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Tuition reform remains top priority By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
Initiatives to cut costs for college students are a large component of several higher education bills filed this legislative session. In Lt. Gov Dan Patrick’s “2017 Top Legislative Priorities,” he highlights tuition reform through Senate Bill 19, which calls for Texas public universities to temporarily limit tuition rates. “The state has increased
funding for higher education, but tuition and fees have continued to rise,” Patrick said in a statement on his website. “Taxpayers must be assured they are getting a quality education at a cost they can afford. SB 19 will prevent tuition and fees from continuing to outpace what hardworking Texans earn.” Patrick also identified SB 18 as one of his top priorities. The bill intends to repeal Texas’ setaside program, which requires public colleges and universities to transfer a portion of
paid student tuition to support lower-income students in need of financial aid. According to Patrick’s website, SB 18 “will stop Texas families from being forced to subsidize college costs for others.” Senator Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, authored both SB 18 and SB 19. During the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003, House Bill 3015 gave governing boards of public universities the ability to designate tuition
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Student Government convened Tuesday night to preview what’s in store for their last semester as the 110th session officers. Applications to run for SG officer positions close Feb. 14 at noon, and candidates will be able to begin publicly campaigning Feb. 15. Student body president Kevin Helgren said he hopes for a positive transition for his successors. “First and foremost, Binna (Kim) and I are a team,” Helgren, a psychology and neuroscience senior, said. “We actually view this as a bit of a blessing in disguise in that the more attention that’s focused on the campaign, the more time we’ll have to actually get down and get our work done.” Helgren said he and vice president Binna Kim are not getting involved with the elections publicly and are not
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Student body president Kevin Helgren discusses current plans to increase diversity awareness on campus. The 110th session officers have eight more legislative sessions left before the new officers take their places.
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The University has offered to extend the lease of the Lions Municipal Golf Course, which the UT System originally decided to let expire in the next two years. The offer to re-lease the golf course known as Muny, which sits on the System’s land, comes from a letter President Gregory Fenves wrote last Tuesday to Mayor Steve Adler in which he told Adler to let him know by March 1 if the city of Austin is interested in renewing the lease. “I would love to work with the University of Texas to find a way to preserve Muny,” Adler said, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The UT System Board of Regents voted against the renewal of the golf course in 2011, leaving the lease to expire in 2019. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the regents decision in 2011 was because of the possibility of the golf course being transformed into a neighborhood with homes, shops and hotels. The new developments could help the University acquire $5.5 million a year versus the $414,720 the city of Austin pays annually to lease the course. “… I write now to ask if the City has any desire to negotiate an extension or renewal of the Muny lease on terms closer to current market value past the initial term,” Fenves said in the letter. “If the answer is yes, I am prepared to work with you
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Study addresses Texas human trafficking UT Nursing program By Catherine Marfin @catherinemarfin
Coinciding with National Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month, a new study released by the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault at UT’s School of Social Work revealed that 313,000 Texans are victims of human trafficking at any given time. Human trafficking occurs when one person is controlled by another through violence or other means of coercion involving commercial sex, forced labor and other forms of servitude. The Statewide Human Trafficking Mapping Project of Texas seeks to address the potential inaccuracy of existing data sets, which only focus on identified victims and therefore only address a fraction of the larger problem. In collaboration with the Bureau of Business Research at UT’s IC2 Institute and Allies Against Slavery, the research study began in 2014 with funding from the Criminal Justice Division at
the Texas Office of the Governor. Institute director Noël Busch-Armendariz served as the principal investigator on the project. “It’s not that we’re getting false reports, it just has to do with the complexity of reporting,” Busch-Armendariz said. “People are controlled by other people exploiting them, and they’re scared to report. The question now is how do we use this information to push the solution forward—information that we know now to be true and evident from the research?” In addition to using existing databases, Busch-Armendariz and her team compiled their data by estimating community segments in the state that are at a higher risk for human trafficking and then estimating an average number of victimizations in those areas. By applying those numbers together, the team was able to determine how many victims are in Texas at any given time. According to the study, of
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ranks fifth in nation By Lisa Nhan @nhanbread24
UT’s Master of Science in Nursing program ranked fifth out of 50 on College Choice’s 2017 list of the best master’s in nursing degrees in the U.S. College Choice provides rankings and other resources to help students select which college they want to attend. Factors taken into consideration for the rating include academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost of school and graduate success rates on the post-college job market. The rankings were based on data from U.S. News & World Report, the National Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Center for Education Statistics, PayScale.com and the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. Freshman nursing student Itzel Osornia said the MSN program’s reputation made her admission as a nursing undergraduate exciting. Courtesy of the School of Social Work “I feel really blessed and Noël Busch-Armendariz, director of UT’s Institute on Domesgrateful to be a part of UT tic Violence and Sexual Assault, served as the principal invesnursing,” Osornia said. “As
