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Bill requires approval for college land purchases By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
Texas public universities and colleges seeking to purchase land outside of areas surrounding their main campuses could face stricter requirements before proceeding. House Bill 1737 would require college governing boards to receive additional approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board prior to expanding their presence in other locations. The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, said she filed the bill to prevent situations such as the UT System’s recent land purchase in Houston. “When UT purchased the land in Houston, had this bill been in place, that wouldn’t have been able
Trump supporters, protesters clash By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97
Supporters of President Donald Trump and anti-Trump protesters yelled and pushed each other in the cold rain Saturday during a pro-Trump march to the Capitol. “I was trying to get all these people back to what we’re trying to do here instead of engaging
these idiots,” electrician Alan Colwell, a Trump supporter, said. At 1 p.m., about 100 people gathered on Wooldridge Park’s muddy grass to support Trump. Marchers shared a sense of patriotism singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Trump supporter Marvina Case told the crowd from the park’s gazebo about how
Trump won a majority of white, female voters. “If Trump hates women, why did he get over 50 percent of the white female vote?” Case said. “What we had in office for the last eight years set us back 50 years. We realized that hope and change, we didn’t get any of that.” Meanwhile, anti-Trump protesters stood in black near the top of the park’s
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slope with 13 other protesters, looking down on the crowd of Trump supporters holding signs and American flags below. Kit O’Connell, an activist from Austin leftist resistance group Oh Shit What Now?, said the Trump supporters did not phase him. “We just wanted to let them know that even if there are not very many of us, Austin does not appreciate
Donald Trump or his fascist regime,” O’Connell said. Austin Police Department officers stepped in to mediate a momentary scuffle and one man slipped and fell on the muddy slope. Trump supporters yelled, “He’s y’all’s president” and called the protesters “commies.” “The definition of fascism is exactly what (the protesters)
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OPINION ESB rule system warrants questioning. PAGE 4
SPORTS Seniors play final game at Erwin Center. PAGE 6
LIFE&ARTS Shabbat 500 unites Jewish community. PAGE 8
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Jay Michael spends his Sunday afternoon at Zilker Park doing yoga and climbing trees. Jay and his children have even learned to do yoga moves in trees.
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Prospective McCombs graduate Chariot utilizes vans students awarded scholarships to expand mobility By Kevin Dural
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Texas Venture Labs awarded Angelise Hadley and Tom Jackson, two prospective UT graduate students, scholarships for winning first place in a business pitch competition. Prospective students apply for the TVL Scholarship, which was started by Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs and the Texas MBA program. Semifinalists are invited to Austin to present their ideas in front of a panel of judges who are evaluating the concept, presentation and market potential. However, because some of the judges are admissions officers, they also look at how semifinalists could use their Texas MBA to achieve their goals. The first-place prize is a scholarship to the MBA program, with $10,000 given for each year in the twoyear program.
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Angelise Hadley, left, and Tom Jackson were awarded scholarships for winning first place in a business pitch competition. The two are prospective UT graduate students.
Tina Mabley, Texas MBA assistant dean, thought of the idea for the competition in her previous role as director of admission. “A lot of students would say they were entrepreneurs on their applications, you can read about that, but it’s different to see it in practice,” Mabley said. Announced on Feb. 24, the competition consisted of only 16 semifinalists. Hadley’s business pitch
was inspired by her own hair insecurities because she grew up with curly hair and saw straight hair dominate the media. Her business, EmbraceBox, is a DIY subscription box where each month, curly haired girls are sent a recipe and ingredients to create hair products. As a prospective MBA student, Hadley said
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Your chariot awaits: A new mobility service uses 14-seat vans to make getting around Austin easier. Chariot, a mobility app and company founded in 2014, recently expanded from San Francisco to Austin. Marketed as an alternative to ride-hailing apps like Uber, Lyft, RideAustin and Fasten, Chariot offers 14-seat vans that travel a set route at designated times. Users can book seats on these vans through the Chariot app. Evan Stafford, Chariot’s general manager, said Chariot is a hybrid, private transportation service that gives users a variety of options. One of Chariot’s first routes in Austin runs from West Campus to Sixth Street. Jonathan Bolton, business senior and Chariot intern, said this route will save time and
reduce the hassle of getting downtown. “A 14-seat capacity is bigger than (what) any ride-sharing app (can offer),” Bolton said. “This means you and your entire group for friends — whether it be six, 10, 12, or 14 (can get where you need to go).” Stafford said Chariot will also help reduce congestion in Austin. “Austin is the 11th largest city in the U.S., yet it has the fourth most congestion,” Stafford said. “This needs to change, and that’s partly why we expanded to Austin.” Stafford said that Chariot currently has a partnership with the Whole Foods corporate office in downtown Austin to offer company-subsidized shuttles for employees to get to and from work. He added that Chariot offers chartered driving for private events and that student organizations can
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Latinitas raises money for girls’ summer camp By Jahnavi Muppaneni
Latina girls explore the world of virtual reality and design through Latinitas, a UT non-profit that empowers young Latina women.
