry law would fail to provide equal rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the professors because it required them to permit handguns in their classrooms. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs failed to establish a likelihood of success.

English associate professor Mia Carter, one of the three plaintiffs in the lawsuit, spoke at the rally and emphasized that even though the lawsuit was denied, the fight would continue on until the law is overturned.

“We are David in this battle,” Carter said at the rally. “David’s going up against foe student groups funded by the gun lobby, going up against legislators rewarded by the gun lobby. The vision of a vibrant and safe public education system in Texas is going to come from down here, from the grassroots, from the people who are not beholden to the legislators with the destruction of public education their agenda.”

Protesters also discussed constitutional carry, a law that would allow people to conceal and open carry guns without permits. These bills have been shot down before but have been continually pushed for by state representatives such as Jonathan Strickland.

Organizers say they will keep fighting to repeal campus carry.

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University alumni reach out to students on first day back

By Cassandra Pollock @cassi_pollock

After welcoming new Longhorns at Gone to Texas Tuesday night, the University’s alumni center welcomed students as they ended their first day of classes.

Texas Exes, the alumni association affiliated with the University, hosted an “Orange and White Welcome” for students following a kickoff rally and official class of 2020 photo at the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Courtney Roehling, vice president of engagement for Texas Exes, said between 2,000 and 3,000 students attended the event. Although the event was open to all students on campus, Roehling said a majority of the students in attendance were freshmen or transfer students.

“As the alumni association, we want to do everything we can to keep people engaged,” Roehling said.

“We want to get them engaged while they’re students, and keep them engaged after they graduate.”

Biochemistry freshman Mariya Shkolnaya said she thinks the alumni network plays a big role in

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continues from page 1 fitness classes and events near the McCombs School of Business.

“As a senior, I have to deal with a few years of construction and going through all of that, but not be able to be on campus when it’s completed to really enjoy the results of the construction,” Parsons said.

“It’s always hard being present during a transition and have to go through all of the growing pains instead of being able

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Freshmen Adrian Resa, Richard Li and Quincy King play a game of Jenga at the Alumni Center on Wednesday evening.

helping students craft their experience at UT. “It helps you find where you belong,” Shkolnaya said.

Physics freshman Devesh Singh said he wasn’t familiar with Texas Exes, or how the alumni network could help students after four years.

Student Government President Kevin Helgren said it goes without saying how important a strong student-alumni relationship is, especially at a university with more than 51,000 people and with the largest incoming class in the University’s history of more than 8,500 students.

Helgren said the University

is partnering with Texas Exes at this year’s sporting events to encourage a unified, passionate community. Helgren also said that he, along with Student Government Vice President Binna Kim, will discuss possible ways the alumni can engage with current students at the University to a Texas Exes Chapter and Leadership Conference in early September.

“All of the students here now will eventually be alumni not too long from now,” Helgren said, “Establishing a direct and effective channel of communication between current students and the people who were in our shoes years ago is really important.”

to be on campus when there’s a nice clean walking area with food trucks.”

Parsons said one of the most difficult aspects of navigating the area of campus near Gregory is the constant changing of entrances and exits to buildings.

“You don’t always know if the way you’re walking, you’re going to be able to make it to where you’re trying to go or not,” Parsons said.

Aerospace engineering sophomore Hannah Moore said she doesn’t have any

classes close to Gregory, but getting to the gymnasium from off campus by car is frustrating and inconvenient.

“They have the roads blocked off so you can’t park anywhere close,” Moore said.

“It looks nice in front of Gregory where they put the new sidewalk, so it’ll be nice once it’s all finished.”

An open house will be held in November to introduce the next phase of the project as construction heads toward the holidays, although a date has yet to be set, Lentz said.

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continues from page 1 The nominated faculty members’ teaching performance were reviewed by their peers, students and external reviewers. The review panels look at the quality and innovation of the experience offered in the classroom.

Kevin Lemoine, associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said a panel of excellent teachers reviews the applicants at each UT institution, vetting them from their department chair to the dean and president before the application comes to the UT System.

The highest rated professors from the panel help the regents choose who to offer the award to.

Anthony Dudo, professor at the Moody College of Communication and one of the recipients of the award, researches the intersection of the world of science, society and media. In class, Dudo emphasizes the importance of interacting with his stu-

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continues from page 1 whether diverting a percentage of tuition money to tuition grants is a “hidden tax,” as Patrick calls it, has been an ongoing one. Following former Governor Rick Perry’s 2011 State of the State address, Patrick was reported saying the “secret” tax needed to be removed in a Senate Finance Committee hearing by the Texas Tribune.

According to the Dallas Morning News study, an average of $4,725 in aid would be taken from lowerincome students in order to save higher-income students an average of approximately $722 per year.

However, doing away with these grants would save parents and students less than the 20 percent promised by Patrick, while keeping money from students who might otherwise not have access to a college education.

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Assistant professor Anthony Dudo is one of 11 UT-Austin faculty members to receive The Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

dents and getting students to work together.

