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Republicans talk legislative priorities

President signs order to construct border wall

By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97

Travis County Young Republicans discussed the state Legislature and the new presidential administration’s plans Wednesday evening at the group’s first meeting of the year.

Jared Staples, who was elected TCYR president in December, said the organization does not back any specific bills, but he believes there has been a resurgence of the Republican Party at the state and federal levels of government.

“As a Republican group, we are very excited to have conservative representation,” Staples said. “We feel like it’s a good opportunity for economic development and growth, and a healthy change in course for our nation.”

Republicans currently hold the majority of the state Legislature’s seats, with 95 Republicans out of 150 in the Texas House and 20 out of 31 in the Texas Senate.

Capitol Republican Women, another group at the discussion, informs Republicans in the Travis County area

about GOP-backed legislation and candidates. Tabatha Vasquez, the group’s president, said she is proud of the work from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over the Senate, and his announcement to run for the position again in 2018.

“We’re just trying to spread the word of Republican values and to try to get people engaged,” Vasquez said. “We’re looking forward to having (Patrick) serve again, and if there is a primary, then we know it will be healthy debate, and it’s good for the party.”

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U.S. Political communications junior Elizabeth Haynie, left, speaks with Travis County Young Republicans president Jared Staples at the TCYR’s first meeting of the year this Wednesday.

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UT students top economic mobility rankings

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UT students from lower-income families have among the highest chances of becoming rich adults compared to other colleges, according to a study published this month by The Equality of Opportunity Project.

The project, comprised of a team of researchers from several universities, analyzed anonymous tax records from more than 30 million students born between 1980 and 1991 at more than 2,000 colleges across the U.S. and created a “mobility report card” for each one. The research, gathered with contributions from members of the U.S. Department of Treasury, seeks to determine how well universities across the country have built an economically diverse student body.

“Children from low-income

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The share of students to move from the bottom fifth of incomes to the top fifth as adults.

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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gave executive orders to build a wall between the United States and Mexico and to defund sanctuary cities that protect undocumented immigrants.

“I believe the steps we will take starting right now will improve the safety in both of our countries,” Trump said Wednesday at the Department of Homeland Security.

“A nation without borders is not a nation.”

According to Reuters, the wall will be about 2,000 miles and planning will begin soon, and Trump has demanded Mexico pay for its construction.

“We’ll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from Mexico,” Trump told ABC Wednesday. “I’m just telling you there will be a payment.”

The two orders executed today are part of several other orders to be issued as early as this week to block Mexican immigrants and refugees from entering the U.S. Austin City Council member Greg Casar said local police officers should prioritize protecting the community rather than acting as immigration enforcers, according to a press release.

“When police officers act as immigration enforcers, community members are less likely to report crimes or testify in court,” Casar said. “Our cities are safer when our police can

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Professor duo discusses MLK’s anti-war speech

By Deenah Kafeel @deenah_kafeel

Alumni from the School of Information shared insight on the interview process in their respective career fields Wednesday evening, where they emphasized understanding trends in the industry and finding jobs that match their personal strengths as keys to success.

Elizabeth Hallmark, iSchool director of career development, said the booming information industry is one of the most exciting and dynamic fields to be in. The best way to prepare for the evolving industry is to keep an open mind, Hallmark said at the alumni panel hosted by the Association for Information Science and Technology, an organization providing students with resources for

career development.

“Information touches every single industry, and there will be jobs that exist five years from now that don’t exist today.” Hallmark said. “It’s never been more important for people who have skills to be out there in the world, understand how to connect people with information, get value from it and comprehend it to make the world a better place.”

The iSchool boasts a 70 percent employment rate within three months of graduation for its students, according to its website. It offers a variety of programs in areas including user experience design, data science and library archives.

Hallmark said young information professionals should do their research about companies

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Featured poet Zai Sadler performs at Spitshine’s open mic Wednesday evening. The bi-monthly event aims to promote poetry and create a safe space for students to tell their stories.

they’re interested in to be well-prepared for the job search, such as by checking Glassdoor to see what kind of interview questions they ask.

Student organizations such as ASIS&T prepare students for the industry through alumni panels and

visits by company representatives. The visiting professionals network with the students and discuss skills, such as how be a successful interviewee.

“ASIS&T invites people from various industries to

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Two professors discussed Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech, which focused on his argument for a “true revolution of values,” against the Vietnam War on Wednesday at a lecture hosted by the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy.

In his speech, King argued that the Vietnam War was not serving American values, according to LBJ School of Public Affairs professors Peniel Joseph and Jeremi Suri.

Peniel points to King’s outrage over the amount of money the United States spent in fighting the Vietnam War compared to fighting poverty.

“We’re spending $35 billion in Vietnam and spend-

ing less than $5 billion on the war on poverty,” Joseph said.

“We actually have the power to eradicate poverty in 1965.”

Peniel added that the U.S. Department of Defense’s 1966 Vietnam War program “Project 100,000” recruited soldiers below military medical and mental standards in order to fulfill the war’s growing costs and disproportionately placed African-Americans on the frontlines.

“We are not connecting our power to our values,” Joseph said. “The war in Vietnam subverts the promise of American democracy.”

Suri said King’s speech helped Americans re-examine their values about the war and determine whether or not their values aligned with the war. Some of these

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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump made executive orders to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and take away grant funding from cities upholding policies that protect undocumented immigrants.

The orders were part of efforts to block immigrants and refugees from entering the U.S., and Staples said they will

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Casar said Austin shouldn’t abide by Trump’s executive action on immigration policies because it’s the city’s responsibility to self-govern.