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Latinitas, a non-profit founded at UT that focuses on empowering young Latinas through media and technology, raised $7,400 Friday to help families in need of financial assistance to send their daughters to summer camp. Latinitas used Amplify Austin, an annual day of online giving, to set a goal of raising $10,000 for their 100 summer camp spots at Tamale House East, where donors were given free coffee and breakfast tacos. Latinitas summer camp is four weeks long with each week dedicated to different areas — cinema, fashion, technology and health. Campers are required to produce projects with multimedia components, such as blogging, coding and design. Latinitas brings Austin companies and volunteers within the creative and technology industries to their events. Business consultant Lauren Galea said she was introduced to Latinitas through a career day session at their camp. Galea said she enjoyed speaking to the
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girls about STEM and encouraging them to find what sets their “soul on fire.” “Female empowerment across all races and gender identities is very important to me,” Galea said. “Working for Facebook under Sheryl Sandberg’s leadership, it was arguably the loudest voice for female empowerment around the world.” Latinitas program director Sylvia Butanda said the organization’s message is
getting stronger and reaching a wider audience. What started out as a web-based magazine “for Latinas by Latinas” has transformed into a training and self-esteem boosting program, Butanda said. “People are paying attention,” Butanda said. “People in the tech industry, media, cultural arts, education—we touch all of those subjects and all those areas in Austin.”
Butanda said she wished she grew up with a program like Latinitas. “I was a Latinita,” Butanda said. “At 9 years old, I loved writing and learning about how movies and music work. That’s what the girls do in our summer programs, specifically. We teach them how to express themselves through a variety of mediums.” Psychology junior Gabriela Gonzalez said she sees a
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use Chariot as an alternative to carpooling. Neuroscience freshman Jane Buell said that Austin needs more ride-sharing options. She added that CapMetro buses are too complicated and that typical ride-sharing is too expensive. “I took the bus one time and got lost, because the schedules are not very accessible,” Buell said. “But the price of ride-sharing outweighs its convenience if used regularly.” Economics freshman Griffin Henkel said he has noticed that fewer students are bringing their cars to campus and are instead relying on mobility apps to get around. “(Using these mobility apps) is easier than trying to navigate and trying to find parking everywhere in
to occur,” Alvarado said. The UT System planned to purchase more than 300 acres of land in Houston and closed on a 100.27acre property on Jan. 15, according to the System’s website. Last Wednesday, UT System Chancellor William McRaven announced in a press release that the University would no longer pursue building in Houston. Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, UT System executive director of media relations and external communications, said the Board of Regents typically purchases land to expand existing campuses. However, she said the land in Houston was not intended to be a space to build a new campus, but rather was set up as a blank canvas for potential research, innovation and industry collaboration. “The purchase of the Houston property was an anomaly and presented a unique opportunity,” LaCoste-Caputo said. “It was the opportunity to have a presence in the largest city in the state.” The Board, composed of nine appointed members as the governing body for the UT System, approved the Houston expansion initiative on Nov. 4, 2015. LaCoste-Caputo said the System did not consult with the Texas HECB prior to purchasing the land because there is no current requirement to do so. The Board, created by the Texas Legislature in 1965, oversees higher education and coordinates initiatives between
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The new mobility company, Chariot, offers 14-seat vans that travel a set route at designated times.
Austin,” Henkel said. Other new-to-Austin ride-sharing services include Wingz and the app Ride Finder.io. Wingz specializes in rides to and from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport while Ride Finder.io is an app that manages available ride-sharing options. To use Ride Finder.io, one inputs their desired route and
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the application compares fares across all available ride-sharing apps. Bolton said that Chariot is only the beginning and that there are more ride-sharing options to come. “Students should definitely be on the lookout,” Bolton said. “Every day, there are more and more ways to safely get around.” Celera, a manufacturer and member of the LGBT community, wore a shirt reading “LGBT for Trump.” Celera said Trump supporters embraced him despite his sexuality. “There’s a lot of diversity here,” Celera said. “I remember when I was down in the Houston rally for Trump, it was right after the Orlando massacre. I was wearing the same shirt and (supporters) said ‘Hey, the gays, they have the right to shoot back. We support you.’” Colwell said he recognizes divisiveness and fervor runs throughout the country. “Everybody’s passionate here,” Colwell said. “I mean there’s a lot of raw nerves and that’s one of the things that you know you always have to be aware of. Everybody’s on edge politically now.”
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winning made her see what her future in the program could look like. “It made me feel that, ‘Okay, well if I brought this business to McCombs, all these people would be excited for me,’” Hadley said. “It would allow me to grow my business even further.” Started with other UT alumni, Jackson presented his business pitch for Locus Tracking. The company has created software which allows smartphone users to control the phone with their eyes. Jackson said he approaches these high
version of herself in the young girls she works with in Latinitas. “I grew up attending a school with a similar demographic, and I never felt like there was an outlet to creatively engage with media and technology,” Gonzalez said. “Media is a unique and increasingly more accessible tool for marginalized communities to tell their stories and create a space for themselves in our society.”
schools to maximize use Dan of resources in the state. Alvarado said she op- go a C posed UT’s expansion to Houston because of the year land’s large size and close go proximity to the University of Houston. Alvarado said she believes the HECB’s involvement could ensure a more thorough examination process in the future that would align with the state’s goal of fairly distributing resources to enhance higher education. Emma The bill states univerDa sities would only need additional approval from the HECB if they intend to purchase land outside of a designated region in geographical proximity to an institution in which most students, faculty and staff reside. Mike Rosen, UH System executive director of media relations, said the System is supportive of an increase in the coordinating board’s role in land purchasing decisions. Tilman Fertitta, UH System Board of Regents chairman, said the university is pleased UT withdrew plans to expand to Houston in a statement released Wednesday. “This was a group effort by elected leaders, our Board of Regents, our administration and supporters to stand our ground against an unnecessary duplication of resources that didn’t align with the state’s plan for higher education,” Fertitta said in the statement. Alvarado filed the bill on Feb. 9, but it has not received any further action. If the bill becomes law, the new regulations for land purchases will go into effect Jan. 1, 2018. pressure business pitches by going in with a clear head. “It helps with starting fresh, because you can practice and practice, but when it’s game time, you need a free mind,” Jackson said. “You have to tell yourself that you’ve prepared enough to do well.” The purpose of the scholarship is to help prospective students test their ideas and see ways to develop it further, Mabley said. “These businesses have gotten better and better, further and further along in their development,” Mabley said. “I’m excited to see how students will take these businesses to the next level.”
