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Fenves allocates $15 million in aid By Paul Cobler @paulcobler
UT will commit $15 million in financial aid over the next two years to middleincome families starting next fall, University President Gregory Fenves announced during his State of the University address on Tuesday. Fenves said this is being done in order to keep UT affordable and accessible by targeting families that may not qualify for federal aid but are still struggling to pay for college.
However, not all students say they agree the money is going to the right place. Biochemistry junior Rosamaria Marquez said the money would do more good going to families of a lower socioeconomic status. “I’m from a low-income family, my parents are from Mexico,” Marquez said. “When he said it was for middle-income families, I was not so happy with it, because, obviously, low-income families need it more. I’m paying for college mainly through
loans and grants, and my family contribution is zero.” Student Government president Kevin Helgren said he doesn’t think the University is prioritizing one socioeconomic class over another, but rather trying to assist a larger group of students. “I think it is an effective way to target a large population of people who are expected to pursue a higher level of education, but who don’t necessarily have the
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probably the coolest aspect of it.” Brennes and the selection group looked for very specific qualities in their
The House Higher Education Committee held a meeting Tuesday to hear recommendations on how to amend the Texas Hazlewood Act going into the next legislative session. The Hazlewood Act allows qualified veterans to be exempt from up to 150 credit hours worth of tuition fees at public institutions of higher education in Texas. In 2009, the Hazlewood Legacy Act was passed, which allows veterans to pass on this exemption to their children if they decide not to use it for themselves. Representative John Zerwas, Higher Education Committee chair, began the meeting by stating the majority of tuition costs are attributable to students taking the legacy exemption. The committee invited people to testify at the meeting in order to hear issues universities may have with the exemption. “Providing this exemption to non-Texans was never an intention of this act and at the time this legislation was debated, the US district court had issued a judgment ruling the fixed point residency requirement as unconstitutional,” Zerwas said. “This ruling [led] to a tremendous increase in cost of an exemption that in 2014-2015 accounted for $350 million in unfunded costs to Texas institutions of higher education.” In 2015, a veteran who had resided in Texas since 2004 sued the University of Houston for denying him a tuition exemption from the Hazlewood Act. He had enlisted in the army in 1996 while living in
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President Fenves discusses his future plans at his State of the University address on Tuesday.
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Sunrise Spur was unveiled as Bevo XV on Sept. 4. At 19 months old, he is one of the youngest Longhorns to be named Bevo in the mascot’s 100-year history.
Brennes, 38, along with six other current and former Silver Spurs manned the selection committee. He said he personally looked at over 300 steers throughout the process.
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of bovine leukemia last October. Ricky Brennes, executive director of the Silver Spurs’ Alumni Association, said the organization began its search for the new Bevo late in 2015.
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Over 102,000 fans packed Darrell K Royal — Texas Memorial Stadium for the Longhorns’ season opener against then-No. 10 Notre Dame on Sept. 4. The record-breaking crowd had plenty to cheer about as Texas topped the Fighting Irish 50–47 in a double overtime thriller. But one of the largest ovations came before the Longhorns even took the field. Just minutes before kickoff, Bevo XV trotted out from the tunnel in the south end zone, bringing Texas fans to their feet for the first of many times throughout the evening. “It was such an exciting time for the University and everyone as Longhorn fans,” said Jack Eltife, a senior corporate communications major and handler of Bevo XV. “To introduce him to 100,000 people is electrifying, it’s incredible … he handled it like a champ.” Bevo XV’s unveiling marked the end of nearly a year-long process to replace Bevo XIV, who died
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“[You realize] you’re picking a symbol of the University,” Brennes said. “You’re about to pick a Longhorn steer to become the most famous Longhorn steer in the world — that’s
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University Wide Representative Ashley Choi speaks at the student government meeting Tuesday evening. She spoke on gender inclusive bathrooms and how they are striving for one in each building.
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reproductive justice By Michelle Zhang
Student Government approved the 2016-2017 budget at Tuesday’s meeting, and representatives presented legislation for the upcoming school year. Members of SG approved the budget unanimously. Legislation presented at the meeting proposed adding a political debate for the general election, syllabi access for students and genderinclusive bathrooms. The proposed debate would be held on Sept. 28, and SG will reach out to the Austin-American Statesman and The Daily Texan for moderation. SG will also reach out to political groups on campus like College Republicans and University
Democrats to participate in the debate. “We thought it’d be a good idea for SG to continue tradition of hosting a debate [for the general election] and we want to include actual state party
representatives,” SG communications director Colton Becker, SG communications director said. The debate will be focused on issues in the presidential race, not on the candidates. A question committee
will prepare questions for the debate. Organizations involved in the debate will be offered opportunities to table to advertise the debate. Bishop Wash, Senate of College Councils policy
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Amanda Williams, executive director of the Lilith Fund, led a “Reproductive Justice 101” training to talk about equal rights and the freedom to choose to have an abortion at the UT School of Law Tuesday morning. The Lilith Fund provides direct financial assistance to empower people seeking abortion, as well as education and outreach within the community about reproductive rights. Reproductive justice is about people’s freedom to make reproductive decisions, such as those about abortion and family planning. It exists when all people have
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the social, political and economic power and resources to make healthy decisions for ourselves and our communities, Williams said at Tuesday’s training. “The issue is not just about abortion ... The problem is that there is racism, there is classism, there are structural systematic problems that prevent people from having the basic need to care for a family,” Williams said. Williams later pointed out that the number of abortion care clinics is decreasing in Texas, and women of color are usually the most vulnerable group affected by this issue. “We have to listen to
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means to do so,” Helgren said about Fenves’ announcement. “I do think that social and economic equality are things we should consider when moving forward, but I definitely think the financial plan he announced is taking steps in the right direction.” According to Forbes, roughly one-in-four students at UT are considered lowincome, and 38 percent of all students take out some form of federal loan. Chemistry senior Carlos Orozco said he also
University Wide Representative Ashley Choi presented Assembly Resolutions 6 and 7, which both support adding more gender inclusive bathrooms on campus. There are currently 40 gender inclusive bathrooms on campus, and the ultimate goal is to have a gender inclusive bathroom in every campus building. A.R. 6 would support gender inclusive sign changes for all single use and unisex bathrooms on campus. According to Choi, the term unisex is transphobic
because it implies there are only two genders. “The sign changes will be inclusive to not conform to the gender binary,” Choi, an international relations and Arabic senior, said. Choi said the University should change these unisex signs to be respectful of all genders. A.R. 7 will add gender inclusive bathrooms to buildings that don’t have single or unisex bathrooms. This addition of gender-inclusive bathrooms will require additional construction from the University.
