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Hazing definition expanded by Senate By Claire Allbright @claireallbright
A Texas Senate committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would broaden the definition of hazing used in civil and criminal cases. Senate Bill 50 authored by state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, would clarify that actions involving coerced consumption of alcohol or drugs, or which require breaking federal state or local laws, are acts of hazing. “Senate Bill 50 would clarify and reform the statute to facilitate the prosecution of hazing offenses and thereby help ensure that this state’s college campuses remain environments that promote community, citizenship and learning,” said state Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, who introduced the bill. Currently, hazing is defined as “any intentional, knowing or reckless act, occurring on or off the
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McRaven resigns from investment board By Anusha Lalani UT System Chancellor William McRaven decided last Wednesday to give up his seat on the board of the University of Texas Investment Management Co. in order to have the position filled by a Texas A&M System representative instead. The announcement came a day before the UTIMCO board meeting, where the board also approved a change in the name to the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment
Management Company, but will still be known as UTIMCO for short. The change reflects the inclusion of the Texas A&M System, which is also a part of the investment company. “(McRaven) has appreciated the experience and the exposure to the process by which the investments of the various funds benefitting the UT and Texas A&M systems are governed and managed,” said Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, executive director of media relations and external communications for the UT System, in an email. “As
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conversations have unfolded between the two systems over the past several months about the opportunity to increase the A&M presence on the board, McRaven willingly volunteered to give up his role on the board.” Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp said he approves of McRaven’s decision and the adjustment to the investment company’s name. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Sharp has wanted a stronger A&M presence since he
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UT System Chancellor William McRaven has decided to give up his seat on the University of Texas Investment Management Co.
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Students hold anti-hate rally at West Mall By Kayla Meyertons @kemeyertons
A group of students stood Tuesday morning on the West Mall in front of a microphone and held signs declaring their stance against hate and discrimination towards the LGBTQ community. The “Students Against Hate” rally was hosted by members of the LGBTQ community at UT, including the Queer and Trans Student Alliance and Texas Rising, a statewide organization promoting reproductive, LGBTQ+ and voting rights. Richelle King, co-president of UT Texas Rising, said bills such as House Bill 2899 — the House version of Senate Bill 6, or the “bathroom bill” — aggressively targets transgender people, specifically transgender women. “We must stay politically active and depend on one another for protection and liberation,” King, a government and women and gender studies senior, said. “As a bisexual Texan myself, I will not tolerate the bullying done to my lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and gender expansive siblings, especially my trans sisters.”
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Government junior Tony Hernandez speaks in front of students and news crews on the West Mall Tuesday morning in opposition to the controversial Senate Bill 6. The bill would force individuals to use the bathroom that matches the sex on their birth certificate.
The 85th Texas Legislature has a Republican majority and is pushing a number of religious refusal bills, which would allow Texans to refuse service to an individual if
doing so conflicts with “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Government freshman Jensen Soderlund, ambassador for Texas Rising, said the purpose of the rally is to
bring awareness to the 25 bills that would allow discrimination against LGBTQ people in Texas. “Some of (the bills) allow doctors to deny medical
treatment to gay people,” Soderlund said. “Some of them let social workers to not put gay children in foster
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UT ROTC celebrates 70th anniversary, honors alumni
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The Tower was lit orange Tuesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UT Army ROTC program. The UT Army ROTC hosted a reception and ceremony at the Carpenter-Winkel Centennial Room in Darrell K. Royal Stadium to honor cadets and alumni of the program. Lt. Gen. (Ret) Lawson Magruder III, an Army ROTC alumnus, spoke at the reception. Magruder said he was proud of the cadets and alumni for serving the nation regardless of who is governing. “Many in our nation are a little upset, and some are happy about the results of the presidential election,” Magruder said. “Those of us and those who are on active duty today, they raised their right hand to defend our constitution and obey the lawful orders of our commander in
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Ret. LTC Boris G. Robinson speaks about his experience in the Longhorn Battalion and how ROTC influenced him on Tuesday night.