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Democrat to challenge Dan Patrick in upcoming election By Lisa Dreher @lisa_dreher97
Businessman Mike Collier, who ran as a Democrat in 2014 for Texas comptroller, announced Thursday he will challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in next year’s race. Collier, a Houstonian and retired accountant, stepped down from his position as Texas Democratic Party’s finance chair Thursday to face conservative Patrick, who announced in January his campaign for reelection in 2018. Collier was the party’s finance chair since 2015. “We need a (lieutenant governor) that brings Texans together, not an ideologue that chases headlines and drives us apart,” Collier said in a statement Thursday. Patrick took office in 2015, and this year he is pushing a state “bathroom bill” which would prevent transgender individuals from using the restroom corresponding with their gender identity in public spaces. “Dan Patrick has proven he is unworthy of leading this great state,” Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa, said in a statement Thursday. “I am
proud to see a courageous Texan like Mike Collier put his name forward to serve.” Patrick has already raised $13.6 million in his war chest for his campaign, but Patrick’s chief strategist Allen Blakemore said the lieutenant governor is busy with the current legislative session. “After the session, he will (give) his attention to reelection,” Blakemore said in a statement in a Texas Tribune article. “I am supremely confident that the (lieutenant governor) will be reelected by a sizable margin and be back for another four years to keep Texas the very best place to live, work and raise a family.” In the 2014 comptroller’s race, Collier lost by more than 20 points to Republican Glenn Hegar, who at the time was a state senator and raised about 200 times the campaign funds compared to Collier, according to the Tribune. During a debate, Collier accused Hegar of wanting to abolish property taxes, which Hegar said was never his intention. “What Sen. Hegar’s been campaigning on is not to fix the property tax system, his strong preference expressed
in the primary is to get rid of the property tax system — which would triple our sales tax,” Collier said. Collier said November’s presidential election, when Texas saw a closer margin than in previous years, does not significantly influence his campaign concerning party lines. “I’m going to run against my opponent,” Collier told the Tribune on Thursday. “My focus has been on the state of Texas.” Rumors started circulating this past year that Patrick would challenge Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in his gubernatorial reelection, but Patrick dismissed them in January, saying he would support Abbott if he runs for reelection. “Let me put this to bed once and for all, I’m not running against Greg Abbott, not in ‘18, not ever,” Patrick said in a January news conference. “Put it in cement: I’m not running against Greg Abbott. All of that has been nothing more than someone’s pipe dream, some speculation based on no facts.” Both parties for most major statewide offices will have their primary elections in March 2018.
Dan Patrick will go against Mike Collier in next year’s lieutenant governor race.
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On March 1, Waller Creek was contaminated by leakage from the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center’s main race pool. The pool is currently being drained and closed for use.
Pool leakage contaminates Waller Creek, moves swim meet By Ashely Liu @ashley_liu111
Late afternoon on March 1, Waller Creek was contaminated by a nearby facility. Preliminary site checks confirmed the detection of chlorine in the creek and the bleaching of nearby soil. The source of contamination has been traced back to a leakage from the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center’s main race pool. The pool is currently being drained and closed for use. John Salsman, director of Environmental Health and Safety, said the leak was serious enough for a swim meet to be moved to the next day, “The pool leak was discovered when maintenance workers found water on the wall in the swim center’s basement,” Salsman said. “The pool was immediately closed.” Salsman said chlorinated water is bad for the fish and
vegetation at the creek. “Waller Creek is a wonderful natural resource for the city of Austin,” Salsman said. “It attracts wildlife and provides a nice aquatic environment. We want to make sure the people on campus can have a beautiful creek.” Rhonda Weldon, director of communications of Financial and Administrative Services, unfortunately said the source of the leakage in the pool is still unidentified. Weldon said contractors are still assessing the situation. “We need to find the source and the extent of the leak,” Weldon said. “Until then, we are still trying to determine how much pool water is pumped through sanitation and how much is going into the creek.” Salsman said a team from Project Management and Construction Services is still searching for the leak source. Meanwhile, the pool will remain closed for swim-
mers like business freshman Angelia Wu. “We ended up practicing in the diving well for the past few days,” Wu said. “It’s too small and the marking lines aren’t lined up in the middle. Practice was chaotic but at least we had somewhere to swim.” Wu swims for Texas Longhorn Aquatics and said she is not too worried. “We are wrapping up short course season so we are going to have a break before we start long course,” Wu said. “I don’t think we will have a problem as long as the pool isn’t closed for too long.” Jennie Tai, Plan II and business freshman, competed at the pool for her Arena Pro Swim Series and said she hopes the pool will be fixed soon. “The University has always put emphasis on caring for the environment so I really hope they take measures to take care of the leak,” Tai said.
