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Spending woes halt first-year campaigns
By Sarah Phillips @sarahphilips23
Politicians, journalists and politics lovers alike will be descending upon campus this weekend for the Texas Tribune Festival, a three-day conference that includes panels on timely political topics. Some of the big-name panelists and speakers that will be at the Festival include Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R-OH), independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former Texas gubernatorial
candidate Wendy Davis, to name a few. The weekend will begin with a keynote one-on-one conversation between Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith and Kasich Friday night. The panels will cover everything from issues like the STAAR test and big-time college sports to the 2016 presidential election. One of the festival’s panels will focus on a university-oriented policy issue — campus carry. The panel titled “Campus Carry is the Law. Now What?” will bring in players involved on all fronts of the
issue that sparked campus protests and has been a heavy topic of discussion. One of the panelists in this discussion is Steven Goode, a professor at the UT School of Law and the chair of the Campus Carry Working Policy Group. The group’s mission was to define regulations and rules surrounding campus carry and UT President Gregory Fenves. Goode said the panel will likely revolve around why they chose the policies they did and how they’ve been
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Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith speaks before the keynote conversation at last years Texas Tribune Festival. This year Smith will speak with John Kasich on Friday to kick off the festival.
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The amount of reported rapes in the West Campus area decreased from 33 in 2014 to 13 in 2015, according to crime reports released by the Austin Police Department. Rapes between these years were cut down by over half, a significant change APD said is not easily attributed, and still requires further investigation. “I don’t know why the numbers would change, I do know that sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes that there are,” said APD Sergeant Sandra Benningfield. “That’s something that we always try to get out there — is letting people know that just because they’re a victim of a sexual assault they shouldn’t feel ashamed.” Earlier this year a UT study — headed by Noel Busch-Armendariz, director of the University’s Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault — found 91 percent of sexual assault cases go unreported. Whether this is the mitigat-
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ing factor contributing to the steep decline in rapes in the West Campus area is something Benningfield said is difficult to determine, but nevertheless likely. “A 20 case differential
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Fossil Free Texas president Matthew Chovanec said he takes UT’s motto, “What starts here changes the world,” very seriously when it comes to combating climate change. Chovanec, a Middle Eastern languages and cultures graduate student, has been working on a grassroots movement at UT to lobby the UT System into imposing stricter regulations on oil and gas companies using UT lands in West Texas. In a press conference Wednesday morning, Fossil Free Texas and Environment Texas released a
in that area or any area is significant,” Benningfield said. “When the number goes down, I don’t think the number of rapes is going down as opposed to the number of people making
the reports are going down.” Samantha Carter, UT Police Department officer, reaffirmed the idea of underreporting playing a role in the decline of reported West Campus rapes, however,
she added that educational awareness could have had an impact. “It could either be the educational programs out
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McRaven faces pressure for UT system fracking By Paul Cobler
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By Katie Keenan
The UT Supreme Court broke from past procedures and levied harsher punishments upon this year’s first-year representative candidates for not turning in their campaign spending reports on time. The ruling resulted in the suspension of campaigning and a reduction in spending limits for five candidates the day before elections. Students who run for first-year representative positions are required to submit forms detailing donations and campaign expenses three times to the Election Supervisory Board throughout their campaign. This year, five students failed to submit campaign spending reports by the required second deadline. “Almost every election, the financial disclosures are turned in late by some candidates,” said Justice Blake Richard, a supply chain management senior. “We decided this time to establish a more firm precedent of exact punishments.” Election Code violations are categorized from A to D by increasing severity and punishment. This year’s candidates were all issued a Class C violation, resulting in a 24-hour campaign suspension from Tuesday to Wednesday morning, as well as a 20 percent reduction from their $204 spending limit. Business freshman Nahiyan Khan and finance freshman Camron Goodman, neuroscience freshman Riley O’Hara, undeclared sophomore Seth Sageser and communication studies sophomore Austin Sappington have all
video showing methane being released by drilling on UT lands. Chovanec said Fossil Free Texas was first made aware of methane emissions on UT lands last year, and since have been working on this campaign. “All of our jaws dropped,” Chovanec said. “Suddenly we were handed the terrible truth that not only UT owns land on which fossil fuel extraction is happening directly, but it’s not even abiding by the least decent practices and leading to these methane emissions.” Fossil Free Texas has also been partnering with Environment Texas, a statewide
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Black Voices rise in UT support group By Will Clark This semester a new student support group, Black Voices, formed to provide a space for black students to process their experiences as a minority on campus. Kimberly Burdine, diversity coordinator for the Counseling and Mental Health Center, facilitates discussions within the group involving race relations, gender equality, mass incarceration and police brutality, among other issues. Burdine said as more people become aware of anti-black racism, there tends to be a curiosity or confusion among non-black people. She emphasizes that Black Voices is
primarily a place for black students to talk about black issues among themselves. “One of the things that would be very helpful and important to do is not make [understanding black issues] the work of black people,” Burdine said. “Then you’ve made the work of understanding your privilege that of somebody else, and that perpetuates the stress and perpetuates the trauma that people experience.” Psychology freshman Patience Ojionuka plans to attend Black Voices and said an open dialogue between students of all different backgrounds is important for progress on race issues. “Often times the best thing white allies can do is to listen and to support,” Ojionuka
said. “That happens by us having conversations about racism. That is the biggest thing allies can do is to try to make a difference without speaking over the voices of people of color.”