considers himself to be from a lower-income family and agrees with parts of Fenves’ financial plan, but would still like to see more money going to students in his e conomic level. “It benefits the middle class because when it gets to that point where the family is expected to contribute more, it becomes harder to get financial aid,” Orozco said. “So I understand where it could benefit people, but from my perspective in the more low-income end I know a lot of people who are still having to take out loans. It
would be better if everyone could graduate debt free.” In addition to the financial commitment from the University, Fenves also announced several other programs to fit what he calls “Texas-size” ambitions for the University. The Bridging Barriers initiative will allow faculty and researchers to better collaborate in order to answer “some of the hardest questions in the natural and human-made world,” Fenves said. Fenves also commented on the July Supreme Court decision to uphold
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Both A.R. 6 and 7 were voted for unanimously. SG representatives will approach building managers across campus to ask for compliance with the legislation. According to Choi, similar legislation was passed in previous years, but not all University building managers complied with the SG suggestions. The Gender and Sexuality Center is currently in possession of the new signs and will distribute them to buildings that comply with the legislation.
people of color, we have to listen to poor people, people at the margin of this issue,” Williams said. “It’s far too long we haven’t.” The training was cohosted by If/When/How Texas Law and the Texas Law American Constitution Society, organizations that aim to ensure all people the ability to decide if, when and how to create and sustain a family, and to shape a progressive vision of the Constitution and our laws, respectively. “Reproductive issue[s are] so important, especially in Texas,” said ACS President Kendall Williams, a second-year law student. “I love that she [the speaker] is more interactive and that makes it a little bit more approachable for students who don’t have familiarity with abortion.” Williams talked about the history, legal cases and social movements through which people pursue reproductive equity, while invoking audience members to think about what it really takes to get an abortion and other questions. “As a fellow law student, I would love personally to challenge you all to go forward and in your classes, think about some of the issues’ intersectionality ... how the laws have been used as the tool of oppression, and how we can all appropriate that and repurpose it,” said Morgan Shelburne, the vice president of If/When/How Texas Law. “Go and think about ways that you can fight something like that as an attorney.”
When he said it was for middle-income families, I was not so happy with it, because, obviously, low-income families need it more. —Rosamaria Marquez junior biochemistry student
affirmative action, saying that the University will “examine ongoing efforts to increase inclusion for underrepresented and traditionally underserved members of the University.” Fenves closed his speech by making jokes about Pokemon Go, an app that UT alumnus John Hanke
created, before officially announcing the “Walk With Me” program. Through the program, Fenves said the University will work with the family of Haruka Weiser, who was murdered on campus last April, in order to create a safer campus for students, faculty and staff.
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Ride Austin founder speaks on startups By Will Clark @willclark6232
Ride Austin founder Andy Tryba spoke at a TEXTalks event where he discussed the culture, economics and obstacles of a startup in the
ride-hailing industry in Austin, Tuesday evening at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Brett Chikowski, a secondyear MBA student and president of TEXTalks, an organization that features a podcast and speaker series focused on entrepreneurship for the Austin community, moderated the conversation with Tryba. Since the failure of Proposition 1 in May 2016, which forced drivers with ride-hailing apps to go through fingerprintbased background checks, Uber and Lyft stopped their services in Austin. After the vote, Tryba and his co-founder, Austin billionaire Joe Liemandt, decided to take
advantage of the void left by the companies, working quickly to set up the new platform. “There is basically a factory that was left here,” Tryba noted. “We basically stayed up all night for four weeks to make it happen.” Xavier Autrey, a second-year MBA student and TEXTalks vice president of talent, said what Ride Austin is doing is very important for how people move in cities. “Ride Austin is Austin’s ridesharing solution by Austinites,” Autrey said. “I liked Ride Austin in the beginning because it is a community of people from Austin, from the tech industry and their business model is unique because it is a nonprofit.” Tryba encourages an entrepreneurial spirit in business despite the risks. “There’s this belief that you have all this crazy momentum all the time, and it’s this rocket ship on the way up,” Tryba said. “It’s very rarely the case. My good friend [Joe Liemandt] talks about entrepreneurship
and how you go through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in literally 2.3 seconds.” Hector Torres, the CEO and founder of Austin startup ULA Health, attended the talk and hopes to partner with the company. “Transportation is a huge issue,” Torres said, “Not only in healthcare, but in a variety of other industries, relative to the socioeconomically disadvantaged.” Tryba said it will take about a year before Uber comes back to Austin. “I am a believer that they are coming back,” Tryba said. “So we have to have this awesome service. Austin will root for the Austin thing as long as it doesn’t suck.” Tryba said the competition is an uphill battle because Uber dominates 85 percent of the ride-hailing market. “Our plan is to grow like crazy and offer a great service and bring in as much of Austin as possible, and then we’ll see,” Tryba said. “But it’s still like David versus Goliath.”
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The 70th Texas Legislature enacted a law concerning hazing. Under the law, individuals or organizations engaging in hazing could be subject to fines and charged with a criminal offense. According to the law, a person can commit a hazing offense not only by engaging in a hazing activity, but also by soliciting, directing, encouraging, aiding or attempting to aid another in hazing; by intentionally, knowingly or recklessly allowing hazing to occur; or by failing to report, in writing to the Dean of Students or another appropriate official of the institution, first-hand knowledge that a hazing incident is planned or has occurred. The fact that a person consented to or acquiesced in a hazing activity is not a defense to prosecution for hazing under this law.
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Traffic deaths in Austin have decreased by 38 percent in the last year. The city had a record number of traffic-related deaths in 2015, and consequently increased efforts to promote traffic safety.
Austin’s five most dangerous intersections, as determined by the city. Upal Barua, ATD senior traffic engineer and lead for traffic safety engineering, said the improvements include construction of raised medians and rightturn islands and replacement of pavement markings for pedestrian crossings. Construction is already underway on the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the I-35 frontage road. There will be right-turn lane closures along MLK Jr. Boulevard because of the construction, which is anticipated to be completed by mid-October. Despite the inconvenience posed by the construction, Barua said the benefits make it worthwhile.
“There are going to be some temporary effects on traffic, but overall, it is going to improve safety and mobility in the long run,” Barua said. “There is some pain in the short-term, but in the long-term there is going to be gain.” Austin’s fatal collisions are concentrated along high-traffic roads, including I-35 and East Riverside Drive. Biochemistry junior Bridgette Eduok, who lives in the Riverside area, said she is relieved by the decrease in fatalities. “That definitely makes me feel good,” Eduok said. “I’m a commuter, so to know that my chances of having that kind of an accident are smaller makes me feel safer about being on the roads.”
