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UTPD stress SB 4 will not change how they operate on campus By Maria Mendez Senior Reporter
San Antonio federal court Judge Orlando Garcia temporarily blocked Senate Bill 4, the “anti-sanctuary” law, on Wednesday, two days before it was set to be implemented. The UT Police Department stressed that the law, should it be enacted, will not change campus police operations for UT. Garcia’s decision prevents implementation as Texas cities, including Austin, continue contesting SB 4, which allows local law enforcement to question individuals about immigration status and requires cooperation with U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement detainer requests. Last spring semester, while the state legislature drafted the bill, a student network called Sanctuary UT collected about 400 signatures from UT faculty, staff and students for a petition to make UT a “sanctuary” for undocumented students. International relations
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After a decade-long battle, a statewide texting-and-driving ban goes into effect today.
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Sen. Judith Zaffirini speaks on the Texas Senate floor. Zaffirini sponsored the bill in the Senate, where it passed for the first time since 2011.
By Chase Karacostas Senior Reporter
Texas House Representative Tom Craddick’s texting-and-driving ban goes into effect statewide today after four failed attempts at passage. The ban, known as House Bill 62, prohibits reading, writing or sending electronic
messages using a portable electronic device while driving. “I was elated not only that the state would have this, but for all of the people that had worked hard on it,” Craddick, R-Midland, said of the bill’s signing by Gov. Greg Abbott. “It’s all about safety and to guarantee that when you back out of your driveway, that you’re driving on the safest
street or highway as possible.” Anyone who writes, reads or sends an electronic message using a portable wireless communication device while driving will receive a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $99. However, if the defendant causes the death or serious bodily injury of another person while texting and driving, then they may be charged with a Class A misdemeanor with a
fine of up to $4,000 and a jail sentence of up to one year. When Craddick filed the ban in 2011, it passed both the Texas House and Senate but was vetoed by then-Gov. Rick Perry. The next two times Craddick tried to pass the ban, it passed in the House only to be killed in the Senate. State Senator Judith Zaffirini sponsored the bill in the Senate where it passed for the first
time since 2011. In June, when HB 62 was signed by Gov. Greg Abott, Texas was one of only four states to still lack a texting-and-driving ban. Two of those four states, however, banned it for minors. After Craddick failed to get the ban enacted the first time, Midland, the major
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University files to dismiss statue lawsuit According to UT law and history experts, Littlefield statue plaintiffs have no grounds to sue By Chase Karacostas Senior Reporter
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On Wednesday, the University filed to dismiss a lawsuit against President Gregory Fenves for his recent decision to remove four statues from campus, claiming the plaintiffs have no grounds to sue. On Aug. 23, Steven Littlefield, a descendant of the former Confederate leader George Littlefield, who commissioned the statues in his will, filed a lawsuit against Fenves. The plain-
tiffs claim the University’s decision went back on its agreement to uphold the “Southern perspective of American history,” one of the stipulations spelled out in George Littlefield’s will and other documentsin return for donations to the school nearly a century ago. The Daily Texan spoke to two experts who affirmed that the plaintiffs in the case likely lack standing to sue the University. It is highly unlikely Steven Littlefield and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, another plaintiff, could win the case on their claim that the removal violated the will, said law professor Mark Ascher, an expert on trusts. After a person dies, the deceased may leave a gift to an entity in their will and set certain conditions that must be upheld. But the recipient is only held accountable to these con-
ditions if they made a formal agreement with the deceased prior to death or with the deceased’s estate, Ascher said. “(The will) is not binding on the University unless they agreed to it,” Ascher said. “The question then becomes, ‘How meritorious is the lawsuit?’” Before it gets to that point, Ascher said he suspects the lawsuit would either be dismissed or that the University would settle because legal fees could end up outweighing the benefit of winning. If the University did engage in an agreement with George Littlefield or his estate to meet the requirements included in the will, then they would be bound to its terms and could be forced to repay the modern value of the approximately $250,000 left to them in the will to erect the statues. After almost a century of inflation, the current value
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Confederate statues were removed from the Main Mall in the middle of the night Aug. 20 on President Gregory Fenves’ orders.