“Austin must not back down on our principles of justice, public safety and constitutional rights,” Casar said. “We will

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protect the states from dangerous individuals crossing over.

“It’s refreshing to see a new narrative of putting public safety first,” Staples said.

Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez, a Democrat, said she will not allow undocumented immigrants in local jails to be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without a warrant.

Another one of Trump’s orders includes defunding such

“sanctuary cities,” and Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday the county would lose $1.8 million in funding from the state if her policy is in effect Feb. 1.

“We feel like it shouldn’t be an option for elected officials to decide whether or not they want to enforce the law,” Staples said. “To overtly refuse to do so is irresponsible.”

Trump is expected to issue another order banning refugees from many Middle

protect our cities’ residents, resources and the ability granted to us by the Texas voters to govern responsibly.”

Trump met with the Department of Homeland Security to discuss such actions on carrying out the orders, although plans have not been vetted, according to Reuters.

“Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow,” Trump tweeted at 8:37 p.m. Tuesday. “Among many other things, we will build the wall!”

On Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the administration will focus on undocumented immigrants in the states who have committed crimes or have expired visas, according to CNN. “The president’s been very, very clear that we need to direct agencies to focus on those who are in this country illegally and have a record — a criminal record or pose a threat to the American people,” Spicer said. “That’s where the priority’s going to be.”

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values include “calling out your country” as an act of patriotism, Peniel said.

“He holds a mirror up to the world we’re in and reminds people, not of the day to day headlines … but actually about structurally what is going on,” Suri said. “(The Vietnam War) is not a war over democracy, he argues, it is a war to defend a set of interests that are not aligned with our values. And he argues that we are not defending what we claim to be defending.”

Gemma M. Williams, a St. Andrews Episcopal School senior, said King provided an example of bravery during “pro-violent and pro-war” times.

President Donald Trump became a topic of discussion later when one audience member asked whether social justice movements would be diminished under the new administration. Joseph said it would not.

“The Civil Rights movement and women’s movement is one expansive vision,” Joseh said, also adding the LGBT movement. “The power of those movements transcend political leaders and institutions because they remain as these powerful ideas that inform our values generationally.”

families have nearly the same odds of reaching the top fifth of the income distribution as their peers from higher-income families at selective colleges,” The Equality of Opportunity Project said on their website. “The statistics constructed here give researchers and policymakers data to develop and test new policy solutions.”

Prior to this research, the most widely available data sets used to determine the economic diversity of universities relied solely on statistics using only students who had applied for or received federal financial aid, according to The New York Times, who made an interactive from the report’s data.

“You’re not easily going to find economic data (using FAFSA data) that reflects all the students, not at UT or any university,” said John Bird, UT director of media

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Eastern countries from entering the U.S. Political communications junior Elizabeth Haynie, a College Republicans member, said the order is not reflective of the adminstration’s overall agenda.

“I think it’s a lot of political fanfare,” Haynie said. “It’s not something that’s permanent, and I don’t think it’s a representation of the adminstration’s actual desires.”

Protests followed Trump’s

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inauguration, such as a Women’s March that took place in cities across the world, including Austin. Rosemary Graber, the Capitol Republican Women’s secretary, said she appreciates the Women’s March but disliked how it excluded anti-abortion rights women.

“These women groups … that are open to discussion for the benefit of women … should include everyone,” Graber said.

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look at students’ portfolios and teach them tools such as prototyping,” said Arwa Ravat, an iSchool graduate student and ASIS&T representative. “Last semester, we held a session showing students the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of creating an online portfolio.”

Information studies graduate student

Katelyn Helberg said she feels the interdisciplinary program has opened up her options for future careers.

“I entered iSchool interested in librarianship because it offers an ALA accredited degree,” Helberg said. “But the school has definitely broadened my horizons into user experience and data science. They provide an extensive career network and resources.”

relations. “If you’re not getting any student loans or support, there’s not data on you at all.”

However, because this study used anonymous tax records that are not based on FAFSA applications, the data set is more inclusive, said Joe Williams, interim communications director in the Office of the Provost.

At UT, 56 percent of students come from the top 20 percent income bracket, or families making $110,000 or more per year. While the majority of all students end up in this income percentile after graduation, 7.1 percent of students are able to make it to the top 1 percent in adulthood.

Additionally, 15 percent of UT students are likely to move up two or more income quintiles.

Six percent of UT students come from the bottom fifth income bracket, or families who make $20,000 or less per year — the most out of any school in the Big 12 and the 11th highest out of highly

selective public universities.

Students in this category have a 44 percent chance of moving to the top 20 percent as adults, again the highest percentage of Big 12 schools.

“Since we admit using the top 10 percent rule, students who do get in here are already really great students, whether they come from a high income bracket or a low,” Williams said. “Students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds come and get a really high-quality education and are able to move up very quickly compared to where they started.”

UT again surpassed other Big 12 schools in the category of median income after age 34, where UT students on average make $57,900 per year at this age — more than $5,000 more per year on average than the second-place college, Texas Christian University.

An interactive version of UT’s full mobility report card can be viewed on the Times website.

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Featured poet Zai Sadler performs at Spitshine’s open mic Wednesday evening.

The bi-monthly event aims to promote poetry and create a safe space for students to tell their stories.

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Spitshine Poetry, the only poetry club on campus, hosted an open mic night Wednesday where students were free to come and share their own work to an audience of students and other poets.

“I’ve never done it before,” music composition senior Jocelyn Chambers said. “I’m freaking out.”