UTPD. Upon further investigation, police discovered a classmate of the victim was also assaulted in the same area by a man fitting a similar description. Both women were unaccompanied when the attacks took place. “He did grab her by the arm and he touched her neck, and that’s assault by contact,” said Cynthia Posey, associate director of communication for University Operations, referencing the second victim. “He didn’t hurt her, but of course that’s absolutely unacceptable and frightening.” The assault occurred in the afternoon near the UTPD sta-
tion. Posey said an attack like this in broad daylight is all the more reason to walk with a friend, even in the middle of the day. “We do recommend that students be aware, looking around, putting the phones down, taking the earbuds out and if you see this guy, call 911 immediately,” Posey said. According to a UTPD campus watch report, both students described the suspect to be between 25-30 years old, and about 5’7” with an olive complexion, dark clothes, dark hair and a neatly trimmed beard. —Katie Keenan
APD, SAFE Alliance urge City Council to fund rape kit testing By Michelle Zhang
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Traffic fatalities on Austin roads have decreased by 38 percent in 2016 since this time last year. As of Aug. 31, 46 fatal collisions have caused 46 deaths in Austin this year. In 2015, 75 people died as a result of 66 fatal collisions by Aug. 31. The city saw more trafficrelated deaths in 2015 than ever before and has since increased efforts in the three Es of traffic safety: engineering, enforcement and education, said Blake Johnson, operations lieutenant for the Austin Police Department Highway Enforcement Command. Although the exact cause of the decrease cannot be identified, he said he hopes these initiatives have played some role in reducing the number of deaths. “One fatality is one fatality too many, so we’re pleased with this reduction,” Johnson said. “We’d like to see that downward change progress even through 2017 and 2018 through these efforts, but it’s hard to say.” The city of Austin has adopted an approach called Vision Zero to reduce transportation-related injuries. Under Vision Zero and the Austin Transportation Department’s Safety Improvement Program, improvements will be made to
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In addition to DNA lab staff salaries, the PSC is recommending that the city council also allocate $5.6 million in funds to test all the rape kits currently backlogged. The PSC’s recommendation also held requirements for the lab to prevent another backlog mandating all rape kits must be tested within four weeks or they should be outsourced to another lab and necessitates the lab operate without a backlog. SAFE Alliance CEO Kelly White said APD’s action is a good start to alleviating the problem. “APD’s commitment is a great first step and our focus now is on the city council taking the steps necessary to en-
sure APD’s DNA lab is staffed commensurate with the need for timely testing of sexual assault kits and other DNA evidence so we don’t end up with a new backlog,” White said in a statement. “That means that the amendment to the city budget to fully staff the lab, PS1.04, must pass when considered by the council this week.” Austin City Council has not voted on their budget yet this week, even though they were previously scheduled to do so on Monday. Rules dictate that the budget must go through three readings which were scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before being passed.
million. Last school year, there were over 1200 students benefiting from the act, costing the University around $12 million. “The total forgone tuition and fees across the UT System from the Hazlewood Exemption is about $45.9 million and $30.9 million was attributable to the legacy students,” UT System Chancellor William McRaven said. “The [Legislative Budget Board] estimates that the annual revenue lost to the UT System Institutions will reach almost $95 million before the 86th Legislature convenes in 2019. The legislature doesn’t replace this lost revenue, therefore these costs wind up being shifted to the tuition paying students.” According to McRaven, there need to be policy changes for the Hazlewood Act going forward for it to
be sustainable. “As these veteran benefits continue to grow, particularly on the legacy aspect, I think it has grown beyond what was originally planned,” McRaven said. “This increase [causes] a demand for more faculty, more classroom space, which becomes a real cost at the institutions.” McRaven made recommendations for policy changes, which would require the Hazlewood Act to be well coordinated with other veteran tuition exemptions, such as the post-9/11 G.I. Bill, so students don’t take advantage of the Hazlewood Act along with another veteran exemption bill. He also made recommendations to change the legacy aspect of the act to require that legacy parents serve at least 10 years on active duty.
In an effort to encourage reporting of hazing incidents, the law grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to any person who reports a specific hazing event in good faith and without malice to the Dean of Students or other appropriate official of the institution and immunizes that person from participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the report. Additionally, a doctor or other medical practitioner who treats a student who may have been subjected to hazing may make a good faith report of the suspected hazing activities to police or other law enforcement officials and is immune from civil or other liability that might otherwise be imposed or incurred as a result of the report. The penalty for failure to report is a fine of up to $1,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both. Penalties for other hazing offenses vary according to the severity of the injury which results and include fines from $500 to $10,000 and/ or confinement for up to two years. HAZING DEFINED The law and the University define hazing as any intentional, knowing or reckless act, occurring on or off the campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student, that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in or maintaining membership in any organization whose members are or include students at an educational institution. Hazing includes but is not limited to: A. any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electric shocking, placing of a harmful substance in or on the body or similar activity; B. any type of physical activity, such as sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, or other activity that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student; C. any activity involving consumption of food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug or other substance which subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or which adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student; D. any activity that intimidates or threatens the student with ostracism, that subjects the student to extreme mental stress, shame or humiliation, or that adversely affects the mental health or dignity of the student or discourages the student from entering or remaining registered in an educational institution, or that may reasonably be expected to cause a student to leave the organization or the institution rather than submit to acts described in this subsection; E. any activity that induces, causes or requires the student to perform a duty or task which involves a violation of the Penal Code. UNIVERSITY DISCIPLINARY RULES This law does not affect or in any way limit the right of the university to enforce its own rules against hazing under Chapter 14 of the Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities. DANGEROUS OR DEGRADING ACTIVITIES Activities which under certain conditions constitute acts which are dangerous, harmful or degrading, in violation of Chapter 14 and subsections 6-303(b)(3) and 11-404(a)(7) of the Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities include but are not limited to: • calisthenics, such as sit-ups, push-ups or any other form of physical exercise; • total or partial nudity at any time; • the eating or ingestion of any unwanted substance; • the wearing or carrying of any embarrassing, degrading or physically burdensome article;
• confining individuals in an area that is uncomfortable or dangerous (hot box effect, high temperature, too small, etc.); • any form of individual interrogation; • any type of servitude that is of personal benefit to the individual members; • wearing of embarrassing or uncomfortable clothing;
• paddle swats, including the trading of swats;
• assigning pranks such as stealing, painting objects, harassing other organizations;
• pushing, shoving, tackling or any other physical contact;
• intentionally messing up the house or a room for clean up;
• throwing any substance on a person;
• demeaning names;
• consumption of alcoholic beverages accompanied by either threats or peer pressure;
• yelling or screaming; and • requiring boxing matches or fights for entertainment.
