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Strong takes over defense after losses By Michael Shapiro @mshap2
Charlie Strong decided it was time to make a change. The Longhorns’ head coach confirmed reports of Vance Bedford’s demotion from the defensive coordinator position on Monday. Strong said he will take over play-calling duties for the burnt orange’s defense. “It’s been unacceptable the way we’ve played,” Strong said. “What I’ve decided to do is run the defense.” The move comes on the heels of Texas’ 49-31 loss to
Oklahoma State on Saturday, the third contest in four weeks where the Longhorns gave up over 45 points. Strong’s team looked woefully inadequate against the Cowboys’ passing attack in Stillwater, Oklahoma, surrendering 392 yards through the air. Many of the same issues that plagued Texas through the first three weeks arose on Saturday. The Longhorns missed numerous tackles in the backfield and left huge holes for Cowboy receivers to run through. Sophomore defensive tackle Chris Nelson
noted the team’s defensive deficiencies on Monday. “We’re not executing on the play,” Nelson said. “You can’t really teach tackling, that’s on us. We’ve got to start wrapping up and making plays.” On Sept. 26, Strong said he planned to get more involved with the defense and stuck by Bedford as the team’s playcaller. But after back-to-back losses and consecutive defensive meltdowns, Strong opted to take over Texas’ struggling defense. Bedford will move
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Texas head coach Charlie Strong announced his decision to demote defensive coordinator Vance Bedford on Monday following the team’s second loss of the season.
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Krishnica Mittal extinguishes a fire during a simulation hosted by UT Fire Prevention Services and Austin Fire Department on Monday afternoon. The demonstration provided fire extinguisher training to students and faculty during the kick-off of Campus Safety Week.
aim, squeeze, sweep.” Nursing junior Niang Cing used a fire extinguisher for the first time during this simulation and was able to put out a fire successfully. “I thought the fire would go out immediately, but it takes time,” Cing said. “It would be scary in real life, so I think doing this [simulation]
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to try.” Zatopek said leaving the kitchen unattended while cooking is another common way for these fires to occur. In addition to the grease fire demonstrations, UT Fire Prevention taught students and faculty how to extinguish a fire using the “PASS” method, which stands for “pull,
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Students watched as the flames of a grease fire spread several feet into the air after being doused in water at Gregory Plaza yesterday, in a demonstration hosted by UT Fire Prevention Services and the Austin Fire Department. In addition to the demonstration, they provided fire extinguisher training to students and faculty during the kickoff of Campus Safety Week, an annual event organized by Student Government. The demonstration focused on grease fire safety because kitchen fires are the most common type of house fire in America, AFD Fire Specialist Billy Zatopek said. Adding water to a grease fire can actually feed the flames, making the situation worse. Instead, a fire extinguisher should be used in order to effectively put these fires out. AFD Lt. Sean Coggin said kitchen fires can be prevented by cleaning stovetops to avoid grease accumulation and keeping combustibles such as paper towels and potholders away from cooktops. “We say a clean kitchen is a safe one,” Coggin said. “Most fires are preventable. There’s always going to be stuff that happens that we can’t prevent, but when we can, it’s our job
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stove … before they actually do it by accident, it can be a major thing in someone’s life that they didn’t learn it the hard way. Through education, there’s no telling how many people you can affect.” Campus Safety Week events will continue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Thursday at Gregory Plaza.
the first time in 15 years. Joey Williams, interim communications director of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, said the price increase is necessary to meet the demands of students. Currently, all transcript orders are filled within 24 hours, at a volume of over 100,000 transcripts per year, Williams said. Some students have taken their frustrations to the internet. An online petition protesting the increase obtained over 3,200 supporters within eight hours of being posted. The petition listed several complaints, including the lower prices of transcripts at other institutions of higher education. Even if the per-unit costs of transcripts at other institutions may be lower, those expenses are recovered through tuition or a one-time fee at matriculation or elsewhere, according to officials with the Vice Provost and Registrar Office. Business honors sophomore David Contreras, who bought a transcript yesterday at the new price, said he is upset by the University’s lack of concern for how the increase affects students who are struggling financially. Contreras said the University should consider an alternative option for students who demonstrate need. “A lot of times, for the transcript, you’re applying to … get scholarships,” Contreras said.
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UT ranks fourth among Kismet Cafe to relocate away from campus By Paul Cobler and innovative universities Meraal Hakeem By Reagan Ritterbush @ Reagan0720
The University of Texas system jumped from No. 7 to No. 4 on the Reuters list of the world’s most innovative universities. According to Reuters’s analysis released last week, UT rose from its 2015 ranking of No. 7 because of its efforts to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy. “UT institutions and their faculty and student researchers are relentless in their drive to make discoveries that improve
our quality of life and develop better treatments for devastating diseases,” UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven said in an email. “This ranking conveys the collective impact of UT System’s 14 institutions, the leadership of their presidents, and the transformational research conducted on their campuses.” Electrical engineering sophomore Blake Martinisaid said he thinks UT ranked fourth because it makes an effort to integrate students quickly into their environments and pushes
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Kismet Cafe, a popular restaurant with UT students, has been located on West 24th street and Guadalupe street for 22 years. It will close the weekend before Thanksgiving and will relocate to a new location further from campus in midDecember.
