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Hinojosa discusses policy at forum By Sarah Philips @sarahphilips23
Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate running unopposed for House District 49, spoke at a forum titled “Meet the New Guys” on Thursday for incoming members of the Texas House of Representatives. The event was hosted by the Texas Tribune and held downtown at The Austin Club. Hinojosa won the Democratic primary in March with 58 percent of the vote in a seven-way race.
With no Republican running against Hinojosa in the solidly Democratic district, which includes all of West Campus, she took the opportunity at the forum to talk about some of her policy views and why she decided to run. As a former member of the Austin ISD school board, Hinojosa said the lack of funding she saw at the district level was the reason she ran for the seat when she heard that current HD 49 Representative Elliott Naishtat was stepping down. “I’ve been on the school
board for the last four years, and I love that work,” Hinojosa said. “It’s just an opportunity every day to make a difference for our kids and our community, but our biggest challenge is funding, and that’s a state decision.” Hinojosa focused on education funding for much of her time at the forum, citing a broken finance system in need of a revamping. Hinojosa’s family is already active in politics. Her father, Gilberto Hinojosa, is the
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Democratic candidate, Gina Hinojosa, spoke at a forum hosted by the Texas Tribune for incoming members.
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Isaiah Carter, left, and James Paxton, right, accompany Student Government members to survey blocks of West Campus in an effort to construct a safety map.
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One day, students should be able to see the safest route home, no matter where they are and where they live, said Isaiah Carter, Student Government chief of staff. Carter — along with a University representative, a City of Austin representative and several SG members — surveyed several blocks of West Campus on Wednesday night as a part of the early process to construct a “safety map” of the area. “I noticed that we have a high volume of students in West Campus, and as a student who has lived in West Campus as long as I have been at UT, I have always wondered why there isn’t some way for me to make an informed decision on how to get home,” Carter said. Carter said he plans for
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The Austin City Council passed their 2016–2017 budget Wednesday after three days of deliberation, with council members Sheri Gallo and Don Zimmerman voting against the budget and councilwoman Ellen Troxclair out on maternity leave. According to the City of Austin, the budget raises the tax rate for the typical taxpayer by $7.21 per month, up to $322.08 as opposed to last year’s $314.87. Council member Greg Casar voted in favor of the budget and said that the council’s greatest priority was focusing on the long term. “I think that we’ve shown that our priorities are trying to balance the needs across the city,” Casar said at the meeting. “I think we’re going to be able to help a lot of people who really need it. I think our greatest priority is investing in our long-term future.” This year’s budget funds a Travis County sobriety center and the Homeless Outreach Street Team, which focuses on assisting the homeless populations downtown and in West Campus. Both of these programs are new to this year’s budget. “There are items in this year’s budget that are years, if not a decade in the case of the sobriety center, in the works,” said council
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Professors discuss politics of Hispanic broadcast journalist Black Lives Matter movement discusses career, path to success By Will Clark
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Professors and activists debated the evolving Black Lives Matter movement, centering around a new document and platform, called A Vision for Black Lives, that aims to clarify the group’s demands and goals. During the Thursday panel some speakers could not foresee practical implementation of these demands into policy while others lauded the movement’s new direction. “The interesting thing here is the push toward expanding the movement beyond just a hashtag,” said Christen Smith, associate professor of African and African diaspora studies. “People look at Black Lives Matter and think of it with the number sign in front of it and immediately associate it with a social
The Center for Mexican American Studies and the Mexican American Studies program hosted the Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff with a talk from John Quiñones, a broadcast journalist and current host of ABC’s hidden camera show “What Would You Do?” Quiñones detailed his journey from a child living in poverty in San Antonio to his extensive career in broadcast journalism. “They would say, ‘That’s great, John, that you have the dream of being a television reporter someday, but maybe you should try woodshop or metalwork,’” Quiñones said. “They judged me by the color of my skin and the accent in my mouth.” He told stories of his time as a migrant worker in San
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Antonio and as a young minority professional. “I’ll never forget being on my knees at six in the morning, a young Latino boy looking out over a tomato field at my work for the day,” Quiñones said. “Thirty-five cents per bushel. I’d pick 100.” Quiñones also highlighted his experiences doing
media platform and not recognizing it as a trajectory of black radical politics in this country.” Fatima Mann, an activist with the Austin Justice Coalition, said she agrees with the movement’s direction but its goals are unrealistic. “How are they going to implement this on a
real-life aspect?” Mann said. “How are you going to make it sustainable on a real-life aspect? I agree that there are things that need to be done, but it’s not realistic in terms of application.” Peniel Joseph, director of the Center for the Study
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investigative work in Mexico to expose the plights of Mexican immigrants. “The power of that camera and that light when used in the right way is amazing,” Quiñones said. Several students, including those not of Hispanic descent, said the talk hit home.
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of Race and Democracy, brought UT athletics into the race discussion as well. “We are a very segregated campus, but people love our black athletes,” Joseph said. “They love them and what those bodies represent. When those bodies aren’t in the Longhorn burnt orange, the lure turns to loathing.” Business sophomore Amie Jean attended the discussion but found the location in Sid Richardson Hall inconvenient. “I would like it if panels like this took place on the main campus where undergraduate students could be involved,” Jean said. Next Wednesday, the second part of the series of racerelated discussions will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Bass Lecture Hall.
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continues from page 1 “I’m non-Hispanic, but students can get a ton from this event, like how to persevere in their career no matter what that is and how to never give up. It was very educational,” journalism freshman Callie Blake said. Hispanic Heritage Month aims to reach students of all ethnic backgrounds and teach them not only how to be Latino/a professionals but how to be respectful of Latinos in the workplace. “The purpose of Hispanic Heritage Month is to highlight the contribution that Mexican-Americans have made in all aspects of the community and the United States,” CMAS director John González said. “The demographic changes in the state will mean that if the professionals are not Latino themselves, they will be serving Latinos, so the idea behind this kind of programming is to not only reach Latino students who will become Latino professionals but also to reach out to any student who will be or have Latinos in their professional career.” Quiñones’ talk is the first of many events the CMA is hosting throughout the month of October. The rest of the events can be found on the CMA website.