• lineups for the purpose of interrogating, demeaning or intimidating; • transportation and abandonment (road trips, kidnaps, walks, rides, drops, etc.); DISCIPLINED ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE RESOLVED VIA MUTUAL AGREEMENTS
In accordance with requirements of the Texas Education Code, Section 51.936(c), the following organizations have been disciplined for hazing and/or convicted for hazing, on or off campus, during the preceding three years: • Alpha Epsilon Pi Written warning issued March 5, 2015. ♦ • alpha Kappa Delta Phi* Conditional registration is three (3) years (Completed June 10, 2013). • Alpha Kappa Psi-Business* Conditional registration is one (1) year (Completed February 21, 2015). • Alpha Rho Chi-Architecture* Conditional registration is three (3) years (Completed May 29, 2015). • Alpha Tau Omega* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed August 15, 2014). • Beta Upsilon Chi Written warning issued February 27, 2015. • Chi Beta Delta* Conditional registration is two (2) years (December 8, 2017). • Delta Sigma Phi* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed September 3, 2015). • Gamma Beta* Conditional registration is two (2) years (December 8, 2017). • Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority, Inc.* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed April 30, 2014). • Lambda Phi Epsilon Penalty issued December 20, 2005 (Cancelled through December 19, 2011; Suspended through May 31, 2014; Probation Completed May 31, 2015). • Omega Phi Gamma* Conditional registration is three (3) years (Completed July 12, 2014).
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continues from page 1 Georgia, but to qualify for the act, he would have needed to have lived in Texas at the time of enlistment. However, District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. ruled in 2015 that the Texas requirement in the Hazlewood Act for veterans to enlist in Texas to qualify for the exemption was unconstitutional. “Texas may not discriminate against its more recent residents in favor of more established residents simply to control costs,” Werlein Jr. said in his ruling. In the 2010-2011 school year at UT Austin, there were over 600 students receiving waivers or exemptions from the Hazlewood Act, which cost the University around $6
• Phi Chi Theta-Business* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed July 7, 2014). • Phi Delta Theta* Conditional registration is two (2) years (September 11, 2016).♦ • Phi Kappa Psi* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed December 12, 2015). • Pi Kappa Alpha* Conditional registration is two (2) years (May 4, 2016). • Pi Kappa Phi* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed February 27, 2014). • Sigma Alpha Epsilon* Conditional registration is five (5) years (Completed April 7, 2013). • Sigma Alpha Mu* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed April 20, 2014). • Sigma Lambda Gamma Found in violation; penalty pending. • Silver Spurs* Conditional registration is two (2) years (Completed July 13, 2013). • Texas Iron Spikes* Conditional registration is three (3) years (Completed March 7, 2014). • Kappa Alpha Order (formerly known as Texas Omicron)* Conditional registration is three (3) years (Completed April 11, 2015). • Zeta Beta Tau* Conditional registration is two (2) years (September 4, 2016).♦
*Resolved via Mutual Agreement
♦ More than one hazing violation in the past three (3) years
To report an act of hazing to the Office of the Dean of Students, visit deanofstudents. utexas.edu/complaint.php. For further information or clarification of probationary member activities, please contact Student Activities in the Office of the Dean of Students, 2609 University Avenue 2.112, 512-471-3065.
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ALEXANDER CHASE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | @TexanEditorial Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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Lingering effects of 9/11 harm Muslims most By Mehraz Rahman
Founded by the Muslim Student Assocation, Nueces Mosque has become the center for Muslims students of UT. This past Monday, students celebrated Eid, a bi-yearly holiday on the Islamic caldendar.
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Those below the age of 20 are the first to have never experienced a world in which the words “nine-eleven” don’t bring about the feeling of grief and helplessness. However, amid a sea of #neverforget hashtags, people often seem to forget that the population of Muslims living in the west were rendered the most helpless as a result of the 9/11 attacks. Adil Moosani, senior mechanical engineering student and publicity director for Nueces Mosque, who went to an Islamic primary school that lost a large percentage of its student population the day after 9/11, says that though he was extremely young at the time, even he could tell that the world had changed. “One of the things I noticed is that it’s really easy for me to assimilate to society,” Moosani said. “I really respect women who wear the hijab because they’re immediately identified as Muslim.” Fearing for their safety, many Muslim women began to cease wearing the hijab, going into hiding by conforming to their surroundings and revealing more than they are comfortable with. Both Muslim and nonMuslim men, fitting the west’s stereotype of a “Muslim man,” shaved their beards and stopped wearing cultural articles such as turbans. Any man named “Mohammad,” the most popular male name in the world, came to expect being patted down at airports. In fact, Moosani and his friends have a running joke that any time they go to the airport, especially if they have a beard or a complexion that suggests South Asian or Arabic heritage, they are likely to be “randomly searched” by security. “You expect that to happen,” Moosani said. Eid, the Muslim holiday commemorating God’s mercy for Abraham, fell on 9/11 this year. The rise of hate crimes against Muslims,
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such as the Muslim police officer that was shot and killed outside of his home in Austin just last week, caused many to celebrate on Sept. 12 instead. Moosani attributes misconceptions of Islam to how it’s portrayed in the media by prominent figures such as Sam Harris and Bill Maher. “You’re constantly being shown that the bad guy is a Muslim,” Moosani said. “The other terrorist attacks aren’t publicized because it doesn’t fit the political agenda.” Fifteen years later, we still haven’t found a solution to ensuring national security without humiliating hundreds of Muslims every day. Fifteen years later, the threat of ISIS
caused Muslims, who were just beginning to feel comfortable once again, to be pushed back into isolation. Fifteen years later, the media still publishes anti-Muslim rhetoric, causing almost half of all Americans to believe that Muslims should be banned from immigrating to this country. Fifteen years later, in a world that claims to be accepting and opportunistic, people still have to be reminded every day that 1.6 billion people cannot be responsible for the actions of a few. With this lack of acceptance and willingness to learn more about the religion, that so many people understand as “violent,” comes the rise of Islamophobic sentiments in the U.S.