The group meets in the Gordon White Building, the same building that houses the African and African diaspora studies department, an intentional choice, Burdine
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continues from page 1 been penalized for failing to submit these reports on time. Candidates had to submit their second and final financial disclosure by Tuesday afternoon. In past years, violators were punished with a 10 percent spending limit reduction and no campaign suspension. The Supreme Court has the ability to disqualify candidates for any failure to meet a financial disclosure deadline. “I think being overly aggressive like giving Class C’s is not the best policy,” said law student Zachary Stone, who was chief justice in fall 2014 and spring 2016. “It’s unnecessarily harsh [but] it’s within their authority.” The Court, however, is not bound entirely by previ-
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environmental activism group, to gather petition signatures at UT-Austin, UT-San Antonio and UT-Arlington. The petition calls on UT System Chancellor William McRaven to require oil and gas companies drilling on UT lands to cut their methane emissions in half within the next five years, and Chovanec said they have gathered over 2,200 signatures. “Methane is UT’s dirty little secret,” said Lena Wright, the campaign organizer for Environment Texas. “UT
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ous decisions and must be flexible depending on the situation, according to Justice Kris Bindeman. “We want to make sure our court can be dynamic over time and that we can do the best we can to serve the best interest that we are really here to serve,” said Bindeman, a law student. Last week, the Supreme Court explained the Election Code’s rules to candidates at a required seminar. Candidates agreed upon these conditions and were also alerted an hour before the 4:30 p.m. deadline to turn in their forms, Richard said. “It was so obvious what was required of them and when they needed to turn them in that we feel it was a fair punishment,” Richard said. David Engleman, chair administrators should hold gas and oil companies who make money off this land accountable.” Business freshman Diana Camacho said the University should hold oil and gas companies drilling on its lands to the same standard of environmental awareness that it holds its students. “We’re making a small impact by recycling and doing all that, but by holding the companies accountable and decreasing the amount of greenhouses gases in the air, they could have a huge impact,” Camacho said. “We
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of the Election Supervisory Board, which is inactive for the first-year representative election, said the Supreme Court still unfairly penalized this year’s candidates by being inconsistent. “If the court is making the all should be more conscious about the environment and every little step that we can take towards having less emissions of carbon dioxide or any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere could help.” Chovanec said climate change and the work Fossil Free Texas is doing is becoming more and more urgent for the University to react to. “We believe it’s a moral obligation of us as students as a part of being in the University, being in the knowledge community and wanting to start something here that is going to change the world.”
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penalty harsher for one year to the next, it’s not fair to the candidates,” Engleman said. “But the biggest question is whether it is constitutional for them to make that change.” Goodman, one of the firstyear candidates who received
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continues from page 1 carried out so far. “I expect questions that relate both to why we made certain recommendations and how the campus has been dealing with campus carry since it was instituted on campus,” Goode said. Goode will be joined at the panel by English professor Mia Carter and Antonia Okafor, the Texas state director for Students for Concealed Carry, both of whom Goode said disagreed with the campus carry group’s policies from opposite sides of the issue. “One area would be that the working group did not recommend that guns should be excluded from classrooms,” Goode said. “Mia Carter, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, thought that violated her rights to academic freedom.” Okafor, on the other hand, believed the policies allowing offices occupied by a single faculty member to be dictated as gun-free and not allowing guns in dormitories were too strict. “I expect we’ll talk about
the violations, said the 24-hour suspension just before elections is unfair. “I think it’s kind of drastic the day before to get a hold on my campaign because it slows the momentum a little bit,” Goodman said. Space for Students of Color Healing from Racism, also began this semester. Kathryn Redd, assistant director for prevention and outreach for the CMHC, said she hopes the group will provide therapeutic support for people dealing with racism. “We Rise! is a group for students who are feeling the negative consequences of being in an environment where they’re dealing with issues of racism both personally and also experiencing the effects of what that means when we hear about these issues happening nationally as well,” Redd said. how we did recommend and that Fenves adopted that sole occupants of offices could exclude handguns from their offices,” Goode said. “As well, guns to some extent could be excluded from oncampus dormitories. Okafor thought that included too much exclusion.” In addition to campus carry, other topics relevant to students living in Austin are “Rideshare’s Road Forward” in light of Uber and Lyft leaving Austin in May. Students who wished to attend were able to get discounted tickets and some volunteer opportunities in order to attend for free, like journalism freshman Henry Youtt. “I am so pumped to be able to volunteer at TribFest, because as a journalism major, it’s so cool to actually be walking around events, meeting people from big publications, and maybe getting a little behind-thescenes action too,” Youtt said. “It should be a good time.” The Festival will come to a close with a conversation between Smith and independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin on Sunday.
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Commentators Michael Green, left, and Jim Steinberg, right, discuss the political implications of current foreign policy in this year’s election.
Foreign policy experts shed light on relations with Asia By Carlynn Hickenbotham @hcarlynn
The Clements Center for National Security held a book discussion on “The Pivot” by Kurt Campbell, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The book focuses on the affairs of East Asia and how the U.S. chose to deal with these matters. Although Campbell could not attend the event due to unforeseen circumstances, Michael Green, foreign policy expert in Asian affairs, and Jim Steinberg, former deputy secretary of state, led the discussion. The two discussed the importance of having a strong strategy for Asian foreign policy because of the continent’s advancing technology and America’s need to be able to respond to the possibility of nuclear warfare in North Korea. -hour Steinberg said he agreed elec-
with Campbell’s views in his book on how in order to remain a world power, America would need to make more efforts to establish relations with Southeast Asia. “Historically, East Asia and China have been a prominent topic in campaigns,” Steinberg said. “Looking back on the Obama administration … the campaign itself heavily focused on East Asia.” Green said America’s foreign policy in Asia needs to change since China has a large military and the country is a deciding factor in how the U.S. communicates with most Asian countries. “The reality is that there is a lot more continuity than change in foreign policy,” Green said. “Within Asia strategy, there is a mainstream to look at China as a variable, the biggest variable.” Steinberg and Green concluded that China is the key to the significant change the
U.S. hopes to bring to Asia. Steinberg said the standstill in China is partially because of China’s unwillingness to cooperate with the U.S., or any other countries, during conflict. “China’s been unresponsive,” Steinberg said. “Where are the actions by the Chinese providing assurances, looking for ways to work with others to solve the problems they’re supposed to? That’s what creates the anxiety.” Juan Rodriguez III, international relations and global studies junior, said he attended the event because he was curious about the state of international relations in Asia. “I feel like it’s moving in the right direction,” Rodriguez said. “The pivot, in my opinion, should have been done in the 1980s, 1990s, a little earlier than what it is now, but we’re moving in the right direction. Progress, but slow progress.”