chief … regardless of who is commander in chief.” Lt. Col. David Zinnante said what makes UT’s Army ROTC program special is cadet involvement in campus organizations. “We don’t really have any one-trick ponies here in ROTC,” Zinnante said. “These young men and women are involved in sororities, in fraternities, in service
organizations … We all know that that involvement is what is going to help us down the road and what’s going to help us provide the service that’s needed to be provided to our nation.” Cadet Eric Kasper, a government junior, said he is proud of the UT Army ROTC program. He chose to enroll at UT instead of going to West Point
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The Austin City Council decided Thursday to continue a program that will assist residents with personalized commuting routes by bus, bike or carpool in an effort to eliminate cars and reduce traffic congestion. Capital Metro implemented the pilot program, called Smart Trips, last year in North Central Austin and asked 12,600 residents if they wanted a Smart Trips employee to map out an alternative route of their everyday commute by car. City Council and CapMetro each spent $150,000 for the pilot program. The Council has promised to continue to spend that amount every year. Of the 648 who used the pilot program, CapMetro communications specialist Mariette Hummel said in an email that 26 percent of survey respondents
reported they tried a new transportation option. “The report shows us that the program succeeded in its goals of decreasing drive-alone trips and generally increasing active transportation,” Hummel said. If residents expressed interest in the program, they received customized tool kits which included various items such as transit passes, bike lights and bus route maps. Hummel said students in particular can benefit from Smart Trips because many of them do not have a personal car and can learn how to explore Austin without needing one. “Many students never get a chance to explore the city,” Hummel said. “In fact, we have worked with students who have never crossed the river or gone further north than the Triangle! Smart Trips provides a whole new
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UT Votes holds training in advance of May elections By Ally Ortegon @atxallyyy
UT Votes hosted their semesterly training on Tuesday to become a Travis County volunteer deputy registrar. UT Votes is a nonpartisan, voter engagement organization on campus. The training, which allows one to register others to vote, took place in the Texas Union and was open to any resident of Travis County. “If you want the civic engagement bug to bite you, one of the best things you can do is come out to (this) training,” business freshman Marco Guajardo said. “It really does fill you with a sense of civic pride, that you can register people for this entire election season. This event is very important to get people to know that there are even elections
going on, to come out and stay involved.” The training, led by Program Coordinator Kassie Barroquillo of UT Votes, included an explanation of what a VDR can and cannot do, as well as proper etiquette when handling voters. “We want to encourage more than just voter turnout,” Barroquillo said. “It’s easier to vote when you’re approached by your friends. The more VDRs and involvement we have on campus, the better, because we are reaching a wider range of people.” Those in attendance included UT students and residents of Austin. Some came to make unregistered people more comfortable while others wanted to increase voter involvement in less-involved communities. “(When registering on
campus), I feel like it makes it easier when you’re approached by someone who is your own age, rather than someone much older and not relatable,” physics freshman Joselyn Ochoa said. Many of the current members of UT Votes were already trained VDRs, including newly elected UT Votes President Sarah Herzer. “You truly make a difference with every single person you register to vote,” said Herzer, a political communication and ancient history sophomore. “It’s work that’s very tangible, and you (can) see immediate results.” This event was one of many that UT Votes conducts on campus to promote civic engagement. Other such events have included a Meet the Candidate event, an election night watch party, and
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Kassie Barroquillo, UT Votes program coordinator, trained over a LAB dozen students Tuesday evening to be deputy voter registrars.
contests to educate students on candidates and policies during elections. “Too often, we feel that civic engagement, being involved in what’s going on in your government and local
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architectural and environmental engineering professor, teaches a graduate course on travel-demand patterns. Kockelman said I-35 has congestion because people are coming from all over to use it. “Much of the I-35 corridor congestion is from people who don’t even live in the region,” Kockelman said. “Part of why Austin has such a high ranking for congestion is because of the delay that comes from interregional and international travel that’s occurring along that one corridor.” Kockelman said she agrees with Smart Trips encouraging carpooling, because biking is not convenient for everyone. Carpooling would alleviate congestion, Kockelman said. “If I start biking to work, I may be saving some space for somebody else but I don’t benefit from that,” Kockelman said. “If I get in the car with somebody else, I save some money because my trip in that vehicle is definitely less expensive.” The city will hire a contractor soon that will take over CapMetro’s role managing the program.
became chancellor in 2011. “We’re appreciative of these changes that reflect Texas A&M’s historic role in this great endowment,” Sharp said last week in a statement. UTIMCO is a nonprofit investment company, governed by nine board members, that oversees the $18 billion Permanent University Fund benefiting the UT and A&M Systems. The UT board currently includes seven UTIMCO directors, three members from the UT System Board of Regents and four members appointed by the UT System Board of Regents. Three of those four from UT must have background knowledge in investments and one member can be the UT chancellor. The A&M board has two members appointed by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents, one having background knowledge in investments. Under state law, the UT System Board of Regents will appoint an A&M System
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politics … turns people off,” Guajardo said. “We feel that we can help … to get them interested. We want people to be engaged and able to discuss things once they know how to be involved.”
representative. UT System Regent Kevin Eltife told The Daily Texan that A&M deserves to have more representation in the investment company because the decisions made impact A&M’s System. “The A&M System obviously has a vested interest in the investments that UTIMCO oversees, and I think it’s an effort to give the A&M System a little more oversight,” Eltife said. “I applaud Chairman (Jeffery) Hildebrand and Chancellor McRaven for going in this direction.” McRaven’s decision to step down from UTIMCO comes shortly after he discontinued his plans for a data center in Houston, which caused conB troversy in the Texas Legislature. However, LaCoste-Caputo and Eltife said McRaven’s Bra removal from UTIMCO’s its lo board and the Houston land day purchase are unrelated to produ one another. The next Board of Re-locati gents meeting is May 9 and Th 10 where, according to thebook Statesman, the regents willand-m still h approve of the changes. in th at the historian, said UT did not& Ca establish their program untiline B April 25, 1947 because studentsdecen and faculty opposed militarismstren their prior to World War II. “Most of the country was “D saying, ‘No, we’re in a depres-ways sion, we can’t afford to wasteto Br money on the military,’” Bo-said. swell said. “Had ROTC beenand accepted by UT at that time,comm then the first graduating class Alo would have received theirder H commissions in June of 1941,Book and of course, less than sixat five months later, we were goingAusti to be at war.” Land
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SG tackles sexual assault, top 10 percent rule By Rachel Cooper
Sophomore Angela Kang is the co-creator of Assembly Bill 1, which focuses on breaking down the agendas in Student Government meetings for UT students.