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continues from page 1 the map to highlight areas as safe or less safe to walk through based on anything from lighting to overgrown foliage creating blind spots. On Wednesday, Carter began the process of creating a metric for other surveyors who are helping him plot the map to follow. The metric is expected to be completed by the end of October, and surveying will begin immediately after through the end of winter break, Carter said. “The more students that are able to be with me
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CapMetro revamps bus transit, plans to add 24/7 line to campus By Sarah Philips The Capital Metro transit system is exploring ways to revamp its Austin bus routes through an initiative called Connections 2025, a project that analyzes current bus patterns and ridership to make the system more efficient and better serve riders. The project is part of a comprehensive operating analysis the agency conducts every five years, according to Lawrence Deeter, project manager for Connections 2025. “It’s something that Capital Metro does on a regular basis,” Deeter said. “We tweak and tune our system, which is rapidly growing, and adjust our transit system to changes. Austin is experiencing rapid growth, but Capital Metro ridership has actually gone down.” Deeter said one of the goals is to increase ridership by consolidating routes where there is less demand and increasing the frequency of stops where there are more riders. One criticism of the plan is that it could sacrifice the breadth of area that Capital Metro covers in favor of a higher frequency of stops at frequently used stations. Deeter said limited funds
are causing this change. “It becomes a trade-off issue; it’s coverage,” Deeter said. “If you’re going to provide service throughout the area, buses wouldn’t be able to come by as frequently. There’s an emphasis on frequency over coverage as a result of what we’ve heard from our public input process.” Deeter and his team have been in the community asking riders and community members what they want from the system. Deeter said he actually asked trade-off questions — coverage versus frequency, for example — and the public responded in favor of frequency. As for changes on campus, Deeter said UT is one of the big three generators of ridership for Capital Metro, along with the Capitol Complex and downtown. Because of the three generators’ proximity to each other, Deeter said Austin is well-planned for public transit. “UT is definitely one of our best generators,” Deeter said. “The City of Austin is laid out very well for our transit services. We can access employment and educational opportunities by focusing on just a few streets.” Deeter made clear that anything the team proposed for UT still had to be
approved by the Shuttle Bus Committee, a coalition that includes undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and other residential advisory boards. “They are proposals; it doesn’t mean that’s what we’re going to end up with,” Deeter said. “We wanted to collect feedback during September, then refine in October.” Blanca Gamez, assistant director of UT Parking and Transportation Services, reaffirmed the committee would have to approve any proposals made by Capital Metro. “The University continues to be an active stakeholder for the draft proposal plan,” Gamez said in an email. “I would like to make sure that it is clear that any proposed changes made to the shuttle system will have to be approved by the UT Shuttle Committee.” The proposed changes for UT include running a MetroRapid line, a route that would run 24/7 right through the middle of campus and consolidating other campus routes. Deeter will be at the West Mall station on Sept. 20 with Capital Metro from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to talk to anyone who has questions about the new routes and changes.
throughout this project, [the] more ideas and more criticism,” Carter said. “I want the map to be as accurate as we can make it so we have the best possible product to deliver to students.” James Paxton, code inspector with the City of Austin, was also a part of the survey team and said he was brought into the project after hearing concerns about student safety throughout the community. “Students are always out late into the evening when it might not necessarily be the safest time, so we’re just trying to improve the safety
of the area in any way we can,” Paxton said. Advertising freshman Jodi Nguyen, who lives in West Campus, said she could see herself using the safety map in the future. “I think that it would be really useful for anybody in general,” Nguyen said. “I feel pretty comfortable on [Guadalupe Street], but past that it’s pretty sketchy and there’s a lot of homeless people, and I know a lot of them don’t mean harm, but after what happened [last April] it’s good to have a reassurance.” Carter has received support from the University as
a part of the process. Denny Bubrig, associate dean of student life, also participated in the surveying and said the University wanted to support ideas like Carter’s in any way they could, but also wanted him to make the project his own. “Student safety, generally speaking, is a high priority for us at any time,” Bubrig said. “So when an idea like what Isaiah has comes up, it’s something that can be meaningful in that pursuit. Because of that, we’re going to try to do everything we can do to make that a reality.”
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ried, I made [my husband] promise to never run for office,” Hinojosa said. “I didn’t like the life of a politician. I just really have a knack for finding very hard jobs that don’t pay anything.” Regarding the 2016 presidential election, Hinojosa said she believed Clinton could win in Texas if more people turned out to vote. “Texas is not blue,” Hinojosa
said. “Texas is not a Republican state. Texas is a non-voting state. If Texans turned out to vote, absolutely [Clinton] would win Texas.” Hinojosa also spoke of an overhaul of the foster care system and her opposition to another tax cut on the state level. Hinojosa will be sworn in at the beginning of the legislative session in January.
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continues from page 1 chair of the Texas Democratic Party and her sister, Xochitl Hinojosa, works on Hillary Clinton’s campaign. She said she never intended to go into politics and even made her husband swear to avoid the life of a politician. “Before we got mar-
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The Archer felloship program brings UT students to Washington D.C. to intern while taking courses during the fall or spring semesters.
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Two students are reviving the Association of Black Fine Art Students after a lull in activity, decline of membership and lack of on-campus presence. Art history professor Moyo Okediji started the association in 2011 as a part of the Center for Art of Africa and its Diaspora. It was originally aimed at art and art history students, especially those interested in African and African-American culture, to allow them to participate in outings and events, Okediji said. “The intention is to bring attention to some of the issues that might escape other groups who do not have the perspective of these black and African-American students,” Okediji said. A few years later, Doug Dempster, dean of the College of Fine Arts, wanted to expand the organization to include all fine arts departments, such as dance and music, where members could create, practice and perform together. Despite the association branding itself as inclusive of all art forms, as past members graduated, sections were left bare. Mathematics junior Jessica Johnson, the association’s newly elected
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president, added a poetry and singing division to encourage more students seeking a community to join. “I really want it to be a safe haven place where people can express themselves artistically,” Johnson said. “I want just a group of people to make suggestions on how to make the organization a better one.” Joshua Ellis, a government and African American studies sophomore, is leading the poetry and singing section after joining the association earlier this semester. Ellis said he will help members with performing passionately onstage, because he sees such expression as therapeutic. “I’m a very big proponent of finding your space,” Ellis said. “This is about giving them that space and letting them use that space to
create something that they’re proud of.” In the past, the association held a talent show called “Culture Shock,” and Johnson performed a Beyoncé-esque concert with her dance section last year. She said she gives her dancers freedom to embrace their culture and abilities. “I allow my girls not to be limited to the regular choreography,” Johnson said. “Twerking can be an uplifting thing for females, because it makes them feel their body is beautiful.” Ellis said he anticipates students who are outraged or saddened by recent racially charged violence to perform and will support them emotionally. “I feel as though it is my responsibility to allow it to be really cathartic for you,” Ellis said.