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Minorities in Advertising connects students to prestigious internships @_miguelrobles
As Dana Summers walked through the doors of J. Walter Thompson New York on the first day of her advertising internship this past summer, she noticed something set her apart from her fellow colleagues — she was the only black intern. “Being the only black intern was not the biggest surprise because the industry definitely has a set image that needs to change,” said Summers, an advertising and radio-television-film senior. Summers got the internship through the Multicultural Advertising Intern Program, a national organization that connects students of diverse backgrounds to the different disciplines within the advertising industry through a 22-week fellowship program. Summers learned about MAIP through the UT student organization Minorities in Advertising, an organization that works to promote and diversify the
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continues from page 1 there are making people more aware, so this is happening less,” Carter said. “It could also be that there’s just underreporting. It’s not something that I think we’ll ever specifically be able to know what’s causing the decline.” Sexual assault awareness campaigns and educational resources such as SURE Walk or Voices Against Violence provide a cushion of support for victims or students who seek to learn more about
approach to patient care from the person who innovated it. “We have a unique opportunity as students to learn about anything we want to,” Bettis said. “This lecture taught me about new strategies on how to react and behave in a clinical environment.” The event was sponsored by the Humanities Institute through the C.L. and Henriette Cline Centennial Visiting Professorship in the Humanities and the Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies in the Department of English. Phillip J Barrish, a professor of English, said the topics discussed at this lecture are critical for all UT students to learn about anything they want to do in the future. “This lecture is important because the skills and approaches Dr. Charon discusses are essential to our own work as students, professors and human beings,” Barrish said.
self-protection, something Anum Moon, management information systems junior, said is essential to creating a thriving student community. “It’s a bit of a relief to hear that … there’s a possibility of them going down, especially since this is a student environment that you want to feel safe [in] and you want to feel at home in a way,” Moon said. Panic buttons or phone boxes much like the ones dispersed around campus are safety fixtures that Moon said could potentially increase safety if installed
in the West Campus area, adding that although the rape numbers may be on the decline, many students do not report incidents to the police. “Obviously there’s a lot of cases that are not reported, and for that, I feel like we have to do a lot of work in terms of getting people to feel comfortable to use those resources for them to report assaults or rapes,” Moon said. APD will continue examining the crime data reported between 2014 and 2015 and the possible driving force behind the decline.
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Rita Charon spoke on Wednesday night at the Student Activity Center about her approach to patient care. In order to cultivate empathy and understanding in the physician-patient relationship, she encourages the use of storytelling. Charon, the professor of clinical medicine and director of the program in narrative medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, explained how physicians gain the privilege of hearing their patients’ stories just by building trust. She said this privilege is the fire behind all of her work. “Illness raises the veil on very important aspects of a patient’s life that usually remains hidden,” Charon said. “We as caretakers have to understand our patients’ feelings and make sense of their rage, loss and pain.”
Charon also touched on the narrative medicine principles she is teaching physicians to use in order to build relationships with their patients. Some of these principles include recognizing, absorbing, interpreting and being moved to action by stories of illness and having a commitment to social justice. “It is important to learn what a patient wants and not just what they need,” Charon said. “It is amazing what can happen out of the simple interactions between physicians and patients.” Charon delivered her “Health, Wellbeing, and Healing” lecture as part of her residence at the C.L. and Henriette Cline Centennial Visiting Professor in the Humanities. Kiesiology graduate student Evan Bettis said he went to this event because he wanted to work in a clinic someday and it would be interesting to learn about a new
public relations and advertising industry by connecting students to professionals in the industry. “Diversity in advertising matters because the core audience is changing and the advertising agency isn’t really reflecting that,” Summers said. One of the main ways MIA connects its members with these opportunities is through MAIP. By interning through the program, students have the chance to connect with agency executives and human resources leaders as well as networking with fellow members throughout the country. According to MIA, while the program is open to college students across the country, UT students make up the largest group of MAIP members. “This opportunity peaks my interest because not only does it contain my passions for public relations and communications, but it is also a very inclusive group of students,” said public relations junior Jennifer Hernandez. “I
am definitely considering applying to the program because it has a lot of distinctions that I’m looking for like working in a new city, working towards my interest and, of course, getting paid.” MIA Co-President, Marymar Martinez said the group offers many opportunities that could otherwise not be possible for minority students looking to break into the advertising industry. “We really work with our members to get them where they want to be,” said Martinez, a theatre and public relations senior. “We’ve changed diversity and minorities to apply not only to skin color but sexual orientation, gender, mental disabilities, all of the above, really.” Through MAIP, MIA hopes to help all students shape their college experience and future career aspirations through new experiences that otherwise would not be an option for them. “Without MAIP, I would be stuck in Killeen, Texas flipping burgers,” said Summers.
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Texas must reduce maternal mortality rates By Laura Hallas
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @LauraHallas
Texas has once again been dragged into the women’s health spotlight with its most dismal metric yet. According to a recent report, Texas mothers are dying at shockingly high rates — in fact, the highest rate in the U.S. But even amongst this widespread suffering, African-American women are bearing the brunt of the impact. Maternal mortality refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy. Texas’ rate reflects poorly on the state of women’s health overall, as maternal mortality has doubled since 2010 to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births. While the U.S. on average has also seen increased maternal mortality in recent years, there is no excuse for Texas’ skyrocketing statistics. The infamous HB2 that shut down abortion and women’s health clinics and restricted funding for family planning is an easy target to blame, but many of these problems predate HB2. Yes, funding for family planning services and Planned Parenthood began decreasing around 2011, but other factors like drug overdose have also been on the rise — it was the second leading cause of maternal death between 2011 and 2012. However, Texas’ maternal mortality problem has one major component that isn’t captured in overviews or statewide statistics — the women who are dying are largely African-American. From 2011 to 2012,
Texas’ rate reflects poorly on the state of women’s health overall, as maternal mortality has doubled since 2010 to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births. African-American women made up 28 percent of the maternal mortality rate, despite only accounting for 11 percent of births. As it addresses the larger maternal mortality issue, the Texas legislature owes its attention to the minority groups who are hurting the most. Racial discrepancies in health outcomes are not news. African-American mothers’ health inequities are well documented — they are two to six times more likely to die of pregnancy than white women, experience low birth weight attributed almost exclusively to the mother’s stress from interpersonal racism and face perceived discrimination within family planning systems. With these pre-existing conditions, it is unsurprising that Texas’ acute lack of maternal support in recent years has disproportionately impacted African-Americans. Research groups such as the Texas Policy Evaluation Project and Healthy Texas Women have laid out evidence-based initiatives that could improve women’s health by increasing access to care earlier on in pregnancies and addressing the unequal distribution of services. But as of yet, these
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recommendations haven’t been translated into practice. The Texas 2013 legislative session led to the creation of a Maternal Mortality and Morbidity task force and while this is a good indication of intent to address women’s health in general, there should be more legislative discussion specifically focused on racial disparities. While Texas’ maternal morbidity and mortality rates reflected the need for improved healthcare across the board, disproportional impacts necessitate targeted protections. The factors that are killing
As it addresses the larger maternal mortality issue, the Texas legislature owes its attention to the minority groups who are hurting the most. African-American mothers are largely preventable, so let’s prevent them. Hallas is a Plan II and health and society sophomore from Allen.
