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By Van Nguyen @nguyen_van

“Facts don’t care about your feelings” is conservative journalist Ben Shapiro’s catchphrase, which he uses to denounce views of the left that he believes stifle freedom of speech.

Students filled a 275-person maximum capacity lecture hall in the Jackson Geological Sciences Building on Thursday evening to hear Shapiro speak on issues conservatives face at universities.

“Today we’re going to talk

about all the stupid, moronic words that your professors and administrators on this campus use to stifle debate, shout down opposition [and] excuse violence,” Shapiro said. “We’re going to go through and talk about the five most common terms of the fascist left: diversity, white privilege, trigger warnings, microagression and safe spaces.”

Shapiro said he chose to discuss these topics because he believes conservative viewpoints on campus are hampered by others considering them offensive.

UT’s Young Conservative of Texas chapter hosted the event to discuss conservative viewpoints, which they believe to be overlooked or underrepresented at UT, according to their event page.

The event was announced shortly after YCT held an anti-affirmative action bake sale last Wednesday, an event that led to uproar across campus, but YCT chairman Vidal Castañeda said Shapiro was contacted earlier in the semester to speak on campus.

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Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire spoke about free speech at a Young Conservatives event on Thursday.

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Psychology professor Dr. Kevin Cokley spoke at a vigil called “My Black UT Matters” on Thursday at the Student Activities Center ballroom.

to feel empowered and feel like they have support, especially during times like this.”

During the reading of the names, marketing sophomore Chase Mitchem sat with his hands

over his face. Mitchem said recognizing those who have died allows him to move forward and do something progressive.

“I do it for a spiritual level,” Mitchem said. “The people that died are still

Sanders supporter votes Clinton despite doubts @brittanywagner_

Joshua Ellis voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) in the primary election, but when Hillary Clinton was elected as the Democratic presidential nominee, Ellis was faced with a decision.

Ellis, a government and African and African diaspora studies sophomore, said in spite of problems with Clinton’s campaign and her past, he decided to cast his ballot for her.

“As much as I wanted to write in Sen.

here. Their essence is still here. We’re saying it physically, so my head is down so that I can acknowledge that they had a life here and that it was valued.”

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With early voting drawing to a close, students, faculty and members of the surrounding community have made UT’s polling place of choice, the Flawn Academic Center, the Travis County polling place with the third highest turnout.

Just over 42 percent of Travis County’s registered voters have already cast their ballots, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office. As of Wednesday, 16,253 people had voted in the FAC, according to the Travis County Clerk’s office.

Speech pathology junior Sarah Bookout didn’t want to reveal who she voted for but said she decided to vote early in order to avoid the long lines on Nov. 8.

“I didn’t want to wait on long lines on Election Day, and it was really convenient that UT had it here and set up and it was an easy process,” Bookout said. “Everyone’s been advocating for going to early vote no matter who you’re voting for. Everyone has their stickers on their Snapchat stories.

It’s definitely a popular thing to come early vote rather than wait until Election Day.” Business freshmen Genesis Hernandez and Taryn Medina came to vote together after class on Thursday. Both said they voted for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and down-ballot Democrats.

Hernandez said the convenience of the FAC greatly affected her decision to vote.

“Honestly, I don’t think

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Vigil honors victims of police shootings

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“We want to reaffirm black students’ existence on campus and in this country,” Barnes said. “Our main goal in holding this event is allow black students’ voices to be heard and for them

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A dark SAC ballroom twinkled with the glow of candles as the names of 200 black men and women who have been killed in policeinvolved shootings were read aloud during a vigil called My Black UT Matters on Thursday night.

The event, hosted by Students for Equity and Diversity, was organized in response to the numerous shootings over the summer and to give students a time to reflect on these events, organizer Jasmine Barnes said.

“This summer there were multiple police shootings, and, really for the first time, we were seeing victims being killed on tape,” said Barnes, a sociology and journalism junior. “I remember feeling really alone in that experience and feeling really traumatized by that fact. I didn’t have a space to reflect on that or a community during the summer.”

Barnes said after Terence Crutcher was killed in a police-involved shooting in September, she decided to organize My Black UT Matters to give students feeling similar emotions a community to

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Sanders, I see it as much more important to keep the other major candidate out simply because his rhetoric is too damaging,” Ellis said. “I don’t like to think about what America would look like [under a Donald Trump presidency].”

Ellis is a member of the Black Student Alliance, a campus organization committed to empowering students in the black community, and said although he can’t speak on behalf of BSA, he is opposed to some

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Dallas lab helps process backlogged forensic tests

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Joshua Ellis, a government and African and African diaspora studies sophomore, decided to vote for Hillary Clinton during this year’s presidential election.

Austin City Council unanimously approved a contract at its general meeting Thursday for Austin Police Department to have its backlogged sexual assault forensic tests processed at a lab in Dallas to address hundreds of sexual assault cases left without DNA results.

The Texas Forensic Science Commission shut down APD’s crime lab in June due to untrained staff

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and outdated methods, according to the commission’s audit report. Since the closure, the Texas Department of Public Safety has been processing an average of 20 DNA tests per month, but new cases keep piling up.

According to APD officials, there are 722 pending sexual assault cases and 588 involving unprocessed rape kits since 2014.

“Today’s action gets us a step closer to [clearing the

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The city’s six-year contract with the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences at Dallas that will process APD’s tests may not exceed $3.6 million.

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well. It takes about $1,190 to $2,215 to process each kit.

“This [money] is going to be the most important step in getting this agreement in place so we can start sending out the kits to be examined,” Manley said.

The police department recently received funding from the New York County District Attorney’s Office that will allow APD to send these kits to other states, such as Utah, to reduce the backlog.

Manley said at City Council’s work session Tuesday that it is uncertain how many tests the Dallas lab will receive.

“When we get this interlocal agreement in place, we’ll have discussions on the lab as

far as how many kits [Dallas] wants to take,” Manley said.

“We don’t want to ship everything to them.”

In the 2017 fiscal year budget passed in September, the Council included $1.4 million in funding to pay for seven analysts and one supervisor for when APD’s crime lab reopens — which, APD officials say, may happen mid-2017.

“It’s going to take a little bit of time in order to make that happen to make sure that we’re finding the best possible candidates and … preventing something like this from happening again in the future,” said Victoria Berryhill, communications coordinator for the

SAFE Alliance.

Austin’s SAFE Alliance is a partnership between Austin’s Children Shelter and SafePlace, a nonprofit organization which provides sexual assault forensic examinations to victims.

SafePlace also sends sexual assault nurse examiners to UT students to conduct these exams through its partnership with University Health Services.

“We are glad that APD is moving forward with ensuring that all of the backlogged kits get tested and all that evidence does get processed … to continue moving forward with pursuing justice for these survivors,” Berryhill said.

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[but] she supported them at the time. No matter the amount of apologies she could give, it still affects a lot of my family, a lot of the people I know.”