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Texas Republicans must join call for Russia probe By Usmaan Hasan Daily Texan Columnist @UzzieHasan
Poor Jeff Sessions. As a deep-red Alabama Republican rejected by the Bush-era conservative establishment, the Trump presidency should be going swimmingly. Unfortunately for Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, reports of secret meetings with a Russian ambassador (Jeff Sessions! Superspy!) — meetings he denied existing while asked under oath — are taking hammer and sickle to his career. In light of these revelations, politicians of all stripes should support Sessions’ recusal in a White House-Russia probe and aggressively investigating those ties. The allegations leveled against the attorney general are clearly more than just partisan mud-slinging aimed to mar the veneer of a successful address by the president. I’m also not sure where that line of reasoning came from, but someone in the Trump administration was tasked with its creation. This complex, paranoid explanation of democratic decision-making speaks volumes to the lengths the White House is willing to go to protect their own. It’s destructive when done in the face of obvious danger.
Congressional Republicans are no different. Of the Texas Senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both have blown off the accusations as nothing serious. Senator Cornyn sees no issues because Sessions answered the Al Franken question on Russian involvement during the election. According to Cornyn, answering a question is good enough; the content of the answer doesn’t matter. Cruz, somehow, managed to do worse — calling the whole situation a “nothing burger,” citing, of course, the little-known feature of Whataburger’s secret menu. Of the 27 Texas Republicans in Congress, only one, Rep. Ted Poe, has expressed any interest in the inconsistent tale told by the attorney general. Republicans should take note from Democrat Joaquin Castro of San Antonio who expressed qualms over the strange circumstances of the Russian meetings. The Republican party has to do better. They do not need to call for resignations, but they should consider embracing a deeper look into the Sessions testimony. It should seem strange that neither Sessions nor his staff can remember what was discussed with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. It should seem strange that none of the other 26 members of the Armed Services Committee met privately with the ambassador during the intense
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks to The Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith during Tribfest on Sept. 24, 2016. Cruz recently referred to controversy over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ conversations with a Russian ambassador as a “nothing burger.” Stephanie Tacy Daily Texan file photo
scrutiny of the presidential election. It should seem strange that the Sessions meetings occurred while he was a surrogate of the Trump campaign. These unusual proceedings are only a big “nothing burger” when politicians are wearing blinders, when political expediency demands looking the other way. In order to maintain the integrity and sovereignty of the U.S. government, congressional conservatives must show some grit.
This tradition of avoidance and dismissal is not new. It is not novel to this administration or even the GOP. Democrats and Republicans both have a strong instincts that they use to equivocate and explain their way out of awkward situations. However, this time the stakes are higher and the need is greater. Democrats are not creating much ado about nothing. Republicans should recognize this. Hasan is a business freshman from Plano.
COUNTERPOINT
Empathy makes unreliable Willingness to feel others’ pain basis for political progress cannot be replaced in politics By Trevor Hadley
Daily Texan Columnist
Over the last decade, we’ve heard many calls to empathy from the presidency. Even before taking office, former President Barack Obama made the case that empathy can help to motivate altruistic behavior. “I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit — the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us,” Obama said at the 2016 Xavier University commencement address. “When you think like this — when you choose to broaden your ambit of concern and empathize with the plight of others, whether they are close friends or distant strangers — it becomes harder not to act; harder not to help.” But does empathy really make it harder not to help? Do increased feelings of empathy always lead to altruistic behavior? Current research in psychology and social neuroscience would suggest that the answer is no. Politicians have long used appeals to empathy as a way to bolster support and encourage action. Conservatives and liberals alike do so from a common assumption — namely the belief that by allowing ourselves to feel the pain of others, we become more likely to act on their behalf. While well-intended, this notion is largely misguided. In fact, the general promotion of empathy can do more harm than good. To be clear, my issue with empathy is not with what we might call “cognitive empathy,” or perspective taking. Proper action directed at alleviating the suffering of others certainly includes having an understanding
of that suffering. My issue is with political appeals to the affective, or emotional aspect of empathy and the ways in which this impedes proper moral judgment. Affective empathy, and the emotion it brings, can provide us with information about the suffering of others. But that information is often obscured by our perceptions. Paul Bloom, in his recent book “Against Empathy,” warned of this by saying that “empathy is biased; we are more prone to feel empathy for attractive people and for those who look like us or share our ethnic or national background.” Again, empathy is not inherently bad, and I am not against it. But I am against its use as a motivator for political action. The information that empathy provides cannot alone equip us with a proper way to respond. And so we must use our higher faculties of reason to guide our empathetic responses. Kristin Neff, a compassion researcher at UT Austin, elaborates on this sentiment by advocating for a more distant, non-biased concern for others. “In terms of a moral compass, I think compassion is much better than empathy. Empathy doesn’t really have a direction,” Neff said. Empathy does play a vital role in strengthening ties in close relationships. But when it comes to making macro-level policy decisions, where the pull of empathy tends to favor the one over the many, it’s best to utilize our more rational faculties. Compassion, feeling for rather than with the other, can help us move past the pitfalls of empathy, and into a more rational, moral deliberation. Hadley is a faculty member in biology and a BS ‘15 in neuroscience from Southlake.