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The Student Government assembly passed seven pieces of legislation Tuesday night dealing with topics such as sexual assault, organ donation and transcripts. Shannon Geison, a government and marketing senior, represented Assembly Resolution 3 which was unanimously passed in support of implementing a system to display all minors and certificates on official transcripts. “This is incredibly important, because a lot of students feel as if their academic credentials are not accurately represented on their transcript,” Geison said. “I think this is a great opportunity for students to feel that their qualifications are validated.” SG unanimously passed Joint Resolution 1 in support of placing feminine hygiene products in campus buildings with high traffic, which was passed by the Senate of College Councils last Thursday. SG also tackled sexual assault by passing Assembly Resolution 8 in support of increasing marketing to raise awareness of sexual assault resources by placing informational stickers in restrooms
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continues from page 1 campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student” that harms a student for the purpose of being initiated into or maintaining membership of an organization, such as pledging. But Menéndez said the language in the current law is too narrow. Zaffirini’s bill would therefore eliminate the requirement that the hazing act must “endanger the mental or physical health or safety” of an individual.
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and Assembly Resolution 9 in opposition of Senate Bill 576, which would require student leaders to report sexual assault and make it a criminal offense for University employees to not report cases of sexual assault. SB 576 passed a vote in the full Senate and has yet to be scheduled for a House committee hearing. Assembly Resolution 1 was passed in support of House Bill 1938, which would create an
opt-out organ donation policy on driver’s license registration and is scheduled for a House Transportation Committee hearing tomorrow. In addition, SG passed Assembly Resolution 7 in opposition of Senate Bill 2119, which would change the top 10 percent automatic admission law for Texas public universities. The bill is awaiting a vote in the full Senate. SG introduced Assembly Bill 1, which would require
the creation of executive summaries for SG legislation. “These can provide clarity, efficiency and transparency to legislation,” said business freshman Michael Walsh, a co-author of the bill. “By providing these, you can make student assembly meetings more efficient because they can cut down on discussion big time.” Walsh said the bill was inspired by similar legislation
enacted by the Senate of College Councils last fall. “When people who are not familiar with SG legislation are looking at SG legislation, sometimes it’s just very overwhelming,” said biology sophomore Angela Kang, a co-author of the bill. “It’s very hard to understand all of the details.” SG also appointed directors for 23 different agencies for the upcoming school year at the meeting.
While this bill would change the legal definition of hazing, it would not necessarily change how universities define hazing when taking disciplinary action against students. Sara Kennedy, manager of strategic and executive communications for the Office of the Dean of Students, said reporting an incident of hazing through the University is completely separate from filing criminal charges for hazing. “Our goal is to make our campus safe,” Kennedy said. “We’re looking at educational
outcomes, not punitive or criminal outcomes.” Menéndez said SB 50 would clarify language in the law that could currently be read in such a way that would give people who report incidents of hazing immunity even if they the played a role in the hazing. Andel Fils-Aime, director of student conduct and academic integrity in the Office of the Dean of Students, said while UT does not have an amnesty policy for incidents of hazing, his office takes into account whether a student reports the incident when
considering disciplinary action. Mark Warren said his son Clay was killed in a 2002 automobile accident as a result of hazing when he provided testimony against the bill. Warren said he and his wife fund a risk management retreat at Texas Tech and worked to pass legislation that requires student organizations to receive risk management training, but Warren said this isn’t enough. “This bill will strengthen the ability of Universities to regulate hazing on campus,” Warren said. “We’re still having young men and young women die unnecessarily, and
so I ask you for your support of this bill.” State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, who is the author of a bill that would require student organization leaders to report incidents of sexual assault, said she strongly supports this bill. “It is time to stop this hazing in our universities,” Huffman said. “It’s wrong, it’s abusive, it’s going on, and I think it’s shameful.” SB 50 is the refile of a bill from last session by Zaffirini that passed unanimously in the Senate but died in a House committee.
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Brave New Books closes on The Drag, expands to more locations @londongibson
Brave New Books closed its location on The Drag Friday and will begin selling products in May at various locations around the city. Though the alternative bookstore is losing its brickand-mortar location, it will still have a campus presence in the form of a bookmobile at the Spider House Patio Bar & Cafe. BNB owners Catherine Bleish and John Bush said decentralizing the store will strengthen their business and their message. “Decentralizing has always been really important to Brave New Books,” Bush said. “It’s more resilient and effective at achieving common goals.” Alongside its new Spider House spot, Brave New Books products will be sold at five other locations around Austin, including some JuiceLand locations. In addition to
continues from page 1 homes. Some of them allow marriage counselors to deny service to same-sex couples. There’s still time to stop the Legislature from passing these bills.” Linguistics junior Josh Rudd, co-director of the Queer and Trans Student Alliance, said he believes both the state and federal governments are never going to honor members of the LGBTQ community as queer and trans people. “Right now, the Texas Legislature is pushing 25 bills that aggressively target queer and especially transgender Texans and allow for businesses, schools and housing to discriminate against us,” Rudd said. “It is our duty to create the communities we desire on our own, no matter what the Texas Legislature says.” Physics freshman Ed Pedraza-Robles said these bills represent a fight between religious freedom and social freedom, and it comes down to a legal process for the voters. “I believe the Texas Legislature has a lot to work with,” Pedraza-Robles said. “When opinions clash, we should keep in mind that we should always make an attempt to understand other people’s points of view. Texas is a huge state that’s largely conservative, so we especially get that clash of opinions here at UT.” Psychology freshman Alis Louviere said the fact that members of the LGBTQ community gave personal speeches at the rally was humanizing for the community. “Prejudice is unnecessary,” Louviere said. “We need to get past those times and respect other people for who they are. Transgender people go through a rough time already. We should definitely respect the people behind the bills as well, they deserve the right to voice their opinions.”