of the statues is now worth more than three million dollars, according to the lawsuit. Because the land included in the will was directed for the purpose of
building the Littlefield Residence Hall, it would not be included in the the amount the University would be forced to pay. David Gracy, a
great-grandnephew of George Littlefield, is a historian and retired UT professor who is
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Daily Texan archives reveal UT’s mascot was almost armadillo By Morgan O’Hanlon Life&Arts Editor
In central Texas, we cherish horned cows as the patron gods of football games. Longhorns are everywhere in Austin, but the city seems to host more than its fair share of mascots: from the bats underneath our bridges to the salamanders
in our springs. But above all these other beasts, the armadillo reigns supreme. Our love for the endemic nine-banded variety is so strong that we nearly abandoned our identity as ‘horns to call ourselves the ‘dillos... …Or at least that’s the story that ran rampant through both local and national media outlets in
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the late fall of 1971. After The Daily Texan ran an article in its November 3, 1971 issue reporting that the Student Senate had unanimously passed a resolution “to determine grassroots support for the mascot change within the student body,” even The New Yorker paid attention. According to Bob Binder, student body president
at the time, UT students never actually voted on the issue. Nonetheless, Binder said the resolution was able to attract a lot of attention because of the audaciousness of the idea. As one dissenter, James Cartwright, wrote in an op-ed published in The Daily Texan: “I protest. The Student Senate stands condemned
as murderous, bloodthirsty, rapacious direspectors of life. That they would have the audacity to suggest the armadillo as mascot of Texas under the guise of its being peaceable and ‘ecologically minded’ reveals its true colors … studies showed the armadillo to be rapacious in its actions.” Despite backlash from students, alumni and
legislators, Binder said the resolution made sense to students in the Senate, who happily adopted armadillos as a symbol of their generation. The armadillo symbolism had in fact been previously popularized by Austin icon and artist Jim Franklin, who had already
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junior Alisa Hernandez said she joined Sanctuary UT because she has undocumented friends and is unsure how the law will be carried out at UT this fall. “I don’t know what campus is going to look like after Sept. 1,” Hernandez said. “I don’t know how much UTPD will be enforcing that. I would want UT to be clear so that way folks can know, and it might help some people feel better to report sexual assault or any other crime that happens to them on campus.” UTPD works under the statewide UT System police that protects UT System schools and land throughout Texas. UT System police director Michael Heidingsfield said in an emailed statement that the UT System provided campus police with legal guidance on the new law earlier this month. “The University of Texas System has developed a training bulletin for use by campus police chiefs that
provides an overview of Texas Senate Bill 4 as it relates to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration,” Heidingsfield said. “However, we believe SB 4 will have little impact on campus law enforcement operations or responsibilities.” The UT System SB 4 informational bulletin states that officers “shall cooperate with federal officials who are investigating immigration matters,” except when “enforcement action is to take place at a place of worship.” UTPD Chief David Carter emphasized that SB 4 does not actually force campus police to do anything differently because UT System police do not operate any jails to hold individuals with detainer requests from ICE. ICE agents make detainer requests to hold individuals suspected of being undocumented. UTPD officers do not usually get involved in immigration matters, and individuals do not have to disclose their immigration status when interacting with campus
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police, Carter said. “UTPD is here for our entire UT community,” Carter said. “We’re not changing from after or before the law goes into effect. We’re operating exactly the same.” Carter said UTPD cannot weigh in on political discussion, but he welcomes UT community members to address questions and concerns with UTPD. “It’s really important to have the entire community trust its police force,” Carter said. “That’s the essence of community policing. That’s how the community remains safe.”
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city in his district, decided to pass its own texting and driving prohibition. Early on, critics of the bill, including Perry, said the ban was over-regulation of personal behavior. In his 2011 decision to veto the ban, Perry said he agreed that texting and driving is “reckless,” but that the key to dissuading the practice was through information and education, not a legal prohibition. “I support measures to make roads safer for everyone, but (the texting and driving ban) is a government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults,” Perry said in his veto message. Stories of families who lost children or other relatives contributed to Craddick’s desire to one day pass the ban. Some families would come session after session to testify on the importance of the ban, Craddick said. Other people that he spoke to said they would heed the ban if there was one, but because there wasn’t, they felt there was nothing preventing them from texting and driving. “It will radiate across the state and save a lot of lives,”
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UT engineering team Texas Guadaloop brought home an innovation award Sunday at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II as the only first-time competitors in the competition. Texas Guadaloop is a team of undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students formed in 2015 to improve transportation. The hyperloop is a carefully engineered tube, and the pod is a small vehicle that uses either air-bearing or magnetic levitation technology. An air-bearing hyperloop pod uses compressed air to propel itself, while magnetic levitation, on the other hand, is achieved through creating an electromagnetic field between the pod and the hyperloop, both methods potentially allowing travel at supersonic speeds. Team lead James McGinniss, a mechanical engineering graduate student, said SpaceX told the team they would have received the “Grit Award” if it existed, as Guadaloop was the only team to take their trailer out from the lot every night and work. “The never-quit attitude
was something that SpaceX really remarked upon,” McGinniss said. “The main goal was to show that the air bearing could work. Getting the innovation award shows that we achieved what we went out there to do.” After being rejected from the first SpaceX Hyperloop Competition held in January, Guadaloop worked on developing a hyperloop pod that uses air-bearing technology as opposed to the more widely-explored magnetic levitation technology. Guadaloop’s risk proved rewarding, as they were accepted in February for the second Hyperloop competition held in Hawthorne, California, in August along with UT’s other engineering team, 512 Hyperloop. UT was the only school in the world to have two different teams accepted. Assistant engineering professor Christian Claudel, Guadaloop’s faculty advisor, said that by the time Guadaloop was admitted into the second competition, they already had a unique prototype built, which set them apart from other teams. “We had a year and a half to test,” Claudel said. “At the
time, we had no money, no funds, no anything. I supported them a bit from my research funds so that they could buy parts.” The pod was put through tests to evaluate communication ability and capacity to prevent the electronics from overheating before it was allowed to compete. McGinniss said the team underwent and passed extensive tests, approximately 50, at the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition, but they had concerns about the pod’s structure. “Being a first-time competitor, we weren’t really aware of how extensive the testing would be,” McGinniss said. “All the other teams came in really ready to do all these tests. So next year when there’s another competition, we’ll have a huge leg up.” Business graduate student Deborah Navarro said next year the team will likely rebuild its structure and keep most of the existing subsystems as well as its “Mad Max” theme. “This version of our pod is called Furiosa, and our next version is going to be called Max,” Navarro said. “We’re definitely going to be a lot more prepared.”