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UT panelists discuss motivations, reactions following Turkish coup
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By Meraal Hakeem @meraal_hakeem
A series of attacks, the rise of ruthless leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and 50,000 government employees placed out of work have left many concerned about the recent coup in Turkey. The Strauss Center and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies co-hosted a panel titled “The Turkish Coup and its Aftermath” on Thursday night to help explain why the coup in Turkey took place and address what efforts would help keep Turkey from crumbling under the weight of its recent turmoil. The event was organized and moderated by Islamic Studies lecturer Samy Ayoub, and the panel consisted of: Dr. Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs; Jason Brownlee, associate professor of government and Middle Eastern studies; Kimberly Guiler, a doctoral candidate specializing in comparative
politics and methodology; and Kubra Babaturk, an international relations and global studies senior. Suri was the first to speak and explained what led to the attempted coup and what may come next for Turkey. “Coups are fundamental,” Suri said. “The coup represents what I think is the end of an era. There is no more Ataturk model. This has enormous implications because it rejiggers the way external powers operate.” Guiler relayed the rhetoric surrounding the coup and its immediate aftermath. She explained the war on words and conspiracy theories about how President Erdogan might have been behind the coup in order to gain power. “It may be a possible false flag operation, maybe not a coup staged by military but staged by Erdogan,” Guiler said. “Erdogan, I think, is clearing winning this war of words.” Babaturk, who was interning in Turkey during the coup, provided a firsthand
account of the condition and mental state of the people during and immediately after the coup. She said people were confused about what was happening in their nation and were concerned about what would happen to their reputation as the ideal example of democracy in the Middle East. “The only way to describe the event was unbelievable. It felt really unreal at the time,” Babaturk said. “People in Turkey have a really strong view of what democracy is to them, and they are willing to protect it.” Brownlee concluded by explaining people’s reaction to the coup and said they felt constrained under an almost authoritarian regime before opening the floor to questions by the audience. Neuroscience senior Fatima Dollar said she thought the panel was a good idea. “It showed a solid, unbiased opinion of what is really going on in Turkey right now, especially from the people’s view,” Dollar said.
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Archer Center provides student internship opportunities in D.C. By Van Nguyen @nguyen_van
The Archer Fellowship Program brought UT alumnus Arjan Sawal from Austin to Washington D.C. and provided him with an experience he said greatly impacted his time as a student. The UT System offers the Archer Fellowship Program at the Archer Center in D.C. and allows undergraduates to intern as well as take classes during the fall or spring semester. Sawal studied government and Arabic but said his time at UT felt lacking until he participated in the Archer Fellowship Program. The program gave him hands-on experience learning about the policy-making process. “Archer was incredibly impactful because it taught me the skills to succeed in a place like D.C., and if you can succeed in a place like D.C., in my opinion, you can succeed anywhere else,” Rawal said. “It really is a positive and beneficial experience, especially as a young person. It’s an incredibly unique but useful experience that a lot of people
don’t realize until they go through it.” Sawal worked at the United States Agency for International Development as a legislative affairs intern, and after graduating in spring 2016, he was invited back to work for the Bureau of the Middle East in the Office of Middle East Affairs. The Archer Center, founded in 2001, is an extension of the UT System in Washington D.C., where it runs the Archer Fellowship Program for undergraduate students and the Graduate Program in Public Policy for graduate students. Former Congressman Bill Archer founded a high school internship program during his first year as a representative to bring students from his district to Washington D.C. This program ran for 30 years and Archer built upon this idea toward the end of his career when he collaborated with UT-Austin, his alma mater, to create the Archer Center in Washington D.C. “I’ve been interested in young people ever since I got into politics, and [I’ve] been concerned about helping to
develop leaders, originally for the state of Texas, and then nationally and, more recently, internationally,” Archer said. “We’re very proud of [the program.] It’s produced a lot of leaders, and everywhere the Archer fellows intern, they seem to get very high marks.” According the Archer Center website, in the last 15 years, more than 950 undergraduate and graduate students from the UT System have gone through the program. “We’re looking for students from different academic backgrounds and different policy interests,” said Katie Romano, director of the Archer Center. “We think that helps the classroom experience and the overall experience become more enriching for all students. You may have a class with some government majors and communication majors, but we also have students interested in going to medical school and people interested in the sciences.” Information sessions are offered through the fall semester at UT-Austin for students interested in the program.
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continues from page 1 member Kathie Tovo, whose district serves UT and West Campus. “It has been a very challenging conversation, especially over the last couple of days, and we’ve made some really difficult decisions, but I believe it represents a balance of the many needs we have in our community.” Both Gallo and Zimmerman voted no, citing opposition to both property tax increases and utility bill increases. Gallo also mentioned her failed motions to increase the disabled and senior homestead exemptions and reduce water utility expenditures. “We, as a city, provide a wide variety of benefits and programs to our community, but we all know that our city has more needs than we could ever possibly fund and tax our residents for,” Gallo said at the meeting. Gallo added that cost of living was an issue constitu-
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Austin City Council members approved the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget at its Wednesday meeting.
ents often voiced their concern about, causing her to vote against the budget. “I’ve heard from homeowners and renters that our city is becoming more and more unaffordable,” Gallo said. “Addressing financial relief for our community is a priority for me, and in good conscience I cannot vote for a budget that increases property taxes and raises utility bills.” Troxclair was absent from the budget readings as she is out on maternity leave, but
she still voiced her disapproval of the new budget in a statement that was read by Gallo at the meeting. “Our citizens are facing an undeniable and escalating affordability crisis,” Troxclair said in the statement. “Annual increases in property taxes, utility bills and fees impact affordability for renters, homeowners and business owners alike. As we all look to making responsible budget decisions, affordability remains my top priority.”