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these changes, the store’s presence is moving out of Austin and into shops in Dallas and Houston. The owners decided to split up the business after the store’s lease was not renewed earlier this year. Bleish said moving out of the store’s current location is a long-awaited change because of limited parking and difficulties with Wi-Fi and space. “I wanted to move the day we took over,” Bleish said. Brave New Books came into Bush and Bleish’s possession in 2015, though it originally opened its Drag location in 2006. The store was intentionally founded near the UT campus to engage in outreach with students, Bush said. He said staying near the University was influential when deciding to expand to the Spider House location, and he and Bleish hope to continue working with students in the future. Brave New Books is
undertaking a variety of other community-engaging endeavors besides dispersing store products throughout Austin. Bush said they will be leaning heavily on the online store and blog, as well as starting up a self-improvement group and entrepreneur workshop in the upcoming months. Krista Clark has been volunteering at Brave New Books since November. She is just one of the regular volunteers that help out at the store. “We’re honestly doing this out of our care for the community,” Clark said. Clark said the natural supplements and alternative literature offered by Brave New Books will be missed on and around campus. “To me, it’s a very big loss that Brave is leaving this area, because every semester people from around the world come to UT to learn, to raise their consciousness about life,” Clark said. “We’ve really touched so many hearts.”
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Student athletes need worker’s compensation By Emma Berdanier
Daily Texan Senior Columnist @eberdanier
The debate as to whether or not to pay student athletes has gone on for years. Opponents on both sides have voiced their concerns over the amount of work the athletes do for the school and the precedent that paying them could set. Would salaries be evenly spread, or would certain sports or even positions earn more? The most recent opponent to paying student athletes is UT President Gregory Fenves, who said he “cannot comprehend” the notion of paying student athletes. This is an appalling remark coming from the president of the school where student athletics bring in the most money. In the 2014-15 school year, the department posted a revenue of $179.6 million. This makes UT one of 28 schools that posted a revenue of over $100 million. And instead of giving any of this revenue back to the students who make it possible, they spend it on unnecessary extremities to lure in new recruits. A recent purchase of new lockers that include flat-screen TVs and cost an estimated $10,500 a piece is just an example of this. While most athletes receive full scholarships as a means of compensation for their work, not being treated like employees of the school hurts them. Whether or not they receive a full salary for the efforts they make on the field, student
athletes deserve workers’ compensation. In the professional sporting world, if a player is injured on the field, they receive workers’ compensation for said injury, even in such cases where it’s a debilitating one that could end their career. In the world of college athletics, this isn’t the case. A player could have a career ending injury before their professional career can even begin and receive no compensation. This happened with Tre’ Newton, a former Texas running back, who suffered six concussions during his career at UT. He left football for fear of developing a worse condition, such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a progressive degenerative brain disease, of which eight cases have been found in the Big 12. In fact, ex-Longhorn tackle Greg Ploetz died from the complications of this career-ending injury. With the amount of money student athletes are pulling in for UT and top colleges across the nation, they deserve more than a full scholarship as compensation. Paying student athletes a full salary could put their education on the back burner and create a division on campus, but labeling them as low-level employees to guarantee them worker’s compensation could only benefit them. If there’s money in the budget for overpriced, unnecessary lockers that do nothing but make a mockery of our school’s spending, then there’s money in the budget for workers’ compensation for our athletes. Students
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Senior Quarterback Tyrone Swoopes carries the ball against Notre Dame on Sept. 4, 2016. In his four years, Swoopes’ likeness has been worth millions to UT Athletics.
shouldn’t be expected to put their careers at risk playing for a school that won’t cover the costs of their injury. Fenves should be able to comprehend the notion of paying our student athletes, given the amount of work and revenue they bring to UT. Even in off-football seasons, we still
rake in more money than the other leading universities. Fenves should consider what our athletes deserve, not just what he can comprehend — and what they deserve is worker’s compensation. Berdanier is a philosophy junior from Boulder, Colorado.