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currently writing a biography of Littlefield’s life. He said he knows of no documents or agreements between the University and the Littlefield estate promising to use the statues to meet the requirements in the will in return for donations and funding. Gracy also said the original intentions in George Littlefield’s will — for the University to erect a “massive bronze arch over the South entrance,” with statues of both U.S. and Confederate leaders surrounding a fountain — never came to fruition. This was intended to represent the unification of the U.S. after the Civil War, he said. “I don’t see any documentation where Littlefield said you have to teach (the Southern perspective of American history), whatever it is, and certainly there’s none where the University said ‘We will teach this,’” Gracy said. “The commitment was to display whatever the arch came to be and to continue to gather material from which to produce the history of the South, and that was done.” Even if the current judge decided to order the reinstallment of the statues, it would almost
Craddick said. “I think it will have a very positive effect. It has in the other states that have passed it … I think it’s just going to help the overall safety in the state.” Communications graduate student Ana Harris said she was surprised there wasn’t a statewide texting and driving ban, but due to the dangers t of distracted driving, she said U she is glad Texas finally put d one in place. n “It is important that people o are aware when they’re on the s roads driving for the safety of everyone involved,” Harris t said. “It’s a good thing that s it’s going to be implemented c statewide … People text and s drive everywhere.” i Chemistry sophomore n Caroline Anderson said a ban h like this has been needed for u a long time, especially for citl ies that lacked their own ban, s such as her hometown of Dalw las. Anderson said for young adults whose phones are pracv tically extensions of their bodt ies, this ban could save lives. s “I support it for sure bep cause I feel like people need v to be held accountable for o their actions,” Anderson said. “Texting and driving is exb tremely dangerous … I know c I’m guilty of it, and I need to c be put in check sometimes.” u t certainly be reverseds upon repeal, Ascher said. t “It is virtually certains that the court systema would allow that decision to stand,” Ascher said ofd Fenves’ decision to remove the statues. “At that point, the law gets pretty mushy. Judges loathe to stick their nose into big bureaucracy’s businesses in the way that that would be.” Sons of Confederate Veterans believe that Fenves’ decision to remove the statues was a “knee-jerk” reaction with little planning, said Marshall Davis, public information officer for SCV Texas division. “(Fenves) acted extremely hastily without proper channels, without proper procedure and made a unilateral decision on his own to remove statues to American heroes,” Davis said. The University said they typically do not comment on litigation to the media. However, they said in a statement that the statue relocation was carefully studied and “handled appropriately.” The Texan also reported that the University was in communication with student body leaders the week before the decision came, although Student Government as a larger entity did not play a major role in conversations.
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University delays $100 million IT upgrade By London Gibson Senior Reporter
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Part of a $100 million technology upgrade to UT’s mainframe system is delayed indefinitely, announced President Gregory Fenves in an email to staff and faculty Tuesday. The move to modernize the University’s human resource, payroll and financial systems was originally scheduled to be carried out in July of this year. The financial systems upgrade has been postponed to an unknown date, while the launch of the human resource and payroll systems was moved to next fall. Dana Cook, associate vice president for the system modernization plan, said the project has been put on hold while the University works to update out-of-date processes. “Many of the financial business processes associated with the … financial system have not been updated by the University since the 1990s,” Cook said in an email. “We need to review and re-engineer some of those processes and workflows first.” Fenves announced the delay Tuesday, more than
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a month after the updates were expected to take place in July. He said the postponement resulted from a decision made in January to switch to a phasedlaunch approach, meaning the new human resources and payroll systems will be rolled out before the
financial system upgrade. A portion of the upgrade will replace UT’s human resources, payroll and finance operations to a cloud-based system called Workday. Fenves said the upgrade is needed to help University leaders streamline productivity.
“Workday is a powerful tool that will serve the UT community more effectively and allow the University to become even more productive stewards of the public dollars once the business process redesign has been completed,” Fenves said in the email.
Fenves said he asked UT chief financial officer Darrell Bazzell to lead a review of the business processes. Bazzell joined the University and took charge of Workday implementation last year. The upgrade is 13 years in the making, after a
University commission decided to pursue innovative solutions to the University’s IT issues in 2004. As a result of this decision, UT leaders formed the Administrative Systems Master Plan in 2012 to improve various parts of UT’s mainframe, including the online administrative infrastructure, according to the program’s website. When the technology upgrade began in 2014, it was budgeted at $106 million, and $89 million has been spent on the project to date. Cook said it is uncertain how much more money will be needed until the task of reviewing the out-of-date business processes is completed. The modernization program also addresses student and staff-friendly systems, Cook said. UTLearn, a training management system, and MyUT, a web portal for students, researchers and staff, have already been completed and will be adapted for practical use in the upcoming fiscal year. The University also plans to provide training and user readiness activities to help departments adjust to the new technology, Cook said.