Ellis said achieving equal rights and fixing the problems in the justice system are the biggest issues he sees in this election. He said Clinton’s presidency would be like “a third term of the Obama

administration” and work to improve healthcare and the economy.

While Ellis said he isn’t sure whether Clinton can rectify the nation’s problems, he’s certain she’s a better candidate than Trump.

“I feel like the only person who can give us any kind of hope at this moment is Secretary Clinton,” Ellis said.

continues from page 1 of Clinton’s past rhetoric.

“As a black man, I’m seeing issues in the past with Clinton using terms like ‘super-predator’ and especially her husband’s hand in the crime bill that really jump-started mass incarceration,” Ellis said. “I’m not saying she’s directly responsible for them,

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continues from page 1 I would have voted had [a polling place] not been on campus, because I wouldn’t have had a way to get there,” Hernandez said.

Medina said being able to vote on campus was beneficial but added polling places with slightly longer hours would be good for students.

“I think if they extended the hours just one hour it would be good,” Medina said. “I [normally] have a class from 6 to 7 [p.m.] today, so I wouldn’t have been able to vote today.”

Government graduate student Nadine Gibson also voted for Clinton. Gibson said seeing the long lines outside the FAC last week was motivation for students to come and vote early.

“There’s a bandwagon effect,” Gibson said. “When you see long lines, you

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continues from page 1 Kevin Cokley spoke at the event, discussing his experiences as a black man in the U.S. before the crowd broke into small groups to reflect on the night.

“I have achieved what some people might call a modicum of success,” Cokley said. “Every single day I worry that it can all be

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think, ‘Everyone’s doing it, so I should too.’”

Deanna Hausman, UT Votes vice president and biochemistry sophomore, said students are inspired to vote because of the issues that face young people right now.

“Many of us are facing massive student debt, issues of social injustice and discrimination, and in the future we’re going to have to deal with issues of

taken away from me with one wrong move, one wrong expression or one wrong statement.”

During his speech, Cokley pointed out the diverse group of people who attended the event, the majority of whom wore black in observation of the name reading.

Student Government representatives were also in attendance and helped organize the event.

climate change and entering a job market that tends to not be friendly to us,” Hausman said. “These issues are going to impact us throughout our lives, and as we’re entering adulthood, I think it’s natural for us to want to influence how these decisions are made.”

The last day of early voting is Friday, Nov. 4. Registered voters can also vote in the FAC on Election Day, Nov. 8.

Administrative director Adit Bior said SG hadn’t officially partnered with the event but said a resolution is being considered for SG to formally support the Black Lives Matter movement along with many members’ informal support for My Black UT Matters.

“Specifically within the black population on campus, we don’t get represented enough,” said Bior, a

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continues from page 1 “Mr. Shapiro’s ideology was synonymous with a lot of our members’, and a lot of our members were interested in his conservative view and what he stood for,” Castañeda said.

Shapiro addressed the bake sale during his talk and acknowledged it offended others, but said he believed it was a satirical way for students to forward conversation on serious issues.

“These events are designed to show racism in admissions is bad,” Shapiro said. “It’s called satire. They penalize certain racial groups on prices of cookies in the same way the administrators on college campuses penalize certain racial groups on the basis of their race, but these doltish Student Government leftists want to ban students to ‘prevent future incidents of violence.’”

A Student Government resolution calling for the removal of YCT from campus was introduced on Tuesday.

“I think that YCT was participating in freedom of speech,” YCT communications director Allison Peregory said to The Daily Texan earlier this week. “The people who wrote the [resolution] don’t agree with that speech, and it’s easier to suppress speech that you disagree with than to be intellectually challenged.”

The University has publicly stated they will take no action against the organization for exercising their freedom of speech.

Shapiro also addressed the Cocks Not Glocks event that protested campus carry, which went into effect on Texas college campuses in August. He said the logic behind the protest didn’t make sense to him.

“I can explain to a sevenyear-old why people are carrying weapons to defend themselves,” Shapiro said. “I can’t really explain why a sane, rational person who should strap a footlong to their backpack. Gun-free zones don’t stop bad people with guns and neither do dildos. The people who pushed this protest because they were so ‘triggered’ by the sight of guns didn’t actually accomplish anything beneficial.”

philosophy senior. “I think it’s important for Student Government members to come out and show our unconditional support for our fellow Longhorns. Speaking for myself, it’s really hard to honestly be a black student in America. It’s like you wake up every day and something else terrible has happened and that really takes a toll on how you go about your day as a Longhorn.”

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Obama leaves direct mark on higher education

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President Barack Obama’s changes to higher education during his time in office have impacted students at UT-Austin and universities nationwide.

The Obama Administration worked to make college accessible and affordable for families across the nation by overhauling programs that provide support to students.

In 2009, Obama took part in overhauling the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid, which eliminated 26 questions from the application and allowed students to use tax information from the prior year. Educational administration professor Richard Reddick said this made it easier for students to accurately complete the application. The same year, Obama also helped invest over $40 billion in the Pell Grant program to keep up with the rising costs of tuition.

“Anything that facilitates and streamlines the application process for financial aid is a victory for first-generation college students, who along with low-income students, are the population most in need of federal financial aid,” Reddick said in an email.

In 2009, Obama also introduced loan payments tied to income, known as

income-based repayment, which allows students to payback their loans with 10–15 percent of their monthly income over a 20- to 25-year period, depending on the program. Reddick said IDR plans have been helpful but are only a temporary solution to the tuition burden on families.

“The real issue is the increasing burden of tuition on students and their families,” Reddick said in an email. “For around 30 years, states have invested less into higher education, and the shortfall is expressed in higher tuition costs.

I would hope the next president acknowledges that student debt is an issue that is seriously hampering this generation — and work with legislators to bring focus to the importance of reinvesting in higher education on the state level. Higher education is in fact a public benefit — not just for the individual student, but for society.

We seem to have lost this sensibility, and the current policy context is a result of that.”

Economics assistant professor Richard Murphy said IDR helps simplify the process of paying back loans for students, but many do not apply due to the complicated application process, which can take months to authorize.

“In other countries students are automatically

President Barack Obama speaks at the Austin Music Hall during SXSW 2016.

Obama helped overhaul the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid, making it easier for students to accurately complete the form.

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enrolled in an [IDR] scheme and stay in it until the debt is repaid,” Murphy said in an email. “In the U.S., graduates have to apply through a loan servicer to complete a 10-page application and will generally take months to be authorized, and reapply each year,”Murphy said a more sensible policy for loan repayment would be to increase the time period in which borrowers can pay back their loans. Extending the repayment period helps lower default rates on loans.

Reddick said he considers

the shift in 2010 to providing loans directly through the government rather than from private banks to be the president’s greatest accomplishment in higher education. He also said he wishes Obama had focused on reframing the discussion on college affordability during his presidency.

“States need to be challenged to better support public higher education, and all of the discussion about loans and repayment plans, and forgiveness, don’t address the underlying cause, which goes back

to the lack of state support,” Reddick said in an email.