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UT top 10 percent rule fails to Double standards of U.S. justice increase minority enrollment system revealed by Couch’s case By Olivia Griffin
Daily Texan Columnist @oglikesdogs
The top 10 percent law is designed to increase minority student enrollment. In reality, the top 10 percent law as it currently stands actually harms the students it is designed to help. To better serve minority students, UT should adopt a holistic admissions system. To ensure that minority students are able to attend and thrive at UT, the state should focus on improving the quality of our public schools and expanding financial aid programs for students. The top 10 percent rule excludes low-income students, because it reduces students down to a single number and ignores special circumstances, such as the student with a lower rank because he or she had to work during high school to support his or her family. The law also excludes students who struggled early on in high school but over time improved their grades. Minority and low-income students are further disadvantaged by this system because many wealthier families move their students to low-performing, low-income schools to ensure their child’s place in the top 10 percent while pushing out low-income students from the top rankings. Proponents of the top 10 percent law argue that the law boosts minority enrollment on campuses. It is true that since 1997, the Hispanic population at UT Austin has grown substantially — but so has the Hispanic population in Texas as a whole. Additionally, the law has not helped to increase the enrollment of African-American enrollment. The lack of proportional minority enrollment at UT is because schools in Texas are radically unequal. Lower-income schools do not have the same rigorous college preparatory curriculum as wealthy school districts and do not offer as many AP courses as their wealthier counterparts. The high student-to-teacher ratio in lower-income schools also limits students from receiving extra attention and academic support from their teachers. We should focus on making sure that a student in an underperforming school receives the same opportunities and quality education as a student in a wealthy school district. The top 10 percent
rule is a Band-Aid to this problem. Broader than just college admissions, the state cuts the education budget so severely that our state is in the lower third of states for per-student spending — and that number continues to drop. It is the fault of poor funding for public schools, not college admissions, that keep lower-income and minority students from attending higher-tier universities. If the state instead focused on developing college-ready high school students across the state by improving our education system and ensuring that all schools provide a college preparatory curriculum, then we could ensure that more minority students are accepted to — and graduate from — our flagship state universities. Improving schools across the state will also be more effective in guaranteeing that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are able to graduate with a degree in four years and succeed in college. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and students are coming to universities vastly unprepared compared to their peers from wealthier areas whose parents could afford private tutoring, AP classes and other college preparation. The ability to receive a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum should be available and encouraged to all students throughout the state so that all students — whether they came from a low-income neighborhood or a wealthy suburb — have the same opportunity to succeed in college. The state also needs to make sure that financial aid is available for students who need it. Instead of expanding financial aid to students, the state has cut financial aid programs and further limited accepted students’ ability to enroll at UT. A lack of financial aid negates the purpose of the top 10 percent law. Acceptance to a university does not ensure that the student will be able to pay for it. To follow through on their promise of educational equality, the state needs to make sure that students who are accepted also receive financial assistance to make enrollment possible. Receiving the admission letter is one thing. Actually attending — and graduating from — a university is another. The top 10 percent rule allows lawmakers to pat themselves on the back for thinking they expanded education access, but not actually solving the real issues that will ensure all Texans are on a level playing field. Olivia Griffin is a junior Plan II and government major from Dallas.
By Alyssa Fernandez
Daily Texan Senior Columnist
The U.S. has more individuals locked up per capita than any other country in the world with an estimated 2.3 million prisoners. This mass incarceration trend started in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with Texas following suit when its state prison population tripled from 50,000 inmates in 1990 to just over 150,000 by 2001. These numbers should raise eyebrows and call into question who is being incarcerated and on what charges. The fact of the matter is that the U.S. doesn’t have higher instances of crime, rather the justice system criminalizes non violent and arbitrary offenses — like poverty. Of these 2.3 million prisoners, there are two to note. One is Ethan Couch, who is currently in prison for violating his parole. The other is Jaime Arellano, who is currently serving a sentence for manslaughter. Almost four years ago, 16-year-old Ethan Couch killed four innocent bystanders while driving drunk. However, it wasn’t the crime that made headlines, rather it was his defense and light punishment. Couch’s lawyer claimed that his client suffered from affluenza, a psychological condition that argued the teen could not identify rightfrom-wrong because of his wealthy and spoiled upbringing. The court bought it and Couch was infamously sentenced to ten years of probation after pleading guilty to four counts of manslaughter. Jaime Arellano was a Mexican immigrant who at 16 years old, killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child while driving drunk. Arellano took a plea deal and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. This cycle of poverty and incarceration is a reality for many marginalized Americans and there is little to no hope of escaping it — except if you’re rich. Wealthy Americans who commit the same crimes as poor Americans have an unethical advantage and more lenient sentencing — such as Ethan Couch compared to Jaime Arellano. There are three elements to the cycle of
poverty and incarceration. The first is the arrest, where bail and court fees financially cripple the low-income individual and face harsher outcomes for being unable to pay for these debts. Additionally, when you couple this with the fact that blacks and other minorities are more likely to be arrested by police, the criminal justice system targets a historically disenfranchised demographic. The second element is the incarceration, where inmates work for an average of 92 cents an hour and must purchase everything from toiletries to phone calls to family. The third is release, in which former inmates have a higher unemployment rate than those without a criminal record. This causes further financial strains for those who need to pay off the debts they incurred in courts and in prison. The U.S. criminal justice system cannot be understood outside the context of criminalizing poverty and reform policies should center around this. The criminalization of poverty is all-encompassing and provides answers for other issues, such as racial disparity, and it also explains the elements of an unjust cycle. Taking a plea bargain is a common tactic, in fact, an estimated 97 percent of convictions are the result of this. Low-income individuals are the most vulnerable to plea bargains since it bypasses a trial they cannot afford, but this means they forfeit a trial-by-jury that could result in a lesser sentence. This is one of the many differences between Couch and Arellano — Couch could afford the trial and bail while Arellano couldn’t. Regardless, Couch and Arellano committed inexcusable crimes that deserve punishment, yet is part of a larger trend. What makes the U.S. criminal justice system unfair is that the length of these punishments are arbitrary and are contingent to your race and income, among other factors. Although Texas has reduced its incarceration rate and closed three prisons, there is still a long way to go. We need to reconsider how we think about crime and how to stop criminalizing poverty. Fernandez is a rhetoric and writing and Spanish senior from Allen.