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Patrick, McRaven tackle University controversies By Jordan Shenhar
Daily Texan Forum Editor @jshenhar
The astronomical cost of attending college has become a political touchstone of late. Several presidential candidates, as well as President Barack Obama, have emphasized the issue during this campaign season. Today’s Forum page features two pieces on how to address that problem as it manifests itself in the UT System.
The first, from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, argues that a significant portion of University tuition and fees are earmarked towards financial aid, a social good for which the state — rather than students and their families — should foot the bill. UT alumnus and first-year law student Zachary Stone counters that Patrick’s proposal is incomplete without an assurance that the Legislature will sufficiently increase higher education funding. We conclude our forum with a response from Chancellor William McRaven to columnist
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Emma Berdanier’s Wednesday piece on McRaven’s role in the national anthem controversy that has recently engulfed professional sports. In the wake of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during “The Star-Spangled Banner” to protest racial injustice in the U.S., McRaven issued a letter urging UT System athletes to stand during the anthem. In his op-ed, McRaven reiterates his unconditional support for free speech both inside the sports world and out, but questions the symbolic value
of protesting the flag, which he defines as a representation of America’s highest ideals and the sacrifices of those who defend them. Don’t miss this week’s inaugural Politics and Pints podcast, now available online. And remember, we welcome submissions from any member of the University community at editor@dailytexanonline.com. As always, we look forward to hearing from you! Shenhar is a Plan II, economics and government senior from Westport, Connecticut.
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State funding uncertainty could derail Patrick’s plan By Zachary Stone
Daily Texan Forum Contributor
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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick speaks at the Texas Tribune Festival on Oct. 16, 2015. Patrick proposed eliminating tuition “set-asides” in August.
Set-aside tuition places unfair burden on Texas college students By Dan Patrick
Lieutenant Governor of Texas @DanPatrick
When we think of ways to strengthen the Texas economy, few things are more important than an effective system of public colleges and universities. A 2015 survey of 1,400 businesses by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found that the number one concern of Texas businesses is finding workers with the education and skills that they need. Working to ensure that every Texan has access to a college education has long been a priority for me, which is why I want to make certain there is no misunderstanding about my proposal to end tuition “set-asides” — the hidden tax that is paid by students to finance college for other students in need. Texas is spending more on higher education than ever before. State funding increased 40 percent from 2004 to 2015, but during that same period of time, higher education funding from all sources increased by a total of 85 percent — bringing the total to over $13 billion. Administrative costs increased 149 percent, but increases in funding going directly to the classroom during that same period is less than half of that — 65 percent. As a senator in 2009, I passed SB 1304 to require institutions to provide notice about the “set-asides” to students on their tuition bills so that parents and students could see how much they were paying for this hidden tax. The setasides are called “grants,” but they should be called “other students’ and parents’ money,” because that is who is paying for them. Currently up to 15 percent of the tuition
costs paid by Texas public college and university students is set aside to provide assistance to students with financial need. Sixtytwo percent of Texas students graduate with college debt — $30,000 on average for those who have earned a bachelor’s degree. More insidious is the fact that many middle class families have to borrow money to pay tuition, meaning they will pay interest on about 15 percent of a loan that actually went to other students. In proposing to eliminate tuition “set-asides,” I have said repeatedly that I do not propose ending financial aid for students in need. Instead, that funding should be provided by the Legislature, not other students and their parents. In 2015, the Legislature appropriated $4.8 billion — a 9 percent increase for public universities. As lawmakers, our motivation with this funding was to help address the skyrocketing tuition rates. Tuition has increased 147 percent in Texas since 2003, while the median family income has increased only 32 percent during the same time period. Unfortunately, increasing state funding in 2015 did not stop the rise in tuition rates or improve graduation rates. The average family is being priced out of a college education in Texas. This has to end. This is not an easy problem to solve and the upcoming legislative session brings many funding challenges. But skyrocketing tuition has long been a top priority for me, and I am committed to making college affordable for all Texans and holding our public colleges and universities accountable for higher graduation rates. Patrick is the Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
To start: Thank you, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, for your commitment to lowering tuition. And thank you for speaking directly to students and publishing in our newspaper; on past university issues (read: Campus Carry), y’all legislators never seemed eager to head up Congress Avenue and engage with us. The relationship between tuition and financial aid is an important conversation, and I appreciate your including students in it. As I understand, you want to eliminate the statutory requirement that students’ tuition be “set aside” to pay for other students’ financial aid. And you want the Legislature to replace lost revenue. It is wrong, you say, that students pay for other students’ education. This “hidden tax” is especially egregious when students must take interest-laden loans for such a redistribution of wealth. When students go to college, they envision paying for their education — not someone else’s. Your idea is commendable. For the reasons you list and others, education is a social good. A college degree is increasingly necessary for economic success. However, higher education is unique for means-testing its costs. Wealthier users of toll roads do not subsidize other drivers’ use, and middle-class consumers of municipal water do not pay extra so that impoverished Texans can pay less. If we wanted to ease lower-income people’s access to toll roads or water, we would do so via tax-funded subsidies. Why, I think you ask, is education different? Surely we could decrease tuition for everyone by replacing the “setasides” with state funding. I sincerely wish that your actions were consistent with your excellent idea. We cannot change the past, but I hope you bring your policies in line for the future. We clearly agree on the necessity of financial aid. But your (failed) 2011 bill to eliminate set-asides contained no provisions by which the Legislature would match the lost revenue. In my first days of law school, I’ve learned you are offering us an “illusory promise”: a promise that is unenforceable due its lack of mutuality, where only one side is bound to perform. Only one end of the bargain would be mandated by the bill you proposed; we would stop setting aside our tuition, but students may or may not receive their financial aid. We would be at the whim of the Legislature to fulfill their half of the deal.