Those who attended ranged from first-timers to experienced poets, while others came to observe.

Psychology sophomore Marisol Chavez said she was “observing poetry for the first time.”

“It’s a great safe space where people feel good about expressing their emotions,” Chavez said. “It relieves stress and helps the feelings stuck inside.”

When asked about whether she would be performing next time, Chavez responded with “definitely.”

“It’s empowering to express myself in art,” Chavez said. “I do a lot of visual art, but verbal is hard. The great thing is that it’s okay to express and see others feeling what I’m feeling here.”

When asked why poets like slam, club organizer Mah-Ro Khan, a biology junior, said half of the poets are performing to express themselves while the

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other half are performing “for the people they’ve met.”

“It’s helpful to write out what you are feeling, for others to see it and for others empathize,” Khan said. “Everyone comes together as a community and supports each other.”

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weekly writing workshop for people of all levels. The club provides writing prompts, and poets are welcomed to share their work, if they want to.

They also host an open mic once a month.

“I think it’s a good creative atmosphere to express

(yourself) in a safe place, outlet and gives beginning poets some confidence,” said communication studies freshman Abby Goertz.

As the only club of its kind on campus, Spitshine Poetry recently sent five of their members to College Unions Poetry Slam

Invitational, a national poetry slam competition. Still, Khan wants to emphasize that poets from all levels are welcome.

The club has a feature for every open mic. Wednesday’s feature was Austin native Zai Sadler. Some of her work includes For Brown Boys, a

sociopolitical analysis of the current day. She regularly performs at the Austin Poetry Slam, a weekly event held on Tuesdays at Spiderhouse Ballroom.

The group’s next open mic is on Feb. 8 at 6:45 p.m., at the Student Activity Center black box theater.

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Musicians, academics UT postdoctoral fellow discusses how celebrate Billie Holiday religion, culture affect ways of thinking

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Austin’s historic Victory Grill hosted an event Wednesday evening titled “Religion Around Billie Holiday” honoring the musician’s life and music.

Both an academic discussion and musical performance, the event alternated between renditions of Billie Holiday songs performed

by Austin jazz singer Pamela Hart and readings from scholar Tracy Fessenden’s new series on American religion and its relationship to American artists.

“The premise is that we can learn a lot about religion and various iconic figures in culture by studying religion around them,” Fessenden said. “Not necessarily what they thought or believed or didn’t believe, but how they were shaped by the religious pressures, or religious possibilities in their environment.

So that was a really nice way to get at Billie Holiday’s life.”

Over the course of the evening, Fessenden told a narrative of Holiday’s life, from her early days in a Catholic upbringing, to her rise to fame after singing the political activist song “Strange Fruit” to her troubled days of fame.

“I became involved because I do Billie Holiday more than any other singer in Austin,” Hart said. “Harold McMillan was first approached because he’s into the history of jazz and blues in Austin, and then he referred them to me. So that was kind of an honor.”

Since its founding in 1945, the venue has established itself as a place “where black

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The premise is that we can learn a lot about religion and various iconic figures in culture by studying religion around them.

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musicians on the Chitlin’ Circuit performed in segregated Austin of the post WWII era,” according to the UT website.

Jazz and blues musicians including Holiday, as well as Count Basie and B.B. King, have performed in the past, Hart said.

“When the place was first built back in 1945, the place had a lot of up and coming artists, particularly black artists, who were just trying to get their stuff out while the place was building a community,” Victory Grill manager Clifford Gillard said. “I think today, we find ourselves in that same kind of situation.”

Now, the venue hosts everyone from successful rock artists such as Gary Clark Jr., to ambitious rappers to jazz revivalists such as Hart, who spends time organizing jazz workshops when she’s not singing.

“I run a non-profit called Women in Jazz Association, whose sole purpose is to keep jazz alive,” Hart said.

“We do concerts during the year, as well vocal workshops, and we have some youth programs for playing jazz concerts and vocals.”

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“Austin’s First Lady of Jazz,” Pamela Hart paid tribute to Billie Holiday at Victory Grill Wednesday evening. Hart was joined

by Tracy Fessenden who provided a narrative of Holiday’s life throughout the performance.

Differences across cultures have an impact on the religious practices and beliefs of a society, including belief in the paranormal, according to Aiyana Willard, a UT postdoctoral fellow specializing in cognition.

Willard, who spoke on Wednesday at a lecture sponsored by Department of Psychology Cognitive Science Area, works in a cognitive research lab at UT. Willard said studying how individuals learn the characteristics of their culture helps researchers understand how beliefs become traditions. “(Cultural learning mechanisms) explain the variances in the world that we see today,” Willard said Willard hosted the lecture in order to share her findings about the connections between religion and the brain.

Some of the factors that cause humans to be religious depend on the physical ways that human minds work, Willard said.

Religion, church affiliation, paranormal belief and a person’s sense of purpose in life are all connected in the brain.

The ways that people think in different cultures have direct impacts on their paranormal beliefs and whether or not they believe in God,

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Postdoctoral fellow Aiyana Willard presents her research on how cultures adopt beliefs as traditions. Willard presented a lecture to share her findings about the connections between religion and the brain.

Willard said.

Willard works with the cognitive studies research lab with the goal of determining why human beings are religious and how religious institutions evolve and shape societies.

However, she said that many researchers are averse to the topic, making it difficult to accomplish significant progress.

“Nobody really knows how religion affects behavior,” Willard said. “It’s a vastly understudied area.”

Although Willard’s audience was primarily cognitive science students, the subject

was also appealing to others outside of UT and the science field.