“I try to keep the nature of [my] class changing quickly,” Dudo said. “It keeps the students on their toes, it helps to keep them engaged [and] it helps to keep them active. It is very important to me that students have the opportunity to learn from each other.”

Dudo is very passionate about teaching and said the culture at Moody allows for everyone to innovate and help each other on their teaching styles.

Chancellor William McRaven and the Regents ended the award ceremony by recognizing each faculty member that won the award.

“I’d like to thank the Board of Regents for putting so much effort into this award and we go a long way to recognize the great educators that are out there,” McRaven said. “Nelson Mandela had this saying about education as the weapon that changes the world, but I would contend it’s not just education, it’s a great education.”

Even for students like journalism junior Angela Bonilla, who has parents helping her pay tuition, not having her tuition grants could mean leaving the University.

“UT is my dream school, and I wouldn’t want to leave because I can’t afford another loan to take out,” Bonilla said. “I’m grateful to have my parents helping me pay for college, but I don’t want them to have the burden of paying for college while also trying to save college money for my brother as well as paying a mortgage.”

For economics junior Luke Ingram, the set-aside grants helped him pay tuition when his father was diagnosed with cancer at a time when both he and his twin sister were in college.

“I don’t understand how they would just be able to take it away like that,” Ingram told the Dallas Morning News.

According to an overview published by the Texas Higher Education Board in 2012, over 107,000 students in Texas benefit from set-aside grants.

Over 29,000 of those students belong to residences or families that make less than $10,000 a year.

Patrick says that the legislature should foot the bill for Texas grants, not the parents and students paying tuition.

“I have been very clear from the beginning that Texas grants should be funded by the legislature,” Patrick wrote in an email. “We should not be taxing every student who attends an institution of higher education in Texas.”

Should Patrick’s proposal become law, it is not immediately clear how the Texas legislature will come up with the money to make up for approximately $150 million the TPEG awards to students, considering the state has already decreased funding for public universities.

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COLUMN

Trump rally calls into question GOP’s future

By G. Elliott Morris

Daily Texan Senior Columnist @gelliottmorris

I went to a Trump rally. It was safe, focused, and loud — I mean really, really loud. Not only were the speakers about 20 decibels too loud, but the audience was deafening. When my head wasn’t rattling from the shouts of “USA! USA!” and “Lock her up!”, I was able to get a handle on what, and who, exactly a Donald Trump rally is meant for.

I had the pleasure of attending Trump’s August 23 rally in Austin as a credentialed member of the press. This provided me with a unique perspective on the event, mostly through the rails of the pen in which they contain all of us media. The pen is a quiet, relatively peaceful area where journalists type and tweet away while cable news crews record the entire event. Outside of the press pen, though, is an entirely different world.

There were few protesters — 3 or 4, if I missed one — in the sea of about 5,000 Trump supporters. These supporters aren’t your casual, Thanksgiving uncle-level Republicans, either; they are hat-wearing, flag-bearing, card-carrying members of the Trump Club. I repeatedly heard shouts of profanity directed at Hillary Clinton come from a man behind me. A younger woman added to this with calls to worship and reason, repeatedly saying “Pray for Peace! Vote for Trump!”

Yet, beyond the 150 dB volume speakers, the deafeningly patriotic and often crude crowd and beyond the cheers Rudy Giuliani and Mark Burns enjoyed, the most memorable takeaway from my visit to Trump’s Clubhouse was the perpetually renewed arraignment, indictment and prosecution of Hillary Clinton.

These supporters aren’t your casual, Thanksgiving uncle-level Republicans, either; they are hat-wearing, flag-bearing, card-carrying members of the Trump Club.

Put simply: Republicans, mostly the Trump supporters, continue to reaffirm my fear that GOP voters are more anti-Hillary than they are pro-Trump.

When I asked a young, college-aged woman from Arlington, Texas, this question — whether she is more anti-Hillary than proTrump — she denied it fervently. Her friend, though, said “I wasn’t too sure about Trump before today. Now I know that he’s the alternative to Hillary, and that’s why I’m voting for him.”

This exchange happened, of course, while vendors not 200 yards away were shouting “Get your ‘Hillary for Prison’ shirts here!”

Of course, this could be an isolated incident, right? It is absolutely true that this one woman is not representative of the entire Trump base. To this criticism, though, I offer a recollection of various speakers from last night.

Mark Burns had a few choice words to say about the former Secretary of State. He explained “We will never let Clintons take power again!” to which the entire arena responded by exclaiming in unison “Never!

Never! Never!”

Rick Figueroa also enjoyed enormous hollers of support for stating “Not to vote is a

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Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses the crowd at his rally in Austin on Aug. 23, 2016. His raucous rallies have not translated to strong polling numbers.

vote for Hillary.”

The response from the crowd was no less enthusiastic when Trump gave remarks along similar lines. Which raises a singular question to me: Where does GOP support go when their one unifying issue is resolved, either by election or loss? Republicans may just find themselves with a George Wallace situation on their hands next time around, where lack of unifying issues and commonality breeds dissent among the Party’s base.

