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SG debates ‘sanctuary’ status for UT By Paul Cobler @PaulCobler
Legislative student organizations at UT are discussing coming together in support of undocumented students at UT, as well as calling on the University to declare itself a “sanctuary university.” Joint Resolution 2 was introduced to the Student Government general assembly Tuesday, and Speaker of the Assembly Santiago Rosales,
the resolution’s author, hopes the legislation will make a statement to the student body about the support they have for undocumented students. “Knowing that the Trump administration has made particular promises with regards to how the enforcement of particular immigration laws will be, we felt it necessary to look at what the University can do to make sure that undocumented students can have a fair education and
support,” Rosales said. Another large part of the resolution is calling upon the University to declare itself a sanctuary campus, similar to a sanctuary city in which the University would refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The legal repercussions to this are uncertain, but federal funding could potentially be revoked
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incoming Trump administration. “It’s time for the federal government to assume their responsibility on border security. Anything that alleviates the Texas budget, I’m strongly
The Palestine Solidarity Committee hosted a “teach-in” event last night on campus with the University Leadership Initiative to discuss and examineissuesfacingundocumented people, especially undocumented students. ULI’s “teach-in” consisted of a presentation and discussion of the organization’s work in the community and ways to get involved with their efforts. PSC member Mohammed Nabulsi, a thirdyear law student, said his organization and ULI face similar issues. “The most important lesson we gained from the meeting is that our struggles are inextricable,” Nabulsi said. “We need to as Palestinians and as allies as Palestinians show up for the struggle of undocumented people in this country.” ULI, which led the majority of the meeting, is an organization founded by undocumented UT students in 2005 with the goal of empowering undocumented youth. Estefania Ponce, an American Sign Language interpreting junior at Austin Community College, said as an undocumented student, she’s fighting for more than her own future. “Not only are we fighting for ourselves, we’re fighting for our families,” Ponce said. Ponce said another program ULI advocates for is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program that provides temporary legal status for young undocumented people. DACA could be in jeopardy, Ponce said, with the incoming
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Santiago Rosales, the student government assembly speaker, answers questions on Joint Resolution 2.
By Sarah Philips @sarahphilips23
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State senator, Kirk Watson, discusses spending, taxes, and the economy in regard to the 85th Legislature on November 29th.
enough attention. “I feel good about the team we have,” Straus said. “I feel good about the new blood that comes in.” Straus said the state couldn’t continue to double the border security budget every
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House Speaker Straus looks ahead to 2017
can’t have [a plan] until the new administration takes place, but we do have a plan to work with them.” Straus said a new administration under Trump provides an opportunity to address issues he feels hasn’t received
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By Will Clark
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With the Texas Legislature convening in six weeks, House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, weighed in on the Nov. 8 election and the upcoming 85th legislative session in a conversation with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on campus Tuesday. “I can say with a lot of confidence that it was an election everyone is glad to have behind us,” Straus said. “American people were very angry with Washington, and understandably so.” Straus supported former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush during the GOP primaries and never publicly backed Presidentelect Trump. Straus did say the opportunities for Republican-leaning policy after the election were “enormous” and added Trump seemed flexible on some of his policies and ideals. When asked about the possibility of a Trump administration repealing or replacing Obamacare, Straus said Texas has asked for flexibility in Medicaid programs in the past. “My hunch is [Obamacare] won’t be completely or quickly dismantled,” Straus said. “We
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legislative session as they have done in the past to enforce legal entrance to the U.S. on the Mexico border. “It’s time to go the other way,” Straus said, adding that border security was going to be a bigger concern for the
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Secretary of Education calls for inclusion Gender gap persists in
STEM fields, study says
By Van Nguyen @nguyen_van
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. released a letter last Friday arguing more work needs to be done by universities to ensure campuses are safe, inclusive and supportive environments, which encourage student success and college completion. The letter accompanied an 89-page report commending the Obama Administration’s efforts to increase campus diversity and inclusion, and it looked at ways to continue this effort going forward. “We have far more work left to do — beyond supporting diversity through admissions and
By Freya Preimesberger @thedailytexan
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Less than 25 percent of science, technology, engineering and math — or STEM — jobs are held by women, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Researchers at UT, Cornell University and Syracuse University set out to analyze this gender gap. Their study, which was published Sept. 28 in Social Science Research, found that while many women study STEM fields, they disproportionately study fields such as life sciences, which provide fewer jobs than fields such as computer science and engineering. The study also
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enrollment alone — to ensure that our campuses are safe, inclusive, and supportive environments that encourage student success
and college completion,” King Jr. said in the letter. Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, the Department of
Education has made it a priority to make college more affordable and
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reported that, unlike men, women are not seen as more valuable if they delay marriage and children. Researchers looked at data from a survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics which included men and women born between 1957 and 1964. This cohort includes women who came of age during the second-wave feminism of the 1980s. During this period, women graduated from college at a rate higher than men for the first time. This study showed that 53 percent of men who received a bachelor’s degree in STEM found a job in a STEM field within
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