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Students should have freedom to use e-cigarettes By Albert Zhao
Daily Texan Columnist @_AlbertZhao
As many of us have labored our way into UT to escape our parents — whom we may grow more or less fond of later — the presumption here is we can finally engage in certain liberties that were once constrained back home. Liberties that, for the sake of our family audience, range from eating copious amounts of cheese things from the microwave to sleeping whenever. Though we are finally responsible for ourselves, the recent Clear the Air campaign argues otherwise with its ban on campus e-cigarette huffing (no, not smoking) and reverts us back to a stage of adolescence. Like a concerned guardian, Clear the Air recently sent a university-wide email reminding us in large font that UT is “tobacco-free” and adding a provision this semester that stated “no vaping.” If a student catches any smokers, huffers or other human chimneys on campus, they can demand the perpetrator stop or otherwise anonymously report them. This was enacted to prevent the following three consequences: The risk of second-hand smoke exposure, littering and air pollution and potential for campus fires. Unfortunately, the risks that Clean the Air argued relate only to cigarette use and not to e-cigarettes and vaporizers. Virtually all e-cigarettes contain no tobacco, and furthermore, published medical
research by Igor Burstyn, an associate health professor at Drexel University, concluded that second-hand “vaping” posed no health concerns to bystanders. E-cigarettes and vaporizers can also be effective in deterring cigarette litter and air pollution, as well as providing a combustion-free campus and inhalation of nicotine. These devices have also been deemed to be “effective in helping people quit smoking” according to the U.K.’s National Health Service. Although nicotine is an addictive and toxic drug with long-term health effects, such as lung cancer, e-cigarettes only affect the user. This campaign misleadingly equates the harm of smoking and vaping, which Dr. Burstyn describes in Popular Science as “propaganda mixed with willful ignorance”. Although it is uncertain whether Clean the Air’s ignorance was willful or not, if the campaign lacks sufficient medical, environmental and fire-preventing grounds to ban e-cigarettes and vaporizers, then what is the overriding concern? So far, the e-cigarette concern seems intended to manage the health and habits of the individual. This provides no grounds for UT to regulate. Our University Health Services would much better serve students through greater emphasis on more crucial and pervasive health concerns such as sleep-deprivation and mental health rather than the incessant Tobacco-Free Campus (No Vaping) stickers across campus. However, if UHS were to add sleep to their labeling crusade, might we expect library door signs that read ”Eye-bag Free Campus,” or “A
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Although the second-hand smoke associated with cigarettes is of valid concern, e-cigarettes do not pose the same threat.
Moderate Redbull Drinking Space”? Or perhaps like the aforementioned smoke and vape reporting system, UHS would add a statutory sleep policy: Simply approach the weary student and demand they rest their damn head if they knew what’s good for ‘em. But such measures will not bother us. We are accountable for ourselves and should ignore this parental tone-of-voice from Clean the Air. Though to warn you even further,
just as ineffective D.A.R.E. campaigns in your primary school horrendously attempted to be relatable, Clean the Air couldn’t help themselves either with this tweet: “It’s Taco Tuesday #UTAustin. Remember Tacos NOT Tobacco! #ClearTheAir.” We were meant to flee dad humor. Let e-cigarette use on campus be at your discretion. Zhao is a government and corporate communications junior from Shanghai, China.
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Small town racism prevents minorities’ success By Ethan Elkins
Daily Texan Columnist @ethanerikelkins
In small southern towns throughout the U.S., families and churches who have relied on oil money for centuries continue to hold a monopoly on politics and wealth. The institutionalized racism embedded in the culture of low-population southern towns oppresses minorities from excelling in their communities. When escaping from Texas towns such as Rockport and Tyler, students’ perceptions of race are distorted when transitioning to larger areas like Austin. “It’s just a big cycle,” said Diana Deleon, a Hispanic advertising sophomore from Rockport, referring to the upper class of white retirees who run her hometown. “It is more normal and comfortable for them to think about their own race before including other people.” This mentality urges privileged students to harbor racism at a young age, a phenomenon Deleon witnessed when the one black
student that went to her high school was called “Black Josh” to ostracize him. English freshman Ava Dhakal experienced this at her Tyler high school when other students referred to her looks as “exotic,” citing her Nepalese ethnicity. Still, Dhakal thinks she is lucky to only be subjected to these backhanded compliments in comparison to the bigotry endured by her Muslim friends. “I remember people would ask them, ‘When are the terrorist meetings?’” Dhakal said. These comments often come from parents not wanting their kids to learn about other cultures. Dhakal had a friend who would often speak of his family’s mentality, explaining they would disown him if he took a black girl to a dance. When she called out his inherent racism, he would respond by saying, “‘No, that’s just the way of life here.’” This racism is so deeply embedded that it is only acknowledged by those it affects. It is this “way of life” that continues to suppress the diversification of local government, an issue Austin NAACP president Nelson Linder devotes his time combatting.
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Born in 1958, Linder grew up in central Georgia being subjected to oppression in every key area of life. “Folks with money and power have been able to hold onto their power for years,” Linder said. “And they tend to buy the leadership.” This misrepresentation starts as early as high school. While Hispanic students make up 46 percent of enrollees in Tyler Independent School District compared to the white students who make up 22 percent of enrollees, Dhakal recalls only white members in her high school student council’s leadership. The towns are relatively diverse, but the minorities continue to be underrepresented. Marginalized students from towns like these can be accustomed to being excluded from success. Minorities from small towns are likely to grow up not being elected to student government, not being encouraged to take advanced courses and possibly not even being encouraged to go to college. This dissuasion can upset racial relations at a university level for those students who do pursue an education, even if
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Minorities from small towns are likely to grow up not being elected to student government, not being encouraged to take advanced courses and possibly not even being encouraged to go to college. the environment is generally unprejudiced. Racism continues to shape the culture of small towns. Tyler’s idolization of the Rose Queen, the paramount position of a traditional festival that has only had white royalty, always the daughter of an established family, is an example of how intensely racism is rooted in small town society. Racism’s insertion into trivial events like the Texas Rose Festival shows its looming power in important matters like local government and education. Elkins is a journalism sophomore from Tyler.