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Summer movies expected to pack a punch By Justin Jones @justjustin42
Summer is a busy time for college students, and between summer classes and internships, there remains very little time for the important things in life, like watching movies. Even more difficult is wading through the crowded schedule of both massive summer blockbusters and indie films, so we are here to help out. Handpicked below, in order of release, are the eight summer movies that cannot be missed. “Wonder Woman” First up is Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman,” which will release June 2. The DC Entertainment Universe has yet to deliver a strong theatrical release, with “Man of Steel,” “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” disappointing both audiences and critics alike.
Now, the Wonder Woman movie has the opportunity to do exactly what she did in “Batman V Superman” — come in, clean up everyone’s mess and save the day. With beautiful trailers and a strong director, this is the most promising DC film yet. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Spider-Man’s great appearance in last year’s “Captain America: Civil War” marked the web-slinger’s debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after years of Sony (who own the theatrical rights to Spider-Man) separating him from the Avengers. After being introduced to the new universe, Spider-Man will set out on his own adventure on July 7 in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which sees Tom Holland reprise his “Civil War” role, and looks to bring teen drama and increased diversity to the classic superhero film.
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it was so funny and quirky. The T-shirt brand he started simply has his name written in bold lettering. “When marketing my products and my brand I think, ‘How can I make this totally me?’” Robinson said. “My personality is definitely in my brand, my marketing style and my products.”
“A Ghost Story” With last summer’s “Pete’s Dragon,” director David Lowery earned filmgoers’ respect. A Disney remake with heart and a legitimate reason to recreate the original film, it was a surprisingly poignant tale. Lowery is now making a large pivot from that children’s film to a more adult tale of love and loss, and it couldn’t look better. Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star in this haunting romance, and tears are almost guaranteed. “The Big Sick” Michael Showalter’s “The Big Sick” wraps up the July 14 slate of films. It was co-written by star Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon, about the early stages of their relationship and the ways they were forced to work out their cultural differences. It looks hilarious and touching in equal parts and won the Festival Favorites award last month at SXSW’s film festival. Robinson said he took the same approach in writing “The Ghostwriter’s Ghostwriter.” The book is filled with meta-humor and a wacky storyline that reads like an article from Texas Travesty. This absurdist humor is introduced with the book’s dedication, which memorializes Gleim’s roommate, mechanical engineering senior, Marshall
“Dunkirk” Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to the massively-disappointing “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” opens on July 21. The film is a dramatization of the Dunkirk Evacuation, a miraculous event in World War II that saved the lives of over 338,000 Allied Soldiers. The most interesting thing about the story is that it is not a victory. The British army does not win any battle, they simply make it out alive. It will be interesting to see how Nolan adapts it into his own, spectacle-heavy style. “Detroit” Acclaimed director Katherine Bigelow has not directed a feature film since 2012’s controversial-but-fantastic “Zero Dark Thirty,” but the wait will end on August 4. With “Detroit,” the Academy Award-winning director will attempt to tell the story of the racially-charged Geyer, whom the book falsely states was killed by a truck collision while also battling a life-threatening illness. “I was glad to be a part of the dedication, and if I were still alive I would have read (the book),” Geyer said. Before inspiration for the book stoked his passion, Robinson had been looking for a job as a case worker to supplement his study in
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Detroit Riots of 1967. Adapting a topic this sensitive can be a difficult task, but Bigelow’s skillful directorial hand and great cast, including John Boyega and Anthony Mackie, are encouraging. “It Comes at Night” “It Comes at Night” is a low-budget horror film with an unsettling youth and community studies. His plans haven’t changed, but he is now looking at more options including graduate school and professional ghostwriting programs in California. “I was all over the place,” said Robinson. “And I still sort of am, but I am getting back on my feet. Of course, I want to be a writer, but right now it’s sort of a serious hobby.”
trailer, starring Joel Edgerton and directed by Trey Edward Shults, who made the surprisinglyprofound “Krisha.” That is about all that is known about the movie, but the uncertainty makes the movie even more appealing. It could end up being anything, but it will almost definitely be good.