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Students will no longer be able to walk and grab a shawarma wrap from Kismet Cafe, as the restaurant plans to relocate to a newer building this winter. Owner Rami Bataineh confirmed the relocation, saying the reason behind the move is so the restaurant will be able to cater to its growing business, as it moves to the Hancock Center on 41st and Red River streets. “It’s actually for the sake of an upgrade,” Bataineh said. “We’ve been sitting
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“The fact that you have to spend money just to be able to apply to get these funds is kind of ridiculous. I feel that UT, by doing this, are not really recognizing that it’s a privilege to be able to go out and buy these transcripts, and for some people, it can really negatively affect them for their week or month financially.” Shelby Stanfield, vice provost and University registrar, said the proceeds from transcript fees mainly cover the cost of keeping the office staffed and maintaining the technological components of the academic records system. “The revenue from the transcripts use a costrecovery mechanism that goes into recovering the costs associated with managing the academic record and then producing the transcript,” Stanfield said. “Those costs rise over time,
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predominantly in staff and in technology. As the cost … increases, the revenue recovery mechanism has to keep pace with that.” Students can obtain physical copies of transcripts or send transcripts electronically to other institutions, and this option comes with the cost of maintaining sophisticated technology and hiring IT staff, Stanfield said. Many students don’t need to purchase official transcripts because a majority of the information they provide is available for free through online degree audits and academic summaries, which are available at the Office of the Registrar, Williams said. Williams said the fee stayed at $10 for so long out of concern for maintaining affordability for students. “We haven’t changed this fee in 15 years because we don’t take this lightly at all,” Williams said.
The Office of the Registrar corresponded with the Senate of College Councils to determine how the need for funding should be addressed, Senate of College Councils President Sergio Cavazos said. Potential solutions included charging for academic summaries, a mandatory baseline fee for all students and extending the turnaround time on transcript orders from 24 hours to 72 hours. Cavazos said the $10 increase seemed like the most ideal option under the circumstances, since it avoids compromising on service or charging students who will never purchase a transcript during their time at the University. Students who would like to ask questions or offer input directly to the Office of the Registrar may attend the Campus Conversations meeting hosted by SCC at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 in UTC 1.130.
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continues from page 1 Guadalupe streets for 22 years. The eatery will close the weekend before Thanksgiving, and the new one will open in mid-December, Bataineh said. “I’m not quite sure what will happen with business,” Bataineh said. “When we open up, we’ll see what happens, but we’re going to keep the same menu, same hours, everything.” The new restaurant will also provide an upgrade in size and parking. The current restaurant is 1,200 square feet, and the new one will be 2,500 square feet, Bataineh said. Selam Metta, an architecture and architectural engineering freshman, said he frequents Kismet Cafe but doesn’t think he’ll be able to eat there often once the restaurant moves to its new location. “I really enjoy going to Kismet Cafe for dinner,” Metta said. “The food is amazing, and it’s such a short walk from campus. It makes me sad that they’re relocating since I didn’t bring my car to campus, and I probably won’t be able to visit there as often.” For workers at the restaurant, the move is a positive one because parking availability for workers has been an issue at the current
location, Bataineh said. Assistant manager Mariana Rodriguez said she will miss the interactions she had with students on a daily basis at the current location. “We’re not going to have the same clientele,” Rodriguez said. “There’s not going to be students. They’re more social, and over here students come in every day, some twice a day. Over there it’s going to be more families that I’m not going to be able to communicate with as well.” Bataineh said he believes the expanded parking lot will draw a different demographic of customers and more business to Kismet Cafe. “Some people don’t come to this location because there’s nowhere for them to park,” Rodriguez said. “Over there, it’s going to be more convenient for them.” Bataineh said he plans to bring Kismet Cafe back to a location closer to campus, but there is no timeline for when that will be. “We’re looking forward to going back to campus once we find a bigger, nicer place that fits our operation,” Bataineh said. “This place is 1,200 square feet, and our business is growing dramatically, and it’s not keeping up with the amount of business we have. We definitely need a bigger place.”
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Police encourage students living close to campus to report incidences in the area to improve safety. In the past months, UT’s Facilities Services Department has been working on improving lighting and visibility.
Engineering program works to increase female enrollment By Van Nguyen @nguyen__van
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Social media platforms connect students with law enforcement By Will Clark & Katie Keenan @thedailytexan
As nutrition senior Lauren Sergeant walked around campus last Monday, she noticed street lights near Speedway were out and tweeted at UTPD. An hour later, after a series of phone calls and a quick tweet back, the lights came on. This was one of the latest instances of the interaction between social media and law enforcement. Cindy Posey, associate director of communications for University Operations, read the tweet and alerted the appropriate authorities. “We tweeted immediately, and told her she was our hero,” Posey said. “That’s what we want people to do. We want to see every member of our community engaged in the community.” Posey said UTPD’s social media presence makes the campus safer with their safety messaging but suggests people call 911 for an immediate police response. “People private message me all the time on Facebook with leads and reporting incidents,” Posey said. “I don’t mind people doing that at all, I think it’s wonderful, in
fact I encourage it, but we really encourage people to dial 911.” Posey said they’ve also utilized social media in a case involving a man who has been exposing himself, using tweets about the incident to try to locate the person. Undeclared sophomore Chris Wilson sees the potential for using social media with law enforcement and said students might not want to call 911 for every incident. “People think if you’re calling 911 it’s very serious, and people are sometimes reluctant,” Wilson said. “I think social media could be useful, but if you actually wanted to talk to a police officer, obviously calling them would be better instead of trying to [direct message] them over Twitter or something.” Austin Police Department Sgt. Alfred Trejo described the possible dangers of staying buried in a cell phone. “We’ve had cases where someone’s been robbed, and they can’t give a description because they were on their cell phone texting, and next thing you know they get hit behind their head,” Trejo said. “Now they’re hitting
the ground and someone is going through their pockets, and they’re running off, and they never saw them. They never saw that person because they never looked around.” In the case of dimly lit areas of campus, cell phone use brought a quick solution to the problem. According to a security assessment of UT’s campus by the Department of Public Safety in August, many areas of campus need better lighting. Laurie Lentz, communications manager for University Operations Communications, said UT’s Facilities Services Department initiated monthly lighting maintenance checks for exterior campus lighting in April. The department has completed about 900 preventive maintenance work orders so far, plus 100 repair work orders that corrected about 450 lights. UT’s Facilities Services also worked to improve sustainability and visibility around Waller Creek this summer, and the removal of vegetation improved the performance of some lights that were partially obscured.