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No reason for panic after loss to Cal By Michael Shapiro
After starting the season 2-0, the Longhorns dropped their first game of the season this weekend to the Golden Bears in Berkeley. Head coach Charlie Strong and the team have a week off to prepare before opening Big 12 play on Oct. 1.
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The unbridled confidence of Longhorn fans following the burnt orange’s 2–0 start faded in the wee hours of Sunday morning as Texas fell 50-43 to California in Berkeley. It was an ugly defeat for head coach Charlie Strong’s team. Texas surrendered 507 yards and 43 points, allowing California senior quarterback Davis Webb to fire four touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Chad Hansen ran rampant through the Longhorn defense, catching 12 balls for 196 yards. Hansen flashed a horns down sign on one of his two touchdown catches, adding insult to injury. The other side of the ball was additionally shaky at times. Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele looked rattled, throwing for under 200 yards and tossing an interception in the second quarter. Panic had already set in for the Longhorn faithful by the time Texas arrived in Austin around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. There were calls for the dismissal of defensive coordinator Vance Bedford and questions surrounding the Longhorns’ senior leadership. But these worries are little more than panicked, snap judgments from a fan-base desperate to see the return of a historically successful program. However, they’re
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nothing new for Strong. The Longhorns’ leader has faced criticism throughout his tenure. Distress amongst fans began following Texas’ 31-7 loss to Arkansas in the 2014 AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl in which the Longhorns mustered just 59 total yards. Fans and media also called for Strong’s job after a 50-7 beatdown against then-No. 4 TCU last October. Strong righted the ship to a degree in 2015, garnering upset wins over then-No. 10 Oklahoma and then-No. 12 Baylor despite a 5-7 record. And he won over Texas fans again after reeling in the No. 7 recruiting class this year, according to the 247Sports composite.
“I have some unbelievable coaches and we know how important winning is and we know we have to win some football games,” Strong said on Feb. 6. “We just have to continue to work, continue to build and continue to put them in the right place.” The high spirits continued through the season’s first two weeks, as the Longhorns upset then-No. 10 Notre Dame and dismantled UTEP 41-7. But after Saturday’s defeat, the doubts surrounding Strong’s program have returned. Regardless of their validity before, those doubts are still premature. The future of Texas football is as bright now as it’s been during the entirety of
Strong’s tenure. The burnt orange found a viable quarterback for the future in Buechele, and have restocked the cupboards on defense. For the first time since former head coach Mack Brown’s departure, the Longhorns have enough talent to compete for conference titles. Saturday’s defeat raised legitimate concerns regarding Texas’ ability to stop the Big 12’s best offenses in 2016. But the team still flashed a high-powered attack, scoring 43 points behind a true freshman quarterback in his first road game. The Longhorns’ schedule still presents numerous challenges, namely against the aerial assault of
Texas Tech and the passing prowesses of Baylor senior quarterback Seth Russell and Oklahoma signal caller Baker Mayfield. But the fundamentals of the Texas program are solid. Strong has assembled a talented young roster and proven his ability to win big games — including a double-overtime win against then-No. 10 Notre Dame in week one. The loss to California was a sharp reminder that Texas will still face growing pains with a young team, especially on defense. Still, it’s no time to panic. Strong looks to be the right man to lead the Longhorns back to national prominence.
Richards-Ross talks Olympic career and plans for future @Vanntastic_Leah
Sanya Richards-Ross told her first grade teacher she would be an Olympian someday. And 24 years later, after racking up four gold medals, she’s ready for something new. Richards-Ross returned to the University as a speaker for Campus Events and Entertainment’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Wednesday evening. She ran for Texas in 2003 and 2004, turning pro after making her first Olympic team. Now, she plans to return to UT finish her degree at the business school. “My days at Texas were
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my best days,” RichardsRoss said. “My husband [former NFL cornerback Aaron Ross] and I wish we could go back.” As an accomplished Olympian, Richards-Ross reflected on her career in track and field with stories of her greatest struggles on her path to success. To help maintain her competitive attitude, she hired a sports psychologist to change her perception of success. “It was August 5, 2008 and I won the bronze … it felt like I lost the gold,” Richards-Ross said. “It’s important for you to find mentors … who can teach you how to open up your mind and heart towards success. I
walked on the track at London 2012 and visualized myself winning the gold medal before the race started.” Richards-Ross said she believes it is important for athletes to figure out what to do when their sport ends, which is why she has explored interests beyond the track. Since her days at McCombs, Richards-Ross has maintained an interest in entrepreneurship. She opened a hair salon with her sister and a luxury limo-service with her husband in Austin. Now, she’s currently writing a book, but it won’t be an autobiography. She hopes to inspire people of all ages to pave their own ways to
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Former Longhorn and Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross speaks to students at an event hosted by Campus Events + Entertainment.
success through her book and motivational speaking. “My story isn’t done yet,” Richards-Ross said. “I really
want to be on college campuses and talking to students and executives on being the best versions of themselves.”
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Longhorns ready to face field of ranked teams at Cajun Classic
Texas looks to make big splash before conference play
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No. 16 Texas looks to keep its momentum going on Thursday after an eventful start to the season. The Longhorns racked up 10 total wins at the Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic in St. Helena, California, and the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational in Midland last weekend. The weekend yielded strong collegiate debuts from Texas freshmen Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard at the Napa Valley Tennis Classic. Now, the Longhorns head to Lafayette, Louisiana to compete in their third fall tournament, the Cajun Tennis Classic. The eightteam event features six of the top35 Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranked schools and will host 32 players for singles and 16 teams for doubles. Texas will be joined by some familiar faces at the event. No. 11 Texas Tech and No. 12 USC also participated last weekend in Midland and St. Helena, respectively. The Cajun Classic also features a bevy of talented teams including No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 23 Kentucky, No. 27 Ole Miss and No. 35 LSU. The tournament comes just three
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Colin Markes days after Texas sophomore Colin Markes claimed first place in singles at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational, finishing the tournament with an undefeated record. The Longhorns claimed their second consecutive Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational title with the win. Markes will be joined in Lafayette by sophomore Harrison Scott, last year’s Invitational winner, as well as freshman Leonardo Telles and junior John Mee. Play begins on Thursday and ends on Sunday. Cox Sports Television and ESPN3 will televise the event’s finals from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday — the first time the event will be broadcast nationally since its return in 2014.