What is needed is both provisions in one bill: an elimination of the set-asides with a concomitant commitment by the Legislature to provide lost revenue. Even if you vigorously support increases in state funding to make up for lost financial aid resources in a separate bill, we have no assurance that your House and Senate colleagues will do the same. The provisions must come in the same legislative instrument, or not at all. I can anticipate your response: We’ve already given more money to schools. No, you haven’t. Not per student. And certainly not at UT. Texas has more students than it did in 2004. It has even built new universities, so I’m not shocked that administrative costs went up. Despite what you quote — that state funding for public universities increased by 40 percent from 2004 to 2015 — state contributions adjusted for inflation went down from 2005 to 2014 at UT by 13 percent. But let’s go back to the good ol’ days. In 1985, in-state tuition cost $144 per semester. Since that time, tuition has gone up a lot. So has the size of our student body. So has funding from all other sources — except from the state. Since 1984, state support for UT has decreased by 41 percent, adjusted for inflation. The state used to contribute approximately 47 percent of our budget, and now it contributes less than 12 percent. Whereas everyone else is chipping in to meet the increasing need of higher education, the Legislature is not. Why has tuition increased? The demands on the education system increased, and the Legislature didn’t step up to bat. Private donors filled some of the gap, and unfortunately, students and their parents filled much of the rest. Would you have preferred quality or quantity to suffer? It is easy and politically convenient to rouse the student body by pointing the finger at our administrators. It is easy to measure success exclusively by graduation rates. But it is the Legislature, not those damn bureaucrats, where this buck stops. Even the set-asides you so decry are the source of a legislative bill — not University policy. If you mean what you say — that higher education has become increasingly crucial to success — why has the Legislature’s commitment been stagnant in nominal terms and decreasing when adjusting for inflation? End this fiction, Lt. Gov. Patrick. Stone is a first-year law student and a 2016 graduate of Plan II Honors, economics, English, government, and history.
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Freedom to protest flag does not justify message By William H. McRaven
University of Texas System Chancellor @billmcraven
Tuesday’s column by Ms. Emma Berdanier, “McRaven shouldn’t police students’ actions,” completely misrepresented my letter to UT presidents and athletic directors. Ms. Berdanier called me the “most recent opponent to the [Colin Kaepernick] protest,” implying that I am somehow against the exercise of freedom of speech. In fact, my letter made it very clear that when it comes to freedom of speech and freedom of expression “nothing is more important to this democracy. Nothing!” I support Colin Kaepernick exercising his First Amendment rights. I spent 37 years serving this country so he could do just that. However, I took great exception to what Mr. Kaepernick said in his protest, not his act of protest. He declared that the “flag represents oppression of blacks and other people of color.” This suggests that all of us who served this flag are part of that oppression. Try as he may, he cannot separate his disrespect for the flag from
the people who proudly fly it. For the past 240 years, men and women of all colors have carried the American flag. Not because America is perfect, not because there aren’t injustices, but because we understand that the flag represents everything we worked for, everything we fought for and everything we hope to be. Many writers and activists have tried to make Kaepernick’s sitting during the anthem about his First Amendment rights. My letter was never about the First Amendment. My letter was about respect for the flag. I can believe in the principle of free speech, without supporting the message. If, however, Kaepernick’s narrative wins out and all those that feel oppressed sit in protest, then where will it end? Will the Native Americans sit? How about the JapaneseAmericans? Mexican-Americans? Women? Gays? What flag will we fly as a nation to bring us together? The flag is the one thing all Americans have in common. It should bring us together, not divide us. McRaven is the UT System Chancellor.
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UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven speaks at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on Sept. 12, 2016. McRaven has criticized the message of recent national anthem protests.
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Filmmaker duo discusses new bilingual movie By Lisette Oler @LisetteOler
Producer Marla Quintana and her husband Julio Quintana, a UT alumnus and director, will release their first feature-length film, “The Vessel,” on Friday to select theaters. The film was shot in both English and Spanish and tells the story of a priest’s (Martin Sheen) effort to help his small Latin-American town after it is devastated by a tidal wave. The Daily Texan spoke with the Quintanas about their groundbreaking film. The Daily Texan: The big thing with this film was that it was filmed in English and in Spanish, meaning there is no dubbing. It seems to be the first of its kind — is that true? Marla Quintana: Someone told us there was another example in the 1930s — “Dracula,” where they did it in English and German, but they had a completely different cast and crew at night. In a way, it is a first for hiring a bilingual cast and doing every scene twice by the same actors, by the same crew. We haven’t found any other examples of anyone doing that. DT: Julio, in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, you said bilingual actors and movies like this are the future of filmmaking. Why do you think that’s the case? Julio Quintana: I think the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. is soaring, and there’s a huge market there. We’re going to have more and more bilingual actors, bilingual writers, bilingual filmmakers every year. In our experience, it costs so little to do it this way. It’s added 5 percent to
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Producer Marla Quintana and her husband, Julio Quintana, are releasing their film, “The Vessel,” on Friday. The film was shot in both English and Spanish.
our budget, but it doubled our market. We now have markets in Miami and Puerto Rico. We can sell the movie all through South America, Mexico, Spain. On top of that, there are English speakers who like the Spanish version better because they find it more authentic, which we never expected to happen. It’s created a lot of interesting opportunities that wouldn’t have existed if it was just done in English or just
done in Spanish. If we’d just done it in Spanish, we probably wouldn’t be talking to you right now. Historically, it’s been difficult to cast Latino actors in leading roles, but if people can justify it by the fact that they are tapping into a bigger market, I think there is huge potential for tons of people to work. DT: Where did the idea of a bilingual film come from? Was it something you al-
ways wanted to do, or was it out of the blue? MQ: We initially wanted to do a Spanish-language version, but we were told by some of our investors and mentors that the Spanish version wouldn’t work in the U.S., and we didn’t want to exclude that huge potential market. Our compromise was just to do both languages. Everybody thought we were crazy when we suggested it.
Julio and I were raised in bilingual households; our families would switch back and forth between Spanish all the time, so we were like, ‘It can’t be that hard. We’ll figure it out.’ It ended up actually not being that difficult during the production stage, because it involved a couple extra takes in the other language. The really challenging part was when we got into postproduction, because we really
created two separate movies. Two movies need to be edited, two movies need to be sound mixed, two movies need to be color corrected. I think more physiologically challenging than anything else but totally worth it. “The Vessel” will premiere at Regal Arbor 8 Theater at Great Hills. This weekend’s showings will be followed by Q&As with the Quintanas.
to her culture will help her in the future. “She’s very proud of [her heritage], and I think even though she moved from Brownsville, it
never left,” Boone said. “She has the best of both worlds. She has her own cultural heritage, but she also has the culture here in Austin. She still holds that
culture from back home inside, and that will definitely help her writing the telenovelas.” For now, Garcia is working on her telenovela, practic-
ing her Spanish and memorizing her next mariachi routine, all with hopes that one day her generation and her grandmother’s will not be
so detached. “I hope my work will be interesting enough to bring both generations together and [help them] bond,” Garcia said.