By G. Elliott Morris Daily Texan Columnist @gelliottmorris
Immigration officials in Austin have detained 28 non-criminal immigrants. President Donald Trump’s travel ban could have stranded more than 15,000 college students overseas. Repealing or replacing the Affordable Care Act (which is popular among a majority of Americans) could leave millions without insurance and raise premiums for the old and the sick. These are all policies that might make you “feel for” the affected Americans. This is the state of being empathetic, and it is generally good for furthering altruism and democratic deliberation. In the above scenarios, an empathetic person, better able to feel others’ pain, would theoretically be predisposed to standing up for the wrongly-detained immigrants or helpless elderly. Going a step further, this means that an empathetic person would support policies and take action to achieve better outcomes for the affected Americans — maybe an exception to the travel ban for college kids, or a better Obamacare replacement that better assists the elderly. The idea that empathy is good for deliberative democracy and political outcomes is not a new one. Michael Morrell, an associate political science professor at the University of Connecticut, wrote an entire book about empathy in which he asserts that “empathy is vital to this free acceptance of all” and that empathy “reinforces solidarity among participants, a prerequisite for any successful discourse ethics.” Simply, Morrell theorizes that democracy relies upon a public that “feels for” each other to enact policy that benefits the whole. This makes sense. Would we want leaders that have
little regard for our wellbeing to make our public policy? Not if you want insulin or chemotherapy covered on your health care plan. There could be a caveat to empathy, though: What if we are too focused on damage to others? It’s plausible that teaching future generations that they should feel for their classmates could make them hyper-sensitive to individual harm, thus damaging their ability to empathize with a collective. Paul Bloom, in his book “Against Empathy,” says exactly this. To Bloom, empathy is a feeling that can spiral out of control and remove you from policymaking for the many, focusing instead on what a small number of people are feeling. That’s a fair criticism, but still a flawed one. Yes, too much stress from empathy can be detrimental to the individual, but Morrell’s research shows that this is no significant reason to favor the pursuit of a cognitive, rational compassion. In fact, emotional (or affective) emotions could be a more powerful motivator of political action than either Morrell or Bloom give credit. There is no replacement for feeling someone else’s distress. Even if there were, and “rational compassion” was that replacement, it would still rely on “feeling for” our fellow humankind. That’s empathy. In sum, a more empathetic populace could improve current political dialogue and produce policies that are more deliberated by our leaders — and, in theory, guided by stronger ethics. This pursuit of empathy should also be largely emotional, rather than explicitly rational. Being too emotional has its drawbacks, of course, yet the benefits of an affect-driven (and we are undoubtedly affect-driven), empathetic citizenry persist. G. Elliott Morris is a government, history and computer science junior from Port Aransas.
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Election Supervisory Board makes mockery of UT elections By Noah M. Horwitz
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @NmHorwitz
I have not historically been a supporter of the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, which greatly relaxed campaign finance restrictions. That is, until I watched the debacle that is this university’s regulation of student elections. UT has something called the “Election Supervisory Board,” a Soviet-sounding entity with the intentions and track record to match. The Politburo — erg, I mean the ESB — hears complaints against candidates that can be filed by anyone. If they determine that the candidate has deviated in any way from the ludicrously byzantine election code, they can levy absurdly punitive punishments, including total disqualification. In 2012, a candidate’s disqualification landed in the real court system. The ESB was a major component of my decision to term last year’s Student Government elections as conduct befitting of a banana republic. Unfortunately, the ignominious reign of UT San Lorenzo has marched on triumphantly into this new year as well. Last Monday, the ESB heard a complaint against SG chief of staff Isaiah Carter, who will
compete in this week’s runoff election for executive alliance as a presidential candidate. The great supposed offense for the ESB was emailing prospective campaign staffers too early, not using a list of student information not meant for campaign purposes. Alas, campaigning too early is the cardinal offense in Bokononism, here on San Lorenzo. The fake lawyer — um, I mean advocate — representing the complainant heralded that the ESB was responsible for upholding “due process.” I couldn’t help but to roll my eyes. Carter was at the concluding portion of the hearing, not allowed to defend himself against allegations and appeared to be unable to call witness on his behalf. But we mustn’t question the supreme arbiters of due process! In the end, Carter’s campaign was prohibited from campaigning for a short interval because of this phony scandal. But the coup de grâce occurred Thursday when the ticket of Blake Burley and Robert Guerra, another executive alliance candidacy, was summarily disqualified for not timely filing financial disclosures. Burley-Guerra did not make the runoff, meaning that the ESB did not usurp the democratic choice. But after voting closed, and without a hearing, they determined that one executive alliance candidate and nine other
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SG presidential candidate Isaiah Carter speaks during an Election Supervisory Board hearing on Feb. 27. The ESB disqualified 10 different campus-wide campaigns in the hours after campaigning ended last Thursday.
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candidates were unacceptable to their delicate sensibilities. Was Burley given a warning? Was he given an opportunity to rectify the situation? No, he was not. The due process deciders determined that was not important to them. Those voices seeking reform of SG should look inward to the Soviet-style delegitimizing and chilling of the electoral process. The ESB, interpreting and enabled by an inane, ridiculous election code, institutes its punitive
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retributions with unbounded capriciousness. It makes a mockery of the entire process by ensuring both SG insularity and its disdain from a majority of the student body. The ESB has now done their best to ruin two campus-wide elections in a row. I pray that whoever succeeds Kevin Helgren and Binna Kim helps put an end to this travesty once and for all. Horwitz is a first-year law student from Houston.