The 2016 non-conference tournament season is underway, and the Longhorns look to make a big splash before conference play begins. Texas opened up its season at the Minnesota Invitational at Minikahda Golf Club in Minneapolis last weekend. The Longhorns got off to a hot start, placing No. 3 overall behind the play of freshmen Greta Volker and Emilee Hoffman and junior Sophia Schubert. Volker placed No. 10 individually, while Hoffman finished at No. 12 and Schubert tied for No. 17. Volker shot a third-round 78, her highest score of the tournament. She shot a 75 in round one and a 68 in round two, four strokes under par. Schubert will look to bounce back in the season’s second tournament after a lower-than-expected finish in Minnesota. She was the Longhorns best player in 2016, leading Texas with three sub-par tournaments. Her round average of 72.72 was nearly one stroke better than any other player on the
Sophia Schubert Texas roster. Two other Longhorns finished the tournament in the top 60, as senior Julia Beck tied for No. 27 and freshman Dominique Galloway finished No. 53. Beck is the seasoned veteran on the Longhorns roster, competing in every event as a junior in 2015. She was named to both the 2016 Big 12 All-Tournament Team as well as the 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First team. The Longhorns look to continue their momentum in South Carolina against No. 20 Furman. The Lady Paladin finished on top at the Minnesota Invitational. Play begins at the Furman University Golf Club on Friday and ends on Sunday.
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SPORTS BRIEFLY Longhorns to hold open tryout
Texas basketball will hold walk-on tryouts on Thursday, Sept. 29 at Cooley Pavilion. The tryouts are scheduled for 7 a.m. and all players must be full-time students. In order to try out, players must pick up and submit paperwork at the Men’s Basketball office on the seventh floor in the north end zone of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. In addition to the necessary paperwork from the basketball office, players must submit a completed physical, health insurance card and sickle-cell test result before stepping on the court. The Longhorns went 20–13 in 2015-16 in head coach Shaka Smart’s first year leading the program. They notched upset wins over Oklahoma and North Carolina during the regular season, but fell to Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Texas currently has two walk-on players on its roster, senior forward Ryan McClurg and junior guard Joe Schwartz. —Michael Shapiro
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continues from page 8 integrating their LGBT members into the community. “I’ve never believed that Latino or people of color communities are more homophobic than their Anglo counterparts,” Anthony said. “[The families of color] have to dismantle the learned homophobia that [can] come through their religious base.” Gonzalez said he chose to bring “Mama’s Boi” to campus because it is relevant to many Latino students at UT. He hopes to get students to think about how they participate in their daily dose of social media. While the audience may get swept up in the sharp ways the play deals with sexuality, the issue of society’s dependence on technology is also thrust front and center for critique. Since people can post on the internet anonymously, Gonzalez said derogatory comments are often thrown around without a second thought. While these remarks are not said in
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person, a throwaway comment made through social media can hurt just as much as a face-toface insult. “Some people don’t realize that presenting your non-heterosexuality on a public profile is a scary thing, especially in college,” said Jordee Rodríguez, a bisexual government sophomore. “You never know when someone you pass on the way to class found you online and thinks you shouldn’t be here [for being queer].” Anthony said even though it may not seem obvious, nonheteronormative people face academic risks when challenging societal norms, especially if they are in a non-supportive environment. Students can lose out on things like study groups and adequate help from peers, and this is something the performance hopes to address. “I would think universities and professors would want to encourage students who challenge what is expected of them,” Anthony said. “But, sometimes, these are the spaces where students find the most resistance.”
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continues from page 8 tar’s weight and temperature morphed the material. “This object is really interesting to me because it has this slow motion that seems implied, but if you spend time with it, you will start to notice that it really does begin to form itself to whatever it’s resting on,” Rogers said. John Stoney, an art and art history associate professor and a member of Rogers’ critique committee, said Rogers initially struggled to figure out what made objects different from sculptures, but that after attending the Oxbow artist’s residency in Michigan, her work began to exist for itself. “[Rogers] rekindled a love of nature that she hadn’t been pursuing in a while,” Stoney said. “When she came back, her art was transformed incredibly.” While Rogers was a student at UT, she would often spend time in the Materials Lab, using it both as a resource and influence for her practice. In
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2015, she was selected for a $250 grant from the lab to pursue a hay and latex structure which later became an element in her “Soft Ground” series. This structure, titled “Waiting for Ducks,” was formed by carefully weaving latex-coated straw over a Styrofoam dome until it could support the volume. Materials Lab director and curator Jen Wong said she was intrigued by Roger’s proposed project in 2015 and recalled her innovative style when choosing an artist to open the Lab’s 2016 fall series of exhibitions. “It’s the combinations of materials that she chooses that’s really interesting,” Wong said. “There is a kind of juxtaposition of lightness and heaviness in the work that I really enjoy.”
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Nevermind experienced success with people of all ages, connecting on an emotional level to make it a smash hit.