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a high school senior I was well aware of how competitive it was and the fact that it was ranked among the best nursing schools in the country, and I remember crying when I found out that I had been accepted.” The master’s degree at UT is a two-year program, with graduates focusing on one of five concentrations: Leadership in Diverse Settings, Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Family Nurse Practitioner, Psych/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Pediatric COMIC Nurse Practitioner. Gayle Timmerman, associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor at the School of Nursing, said the staff works hard to provide students with the best education possible. “We focus to really develop nurses who can lead and improve healthcare at the bedside, or wherever they may be, and to find solutions to the tough questions,”
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rates. Prior to 2003, tuition was set by the legislature and typically maintained uniformity across the state, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Following this decision in 2003, tuition rates have steadily increased. Between fall 2003 and fall 2015, the overall total tuition and fees for Texas public universities were raised by 119 percent, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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endorsing any candidates. Helgren said the three projects he is currently working on are spreading diversity at the UT System level, reconstruction of the West Mall fountain and the Campus Closet Initiative, which allows disadvantaged students to rent suits for formal and professional events. SG will pair with the Counseling and Mental Health Center for “Stick It To Stigma Week” the last week of March to try to end the stigma surrounding mental health. Chief of staff Isaiah Carter said the three projects he is working on should be completed before elections begin. Carter is working on finishing a map of safe routes on campus,
While both the House and Senate proposed a budget that includes formula funding and state financial aid for universities and colleges, the Senate proposed a cut in most “special item” funding, which refers to initiatives such as museums, observatories and crossinstitutional collaborations. Harrison Keller, clinical professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, said the current budget is not final and will to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is much higher than the expected 7 percent increase in employment for all occupations. The growth in demand for nurses is because of many factors including the aging of baby boomers, Sheri Innerarity, chair of the Advanced Practice Regspreading word about the Be Safe campaign and expanding SURE Walk. “When we were elected, we made a commitment that we would do our jobs faithfully and fully until the day that we left office,” Carter, a Plan II and government junior, said. Adit Bior, administrative director and philosophy senior, said she doesn’t think campaigning will affect any type of work that they’re doing in SG. “I think that it will be fun to watch, and it will be interesting,” Bior said. “But in terms of getting our work done, I can’t see any reason to worry.” Bior said she is currently working on diversity initiatives and mentorship programs for high school students in the
likely change throughout the course of the legislative session as the House and Senate convene to produce a joint budget. “We’re just at the beginning of a long and complex process,” Keller said. “They (readers) shouldn’t read either the house-filed budget or the senate-filed budget as if that’s the final word.” Despite the $1 billion budget shortage this session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher education remains a
top priority. The Senate Committee B on Higher Education, led by Chairman Seliger, and a committee that will later be formed A s in the House to address high-Resea er education will discuss thesecates bills and more like them in theperie diate coming weeks. “The focus should be on howin lif to make higher education moretially accessible and affordable, rathertal eff than how to get the state, and stu-and c dents, to pay more,” Seliger said in De ogy a statement. of th Cent istered Nurse Division of the used School of Nursing, said. continues from page 1 “Nurses come with compassion, a holistic view to the patient the 313,000 victims in and a dedication to improving the state, 79,000 are migeneral wellness,” Innerarity said. nor and youth victims of “With a population that’s aging sex trafficking, and about and an increase in chronic illness, 234,000 adults are victhere’s going to be a need for peotims of labor trafficking. ple who do what we do well.” Researchers also
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inner-city communities of Austin. These programs are expected to be completed at the end of the semester, Bior said. Economics senior Jonathan Dror said he is working on allocating different funds to student organizations and scholarships in his role as external financial director. Dror said he is also part of the Eyes to Eyes initiative, which is a partnership with the University Co-op and Texas Athletics to ensure students attend different sporting events and are engaged on campus. “It’s really easy to press the cruise control button,” Helgren said at the meeting. “You all worked so hard to get here, and you can make so much positive change in the last eight weeks, so keep working hard, keep serving the University.”
found that traffickers exploit nearly $600 million per year from victims of labor trafficking. Additionally, legal, medical and mental health services spend $6.5 billion providing care and resources to youth and minor victims of human trafficking. Researchers hope to help policymakers provide a broader range of resources to victims as a result of this new knowledge, according to John Nehme, president and CEO of Allies Against Slavery. “There’s a disparity between the number of victims across the state that we are officially ID-ing and the numbers from the new research,” Nehme said. “We can hopefully use this new information to equip those on the front line to communicate the size of the need for resources and expand the set of solutions and services for these victims.” Affiliated researcher Matt Kammer-Kerwickz said these numbers serve as a benchmark for the next stage of human trafficking research. “We recognize that the project is ongoing and that we need to add to these estimates as we move forward,” Kammer-Kerwick said. “The next phase of our research will look more in depth at prevalence and typology of victims of the state, ID regions of the state that have more of a trafficking problem and describe the problem in regions of the state that need more help than others.”