Both Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have addressed the affordability of college during their campaigns. Educational administration assistant professor Lauren Schudde said the public needs to change their views on higher education moving forward to address societal concerns.

“At some point, this country is going to have to make

bigger investments in higher education at both the federal and state level,” Schudde said in an email. “I hope to see a future where public colleges are actually free, but I know that the idea seems radical or unreasonable to people who think of a college education as a private good that only offers returns to the individual student. I see it as a public good, educating citizens who can then give back to society and who are less likely to need the public safety net. It’s worth the investment.”

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Senate supports interviewing FIG mentors UT plans to develop

By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97

The UT Senate of College Councils passed resolutions Thursday to encourage colleges to interview their respective first-year interest group mentors and considered a proposal of a financial aid student handbook that compiles information on University aid.

“The position of FIG mentor is very important and has a lot of responsibilities,” said David Jenkins, Senate academic policy co-chair and English sophomore. “Having an interview process beyond just the application would present an immediate professional precedent with both the applicant and the interviewer.”

Some colleges interview their FIG mentor applicants, but it is not mandatory. A Senate member asked the resolution’s authors if a standard interviewing procedure would make the hiring process fair across all colleges, but Katherine Horstman, academic policy co-chair, said expectations and visions differ based on the nature of the college.

“Logistically, it’s just difficult to require to standard from each college when the main problem that we’re facing is that it’s not standard the

different resources and number of applicants that each college is receiving,” economics sophomore Horstman said. “While I agree with what you’re saying, I think it just makes this more complicated implementation process.”

Grace Zhang, Fine Arts Council financial director, said she opposed the resolution because adding interviews would slow the hiring process. Zhang, an art history senior, said fine art students are especially busy and would be intimidated by an interview. “[Fine arts] FIGs already have such a hard time trying to find a [mentor] for the next year,” Zhang said. “Even though it’s a paid position, it’s really hard for students in college to find the time outside of their rehearsals … to devote their time to be a FIG mentor as well. To add another layer of admissions to it would deter even more students.”

Additional resolutions were proposed at this week’s meeting and will be voted on next week.

Lily Bonin, undergraduate research committee at-large representative, and Austin Reynolds, Senate vice president, proposed a financial aid student handbook, which would compile information on

Diversity Action Plan

By Briana Stone @bristone19

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Katherine Horstman, discusses the requirements of mentoring Freshmen Year Interest Groups.

University aid in a PDF format.

Bonin, a government freshman, said the handbook would help students navigate the financial aid process and may provide information not available online.

“The whole point of this handbook is that the information is there, we’re just putting it together,” Bonin said. “This will be a lot easier and a lot more accessible.”

Reynolds, an English senior, also proposed a resolution to replace doctor’s notes with an “honor code system.” This would allow students to sign a statement saying they missed class for health reasons.

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does not issue doctor’s notes because they fear students would skip class using them, Reynolds said.

Electrical engineering sophomore Kaela Todd said she has had several health problems, including an ear infection and a fever during an exam. Todd said UHS’s policy about not giving doctor’s notes would be an issue if she had more problems.

“I haven’t been in a position where I’ve needed a doctor’s note yet, but I feel like that would be really inconvenient if I did,” Todd said. “If you’re sick you shouldn’t have to make yourself sicker by working through it.”

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Professor discusses student loans, policy

By Meraal Hakeem @meraal_hakeem

The cost of higher education is on the rise, and while students may pay a substantial price on the front end in the form of student loans, the reward of a college degree is worth it, according to Todd J. Zywicki, a George Mason University law professor.

At a lecture hosted by the UT Center for Politics and Governance on Thursday, Zywicki discussed the economic logic and public policy behind student loans and the factors contributing to the decrease in college affordability.

Ryan Streeter, the executive director for the Center, which aims to engage students on issues of public policy making and politics, said student debt is having long-term effects on graduates.

“The rising cost of college is now having a direct impact on the ability of young people to buy homes and to buy cars,” Streeter said. “Like

the speaker said, as student loans have gone up, credit scores have gone down and home ownership has gone down, and this then affects the wealth accumulation for young people.”

Zywicki said due to the rising price of college, students end up paying more in order to recover from student loans.

He said this could set them back, delaying them from getting established in other ways, such as buying a house.

“The cost of going to college is actually a function of different costs,” Zywicki said.

“There’s how much you pay to go to college, tuition, but [what] we often don’t focus on is the forgone income associated with going to college. The cost of going to UT is not just the tuition you pay, but it’s also the $30,000 or $40,000 that you could have earned working rather than going to college.”

However, Zywicki said this makes finishing college and obtaining a degree more vital,

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George Mason University professor Todd J. Zywicki spoke on Thursday about the economics behind rising tution costs.

as defaulting would lead to major losses in a student’s investment in higher education.

“More recent graduates are more likely to default almost immediately after graduating from college than are earlier generations,” Zywicki said. “I think that there is a buzz out in the world that you don’t have to pay your student loans.”

Psychology freshman

Heather Chang said an expectation for a student loan bailout is not the reason behind an increase in defaults.

“Students shouldn’t be expected to cope with such dramatic price increases,” Chang said. “Especially in a society that places so much value in higher education to the point you cannot get a good job without a college degree.”

UT leaders and stakeholders are collaborating to develop the Diversity Action Plan, which aims to increase diversity and inclusion among University students, faculty and staff.

This summer, Gregory Vincent, vice president for diversity and community engagement, and Sonica Reagins-Lilly, vice president for student affairs, began constructing the plan, which focuses on eight areas of improvement: University leadership, students, faculty, staff, K-12 partners, alumni and supporters, and communication assessment and accountability.

“The Diversity Action Plan is meant to be the blueprint for action around diversity and inclusion for the campus,” Vincent said. “It is meant to bring resources together across campus and to give the University some direction.”

Vincent said the plan is currently being drafted, and the University is receiving feedback from key stakeholders in the eight different areas through interactions with students and the community.

The plan will work with K-12 partners, alumni and supporters to build communication, assess progress and hold leaders accountable for diversity across campus.

“We want to make this a student-centered process to make sure students are getting the benefit of learning in a diverse environment,” Vincent said.

Vincent said when it comes to University leadership, the deans of individual colleges will play a major role in developing the plan.

“I anticipate that schools and colleges will have, for example, equity and diversity committees that would help address these issues at school and college level,” Vincent said.

In his annual State of the University address, President Gregory Fenves said diversity is among his top priorities.

“I want every student and every member of this

campus and community to feel like they belong, that they are respected and that their voices are heard,” Fenves said. “Every student benefits from being educated in that diverse environment.”

One area of the plan works to recruit and retain diverse students.

Over the last 30 years, the black student population has increased from 3.5 to 4.2 percent. The Hispanic student population has increased from 8.9 percent in 1985 to 22.1 percent currently, while the Asian American student population has increased from 4.2 percent in 1986 to 19.9 percent today.

