1
Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900
@thedailytexan
facebook.com/dailytexan
STATE
Thursday, April 20, 2017
dailytexanonline.com
bit.ly/dtvid
WEST CAMPUS
HB100 may cause return of Uber and Lyft to Austin By Mikaela Cannizzo @mikaelac16
The Texas House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would invalidate Austin’s local ride-hailing ordinance, a move that could potentially prompt Uber and Lyft to return. House Bill 100, authored primarily by state Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall, strips cities of their authority to regulate certain ride-hailing companies. Instead, the bill proposes a statewide approach to regulating and licensing these companies. According to the bill, the new law would address transportation systems that operate through digital networks such as apps, and would not have any effect on taxis, carpools or limousine services. Austin is one of 20 cities in Texas with local ride-hailing rules. Paddie said the bill would prevent disparities in driver requirements and operational standards among
HB100 page 2
WHAT’S INSIDE SCI-TECH UT students endorse organic farming PAGE 3
OPINION Xbox Scorpio won’t save gaming consoles PAGE 4
SPORTS Patterson, Boothe headline recruiting class PAGE 6
LIFE&ARTS Distillery serves up cannabis infused vodka PAGE 8
REASON TO PARTY
PAGE 7
ONLINE Lecture given on cryptocurrency. Read more at dailytexanonline.com
Frat houses vandalized, Fenves responds By Kayla Meyertons @kemeyertons
The words “racist” and “rapist” continue to deface fraternity houses off-campus. The same black graffiti seen on the Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) and Pi Kappa Alpha houses earlier this week appeared on the Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma houses Wednesday afternoon. Two white pillars of the KA house were defaced with “racist” and “rapist”
in large black letters with the front door reading “up security like Fiji did.” Similarly, the stones surrounding the Kappa Sigma house were graffitied with “racist” and “rapist” along with the same security message on the door. The concrete wall by the front steps read “hang rapists.” The fraternity vandalism started Monday morning when the words “racist” and “rapist” were graffitied on three stone pillars outside the front gate of
the Fiji fraternity house located on West 27th Street. The Pi Kappa Alpha house was vandalized with the phrase “kill the frats” Tuesday morning. UT President Gregory Fenves released a statement Wednesday addressing the original report of vandalism at the off-campus Fiji house. “At the University of Texas of Austin, we will not tolerate vandal-
VANDALISM page 2
Rachel Zein | Daily Texan Staff
The words “hang rapists” were visible on the wall of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Wednesday afternoon.
CAMPUS
Candlelight vigil held for Nancy-Jane David By Kayla Meyertons @kemeyertons
The words of “Amazing Grace” rang through a crowd of somber, candlelit faces Wednesday evening, honoring the life of UT junior Nancy-Jane David. “It doesn’t make sense that Nancy-Jane was taken from this earth so soon,” public relations junior Abby Harkins, David’s best friend and roommate, said. “She is the last person that deserves this, but God truly takes his children when their time on Earth is done, when they’ve served their purpose and His. She’s home.” David, a youth and community studies junior, was killed in a head-on collision with a school bus Monday evening while driving a moped, according to an Austin Police Department press release.
VIGIL page 2
Angel Ulloa | Daily Texan Staff
Youth and community studies junior, Nancy-Jane David was killed in a head-on collision with a bus while riding her moped Monday night. Her sisters of the Chi Omega sorority held a vigil in her honor on the night of April 19.
CITY
CAMPUS
Satirical ad campaign shows issues with campus carry law
Annual fashion show honors senior designers
By Catherine Marfin
@jenan_a_taha
@catherinemarfin
The students behind the “Cocks Not Glocks” protest on campus last fall released a satirical ad campaign Tuesday to coincide with potential changes to the state’s existing campus carry law. “Student Body Armor” was created by the protest-turned-student group Cocks Not Glocks after they were approached by an advertising agency last December. The agency has since heavily contributed to developing the concept and online campaign material, said UT alumna Jessica Jin, founder of Cocks Not Glocks. The satirical online “shop” includes bulletproof burnt orange hoodies, T-shirts and fullbody “Hurt Locker” armor suits, “offering a unique balance between school pride and blunt trauma protection from high-velocity rounds,” according to the campaign website. “The ad is meant to give people a very tangible sense of the implications of this culture,” Jin said. “There’s a very romanticized,
By Jenan Taha
Courtesy of FBC New York
“Student Body Armor” was created by the protest-turned-student group Cocks Not Glocks after they were approached by FCB last December.
self-defense and heroism sort of attitude when it comes to promoting campus carry, but I think the reality of it is that there’s a lot of other factors of safety that people haven’t thought about.” The “campus carry” law went into effect Aug. 1, 2016 and allows individuals to carry a concealed handgun on public college campuses and in certain buildings as long as they have the proper licensing. To voice their disapproval of the law, anti-campus carry groups passed out dildos in a campus-wide protest on the first day
of classes last fall in order to “fight absurdity with absurdity.” The campaign was released the same day a Texas House committee passed legislation allowing people over the age of 21 to carry a handgun without a license, a decision that makes the ad especially timely, Jin said. A separate bill, which would lower this age to 18, extends to public college campuses and is still pending approval. “Cocks Not Glocks and Student Body Armor
BODY ARMORpage 2
Name: UT Athletics; Width: 60p0; Depth: 2 in; Color: Process color; Ad Number: -
Senior fashion designers debuted their unique clothing collections, showing off pieces they have been working on since the fall semester at the annual University of Texas Fashion Show on Wednesday evening at the Frank Erwin Center. The event, one of the largest student-run fashion shows in the country, was organized by the University Fashion Group. Marketing sophomore April Owusu, assistant social media director of the group, said the show highlights student work. “Every collection that comes out is so astounding,” Owusu said. “These people are my age and they’re creating all of this. A lot of people don’t associate UT with fashion, but we have a lot of great designers at this school.” Maiya Evans, merchandising and consumer sciences senior, showed her dress design during the pre-show exhibition. She drew inspiration from dandyism, a gentlemen-esque style usually associated with men, which she transformed to create a more gender-neutral design.
“I was never really one for the polarity of hypermasculinity and hyperfemininity,” Evans said. “I think we should all live in between, and my design incorporates elements from both of those polar ideas.” Radio-television-film sophomore Julienne Bajusz, who modeled the design, said she loved the piece and the concept behind it. “The colors are really great, and it’s a really interesting mixture of designs but it all works together,” Bajusz said. Evans said constructing her piece took about three weeks of work in sewing studios at home and in school. “A lot of us worked in (the Mary E. Gearing building) day and night pulling all nighters just to make all of these beautiful garments,” Evans said. Hundreds of people attended the show, which was televised by the Longhorn Network. Active Sportswear, Evening, Best Technical Collection and Most Marketable were among some of the challenges. The winners included Elexis Spencer for Bridal, Dee Ting for Most Innovative Collection, Veronica Lozano
FASHION page 2