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ALBUM REVIEW | ‘DIVIDE’
Ed Sheeran fails to impress with newest album By Chris Duncan @chr_dunc
Ed Sheeran garnered well-deserved attention with his 2011 single “A-Team,” but ever since he’s been proving his critics correct with droning, and often mindless, pop songs. With his newest project, Sheeran does much of the same, handing his haters the ammo they desire. After the surprise of his debut album +, it seemed Sheeran was poised to become the premier singer-songwriter of his generations. Songs like “Give Me Love” felt promising, but after the release of his sophomore LP X, Sheeran took a head-first dive into pop and hasn’t looked back, experimenting with poorly produced contemporary R&B and even some Skrillex-esque electronic influences. Now, he’s completed his evolution, writing some of the schmaltziest music imaginable on Divide. Plus was a decent album, and acted as a sampler of what Ed Sheeran offered as a new and emerging name in folkpop. Two records later, he’s like every other pop artist, making songs that moms can love and jam out to while shopping in the produce section of their local grocery store. This record’s songs follow a flat-out boring and
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continues from page 8 connect with family and friends,” Karpel said. “The idea is to bring everyone together regardless of if they typically observe Shabbat and are very religious or not.” Karpel is one of three students chosen to be event coordinators for this year’s dinner. Communication studies sophomore Reagan Bazarsky, a fellow co-coordinator for the event, said she was excited for
forgettable formula. One of the album’s executive producers Benny Blanco is likely to blame considering his track record of producing other mindless singles for other pop artists such as Justin Bieber and Maroon 5. In “Perfect,” the only song on the album with some potential, Sheeran retreats to safety by relying on lackadaisical lyrics that sound like the worst of the early Beatles. Every other song on Divide¸ features Sheeran slowly singing over his acoustic guitar, with no sense of direction in his lyrics or even trying to get a message across. To jazz some of these songs up, Sheeran often mixes in a dance beat in the background. This isn’t a horrible thing, but the beats Sheeran selects are so simplistic and monotone that it sounds like a six-year-old made them while screwing around in Ableton. Sheeran’s original style is nowhere to be found on this record. All of the personal charm in his first works has been ripped out of his music and replaced with the most generic lyrics imaginable. In “Castle on the Hill,” Sheeran sings, “Found my heart and broke it here, Made friends and lost them through the years.” At surface level, they’re pretty decent lines, but after one
listen to this LP it’s obvious how generic Sheeran’s words are. These lines could be transplanted into any other chorus on the entire record and still make perfect sense. Divide is the tragedy many will make it out to be. Some critics are going to dodge around its vile characteristics, arguing that
much of this LP is well-performed and comes from a well-intended and generally likable guy. And although there might be a bit of truth to those comments, it’s impossible to ignore its poor lyricism and song construction. Divide is a dangerously generic album from an artist that has
devolved from an enticing folk-pop singer into someone who’s focused on money and fame rather than the art. What’s even more disappointing about this LP is that it means Sheeran may never realize his potential in the folk world. Whether or not he can explore pop further has yet to be seen,
the opportunity to explore her interests in event planning, especially on a large scale. “We’re three students and there’s not an ‘adult’ who is leading us,” Bazarsky said. “It’s cool that the three of us are legitimately running this event on our own.” Although Bazarsky said they felt up to the challenge of running this large event as students, she said the wide scope of the event presented some difficulties in ensuring the dinner would respect
certain religious laws. “It has been interesting because you have to plan for little things that you wouldn’t normally think about,” Bazarsky said. “For example, we couldn’t use a microphone after sunset because it used electricity and we wanted to respect students who are Orthodox Jews.” The event held three different services to accommodate different Jewish groups. Bazarsky said Texas Shabbat aimed to bring students and faculty together from
all sects of Judaism. “We’re able to have everyone come together no matter what,” Bazarsky said. “No matter how reform, how conservative, or how orthodox you are, everyone can come and feel respected.” As event coordinator for the previous Texas Shabbat 500, Moriah Sonsino, international relations and global studies senior, also aimed to create an inclusive environment for the event that invited Jewish as well as non-Jewish
people to attend. “You have to take into account all different interests,” Sonsino said. “You want to make sure that the event is pluralistic and holistic so that everyone feels included and welcome.” Despite recent hate incidents targeting the Jewish community around campus and throughout Texas, Sonsino said it is important for different people to come together and respect one another. “We want to look after our
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On his newest album Sheeran misses on all accounts, struggling to craft a song that doesn’t follow a basic pop formula.
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but hopefully in his coming releases he find the variety and excitement that many of his fans so desire. own community and other minority communities as well,” Sonsino said. “We want to look out for each other.” After several years as an organizer, Sonsino said unification is her favorite aspect of the event. “My favorite part is bringing the Jewish as well as other communities together and combining the UT spirit with all of it,” Sonsino said. “Being able to show unity is so important and that’s what Texas Shabbat 500 does.”
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | NO. 2 TEXAS 59-62 NO. 6 WVU
MEN’S BASKETBALL | TEXAS 75-64 NO. 11 BAYLOR
Junior guard Brooke McCarty dribbles out of trouble against Iowa State on Feb. 24.
Seniors disappointed in final home game at Erwin Center Senior center Shaquille Cleare goes for a layup in Saturday’s 75-64 loss to No. 11 Baylor at the Frank Erwin Center.