The number of female undergraduates and faculty in the engineering departments at UT are trending upward, and the Women in Engineering Program is working to make those numbers match the demographic of Texas – 50 percent women. Since 2006, the percentage of women faculty members has increased from 10 to 16 percent, according to data provided by the engineering department. For undergraduates, the number has gone from 21 percent to 26 percent. The increasing numbers at UT are similar to national averages, according to WEP director Tricia Berry. “The national enrollment is hovering around 20 percent,” Berry said. “We’re on a very slow trajectory upwards, which is a positive.” The WEP has programs designed to recruit as well as retain female students and outreach programs for students K-12 to help increase interest for young female candidates. WEP hosts an event known as “Girl Day,” which brings
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more than 5,000 elementary and middle school students to campus to participate in engineering activities and watch demonstrations. WEatUT and CREATEatUT are programs designed by WEP for high school students interested in the engineering field. Meagan Wey, a student worker at the WEP, said UT has one of the highest female engineering populations in the nation, which the WEP has helped increase through community outreach. “Not being supported in the way you need to be told you can do it [is a factor in the low numbers],” said Wey, a mechanical engineering and French senior. “I’ve talked to students in recruiting to UT who say ‘I’m really interested in being an engineer but my physics teacher told me I couldn’t do it.’” Wey also said the low number of female faculty members also lead to fewer role models for girls who may be interested in studying in the engineering field. “If your faculty numbers are really low, then what student is sitting in a classroom saying ‘I can see myself as a professor one day?’” Wey said.
Lynn Katz, faculty chair of the Engineering Faculty Women’s Organization, said while the numbers for women faculty members may seem low compared to the national average, UT is doing well. “When we look at search committees now for positions, we broaden the search,” Katz said. “Instead of looking narrowly at a particular topic we try and be broader and that brings in more candidates. … Each female candidate who visits the University meets with the engineering women faculty organization to talk about what it’s like to be at UT and in the School of Engineering.” Across the University, schools have done a better job at increasing diversity when hiring new faculty members, Katz said. According to her, more diversity leads to better schools overall. “People think of engineering as math and science as opposed to creating solutions to problems,” Katz said. “The more we try and enlighten people as to the breadth of engineering, that it isn’t just applied science, it is really creating solutions to problems that face the planet and people.”
“My fellow regents and I are tremendously proud of all 14 UT institutions and the global reach of their research, discoveries and scientific advances,” Board of Regents chairman Paul Foster said in an email. “At the System level, we are focused on creating networks and building collaboration among UT institutions to position faculty, clinicians, researchers and entrepreneurs for the greatest possible societal impact.” Biochemistry freshman Melanie Webster said she believes the new ranking is extremely important for the UT community because it shows the University can broaden
its horizons and is always trying to do better for the sake of the students. “This ranking shows students, especially freshmen, that UT isn’t limiting itself to being number seven,” Webster said. “If we keep this up, in a few years we might have the potential to be number one.” The other top 10 institutions on the Reuters list include the University of Washington System at No. 5, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology at No. 6, University of Michigan System at No. 7, University of Pennsylvania at No. 8, KU Leuven in Belgium at No. 9 and Northwestern University at No. 10.
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Debates fail to shift presidential races By G. Elliott Morris
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @gelliottmorris
Everybody wants their presidential candidate to win in a landslide, yet voters also like the ebbs and flows of a nail-biter presidential race. In the past weeks, voters have had reasons to convince themselves either could be the case. On the day of the first presidential debate of 2016, Hillary Clinton was leading Donald Trump nationally by 1.4 percentage points. Now she leads by 3.5 percent. Democrats should be elated by this gain in ground by Clinton, but I would advise caution. We’ve seen bounces fade in the past, and we’ve also seen debate performances worse than Donald Trump’s. In the 2012 race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the President was leading in the polls by a little more than 3 percent (sound familiar?). After a frankly horrible first debate against Romney — in which one headline read “Obama Snoozes and Loses” — Obama eventually sunk to a losing margin of -0.7 percentage points. Granted, Romney’s lead only lasted one day, but the race remained within 1 percent until election day. We did not see this type of comeback. On the day of the first debate in 2000, polls showed Gore in the lead by around 2.5 percent. After a debate in which Gore kept repeating the phrase “lockbox” and sighing — for which he was brutally satirized and criticized — he fell in the polls and within a week Bush had gained a clear lead.
That is to say that maybe presidential debates don’t significantly change the race, as Wlezien states. Perhaps the race is already changing, and the debates are well-timed to appear as causation. Famously in 1976, Incumbent President Gerald Ford was in a fierce battle for the White House with Georgian peanut farmer (and fantastic businessman) Jimmy Carter. Ford, after a seemingly well-executed answer to a question on the threat of communism, famously said “There is no Soviet domination in eastern Europe and there never will be.” That is a gaffe perhaps bigger than Trump’s lie-defense of his comments on global warming. Why then did President Ford continue to rise in the polls, nearly catching Carter in the end? Is it the case that debates don’t matter? Could Trump continue on to tie the race? Well, political science seems to have an answer for that. Government professor Christopher Wlezien echoes the sentiment that debates don’t usually have large, lasting effects. “Debates can matter but the effects tend to be small, as most voters’ preferences already are fairly well developed by that point,” Wleizen said in an email. “Some of the impact of debates that we do observe
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Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a rally he hosted in Austin on Aug. 24. After last Monday’s debate, Trump is trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls by 3.5 percent.
do not last and even those that do can be canceled out by opposing effects from other debates or events.” In the cases of 2000 and 2012, the losing candidates were gaining in the polls before they received their debate bounce. This is also the case in most races in which we perceive debate effects. That is to say that maybe presidential debates don’t significantly change the race, as Wlezien states. Perhaps the race is already changing, and the debates are well-timed to appear as causation.