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EZRA SIEGEL, SPORTS EDITOR | @texansports Friday, September 16, 2016
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Longhorns travel to California for road test Michael Shapiro
Sophomore linebacker Malik Jefferson and the Texas defense faces a tough task in stopping California senior quarterback David Webb this weekend. Webb is the nation’s second leading passer.
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The No. 11 Longhorns’ defense faced a tall order in week two, when they were tasked with stopping the nation’s then-leading rusher in UTEP’s Aaron Jones. Texas came through in its second victory of the year, holding Jones to just 123 yards in a 41-7 win at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. With UTEP’s potent rushing game now in the rearview mirror, the Longhorns face a whole different animal in week three against California. The Bears sport one of the nation’s premier passing attacks, led by senior quarterback Davis Webb. The Prosper, Texas, product has been firing on all cylinders through two weeks. He’s thrown nine touchdowns on the year and ranks second in the nation in passing yards with 963. “[Webb] is an excellent quarterback,” defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said. “He has the arm, he sees the entire field … I think the kid has special talent ” Despite Webb’s passing prowess, Texas believes it can slow down California’s offense. Sophomore linebacker Malik Jefferson said he saw various opportunities for turnovers when watching film, citing Davis’ struggles in the face of blitzes. “I saw last game Davis Webb had some trouble in the pocket when there really was
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pressure,” Jefferson said. “That always makes a difference in the game when there’s a passing quarterback.” A transfer from Texas Tech, Webb’s success at California partly stems from his experience in a similar system in Lubbock. He compiled over 5,500 yards in his freshman and sophomore seasons, firing 46 touchdowns from 2013–15. But after being benched prior to his junior year in favor of sophomore Patrick Mahomes, Webb chose to transfer before the 2016 season. Webb’s transition has been smooth through two weeks. California has moved at a
breakneck pace this year, flinging the ball all over the field. Webb attempted 72 passes — a school record — in last week’s 45-40 loss to San Diego State. “Well first, that’s an outstanding offense,” sophomore safety DeShon Elliott said. “I’ve never seen a team run those plays like they did and have that much success.” The game’s location also presents a challenge for the Longhorns. After enjoying raucous home crowds against Notre Dame and UTEP, Texas will play on the road for the first time this year Saturday. Away games were less than kind to
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Texas in 2015. The Longhorns went 1–4 outside of Austin, losing by an average of 22 points per game. The lowest point of the burnt orange’s road woes came in week nine against Iowa State. Texas failed to muster even a trace of offense in the 24–0 blowout. Jefferson said he recalls the loss to Iowa State and won’t let that happen against California. “That was the worst moment of my life, actually,” Jefferson said. “But we’re more focused now. Everybody is buying in.” Texas claims it’s a different team than the one that fin-
ished 5–7 in 2015. The Longhorns have impressed through two weeks, taking the mantle as the Big 12’s top-ranked team. But they must take care of business on the road to maintain their top-15 status. Their first test comes against California on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. “It will be a big challenge for us going on the road for the first time,” head coach Charlie Strong said. “We got to pack our defense, we got to pack our kicking game, we got to pack our togetherness. We’re going to have to play well and play together as a football team.”
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Collins credits younger players for team’s wins Steve Helwick @naqwerty3
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Senior defender Isabelle Kerr and the Longhorns sit one game above .500 heading into this weekend’s slate of competition. Texas takes on North Texas and UC-Santa Barbara.
Texas shows flashes of potential, looks to get back to winning ways Trenton Daschner @TrentDaeschner
Texas already had a lead just four minutes into last Friday’s match on the road against No. 19 Ohio State. Sophomore forward Alexa Adams scored on a header from six yards out to give the Longhorns the early 1-0 advantage. But Texas could not hold on, falling 2-1 in extra time and losing its secondstraight match to a top-25 opponent. The team admits they may have gotten a little ahead of themselves after Adams’ early goal. “Maybe we got a little complacent, but we got to fight for that next second and third goal,” senior defender Isabelle Kerr said. “We can’t settle and be happy with the 1-0 lead. Ultimately it just comes down to continuing to play and not getting into kickball and just focusing on us and going after another goal.” Texas (4–3) rebounded Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Miami (Ohio). But head coach Angela Kelly said she sees plenty of room for improvement in her squad. The Longhorns are still working on being
consistent and playing a complete match. “We’re just continuing to look to better ourselves,” Kelly said. “Ultimately, regardless of our opponent, it’s about us in the pursuit of a 90-minute match and playing to the best of our ability. I think there’s games this season where portions of those, we’ve played exceptional. I want to see us — if we feel like we’ve strung 70 minutes together, we want to get closer to 80 and 90 as we progress into conference play.” The Longhorns have thrived this season when attacking the end of the pitch. Texas has already scored 16 goals through seven matches this season — the team scored a total of 21 goals last season. Even so, Kelly said the Longhorns can score more. “I still feel like we’re leaving a lot out there,” Kelly said. “There’s a lot of sitters that could’ve been tapped into the back of the net. I think just that hunger and that mentality — we can continue to grow in that area. And I think that would’ve helped us in both of those matches [last] weekend as well, just being able to put away the
We’re just continuing to look to better ourselves. Ultimately, regardless of our opponent, it’s about us in the pursuit of a 90-minute match and playing to the best of our ability. —Angela Kelly, Head Coach
chances we should.” The Longhorns face another difficult two-game slate at home this weekend. Texas plays North Texas (5–2–1) on Friday at 7 p.m. and UC-Santa Barbara (7– 0) on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Longhorns hope to build off their mistakes and turn the corner as a team with two wins this weekend. “It’s a great opportunity to go out and play against two great teams,” Kerr said. “So we just got to focus on us, and like [Kelly] said, focus on putting together a 90-minute game and play to the best of our abilities, and we should be good.”