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Texas falls to West Virginia in Big 12 Tournament Semifinals By Dalton Phillips @Dalton_Tweets
Brooke McCarty set her feet in the corner and let it fly. The Longhorns faced a familiar situation in Sunday’s 62-59 loss to West Virginia in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. Like the loss to Baylor at home two weeks ago, the junior guard had an open look from behind the arc with a chance to tie the game in the final seconds. And again, McCarty’s shot bounced off the rim as the clock ticked to zero. The sixth-seeded Mountaineers connected on nine threes en route to the upset over second-seeded Texas. McCarty scored 13 points and junior guard Ariel Atkins added 12, but the tandem shot a combined 7-23 from the field as Texas floundered offensively for most of the contest. “We got some good looks tonight, we just didn’t shoot the ball well at all,” head coach Karen Aston said. “So many possessions that we had good looks and just
didn’t finish shots today at all. Credit to West Virginia, they were better than we were.” Sophomore Tynice Martin had the hot hand all game long for the Mountaineers, accounting for 29 of her team’s 62 points. And after an even first quarter, the momentum began to quickly shift in favor of the blue and yellow. A short jumper from sophomore guard Lashann Higgs 40 seconds into the second quarter proved to be the only field goal of that period for Texas. The team put up five points to West Virginia’s 17 in the ten-minute span. The quarter was part of a sluggish first half for the Longhorns, who shot 28 percent on 7-25 from the field in the matchup. Ten turnovers didn’t help the Longhorns, either. “I thought the second quarter we really got away from just team basketball to be honest with you. We got away from doing the things I think we’ve been doing all year long,” Aston said. “Just not a real great team performance at all. We weren’t
ourselves today at all. And again credit to West Virginia, they’re hungry. They looked like a team that wanted to win a little bit worse than we did.” Texas won both regular season games against West Virginia by double-digit margins, but the Mountaineers played with a sense of urgency that was too much for the Longhorns. The Mountaineers dismantled Oklahoma, 82-58, in Saturday’s quarterfinal round, and continued the dominance in the semifinals. Texas will head home to regroup for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Despite the unexpected exit from the Big 12 Tournament, Aston is confident the team’s seeding won’t slip. “We may have dropped a little bit,” Aston said. “There’s been a lot of people who have been what you would call upset in their conference tournament, so I’m not sure there is a whole lot that is going to change between now and the Tournament.”
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Longhorns can’t top No. 6 Wildcats By Leah Vann
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Even though the Longhorns are on a six-game losing streak, they haven’t lost any hope. “We just need to realize to keep the faith regardless of what the record is on paper,” head coach Connie Clark said. “You have to keep taking the really good things away from this weekend.” The Longhorns boarded a plane to take on No. 6 Arizona on Thursday morning after a loss to Texas State at home the night before. The Longhorns were outranked and outmatched, getting swept in the weekend series in Tuscon. The desert winds worked well for the pitching. Senior Tiarra Davis commanded the circle with four strikeouts. On the flip side, the Longhorns only managed four hits, leaving five runners stranded on base. On Saturday, the Longhorns strong pitching shined behind junior Paige von Sprecken. She
allowed one earned run on eight hits and fired four strikeouts in seven innings. The Wildcats scored in the first inning on a fielding error, but the Longhorns showed a new spark at the top of the fifth. Sophomore Bekah Alcozer opened with a line-drive double to get on second while senior shortstop Devon Tunning knocked a sac fly to put Alcozer on third. Senior second baseman Mickenzi Krpec fired the two-out RBI single to put Texas back in the game, 1-1. But the glimmer of hope simmered down in the bottom of the seventh. Von Sprecken hit the first runner with a pitch, while the second got on base with a single. Then, Arizona’s Mandie Perez knocked a double to bring the score to 2-1. “I really liked what the pitching staff brought to the table,” Clark said. “I thought they kept us in every game.” Despite Arizona’s top pitcher taking the circle Sunday, the Longhorns started off strong. Before Texas, senior Danielle
O’Toole had only allowed three runs in 61 innings. But a double from Tunning and a Krpec home run put Texas on the scoreboard with two runs. Davis started the pitching off for Texas, but the Wildcats quickly tied it up 2-2. After another RBI single to take the lead 3-2, sophomore Brooke Bolinger would finish the pitching for Texas with one strikeout, one hit and no earned runs. The Wildcats notched one final run in the third en route to a 4-2 victory. “Brooke is somebody that has been doing such good things in practice, but not really transferring it to the games,” Clark said. “And she had a great outing.” Despite the losses, Clark sees adversity as added fuel going into conference play in late March. “I think if you look at outcomes, you don’t like the result,” Clark said. “But, there’s so many good takeaways. Our schedule is about as challenging as it ever has been.”
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The Frank Erwin Center crowd of 12,195 was barely interested. Rally towels left on seatbacks for students were hardly used. Fans began trickling away with just under five minutes remaining as Baylor led by 17. Jerseys for seniors Shaquille Cleare, Kendal Yancy and Mareik Isom were hung in the rafters for Senior Day. But what transpired 100 feet below was just another reminder of how far south things have gone for the program they’re leaving behind. A 75-64 loss to No. 11 Baylor on Saturday was the final piece to this head-scratching regular season, which ended on a seven-game losing streak. “Nobody’s more disappointed about that than me,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “I really, really wanted to win today for our seniors.” Cleare did not disappoint in his final game at the Erwin Center. He finished with 14 points and a career-high nine rebounds. When Cleare fouled out of the game with 2:25 remaining, he was greeted with a loud standing ovation. “It was pretty emotional,” Cleare said. “I was trying not to shed a tear.” It could have been freshman forward Jarrett Allen’s last game at the Erwin Center, too. Allen, who is a projected first-round draft pick in some NBA mock drafts, said afterward he hasn’t decided whether he will return to Texas next season or bolt for the NBA. “I’m gonna keep my options open,” Allen said. “I really haven’t made a decision right now.
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I’ll have to talk with my family about it.” Allen’s 20-point and nine-rebound effort and Cleare’s performance carried Texas for much of the day. The big-man duo connected on an alley-oop in the early going. Moments later, Allen threw down a posterizing, one-handed slam while getting fouled. He hit the ensuing and-one free throw. Later in the first half, Allen rejected Baylor junior forward Nuni Omot’s dunk attempt in heart-stopping fashion. But some hot three-point shooting helped the Bears build up a 40-24 lead with just over two minutes left in the first half. Baylor made 6-of11 from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes and 9-of20 on the day. Freshman guard Jacob Young responded with a three pointer on the other end, and Allen knocked down a pair of free throws to help the Longhorns head into the locker room only down 40-29.