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Higgs, Washington share connection beyond the court By Sydney Rubin @sydneyrrubin
The Longhorns sing “The Eyes of Texas” after every home game at the Frank Erwin Center. Many Texas players wrap their arms around teammates and coaches during the song, sometimes even fans. Sophomore guard Lashann Higgs always wraps her arm around assistant coach George Washington. But he’s more than just a coach to her — he’s also dad. “After every home game is a special moment for me,” Washington said. “She comes over to me and we put our arms around each other and we sing ‘The Eyes of Texas’ together. It’s kind of like the thing that we do. It’s special.” Washington and his wife, Jackie, became Higgs’ legal guardians when she moved to Houston from the Bahamas in 2010. The Washingtons later adopted her into their family. Washington started coaching at Texas in 2012 when head coach Karen Aston took over the program. Higgs was still in high school at Cedar Ridge in Round Rock, Texas. When it came time for recruiting, Washington gave Higgs room to decide where she wanted to play college basketball. But he always hoped she would join him at Texas. “It was a little nerve-racking at first because (my wife and
I) were praying and hoping that she would choose Texas,“ Washington said. “We’re a close family, so I wanted my daughter close. I wanted to be able to experience this with her, watch her grow and not have to watch her on TV somewhere else.” Higgs decided to stay close to home and joined Washington on the 40 Acres in 2015, just 15 miles away from their home in Round Rock. “It’s pretty cool because not many players get to have somebody like this to have the same experiences and go on the same journeys,” Higgs said. Washington tried his best to prepare Higgs for the transition from high school and club basketball to the grueling hours and commitment required at the college level. Washington coached her hard, and the line between coach and dad was sometimes blurred. “It’s harder to shut off coach than to shut off dad,” Washington said. “My life is so consumed with being coach and being the best coach I can be for our team that I have to realize sometimes when I leave the court, she needs dad because everybody else gets to go home and call dad. It is difficult at times, but I’ve found the balance I think.” When Higgs faces adversity on the court or has a difficult day with school, she needs dad. When the team sits down
Sophomore point guard Lashann Higgs drives past Baylor during a 70-67 loss to the Bears at the Frank Erwin Center on Feb. 20. Higgs averaged 8 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game for the Longhorns in the 2016-17 season.
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together for a meal, she doesn’t need Washington to be in dad mode. Washington once saved Higgs a seat next to him in the team dining hall, but she wanted to sit at the other end of the table with her teammates. “She just gave me the head nod like, ‘I’m sitting right here,’” Washington said with a chuckle. The two have worked hard to draw the line between basketball and family. Higgs knows that as a father, Washington will always worry about his child, but sometimes she has to tell him, “It’s OK, you can calm down.” “We’ve gotten a whole lot
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Texas looks to reverse losing trend against Mean Green By Wills Layton @willsdebeast
One game can make all the difference. For the Longhorns this week, that game could be the midweek matchup versus North Texas. The Mean Green enter the matchup as a formidable opponent — a top-80 RPI team. For Texas (25-20), who just dropped a series versus 158th-ranked Iowa State, this season is in dire need of recalibration. In Sunday’s series losing 4-2 defeat, the Longhorns could not achieve any momentum within the offense, mustering just two runs during the contest. In addition, the defense lacked the extra effort it needed to contain the Cyclones and close the game. “We didn’t compete at the plate,” head coach Connie Clark said. “I thought the tone was set early when you have a couple balls that drop in and you don’t have defenders laying out and getting dirty.” At the beginning of the season, the team had aspirations of competing in the
postseason and beyond. With a pitching staff five deep and a roster filled with both youth and veteran leadership, Texas looked poised to make a run. “Well I think their expectations are high,” Clark said in February. “They’ll be disappointed if we don’t attack conference and win a championship and get ourselves in the Women’s College World Series. The expectations are high.” In the Iowa State series and in the last few weeks, Texas failed to drive runners in from scoring position. During the first game against the Cyclones, the Longhorns failed to score a single run combined from a bases loaded situation in the bottom of the third and with runners at second and third in the bottom of the sixth. Texas lost that game by one run, the tenth such game of the season. This ongoing phenomenon dates back to the series versus the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners in early April. Offensively there are several issues, but some are stressed more than others.
Timely hitting and execution are key issues that have been emphasized heavily in practice, especially after Iowa State outperformed the Texas offense in the late stretches of each game. “I think that we played against a team in Iowa State that had really good bat control,” Clark said. “We weren’t able to execute that when it was pretty critical.” North Texas will start senior pitcher Stacey Underwood, who sports a 3.09 ERA and 12 wins this season. With a record of 24-23, the Mean Green are no slouch of a foe. Texas has battled the fifth-toughest ranked schedule, one that featured respectable non-conference opponents such as North Texas, UCLA, Arizona and Texas State. While the team has lost 20 games this season, the quality of competition it faced cannot be ignored. “I think we have to find a way to have some takeaways from it,” Clark said. “We have to find the good amid the low points and I think that’s what we’ll talk about.”
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better at noticing when to be the parent and daughter and when to be the coach and player,” Higgs said. Their relationship has grown since being able to share the same Texas court every day. Their bond grows even closer when they get to experience special moments together like playing against Connecticut in the Elite Eight in 2016 and defeating Baylor in February for the first time in seven years. Washington had to fight back tears after the victory at Baylor. It was a special moment for the team and a
special moment for the father-daughter duo as they wrapped their arms around each other and sang “The Eyes of Texas,” which the team rarely does on the road. For Washington, coaching his daughter is beneficial because he has direct insight to the life of a student-athlete. He sees firsthand how difficult the combination of academics and athletics is and being able to look at Higgs’ responsibilities from a dad’s perspective makes him a better coach. “For the first time in my coaching career, I feel like I
fully understand our student-athletes’ perspective,” Washington said. “You look at it from outside and you say they need this, they need that, they feel this way, they feel that way. Well now I actually know exactly how they feel because my daughter is pretty candid with me about it.” Higgs and Washington have two more years together at Texas and one common goal in mind. “I want to win multiple national championships at the University of Texas,” Washington said. “That’s always been the goal.”