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APD enters partnership with UNT Health Science Center By Lisa Dreher News Desk Editor
In the aftermath of its lab’s closure, the Austin Police Department will now send a majority of its faulty DNA cases to the University of North Texas Health Science Center to determine if retesting must be done. On Thursday, Austin City Council approved a contract to allow the center to review and analyze DNA cases that were tested by APD’s lab before it shut down in June 2016. Prior to the shutdown, the Texas Forensic Science Commission found APD’s DNA testing procedures were outdated or improper, causing already tested cases to be reanalyzed and creating a backlog. “The University of North Texas is going to look at the
data from those cases and interpret them to see if they’ve been interpreted properly,” APD Forensic Unit Commander Michael Eveleth said. Eveleth said a group of agencies, including APD, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, the Office of Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and the Capital Area Private Defenders Service, will see if that evidence was significant or “material to prosecutions.” UNT genetics professor Bruce Budowle will then look at the DNA data and determine if each case was properly tested. If it was not, it will be sent to another lab for retesting. The center has already analyzed a small number of cases before City Council approved the contract, and once the group of agencies is able to form a single coalition, they
can better analyze which evidence to send to the center. The closure of APD’s lab created a backlog of cases waiting to be tested, including those involving criminal cases such as murder and sexual assault. Austin’s SAFE Alliance is a nonprofit that has a 24-hour clinic that administers free sexual assault kits, some of which were backlogged. Aja Gair, senior director of regional services for SAFE, wrote in an email that as of June 1, SAFE had 1,971 untested kits, and at the beginning of August, that amount had dropped to 1,817. “This is the first time in recent memory we’ve seen a reduction in the backlog,” Gair said. “While things have taken a turn for the better, it’s still a significant problem considering that the wait times are at
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Eveleth said. “So there’s a lot of interpretation involved in analyzing that profile.” In January, APD partnered with Signature Science Labs, a limited liability company which provides consulting for various scientific fields and is taking in 30 cases month-
ly. Shortly after the lab’s closure, APD started sending about 20 cases per month to the Department of Public Safety, and the department also partnered with the Dallas County’s Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences last November.
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least several months long.” Gair said that any partnerships between APD and other labs to test the sexual assault kits would give victims a peace of mind. “I believe that any agreement that includes a provision to test a certain number of sexual assault kits, rather than just any DNA, would be beneficial to the community and survivors,” Gair said. Eveleth said a majority of cases to be re-assessed are sexual assault cases because DNA from a victim, a suspect and an innocent person may be intermixed. Eveleth said Budowle will then interpret if the DNA assigned to those involved was correct. “In some cases, say, the victim has a partner from before and there’s a sexual assault — and so there are multiple mixtures in the DNA,”
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days is testament to the ultimate failure of the initiative, but Binder says the true legacy of the incident rests in the significance it had to the people who championed its cause. “It was partially tongue in cheek but also just a little rebellious streak that was popular at the time,” Binder said. “A lot of people during the draft didn’t trust the older gen-
eration. This was just sort of a way of sort of saying, ‘Yes, your mascot was the Longhorn, but ours will be the armadillo.” Or, as Jim Franklin put it, the whole ordeal was a kind of performance art in reaction. “It was a satire of people who were building up their ego too much,” Franklin said, “kinda like Donald fucking Trump.”
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Forum returns, highlights statue commentary By Janhavi Nemawarkar and Vik Shirvaikar Forum Editors
At The Daily Texan, we strive to include a broad array of voices — a mission which can and should require us to seek perspectives from beyond the basement. We’re excited to bring back our Forum page every Friday. In this space, we will feature editorials, stories and letters submitted by anyone, particularly within the UT community, who wants their opinion heard. This week, our Forum contributors delve into the implications of the removal of Confederate statues from the South Mall, a decision made in response to events barely a week earlier, when white supremacists rallied to defend a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the University of Virginia campus.
First, we have a piece from Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, professor in the College of Liberal Arts’ History Department and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He argues that Confederate statues should be studied in museums, but understood as a shameful betrayal of the values that this nation was founded on. Guest columnist Jordan Carney agrees that Confederate ideals should be protested, but worries that the university’s reactionary decision to remove the statues allows white supremacists to obfuscate what they represent. Finally, guest columnist Jacob Hood provides an overview of the university’s questionable history of racism, and argues that the university still has a long way to go to fully acknowledge its history and become truly welcoming for students of color. For more student opinions on this topic, check out our “We Asked” video segment on The Daily
Late Sunday, Aug. 21, President Fenves announced the removal of four remaining statues of Confederate-era figures from the South Mall.
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Nemawarkar is a Plan II and government junior from Austin. Shirvaikar is a math and economics junior from Frisco..