Moosani asserts the importance of surrounding yourself with people who challenge your beliefs and entering conversations with an open mind in order to show people how peaceful Muslims can be. He noted that the violent passages of the Qur’an can be found in other religious texts as well. Since the media doesn’t report on moderate Muslims and the work they’re doing to combat Islamophobia, Moosani said, “It’s going to take some time for us to cause change. There’s always going to be more that we can do, but as long as we’re moving forward, that’s good enough for now.” Mehraz is a Plan II and business sophomore from Austin.
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Stock interview questions keep applicants from being different
Organizations must embrace introverts during recruitment
By Nrhari Duran
Daily Texan Columnist @bboydeadfish
The most important thing to any self-respecting admission committee or employer is a firm, two-pump handshake. Any candidate who can successfully inflict permanent joint damage upon their interviewer has the strength to open any and all doors in the professional world, but for those candidates with subpar handshakes, an interview may be necessary. The interview is a chance for employers or admission councils to get to know who they are talking to. A series of questions that highlight potential in the horde of applications is often the first and only chance a candidate has of being more than just another résumé. The problem is that interviewers often rely on stock questions that limit the depth of the interview. After all, how many ways can you respond to “What makes you want to work with us?” Biology junior Stephanie Le, the head of the Lion Club’s Administrative Committee, is responsible for interviewing prospective members for her committee. Le said she typically asks questions like “how they resolve conflicts within a group, why they want to join my committee specifically and how they intend to improve it, and whether or not they have experience relating to the position they are applying for.” These sorts of stock questions seem like the quickest path to synergy, ergonomics and a plethora of other buzzwords. Le finds that interviewees “usually have ‘stock answers’ as to why they volunteer.” What this means is that groups of different interviewees, from diverse and complicated backgrounds, often end up sounding overly similar. In the face of stock questions, what can one do but conform? For future interviewers to better get a grasp of their interviewees, they can start by adding some personality to their questions. Mackenzie Moore, University Business Council communication director and business honors and supply chain junior, explained in an email how the UBC tries to seek out the personality of their interviewees through their questions. “All of the application questions are engineered to get a sense of your personality,” Moore said. “For example, one application question from previous years was: ‘If you could hide anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?’ For us, the best interviewees are completely and unapologetically themselves.”
Offering students the chance to express themselves as individuals gives an interviewer an opportunity to understand how each student thinks, how they perform in various settings and what kind of backgrounds they bring to the proverbial table. Moving away from stock questions and toward more creative interviews may be easier in a city with the mantra “Keep Austin Weird,” but making this transition should still be child’s play for the rest of the country. This personality-mining technique is already being implemented in interview panels with industry leaders like Google and MIT. As corporations and campuses drift more towards individuality and creativity, the importance of a good interview will only grow. With luck, admissions counselors will be stocking Cards Against Humanity by 2020. Until then, applicants today are best off practicing their handshakes; a good handshake will never fail. Duran is an international relations and global studies freshman from Spring.
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By Alina Agha
Daily Texan Columnist @alinaagha96
With more than 50,000 students and over 1,300 student organizations at UT, you would expect that there is a place for everyone to fit in. But for some students, finding the right organization — or rather, being accepted into the one they want — is harder than expected. First impressions can be everything, but this is especially true for many competitive UT organizations that carry out rigorous and sometimes stressful recruitment and application processes. These processes usually include lengthy applications, projects, tasks and interviews that are used to gauge how well an applicant will fit into their group. Despite the assumed depth of these tryout processes, they may still only scratch the surface of a person’s personality, and therefore cut out candidates who don’t immediately catch
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their attention. Madison Sartor, a cellular and molecular biology senior, says there was limited opportunity to show that she was a qualified candidate in her experiences with recruitment for Greek and social organizations. “All of this is about first impressions, that’s all they have to go on,” Sartor said. “If you’re not extroverted, then you have to have some other sort of charisma to get these [organizations] to notice you.” Many organizations seek a group of diverse personalities, but those personalities usually have common traits — they tend to be extroverted, confident and outspoken. It is usually this personality type that thrives on a huge college campus because of a culture that tends to favor extroverts. But when you place this specific kind of person on a pedestal, they overshadow those who may not be as loud or charismatic, but are just as talented, passionate and deserving of the same opportunities. Being quiet and introverted is often associated with shyness, a lack of social intelligence and even capability, but this is not always the case. Rather, a person may just have a lesser tolerance for extended periods of socializing. So, in a recruitment system where you might have to make a lot of small talk or stand out in a group interview, the environment puts more introverted applicants at a disadvantage because it may not give them enough opportunities to portray their personality. Moreover, this could potentially perpetuate the stigma that those who are quiet or introverted are somehow less confident in their abilities or less intelligent because they don’t always express their thoughts out loud. It should be noted that when such a huge number of students apply to competitive organizations, it is difficult to get to know each and every applicant on a personal level, and many groups want a very specific personality type. But when a group claims to be diverse, they must truly embrace those who may be different from what they typically look for. This means efforts should be made to improve recruitment processes so they are less superficial and are based on an applicant’s skills and personality beneath the surface. It would be a shame to miss out on knowing someone because they didn’t speak as loudly as the next person. Agha is a public relations junior from Kirachi, Pakistan.