It remains the case, though, that these historic debate performances are perhaps worse than Trump’s cursory, off-the-cuff remarks. Contrarily, there could be something different about Trump that does put him at a disadvantage when it comes to debate effects. Really, we won’t know for (at least) a week or two. If history serves as any indicator, don’t be surprised if Trump regains his footing. Morris is a government junior from Port Aransas.
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Vice Presidential debate must be taken seriously By Sam Groves
Daily Texan Columnist @samgroves
Last week’s presidential debate was the most watched in history, drawing in some 83 million viewers. Since then, Donald Trump has blamed the perception that he lost the debate on the media, a faulty microphone and debate moderator Lester Holt, while citing unscientific online polls as evidence that he really won and launching personal attacks against Hillary Clinton and former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. These culminated in Trump encouraging his followers on Twitter to “check out” Machado’s nonexistent sex tape. Clinton, meanwhile, has enjoyed a bounce in the polls. In sharp contrast, tonight’s vice presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will offer little in the way of spectacle, and its ratings will likely pale in comparison to last week’s bonanza. That’s a shame. Although the vice presidential debate rarely if ever changes the trajectory of the race — especially this year, with such high-profile nominees at the top of both tickets — it could affect the trajectory of the country, and there are some compelling reasons to tune in. For one thing, in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the two major parties have nominated their oldest candidates ever. Notwithstanding Trump’s doctor Harold Bornstein’s dubious claim that Trump “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” there is a serious chance
This means that instead of spending time debating scandals and the finer points of fluff, Kaine and Pence will be likely pressed for details on what a Clinton or Trump administration would actually look like. that the next vice president could become president, or at least in an emergency. Moreover, Clinton and Trump are the least popular nominees in modern history, and if that unpopularity persists or deepens, then either one could be inclined or pressured not to run again in four years. (A similar fate befell Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1968 presidential election). That would make Kaine or Pence the presumptive frontrunner for his party’s nomination. In short, one of these guys could easily end up as president. That’s not the only good reas on to watch tonight’s debate. Clinton and Trump are both lightning rods of controversy, and a certain amount of trivial tabloid nonsense surrounds both of them — Trump actually seems to invite it. Their running mates, however, are “boring” and “B-list” by their own admission. This means that instead of spending time debating scandals and the finer points of fluff, Kaine and Pence will be likely pressed for details on what a Clinton or Trump administration
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Mike Pence speaks at an immigration-centric campaign event on Aug. 31. Pence will debate Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine tonight at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
would actually look like. How would each administration confront climate change, income inequality and racial discrimination? How would they treat international free trade agreements and military alliances? How would a Clinton administration build upon the Affordable Care Act? How would a Trump administration build the wall? And luckily, Kaine and Pence are both experienced public servants who should be well equipped to provide some answers. In a campaign reminiscent of a reality TV show, it can be difficult to see past the grand finale (which is fast approaching). But squint, and you can make out the distant outline of the next
And luckily, Kaine and Pence are both experienced public servants who should be well equipped to provide some answers. four years beyond the next four weeks. Tonight’s debate will offer a glimpse of what those years might look like. Groves is a government sophomore from Dallas.
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Austin music scene tainted by growth of ACL By Audrey Larcher Daily Texan Columnist @veg_lomein
This weekend, swathes of students attended Austin City Limits, helping to maintain the festival’s status as the most attended event in the city. Hosting genre pioneers like Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem, as well as wildly popular acts such as Kendrick Lamar, the Chainsmokers and Cage the Elephant, the lineup speaks for itself — ACL has grown immensely in the past 15 years, solidifying its place among Coachella and Lollapalooza as a world-class festival. However, the festival has grown increasingly out of touch with its roots in the Austin music scene, trending more towards commercialization than supporting the arts. Big events, while designed to host big bands, detract from the intimate culture that characterizes our city’s music and contributes to the commercialization that hurts local musicians. Austin did not earn the title of “Live
Music Capital of the World” without significant contribution to the arts. Throughout the 20th century, our city served as a hub for dozens of genres and styles, from folk to punk to reggae and everything in between. The unique cultural influences that synthesized here encouraged collaboration, and venues like Stubb’s and Vulcan Gas Company facilitated this musical exchange, rendering themselves as historic in the process. This climate influenced musicians of monumental importance like Willie Nelson and Daniel Johnston, but what made the Austin scene so unique was the bands that performed for the sake of performance, not to get big or make copious amounts of money. ACL was only a by-product of the city’s success in cultivating a supportive music environment. At its inception, the festival hosted well-known country musicians, but the lineup was evenly balanced out by local acts as well. Compared to last weekend’s slew of artists charting in the Billboard Top
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100, the inaugural festival emulated a far more genuine Austin vibe and more accurately represented the scene’s diversity. As ACL has progressed significantly in 15 years, the Austin music scene has only deteriorated. As Chip Vayenas, drummer of local band Mingo Fishtrap, noted “the area is a little over-saturated” and weekly shows don’t have the “big turnouts... there used to be”. In a text message, Vayenas observed that there is “less urgency for people that live in Austin to see local acts … because they are spoiled by the amount of talent available,” making it difficult for musicians to support themselves financially. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying these famous acts — Major Lazer contributes to music just as much as A Giant Dog or any other local band does. But while the Austin music scene faces threats from a rising cost of living and declining community enthusiasm, we also need to make room for local musicians. There is not one clear solution, but cultivating a more inclusive space is the first step. If students and
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Compared to last weekend’s slew of artists charting in the Billboard Top 100, the inaugural festival emulated a far more genuine Austin vibe, and more accurately represented the scene’s diversity. community members support DIY spaces such as Shirley’s Temple or co-op shows, we can provide a platform for musicians of all successlevels, styles and ages. Furthermore, influencing legislation to preserve the Red River Cultural District and other hubs of musical collaboration is crucial to ensuring the historic legacy of Austin music is maintained throughout this period of tumultuous change and growth. Larcher is a Plan II and economics freshman from Austin.
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Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Check out more pictures and stories online. Adriana Smith’s mandala tattoo has taken over two years to get to where it is today. She plans to continue going to her tattoo artist for at least a month until it is finished.