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Confederate statues honor an un-American legacy By Dr. Peniel E. Joseph Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values
The national controversy surrounding the removal of Confederate memorials in the wake of racial tragedy in Charlottesville speaks to larger questions of America’s moral and political values. The hundreds of white nationalists bearing Confederate flags and tiki torches who descended upon Charlottesville this past August are simply the latest reminder that Confederate symbols are, at their core, un-American. President Donald Trump added fuel to an already toxic racial climate by conflating the removal of Confederate monuments with those of the Founding Fathers. The Founding Fathers, despite the moral and political contradictions represented in their support of racial slavery, generated ideas about freedom and democracy that remain larger than one individual, nation or historical era. A wide range of people of color, women, LGBTQ and others have been at the cutting edge of expanding the notions of American democracy originally conceived in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Black Americans, by virtue of their status as legal property during the forging of the nation, have been among the leading proponents of re-imaging democracy’s
Freedom of speech requires the respectful consideration of these points of view, but not national memorials celebrating them.” —Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, Guest Columnist
contours in an effort to, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “redeem America’s soul.” Confederate monuments are un-American, offering symbols of white supremacy as a substitute to the hard-earned multicultural democracy of the present that required the sacrifice of millions of people, in war and peace, to earn. Over 600,000 Americans died in the Civil War between 1861 and 1865, but there is no moral equivalency between those who fought to preserve the United States and those who wished to betray American democracy and regarded blacks as a species of property destined to be financially, physically and sexually exploited, forever. Freedom’s cause won the war but lost the peace, a fact gruesomely highlighted in the aftermath of Reconstruction by the rise of white hate groups, racial lynching and an 1896 Supreme Court decision that shamefully enshrined racial
segregation as law. Confederate memorials extolling the heroism of the “lost cause,” the benefits of slavery and the sanctity of states’ rights paralleled these efforts, culminating in normalizing American myths and lies about white supremacy and racial slavery. These twisted representations of our national racial history were evoked in popular culture through the films “The Birth of a Nation” and “Gone With the Wind.” The festering wound of racial slavery’s afterlife in white supremacist myths deserves to be studied in museums, analyzed by scholars and discussed by the general public, but should be clearly understood as morally repugnant, willfully ignorant and, ultimately, soul crushing in its naked antipathy for core American values of liberty, freedom, equality and democracy. Confederate symbols re-emerged during the civil rights movement’s heroic period of 1954 to 1965, adopted by White Citizens’ Councils, elected officials, hate groups and ordinary citizens as a symbol of massive resistance against racial integration, black citizenship and genuine democracy. We forget this history at our national peril. Race and democracy remain at the core of America’s national political identity. At our best, we make historic strides, most recently with the election of Barack Obama, that make us the envy of the world. We are only liberty’s surest guardian when we are true to our moral and political
values. The civil rights era, more than any other time in American history, compelled the nation to recognize racial justice as part of what King characterized as “those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the Founding Fathers.” The demonstrations, protests and marches of that era inspired legal, legislative and economic victories that have allowed us to build a more perfect union. Embracing America’s complex, messy and unfinished history requires us to draw a sharp moral and political lines concerning national identity and citizenship. White supremacy, racism, sexism, homoand transphobia, assaults against the physically and mentally challenged and religious intolerance are not American values. Freedom of speech requires the respectful consideration of these points of view but not national memorials celebrating them. America should not celebrate a Confederate legacy that continues to dishonor this nation. We are on firm political ground when we honor the abolitionists, military veterans, feminists, civil rights activists, farm workers, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews, Catholics and atheists who have bled for democracy at home and abroad and, in the process, reflect the values that make America the world’s last best hope for freedom and democracy. Joseph is a professor of history and public affairs.
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Concerning President Fenves’ relocation of campus statues By Jordan Carney Forum Contributor
I find myself troubled by the direction and sentiment of what appears from the current temperature to be the majority of UT student opinion, and, after the removal of four statues on campus on Aug. 21, what is obviously the opinion of UT leadership. It feels as though we are all to some degree awash in this unceasing undercurrent of political correctness. I understand the origin. It is a stream of thought that is built and justified based on good intentions and what feels like doing the right thing in the moment. After all, who wants to find themselves on the side of an argument with the likes of neo-Nazis and white
nationalists? Who wants to find themselves aligned with the worst of what Robert E. Lee, Albert Johnston and John Reagan have grown to represent in the modern era? I am certain that I don’t. But bringing down those statues, or feeling implicated before that by their continued position on campus, is frankly a disingenuous and reactionary move in the continuing litany of a generation largely defined by its addiction to outrage. I understand and largely agree with the vehement protestation of Confederate ideals. I understand that, as a human being with a moral compass, when a group of reprehensibles in Virginia decide to define their collective trajectory by inciting violence and taking life from whom they disagree, our immediate reaction is
to define ourselves as an antithesis. The move on campus on August 21 was that collective motion, but I feel it was misguided. Nothing has changed concerning the objective morality of those statues between 1916 and now besides the lens through which it is being currently filtered, and I for one refuse to let white nationalism dictate whether they are all of the sudden morally objectionable or not, or what they should or should not stand for, or where they belong or don’t belong. Those statues are a representation of our collective past, for better or for worse, and there is no running from that. Leaving them where they stood wasn’t an acknowledgment of anything besides that very fact. We can tuck them away in Briscoe so that we can deem them artifacts
of an ancient civilization, hide our collective head under the pillow and scream at the top of our lungs, but all we have really done by reacting to this charge of hatred is continue to define ourselves on the same old boundaries that the South once did. I refuse to believe we have made so little progress. Those statues don’t get to change, but as a society we do — and we have. When I walked by them I was filled with pride, not for what some base, abject group decided they meant in 2017, but for just how far we have come from that place and time. I think the University’s actions and popular sentiment decided yesterday that they should continue to mean something else entirely. Carney is an economics major from Austin.