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CMHC hosts new events, encourages student attendance By Jenan Taha @jenan_a_taha
Members of the Counseling and Mental Health Center Student Organization planned brand new events open to all students at their first meeting of the year on Tuesday. Mental health promotion coordinator Kelsey Lammy said the organization’s goal is to not only increase awareness of mental illness, but to provide a space for students to meet new people. “We all realize that we have physical health, whether we have been diagnosed with a physical illness or not ... but we don’t think about mental health in that same way. We all have mental health, whether we’ve been diagnosed with a mental illness or not,” Lammy said. “Our (organization) is really trying to start and continue the conversation about mental health.” The organization began planning the second annual mental health promotion week, consisting of several events taking place from April 10 to 14. The week will feature the group’s first ever Texas Mental Health Monologues,
where students can share personal stories of mental illness through a stage performance. All students are welcome to attend meetings and events, Lammy said. “Not only is it a great way to make an impact on campus, but I think it’s a really great community,” Lammy said. “We have students that care about each other and are really supportive of one another.” The members planned to host meetups, inviting all students to attend group activities around Austin. Events and volunteer days will be held twice a month. The students plan to coordinate a volunteering day at Austin’s psychiatric hospital, as well as a self-care kit-making event. Future guest speakers and events include psychology professor Caryn Carlson, as well as a workshop on how to manage stress. Neuroscience sophomore Justin Ahamed, co-president of the group, said the organization is a great place to learn about mental health and the resources available to students. “Mental health is what I’m all about, and I love helping promote it,” Ahamed said. “It’s
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Members of the Counseling and Mental Health Center Student Organization play an ice-breaker called “ungame” where they draw cards that ask personal questions about themselves. The organization had several new members attend their meeting.
very sad that it gets to that point where people ultimately choose to end their lives. I want people to talk about it. There’s so much
stigma against talking about it.” Co-president Nadeen Awadalla said the organization is open to all students,
whether or not they have mental health issues. “We usually just try to create a safe space for students,”
psychology junior Awadalla said. “If you had a bad day, you can always come in for that hour. We will listen to you.”
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tive datasets to compare the extent and timing of black and white Americans’ exposure to death of biological parents, siblings, children and spouses. According to the research, which was approved in December 2016, by age 10, black children were three times as likely to have lost a mother and more than twice as likely to have lost a father in comparison to white children. The research shows these discrepancies continued into adulthood.
Black parents were more than three times as likely to lose a child between the ages of 50 and 70 compared to white parents. Ananya Rajesh, business honors and Plan II freshman, said this study shows that racial equality has not yet been achieved in the U.S. “I think if you have statistics that show there’s such a drastic difference between the deaths of family members and the age at which people die in two different communities, that’s clearly
Mary Arnold said. Arnold said this decision by the University might have been influenced by the recent historic recognition of the course, and she is happy to see a discussion take place between Fenves and the city of Austin to preserve the golf course. Arnold also said the neighborhood surrounding Muny hopes to save the course and nearly did so a few years earlier. “The neighborhoods around the golf course did a neighborhood plan back in 2010, and during that planning process there was strong support for maintaining the golf course and the green space,” Arnold said. “The University of Texas was able to persuade the City Council and the city staff that the Brackenridge Tract (where the golf course is located) should not be included in our future land use map.” The land on which the golf course sits was donated
to the University by former Board of Regents member George W. Brackenridge in 1910 for educational pur-
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poses and encomposses around 345 acres of land known as the Brackenridge Tract. In 1924, 141 acres of the land were leased to the city of Austin below market rate, and in 1928, the golf course was constructed.
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a sign that there is a fundamental difference in either the way we treat people or the way in which people are living,” Rajesh said. Public relations senior Nicolette Sulaiman said she believes this health inequality is tied to economic inequality. “In our capitalist society, you need to have money in order to be healthy,” Sulaiman said. “I think this has a lot to do with poverty, which has a lot to do with history.” According to a UT press
release, Umberson said bereavement in response to loss of a family member can have lasting adverse health consequences. “Death of family members is highly likely to disrupt and strain other family relationships as well as the formation, duration and quality of relationships across the life course, further contributing to a broad range of adverse life outcomes including poor health and lower life expectancy,” Umberson said in the release. Art history graduate
student Kaila Schedeen said it is understandable that experiencing loss in the immediate family could impact future health outcomes. “I think psychology is very much tied to someone’s physical well-being, so when someone is dealt that big of a loss in their life it becomes very much kind of a physical feeling as well,” Schedeen said. “It seems that it would be impossible that losing someone that close to you would not affect your entire life trajectory.”