Kendra Dobson, a 2012 Drexel University graduate, attended the lecture purely out of curiosity.

“I’m just interested in cognitive science,” Dobson said.

Although Dobson has no history studying cognition, she said the lecture connects to her background in screen-writing and playwriting.

“Language is a big part of cognitive science,” Dobson said. “Story and the science behind story and religion all

has to do with the brain.”

Kinesiology graduate student Rexi Parcells had her own takeaway from the lecture.

Parcells, who is in the process of writing her graduate thesis on cognition, said Willard’s research was a step in the right direction toward tolerance.

“Basically, if you do this research and you teach it to people, you can kind of help people understand other people’s beliefs, and why they do what they’re doing,” Parcells said. “It can help the whole world to understand each other better.”

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Seminar discusses volcanic tunnel waves

By Rajya Atluri @rajyaatluri

Leif Karlstrom, University of Oregon assistant professor of earth sciences, sought to answer questions at a seminar Wednesday afternoon regarding waves in volcanic conduits, which are like natural pipelines that enable magma to rise to the Earth’s surface.

“The questions I’m trying to answer are ‘what’s resonating?’ and ‘what constraints do observed frequencies, decay rates (and) centroid location … place on magma properties and geometry of magmatic plumbing systems?’”

Karlstrom said.

Karlstrom presented

research including calculations and observations of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii and Mount Erebus in Antarctica, which both feature open vents with lava lakes that have low viscosity magma.

According to his personal website, Karlstrom studies fluid motions as they pertain to volcanoes, glaciers and bedrock landscapes.

The Jackson School of Geosciences hosted Karlstrom through the informal Petrology Geochemistry Structure Tectonics speaker series. This evening, the school will welcome him again for his lecture “The Elephant in the Room: How Subsurface Magma Movements Control the Diversity of

Volcanic Behavior in Time and Space” as part of the De Ford Lecture Series.

Wednesday’s seminar presented quantitative research and analysis in a technical manner, but Thursday’s lecture will be more suited for the general public, said JSG professor James Gardner.

Gardner regularly attends these events and even presented his own work at an iPGST seminar last semester.

“The idea is that the topics should be based on these disciplines working here. It’s informal in the sense that the idea is that people could ask questions in the middle or interrupt and ask questions whereas at formal talks you tend to let the

speaker go,” Gardner said.

The iPGST event attendees typically include a myriad of people, such as professors, undergraduate students and PhD candidates with varying levels of familiarity on a broad range of scientific topics. PhD candidates are required to present for iPGST to earn their degree.

Geological sciences senior Emilie Bowman, who attended the lecture with fellow classmates, said she likes the technical and in-depth approach of the iPGST events.

“We’re honors students, so we’re encouraged to attend 13 talks per semester,” Bowman said. “I work on mimetic systems, so it’s good to see talks about this type of (subject).”

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Arts funding must be protected from Trump

By Audrey Larcher

Daily Texan Guest Columnist @veg_lomein

Trump has declared a war on the arts. In the new administration’s goal to slash federal spending by $10.5 trillion, the National Endowment for the Arts faces the threat of total elimination. Now more than ever, the arts serve an important tool in mending our nation’s political and social divisions. Although Trump will actively attempt to defund the arts, communities must make a concerted effort to unite behind projects.

The NEA, established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the ’60s, has long catalyzed artists’ creation with multiple programs. The agency is founded on the principle that art is an important foundation of American society, which upholds democracy and stimulates the economy. As a whole, NEA argues that our country and culture thrive with an appreciation for the arts, and recognizes that our nation’s well-being is best ensured by promoting individuals’ and communities’ rights to explore creativity.

By issuing 145,000 grants since its inception, NEA supports artists in visual, digital, performing and literary mediums. Most of these funds are administered via state and local programs, a testament to the organization’s strong community focus. Low-income schools also benefit from NEA support, which has been proven to improve students’ achievement and prospects later on in life.

The effects on everyday lives are tangible in our own community. With help from the NEA, the Austin Film Society and the Blanton Museum of Art, among others, are both able to share perspective and culture with Austin. On our own 40 Acres, the Visual Arts Center received a $4,500 donation to make a

Low-income schools also benefit from NEA support, which has been proven to improve students’ achievement and prospects later on in life.

Latin-American art exhibit possible.

From a purely numerical standpoint, the Trump administration’s announcement has disastrous implications. The arts accounted for 4.2 percent of American GDP in 2013, and while that is not a huge chunk of our livelihood, weakening this sector of the economy can’t be good news. Furthermore, a decreased emphasis on the arts will stifle innovation. The emerging trend in STEM fields to incorporate arts (resulting in the acronym STEAM) acknowledges what is only increasingly obvious — the creativity and critical thinking that the arts encourage are paramount to the growth of science and technology. If Trump believes in maintaining America’s role as a forward thinker in the global economy, he should be capitalizing on the arts’ ability to catalyze innovation, not actively inhibiting it.

The arts are crucial to improving the tense democratic climate the election exacerbated.

Concerning the arts in Austin, Trish Connelly, an event organizer with the Nothing Song who recently spearheaded the Art Trump Hate benefit, believes that “in light of this election, art allows us to express our sadness, anger, fear, and confusion in the best way that some of us know how — whether through stories and words, painting and illustration, singing and music.”

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“The arts allow varying voices to be heard and expressed through a variety of mediums and channels a way to connect one another… (they) remain an important factor to process our emotions and build something new and creative to extend to our neighbors, community, and beyond.” While the arts’ unifying nature that Connelly speaks of would certainly help Trump bring the country together, defunding them hurts his case even more.