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UT alumnus epitomizes meta-ghostwriting By Gerardo Gonzalez @TheDailyTexan
A ghostwriter writing for fame by ghostwriting for other famous ghostwriters is the premise of Connor Gleim’s new book, ghostwritten for him by his friend Austin Robinson. UT alumnus Robinson ghostwrote “The Ghostwriter’s Ghostwriter: How I Became a Ghostwriter’s Ghostwriter,” a novel chronicling the fictional ghostwriting career of his friend and advertising senior Connor Gleim. After graduating this past December with degrees in English and youth and community studies, Robinson said he was inspired to write the book when comedian Nathan Fielder employed a ghostwriter to pen a fake motivational workout book for his show, “Nathan for You.” Robinson brought up the episode to Gleim, who suggested Robinson follow in Fielder’s lead by ghostwriting a book for him. Gleim and Robinson met up, penned an outline on Google Drive and Robinson took the reins from there. Robinson said the project itself required arduous research on the logistics of writing an actual book. But when it came down to it, Robinson said writing the 136-page book took him only 10 days. “I was really inspired by Nathan Fielder,” Robinson said.
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Austin Robinson, former UT English student, recently published the book “The Ghostwriter’s Ghostwriter.” The book is about a ghostwriter writing about other ghostwriters to become famous. It is based on his friend and UT student, Connor Gleam.
“He only gave his ghostwriter a few days to write a much longer book.” Gleim said he contributed some ideas for the story and cover design, but let
Robinson handle the rest. “The story set him ablaze with passion,” Gleim said. “He’s a great writer in general, and he has an interesting view of the world.”
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Robinson has always found wacky outlets for his creative flair and loud personality. Before becoming a published author, he said he wrote so much comedy that his
friends believed he wrote for Texas Travesty, even though he had never worked for that publication. Robinson said he has also invested his creativity in
other ventures such as his own T-shirt brand and an energy drink he marketed. “It’s really funny because none of those things were
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MBA students Quentin Cantu and Brian Murphy source all of their meat from local Texas farms.
Online food service offers healthy campus alternative By Stephen Acevedo @TheDailyTexan
With a campus dominated by fried chicken sandwiches and cheap Mexican food, UT felt like the perfect place for MBA students Quentin Cantu and Brian Murphy to serve healthy food from their new business, Ranch Hand. “The concept behind Ranch Hand is Texas-based proteins along with greens, grains, herbs and nuts,” Cantu said. “It satisfies a lot of nutritional requirements for a healthy meal much more so than any other place on campus can do.” Currently, Cantu and Murphy are delivering fresh meat and veggie bowls on Monday and Wednesdays to students who place orders through their website. While it’s a modest start for their new business, they are in negotiations to operate a food truck on campus starting on June 1st on Speedway and 21st. “We’ll be spending the summer outfitting and equipping a trailer,” Murphy said. “We’ll be there two days a week and then we’ll be in the UT Catholic Center lot across from the fountain for five days a week.” The idea to start their own campus food service came to
Cantu and Murphy when they couldn’t find companies they were passionate enough to work for. “We started in November and (job) recruiting season was just ramping up at that point,” Cantu said. “We were interested in food and a lot of the food companies that were recruiting on campus were companies that have a presence in the SAC that we fundamentally disagreed with.” They were also generally disappointed with the restaurant options UT’s campus had to offer. Cantu said he finds it incredible that restaurants like Wendy’s or Chik-fil-A are the only things offered to a campus of over 55,000 students, and takes particular issue with O’s Cafe’s Bevo burger. “The UT namesake meal at O’s Café is a Bevo burger, which is a patty, fried chicken tenders, fried onion rings, barbecue sauce and cheddar cheese all on a buttered bun,” Cantu said. “The name is supposed to evoke the vibe of Texas, but that meat doesn’t come from Texas. The fact that that’s the namesake meal for six different locations across campus should tell you that there’s something wrong.” Cantu said he wants options on campus to evoke
a more positive and healthy view of Texas because he believes the state has a lot to be proud of in terms of good food. “We want to show people that Texas has a great thing going for it, and that’s its meat,” Cantu said. “Maine has lobster, Louisiana has shellfish in general, what does Texas have? It has ranches and it has meats. So we can showcase that and it doesn’t have to be in the form of barbecue or Tex-Mex or all these things that are obviously unhealthy for you.” Murphy said a business like theirs is a no-brainer since college is a vital time for people to be mindful of what goes in their bodies. “At this point in kids’ lives, there are such highstress situations, there are late nights, and it’s worse if you’re powering your body with junk food,” Murphy said. “We kind of owe it to the students to give them a better option because it’s just not fair.” Although they aspire to eventually move into the greater Austin area with a brick-and-mortar establishment, Cantu and Murphy don’t ever want
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