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GAMES & TECHNOLOGY
New “Ace Attorney” game sticks to a stale formula By Brian O’Kelly @mildlyusedbrain
No one should look to the “Ace Attorney” series for a critical and accurate tale about criminal justice. “Spirit of Justice” is undoubtedly no different, telling a zany story that somehow manages to lovingly draw you into an over the top legal drama. The visual novel’s narrative tells the story of a fictional religious monarchy of Khura’in, a new setting for the series which generally takes place in the U.S. In Khura’in, a corrupt legal system has removed the right to a fair trial by punishing defense lawyers with the same sentences as their guilty clients. As such, defense lawyers have become nearly extinct, and prosecutors run the show using a mystical ritual known as a Divination Séance. The Divination Séance presents the deceased victim’s last moments before death, forcing the players to interpret these moments in a way that helps solve the case. While the mechanic is interesting, it feels like an empty innovation since it functions similarly to the normal cross-examination sequences from the earlier games. This is also the only new
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Fundraising Professionals who ultimately nominated him for the CARTER Award. Michelle Wallis, an AFP Austin member and nominator, said Hadley not only made an impact on his campus, but inspired people all over the city. “Archer stood out as a leader and someone who certainly saw a problem and went about fixing it,”
gameplay element that isn’t found in previous games. While this isn’t the game’s first foray into unrealistic story elements, each game in the series so far has added some spectacular “element” to liven up the traditional courtroom puzzles gameplay. Relative to the previous entries, “Spirit of Justice”’s writing is weak. The story feels like a retelling of the previous two games’ stories in a more magical setting. It takes the basic scenario where people have grown to distrust lawyers due to some cryptic event in the past and adds some religious mysticism to spice things up. It’s been done in other entries of the series and isn’t as interesting this time around despite the additional ghosts testifying in court. Still, it’s hard to say that there is anything missing or condemnable with the latest entry. It has assuredly grown stale and boring over its eleven-year lifespan, but left on its own, “Spirit of Justice” is still a decently entertaining melodrama. The cast of characters are still colorful and well-written, all of them with distinctive personalities. Both new and returning characters are extreme versions of
traditional archetypes that help pick up the lagging story through puns and humor. Complementing animations are highly detailed and the variety in gestures help define each character by visually demonstrating their humorous traits. Court room sequences
are still the highlight of the series, filled with some of the best puzzles in the series to date. While the difficulty may be relative to the players, all the riddles posed felt challenging without any ridiculous obstacles that require the player to make an obscenely unclear
connection to solve. The difficulty is high enough that players should feel rewarded when completing a challenge, and rarely should they feel cheated when they receive a penalty for a wrong answer. The “Ace Attorney” series is showing some seri-
ous signs of franchise fatigue with its sixth entry formulaically following the narrative of previous games. While fans shouldn’t expect a new peak for the series, “Spirit of Justice” delivers an enjoyable, outrageous drama that can at least kill some time.
Wallis said. The award honors youth from ages 10-23 who help raise funds or awareness for a cause and show leadership in philanthropy. “All of our youth nominees are just so inspiring,” Michael Nilsen, AFP’s Vice President of Public Affairs said. “But I think not only for him was it just the amount of money he raised for such a personal cause to him, but the awareness that he has created and generated,
and the events that he came up with to have people walk a day in his shoes, so to speak.” Hadley has no plans on stopping anytime soon. With part of the $100,000 he raised, he plans on holding Archer’s Challenge, a citywide event from October 10-15 that will challenge residents and public figures in Austin to participate in activities while in a wheelchair. The money raised will contribute to the
Rosedale School in Austin, which only serves students with disabilities. He said he hopes that other young philanthropists are encouraged to work towards what they believe in. “I think that there is no recipe to being philanthropic or caring about a cause or being passionate about something,” Hadley said. “Go at it without fear and don’t worry about the results.”
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tency was ideal for drinking through a straw without any struggle. The truck’s first few weeks of business did not come without some room for improvement. Offering a warmed cookie option and a few more specialty milkshakes on the menu, as well as making the menu itself a bit clearer would help. But other than those small things, Cold Cookie Co. is already showing a lot of promise to become a dessert staple of the West Campus community.
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“Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice” retains the charm that popularized the series, but doesn’t do enough to keep the series from feeling stale after ten years.
continues from page 8 The true highlight is the chocolate chunk cookie — the lovechild of a cookie and brownie with pecan pieces in the middle. Cold Cookie Co. also offers daily milkshake specials. Sunday’s: the Coffee Lover’s Delight, which incorporated coffee Oreo ice cream, pieces of Heath, a chocolate chip cookie and chocolate dwrizzle. This particular milkshake wasn’t too overpowering and the consis-
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EZRA SIEGEL, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Wednesday, September 14, 2016
VOLLEYBALL
Longhorns, Aggies rekindle old rivalry By Leah Vann
Junior libero Cat McCoy anchors the young Longhorn defense. Texas will focus on perfecting its passing to spark the offense and get a win against Texas A&M. The old rivals face off for the first time in three years on Wednesday.
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The Hex flame will be rekindled on Wednesday as the No. 3 Longhorns and No. 16 Aggies face off for the first time in three years. The rivalry has a 95-game history, with the Longhorns winning 72 of them. Despite Texas’ dominance in the past, Texas A&M will pose some challenges. The Aggies boast the 2015 SEC Player of the Year in senior setter Stephanie Aiple. She led the Aggies to their firstever conference title last season, averaging 13.22 assists and 14.09 kills per set. “[They have] a good team this year [with] lots of older experience,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “They form a real good challenge for us because their fast and quality setting and the way they tip and swing will cause us some confusion for a while.” The Longhorns will counter with their depth at the outside hitter position. Last weekend, freshman Micaya White earned her second Big 12 Freshman of the Week title after leading the team with 38 kills at a hitting percentage of .329 at the Rams Classic. Junior Ebony Nwanebu has shown flashes of her potential this season, leading the
Despite the Longhorns No. 11 ranking in the AP poll, Sterlin Gilbert refuses to get overly excited. The offensive coordinator addressed the media on Tuesday, stressing the work Texas has in front of them. “We’ve got to continue to grow,” Gilbert said. “We need to focus on us and continue to get better.” One of the main areas Gilbert hopes to see improvement is in the Longhorns’ tempo. Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele urged his offense to pick up the pace throughout Saturday’s 41-7 victory over UTEP, running 75 plays for 416 yards. Gilbert said he hopes Texas will continue to play fast against California. “At times, we could be a lot faster,” Gilbert said. “There’s a lot of things we can be better at and be faster with. We still have
team in kills against No. 1 Nebraska, Oregon, and Wichita State. “They have some fantastic outside hitters that are feisty, young and big,” Texas A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli said. Corbelli said Texas A&M brings a lot of returning talent, but struggles when opposing teams create a large point-gap. The Longhorns will challenge them to play with consistency. Texas hopes to build a stronger defense to create
to go with tempo.” The Longhorns will face breakneck speeds on the other side of the ball on Saturday, matching up with a California offense that threw the ball 72 times in a 45-40 loss to San Diego State. The Golden Bears are led by senior quarterback Davis Webb. The Texas Tech transfer is currently second in the nation in passing yards through two weeks after sitting behind current Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff during the 2015 season. Texas is aware of Webb’s passing prowess and the need to contain the Bears’ potent attack. Sophomore safety DeShon Elliott said the Longhorns must be energized throughout Saturday’s contest if they want to stop California. “We’re not going to be at home, our fans can’t bring us the energy,” Elliott
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The Longhorns settled for a third place finish at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Texas led the tournament by one stroke after Monday, but its lead slipped away after shooting 13-over par in the third and final round. The team finished the tournament at 27-over par, nine shots back of No. 20 Furman and Purdue. Furman, who trailed the Longhorns by six strokes going into the final round, surged up the leaderboard to take a share of the team championship. The Lady Paladins shot an impressive 2-under par for the round, the best single round score by any team in the tournament. Furman shared its team championship with Purdue, who shot three over par on the day to finish tied with the Lady Paladins at 18-over par. Individually, freshman Greta Volker tumbled down the leaderboard, finishing the tournament tied for tenth place. Volker led all golfers through two rounds, but
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more offensive opportunities in the middle of the court. In last week’s matchups against Wichita State and Colorado State, junior libero Cat McCoy posted double-digit digs, including a season-high of 19. Freshman Orie Agbaji and sophomore Morgan Johnson totaled a combined 20 kills last weekend and are looking to build on their performances. “Our defense is young right now, but they’re getting better every day.”