Trump and his supporters’ continual indictment of Hillary Clinton may leave impassioned voters, like those behind me at Trump’s

Austin rally, with no direction and with aimless ballots in 2020. Even if they can muster together 40 million like-minded Americans, the next iteration of Trumpers will have to address real issues like crushing student loan debt, affordable housing and maternity/paternity leave (which Trump did not mention at his rally) in order to elect another elephant to the White House. Until then, I suspect conservative Americans will continue their mistake of mainly rallying against the Clinton political dynasty.

Morris is a government and computer science junior from Port Aransas.

COLUMN

Syrian refugees that don’t go viral deserve help, too

By Khadija Saifullah

Daily Texan Senior Columnist @coolstorysunao

A couple of days ago, a photo was released of a 5-year-old injured Syrian boy who was recovered after a blast. The boy’s demeanor — emotionless and dazed at the blood on his hands — caught people’s attention because this one image gives a representation of what the lives of millions of Syrian children have become after almost half a decade of devastation.

Less widely shared was the story’s devastating postscript. On Saturday, activists said Omran’s 10-year-old brother, Ali, died from wounds sustained in the same airstrike, launched by forces allied to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The U.N. estimates that 6.6 million Syrians are internally displaced. When considering refugees, well over half of the country’s prewar population of 23 million is in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, whether they still remain in the country or have escaped across the borders.

“We tell our children now that we’re sorry,” said local English teacher Abdulkafi Alhamdo. “They’re not American, they’re not French. When they die, you won’t see them on the news.”

The muted response underscored the ephemeral nature of a story that goes viral. Syrian doctors and activists are dismayed that the

flood of media attention hasn’t translated into contributing to bringing the war to an end.

“Omran became the ‘global symbol of Aleppo’s suffering’ but to most people he is just that — a symbol,” wrote Kenan Rahmani, a Syrian activist based in Washington. “Ali is the reality: That no story in Syria has a happy ending.”

A lot of people responded to this with feelings of helplessness and pity. Yet, there is actually much more we can do for refugees than we might think.

1) Purchase winter items on Amazon to donate, so Syrian orphans will be better prepared for the harsh weather conditions.

Through a drive on the site, these will go straight to Helping Hand for Relief and Development, a development organization that will send a shipping container of items to Syrian refugees in the next few weeks.

2) Donate any winter items or toys you have to the Helping Hand office in Houston if you’re in town to 10503 Rockley Rd, Houston, TX 77099. They accept new, old and gently used gloves, jackets, sweaters and blankets.

3) Sponsor a Syrian orphan at hhrd.org/osp.

You can choose the gender and age of the child, provide them with medical check-ups, school supplies and in some cases, even receive letters from them. It’s $1 a day —just $30 a month— to sponsor a child like the one in the video. You get pictures and actual tangible evidence of the help you’re giving these children.

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tragedies in Syria that we have become immune to hearing about the tragedies that happen overseas. Instead of just sharing the boy’s images and feeling choked up for three minutes, if everyone contributed to providing a better life for the next generation of Syrians, the refugee crisis wouldn’t exist. Instead of dismissing an entire group of people just because they’re foreign to us, we should actively contribute to their well-being.

Many of these individuals have the potential to contribute to society, even Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian refugee.

Austin is home to the largest refugee population in Texas, and if our university slogan is, “What starts here changes the world,” we ought to do our part to improve lives around the globe.

Saifullah is a neuroscience junior from Richardson.

COLUMN

UT students could help charter schools teach sex ed

By Laura Hallas

Daily Texan Senior Columnist @LauraHallas

Crowded school auditoriums and health courses are the familiar venues for teenage health programming, but these environments don’t usually inspire candid conversations or practical advice for navigating real life problems. College students have a unique perspective on teenage health and behavior that could be harnessed for local health outreach programs and begin real conversations about youth health in Texas.

Health outreach programs link college students to high schools and middle schools, where they lead discussions about sexual education and other relevant health topics in small classroom settings. Programs such as Peer Health Exchange train college students in basic health curriculum, who then present the health knowledge and skills to high schoolers in extracurricular or in-school programming.

Schools including Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Chicago already participate.

This model works on several levels. Similar age and life experiences increase comfort for teenagers, and college students still remember what it’s like in high school, so their health advice holds increased weight for students getting ready to live independently.

Q&A’s have the feel of asking an older sibling for advice — if that sibling were trained in health education.

In Texas, no opportunity for health education improvement should go unnoticed.

More than 200,000 child sexual assaults are estimated to occur every year in Texas. The state also has the highest repeat teen birth rate in the country and people between the ages of 20-24 make up 20 percent of all new HIV cases in the state.

To combat systemic issues such as these, one UT professor wrote about the need for more conversation with teens about sexual health — a point that comes up again and again in the conversation about Texas’ sex ed.

College students are perfectly placed to start that conversation.