The number of American Indian students has remained stable at around .2 percent since 1986. On the other hand, the foreign student population has decreased overall from 6.5 percent in 1985 to 4.9 percent today.

Jasmine Barnes, director of operations for Students for Equity and Diversity, said her organization creates spaces to hold important conversations about diversity, such as the My Black UT Matters event Thursday night.

“Through conversation, we can teach other,” Barnes said. “Both white students and students of color need to be in on the conversation about race and inclusion.”

Vincent also said he hopes to facilitate a wellrounded learning environment through employing a diverse faculty. Vincent said he thinks the University has done well in terms of recruiting faculty from a wide variety of backgrounds, but there is more to be done.

While 2016 faculty data is not yet finalized, in 2015, 77.3 percent of faculty members were white, 10.2 percent were Asian American, 7.3 percent were Hispanic, 3.6 percent were black, 1.2 percent were mixed-race, .4 percent were American Indian and .1 percent were unknown.

Vincent said the numbers for certain demographics may be depressed, since the data does not account for adjunct lecturers, only full-time professors.

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YCT punishment would stifle free speech

By Natalie Engel

SG social work representative Natalie Engel speaks during the Nov. 1 student government meeting. Engel has stated her opposition to AR 15, which calls for the University to disband the campus branch of Young Conservatives of Texas in addition to coauthoring AR 16, which supports the creation of a bias response advisory committee.

SG Social Work Representative

In the United States, when people behave in ways deemed inappropriate by society, punitive action is the immediate response, as it seems to be an easy “fix.” We arrest them, imprison them and expect to see a drastic behavioral change upon their release. Despite this “fix,” the rate of recidivism in America is extremely high, and we cannot fathom the cause of our failure. Why is this relevant to The University of Texas, you might ask?

The anti-affirmative action bake sale held by the Young Conservatives of Texas group was met with a lot of well-deserved criticism, in my opinion, but now some members of the Student Government assembly are about to take the criticism too far. Their response calls for punitive action against the students and disbanding the organization. Punitive action calls for punishments such as probation or suspension, which would be on students’ permanent record, could prevent graduate school acceptance and would follow them throughout their academic careers.

Even as a member of the assembly, who are we to say that exacting such punishment is the right course of action or our call? The students exercised their right to freedom of speech. Now, please don’t get me wrong — I’m strongly opposed to the actions taken in the bake sale and don’t condone the group’s past actions, such as the “Catch an Illegal Immigrant” game, but I do believe in upholding their constitutional First Amendment rights.

The students calling for such punitive action are acting in a narrow-minded manner and failing to consider the broader potential consequences to the University and the future of free speech on campus. Let’s pretend for a moment that their legislation passes and the University chooses to implement it. Young Conservatives of Texas would be disbanded, the individual students would incur harsh punishment and all would be good, right? Wrong.

Limiting students’ right to free speech would indelibly have a greater effect on the future of protests on our campus. Movements such

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as “Cocks Not Glocks” could not happen for fear of punishment being inflicted on the organizers. Freedom to express opinions openly would be vastly limited and, not to mention, touching on potential civil rights lawsuits that could and likely would be taken up against the University in favor of the Young Conservatives’ right to free speech. The costs of implementing such punitive action would greatly outweigh the perceived benefit of allowing one group to be kicked off campus and punishing a few students.

The group also references other universities’ experiences to solidify their claims, but those examples of punitive action are dissimilar to this bake sale and don’t apply in the same way. The University of Oklahoma expelled two students involved in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon racist chant, but only following

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the national organization of the fraternity’s suspension of the chapter and the nonstop protests of students and activists alike. There was little left for OU to do besides expel the students, and those students could have fought the expulsion on the basis of freedom of speech but chose to not seek this course of action. Another school referenced was Duke University, a private school whose ability to exact punishments differs significantly from that of a public institution, and therefore their story is not applicable to UT. Now this aside, should we just throw away these students and their opinions by disbanding and punishing them? I don’t agree with them, but would it not be more productive to talk with them in a calmer, more appropriate setting? Maybe it’s just the social worker in me, but I cannot support legislation which

The students calling for such punitive action are acting in a narrowminded manner and failing to consider the broader potential consequences to the University and the future of free speech on campus. punishes students for exercising their constitutional rights, because that would be wrong, plain and simple.

Engel is a social work junior from Houston. She is a social work representative in Student Government.

FORUM

Clinton aims to unify nation Trump’s political detatchment through empathetic policies makes him a stronger choice

By Charlie Bonner

Daily Texan Forum Contributor @CharlieKBonner

The first person I ever came out to was a friend I had made volunteering on the Obama campaign in 2012. I was welcomed into that campaign with open arms, I was encouraged to be myself — I was given a voice. President Obama ensured that his campaign reflected what was best about our country: our diversity. That sort of inclusive leadership from our president changed my life. It showed me that, despite the hateful rhetoric I heard growing up, this is a country where I have a place at the table, a country where everyone has a place at the table.

To me, that notion has been the defining factor in this presidential election, and it is the reason I am asking you to cast your ballot for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.

“Stronger Together” isn’t just a campaign slogan; it is the mantra that has defined Hillary’s career. In April of 1993, the thenFirst Lady gave a speech here on campus about her vision for America, stating, “We need a new politics of meaning. We need a new ethos of individual responsibility and caring.” She asked the audience to reach “out beyond the circle of those of whom we know, to the many others on whom we are dependent in this complex society, and understand a little more about what their lives are like and doing what we can to help ease their burdens.” More than 20 years ago, she implored our predecessors to seek out the politics of empathy, kindness and compassion.

Hillary Clinton has devoted her life to finding a way to make real the vision she set forth on our campus, and her platform in this campaign reflects that devotion. As president, Hillary will make college more affordable through her New College Compact policy she and Bernie Sanders crafted to ensure every student can live up to his/ her potential, free of financial barriers. As president, Hillary will work to end campus sexual assault by redoubling prevention efforts starting as early as secondary school and ensuring ample support for survivors on campus. As president, Hillary will finally (FINALLY!) pass the equity act, guaranteeing protections for the LGBT community against discrimination in all of its forms.

As president, Hillary will advance social

justice, fighting to end the era of mass incarceration and police violence. Quite simply, as president, Hillary Clinton is going to ensure you and I have a voice.

I, like so many of you, am ready for this election cycle to come to an end. Distraction after distraction has caused us to turn away from the issues that really matter, the policies that are going to ease the burdens on our families and our neighbors.

There are countless issues on the ballot in this election that will dramatically affect us for years to come, but to me, there is none more important than kindness. I want future generations to feel, like I did, that this is a country where they can be themselves.

In this election you have the opportunity to vote for that sort of country. The sort of country that builds bridges with communities instead of building walls, that welcomes refugees with open arms instead of pre-judging them by their faith. A country where it doesn’t matter what you look like, how much money you make, or who you love — there is room for you, too. That is the politics of compassion. I am voting for Hillary Clinton because I still believe in love and kindness, and I hope you will join me.