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Higher education deserves fuller funding By Caleb Wong
Daily Texan Associate Editor @caleber96
Students sacrifice to get a UT degree everyday. Many students, especially those who must pay their way through school, work many hours outside of class to pay their way through school. And regardless of income, every student has used scratchy one-ply toilet paper in the restroom to save the University from shelling out for “premium quality product[s].” Paying tuition, though, should not overburden students and their families. At best, it’s a necessary evil that funds the University so that students can take classes — and at its worst, it prevents deserving low-income students from coming to the 40 Acres in the first place. To bolster Texas’ economy and keep deserving students in college, the Legislature should give more funding to public universities during this legislative session. Scant higher education funding from the state has increased financial burdens on students as shown by recent tuition hikes. Back in the 1984-1985 academic year, the state funded 47 percent of UT’s budget. Over three decades later, the 2014-2015 academic year budget shows that state revenue accounts for 12 percent of UT’s support. In recent years, the state has restored some of this funding, but nowhere near the levels in the halcyon days of the 80s. That’s a mistake — and it costs Texas economic productivity in the long run if higher education funding is not increased. According to a 2015 report, every dollar on higher education boosts each Texas graduate’s future income by $3.50. And every dollar spent by Texas taxpayers to support state colleges and universities creates a return of $6.40 in taxes and added benefits. Overall, that’s $143.9 billion created
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in economic value for the state. Yet Lt. Governor Dan Patrick wants to eliminate set-asides — tuition money spent on financial aid — without a compelling alternative, especially given the state’s history of underfunding public universities. This harms many minority students who can’t afford to come to UT in the first place, those who work the hardest inside and outside the classroom to pay their own way through college. Even modest tuition increases hurt students. Some must take out more unsubsidized loans, and others might even be forced to drop out. Especially for students already on a tight budget, a couple hundred
dollars in increases could force them to work more hours outside of class, decreasing critical study time. Not funding higher education more undercuts the University and the state’s goal of ensuring students from all backgrounds have access to Texas public universities. We can’t just get underrepresented students in the door. They also have to graduate on time, and financial support is crucial to them meeting that four-year target to get through school. Not cutting tuition set-asides for students with financial need would be a start — but the Legislature shouldn’t just keep funding at current levels. They should restore higher-
Not funding higher education more undercuts the University and the state’s goal of ensuring students from all backgrounds have access to Texas public universities. education funding to much higher levels to increase graduation rates for all students and for the sake of the Texas economy. Wong is a Plan II and government junior from McKinney.
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For men, body positivity means height acceptance By Sean Saldana
Daily Texan Guest Columnist
In recent years, movements like body positivity and fat acceptance have gained widespread support. The idea behind these movements is that everybody should love the body they have. You don’t need to be skinny, blonde or have a thigh gap to love yourself. These movements are noble, powerful and necessary. However, they aren’t as inclusive as they seem. Short men fly under the radar when it comes to these self-love movements. Everything from job prospects to dating preferences works against short men, and this has gone completely unrecognized by groups of people who live and die by the idea that people of all shapes and sizes should love themselves. Progressives teach to not judge women based on their weight or skin tone, and they’re completely spot on. Women are held to strict societal standards of beauty and worth, and as a general rule, most of these standards don’t apply to men at all. But in this specific case of short men, there are strong correlations between height and perceived value that nobody is really talking about. This societal perception manifests itself in several ways, one of which is that the taller men are more likely to find themselves in positions of power. Gregg R. Murray and
J. David Schmitz, professors from Texas Tech University, conducted a survey asking students to describe and draw an average citizen and a political leader. Sixty-four percent of the 467 students in the survey drew the political leader as taller. Research concludes that short men, on average, earn less than their taller counterparts. In some cases, around three inches of height can separate income by more than $4,000 a year. And then there are dating preferences. Ask any woman what she wouldn’t want in a partner and something along the lines of “I don’t date guys shorter than me” will almost certainly come out of her mouth. A study found that women see height as the third most important physical characteristic when it comes to evaluating guys. Height matters. Then there are some of the less scientific assumptions about men and height. What are some stereotypes about short men? Angry, insecure, jealous, overly aggressive, constantly trying to compensate. Psychology professor Arthur Markman went into detail about the perception surrounding height. He said human beings make many quick assessments when we first meet people. Height, much like weight, skin tone, physical attractiveness, voice and the way you carry yourself, is one of those assessments. Its importance can either be exacerbated or reduced based on other characteristics. For
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example, if you’re a short guy and also happen to be timid and easily aggravated, your height might be subject to more emphasis. But this basically leads to something we all already kinda knew: No single characteristic will make or break you. The value we assign to a man’s height is something that goes largely undiscussed
— even among the most open-minded and progressive people. Is that because things like sexual assault are rightfully higher on the chopping block? Yeah, probably. But is it something we should continue to ignore? Of course not. Saldana is a government sophomore from Austin.