Austin has particularly fertile ground for

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successful outreach programs. There are more than 100 charter schools in the Austin area and several magnet schools, each with requirements distinct from those of public schools.

Additionally, Austin’s reputation as a more liberal city could allow an outreach program dealing with sensitive issues such as sexual behavior to thrive relative to other parts of Texas.

Students and faculty are already familiar with community outreach in the classroom and UT’s ability to train both educators and health professionals make it unique in its ability to find qualified and interested volunteers.

As local sources of philanthropy groups and health-related majors, universities are flush with qualified volunteers, including existing groups like UT Hope, Michael and Susan Dell Healthy Living Center and UTeach.

UTeach executive director Michael Marder said proximity to the subject matter helps make outreach teaching programs successful, one of the tenets of UTeach.

“If you want to teach STEM fields you have to have students who know it,” Marder said.

“And what better place to go than one of the

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If you want to teach STEM fields you have to have students who know it.

And what better place to go than one of the biggest colleges in the state where students are majoring in STEM subjects?

—Michael Marder, UTeach Executive Director

biggest colleges in the state where students are majoring in STEM subjects? Where else are you going to go?”

UT has the infrastructure and expertise to make an impact through health outreach.

Implementation of these programs will give college students invaluable experience while changing the lives of more Austin teens.

Hallas is a Plan II and health and society sophomore from Allen.

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

FILM

Summer movie season falls short of expectations

By Charles Liu

@CharlieInDaHaus

The summer of 2016 shaped up to be an exciting year for tentpole films but wound up one of the most disappointing seasons for blockbusters in recent memory. Most sequels and remakes failed to recapture the glory of their predecessors and offered boring or convoluted stories instead. The few bright spots were truly outstanding productions. Maybe next year Hollywood can step up their game, but for now, here’s a recap of the summer’s biggest films.

“X-Men: Apocalypse” Bryan Singer has directed three great “X-Men” films already, so you’d think he’s a safe bet to helm a fourth. Wrong — “X-Men: Apocalypse” runs away from Singer with too many characters and an uninteresting villain. The film is loaded with false starts and meanders for over an hour. By the time it does get going, it offers far too little, far too late.

“Warcraft” Duncan Jones’ long-awaited adaptation of the popular “Warcraft” video game series doesn’t break the trend of aw-

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Tether originated from Prinz’s own college experience.

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ful video game movies. The special effects are glorious and Toby Kebbell is compelling as the good orc Durotan, but “Warcraft” can’t do much more than please hardcore fans of the franchise. Its lightning-fast pacing, treasure trove of weird names and locations and dull story make it hard for newcomers to see what the buzz is about.

“Finding Dory” A pleasant surprise among this year’s sequels, “Finding Dory” is a wonderful story about the breakout fish played

by Ellen DeGeneres. Dory’s search for her family is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and the film discusses the difficulties of disabilities while appealing to children and adults alike with wit and humor.

Although the summer delivered a plethora of disappointing flicks, there were a few stand-out projects, such as “Finding Dory,” “Star Trek Beyond” and “Pete’s Dragon.”

The Daily Texan recaps ten of the season’s major releases.

he can, but in spite of all the cities that get leveled and the millions of poor souls that perish, “Resurgence” fails to make us sympathetic.

“The BFG” Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel is visually dazzling, and Mark Rylance was an excellent choice for the Big Friendly Giant. Unfortunately, the film too often gets lost in its whimsy and wonder, forgetting to provide stakes or palpable danger for its characters. “The BFG” gets too gentle and sentimental for its own good, but it will surely please younger audiences with its incredible visual effects.

“Independence Day: Resurgence” No one asked for this misfire of a sequel. Without Will Smith’s charisma or an interesting story to tell, “Independence Day: Resurgence” settles on rehashing the first film — only this time, the aliens arrive in a bigger, badder ship. Roland Emmerich throws as much CGI destruction onto the screen as

“Ghostbusters” The “Ghostbusters” remake was the subject of so much discussion that the final product’s ultimate mediocrity was rather anticlimactic. Not the outright failure that haters wanted to tank, nor the runaway success its supporters hoped it would be, “Ghostbusters” stands firmly in the realm of the unmemorable. Though it’s clearly a cash grab, “Ghostbusters” has enough strengths that some naysayers will enjoy the thrills it brings.

Both he and Janecka struggled to find their niche on campus and were discouraged by other sites like HornsLink, which lists UT’s organizations, but doesn’t play an active role in matching them with students.

Janecka said he learned other campuses, such as Texas Tech and Texas A&M, suffer the same challenges.

“With 50,000 undergraduates, you’d think you’d be able to find the dozen that are your best friends, but it’s hard,” Prinz said.

“Neither of us really thought we found our place.”

The duo also noticed the inherent segregation and lack of diversity within many campus organizations. Janecka said people tend to navigate toward others from the same socioeconomic background, and because recruitment for many clubs is done through wordof-mouth, organizations often become homogeneous.