Bonner is a Plan II and government junior from Richmond, Virginia.

By Claire Christensen

Daily Texan Forum Contributor

In 2008, Americans were offered a message of hope and a promise for a better country.

As young people, believing that the world was our oyster, we placed our trust in Barack Obama to protect us and our interests. But we were robbed of our pearls.

Americans are not better off today than they were eight years ago. They are less safe, and their economic futures are less certain.

Now we are offered two candidates: one who proudly reminds us he is “not a politician and has never wanted to be one,” and Hillary Clinton, who was born to be a politician and has always wanted to be one.

Clinton’s presidential campaign has been faced with endless scandals and evidence of her corruption — though I don’t recall anything specifically. And certainly, Trump’s campaign has also had its share of challenges.

But the most important difference between these two candidates is that Hillary Clinton is deeply invested in a system most Americans view as sick and failing, while Donald Trump seems bold enough and independent enough to change it.

As a rookie politician at his first political rodeo, Trump is owned by no one. He doesn’t

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owe anyone any favors, he’s not being actively investigated for selling the Office of the Secretary of State to the highest bidder, and he won’t have the looming threat of impeachment hanging over him during his first days in office. This means he can get things done.

So let’s consider what he wants to do. And for a moment, forget the past. Forget the scandals, the media, the pointed fingers, the political lies, and listen to what this man is standing up and telling you, and me, and the rest of America.

Trump says he wants to end corruption in Washington and change the course our country is on. And he tells us how he will do it.

In his Contract with the American Voter, he has outlined a clear initiative to restore America’s faith in the government and bring change to Washington. In this SparkNotesesque document, Trump has given us, the voters, full transparency on how he intends to clean up the corruption plaguing our government, protect American workers and restore national security.

Americans might naturally ask themselves why he is doing this. Why is this outspoken, brash, and, at times, crude man running for the presidency? Why doesn’t he do what other old, rich, white men are supposed to do and retire to some ritzy, exclusive golf club in Florida (like the one he owns) and sip margaritas while basking in the sun and his endless wealth?

Trump has no financial motive, no need of fame and no obvious desire for power. He had almost all those things already. He has a multibillion-dollar international business and has achieved the American dream that so many of us college students — fueled with Red Bulls and the saving grace of Jimmy John’s sandwich delivery service — spend long, sleepless nights working tirelessly to achieve.

The current system has obviously been working well for him. And a career in politics, with all of the work our nation’s most difficult and stressful job demands, does not seem like a good investment. (See the eight-year net loss of Obama’s jet black hair.)

That’s why we’re left to answer that Trump is doing it for the reason he says: “When I saw the trouble our country was in, I knew I couldn’t stand by and watch any longer.”

What starts here changes the world, and it starts on Nov. 8 at the FAC with you.

Christensen is a government senior from Fresno, California.

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ART

Dell Med installs new conch sculpture

By Chase Karacostas

Students stand

by Spiral of the Galaxy, a seven-ton bronze statue, outside of the Dell Medical School.

The statue was built between 2013 and 2014

by British artist Marc Quinn, and unveiled on Oct. 24.

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Lois Duncan, executive director at Great Promise, and Sandy Duncan, vendor coordinator, are preparing for the 25th annual Austin Powwow this Saturday.

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Each dance a powwow-goer sees is a one-of-a-kind experience. The competition dances generally aren’t rehearsed but instead are made up by the dancers in the moment.

Sandy Duncan, the vendor coordinator at Great Promise, doesn’t want powwow attendees to trivialize the cultural events by calling them performances. According to him, doing so would be denying the fact that American Indian culture continues to thrive.

“You’re not going to a performance or a movie,” Duncan said. “You’re going to see traditional American Indian dancing. People won’t rehearse, because it’s not as if we’ve got a show at six and a matinee on Sunday.”

Instead, Duncan wants attendees to view the powwow as a cultural exchange that is shared between peoples.

Blassingame, a member of

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Garfield is no stranger to playing unassuming heroes; he twice starred as a lanky Spiderman. His southern drawl and demeanor counter his character’s idealism, making Doss as palatable as he is heroic and Garfield a prime

the Southern Cheyenne tribe, is a dancer and artist who creates dresses and other Native American regalia. When Blassingame dances “Jingle,” her favorite category of traditional dance, she is captivated by the beautiful sound of hundreds of metal tassels sewn to the skirt of the dress, for which the dance is named.

“It sounds like rain — beautiful and calming,” Blassingame said. “The jingle dress is a medicine dress, a healing dress. When you’re out there, you might pray for those who can’t dance or those that wish they could still dance because they’re sick or old.”

For Blassingame, the joy of dancing runs deeper than the prospect of winning prize money — it’s something spiritual.

“It’s just a really good feeling, like you’re in the clouds,” Blassingame said. “I’m really kind of shy, but when I’m out there dancing, I’m not thinking about that.”

Oscar contender.

“Hacksaw Ridge” barely misses perfection. For a director revering a pacifist hero, Gibson indulges in too many shots of carnage. He can’t resist opportunities for Christian imagery, particularly Doss hanging from a stretcher, silhouetted against the sky, as though about to ascend to heaven.

Gibson’s hero may be a devout Christian, but Doss’ significance is potentially universal. He refused to back down

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As students of the Dell Medical School walk to class, they pass a newly installed bronze sculpture dominating the courtyard of the Health Learning Building. It’s 11 feet tall, over 16 feet wide — and it’s a conch shell.

On Oct. 24, a new sculpture, “Spiral of the Galaxy,” was installed outside the Dell Medical School as part of UT’s Landmarks public art program. The sculpture is a seven-ton bronze conch created by contemporary artist Marc Quinn.

“It’s a fabulous sculpture for us — it really captures the spirit and the aesthetic we’re trying to create with the medical school and within the health district,” said Clay Johnston, inaugural dean of the Dell Medical School, in an email. “More than that, the conch symbolizes growth and health security, so it resonates with our mission. It’s going to be a great icon for the campus, the school and everything that grows around it.”

Conch shells are created by the Queen Conch sea snail. After they die, their shell often becomes a protective habitat for other small sea snails. The Landmarks selection committee, which includes several art and architecture faculty, along with art history from his values and demonstrated extraordinary courage under fire. But Gibson’s heavyhanded Christian message limits Doss’ heroism to one faith.

Like great stories throughout history, “Hacksaw Ridge” reveres light in darkness: the pacifist in the bloodbath, and the good amid danger, disaster, and despair. It’s an inspiring tribute to underdogs, idealists and anyone willing to stand — and die — for what they believe.

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graduate student Robin Williams, felt this was emblematic of what the Dell Medical School represents for the Austin community.

“The new Dell Medical School has goals to be really innovative in terms of interdisciplinary research and community-driven wellness initiatives and thinking about the person in a more holistic way,” Williams said. “The shell’s form is a direct reflection of those things, so it’s kind of a model for harmonious and integrated living.”