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Rhiannon Aleman’s passion for her job at Camp CAMP and love for rabbits inspired her to receive this tattoo.
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Adriana Smith When Adriana Smith visits her tattoo artist, she gives her complete control over the permanent art that envelopes her neck, arm and back. Specializing in mandalas and flowers, her tattoo artist freehands the drawings as she inks them.
“Whatever she wants to do, I just go with it,” Smith said. “I just sit down and let her freehand whatever she wants.” The intricate mandala that sprawls across the center of her back has been a work-in-progress for two years. “I usually go once a month, and I sit for two hours,” Smith said. Rhiannon Aleman When Rhiannon
Aleman first heard about Camp CAMP — a non-profit organization which holds weeklong camping sessions each summer for adults and children with disabilities — she thought she’d only work there for one session. But as the weeks rolled by, she couldn’t bring herself to leave. Last month, she wanted to remember her time there by getting a
flaming star tattooed on her leg in honor of a weekly camp tradition. “Every week we burn a star to reflect on our [time there],” Aleman said. “The camp sounded fun, so I went there for a week. I kept going back, and eventually I started working there.” Destiny Pittman and Nicole Woods Best friends Destiny Pittman and Nicole
Woods decided to commemorate their friendship by getting connecting puzzle pieces tattooed on their wrists. “We thought about it a long time ago and she brought it up, so I said ‘Okay, let’s go,’” Pittman said. They originally met through a friend of a friend three years ago and now live together. “She completes me,” Woods said.
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Destiny Pitmann, left, and Nicole Woods, right, had the idea to get matching tattoos to represent their three-year friendship.
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At the Harry Ransom Center, Instructor Services coordinator Andi Gustavson works with professors who want to use archival materials to give students a better interpretation of historical events.
Instructor Services Coordinator uses photos to connect with past
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By Chase Karacostas @chasekaracostas
Snooping around her father’s desk as a young girl, Andi Gustavson found snapshots her dad took as a soldier during the Vietnam War. But unlike many of the violent images taken during the war, her father’s photos showed something peculiar: joy. These photos sparked Gustavson’s interest in historical images. Decades
later, as the Instructor Services coordinator at the Harry Ransom Center, she uses archival documents — mostly photos — to help professors and students connect to the past. As an undergraduate at UT, one of her classes was about the history of photography, but what it failed to examine was how images like her father’s affected understandings of war. Later, she decided to see the connection herself. For her dissertation, she studied snapshots from the Cold War and how the tone of the photos affected peoples’ perceptions. During this time, she taught a class at the HRC using their vast historical photography collection. When she finished her dissertation, she was hired by the HRC and now devotes her time to poring over archives. But the photograph she
talks about the most is one of herself, smiling through braces at the age of seven. At a Girl Scout camp, she stands near a tent wearing her dad’s oversized Air Force jacket. “I started to think about what it meant that I was wearing his military gear,” Gustavson said. “How is this a family photograph, how is this a photograph informed by war and the connections between those things.” Now she adores watching students make connections about historical events while simultaneously seeing how the information translates to their class as a whole. “They’re taking part in building arguments about our world,” Gustavson said. “It’s exhilarating … They might see this tiny detail in a manuscript or photograph that I never would’ve noticed.”
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Congressional law makes naloxone more accessible By Laura Zhang @_the_laurax3
Opioid overdoses — mostly from prescription pain relievers and heroin — have quadrupled since 2000, and 2,601 people in Texas died from overdoses in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In July, Congress passed the first major federal legislation in 40 years to address the current opioid epidemic spreading across Texas and the rest of the United States. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, signed by President Barack Obama with bipartisan support, focuses on rehabilitation for those with addiction issues, increasing prescription drug monitoring and expanding the availability of naloxone, a drug that treats opioid overdoses. Neuroscience associate professor John Mihic said opioids are medications that relieve pain by numbing the effects of the brain areas controlling emotion. Opioids come in various types, including morphine (used in surgery), hydrocodone and heroin. Though heroin has historically plagued socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, the affected demographic has expanded from inner-city minorities to include white men and women living in the suburbs, according to Jane Maxwell, research professor in the School of Social Work. “Basically drug patterns shift and change depending on where the drug is coming from, how it’s getting imported and how it’s marketed,” Maxwell said. Drug addiction and abuse can be seen historically in various cultures, from the early 19th century opioid epidemic in China to the ’60s hippie movement in the U.S., according to
American studies associate professor Mark Smith. “The worst times that we see addiction are in societies [where] we see control has broken down … When people overdose, it’s normally because they get a real good batch of heroin that they’re not used to,” Smith said. “It’s a drug of despair.” However, Maxwell said CARA, which currently lacks funding from Congress, could be used to combat the social stigma of drug addiction. Mihic said some of the social perception surrounding addiction would be unacceptable when talking about other biological conditions. “How often would you ever look at a person with Parkinson’s and say, ‘Look, stop with the shaking, control yourself?’ Nobody would say that. So that’s a change in neurochemistry,” Mihic said. “If you can accept that, then why can’t you accept that a change in neurochemistry that leads to drug addiction isn’t also something that a person can’t necessarily control?” CARA also expands the availability of naloxone to law enforcement agencies and first responders to help reverse overdoses. Last September, Texas passed Senate Bill 1462, allowing doctors to prescribe anyone naloxone, as long as basic prerequisites are met. Naloxone can be administered in three ways: through the nose, injected into muscle tissue or into the veins. While there is a small chance of overdose, as there is with any external substance, naloxone does not lend itself to abuse. “With opioid overdoses, it’s not like you immediately die. It can take a little bit of time, definitely on a minute time-scale. So if someone recognizes that someone else is passed out and non-responsive and not breathing, they’ve got the naloxone,” Mihic said. “And when you inject it, it works really quickly.”