“We wanted to find a way to help students find an organiza-

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“Star Trek Beyond” Justin Lin capably takes the director’s chair from J.J. Abrams, delivering the most faithful “Trek” reboot film to the original television series.

The film is flashy and fun, capturing the pulpy feel of the old franchise and introducing interesting new character dynamics. “Star Trek Beyond” is a wonderful adventure film that keeps its series boldly going, and a perfect celebration for 50 years of “Trek.”

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“Jason Bourne” Matt Damon’s return to the “Bourne” saga is little more than an uninspired retread of

“Suicide Squad” “Suicide Squad” is franchise suicide for the DC Extended Universe. This flick about supervillains battling supervillains is bogged down by terrible editing and overloaded with pop songs. The actors are superb, but their characters are

tion they really want to be a part of and bring authenticity to that recruitment progress,” Janecka said. “[We want] to pair students based on interest, not on friends or reputation.”

After the launch next week, Janecka and Prinz want to continue expanding to other universities nationwide. They also intend to link Tether to nonprofits or volunteer groups outside of the University so that, if a student is interested in animals and volunteering, for

example, they could be paired with an organization like Austin Pets Alive.

By the end of the year, the co-founders also hope to incorporate revenue-generating features. So far, the duo has bootstrapped the project with donations from family and friends.

“If you just want to make money, no one would want to help you,” Prinz said. “Because we want to improve the student experience and we realize

how big of an issue it really is, we’ve gotten so much support.

That’s invaluable.”

Janecka said they understand it’s a long road ahead, but they are excited to make an app that will impact student’s lives.

“It’s super exhilarating to see, because you’re building everything with your hands,” Janecka said. “We had no company before, and now we’re about to launch a product.”

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SWIMMING

Schooling eclipses Phelps, wins gold

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RIO DE JANEIRO – When junior swimmer Joseph Schooling finished his 100-meter butterfly race at the Rio Olympics, he looked back to see his time of 50.39 seconds — three-quarters of a second faster than Michael Phelps.

For 15 years, Schooling dreamed of competing on swimming’s biggest stage. He spent every year chasing his idol Phelps, stacking up their stats as he improved.

Before the race, he approached his starting block, trying to ignore the deafening reception from the crowd for Phelps. He had a simple plan that hadn’t changed since he’d arrived in Rio: Get his hand on the wall first.

The race was close — Phelps, South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Hungary’s László Cseh finished in a three-way tie. But ahead of the pack was Schooling, ecstatic in the triumph he’d been working toward for more than 10 years. Before this, Phelps had taken gold in every Olympic 100-meter butterfly race since Athens in 2004.

Not only did Schooling beat his idol, he also shattered the Olympic record in the event and earned Singapore’s first-ever Olympic gold medal.

“I’m just ecstatic,” Schooling said. “I don’t think it has set in yet, it’s just crazy. You know, breaking the Olympic record, and it was a thrill to swim against Michael Phelps and all those guys.”

Phelps, Le Clos and Cseh were his biggest competition but also his biggest motivators.

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Junior swimmer Joseph Schooling won a gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the Rio Olympics, finishing with a time of 50.39 seconds. Schooling outpaced swimming legend Michael Phelps, who had won every 100-meter Olympic race since 2004.

meeting Phelps as a teenager in 2013, Schooling said he dreamed about achieving similar success.

“Without [those] guys next to me, I don’t think I could’ve gone as fast,” Schooling said. “I think growing up most swimmers idolized Michael Phelps.

He’s the perfect guy to dream of accomplishing what he has accomplished. One gold medal is nuts. I can’t imagine 22 or 23. I wanted to be like him, to be so victorious. A lot of this is because of Michael. He’s the reason why I want to be a better swimmer.”

Phelps reflected on their first meeting at a press conference after the race. He

encouraged reporters to focus their questions on Schooling, who he said represented the sport’s future.

“I’ve been able to watch him grow and turn into the swimmer that he is, what he is able to achieve [now] is up to him,” Phelps said.

The 21-year-old Longhorn was born in Singapore and trained there until his second year of secondary school, when he moved to the U.S. to swim competitively.

In 2013, Schooling applied to defer his mandatory two-year National Service requirement in Singapore. Believed to have a credible shot at a medal,

Longhorns primed to capitalize on 2015 success

Senior kicker Trent Domingue converted 13 of 17 field goals for LSU in 2015.

He transferred from the Tigers in July after his scholarship was not renewed.

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Trent Domingue is no stranger to pressure.

Prior to arriving in Austin as a graduate transfer in 2016, Domingue served as the starting kicker for LSU from 2014–15. As a Tiger, he faced his fair share of highstakes moments against SEC foes Alabama, Florida and Auburn.

“Going into the night before the game, you don’t get much sleep,” Domingue said.

“A couple games last year, it was coming down to a few points, and that’s where a kicker is proven or not.

Fortunately, we got to pull through at LSU.” Domingue faced a tough decision this summer after LSU didn’t renew his scholarship for 2016. The senior could either attempt to walk on with his old team in Baton Rouge or find a new home.