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UT must acknowledge, address institutional racism By Jacob Hood Forum Contributor
On Aug. 11, white supremacists began their descent on the University of Virginia, stating that they were in protest against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, the scene soon evolved into hatred, violence and domestic terrorism. On Aug. 20, statues of Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, John Reagan and James Stephen Hogg quietly disappeared from UT’s South Mall under the cover of night. An effort long pushed by students of color came to fruition almost silently, and almost immediately after events at UVA. For some, the removal of the statues was a success, a long-overdue payment of respect to black students who were forced to navigate campus among their shadows. For others, the removal represents the destruction of Southern history — albeit, a history rooted in betrayal and the fight to preserve the right to own human beings. Some even viewed the move as nothing more than performative, a strategic decision designed to protect the University and not out of consideration for students of color. Whichever way one views the politics of the statues’ removal, the fact
that the University of Texas is rooted in racism and still unaccommodating for black and brown students remains. The statues served as a more obvious reminder of the University’s tumultuous history with race. T.S. Painter — former UT president, with a hall named in his honor — fought in Sweatt v. Painter to keep black student Heman Sweatt from being able to enroll, and to uphold segregation. Robert Lee Moore Hall, a name garnering more attention as of late, finds its namesake as a notably racist professor who refused to teach black students. Simkins Hall, now named Creekside, gained its original name from a noted Klansman. The school song sung at sporting events, at orientation and at commencement was originally performed in blackface at minstrel shows, yet this racist, persistent history goes undiscussed. There are not brochures sent out en masse proudly boasting who George W. Littlefield was, or that the number of black students on campus continuously hovers at 4 percent out of upwards of 50,000. Tours are not designed to point out the site of the now infamous Affirmative Action Bake Sale. The statues’ removal, while important, is barely a drop in the bucket in mak-
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ing the University a more welcoming space for black and brown students. As an institution supported by donors and, in the view of many, only interested in profit, how does the University achieve this goal? Recognition of the racism that pervades this campus can serve as a starting place. Announce the true history of “The Eyes of Texas.” Below every building plaque named after a noted racist that the University does not rename, write their history and their hatred towards black people. Yet recognition alone does not suffice in redoing a foundation rooted in exclusion. Even if all the building names are changed, the school song scrapped, and the University reoriented to no longer face the South, the conditions for black and brown students will not change. As long as UT continues its poor outreach and financial aid for students of color, we will be consistently underrepresented. As long as Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and racist signs can continually be posted without so much as a town hall to attempt to ease our fear, we will be unsafe. As long as we cannot walk into a room without feeling alone, walk through West Campus without feeling afraid, or walk onto this university without feeling isolated, no meager
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attempts at patching up a racist past will suffice. The path to resolving a past of racism and bigotry is not a simple one. Removal of statues is not enough to give black students peace of mind. Yet so often, the onus falls on students of color to push and implement these changes, to tell our friends from underrepresented communities to come to UT, to educate, lead discussions, and perpetually defend our right to be viewed and treated as equal. The institution, on the other hand, does not effectively use its power to address these systemic problems. Rather, they often issue statements and words clouded in ambiguity in response to whatever the latest campus scandal may be. But as black and brown students have proved since their time began at UT, we will continue to fight, and to protest and to push for visibility. The labor we must often undertake in order to establish our place at this university is grueling and exhausting, but we will still stage protests. We will still be loud. While the statues are gone and tucked away, the memory they held, and the legacy of hatred they represent, will stay with the 40 Acres. Hood is an African and Adrican diaspora studies, English and sociology sophomore. He serves as an officer for Students for Equity and Diversity.
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Tom Herman is a perfectionist, an exacting head coach who constantly preaches attention to detail. But he did make one mistake — in 1999. As a graduate assistant with the burnt orange, Herman charted plays for former head coach Mack Brown and decided whether or not the team would go for two points following a touchdown. Herman would do the math before the series started, then signal with his hands a “one” or “two” for offensive coordinator Greg Davis. “Yeah, it’s funny, because I wasn’t too nervous,” Herman said. “But I actually screwed something up in that game.” Herman said a kickoff returned for a touchdown caught him off guard. Mack Brown demanded Davis make a decision on the two-point conversion quickly after. “Mack Brown is calling to Greg Davis saying, ‘Is it two or one?’” Herman said. “(Greg’s) looking at me. I just froze. We called a timeout actually … Mack kind of chastised Greg a little bit, saying, ‘We can’t use a timeout, that’s unacceptable’ … I’ll never forget that night
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because of that.” Herman has now come full circle since his mistake in 1999. Fast-forward to 2017 as the 40-week prologue to the Tom Herman era comes to a conclusion on Sept. 2 as the Longhorns take on Maryland. Now, chapter one begins. Texas can’t rewrite last season, but with a new era comes a new author. Herman and Co. have spent the last nine months repairing the program. “It’s been a long nine months,” Herman said. “I’m actually relieved a little bit … to be preparing for an opponent, to doing a lot less media things, and to get back to coaching football and preparing to win a game.”
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Texas prepares for USD Tournament By Keshav Prathivadi Sports Reporter
It’s never too late for a summer trip. At least that’s the case for No. 4 Texas. After traveling to Florida this past weekend for the VERT Challenge, the Longhorns (1–1) will now travel to California for a three-game slate this weekend, including a date with No. 17 San Diego. The previously top-ranked Longhorns suffered a season-opening loss to then-No. 12 Florida in front of a crowd 7,500 strong. Despite the numerous errors on Texas’ side throughout the match, head coach Jerritt Elliott understands that this is just a part of his team’s development. “The first week is always tough,” Elliott said. “Theoretically speaking, we shouldn’t be playing this high level this early in the season. It makes it real difficult because you haven’t got everything in place.” What does seem to be in place is the Longhorns’ freshman class. Outside hitter Lexi Sun posted 25 kills over the weekend while setter Ashley Shook led the team with 71 assists. The country’s highest-ranked recruiting class proved themselves in two solid outings, showing they are ready to compete at the collegiate level.