Lack of breathing and a slow pulse is what leads to brain damage or death during opioid overdoses. Naloxone competes with the binding site on the opioid receptors, which buys around four to six hours for the person to receive emergency care to remove the opioid molecules from the bloodstream. “You know how in the movies, they said ‘Give them the antidote’ when someone’s been exposed to a toxin?” Mihic said. “Well, to an extent, that’s kind of [BS]. Except in this case.”
UT starts first opioid-overdose prevention program By Sachit Saksena @insachiable
UT’s College of Pharmacy has started the nation’s first comprehensive university opioid-overdose prevention campaign: Operation Naloxone. Operation Naloxone is a student-led training program organized by Lucas Hill, a UT clinical pharmacist. Hill said the program was developed in response to recent legislation allowing Texas pharmacies to hold standing orders of naloxone — commonly known by its brand name, Narcan — a drug which reverses opiate overdoses. Hill said he was introduced to the anti-overdose initiative at UT by two leaders in community outreach, Mark Kinzly and Lori Holleran Steiker. “I thought that a good role for pharmacy would be to train our students to go out and do public teachings,” Hill said. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, naloxone reverses the life-threatening symptoms of overdosing on opioids, which include prescription painkillers and heroin, by pushing out and replacing opioid molecules in nervous system receptors that attach to opiates and cause overdoses. The drug, called Narcan, is administered as a nasal spray. It gives anyone overdosing 90 minutes of normal breathing to get medical
attention, which, according to Hill, may mean the difference between life and death. Naloxone is now covered under UT insurance and can be picked up at the Forty Acres Pharmacy without an individual prescription. According to Hill, between 2000 and 2010, opioid overdoses were the fastest-growing causes of death in the U.S., and the death rate is still increasing. “In medicine, we like to think about how we work to prevent problems before they start or get worse,” Hill said. “We are way too late already. We are digging out of a hole.” Hill said the problem was created by incentives put in place in 1999 to push physicians to identify and treat pain without limitations. “In the 10 years that followed that incentive, opioid prescribing quadrupled and opioid-related deaths quadrupled,” Hill said. “Now, it’s a problem everywhere.” According to a 2016 KXAN investigative report, Travis County has seen a spike in overdoses and deaths related to fentanyl, a surgical-grade painkiller that is commonly mixed with heroin to increase potency. After hearing one of Hill’s lectures on opioid overdose, two student leaders in the College of Pharmacy, JP Sanchez and Andrea Laguado, decided to address the problem on campus. “We started off with pharmacy students, [by] teaching naloxone administration in the college,” Sanchez said. “Then we started reaching out to and visiting co-ops and, recently, residence halls.” Hill said this student-led, inhome model is more effective than dispersing information at large events.
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“We are going into dorm rooms, sitting on people’s couches and presenting on someone’s laptop monitor,” Hill said. “There’s this accessibility [and] guerilla outreach feel. That is really cool.” Hill said while the federal government has no protocol for how bystanders should respond to opioid overdoses, he and other faculty have designed one for UT. Sanchez, Laguado and other pharmacy students are following this protocol to train these communities. “The training includes how to prepare a dosage of Narcan,” Sanchez said. “We teach that, when dealing with an overdose, you should check for responsiveness, call 911 immediately and administer naloxone, even if you are unsure the patient is overdosing.” According to Laguado, the next step is to get the patient medical attention or another dosage of naloxone. Despite the potential benefits of naloxone, some Texas legislators have opposed its widespread use. Texas House Bill 225, which calls for medical amnesty for overdosing patients and associated individuals, was vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott, despite approval from the Texas Legislature, according to a Texas Tribune legislative report. The reluctance to expand these laws is rooted in traditional views of drug usage, Hill said. “There is a lot of resistance to combining the two groups [prescription addicts and heroin addicts],” Hill said. “The reality is that there are more similarities [between the two] than we like to admit.” According to Hill, pharmacy students will soon be training a wider range of people, including first responders. “It has been quoted to us that UTPD arrives on the scene within 5 minutes, so they would be a great partner to stop overdoses,” Hill said. “UTPD wants every officer trained and carrying naloxone.” Operation Naloxone has already had successful events at co-ops around campus and Jester East, according to Sanchez. They are expanding to more residence halls, off-campus communities and student organizations and hope to have social work, nursing and medical students to lead trainings. According to Laguado, the overall goal of Operation Naloxone is awareness. “Educate yourself, be proactive, talk to friends,” Laguado said. “We don’t want someone who could have done something see one of their friends overdose and have no idea what to do.”