He chose the latter, and ultimately landed with the Longhorns. Texas pursued Domingue after kicker Nick Rose graduated.

“Well things at LSU went a different way than I expected, but that’s life, you gotta move on.” Domingue said.

“I’m definitely glad I’ve made

hoping that Joseph will get another National Service deferment,” Teik said. “I think the whole of Singapore will ask for him to defer at the rate he’s going.”

Schooling said winning a gold medal was an incredible feeling. But he felt it meant even more for his family and the country of Singapore.

“I think when you race for people greater than yourself, it really means a lot when you accomplish what you wanted to,” Schooling said. “I hope this paves a new road for sports in Singapore. I hope it shows that people from the smallest countries in the world can do extraordinary things.”

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Schooling’s application was approved. And shortly after, he left for the University of Texas to train under coach Eddie Reese.

Schooling will have to apply again for another deferment if he hopes to compete in Tokyo in 2020. Singaporeans took to social media quickly after the race to voice their support for a second deferment for the swimmer.

In an interview with TODAY, Oon Jin Teik, the Singapore Swimming Association’s Secretary-General, fully supported allowing Schooling to continue training and competing.

“I think it’s not just me

this decision. I couldn’t be in a better spot right now.”

Domingue’s departure from the SEC powerhouse came at the perfect time for head coach Charlie Strong.

The Longhorns were without a starting kicker as late as April, going the entirety of spring practice without a viable starting option.

“Well, we have to find us a kicker, and that’s an issue right now,” Strong said on April 5. “We’re always looking for someone. If you find me a kicker, send him to me.

I need him.”

Shortly after Strong’s plea to the media, Domingue arrived on the 40 Acres in July. And while he doesn’t sport Rose’s 60-yard range, Domingue brings more consistency to Texas’ kicking game.

Domingue made 10 consecutive field goals last year and 42 consecutive extra points. The latter stat is especially comforting to Longhorn fans, who witnessed last season’s 45-44 loss to California after a missed extra point in the final seconds.

“Any time we can add someone to our team that’s going to help us win, that’s going to be a plus for everyone,” senior safety Dylan Haines said. “If he’s kicking

the way he’s been kicking the last few years at LSU, then I assume he’ll have no problem being a great kicker for us.”

Despite his kicking credentials, Domingue’s most memorable moment at LSU wasn’t a kick at all — it was a dash to the end zone.

While facing off against No. 8 Florida on Oct. 17, Domingue lined up for a field goal with the game tied at 28 in the fourth quarter.

But instead of knocking the ball through the uprights, Domingue received a pitch from LSU’s placeholder and outran defenders for a 16-yard touchdown. The Tigers held on to win the game 35-28.

“That was awesome,” Domingue said. “There’s not many coaches in the nation ... that would call a play like that in that time of the game.”

Domingue said he’s planning on showing Strong his fake-field-goal prowess sometime in the future.

But for now, he’s ready to give Texas a boost in the kicking game.

“I don’t expect to come here and be the starting kicker,” Domingue said. “I want to compete and make sure I’ve earned the job.”

Cross country is looking to go the distance in 2016.

Both the men’s and women’s teams will kick off competition in Nacogdoches, Texas, on Sept. 2 for the Stephen F. Austin Invitational meet. The Longhorns had a successful 2015 season, qualifying both squads for the NCAA Cross Country Championships despite a lack of experience. Both teams finished the year No. 31 in the nation.

“We are young, but now we must cross over from being young to being good,” assistant coach Brad Herbster said after the National Championships on Nov. 21, 2015. “We have the people in place more than capable to step up and contribute in a big way.”

Redshirt sophomore Connor Hendrickson and sophomore Alex Rogers highlight the men’s team heading into the season. They finished No. 18 and No. 20, respectively, at the Big 12 Championships, helping Texas earn a third-place finish.

During the track and field season, head coach Mario Sategna compared Rogers to a Longhorn legend for his winning attitude. “[Rogers] has the mindset that he is going get it done,” Sategna said on May 28. “The

last person I saw that had that attitude that he wasn’t going take no or wasn’t going take losing, was Leo Manzano, one of our all-time greats.”

Seniors Sandie Raines and Mary Beth Hamilton will lead the women’s team. The pair pushed Texas to an NCAA Championship appearance for the first time since 2012 last season. Raines finished No. 23 at Big 12 Championships last October while Hamilton followed closely at No. 29.

The duo helped Texas secure a sixth-place finish.

Texas will also feature several top recruits on both teams.

Garek Bielaczyc, Spencer Dodds and Daniel Golden are three of the nation’s top young distance runners. Golden is the Texas Class 6A Cross Country State Champion and is expected to become a big addition to the men’s roster.

Destiny Collins headlines the women’s class as a standout who went undefeated in all 3,200-meter events she ran in 2015. Fellow Californians Taylor Walker and mid-distance runner Skyler Bollinger are also big additions for the Longhorn women.