Texas opened the second half with a quick 6-0 run to cut the deficit to 40-35, forcing Baylor to call a timeout. It unraveled from there. The Longhorns fell behind by 17 after a dunk from Omot with 5:34 left in the game, which put Baylor up 65-48. Back-to-back three pointers from Young and freshman guard Andrew Jones helped Texas get within seven at 69-62 with just over a minute remaining. With any postseason hopes likely in doubt, Texas (10-21, 4-14 Big 12) can extend its season beginning Wednesday at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. The Longhorns will head to Kansas City as the No. 10 seed, dead-last in the Big 12 standings, and will play No. 7 seed Texas Tech. Texas’ only hope of making the NCAA tournament rests in winning it all in Kansas City. “I still believe,” Cleare said. “This is March. This is where all the madness happens.”
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FOOD REVIEW | ‘PAPI’S KITCHEN’
Restaurant delivers classic Cuban cuisine By Stephen Acevedo @thedailytexan
Born in Cuba and raised in New York, Fernando Saralegui found the best way to stay in touch with his roots was through food. Now, Saralegui is injecting his Cuban roots to the Austin community with his new service, Papi’s Kitchen. “It’s kind of funny that when you talk about Spanish food that isn’t Mexican in Texas, people aren’t as comfortable with it,” Saralegui said. “I want to offer the community authentic Cuban food that’s still approachable.” Papi’s Kitchen is delivery-only. Saralegui said he found this to be the easiest point of entry into the food scene during his 27 years of service. “I really see the delivery only model as the new food truck, which blew up because it substantially lowered the price of entry for chefs to start restaurants,” Saralegui said. “This model also allows chefs to more easily pivot on their concepts and improve if something isn’t working.” The idea for Papi’s Kitchen comes from a combination of a pilot Saralegui shot for Austin KLRU and a book he published called “Our Latin Table,” which is a cookbook focusing on Cuban versions
of popular holiday meals. “The book was like a family album for me,” Saralegui said. “It became very important to keep these recipes alive while also making them my own.” The bulk of Papi’s Kitchen is divided into sandwich options and entree options. One notable entree is El Rack, which is a rack of braised guava baby back ribs. These ribs do not provide the trademark smoky flavor that Texans have come to associate with ribs, but instead pack a sweet taste, courtesy of the guava sauce basted generously over the rack. It’s an unconventional way to prepare ribs in Central Texas, but El Rack will prove itself tasty to anyone willing to give its sweet punch a chance. The sandwich and hand held options are the true highlights of the Papi’s Kitchen menu. El Dog, in particular, makes a memorable meal out of something as simple as a hot dog. Similar to a Sonora-style hot dog, this hand held meal tops a bacon-wrapped frank with an impressive combination of black beans, chimichurri mayo, pickled jalapeno and cotija cheese. All of these things come together to yield a satisfyingly savory and spicy flavor that will make diners wonder why America doesn’t prepare its
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Papi’s Kitchen owner Fernando Saralegui offers a delivery-only food service that specializes in traditional Cuban food. Saralegui, who emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba and grew up in New York, has been working in the food industry for almost 30 years.
hot dogs the same way. The Cuban “Ruban”, which is essentially just a Cuban sandwich, is a classic done exceptionally well by Papi’s Kitchen. With the usual ingredients of pork carnitas, ham, swiss cheese and yellow mustard, the Cuban “Ruban” succeeds in paying homage to arguably the most popular food
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option to come out of Cuba. Not too salty and not too soggy, the pressed brioche bun brings the ideal amount of softness to hold the ingredients together. The sandwich, though, could be a little bigger. The menu also offers an extensive selection of sides like tostones, chicharrones and picadillo empanadas.
The Cup o’ Elotes, or corn in a cup, is a good vegetable side to balance out all the meaty entrees and sandwiches. It has the same core ingredients of corn, mayo, cotija cheese and cayenne that is common in Texas, but relies much more heavily on the cayenne than the mayo and cheese, giving the corn a much
spicier flavor. Overall, Papi’s Kitchen is a good option for quickly delivered Cuban food. The fact that it’s delivery only makes it a bit pricier than other options and some of the menu items could use a little more work, but the effort that Saralegui is putting into this project will surely get it to the level he’s aiming for.
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Members of the Jewish community in Austin gathered at the Texas Union for Shabbat 500 on Friday. The evening included speeches and dinner followed, by religious services.
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For years, Texas Shabbat 500 has gathered hundreds of Jewish students, professors and faculty from all over the state for a night of free food, guest speakers and religious celebration. Last Friday, the annual event hosted by UT students brought together the local Jewish community from all
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sects for one night to observe the Sabbath, a weekly holiday starting Friday at sundown until Saturday night. Event coordinator Ally Karpel said the dinner allows students to connect with each other in ways that are often difficult with the busyness of student life. “I loved the idea of bringing everyone together,” said Karpel, a communication sciences and disorders junior. “We all live scattered lives
throughout the week so it’s hard to connect with one another. (Texas Shabbat) is important because you get to see people from all corners of campus who you may not have seen before.” Although the dinner is held at UT, Texas Shabbat 500 welcomes people from around Austin and beyond. “It’s just a time to rest and
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