Despite this attack on the NEA, it is important for communities to come together and support the arts on a local level. Although funding is important, it can be as simple as taking a trip to Spiderhouse Ballroom for a poetry slam or seeing a bluegrass show on Red River. It is the small gestures such as

If Trump believes in maintaining America’s role as a forward thinker in the global economy, he should be capitalizing on the arts’ ability to catalyze innovation, not actively inhibiting it. these that will help us make the best out of the next four years.

Larcher is a Plan II and Economics freshman from Austin.

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Twitter users must be wary of Student Facebook groups should host political debate its effects on political dialogue

By Angelos Koulouras

By Laura Doan

Daily Texan Guest Columnist

The past election cycle, despite its turmoil and turbulence, has brought political change. Political conversation took place on the stage for the presidential and vice-presidential debates and still takes place on media panels, in everyday interactions, and on social media.

One stage of political discourse is UT’s Class of 2020 Facebook group, a diverse group of about 7,500 talented individuals separated by their different experiences and backgrounds, but united through their shared ideals and goals.

The Facebook group is “intended to be a place for students to connect with their peers; students are welcome and encouraged to engage in conversation as much or as little as they like.” Recently, political posts on the group created some frustration among the members. However, as much as their frustration could be justified, the response to it is not justifiable. Many members of the group criticized, often using harsh words, the publication of the posts and suggested that they be deleted.

Students can post whatever they want in the group, as long as posts aren’t “bullying, harassing, offensive, racist, sexist, vulgar or call into question academic integrity.” Political posts usually are — and should be — none of the above. Therefore, they should not be deleted. Let us not forget that in every democratic society there is freedom of expression — not absolute freedom, but rather a freedom with certain restrictions. Maintaining freedom of speech is not easy because: first, the individual must realize its meaning, and second, they must also understand and respect its limits.

As long as this freedom stands, majorities as well as minorities will be able to take the podium and have the chance to be heard. As long as democracy stands, conflicting opinions and ideologies from different schools of thought will be written, posted and spread. No matter if you agree or disagree with the political views on Facebook groups or on the internet in general, you have to respect the right of others to express them.

This is not limited to Facebook or the internet — this is an issue that is present in real life. Not all the people we meet possess views similar to ours. In real life there is no virtual moderator, which makes us practice mutual tolerance, testing the freedom that democracy provides.

However, people who convert their

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No matter if you agree or disagree with the political views on Facebook groups or on the internet in general, you have to respect the right of others to express them. own political views from ideas to words should be careful. Engaging in political dialogue calls for hearing opposing viewpoints and supporting your own views with facts. Generalizations, stubbornness and bias harm the discussion.

John Masefield wrote in his tribute to English universities that “there are few earthly things more beautiful than a university.” He did not refer to campus greens and ivied walls, but he admired the splendid beauty of the university because it was “a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.”

We should honor the fact that the University is the kind of the institution that Masefield admires. The topics discussed on the group should not be restrained to selling books, tickets etc. We should “sell” and exchange ideas and ideals.

That’s what will bring us closer as a class and help us understand the democracy we live in.

Koulouras is an electrical and computer engineering freshman from Greece.

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Twitter has always been the perfect place to live-tweet the Bachelor and follow the tweeted revelations of Jaden Smith and Zach Braff. But Twitter is not the place for making political arguments about subjects far too complex to be summed up in 140 characters. Tweets have no room for nuance and no guarantee of follow-up questions, leading people to shallow understanding of the issues and lack of counters.

Twitter is definitely the place for social commentary, such as when President Donald Trump tweeted “I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.” But Twitter is not the place for dumbing down complicated organizations and issues. Tweets of this kind can be found in spades on Trump’s personal twitter, such as when he tweeted that “The United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. So sad!”

Other politicians and members of the twittering electorate also tweet arguments that need more than a sentence to be fully realized. NBC correspondent Richard Engel tweeted: “obama leaving w/ high approval, but #syria war, which raged most of his presidency with inconsistent US policy, will haunt legacy overseas.” Engel makes an important argument, but one that lacks foreign sources or an explanation of how the president should have handled #syria.

Indeed, arguing about politics on Twitter leads to a decline in complex discourse.

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U.S. population and at least half of those people turn to the platform for news.

With the acceptance that Twitter is a viable place for political arguments to take place, the rise of TV and print news running tweets from politicians as front-page news is unsurprising. Unsurprising, but ultimately harmful.

Journalism doctoral candidate Shannon McGregor has conducted research about how candidates use Twitter. When she interviewed social media managers for campaigns she found the same sentiment repeated to her: “If we want to say something to the press, we put it on twitter.” When politicians and pundits send statements through the twitter-verse they are under no obligation to answer follow-ups or to engage with other opinions as they would at press conferences, debates or interviews.

“From the perspective of an official or candidate it’s great,” McGregor said. “Because they get to influence press coverage without having to interact with the press.”

But she notes that from the press’ perspective, “it can be problematic because they aren’t able to push back directly.” The losers in this scenario are the press and the public. Sapping counter arguments from political conversation makes it more difficult for an already divided electorate to see other sides.

Still, McGregor finds benefits to Twitter.

“Despite, or in spite, of all its problems, I do think the more people who are talking about politics the better,” McGregor said.

Bethany Albertson, associate government professor and owner of her own first-rate Twitter handle, enjoys discourse on the platform.