By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
In the 1990s, Seattle was inundated with grunge bands and Nirvana was one of the most unlikely to make it big, lacking local popularity in a sea of standout acts. But with just one album, the band experienced an unprecedented rise to fame, and lead singer Kurt Cobain became the poster child for an entire generation. Before Nevermind hit the shelves 25 years ago, Nirvana struggled to establish themselves. Their drummer, Chad Channing, had just quit, and their record label Sub Pop was on the verge of folding. After trial and error, they connected with Dave Grohl, a Virginia drummer who was looking for a job after leaving the recently broken up hardcore band Scream. Grohl moved out to Seattle, and the band recorded a demo. They started shopping
themselves around, attracting attention from several major labels, but ultimately settling on David Geffen’s DGC Records. Building off their debut Bleach, Nirvana drew influences from bands such as the Pixies to build an infectious loud/quiet dynamic, which they used to surprise listeners with how catchy simplicity could be. Each of the 12 tracks on Nevermind changes tempo drastically with the exception of “Something in the Way,” separating Nirvana from their peers with catchy riffs similar to those of the mega hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the more mellow “Come as You Are.” Other than the album’s notorious singles, Nirvana’s now-legendary frontman Kurt Cobain dominated the writing process, penning 10 of the album’s 12 tracks by himself. With his preference to melody over lyrics, he spent days on end perfecting each song’s sound, but often had to scrap a song’s lyrics
altogether at the last minute while recording in the studio. Cobain hardly ever explained himself, and when he did, his stories hardly ever made sense. The chorus of “Drain You” stands out as such a ridiculous moment, harping “Chew your meat for you/Pass it back and forth in a passionate kiss/ From my mouth to yours/I like you,” yet it plays right into the song’s rhythm. It’s near impossible to call out his laziness. Behind the power of Cobain’s guitar riffs, Krist Novoselic’s bass lines lie perfectly in the mix, contributing just the right mood to each song. Grohl’s booming drums mirror those of John Bonham, setting the pace of each song with ease and jumping in at key moments to keep the music flowing. Nevermind’s success was unprecedented — at its peak, it sold 300,000 copies a week for months. The band’s live shows sold
out quickly, but they weren’t prepared for how big their tour became. A small van was their vehicle of choice, driving to gigs of more than 5,000 fans. Nirvana’s instant fame contributed to much of their legacy, but built up immense pressure on the band members, so much so that dissension between the band, management and the media took over their reputation. Paired with Kurt Cobain’s drug use and volatile emotions, life in the limelight eventually caught up to him, and shortly after the release of Nirvana’s third album he killed himself. Regardless of the band’s tragic end, Nevermind is a staple of alternative music, an album that defines its era. Its dynamics and subtleties make it one of the best rock albums ever created, building Nirvana’s status as a legendary rock band. Rating: 10/10
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EVA FREDERICK, SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Thursday, September 22, 2016
The Buzz with Bees Sweet Honeybees in Sour Situations By Holly Herman @wasabiwoman
While bees pollinate the plants that provide much of the world’s food and make the honey that tea drinkers know and love, their current situation is not very sweet. The mystery behind high death rates in the honeybee population has led UT scientists and beekeepers to suspect the use of pesticides as an integral cause of colony collapse disorder — but there are other reasons behind the decline in bee numbers. In colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon that drew national attention starting in 2006, a hive’s workforce abandons its queen and infantile bees to provide for themselves, which ultimately leads to starvation and death of the colony. In 2014, 23.1 percent of hives across the U.S. did not survive the winter, according to the EPA. Recently, media outlets including the New York Times, CNN and BBC News have reported an insecticide called naled, which is being used to kill zika-carrying mosquitoes in South Carolina and other parts of southeastern America, is also contributing to the death of millions of honeybees. Nancy Moran, head of the Moran lab at UT, conducts research on the genomics of bacterial gut communities in insects such as honeybees. She said pesticides are one of many possible causes of colony collapse.
Moran said neonicotinoids, another widely-used class of systemic insecticides, or insecticides that are absorbed throughout the plant, could adversely affect bees which forage on crops that have been treated. “The fact that [systemic pesticides] are in every part of the plant — the leaves, the stem, the nectar, the pollen — makes it even more unavoidable for honeybees and other keystone pollinators,” Moran said. Brandon Fehrenkamp is the owner of Austin Bees, a local beekeeping business that conducts hive removals, as well as a mentor with the Texas Master Beekeeping Program and the Beevo Beekeeping Society on the UT campus. Fehrenkamp said colony collapse is not the only problem for bees — the widespread practice of planting only one type of crop, commonly known as monocropping, is also contributing to population losses. These pesticidedependent monocrops are susceptible to diseases and often do not flower, which can mean less food for foraging bees, he said. “It really is in the way that a lot of our agriculture is set up — it’s unsustainable,” Fehrenkamp said. “With the pesticides being used, some of the effects might not be drastic but can still affect the pollinators in a negative way through what’s called ‘sublethal effects,’ which are enough to make the colony sick or weaken it in some way that isn’t as obvious.”
Moran said another problem for bees involves those that rely predominantly on roadside wildflowers and weeds. These bees lose habitat when the plants are killed off by herbicides. She added that honey bees aren’t the only pollinators affected by herbicides: Detrimental effects can also be found in butterflies and native bees such as bumblebees and carpenter bees. Fehrenkamp said plausible measures can be undertaken in the world of agribusiness that are beneficial for all pollinators. “Clear communication between organizations and farmers that are applying pesticides and coordination with beekeepers and other niche specialists are paramount in hive preservation and crop fertility,” Fehrenkamp said. Fahrenkamp said it is easier to consider solutions when farmers realize the impact of pesticides reaches beyond the insects they are trying to deter. “Once the farmers decide to spray insecticides and fungicides and pesticides, they can’t take it back,” he said. Fahrenkamp added that, despite recent events, he puts his faith in the hidden good that colony collapse has brought. “It’s raised a ton of awareness about the importance of what’s right under us, which I don’t think would’ve happened along other channels,” he said.