McCoy said. “We’re working on getting our passing up to par to get our middles more involved.” Since losing to Nebraska on opening weekend, the Longhorns have racked up six straight wins preparing for Wednesday’s marquee matchup. The contest will mark the first chance to experience the rivalry for many of Texas’ younger players. “I grew up 30 minutes away from UT, so I’ve been a UT fan my whole
life,” said freshman defensive specialist Autumn Rounsaville. “Just to be able to get in this game and play in this atmosphere means the world.” Play begins at 7 p.m. at Gregory Gym. And according to Corbelli, the rivalry atmosphere will be one of a kind. “Most of these kids haven’t played at Gregory Gym,” Corbelli said. “I don’t think they really realize how much fun it’s going to be.”
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was unable to overcome a final round in which she hit four bogeys and no birdies. She finished the tournament at 5-over par. Freshman teammate Emilee Hoffman finished right behind Volker on the leaderboard, shooting two over par to finish No. 12 on the leaderboard, a shot behind Volker. Junior Sophia Schubert shot 1-over par on the day, her best round of the tournament. She played almost mistake-free golf, shooting only one bogey on the day. Her third round performance helped her climb eight spots into a tie for 17th. The only other Longhorn to finish in the top 30 was senior Julia Beck, who finished the tournament tied for No. 27 at 11-over par. Furman’s Haylee Harford and Kentucky’s Isabelle Johansson tied for the individual title, both shooting four under par in the final round to finish the tournament at 1-under par. The Longhorn women will hit the links again next Friday when they travel to South Carolina to take on familiar foe Furman.
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Offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert said Texas is focusing on speeding up its tempo as the Longhorns prepare to hit the road for the first time this season to face California.
said. “We have to bring the energy ourselves.” Texas faces quite a tough task in week three while
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continues from page 1 search for a new Bevo. On the exterior, a Bevo must be from Texas, young and orange in color. But its most important characteristic is its personality. “We’re looking for an animal that has the right temperament and disposition,” Brennes said. “We don’t drug Bevo, so we need one that is comfortable in the environment, comfortable being with people and comfortable with noise.” The group picked its new Bevo in May. Registered as Sunrise Spur, Bevo XV is a 19-monthold, 1,100-pound steer from the Sunrise Ranch in Liberty Hill — the same ranch that cared for Bevo XIV. Sunrise Spur is one of the youngest Longhorns to be named Bevo in the mascot’s 100-year history. Brennes said breed experts singled Sunrise Spur out for his youth, appearance and approachability. “They thought he was a great representative of the breed,” Brennes said. “He went to Longhorn shows and won everywhere he went … he’s really ap-
going on the road for the first time this season. However, Elliott said Texas is ready for the challenge.
“We gotta be prepared,” Elliott said. “If you don’t know your job, their band’s going to be playing.”
They thought he was a great representative of the breed. He went to Longhorn shows and won everywhere he went … he’s really approachable and not fazed by noise at all.”
—Ricky Brennes, Director of the Silver Spurs’ Alumni Association
proachable and not fazed by noise at all.” Brennes wasn’t sure how big Bevo XV will get — he said the steer is “like a person” in that he’ll continue to grow and mature at his own rate. He said he thinks Longhorn fans will enjoy “watching Bevo change from year-to-year.” But his handlers believe the young steer already stands out for his maturity, and they were confident he’d handle his debut well. Elfite said the Silver Spurs started training him about three months before the season. They used various techniques, including using loud sounds like air horns, to help him adjust to the noise of a 100,000 fans. However, according to Elfite, the key to keeping Bevo calm is ensuring the steer is comfortable with
his trainers. “The biggest thing is just going out to the ranch, spending time with him and getting a relationship with the animal,” Elfite said. “He starts to recognize your voice and your touch and begins to have a bond with you.” It didn’t take long for Bevo XV to win the hearts of Longhorn faithful. And the Texas players couldn’t hold back their excitement for the new mascot, either. Senior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes said the new, youthful Bevo is a good metaphor for the football team, which features a variety of young talent. “He looks kind of young,” Swoopes said. “But he’ll grow just like this football team, and it will be great.”
SPORTS BRIEFLY White earns second Big 12 weekly honor
Freshman outside hitter Micaya White earned her second consecutive Big 12 Freshman of the Week award on Monday. White helped Texas defeat Colorado State and Wichita State to win the Rams Volleyball Classic over the weekend. She notched 38 kills and a .329 hitting percentage through two games and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Classic. “She’s putting up some real big numbers for us,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said at a press conference on Monday. “She’s a really confident kid, but she also plays the game at a very high level. The way that she thinks is very thought provoking and she’s calm in the air and makes good decisions so we like what we’re seeing from her.” White’s most recent honors make her just the sixth Longhorn to earn two or more Big 12 Freshman of the Week awards in Texas history. She currently boasts the fourth-most kills and fifth-most points scored in the conference. White and the Longhorns return to Gregory Gym on Wednesday night for a rivalry matchup with Texas A&M. —Claire Cruz
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UT students form art collective Human Influence By Mae Hamilton
Starting from left: Lauren Trahan (left), Chris Omenihu, and studio art senior Henry Smith (right) founded Human Influence. A local Austin company, Human Influence is an art collective dedicated to supporting and promoting emerging visual artists and musicians.