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National political coverage obscures local threats By Emma Berdanier
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @eberdanier
Just a few days have passed since Trump’s inauguration, and already high profile policy shifts are occurring on the national level, such as the apparent end of the United States’ involvement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But these national events are masking the truly important policy shifts we’re beginning to see: Those occurring on the local level. Just a week before the inauguration, Texas State Representative Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, introduced House Bill 948, which would amend the penal code to make abortion a felony in Texas. On Inauguration Day itself, the Texas Supreme Court reversed its decision and chose to hear a gay marriage case amidst massive pressure from state GOP leadership. This case aims to restrict the city benefits granted to same-sex
couples in Houston and presumably to set a precedent for the rest of the state. Both of these actions, attempts to subvert two landmark Supreme Court decisions and substitute their state laws for federal legal precedent, are just the first examples of local governments reaching for more power. Under the Obama administration, states did this in regards to legalizing marijuana and gay marriage state by state. But under a Trump administration, states are taking a more dangerous route by attempting to restrict federally provided rights. We’ve entered an era where the GOP not only controls the White House and Congress, but has a simple majority in the Senate as well. And in this era, attempts by the Texas State Legislature and the state GOP to restrict our rights can go largely unnoticed. Media focus on national actions, like the Carrier deal that Trump built up to be more than its reality,
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can make it seem like the only political action happening is occurring at the national level. They can make national policies into a large scale horror that engross us through the fear they provoke. In reality, the majority of the policies that affect us on a daily basis come from state level politics, such as the attempt to reform Child Protective Services and a school voucher bill that are both currently debated initiatives in Texas. Those headlines should be the ones engaging the public’s attention, angering them and driving them to action. While it’s doubtful that either of these measures by the Texas Legislature will come to fruition, as both of the Supreme Court cases called into question are steadfast, the notion of their existence alone should be troubling. It should be terrifying that local politicians think that a new administration means they can rewrite federal laws they don’t agree with. And more people should be talking about
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Media focus on national actions, like the Carrier deal that Trump built up to be more than its reality, can make it seem like the only political action happening is occurring at the national level. it, instead of silently accepting it purely because they aren’t paying attention. With a new White House that’s commanding media scrutiny, it’s vital that the public not be drawn in by the spectacle of Washington, but remain informed and up to date on local politics. Berdanier is a philosophy junior from Boulder, Colorado.
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continues from page 6 Teams like Oklahoma aren’t just going to go away.” Excluding the final 17 seconds, the Longhorns once again struggled in crunch-time. The team led 73-67 with under five minutes remaining, but missed free throws and committed untimely turnovers. Texas’ poor shot selection helped the Sooners crawl back into the game and capture a late lead. There were several bright spots for Texas. The team showed that it could win despite a poor performance from its standout freshman forward Jarrett Allen. Allen struggled from the field all night, scoring only 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting, and he turned the ball over five times. Sophomore guard Eric Davis Jr. gave a very encouraging performance. He scored 18 points in the victory, draining five of his 10 three-point attempts along the way. Davis had struggled mightily from deep coming into the contest, shooting only 23 percent from behind the arc. But while these are promising signs, it still is only one game. Texas has shown the inability to win even when Allen has huge
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continues from page 6 the Mountaineers with 27 points and five rebounds in the convincing victory. West Virginia is now the first team in college basketball to defeat two toptwo teams a season since the 2011–12 Indiana Hoosiers. The Mountaineers have also won six of their last seven matchups against AP top 25 teams. Kansas will fall in the rankings after its second defeat of the year, breaking an 18-game win streak. The Jayhawks, (18–2, 7–1)
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Sophomore shooting guard Eric Davis Jr. handles the ball during Texas’ 84-83 victory over Oklahoma. Davis connected on a three-pointer in the final 17 seconds to spur the unlikely comeback.
outings, and Davis has yet to string together a stretch of efficient shooting. Smart agreed that it is
too soon to declare this a turning point. “We won the game, and there’s some things we can
build on,” Smart said. “But our guys decide whether it’s a springboard and if we can learn from tonight.”