After sweeping a ranked team in No. 16 Texas A&M on Wednesday, Texas battles another formidable opponent this weekend. The No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers travel to Austin for a showdown against the No. 2 Longhorns on Sunday after taking on the Aggies in College Station on Friday night “I know that [Wisconsin is] really good,” Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “They come from a good conference, they’ve got a very good setter and we’ll be ready to go.” In last week’s AVCA Coaches’ poll, Wisconsin held the No. 2 spot in the nation. But the Badgers plunged in the rankings after a 3–2 loss to North Carolina in Chapel Hill last Friday. Texas serves as Wisconsin’s highest-ranked opponent so far this year. The Badgers’ current résumé includes a sweep over No. 10 San Diego and a 3–1 victory over No. 15 Hawaii. Senior setter Lauren Carlini, a three-time All-Big 10 honoree, highlights an experienced Wisconsin roster. Carlini leads the team with 279 assists — 11.62 per game — this season. “They’re known for their passing and their defense, so it should be a lot more of a defensive game,” Elliott said. “It’s a good opportunity to get back and get better.” The Longhorns enter the
contest riding a seven-game win streak. Texas’ lone loss came Aug. 27 against No. 1 Nebraska, 3–0. At No. 6, Wisconsin is the highest-ranked opponent Texas has faced since the defeat. Freshman outside hitter Micaya White and senior setter Chloe Collins have engineered the Longhorns’ success since the Nebraska loss. Collins’ teammates have raved about her passing — she’s set up the Longhorns for 340 kills — while White is coming off two straight Big 12 Freshman of the Week awards. White also leads the Longhorns in kills with 121 on the season. Despite the duo’s standout play, they still credit their teammates — especially the freshmen — for the Longhorns’ dominance in nonconference play. “Our freshmen have done really well just coming in right off the bat,” Collins said. “They’re steady and really consistent, and that’s part of why they’ve gelled so well with our team this year.” Sunday’s matchup at Gregory Gym marks the end of each team’s non-conference schedule. At 8–1 before Big 12 play, Texas hopes to keep its momentum in gear before Tuesday’s conference matchup with West Virginia. “Every match we’re preparing to compete and get better going into Big 12,” Collins said. “We want to have the chemistry going, build trust within the team and just have some fire and excitement.”
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Senior setter Chloe Collins has a lot of confidence in her freshman teammates as Texas gears up for conference play.
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Men’s golf to kickoff season in Illinois
The No. 1 Longhorns are set to begin their season at the Fighting Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Illinois, this weekend. Texas returns with four golfers from last year’s five-man roster. The team finished as Big 12 champions and national runners-up. Freshman Nick Costello joins sophomore Steven Chervony, juniors Taylor Funk and Doug Ghim and senior Gavin Hall to start the season. Olympia Fields Country Club will host the event.
Cross country returns home for Texas Invitational
Both the men and women’s teams will compete in the Texas Invitational at Hancock Golf Course on Friday night. The two rosters enter the meet coming off powerful victories in the Stephen F. Austin Invitational last week: Sophomore Pedro Nasta led the men with a first-place finish in the 5,000-meter run, and sophomore Alex Cruz claimed first place for the women in the 3,000-meter run. The teams look to continue their momentum as the season gears up over the next few weeks — the Longhorns will compete in two more tournaments before the Big 12 Championships in late October. The women will take the course at 6 p.m. followed by the men at 6:30 p.m.
Men’s tennis opens season with two tournaments
A pair of weekend tournaments marks the start of fall singles and doubles action for the Longhorns. Four players head west to compete in the 16th annual Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic in St. Helena, California, while four other Longhorns remain in-state to participate in the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational in Midland. In California, the team will compete against several other prominent schools in the event, headlined by No. 12 California and No. 3 North Carolina. The Longhorns return several additional key players, including senior George Goldhoff and sophomore Harrison Scott, who rank No. 23 and 71 for singles, respectively.
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Rooted in La Raza
Dance studio brings folklorico to Austin By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas
Two dozen dancers dressed in floor-length, drab skirts slam their plastic rifles to the ground. The song “La Adelita” blares in the background. These women are going to war. The dancers are practicing a routine at a Latin American studio, Roy Lozano’s Ballet Folklorico de Texas. The studio was founded in 1982 by UT alumnus Roy Lozano, but after he died in 1994, Jesús “Chuy” Chacón took over as the studio’s director. An Austin-based nonprofit, the studio spreads Latin American culture through Folklorico with performances throughout Texas. Folklorico represents Latin American ballet with an emphasis on local folk culture. It is often defined by exaggerated movements and intricately choreographed performances that tell a story. Right now, they’re preparing a show influenced by the Mexican Revolution. Chacón said Lozano was an incredible teacher who demanded perfection. Now, just as Lozano did before him, Chacón travels to Mexico twice a year to learn the cultures and dances in each of its 31 states. When he comes back, he teaches his students about the civilizations he learned of during his time there. His favorite group is the Aztecs because of the religious undertones surrounding the dances and traditions. In Aztec culture, heavy drum beats drive the choreography, which relies heavily on circular and cross motifs. “To bring in some of the culture and put my little mark on the dances is very exciting,” Chacón said. “I want
Chase Karacostas | Daily Texan Staff
Favian Perea from Round Rock and Spanish junior Mireiya Velasquez practice their new Latin dance routine based on the Mexican Revolution at Roy Lozano’s Ballet Folklorico de Texas.
them to understand why they’re dancing, what the culture represents, what the costume means, to take ownership of the character. Let’s make that passion to dance stronger by you learning why you’re dancing.” Spanish junior Mireiya Velasquez, who’s been with the studio for 12 years, said
Alumna embraces Mexican heritage through artwork By Cat Cardenas @crcardenas8
Ripped from the headlines, brutal stories of drugs, war and murder on the border became the subjects of alumna Natalia Anciso’s series “Flora and Fauna.” One of the pieces, “Madre y Hijos,” shows a grieving mother kneeling over the bodies of her sons, both covered in delicate flowers drawn in orange, red and purple colored pencils. The subjects in each piece of the series are carefully sketched in graphite, fading into the background as viewers first focus on the vibrant colors. Anciso said the contrast between the harsh and the delicate, the beautiful and the painful, represents the complexity of being from the border. Raised in the small town of Mercedes in the Rio Grande Valley, Anciso’s family had been in the area for generations. “My family, they’re very proud of being Texan; and we were Mexican, but being so close to the border, you try to disassociate yourself from [Mexicans]. It’s a really complex relationship,” Anciso said. Anciso said she turned to her art to express the inner conflict she felt about her identity. “My artwork became a place where I could heal and work out my feelings about home,” Anciso said. “I just wanted to articulate my experience through the art that I was creating and learn how to negotiate between these opposing viewpoints on a daily basis.” After leaving the Valley to attend UT in 2003, Anciso said she struggled to adjust to a new life in Austin. But when she took a few Mexican-American studies classes, the identity she always felt conflicted about began to empower her. “I realized there were artists out there that looked like me,” Anciso said. “Just seeing these people that actually had the title of artists that were making work that really meant something — it changed the way I looked at things.” Anciso graduated in 2008 but wanted to continue her education and headed to the California College of the Arts in San Francisco to earn a Master’s degree. As the only Latina in the art program, she said she felt her creative decisions were often met with unwarranted pushback. When presenting a project about her relationship with the border to the class, her professor challenged her with one comment: “You don’t know what you are.” “He called me lazy during the critique where I
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Raised in the Rio Grande Valley, alumna and Chicana artist Natalia Anciso’s work focuses on the sometimes harsh realities of life on the border.