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Two years into his economics degree, alumunus and Human Influence cofounder Chris Omenihu didn’t feel satisfied with the direction his artistic life was going. So he decided to do something about it. In 2015, Omenihu got together alumna and bassist Lauren Trahan and studio art senior and designer Henry Smith to create Human Influence, an art collective dedicated to supporting and promoting emerging visual artists and musicians in the Austin area. Because the founders are multi-talented, they don’t limit themselves to promoting only one medium of art. Human Influence also plans events, hosts a podcast “about all things creative” and sells vintage clothing. “It’s about creating opportunities for people to meet each other and for people to share what they do with the world,” Trahan said. “Whether we have guests on our podcast or release someone’s song or have a guest collaborator on a piece of clothing, everything we do is rooted in collaboration.” Although Austin is well known for its music scene, the founders feel that there is little infrastructure available for lesser-known musicians to connect with the broader artistic community. Human Influence aims to help them get that leg up.
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“Being in Austin, I see so many bedroom geniuses,” Omenihu said. “So many people who I’m like ‘Yo, why doesn’t anyone know about this? Why are they a barista? Why are you serving pizzas?’ I see it day in and day out. You just think to yourself that there has to be a solution for this.” None of the founders were sure that making art their fulltime job would work out, but as soon as the trio began putting out work into the com-
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UGS sophomore wins philanthropic award By Daisy Wang @daisyxwang
In the pouring rain, Archer Hadley sat in his wheelchair, unable to open the doors in front of him. It wasn’t the first time this had happened to him, but he was determined to make it the last. “One morning, I forgot that it was raining, and I took the elevator up,” Hadley said. “I couldn’t get the door open, and that was the moment I realized that I’d been asking for automatic doors since I was a freshman and none of them were put in.” Hadley, who suffers from cerebral palsy, set out to raise money for the installation of automatic doors at Austin High School.But what began as a $40,000 fundraiser soon turned into $100,000, and then, something much bigger — an increase in advocacy and awareness for those with disabilities. As a result of his fundraising efforts, Hadley, an undergraduate studies sophomore, was nameda winner of the prestigious CARTER Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy this August. “Obviously I felt confident about my work
and what I had done, and obviously I truly believe in it and think it was a worthy and noble cause,” Hadley said. When Hadley and his mother approached the school district about the issue, he realized the money for the automatic doors would be something he would have to obtain on his own. So he organized a wheelchair challenge at school — an event where students and faculty paid to challenge each other to spend a day in a manual wheelchair. However, the challenge wasn’t raising enough money. He knew he’d have to approach the situation differently to reach his goal. “I wrote a letter to everybody in my community that has supported me, and I asked if they could donate,” Hadley said. “After those letters, I started getting $100 checks [and] $500 checks from these people, and the amount quickly grew.” Hadley’s determination and advocacy for disability access gained the attention of many influential figures, such as his superintendent, the mayor, and those at the Association of
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Archer Hadley, an undergraduate studies sophomore, takes time in between numerous meetings to pose in front of the UT tower. Hadley has raised $100,000 for the installation of automatPHILANTHROPY page 5 ic doors at Austin High School.
munity, they saw an immediate response. To their surprise, their first event, a listening party for the release of Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo,” hit capacity within the first 30 minutes. “There’s this hierarchy established between artists, but I don’t see us being any different from Kanye,” Smith said. “A lot of people don’t really realize that the more you put out in the world, the more will come back to you.
They’re scared to get over that first hump. It takes time. We’ve grown organically because of that [philosophy].” Although Human Influence was designed to help other artists, Trahan said working for the collective greatly impacted her relationship with her own music and her full-time job in the music industry. “As a woman, I’ve felt that glass ceiling plenty,” Trahan said. “Just being able to have the freedom to get stuff done
and be the person in charge and demand respect from everyone I work with and having these opportunities to build my confidence has been great. It’s been a big change for me.” Currently, Human Influence meets in their own houses and apartments, but as the anniversary of their founding approaches, they’re making plans to renovate a space to gather all of Austin’s creative minds to collaborate. They also hope to expand their
influence beyond Austin — hopefully, globally. “At the end of the day, I want to know that what I’ve done has reached someone,” Omenihu said. “Of course you want to change one person’s life, but if I could do two this time and four the next time, I’m going to keep on fighting for that. The goal is to not only help ourselves, but to let the people around us know that you can be an important person to this world.”
FOOD REVIEW | COLD COOKIE CO.
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Cold Cookie Company opened its window to serve icecream, cookies, and shakes to West Campus. The newly established food truck replaced Cow Tipping Creamery on 26th and Rio Grande Street.
Longhorn Chicken owner opens food truck, brings cookies, ice cream to UT Stephen Acevedo @thedailytexan
Less than a year after launching Longhorn Chicken, chef Eddie Windwillow is already expanding into the West Campus dessert game. This past August, he and business partner William Marsden, owner of the popular Glassmith truck, opened Cold Cookie Co. When the ice cream truck Cowtipping Creamery shut its doors earlier this summer, Windwillow and Marsden saw the perfect opportunity to step in with their business idea. “Bill and I had been talking for a while, and we decided that if anyone in the park left, we were ready to roll,” Windwillow said. The partnership between the two business owners came naturally after working in close proximity for the past couple years. “I always liked the way Eddie worked,” Marsden said. “Since we got here,
he’s been putting more and more time in every day and I thought it would be great if this dude would partner with me.” Cold Cookie Co. currently offers a brief menu of six ice cream flavors, eight classic cookie choices and a selection of toppings ranging from M&M’s to pretzels. Customers can order ice cream cookie sandwiches, scoops with cookies or milkshakes. While Windwillow and Marsden plan on keeping the menu fairly consistent, they are open to seasonal changes and specials such as adding coffee and hot chocolate during the winter and getting a shaved ice machine during the summer. “Right now, though, we want to just focus on keeping the menu clear and concise and adjusting it to what does and doesn’t work,” Marsden said. Using his formal culinary training background,
The process of opening Cold Cookie was a little more hurried than what either of our natural progressions for opening a new business would have been, but you can’t sleep when you’re trying to open a new truck here” —William Marsden, Owner of Cold Cookie Co.
Windwillow creates the cookie recipes in house, but the ice cream is sourced from local favorite Austin Scoops. Windwillow said he hopes to be making ice cream for the truck from scratch by the end of next year. “The process of opening Cold Cookie was a little more hurried than what either of our natural progressions for opening a new business would have been, but you can’t sleep when you’re trying to open a new truck here,” Windwillow said. While the launch of their
new food truck may have been rushed, it doesn’t show in their products. Windwillow’s cookies, which come from his mother and mother-in-law’s recipes, live up to the high standards he set with Longhorn Chicken. The cookies served are not warm and gooey like some people may like, but what they lack in temperature, they make up for in flavor and texture. All of the cookies on the menu have a perfect balance of softness and crunch to please anyone’s preference.
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