While it may be too soon to declare the Longhorns have turned the page, the victory is a step in the
right direction. The team can take another step this weekend against Georgia.
previously unbeaten in Big 12 play, earn their first conference loss while West Virginia (16–4, 5–3) inches closer to the top.
missed free throws and sunk another three-pointer with less than two seconds remaining to complete the unlikely comeback in Austin, 84-83. Oklahoma was primarily led by freshman small forward Kristian Doolittle, who led the crimson with a 29-point, 10-rebound double-double. Oklahoma struggled with ball movement offensively, only assisting on three of 27 baskets. The Sooners’ nightmare season continues, falling to 8–11 after the defeat. Oklahoma now sits a half of a
game away from the Big 12’s worst overall record.
Big 12 play. TCU fell to Oklahoma State in Stillwater 89-76 on Monday after the Cowboys surged in the second half. Dixon’s program has now dropped three consecutive contests, sporting a 3–5 conference record. But TCU has yet to finish with a conference record better than 4–14 since joining the Big 12 in 2012, so the Horned Frogs are still trending upward.
from each conference with one last opportunity for a non-conference game. All 10 Big 12 members will participate on Saturday, with five of them hosting games. In the three-year history of the series, the Big 12 has proven to be the superior conference, faring 7–3, 6–4 and 7–3 in past editions of the event. Compelling matchups this weekend include West Virginia-Texas A&M, Oklahoma-Florida, Kansas State-Tennessee and the ever-anticipated KansasKentucky showdown.
Oklahoma falls to Texas in stunner The Sooners earned a trip to the Final Four last season in Houston, but this season is heading even further south. After leading Texas by five points with 17 seconds to go on Monday night, the unthinkable happened: the Longhorns nailed a three-pointer, benefitted from two Sooner
Horned Frogs sitting on the bubble First-year head coach Jamie Dixon revived a previously dormant TCU basketball program. The Horned Frogs started the year with a fiery 11–1 start in non-conference play, downing major programs such as UNLV and Washington in the process. Although improved from its 2–16 conference record a year ago, the Horned Frogs have not seen the successful results in
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Holmes progresses as season moves on By Sydney Rubin
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Joyner Holmes picked up a basketball when she was four years old. She’s had one in her hand every day since then. Holmes quickly developed a knack for the game. As a middle schooler in Cedar Hill, Texas, she began to realize she had a bright future on the hardwood. “In fifth and sixth grade, I started playing against boys in P.E. and they would always tell me I was good,” Holmes said. “I got to seventh grade and I was killing teams, like single-handedly. Then after my eighth grade season when I was going into high school, the varsity coach asked me to come over and play in a fall league with them, and that’s kind of when I knew I was pretty good.” Natural physicality and the passion to compete has always come easy for Holmes. But she needed to convert her raw talent into a complete skill set when she stepped foot onto the 40 Acres. Nervousness set in when the 6-foot-3-inch forward made her debut on Nov. 14 against the Stanford Cardinal in Palo Alto, California. She only recorded three points in a 71-59 loss. But the jitters didn’t linger long as her confidence began to soar. Holmes bounced back with a 22-point outing against Houston Baptist. Once the season started to progress,
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she knew it was time to turn it up a notch — and so did her teammates. “After a few games where I actually scored and rebounded and played defense, my teammates came up to me and said, ‘you can do that every game,’” Holmes said. “From that point forward, I just had a mindset to just give it my all.” In early December, Texas head coach Karen Aston provided Holmes an opportunity she couldn’t resist — a spot in the
starting lineup. “Coach asked me if I wanted to start and I kind of hesitated,” Holmes said. “But I told myself, ‘I think I’ve matured and I think I’ve grown since I got here, so I think I can step into my role a little better.’” Holmes has started in 16 games for the Longhorns this season. Two months have passed since her collegiate debut and a more confident, comfortable Holmes is making huge contributions to the No. 12 Longhorns’ success. Texas rides 12-game winning
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streak and an undefeated Big 12-record into tonight’s matchup with TCU. Holmes averages double-digit points on the season along with junior guards Brooke McCarty and Ariel Atkins — the only three Longhorns to do so. In eight conference starts, Holmes put up 13.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Aston dedicates Holmes’ development to her commitment and willingness to learn from her teammates.
“One of the keys to coaching talented young players is having talented older ones,” Aston said. “(Holmes) definitely has a lot to learn and a lot to get better at, and she knows that, but I think she wants to be good. She wants to please, but she also wants to not let her teammates down.” Holmes continues her freshman campaign this evening as the Longhorns take on TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. Tip off is slated for 8 p.m.
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Texas hopes to gain momentum after win By Shane Lewis @theREALsplewis
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Sooners’ power forward Kristian Doolittle attempts a layup during the 84-83 loss to Texas on Jan. 23. Doolittle nearly led Oklahoma to a road victory with a team-high 29 points.