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After months of anticipation, the Tom Herman era will finally kick off Saturday against Maryland at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas hopes to rebound from three straight losing seasons.
But no matter how much preparation the Longhorns put in, every team gets hit with adversity. Whether it be at the Los Angeles Coliseum against USC or in Ames, Iowa, against Iowa State on a Thursday night, the Longhorns are guaranteed to hit a rough patch during the season. The way they handle it will determine the course of the Longhorns’ season. “I’m excited to see them play Saturday,” Herman said. “Like I said, the biggest test is when we face
some adversity, do we respond the way we’re trained or do we respond by falling back into bad habits. That will be a big, big crossroads for us to go through,” The countdown to week one began when Herman set foot on the 40 Acres nine months ago. Now, after nearly a year of training, it’s one day away. Herman has come a long way from his mistake as an assistant in 1999, but he won’t be thinking about that come kickoff. He will
be focused on showing the rest of the country exactly what he’s done at Texas since being hired last winter. “We talked Saturday that we’re a week away from showing the world what we’ve been doing the last nine months,” Herman said. “They understand that we’ll be able to cut it loose and play the way that we’re trained to play and have a good time doing it, but in order to really have fun Saturday, we gotta win.”
WOMEN’S GOLF Senior Chiaka Ogbogu prepares to lead the Longhorns on another road trip — this time to San Diego as the team heads into its second tournament of the season.
Big 12 schedule released for Men’s and Women’s Basketball The Big 12 Conference schedule went live on Thursday afternoon, giving Texas fans plenty to be excited about in the upcoming season. Both the men’s and women’s schedules follow last season’s double round-robin structure, consisting of 18 games home and away appearances from each rival squad. The men open conference play at home against Kansas on Dec. 29. The Jayhawks finished last season with a 16–2 conference record and an appearance in the elite eight at the NCAA tournament. The women start conference on the road in Norman, Oklahoma, in a matchup against the Sooners on Dec. 28. The two teams each stole a win on the opposing home court last season; Texas lost by a single point. Both Longhorn teams enter looking to build on last season’s performances. The men will receive a significant boost with the additions of five-star power forward Mohamed Bamba and four-star point guard Matt Coleman. The team failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament last season after posting a disappointing 11–22 record, including 14 conference losses to finish last in the Big 12 standings. The opening conference matchup against Kansas will measure how much progress the Longhorns have truly made. The women’s team saw an unceremonious exit at the hands of Stanford in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament. Offseason additions of the No. 1 forward in the nation, Rellah Boothe, and the No. 1 point guard, Chasity Patterson, ensure the team is reloaded and will be ready to climb again.
We talked Saturday that we’re a week away from showing the world what we’ve been doing the last nine months.”
“It was a great environment for our team to be in,” Elliott said. “I think our freshmen felt the pressure of … fans and how loud it was and the speed of the game. Thought they did a great job the next night.” With their first round of games under their belt, the freshmen can continue to evolve together with the team. “They have gelled very well so far,” senior middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu said. “They are all very hard-working and very receptive to coaching tips, so it’s just been fun to see them all grow and also to help them out.” Texas’ first match of the weekend will be against Villanova, who come into the matchup with an unblemished 3–0 record. The Longhorns will look to carry the momentum from last week’s win over Oregon into this weekend. “We got beat up pretty bad in the first game, and so we just tried to get an emotional change,” Elliott said. “Some sort of change in the game to kind of get us back in there.” In addition to the freshmen, Texas boasts a very talented squad. Ogbogu continues to be an all-around contributor, leading the team in hitting percentage (.385) and ranking second in kills and blocks.
Schubert contiues impressive career with U.S. Amateur win By Wills Layton Sports Reporter
Arnold Palmer, Lydia Ko, Tiger Woods. Not only are these household names multiple major winners on the PGA and LPGA tours, they also all got their start by winning the U.S. Amateur Championship. Senior Sophia Schubert followed in their footsteps this summer as she captured the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur, with head coach Ryan Murphy caddying alongside her throughout the tournament. Schubert became the first Longhorn to win the title since Kelli Kuehne back in 1996. The victory granted her exemptions into four of the five LPGA major championships, including the fast approaching Evian Championship this September. “Winning the (amateur) was definitely a dream come true,” Schubert said. “I’ve worked my whole life for this and for it to finally happen was awesome. Having my coach on the bag was so great. It was my first amateur to play in so that was a great experience.”
Schubert has played for the Longhorns since her sophomore year, when she came to Austin after transferring from Auburn. She’s now registered consecutive appearances on the All-Big 12 team and has consistently led the Longhorns in scoring average. “She’s a great player,” Murphy said. “She’s essentially played in my number one spot since she arrived. She’s a great leader and she’s great in the classroom. All around it’s been terrific having Sophia.” The bond between player and coach has grown over the years and culminated with Murphy caddying for Schubert in San Diego this past year. “You can be a really good caddy when you have a really good player to caddy for, so Sophia was pretty easy,” Murphy said. “I walk with her a lot during the season, so we were very synced in. I know her game pretty well and her tendencies, so we hit the ground running when we were in San Diego at the Women’s Am.” The victory at the U.S. Amateur was the highlight of Schubert’s career thus
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far. She started playing at a very young age, logging countless hours on the course and on the practice range. She said she won the first tournament she played in as a young golfer and, after claiming the U.S. Amateur, she’ll look to earn her first win at the professional level later this month. “So I was four years old when my mom signed me and my sister up for lessons,” Schubert said. “I didn’t know how far I would go in it; we just did it for fun. I played in my first little competitive tournament when I was six and just went from there.”