The approximate number of prescription-related deaths in Texas in 2013. Source: Network for Public Health Law
The number of drug overdose deaths in Texas in 2014. Source: CDC
The percentage of drug overdoses in 2014 involving some type of opioid. Source: CDC
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Bon Iver returns with new sound By Jackson Steele @jacksonsteele23
After the release of Bon Iver’s self-titled 2011 album, Justin Vernon found himself in an uncomfortable place: the spotlight. After winning a best new artist Grammy and collaborating with high-profile artists, he was tasked with creating his next album, 22, A Million. He responded to this sudden fame by slowly fading into the mist — unsurprising given that he first found fame in 2007 after releasing For Emma, Forever Ago, an album of soul-crushing folk tunes he created in a wood cabin in the forests of Wisconsin after a bad breakup. With his long-awaited third album, it appears Vernon has left his warm acoustic roots in the woods. Instead, 22, A Million showcases blown-out drums, synths, samples, beats and saxophones. Vernon’s vocals have always been slightly pitched up or down on previous records, but his crooning voice is heavily manipulated and layered on this project thanks to devices created by Vernon’s band mates. Just as Sufjan Stevens followed up his folksy and critically acclaimed albums Michigan and Illinois with the heavily electronic The Age of Adz, Vernon ditches his guitar and dives headfirst into the more experimental realms
of music. The outcome shows why Vernon is one of the most innovative and creative musicians today. While the band broadens their sound sonically, thematically they stay true to their roots, focusing on existential purpose, religion, love and heartbreak. “22 (OVER S∞∞N),” the album’s opening track, has some familiar Bon Iver elements: saxophones and a prominent Vernon falsetto singing, “It might be over soon.” But the album quickly takes a more heavy electronic turn on “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄” where we hear growling synths, blown-out drums and impressionistic lyrics such as, “Fever rest, I cut you in, deafening.” “715 – CRΣΣKS” opens like the beginning of his 2011 collaborative track with James Blake, “Fall Creek Boys Choir,” and features no instrumentation. The lyrics are allusive and although they might not have definitive meaning, they carry bountiful emotion in lines like, “Oh then how we gonna cry? Cause it once might not mean something.” Its stark auto-tuned vocals sound like a re-imagination of a track off Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreaks. The theme of numerology becomes more evident on “33 “GOD”” a track that is 3
minutes and 33 seconds long and was released as a single 33 days prior to the album’s release. This is one of the more anthemic tracks on the project and the theme of questioning religion is prominent as Vernon closes the track by asking, “Why are you so far from saving me?” Listeners who are intimidated by the more electronic and glitchy opening tracks will find solace in the second half the album. It’s mellower overall and songs like “8 (circle)” and “____45_____” have less vocal distortion and are reminiscent of Bon Iver, Bon Iver, which now seems like the middle ground that bridges For Emma, Forever Ago and 22, A Million. There are few missteps to be found on this LP, which pushes Vernon’s sound forward while still showcasing his beautiful lyricism. The main shortcoming of this project is that the tracks bleed together at times, leading to a somewhat claustrophobic listening experience and some of the preludes and outros are a little long-winded and lethargic. Vernon admits that his sudden fame might have negatively impacted him on the closing track “00000 Million,” where he sings, “It harms me, it harms me, it harms me,” but instead of returning to the woods never to return, Vernon found a way to evolve as an artist without selling out.
Bon Iver create electronically influenced songs on 22, A Million, while still staying true to their form.
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Danny Brown’s latest LP is his most intense listen yet, drawing in the audience and then shocking with some of the most experimental and unexpected hip hop in recent memory.
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‘Atrocity Exhibition’ pushes rap’s limits By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
Rap music’s resident wild card Danny Brown made his name writing some of the most aggressively insane tales the genre has seen this decade. With his newest album, Atrocity Exhibition, he’s hit his stride, dabbling in some of the most abrasive styles his genre can offer. Danny Brown broke out onto the rap scene with his second studio album, XXX, which displayed his ability to find humor in the darkest of subject matters. XXX stood out among the crowd in 2011 because it showed that hardcore hip hop didn’t have to be a onedimensional affair and rappers could experiment with strange syncopations and alternative flows. Now, two albums later, Brown is tying in some of his most serious content to make Atrocity Exhibition his most chaotic release to date. The hectic style of Danny Brown is on full display with this album in almost every element. Of the 15 tracks on Atrocity Exhibition, only one is longer than four minutes, and each song often transitions without warning, bringing to mind the likes of MF DOOM and Madlib on their legendary collaboration Madvillainy. Brown’s lyrical tongue
twisters are more than challenging, taking stabs at explaining his conflicted love for drugs even though he knows it will do nothing but harm him. Over a cluttered beat, Brown kicks off his album with “Downward Spiral,” the tale of a three-day drug binge while trapped in a room with his demons. By the second verse, Brown gets hyper depressive when he raps, “Everybody say, you got a lot to be proud of, been high this whole time, don’t realize what I done, cause when I’m all alone, feel like no one care, isolate myself and don’t go nowhere.” After the first tracks, Brown dives further down the rabbit hole, discussing his demented perspective on addiction, mental illness and drug dealing. The world Brown inhabits is sick and dark, and he constantly finds himself wallowing in the ups and downs of life, changing perspectives with ease from track to track. Highlights include the eclectic and catchy “Pneumonia” and the no-wayout blunt attitude of “Ain’t It Funny.” Production wise, each song takes its own jagged approach to beat creation, bringing in grimy synths and annoying hi-hats to disturb the listener. It’s surprising Brown even
considered writing lyrics to pair with some of these beats — most other rappers in modern music would have outright rejected adding lyrics over the clashing production style of this album. That’s what makes the experience of Atrocity Exhibition so special: There’s nothing like it. Atrocity Exhibition is such a varied and engaging listen, it’s near impossible not to get hooked on Brown’s drug. Joy Division is an obvious influence on Atrocity Exhibition, not only because its namesake is the Joy Division song of the same name, but because of the album’s overall feeling as well. Anger and despair ravage Brown throughout this LP, and he seemingly turns from fear to joy and back on a dime. In a similar manner to the Joy Division track “Disorder,” Brown often takes his time to develop a story, but does so in a more manic fashion than Joy Division ever would. Individually, all of these elements have surfaced at one point in the recent history of rap. However, hip hop has almost never seen these elements woven together so beautifully. This is most certainly Brown’s wildest release to date and probably one of the craziest hip hop records not just of this year, but of all time.
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Longhorn defense looks to regain confidence Tyler Horka @TexasTy95
Breckyn Hager stormed off the field at Boone Pickens Stadium a little early Saturday afternoon. The sophomore linebacker was halfway to the Longhorns’ locker room before the Showband of the Southwest started playing “The Eyes of Texas.” Oklahoma State’s 49-31 trouncing over Texas in Stillwater almost brought tears to Hager’s eyes when he talked to the media after the game. He said the Longhorns’ defense was “unacceptable” against the Cowboys. “I feel like I’m letting everyone down,” Hager said. “As a team we’re just underachieving. That’s not right. I’m not a loser. I don’t want to be a loser.” Hager said his decision to leave the field early wasn’t a conscious choice but an emotional one. He apologized for the act Monday and said his father scolded him for the behavior. Others lagged behind Hager on their way off the turf. Head coach Charlie Strong trudged inside the visitor’s locker room behind almost all of his players. His defense
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continues from page 1 to coaching the secondary alongside defensive backs coach Clay Jennings. Bedford’s focus on the secondary places him in familiar territory. He played cornerback at Texas from 1977–81 and was named to the All-Southwest Conference team twice. As a coach, he worked with the defensive
Sophomore linebacker Breckyn Hager pursues the football in last weekend’s loss against the Cowboys. The defense surrendered more than 40 points for the third time this season.