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fed off of a rabid home crowd in Morgantown to down the No. 2 Jayhawks, 85-69. Kansas led 59-58 with under 10 minutes remaining, but Bob Huggins’ team exploded with
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The Longhorns sunk Oklahoma in shocking fashion Monday night, erasing a five-point deficit with 17 seconds remaining to stun the Sooners 84-83. Freshman guard Andrew Jones hit a game winning triple with 1.8 seconds left in the contest and helped Texas put an end to a five-game losing streak. While the victory has to feel good for the Longhorns, the game’s dramatic conclusion shouldn’t mask the team’s deficiencies that were on display for most of the night. The Longhorns did little to silence the offensive qualms that have surrounded them all season. They shot only 43 percent against an Oklahoma team that ranks next to last in
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the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense. Texas turned the ball over 15 times, juxtaposed to only a modest 13 assists. And the team struggled greatly from the charity stripe, sinking only 18 of its 30 attempts. Texas’ performance was also highlighted by their inability to put away an opponent. The burnt orange extended their lead to double-digits four times during the second half, but on each occasion the Sooners responded with a key shot or a quick run to keep the deficit manageable. “We get too high and too low,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “We had a lead and we tried to nurse the lead. I think we play better when we’re aggressive.
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Danish freshman Christian Sigsgaard earned his first Big 12 Men’s Tennis Player of the Week award Tuesday after impressive performances against Tulsa and Arkansas last weekend. Sigsgaard defeated the No. 3 ranked player in the nation — Arkansas’ Mike Redlicki — on Sunday. Redlicki triumphed at the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships last November. Sigsgaard climbed to No. 6 in the ITA rankings with the upset victory. He holds a 20-4 career record as a Longhorn, but his success started long before he set foot on the 40 Acres. He’s a three-time national singles champion and a four-time national doubles champion in his home nation of Denmark. He’s represented the Danes twice at the Davis Cup as well, where he beat world No. 86 Nikoloz Basilashvili in 2015. Though he has a bright future ahead, the freshman remains focused on leading the Longhorns to many more victories throughout his stay at Texas. He’ll have an opportunity to do so this weekend when Texas hosts the ITA Kick-Off Weekend dual-match play event. Sigsgaard and his teammates look to build upon their 4-1 record while protecting their 2-0 mark at Weller Indoor Tennis Center here in Austin. —Tyler Horka
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UT associate art professor Dan Sutherland’s current work focuses on a combination of abstract and representation techniques. Sutherland’s work will be displayed in a temporary gallery in his own studio as part of local program Austin Art Breaks.
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Ever since Daniel Sutherland was six years old, he loved to paint. Encouraged by his parents, he continued to pursue his passion and has evolved his artistic style dramatically over the years. Sutherland, now a UT associate art professor, will feature his work Jan. 25 as part of Austin Art Breaks, a recurring event hosted by the Art Alliance of Austin. Austin Art Breaks gives its members an intimate look into the creative processes of local artists by turning their personal studios into temporary galleries. “(Artists) understand art to be a public and social gesture; a cultural gesture,” Sutherland said. “We don’t just make for ourselves, we make and share and hope that somebody else makes and shares.” Jade Walker, interim executive director of Art
Alliance Austin, said one of the unique things about Art Breaks is that it creates a hospitable environment to talk about the artist’s work. “The artist is talking about his work and there is a social element to it,” Walker said. “People can socialize, spend time together, talk about the art, see the art and feel the inspiration by being in a space like that.” Sutherland said he hopes that by opening the doors to his studio will allow the public to get a sense of the work that goes into his paintings. “I have upwards of 30 pieces that I am working on at a given time: Some of them are finished and I also have some finished work from past exhibitions that are in inventory in my studio,” Sutherland said. When his art is displayed in a more conventional gallery, Sutherland said audiences easily forget that each choice made by the artist
is deliberate and requires tremendous consideration. When people view the art in his own studio, Sutherland thinks they will be reminded of all the possibilities that art provides. “Hopefully someone will see my palette and my hundreds of tubes of paint and chemicals and make a connection to how the paintings are sort of stacked,” Sutherland said. “The process of making the work is not a process of moving from left to right and being done but a process of distillation, digestion, moving and changing and editing.” Sutherland said his current painting’s audiences might get to see are a combination of abstract and representation techniques. He said his latest works focus mainly on the difference between the inanimate and organic and the way in which people relate to handmade objects. Sutherland’s former stu-
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Austin restaurateurs restore historic New York artists’ bar By Stephen Acevedo @thedailytexan