have my classmates and peers in front of me,” Anciso said. “I remember thinking, ‘Of course Mexicans are the lazy ones.’” She almost quit. Then she took a trip back home. There, her cousin who had recently been released from jail showed her a piece of handkerchief art a friend had made there. The art form had roots to Chicano prisoners dating back to the 1940s. She felt drawn to it, and when she returned to school, she was confident in her choices, bolstered by the research and work she put into the idea. “I couldn’t just be an artist, I had to prove it to people,” Anciso said. “I had already embraced my heritage, but all of that criticism made me feel it even more. Just wanting to set an example and be some type of role model is what pushed me.” Since leaving school, Anciso’s work has been met with national acclaim. In the past few years, she’s been recognized in ELLE Magazine and Huffington Post, and this month she will appear as the only visual artist on TVyNovelas’ list of “Top 50 Latinos Today.” “Even though we have this kind of complex self-hate in the Valley, I love having those two cultures,” Anciso said. “I love that duality, that being in between. I didn’t like it in the beginning, but now that I’m older, I love it. I’m proud to be Mexican. I’m proud to be Tejana.” “Madre y Hijos” | Courtesy of Natalia Anciso
she loves learning new choreography from Mexico’s northern states such as Chihuahua, Coahuila and Sonora. But their dances require lots of energy and stamina. In 2012, Velasquez received the chance to serve as an instructor under Chacón. Since then, she has been teaching basic skirt waves and footwork to children ages five to 10.
“It’s very rewarding to see that, because I’m able to get [my techniques] across to them,” Velasquez said. “That’s one thing that I kind of always feel like I’m going to do wrong, especially as a teacher instead of as a dancer.” Mexican-American studies junior Daniela Rascón said the studio became a second home to her. She said she feels the dancers there are like family because they’re all volunteers bonded by their love of dance. Rascón found solace at the studio after she had to drop out of UT during her first semester. Folklorico gave her an escape from struggles at home, and it drove her to return to the University. “Roy’s, for me, was the one place where I could go and not think about everything that was going on,” Rascón said. “It was kind of like that thing that kept me sane when I was going insane.” Along with encouraging artistic expression and focus, Chacón said he hopes the studio’s performances show audiences that there’s more to Mexico than what they might hear on the news. In a Christian version of the traditional Mexican Deer Dance, he did just that. “During the dance, people were so quiet, so quiet. And I’m like, ‘Oh gosh, I guess people don’t like it,’ and after about 10 seconds, they all started clapping and cheering,” Chacón said. “Later someone said to me, ‘Chuy, it was one of those dances in which you cannot talk, the story behind the way they were doing it, it was so beautiful, it took us seconds to get out of that.’ Everybody was mesmerized.”
RTF student highlights Hispanic roots in art By Lisette Oler @LisetteOler
She used to stand on a chair with corn husks in her hand and maza on a spoon, spreading the mixture around messily as her grandmother reassured her that she was doing well. Now, radio-television-film junior Elyanna Garcia is highlighting her Hispanic heritage in her photography and filmmaking. Garcia is writing her first script and plans to pitch it to Univision, the Spanish-language network in the U.S. She hopes to paint Hispanic worlds more holistically than they have previously been represented. “There are so many stereotypes that are in the media for Hispanics, and I’d like to change that,” Garcia said. “[I want to] give it a more realistic view, rather than it be generalizations.” The show revolves around a woman who kills her two children’s fathers, a detective who’s trying to find their killer and a staged death. Garcia said she hopes her show will resemble “Jane the Virgin,” a Venezuelan telenovela which was adapted for the U.S. By decreasing the gap between American dramas and Spanish telenovelas, she hopes she can reduce stereotypes. Garcia said not every woman fits the description of the sassy, hot Latina. This is particularly relevant in a time when Hispanics are underrepresented in mainstream entertainment. According to the Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity,
although Latinos make up 17.4 percent of the U.S. population, they make up 5.8 percent of speaking characters in film and television. “It’s overly played out. [Latinas] are supposed to be ‘spicy’ or ‘sassy’ and all these other types of [stereotypes],” Garcia said. “The realistic side is that Latinas work extremely hard to get to where they want to be in life. They can be ‘mean’ and ‘spicy,’ I guess, but they can also be really smart and determined.” Garcia moved to Austin for school, but the small border town of Brownsville, Texas, is her home. Growing up, Garcia spent a lot of time with her grandmother, but as she moved farther away from her, she felt less connected to her Hispanic culture. “I wasn’t looking for [Hispanic culture],” Garcia said. “I just assumed it would be around me, because that’s how it was growing up. I got to Austin and it was culture shock.” Garcia started taking Spanish classes and joined a mariachi group to stay in touch with her culture. As a result, Garcia said her relationship with her grandmother, who only speaks Spanish, has gotten stronger. “There are more things I can ask my grandma,” Garcia said. “I was pretty fluent before coming here, but it blossomed into more [and] different types of conversation. Just this weekend I was asking her what her favorite mariachi songs were. She gave me 15 songs.” Morgan Boone, a public relations junior
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Radio-television-film junior Elyanna Garcia highlights her Hispanic heritage through photography and film. Garcia plans to write a script and pitch it to Univision.