Bee Bacteria, Harmless to Humans By Lawrence Goodwyn @Tyler_Goodwyn
Bees collect pollen and nectar from flowers, but UT research shows food might not be all they pick up while buzzing between blooms. Former UT postdoctoral researcher Quinn McFrederick published a study in August that showed some species of bacteria found on flowers can be transmitted to a bee’s microbiome, the community of bacteria in its gut. The most common of these bacteria was Lactobacillus micheneri, a bacteria normally associated with fermented foods. McFrederick said these bacteria could play an important role in bee health. McFrederick also found this species of bacteria accumulates more on flowers pollinated by wild megachilidae bees. Wild megachilidae bees, which include leafcutter bees, are solitary bees which carry pollen on the underside of their abdomens. Lactobacillus micheneri, is considered a ‘healthy’ bacteria and is completely harmless to humans, according to McFrederick. “What [Lactobacillus micheneri] do is they change the environment that they’re a part of, they excrete acids that can make their environment more acidic — so they might be protecting the bee’s food from spoiling,” McFrederick said. The wild megachilidae bee picks up Lactobacillus
micheneri during the pollination process, which then becomes part of the bee’s microbial community, according to McFrederick. The team began field work at UT in Ulrich Mueller’s lab in 2013. In late 2014, McFrederick left UT and continued the research at the University of California at Riverside. McFrederick said the team gathered most of the data from the Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory near Austin International Airport. The team used trap nests, or pieces of wood with holes in them, to catch the bees for the study. McFrederick said if the traps are constructed with specific measurements, the bees will nest in them. To examine the bees’ pollination process, the team covered an area of flowers with mesh bags, while leaving another area uncovered. McFrederick said they found the quantity of bacteria was higher on flowers that wild megachilidae bees had access to, suggesting the bees play an important role in the transmission of the bacteria from flower to flower. McFrederick said the bacteria was still present on the mesh-covered flowers, indicating it might accumulate on these flowers in other ways, either from the soil or through tiny insects such as thrips that could fit through the holes in the flowers’ coverings. Learning about how bee microbiomes develop is still an ongoing process, according to McFrederick. “We know that with honeybees and bumblebees,
they obtain their microbes in their guts from interactions within their huts and colonies,” McFrederick said. “We found that the exact same bacteria that’s in the wild megachilidae bees’ nests, food, and larvae, can also be found on flowers.” McFrederick said because these species of the Lactobacillus genus are not harmful to bees or humans, exploring the uses of these bacteria presents a potential avenue for research. “We think [Lactobacillus micheneri] might be used for [treating] ailments-we haven’t been able to show that yet, but that’s a lot of the research we’re doing,” McFrederick said. Seton Ulhorn, director of UT’s BEEVO Beekeeping Society, said informing the public about bees can help preserve these pollinators, and by extension environmental microbial diversity. “As a beekeeper, I’ve noticed that introducing people to the lives of bees … inspires them to take action to protect our pollinators,” Ulhorn said. McFrederick said he and his research team have tried to lay the foundation for future bee research. “What we’re learning is that … flowers are not just for food, but also transmitting bacteria that we think might help us,” McFrederick said. “We want to see how we can use those microbes to protect pollinator populations in the future.”
Bees of the university BEEVO Beekeeping BEEVO Beekeeping, started in the spring of 2015, is UT’s first beekeeping club. Their goal is to educate students and community members about the importance of pollinators, and to give them an opportunity to have a hands-on experience with urban beekeeping.
The Jha Lab
Freshman Research Initiative: Bugs in Bugs Stream Nancy Moran leads this research initiative that helps freshman investigate the bacteria in a honeybee’s gut. These microoganisms can have a major effect on their host, and the stream gives students the opportunity to learn more about this important symbiosis.
UT professor Shalene Jha’s lab studies native bees and their effect on the environment. While the media generally focuses on honey bees, which are not native to the U.S., Jha emphasizes the importance of these native bees which also play an important part in plant pollination.
LBJ Wildflower Center The University of Texas Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center features more than 650 native Texas plants, many of which support a large diversity of native bees and honey bees. The center also hosts exhibits and events to raise awareness and educate the public about pollinators.
Illustrations by Rachel Tyler.
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ELIZABETH HLAVINKA, LIFE&ARTS EDITOR | @thedailytexan Thursday, September 22, 2016
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‘Mama’s Boi’ highlights LGBT online struggles By Victor Trevino @vicdts
Adelina Anthony sits alone on stage, centered in a spotlight and texting on her phone. Dressed as a teenage boy, Tony, she lets minutes pass, staring blankly at the screen, imitating today’s culture. The Center for Mexican American Studies will present “Mama’s Boi” at 6 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the Black Box Theater in the SAC in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. The performance, written and performed by Anthony, a teaching artist, is viewed through the QTPOC (queer/trans people of color) lens of the titular character Tony, a stereotypical “mama’s boy,” who feels alienated due to the omnipresent homophobia on the internet. The two-hour solo performance critiques both the current obsession with technology and traditional heteronormative views. Anthony, who was classically trained in theater, said she hopes to bring the issue of
LGBT acceptance into view and inspire discussion and reflection in her audience. “It’s about pushing the boundaries on and off stage,” Anthony said. “[Mama’s Boi] is created as an offering, and [is] not necessarily for everyone, but for those who need to receive it.” Director of CMAS John González said the internet facilitates the divide between LGBT and heterosexual people, and this divide is even more prevalent among Latinos. “The Internet is gendered toward straight men, to the point where it’s considered to be anti-queer,” González said. “The anti-queer issue is even stronger [in the Latino community].” Even though the issue of imposing heteronormativity in Latino communities is pressing, Anthony said she believes many Latino families have made great strides in
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“Mama’s Boi,” a two-hour solo performance by Adelina Anthony, will premiere at 6 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the Black Box Theater in the SAC.
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‘Soft Ground’ exhibition takes a hard look at nature, art By Alessandra Jara @thedailytexan
When alumna A.C. Rogers read the final verse of her father’s poem to her late mother, she found the inspiration she needed to finish the centerpiece for her latest exhibition. Rogers’ “Soft Ground” sculpture exhibition is on display until Oct. 5 at the Materials Resource Center, an on-campus laboratory with over 28,000 circulating material samples that range from mushroom blocks to metal foam. The exhibit consists of
three distinct pieces made up of organic and inorganic elements which combine to bring out the building potential and inherent meaning of materials. “I’m very interested in trying to make inanimate objects become animated,” Rogers said. The final verse of her father’s poem reads “Autumn vegetables suit her, I think, and none more than rutabagas, so reluctant to have left the ground.” With that line in mind, Rogers created one of the sculptures in her series, a mobile with inflated steel on
one end and a potato on the other called “Love Poem.” “Regardless of whether it grows roots or if it just rots, the potato is going to inevitably transform, [affecting] the balance of the mobile,” Rogers said. “It’s this idea of finding an anecdote of love in something that seems as innocuous as a root vegetable.” The title of the exhibit, much like the theme, was also designed to be an interpretive message. After burying her mother’s body, Rogers said she began thinking about the concept of “soft ground.”
“I liked the idea of ‘soft ground’ being something going into the ground or an emergence, like vegetables,” Rogers said. While foraging for mushrooms on the side of a hill in Michigan, Rogers stumbled across a tar-coated mop that would become the centerpiece of “Part of the Tree,” another sculpture in the series. Recognizing its artistic potential, she took the mop home and added hardware to give it structure after discovering the
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Chase Keracosta | Daily Texan Staff
Architecture sophomore Merlyn Wood works on cataloging returned materials in front UT Alumna A.C. Rogers’ sculpture exhibit, “Soft Ground.”
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