“Many people can find ways around 140 characters to explain a complex issue,” Albertson said. For instance, some might use two or three tweets for an argument, or link an article below. Still, two or three sentences is insufficient for dissecting the pros and cons of foreign trade deals.

Twitter should not be a platform divorced from politics. It is a good place for the public to express opinion, to react to debates in real time, and to disseminate #Alternativefacts memes. But it should not be a place for our politicians and pundits to hold policy arguments, because the loss of complexity that results does the public great disservice. Twitter can be an effective platform if we do not forget the necessities of political discourse, like facts and counter-arguments. We also must demand that our politicians set down their phones and engage with the press — at least once in awhile.

Doan is a Plan II and English sophomore from Fort Worth.

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Writer/director Maren Ade earns the Oscar nomination for his film “Toni Erdmann,” a wonderful comedy that examines the bond between father and daughter.

Strong characters shine in German film

By Justin Jones @justjustin42

Cultural and language differences frequently prevent foreign films from connecting with American audiences, but “Toni Erdmann,” a German film from writer/director Maren Ade transcends these obstacles to create a poignant, beautiful story for anyone.

When American filmgoers see a film labeled as a comedy, there is a certain expectation for humor.

If the movie isn’t funny enough, critics label it a failure, and the public rejects it, as seen in recent films from actors such as Adam Sandler. “Toni Erdmann” acts as a rebuke to these expectations, making a comedy slight on laughs and heavy on emotional drama.

With “Toni Erdmann,” Ade completely upends the typical Hollywood comedy formula, successfully creating a comedy dependent on its characters instead of its humor. Long

stretches of the film consist of its characters leisurely talking, with only a seldom joke or sightgag, but each character feels so real and relatable the viewer forgets their expectations.

Sandra Hüller plays Ines Conradi, a highly successful German business consultant stationed in Bucharest, Romania with dreams of being promoted within her company and moving to China. She lives a fairly typical life with little-to-no surprises, until her playful, joke-loving father Winfried (played by a magnificent Peter Simonischek) decides to visit without warning, throwing a wrench into her plans.

It does not take Winfried long to realize he is not welcome, and he decides to leave.

The film’s plot does not kick off in earnest for about 45 minutes, but Ade’s deliberate pacing gives the characters room to breathe. By taking its time, “Toni Erdmann” lets the viewer see the ins

and outs of Ines’ buried dissatisfaction and Winfried’s desire to create joy and laughter in others.

These finally clash when Winfried begins to appear in all aspects of Ines’ life under the alias of Toni Erdmann, donning a terrible wig and a quite-hilarious set of fake teeth.

As the character of Erdmann, Winfried finally has an excuse to spend time with his daughter, and they grow closer throughout the film’s overlong, nearly threehour runtime. The pacing in the brilliant first act and the last act work to develop the characters, but the film’s middle could easily lose about thirty minutes.

Too much time is spent on episodic, repetitive scenes with the same result of Ines slightly warming up to Winfried.

Though the middle drags, “Toni Erdmann” picks up in its conclusion, creating a bizarre, hilarious and heartfelt scenario involving large amounts of non-sexual nudity and

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a large, furry creature.

Saying any more would give away the scene’s surprise, but it shifts quickly in tone from the film’s sole hilarious moment to its most heartfelt. Hüller perfectly controls the scene with a layered performance containing shades of humiliation, shamelessness, hope and forgiveness.

“Toni Erdmann” deservedly received a nomination from the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film on Tuesday, which hopefully will boost its profile in America. With an innovative creative voice, the film genuinely stands out among the crowd, and merits a watch even from those who typically stick to American film.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | TCU 69-77 NO. 12 TEXAS

Women remain undefeated in Big 12 play

By Dalton Phillips

Junior guard Ariel Atkins paced the Longhorns Wednesday night with 17 points.

Atkins also chipped in three steals, helping Texas topple TCU 77-69.

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Down the stretch, Texas knew it had to go to its scorer.

Junior guard Ariel Atkins poured in 17 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and Texas added to its best conference start in program history with a narrow 77-69 win over TCU on Wednesday night in Fort Worth.

The No. 12 Longhorns improved to 9–0 in conference play, tied for first atop the Big 12 alongside No. 2 Baylor. The team hasn’t dropped a game since its Dec. 4 loss to Connecticut, the reigning national champion.

Since then, Texas has bullied its way to 13-straight victories, with an average margin of victory of 19.1 points.

Wednesday proved to be a different story. Despite controlling the glass, an advantage at the free throw line kept the Horned Frogs in the contest all night.

The team shot 21-of-25 from the line to the Longhorns’ 5-of-11.

Head coach Karen Aston worried about playing TCU on the road long before the two teams tipped off last night.

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actually,” Aston said in a press conference Tuesday.

Aston’s fears proved valid as Texas battled for every point in the narrow victory. The game marked the second victory for Texas over TCU — the first came Jan. 7 in Austin by a 29-point margin.

In spite of a few close calls, Texas has dominated TCU historically, with most games resembling the blowout earlier this month. The Longhorns

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earned their sixth consecutive victory over the Horned Frogs, who fell to 2–7 in conference play. In 42 meetings, the Longhorns have only dropped two games to the Big 12 foe.

Texas continued to command the glass as it has all season long, out-rebounding the smaller TCU 41-36. The Longhorn squad is ranked No. 4 in the nation in rebounding margin, thanks in large part to senior center Kelsey Lang

and freshman forward Joyner Holmes. The duo is averaging a combined 16 rebounds per game and have helped Texas win the rebound battle in 17 of its 19 season games.