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Ring in new academic year with school-themed flicks By Charles Liu L&A Reporter
Summer might be over, but you can keep the fun going by studying up on these classic school-themed movies. “Back to School” In this comedy classic, the legendary Rodney Dangerfield plays Thornton Melon, the millionaire owner of a successful clothing store chain who failed out of school as a child. When Thornton finds out his son, Jason (Keith Gordon), intends to drop out of college, Thornton vows to attend with him to prove that Jason can succeed.
Although Thornton squeezes his way into Jason’s university with a charitable donation, he quickly realizes he’d rather party than confront his mediocre abilities as a student. “Back to School” has a fantastic range of hilarious characters, from a scary history professor who rants about the Vietnam War to a nerdy weirdo played by Robert Downey Jr. This movie’s never short on laughs, but it’s also a heartwarming story of how a son and father help each other believe in themselves. “National Lampoon’s Animal House” Loaded with alcohol, sex, drugs and all the worst
degenerates imaginable, “Animal House” is nothing less than the masterpiece of college movies. Its juvenile tale is one of a war between two frats — the elitist Omega Theta Pi and the idiotic and disgusting Delta Tau Chi. Naturally, the Deltas are the heroes, with characters played by John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Thomas Hulce and Stephen Furst, among others. “Animal House” constantly pushes the boundaries of good taste, with Belushi’s Bluto eagerly creeping on unsuspecting girls and Matheson’s Otter retaliating against the tyrannical dean by seducing his wife. Its devotion to
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attitude of its main character is infectious and inspiring. Just because she dresses and acts a certain way doesn’t mean she’s a lost cause; Elle succeeds when no one else believes in her, because she believes completely in herself. “Rushmore” This is the quirky 1998 film that launched UT alumnus Wes Anderson to stardom. “Rushmore” bears many of his trademarks, from the unique camerawork to a meaty role for Bill Murray. Shot at St. John’s School in Houston, “Rushmore” follows the story of Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), a brilliant 15-year-
old student at Rushmore Academy. Although he’s brilliant, Max spends all his time on extracurriculars and neglects his studies. He finds an unlikely friend in Herman Blume (Bill Murray), an industrialist whose sons attend Max’s school. But Max and Herman soon form a rivalry when they both develop a crush on Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), a new teacher at Rushmore. So, really, this is a movie about a guy who’s too young and a guy who’s too old competing for the affections of a pretty lady. The less said about “Rushmore” the better. Just know that its point is boyhood never stops — it just evolves.
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Texan staffers weigh in on best places to party around campus By L&A Staff After a week’s worth of hard work on the 40 Acres, it’s tempting just to kick back and turn over into the weekend with a bout of Netflix-binging. But for those UT students craving something a bit more active, here’s a road map to some of the best places to get your party on this semester:
recommended to BYOB, but the drinks are sometimes free. Everyone hangs around the courtyard, which is decorated in lights, jamming out to live music from various indie bands. There are comfortable couches to lounge around, and a large portion of people look like they just stepped out of “Dazed and Confused.” There’s definitely a funky vibe to dig about that place.
Spiderhouse Located just north of campus at the corner of 29th and Fruth Street, this hipster hangout is famous for much more than coffee. Home to a large patio and a ballroom, the venue hosts regular poetry slams, trivia nights and an expansive variety of themed shows and events. Whether you’re there earlier in the day to hunker down on some homework, or later in the evening to enjoy a craft beer and live music, Spiderhouse never disappoints. Pro-tip: There’s an elusive kitty-cat that hangs out in the cafe. Try your best to befriend it!
Frat Parties (If you’re a woman, or if you’re a dude with some extra cash) University of Texas fraternity parties are just like the ones in the movies — well, almost. Maybe the antics imagined in films like Seth Rogen’s “Neighbors” are a tad exaggerated, but students who want to party like McConaughey should head west. Longhorn Greek life dominates West Campus on the weekends, and between the massive ragers and smaller-scale kickbacks, there is always something for everyone — that is, of course, if you can get in.
21st Street Co-Op If the Greek life really isn’t your scene, the 21st Street Co-Op also throws parties that are more relaxed and communal. It’s
Austin Swing Syndicate at the Texas Federation of Womens’ Clubs For all you cougar hunters out there, the Swing Dance Syndicate is a great place
to pick up some Agneses and Arnolds on a Thursday night. For those of you who are more interested in people your own age, the venue also hosts a Collegiate Shag Class and Uptempo Dancing lesson on the fourth Thursday of every month. No matter what week of the month you choose to go, the event always provides high-quality lessons at an affordable price. Make sure to bring your swingiest clothes and dancing shoes!
Your own damn apartment If West Campus or Sixth Street aren’t satisfying your party needs, throw your own shindig at your apartment. Even if you don’t have your own place, 81 percent of UT students live off-campus, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find a friend who does. Despite what most might think, throwing a party doesn’t need to be expensive or a hassle. All you need are some cheap streamers or DIY decorations, drinks (have your friends BYOB if they can since they’re already freeloading off your space), good friends and good vibes. Most importantly: Make sure you have the loudest speaker you can find to blast some groovy tunes and dance the night away.