When Tom Maitland, managing director of Austin restaurant Eberly, heard that one of his favorite New York bars was closing, he felt compelled to keep its spirit alive. What he didn’t anticipate was completely relocating and rebuilding the bar in South Austin. “Back in the ’90s when I was an art dealer, my friends and I would always hang out and drink at the Cedar Tavern because of its rich history with New York artists,” Maitland said. Toward the end of its days in New York City, Cedar Tavern mostly served as a sports pub for New York University students. From the ’40s to the ’60s, however, it was the main stomping grounds for some of the titans of music, art and literature before they made names for themselves. “The Greenwich Village was a very Bohemian area at that time,” Maitland said. “Artists like Jack Kerouac, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Jackson Pollock would spend their time drinking and fighting at Cedar Tavern and the spots around it.” When Cedar Tavern closed its doors for good, Maitland began looking into what could be done with the 150-year-old bar space. “I called my friends John
Scott and Eddy Patterson, who owned Stubb’s at the time, and told them that we should take a shot at trying to get the bar because that’s a piece of American history right there,” Maitland said. After ten years of keeping it in storage, they finally found the perfect opportunity to resurrect Cedar Tavern in Eberly on South Lamar. “It took us about nine months to reconstruct the bar, as there were only two known photographs of its original form,” Maitland said. “It was like a giant jigsaw puzzle.” While Eberly is organized like a traditional dining space, the Cedar Tavern bar has its own separate section and a much more cozy and intimate feel to it. In addition to bar seating, there is an assortment of beautiful couches and ottomans. The lights are dim and the music is just loud enough for people to enjoy without imposing on conversations, making it a perfect area to socialize. Cedar Tavern has a separate menu from the rest of Eberly, and while it is small, there’s something for everyone. One of the menu’s highlights are the sliders. Made with pulled beef short rib, pickled onions and a delicious hollandaise-like sauce on a house-made brioche bun, these little sandwiches pack a wonderfully savory
flavor that would make even the most seasoned carnivore’s mouth water. Cedar Tavern’s New York roots shine in its pizza selection, although even they couldn’t escape a Texas spin. The belly n’ butts pizza is a knockout with a combination of smoked pork belly, braised pork butt and chimichurri. Its generous use of fresh goat cheese gives it a tangy flavor and creamy texture that perfectly compliments the smoky meat. Cedar Tavern’s menu also offers vegetarian pizza, fresh oysters and tuna tartare for its vegetarian and pescatarian audiences. The pimento cheese platter shines above the rest with a variety of vegetables and wood-grilled lavash bread upon which to spread house-made pimento cheese. Courtesy of fermented jalapeños and an unusually thick texture for a pimento spread, the cheese offers a delightfully bold flavor. This plate is more than enough for a whole meal. Maitland said the goal of Cedar Tavern’s menu is to foster a communal atmosphere by providing handheld options that can be shared. Overall, it succeeds in providing exceptional food and in fostering an environment where Austinites old and young can come and enjoy a piece of the Greenwich Village from the comfort of home.
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dent and fellow artist Daniel Dove, professor of painting at California State University Long Beach, said Sutherland’s integration of invention with traditional techniques are what make his art unique. “(His work) has been deeply informed by pop art graphic and old master technique and realism,” Dove said. “It is abstract at its core but it does have heavy influences from these other groups.” Walker said she hopes Sutherland’s paintings will provide an experience unlike anything they have done before during an Art Break. “(His art) gives a different perspective from the other Art Breaks we have done and this will be a totally different feel,” Walker said. “His abstract work really speaks to the depth of what painting can be. I feel like we have not done that in one of our Art Breaks yet.”
Austin’s music scene is thriving, but it’s only thanks to those like Matt Muñoz who keep it alive. Growing up, music was always a part of Muñoz’s life. At age 11, Muñoz developed an interest in percussion and began to play casually. In college, Muñoz studied music and formed a band with friends called The Cleavers. “It started out as us playing covers,” Muñoz said. “We ended up playing so well that we were writing a bunch of music and putting out a couple of little records.” But things didn’t work out, and Muñoz began pursuing a career in the music industry outside of performing. For three years, Muñoz worked for Arista
Records in Austin. In 1998, he moved to Los Angeles where he lived for 10 years, working for Warner Bros. Records and Universal Music Group. In 2010, the Cactus Cafe, a music venue located at UT, was on the verge of closing, and the University partnered with the KUT radio station to save it. After a job didn’t pan out, Muñoz found himself back in Austin applying and eventually landing the gig as the establishment’s booking agent. “At that point I was thinking, ‘Is this it with music?’” Muñoz said. “I had just had my daughter, so there were a lot of things up in the air. Fortunately, this happened.” Though he hopes to play drums again in the future, Muñoz is content with his job behind the scenes. “It’s always been about the music,” Muñoz said. “The fun part of the Cactus job is turning the crowd onto somebody new and watching them grow. It’s kind of a trip meeting people you grew up listening to, and here you are putting on a show by them.”
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Matt Muñoz schedules live acts for the Cactus Cafe. Muñoz has always followed music as his career from playing drums to booking acts.
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