We have a great foundation and this signing class will help us tremendously,” Sategna said following the early signing period last November. “We’re well on our way to doing some wonderful things.”

Graeme Hamilton | Daily Texan file photo Both Texas’ men’s and women’s teams finished No. 31 in 2015.

TODAY IN HISTORY

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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was suspended by the NFL for his involvement in a dogfighting ring.

Vick served 21 months in prison before returning to football in 2009 as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.

TOP TWEET Malik Jefferson @Official_MalikJ Already hearing 2 of the best words “Texas” “fight”

SPORTS BRIEFLY Senior Bowl watch list highlights Longhorns

Three Longhorns were named to the Senior Bowl watch list Tuesday, with defensive tackle Paul Boyette Jr., safety Dylan Haines and offensive lineman Kent Perkins making the cut. The list features the top seniors in the country, as well as the nation’s best NFL prospects.

The Senior Bowl kicks off Jan. 28 in Mobile, Alabama.

Texas’ three selections bring their all-time total to 66 since the Senior Bowl’s inception in 1950. Nine of those players are currently in the NFL. Each of the Longhorns chosen for the watch list has made significant contributions to Texas in their first three years with the program. Boyette has the most experience, boasting 30 career appearances, including six starts in 2015.

Haines has started in 23 of his 24 appearances, leading the Longhorns with five interceptions last year.

The fifth-year senior from Lago Vista, Texas, also has the second-highest career interception return yardage in the team’s history.

Perkins was the lone offensive Longhorn to make the watch list, anchoring the Texas offensive line.

Perkins started 10 games in 2015, leading the charge for a running game that ranked No. 18 in the nation.

—Michael Shapiro

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West Mall remains social hub through ages

By Lisette Oler @LisetteOler

In the early 1970s, the West Mall was bustling with students chatting with friends, marketing their organizations and leading protest. When students protested the campus carry law yesterday, the scene was much the same.

Home to war protests of the ’70s and gay rights rallies in the ’80s, the West Mall is often seen as a place for students to voice their opinions, but also as the main hub of University traffic because of its stable, animate design.

“It’s a landmark for the campus,” architecture professor Lawrence Speck said. “Those three malls have stuck. Since 1910, every master plan and all the buildings are organized around those malls.”

The West Mall in particular became an important space because it is the major passageway connecting West Campus with the academic buildings.

Designed by Cass Gilbert, the pre-1973 West Mall resembled the South Mall with its grassy expanse, stone benches and metal pickets. But the buildings surrounding the West Mall were what differentiated it from campus’ other malls.

The Texas Union, built in 1933, was a place where students could gather for instruction and relaxation inside its large rooms or grab a snack from the snack bar.

The Flawn Academic Center, formerly the Undergraduate Library and Academic Center, was built in 1963, and its armchairs and open design made it the most popular social spot for students.

“You put those [buildings] adjacent to the West Mall, that reinforces that this is a place where undergraduates gather, see their friends, meet for study groups,” Speck said. “The FAC in particular because it’s all glass on the ground floor and it has a terrace. It spills out and engages the West Mall.”

Students gathered to use the social space for protests and

rallies—sometimes disturbing the students who were trying to work nearby.

Alumnus Hugh Hubbard said he could often hear the rallies held on the West Mall because his architecture classrooms in Goldsmith Hall had windows that opened to the space below. During one rowdy rally, the students decided to fight back.

“There were times during the day that [protesters] would get kind of loud,” Hubbard said. “One time, when they were pretty loud, some of the students started throwing water balloons on them from the upper floors.”

The redesign in 1973 changed the open grassy area to what it is now, adding planter boxes that

provide lush foliage and additional seating.

This change gave rise to a legend that persists today, which claims the planters were put in the West Mall to quell the protests. But Speck dismissed that idea.

“There is a tendency to say ‘Oh, they did that to stifle the students,’ but of course right around the corner is the Main Plaza, where it’s super easy to have a big rally,” Speck said.

“If they thought they would deter it by putting planters on the West Mall, that was really stupid because there were plenty of other good places.”

With the construction on Speedway, it’s possible the West Mall will not be the social center for much longer.

But Hannah Winge, a geography and urban studies sophomore, disagrees.

“A lot of the buses stop over [on West Mall] so students have to go this way to get to class whereas over there, it’s just a walkway,” Winge said.

Through the decades, the protests and the redesign, the West Mall has remained a social gathering place unique to campus.

“Continually through the 1930s and ’60s, they were reinforcing the West Mall as a kind of living room for that part of the campus,” Speck said. “Whereas the South Mall is more about the dignity and prestige of the University.”

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Rene Perez | Daily Texan Archive photo

Students practice for a hula-hooping competition in Sept. 1971. Before the planter boxes were built in the West Mall in 1973, students could roam the entirety of the lawn, making it a popular site for protests and social activities.