Quinn is most commonly known for his classical busts entitled “Self,” each of which are made with 10 pints of his own blood, frozen in silicone. Starting in 1991, he made a new bust every five years so when all five heads are together, the viewer can see how he aged.

With a $1.8 million cost, the

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continues from page 8 suspense than any foreboding music might.

Like the rest of the film, Nichols’ portrayal of racism in civil rights-era Virginia packs power in its subtlety.

Most locals don’t directly attack the Lovings, but many hang their heads and remind them, “You should have known better.” Police officers let them go on bail

conch was funded by the University’s Art in Public Spaces policy, which requires 1 to 2 percent of all funds for major construction and renovations to support acquiring new art for the campus. This is the first of two installations at the Dell Medical School. The second, a collection of two dozen portraits by Ann Hamilton, will be unveiled early next year.

Landmarks external affairs coordinator Nikolas Nobel said the program usually tries to find art that will stay in the viewer’s mind long after each encounter. Along with finding a piece that fits within the space available, he said the selection committee usually tries to choose pieces that connect to the school or college they are placed with. “‘Spiral of the Galaxy’ has a lot to do with life and living, and that does tie into the Dell Medical School and

finding new ways to explore the medical industry,” Nobel said. “It also serves as this anchor point at the Dell Medical School. Once that part of campus opens up to more students and more traffic, people will notice it.”

Williams said she feels this sculpture reflects a reversal of where value is traditionally placed in social hierarchies. Bronze is commonly used for sculptures of significant figures such as Martin Luther King and George Washington, but this conch represents how art can highlight the value of common people within society.

“This is not some culturally deemed hero; rather, it’s just a small seashell,” Williams said. “It’s a very common natural object, and it challenges us to think about where and how we place value.”

once but assure them not to expect it a second time.

Nichols shows a society in which few people truly enforced the status quo, but no one had the courage to challenge it.

In an era of blockbuster action, $100 million budgets and constant sensory input, “Loving” stands out with its patient, gentle filmmaking. Its characters model its technique. When Mildred glimpses the 1963

civil rights march on Washington on TV, she remarks, though she’s in D.C., “It could be a world away.” The echoes of 100,000 protesters barely carry across the city, and the moment foreshadows the ripple effects her very personal story will have on the rest of America.

But these two people never marched or protested.

They never meant to change their country. Richard and Mildred just fell in love.

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Hager’s comments fuel Saturday’s matchup

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Sophomore linebacker Breckyn Hager and the rest of the Texas defense will be challenged by Texas Tech’s high-powered offense, led by junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

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Quandre Diggs stepped up and lowered his shoulder right into the chest of Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Nov. 1, 2014.

Then a freshman, Mahomes made it two yards from the line of scrimmage before Diggs, a senior, leveled him onto the turf at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock. He left the game with a concussion after stumbling to the sideline with two athletic trainers.

Two years later, sophomore linebacker Breckyn Hager made headlines for repeatedly saying that his intent is to “injure that quarterback” this weekend. That quarterback just so happens to be Mahomes, who’s been battling a sore shoulder for much of the season.

Hager apologized for his comments hours after he made them. Still, Saturday’s contest at 11 a.m. in Lubbock should not be short on fireworks — both in big hits and explosive offense.

“We’ve got to get after that quarterback,” Hager said.

“We’ve got to get sacks, pressure, turnovers, takeaways.

This is like an ultimate test of the year — to go play this No. 2 offense in the nation on the road.”

While Mahomes throws for more yards than anyone else

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in the country, he can also beat the defense with his feet. He’s rushed the ball 95 times this season, almost twice as many carries as the next leading ball carrier on Texas Tech’s roster.

The junior from Whitehouse, Texas, has 28 passing touchdowns this season, good for a tie at No. 3 in the country. But he also has 10 rushing touchdowns, which slots him at a tied No. 3 in the nation among quarterbacks.

“We know he can move his feet very well, and we know he can make throws on the run,” senior defensive tackle Paul

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Boyette said. “But we can’t discredit ourselves either, because we can go out there and compete with the best offenses.”

Competing with the best offenses has been no small task for Texas this season. The Longhorns rank No. 112 in the nation in total defense and No. 105 in scoring defense. On the flip side, Texas Tech sits at No. 2 in the country in total offense and No. 2 in scoring offense.

TCU, however, held the Red Raiders way below their season averages in those departments last weekend in Fort Worth.

The Horned Frogs contained

the Red Raiders to 345 yards and 27 points — 17 in regulation. Head coach Charlie Strong said the Longhorns will look to last week’s game tape to try to replicate TCU’s defensive performance.

“Well, TCU did a great job of just making sure that they get [Mahomes] contained,” Strong said. “And they didn’t let him outside, and that’s what’s gotta be critical for us: not to let him outside. And if he does get outside, you can’t drop your coverage.”

Strong’s secondary limited No. 13 Baylor and senior

quarterback Seth Russell to just 226 passing yards while the defensive line racked up six sacks last week.

The secondary must replicate its performance if it has any hope of containing the Red Raider offense.

If it does, the Texas defensive line will have a chance to add to its total of 31 sacks — and pick up a key road win.

“You should be going to sleep on it every night just dreaming about hitting Mahomes and getting turnovers,” Hager said.

“So yeah. It’s really exciting.”

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Longhorn men fall in New York, women head to North Carolina

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Freshman infielder Kaitlyn Slack has contributed in many ways to Texas’ fall season success. Slack and other Longhorn rookies will play their first road games this weekend.

Texas prepares for first road test against UTSA

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The Longhorns will leave the comfort of Austin on Friday when they travel to San Antonio to take on UTSA at Roadrunner Field.

Texas brings a four-game win streak and an undefeated record into the matchup after an 8-0 shutout win over Galveston College on Oct. 28.

“I think we’re really coming together,” freshman infielder Kaitlyn Slack said.

“We’ve built up a good chemistry in our group, and Coach is doing a great job of getting us ready when we go up to hit.”

The two-game series against the Roadrunners marks the only road stretch for the team on their fall schedule. The series also serves as the first road trip for Texas’ strong freshman class.

“Traveling will have a little bit of an effect, but not as much as you’d think,” Slack said. “Our freshmen this year, myself included, are really good at adjusting, and the rest of the team is right there to help us.”

The Longhorns said they’re looking forward to the road trip — both on and off the field.

“I’m excited to travel,” head coach Connie Clark said.

“We’re there for the game, but it’ll also give us some time to do some team-building and community service. It’s really important for us to give back when we can, because it’s so

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I think we’re really coming together.

We’ve built up a good chemistry in our group, and Coach is doing a great job of getting us read when we go up to hit.

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hard to do that during the regular season.”

Unlike Texas’ previous four opponents, UTSA is a Division I team. And the Roadrunners tested the Longhorns last season. Texas bested UTSA last year in the regular season series 2-0, winning both matches by one run.