The two teams battled back and forth in the third before sophomore guard Lashann Higgs nailed a jumper with four seconds left to put Texas up by five entering the final period.

After TCU cut the margin to

two midway through the fourth, Atkins ripped off seven straight points for Texas to give the Longhorns a 67-60 advantage.

The seven-point lead proved to be the tipping point, and TCU never narrowed the lead in the final minutes of the game.

Texas continues conference play Sunday with a home game against West Virginia. The two teams hit the hardwood at 3 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center.

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Senior swimmer Madisyn Cox, a three-time All-American, is looking for a title in her last year with the Longhorns.

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Madisyn Cox has been cutting through the water since she was a little girl. Now as a senior, she’s splashing into the pool at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center during her final semester as a Longhorn.

“I started swimming when I was three years old,” Cox said. “I started because my sisters actually swam, and I had to go to the pool every day you know to watch them swim … I just got bored of it. So I was like you know what I wanna hop in too, so I started taking lessons and went on my way with it.”

Cox is a three-time All-American, a seven-time Honorable Mention All-American, a 10-time Big 12 champion, the Big 12 swimmer of the year, and is currently ranked the No. 1 200-yard IM swimmer in the nation. While she has achieved so much, there is still one thing she wants to accomplish before she graduates.

“I want a title, a team title that’d be incredible — individual or relay, just anything,” Cox said. “You know I want to go out there and just do the best that I can possibly do.”

While Cox has collected many cherished memories of her time at Texas, she thinks back to two years ago as a moment that stood out in her collegiate career.

“My sophomore year we went up to the Bay Area,” Cox said. “We raced Stanford the first day, Cal the next day, both incredible teams at that time. We were like the underdog team by far… then we came in and upset Stanford, we came in the next day and

upset Cal, and it was just an incredible meet.”

Head coach Carol Capitani gave two reasons for how Cox stays so consistent with her impeccable performance.

“One, she just has a great training environment and a great culture,” Capitani said. “Two, she’s just really competitive, very competitive.”

Cox finds inspiration from those who have swam before her on the 40 Acres.

She named a former Longhorn swimmer as being very influential in how she modeled her career.

“Laura Sogar trained with us for a while,” Cox said.

“She was an incredible person, an incredible swimmer, athlete, everything so I really looked up to her. I tried to model what I did after what she was doing.”

With senior day coming this Saturday, Cox remembers last year when she was watching the previous class of seniors experience one of their last home meets.

“I remember even last year, we were at senior day for the seniors and some of the underclassmen were like, ‘this is going to be you next year!,’” Cox said.

“And I was like, ‘no way, not even, like that’s so far away.’ It’s hard to believe it’s already here, but it’s gone by quickly and it’s been an incredible ride.”

Just as Sogar was for her, Cox hopes to serve as a role model for those who come after her, even offering up advice for those young aspiring swimmers.

“Just keep working and believe in yourself, believe in your team, believe in your coaches. That’s the big one, and things will come.”

Jarrett Allen personifies the rare breed of a humble hero.

The freshman forward rarely displays much emotion, even after rim-destroying dunks. He simply puts his head down and gets back on defense.

After a good game Allen will shrug off reporters’ questions regarding his play, caring more about his team’s success than his individual stat line.

Yes, Allen has lived up to his billing as Texas’ prized recruit in its 2016 class, but you’ll never hear Allen comment on his success.

“I’m just not very good at crediting myself for stuff,” Allen said.

The forward has plenty of “stuff ” to credit himself for.

Allen leads all Big 12 freshmen in rebounding and ranks second in the league in freshman scoring.

In the month of January, Allen has been on an absolute tear. He’s averaging over 15 points and 10 rebounds a game and has recorded three straight double-doubles. For his efforts, Allen has earned back-to-back Phillips 66 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week awards.

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But Allen’s success at the collegiate level didn’t manifest overnight. Early in the year, he was timid with his shot selection, attempting less than seven shots per game while averaging less than 10 points per contest.

Allen has since embraced his role as a key cog in the Texas offense. The forward has scored in double-figures in 10 out of his last 11 games, and he scored a career-high 22 points a week ago against No. 2 Kansas.

While Allen shies away from addressing his rapid development, head coach Shaka Smart doesn’t hold back on his praises for the freshman and how he’s progressed this season.

“He has gotten better and better,” Smart said. “He’s applied himself in terms of work ethic. He’s got a huge upside where he can continue getting better and better. I’m just really pleased with his growth, if you look at it from the start of the season until now, how much better he’s gotten.”

But Smart may be more impressed with Allen’s humility. In Texas’ win over Oklahoma on Monday night, the coach highlighted a moment that exemplified his big man.

“I can count on one hand the number of times a

player has apologized to me for a basketball play ever since I’ve been in coaching,” Smart said. “Jarrett comes up to me during the game, and says sorry I missed that shot coach. He’s just a unique guy.”

Allen was heavily recruited by Smart during his senior year of high school and played under the coach during last summer’s FIBA Americas Championship with Team USA’s under 18-team. Through all their time spent together, the two have forged a close relationship.

Smart says that he has enjoyed building a bond with Allen and thinks this close relationship has helped breed the forward’s success.

“I get a real kick out of being around the guy,” Smart said. “On the road they’ll be three or four of us just sitting around the table having philosophical conversations.

We’ve tried to approach his growth in a holistic manner. If he’s having fun and is comfortable, that’s when he’s going to be most successful.”

This weekend Allen and Smart will look to put together consecutive wins for the first time since mid-November when Texas takes on Georgia.