allowed Oklahoma State to pile up 555 yards of total offense. He spoke with a less assertive, but far more optimistic, tone after the onslaught. “It’s all about confidence,” Strong said. “It’s still kids playing with confidence. And you can get that back. You [just need to] get a win.” But Strong didn’t boast the same confidence he voiced just a month ago when Texas topped thenNo. 10 Notre Dame in week one. And though Hager looks forward to the team’s matchup with No. 20 Oklahoma this weekend, he said the team still needs to work on regaining its confidence. “It’s very frustrating,” Hager said. “But it has to do with the whole defense. We can’t be frustrated. We’re one heartbeat out there. We have to be, you know … You can’t point fingers out there.” Hager’s frustration stems from the Longhorn defense’s inability to come up with plays on third downs. Oklahoma State moved the chains on seven of its 15 third-down opportunities, leading Hager to rant about that conversion rate.
“We watched clips of last year’s game on how we didn’t get them out on third down,” Hager said. “[Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford] went over that with us specifically, and we did not stop them on third down.” Big plays on third down and a tackling ineptitude led to Bedford’s demotion. Strong will take control over Texas defense — including play-calling duties
— while Bedford focuses on the secondary. But sophomore linebacker Malik Jefferson said the team’s problems are deeper than coaching or execution on the field. He took an opposing stance to Strong’s regarding the team’s confidence level. “One of the problems we’re facing is that we’re not believing in what we do,” Jefferson said. “I’m not saying we don’t believe in
each other as a team. We go out there and have a lack of confidence when we play games.” Strong responded to Jefferson’s comment at his weekly press conference Monday. He said the players have to have trust in one another in order to turn their season around. Strong said he holds firm on the notion that this season isn’t over and the Longhorns still have
time to correct their woes. He said the team can make a statement — for the second straight year — against the No. 20 Sooners on Saturday. “Where you don’t lose them is that it’s still eight games left, guys, and we can still make a lot of noise,” Strong said. “I’ve said to them all the time: We are just as talented as anybody in this conference, now let’s go play.”
backfield at six different programs prior to being named Strong’s defensive coordinator at Louisville in 2010. Texas’ secondary has struggled throughout the season, giving Bedford plenty of work to do on the back end. The Longhorns have allowed nearly 275 passing yards per game and 12 touchdown tosses on the year. Things won’t get any easier next week, as Texas faces Oklahoma quarterback Baker
Mayfield, who was selected as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2015. “It’s all about being physical at the point of attack,” Strong said. “We’ve got to keep Mayfield corralled. We can’t let him get started.” Longhorn players expressed support for Strong and his move to take over the defense. They noted the energy and passion he brings to that side of the ball, as well
as his proven track record. Strong was the defensive coordinator of Florida’s 2008 national-title team. “It always resonates with me whatever [Strong] is trying to say,” sophomore linebacker Breckyn Hager said. “You see what he’s done at Florida, the program he’s built at Louisville. I’m excited to see what he does with the defense.” Bedford’s demotion marked
the eighth staff change of Strong’s tenure. Of the nine original assistants on Strong’s 2013 staff, only linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary remains in his current role. Strong addressed the high turnover on his staff, saying “There are decisions that need to be made and you’ve got to make them at the right time.” Strong’s move on Monday signaled yet another attempt to take control of the
program and save his job. At 13–16 in just over two years at Texas, Strong’s program has underachieved and underproduced. But the Longhorn head coach believes taking over the defense will improve things in Austin before it’s too late. “It felt like right now this was a move that needed to be made,” Strong said. “It only takes one game to turn your program around.”
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Swimmers tune up for season at annual Orange-White meet Wills Layton @Willsdebeast
The Longhorn men hit the pool Friday, gearing up their run for a third straight national championship. The team hosted its annual Orange-White meet, where Texas swimmers compete against each other as a tune-up for the seasonopener later this month. “The environment we have going is very competitive,” senior Will Glass said. “We split the team in half, and we’re racing against each other, and the more that we can create the environment of competitiveness and going against each other, the easier it is down the road when we’re facing other teams.” Sophomore John Shebat jump-started the meet while cruising to a victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a 47.33-second split. Sophomore Casey Melzer
followed with a tightly contested victory in the 100yard breaststroke, clocking in at 55.55 seconds. Jack Conger won handily in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 45.47 seconds. The senior earned gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for the 200-meter freestyle relay and holds the American record in the 200-yard butterfly. Glass finished second with a time of 47.75 seconds. Conger was not the only Olympian to notch a victory at the meet. Senior Clark Smith and sophomore Townley Haas took the 1,000-yard freestyle and in the 200-yard freestyle, respectively. The duo also won gold in the 200-meter freestyle relay in Rio. The 500-yard freestyle featured both Smith and Haas — the last two NCAA champions in the event. Smith, the 2015 champion,
took first with a time of 4:18.98, while Haas, the defending champion, finished second with a time of 4:25.62. All-American senior Mark Anderson, a twotime Big 12 Diver of the Year, narrowly beat freshman Grayson Campbell in the one-meter diving event, 319.72–316.27. Freshman Jacob Cornish won the three-meter event with 313.05 points. Texas begins its season against Indiana and Florida in Bloomington, Indiana, on Oct. 21. The team hopes to set the tone early as it eyes the program’s 13th title. “I mean, we all have pretty high expectations,” sophomore Tate Jackson said. “We all kind of hold ourselves to a higher standard than I think we probably should most days, but we’re shooting for the stars. That’s always the goal.”
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