The Longhorns can expect an uptick in intensity when they walk onto the field Friday, giving the team a taste of spring ball in the fall. Texas hopes to gain critical experience by hitting the road months before the start of its spring season.

“We always try to schedule at least one opportunity to get away from home in the fall,” Clark said. “It’ll help us get used to meals on the road, the hotel situation, a new environment and a lot of other things we’ll encounter in the spring.”

First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday at Roadrunner Field.

The Longhorn men’s team sent freshmen Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard to New York to participate in the USTA/ITA National Indoor College Championships on Thursday.

But the two came up short, both dropping their firstround matches. They will play in the consolation singles draw for the remainder of the tournament.

“Christian and Yuya came up a little short, but honestly I think we played against the two guys in the tournament who simply have the most firepower,” head coach Michael Center said. “The guys did well in their matches today, but now we’ve got to get ready for a back draw [consolation draw]. We’re excited

about getting started again tomorrow.”

Coming off a semifinals appearance at the ITA AllAmerican Championships, Sigsgaard fell to No. 1 Mikael Torpegaard of Ohio State in straight sets. Ito took Georgia Tech’s No. 5 Chris Eubanks to three sets.

Following the tournament, Ito and Sigsgaard will head back to Austin to prepare for the 2016–17 regular season, which starts in January.

The Longhorn women finish fall tournament play with a trip to North Carolina to compete in the Kitty Harrison Invitational. Fourteen teams, five of which are ranked in the top 25, will compete on North Carolina and Duke’s home courts.

The tournament follows a Texas promising performance

at the ITA Texas Regionals Championships in October.

Senior No. 82 Neda Koprcina advanced to the finals but failed to clinch the victory against Baylor’s No. 54 Blair Shankle, who won in two sets.

No. 113 junior Dani Wagland and freshman Petra Granic each lost in the individual competition in the round of 16. As a doubles team, Wagland and Granic lost to Texas A&M early in the tournament.

The invitational begins Friday and ends Sunday.

The Longhorns take on East Carolina and Elon in doubles and William and Mary in singles on Friday. Saturday will feature a doubles matchup against Charlotte and a singles matchup against Iowa. Play concludes on Sunday with a singles matchup against Minnesota.

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Texas strives to bounce back from season-opening loss in home meet

By Wills Layton @thedailytexan

Following a loss to Indiana in the first meet of the season, Texas returns home with hopes of earning a victory against North Carolina State on Friday.

The Longhorn men are ranked No. 2 in the nation and North Carolina State are ranked No. 3. Texas fell to the No. 4 Hoosiers last week, but head coach Eddie Reese said the Wolfpack present an even bigger challenge.

“Indiana swam really well,” Reese said. “We’re hoping NC State doesn’t swim as well comparably. NC State is a little bit stronger.”

The level of competition fuels senior Will Glass, who embraces the challenge of going against highly ranked teams.

“It’s always good to race other teams that are right there with us, because we’re training at this level up here and they’re training just right there,” Glass said. “To see where we’re at in

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Senior Will Glass has taken on a leadership role for Texas.

Glass and his fellow seniors aim to help the underclassmen adjust to collegiate competition.

the season is always fun.”

With a long season ahead, Glass and fellow senior Jack Conger have taken on new leadership roles. With several Olympians and other veteran swimmers returning to the pool, Glass and Conger are trying to bring along the underclassmen as best as they can.

“We really just try to guide the freshmen more than the

sophomores and juniors,” Glass said. “It takes a little bit of adjusting for [freshmen] to adapt to the way we train here.

So by the time they become sophomores and juniors, they can step into that role and lead with everyone else.”

The Longhorn men hit the pool Friday at 5 p.m. at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

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Texas started off strong, winning the first nine events of the day. The team went on to top the Aggies, 166.5-128.5.

“We won some close races today, and that makes us really happy,” head coach Carol Capitani said. “It’s a source of pride, and we did this one for the Longhorns fans.

It’s nice to be on the winning side of the coin.”

Sophomore Joanna Evans, senior Madisyn Cox and junior Rebecca Millard shined for the Longhorns. Evans picked up a win in the 1,000yard freestyle, while Cox and Millard led Texas to a win in the 200-yard medley relay.

The Longhorns also took first in both diving events, where freshman Alison Gibson and sophomore Meghan O’Brien each won the 3-meter and 1-meter respectively.

“I’m really pleased with the way we swam today,” Capitani said. “I think it’s a testament to how hard we are working right now.

We’re paying attention to little details, and for the most part, we’re doing those little things right.”

Senior Tasija Karosas, freshman Claire Adams and sophomore Olivia Anderson also had big days, making NCAA provisional cuts. The provisional cuts allow the three to compete at the NCAA Championships in March without having to qualify separately.

The women face off against North Carolina State on Friday at 5 p.m.

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ART

Local art exhibit showcases graffiti experts

By Rajya Atluri

Rachel Koper and Nathan Nordstrom curated the art for this year’s Emerge: ATX’s Annual Graffiti Art Show presentation.

Nordstrom has been spray painting graffiti since the 1990s, and the wall behind him is one that he repaints every few months with new images.

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Meticulously sculpting the letters, adding line work and focusing on small details, McAllen-based graffiti artist News mixes the traditional with the funky when creating his art.

“If we’re stressed out about something or if we’re feeling down and out, [graffiti] is a good therapy to get everything out,” News said. “Holding the can, the texture of the wall, everything plays a part, so you just let all of that soak into you.”

News, along with Wake Jones and 12 other artists, will be featured at Emerge: ATX’s Annual Graffiti Art Show, presented by Art Seen Alliance in association with musicNmind on Nov. 5 at The Gatsby. The art show is curated and organized by Rachel Koper and Nathan Nordstrom and will showcase existing art pieces as well as live graffiti performances.

“One thing we’ve always tried to do in Emerge is put a little bit of a spotlight on emerging new artists the community and public had never heard of,” Nordstrom said.

The show is helpful for artists like News because it lets them meet other artists in the graffiti community.

“It always feels great to be involved in the Texas graffiti scene, because in its own way, graffiti is kind

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of competitive, so I get to see what everybody is doing,” News said. “I get to see the people that I look up [to] and see what they are [producing].”

Fellow graffiti artist Wake Jones said one of the reasons he likes working with the community is that attendees will be able to see all kinds of graffiti styles.

“We are kind of the people who have always done our own thing,” Wake Jones said.

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“We don’t really follow the trends that get popular in art.

That way, each person is kind of their own niche.”

When Wake Jones — whose art is inspired by nature, urban culture and the city itself — first started doing graffiti, it wasn’t as mainstream as it is now. He said it was an underground form of art, almost vigilante in nature.

“The cool part about it is it’s not really censored, so

I’ve always looked at it as a very open way for people to express themselves without having the confines of normal taboos and galleries,” Wake Jones said. “You see these really large-scale murals that took a lot of time and effort, and it’s just really cool that people would do that on their own without being paid for it.”