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FOOD REVIEW | ‘KEMURI TATSU-YA’

Kemuri Tatsu-Ya serves up unique culinary rarities

By Stephen Acevedo @thedailytexan

As a Japanese immigrant growing up in Austin, Tatsu Aikawa found that the best way to pay respect to both of his cultural identities was through the culinary arts.

Unlike his other restaurant, Ramen Tatsu-ya, Kemuri Tatsu-Ya isn’t just a ramen joint. The recipes for the dishes at Kemuri Tatsu-ya are inspired by Aikawa’s rich history in enjoying both Texan and Japanese culinary cultures — a natural stepping stone towards his career in the food industry.

“The inspiration comes through all of the experiences and memories of food I’ve had over the years,” Aikawa said.

“They’re like pockets or drawers that I can pull the ideas from and and put things together.”

Aikawa’s restaurant blends together traditional Japanese fare with Central Texas barbecue with the casual atmosphere of a Japanese izakaya, a type of Japanese pub specaliazing in small snacks.

“It’s supposed to be a social dining experience,” Aikawa said. “It’s a sit-down service where people drink and hang out and have a good time.”

Unlike conventional establishments, a large, filling meal is not to be expected at Kemuri Tatsu-ya. The menu items are meant to be sampled and shared among groups of friends while they relax and enjoy the laid-back vibe of an izakaya.

While the dishes are small, they all deliver a

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Kemuri Tatsu-ya, an izakaya style restaurant, stands in East Austin on the corner of 2nd Street and Pleasant Valley Road. The business opened its doors this month, proving to uphold the building’s history as a barbecue place through its menu as well as through its interior decor.

massive amount of distinct flavors. There are two separate food menus at Kemuri Tatsu-Ya, one of which specifically boasts “exotics and rarities,” such as jellyfish, monkfish and ray jerky.

The rarities menu features a “funky” scale, with Kenny G being the least funky and James Brown being the most. This scale is not to be taken lightly, as the dishes with James Brown’s mug plastered

next to them truly do pack a level of funk that is a force to be reckoned with.

The shiokara, in particular, does not hold back with the pungent flavor of squid. For those unfamiliar, shiokara is squid marinated in squid guts. It is definitely worth trying, but it might behoove patrons to order a shot of whiskey to chase it with.

The marinated jellyfish is a far less eccentric rarity

MOVIE REVIEW | ‘A DOG’S PURPOSE’

All bark, no bite: Dull story hinders ‘A Dog’s Purpose’

By Charles Liu

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One of the most universally agreed upon tragic moments in film is when the dog dies. “A Dog’s Purpose” recognized this and hopes to capitalize on the phenomenon, featuring not one but four dog deaths.

It’s the same dog, too, reincarnated several times and experiencing life with different owners as he searches for the meaning of his existence.

Unfortunately, with each successive death the power of it diminishes, and Lasse Hallström’s “A Dog’s Purpose” never quite captures “Lassie” levels of emotion throughout its running time. This is an unabashedly sweet picture, though, and its sappy cornball humor will win over children. Adults may be less inclined for this doggie journey — “A Dog’s Purpose” works hard to elicit a reaction rather than let the story earn the tears it strives

to create.

Josh Gad voices the film’s furry protagonist, Bailey, a lovable golden retriever who develops a strong bond with his owner, the eightyear-old Ethan (Bryce Gheisar). Bailey’s early life in the 1960s is largely idyllic, in spite of Ethan’s father’s (Luke Kirby) descent into alcoholism.

As a teenager, Ethan (K.J. Apa) becomes a football star and falls in love with Hannah (Britt Robertson), and Bailey remains by his master’s side through thick and thin. When Ethan is injured following a jealous rival’s attempt to burn down his house, he loses his football scholarship to Michigan State and breaks up with Hannah out of anger.

Bailey dies not long after and is reborn as Ellie, a German Shepard police dog, and then as Tino, a scrappy corgi. While Bailey comes to love and help his new owners, his memories linger on Ethan,

and he hopes to one day reunite with him.

There are the makings of a great tale here, and the success of the novel on which this film is based is a testament to that. But “A Dog’s Purpose” as a movie is undercut by overuse of Rachel Portman’s saccharine score that is sometimes oppressive. Yes, we get it — the movie is simply whimsical.

The dialogue is also problematic, with characters explaining what they feel much too often when the talented cast should be conveying their emotions through their performances instead. In one laughable moment, Ethan’s father awkwardly complains about an impending attack by the Soviets when asked about his career, taking his cynicism to the extreme just so we can be sure he’s seriously depressed.

A lot of the film rests on Bailey, and Gad lends the

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Dennis Quaid stars as a lonely man reunited with his reincarnated dog in “A Dog’s Purpose.”

that is actually pretty delicious. The cold sweet and sour marinade goes well with the seaweed-like texture of the jellyfish.

As for the more conventional menu, there are plenty of hits and very few misses. The smoked duck breast is easily the best piece of meat on the menu.

It is perfectly smoked to the point of being about as tender as sashimi, with a nice thin layer of skin to add a little bit of crunch.

While it is tasty enough to be enjoyed without any sauce, throwing on some of the accompanying ponzu sauce certainly doesn’t hurt.

Kemuri means “smoke” in Japanese, and that is exactly what Aikawa brings to the table at his new establishment. Even the sashimi doesn’t go without a touch of smoky flavor, albeit a much more mild one. The hamachi is given just enough smoke

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to bring out a taste typically not associated with sashimi without compromising the texture and flavor of the raw fish.

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