This area of UT’s West Mall is often the stage for protests throughout out the year, much like how it was in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

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Carlos Garcia Daily Texan Staff

MOVIE REVIEW|’THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER’

‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’ falls short with uninspired storyline

By Charles Liu

@CharlieInDaHaus

Illustration by Albert Lee | Daily Texan Staff

Audi introduces cars capable of interacting with traffic signals

By Freya Preimesberger intersection call ahead and @freyapreim

New Audi vehicles will use vehicle-to-infrastructure communication similar to technology developed by a group of UT computer science researchers.

Starting in 2017, Audi will manufacture cars equipped with the ability to receive information from traffic lights, such as how many seconds are left on a red light or whether a green light is about to turn yellow. Such vehicleto-infrastructure and, eventually, vehicle-to-vehicle communication brings the UT researchers closer to their goal of making traffic lights obsolete.

The UT research team introduced a technology called autonomous intersection management, which allows vehicles to communicate with traffic lights. The researchers behind UT’s Autonomous Intersection Management Project designed it with both semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles in mind.

“The idea was to rethink what would get autonomous cars through intersections,” said Peter Stone, UT computer science professor and director of the Autonomous Intersection Management Project. “Rather than traffic signals or stop signs, cars approaching the

say exactly when they want to arrive.”’

The intersection-managing technology takes into account a vehicle’s lane, velocity and acceleration to determine whether it can safely pass. Cars are responsible for crossing the intersection within a certain margin of error.

This method replaces traffic lights with a timed and more efficient criss-crossing of cars at intersections.

Audi will release their new technology as a luxury add-on to traditionallydriven cars, bringing the industry one step closer to fully autonomous vehicles.

“This is designed not as a safety feature, but a comfort and convenience feature,” Anupam Malhotra, general manager of Audi’s connected vehicles and services division, said in a press release.

Companies such as BMW and Volvo have announced plans for semi-autonomous vehicles. Others, including Google and Tesla, are creating driverless cars. Though these cars can prevent some accidents caused by human error, they raise their own safety concerns.

One semi-autonomous car model, Tesla’s Model S, features adaptive cruise control along with radar, a camera and ultrasonic location

sensors. In May, a Tesla Model S driver died in an accident while using the semi-autonomous autopilot function.

The car’s autopilot failed to brake, and it crashed into an 18-wheeler that turned left in the same intersection. The owner was watching “Harry Potter” and did not press the manual brake.

Google’s self-driving cars have also been in several accidents, but according to Google, they were the result of human error. The accidents were often the result of being rear-ended, sideswiped or hit by a car driving through a red light.

Because autonomous cars can drive and navigate different environments without any human control, introducing more self-driving cars could reduce traffic and work toward eliminating human error, such as tailgating and intoxicated or aggressive driving.

“Back when we started in 2003, people thought that it would be decades from then before [autonomous vehicles] would be viable,” Stone said. “Now it seems clear that there will be autonomous cars in the near term, but it’s not a technology barrier anymore — now it’s a matter of whether it’ll be cost-effective and whether the laws and insurance policies can be updated in time.”

“The Blackcoat’s Daughter” is a slow, drawn-out false start. This is the kind of movie that appears to drive toward something, but due to director Osgood Perkins’ negligence of story in favor of tone, it ultimately ends up being about a whole lot of nothing.

Perkins is the son of the famed Anthony Perkins, who starred in “Psycho.”

He has a good grasp on mood, infusing many of the film’s long scenes with palpable dread. Viewers immediately sense something is wrong when the parents of Kat (Kiernan Shipka), a student at an allgirls boarding school, fail to pick her up for winter break. The oppressing atmosphere of the shadowy school isolates Kat, even though the headmaster requests that an older student, Rose (Lucy Boynton), take care of her.

But Rose has troubles of

her own. Facing a possible pregnancy, she lies to her parents about when winter break starts so she can stay at school and sort out the issue with her boyfriend.

But having a baby becomes the least of her worries when Satan ensnares Kat. From here, Perkins fails to make good on this premise by neglecting to have Rose and Kat come into conflict. Rose merely serves as the audience surrogate, watching helplessly as Kat descends further into madness. Inactive characters hardly make for a compelling filmgoing experience.

Meanwhile, there’s a parallel story involving an enigmatic young woman, Joan (Emma Roberts), who escapes a psychiatric facility and heads toward Kat and Rose’s school. Perkins maintains the mystery of her intentions throughout the movie, but when she runs into Rose’s parents, who claim their daughter is dead, her motivations

“THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER” Running Time: 93 minutes Rating: R Category: 2.5/5

begin to unravel.

Boynton and Roberts are fine leads who capably handle the thin material, and Shipka shoulders a lot of her character’s possession with admirable creepiness.

“The Blackcoat’s Daughter” doesn’t amount to anything more than an exercise in tone. Characters exchange long stares and deep, brooding silence, and that’s really it. The movie is here to unsettle, and while it succeeds in that regard, its failure to have anything interesting happen until the end makes the film feel like a waste of time. Even then, its closing moments are uninspired, and the movie will do little more than make people wonder why they bothered with it in the first place.

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