Wake Jones said it’s an awesome experience when he’s around people who

watch him work. At gallery shows, he has met several people who were influenced by his art, and he said there are a handful who were better graffiti artists than he is.

“It’s really humbling to see that something you did inspired somebody else to go on and take it even further,” Wake Jones said.

Although people have grown to appreciate his work as art, that wasn’t always the case. Wake Jones started

doing graffiti in the early ’90s, when the art form was frequently labeled as gangrelated. Now, he said, graffiti has become more respected in the eyes of the public.

“I really want to voice that [graffiti] is not what people make it out to be,” Wake Jones said. “I like that [graffiti] has come to a point where more people are getting paid to do it and it’s recognized as a form of art.

There’s a future in it.”

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Film explores controversial love in racist era

By Penn Harrison @PennHarrison

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Andrew Garfield gives an Oscar-worthy performance in Gibson’s true story of WWII hero Desmond Doss.

Mel Gibson delivers new twist on war film

By Penn Harrison @PennHarrison

In every war there are two battles: the outer battle between armies and the inner battle of morals. Rarely has a film dramatized both as bluntly and beautifully as “Hacksaw Ridge.” Director Mel Gibson’s World War II epic soars with old-school melodrama, knockout performances and brutal battle sequences.

Andrew Garfield stars as Desmond Doss, a young Virginian who enlists in the Army — but as a Seventh-day Adventist, he refuses to kill. His father, a decorated but disillusioned veteran, grapples with PTSD and beats Doss and the rest of his family. This, coupled with two other chilling childhood brushes with violence, forges his pacifism. Approaching adulthood, Doss falls in love with beautiful nurse Dorothy (Teresa Palmer) and plans to marry her. But war has other plans.

The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and Doss, like his brother and friends, “joins up.” He meets his sergeant (Vince Vaughn) and comrades in perhaps the year’s funniest scene. Things quickly turn dark: Doss’ pacifism looks like cowardice to his comrades. He’s ridiculed, beaten and court-martialed for his refusal to touch a rifle. They argue if Doss is truly faithful, he should fight “the devil.”

This drama occupies the film’s

first hour. It would come across as conventional, but the Army men aren’t mere tough guys bullying a weakling. They refuse to rest their lives on a man who won’t fight. Both sides have valid arguments, and the antagonist is war itself. The Constitution lets Doss enlist as a “conscientious objector,” but carrying this ideological contradiction to the front lines of Okinawa will prove a far greater test than he faced in the courtroom.

Doss’s company arrives with one task: Take Hacksaw Ridge, a sheer cliff that can only be scaled by a rope ladder. The moment men summit that ledge, the movie morphs from stirring drama to sensory onslaught.

You’re unlikely to see 10 minutes in any movie as intense as the last 60 of Hacksaw Ridge. Gibson immerses us in artillery, entrails, brains, bone fragments and anguished screams. Within the chaos, individual encounters — characters hiding from enemies, pushing through crippling injuries and diverting grenades — pack more suspense and terror than most horror films.

Gibson’s battle scenes rival “Saving Private Ryan.”

Even in war scenes, Gibson crafts an emotional roller coaster of drama, humor and beauty — hard to watch but impossible to look away from.

Doss runs into enemy fire to save men who once doubted, ostracized and attacked him.

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“I’m pregnant” are the two words that break the first of many long silences in “Loving,” a film in which few words often carry significant weight.

Director Jeff Nichols chronicles Richard and Mildred’s interracial marriage and the legal battle to overthrow the legislation that banned it in a rousing drama amplified by its understatement. Nichols tells the intimate love story at the core of a historical event without ever resorting to largescale melodrama.

His direction is anchored by equally nuanced, sensitive performances. Joel Edgerton coolly underplays Richard Loving — a quiet, no-nonsense country man dedicated to his family and laying bricks.

He exudes shyness, but his actions say otherwise — he illegally married a black woman in 1958 Virginia. Lawyers ask him what they should tell U.S. Supreme Court justices on his behalf, and he simply replies, “Tell ‘em I love my wife.”

Ruth Negga gives a stunning breakout performance as Mildred Loving, who gradually evolves from a concerned country housewife to a strong mother and quiet civil rights revolutionary. After writing a letter to Bobby

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Jeff Nichols’ “Loving” is a rousing drama amplified by its understatement. The film follows an interracial couple as they fight the Supreme Court over the legality of their marriage.

Kennedy, she gets a call from a civil rights lawyer offering to take her case for free. Negga’s performance during the call is transparent and gripping as she nails the small details. A quiet hero, far from cinema’s stereotype of a strong woman, Negga’s Mildred is simultaneously sensitive, vulnerable and unstoppable.

Nichols fully understands the old maxim that insecurities are loud but confidence is silent. He shows complete control of his craft from the film’s opening shot but never flaunts it. He

forgoes dozens of opportunities for his drama to explode into arguments, fistfights or large-scale protests. Instead, Nichols focuses almost exclusively on his two leads and their dedicated relationship.

He builds drama and suspense so gently the audience is unaware of the smoldering tension beneath the surface.

With an impeccable eye for detail, Nichols employs each scene’s surrounding environment to subtly elicit powerful emotions. He may be telling a revolutionary civil rights story, but his

supporting characters aren’t angry crowds or violent police officers. Instead, they are the sounds of an unfamiliar city keeping Mildred awake at night and the bricks Richard lays each morning, no matter the weather or whatever challenges he faced the night before. When the family moves from D.C. to Virginia, they are forced to hide in the countryside, where the rumble of a distant car engine spells danger and the gentle cacophony of crickets at night hold more

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CITY

Native American tribes unite for Powwow

By Morgan O’Hanlon @mcohanlon

At a powwow, the drum is the heart of the festival. It’s a steady, metronomic beat that guides dancers’ feet and sends a collective pulse to all tribes in attendance.

At the 25th annual Austin Powwow this Saturday, tribes from all over the country will come together to celebrate their customs and history. Last year, 83 of the country’s 562 tribes par-

ticipated in the festivities, making it the largest singleday powwow in the country.

Nan Blassingame, the volunteer coordinator at Great Promise for American Indians, said despite their differing tribal heritages, the Native Americans that attend the powwow are united by their common indigeneity.

“We may come from many different tribes, but on one day every year, we make a new nation,” Blassingame said. “On the day of

the powwow, it’s like we’re all one tribe.”

Unity is central to the tradition of powwows, which are historically intertribal meetings that stress the importance of belonging, community and generosity.

“They’re meant to bring people together from different tribal nations,” anthropology professor Pauline Strong said. “It’s about creating a positive atmosphere.”

The Austin Powwow is the largest event organized by

Great Promise, a nonprofit that provides a number of other cultural resources to Austin’s American Indian population, including a scholarship program, monthly culture nights and craft workshops.

The event provides opportunities for cultural exchange through a multicategory dance competition, a food court featuring traditional dishes and a stage for storytelling, flute-playing

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