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Harvey causes influx of pets at animal shelters By Reagen Ritterbush Senior Reporter
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Detecting the damage By London Gibson Senior Reporter Texas Athletics adds EYE-SYNC technology to detect concussions in the blink of an eye UT Athletics is one of only six college athletics programs in the country to implement a new portable technology that can detect concussion signs in a player in less than a minute. The technology, called EYE-SYNC, is the first objective concussion detection technology on the market and was picked up by the UT sports medicine staff in August, just before the start of the fall football season. The athletics department was unavailable for comment about the new technology at this time. Before EYE-SYNC, clinicians relied on subjective reports to determine whether athletes were fit to return to play, said Scott Anderson, chief customer officer for SyncThink, the start-up company behind EYE-SYNC. Anderson ran the Stanford University sports medicine program for a decade and used the EYE-SYNC technology with the athletics program there for two and a half years. He said the technology gathers hard data that can prove a player
is unfit to return to the field, preventing further injury. “Being able to prove hard data to clinicians and patients is really groundbreaking,” Anderson said. “The concussion space has never had an objective measure before.” Evidence of the relationship between concussion-related brain diseases and football players has surfaced in recent years. A July study found evidence of a disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in the brains of 48 out of 53 deceased former college football players. Furthermore, 110 of the 111 brains of former NFL players showed CTE. UT psychology professor David Schnyer has studied concussions in football players. He said they are especially susceptible to head injuries because of the nature of the sport. “The issue with football is that the primary goal is essentially colliding with other people,” Schnyer said. “Aside from something like boxing, football is probably a game for which there’s the greatest experience of concussions.” Iowa State University picked up the EYE-SYNC technology in July. Mark Coberley, associate athletics director for
sports medicine at ISU, said the technology has proven helpful in the month they’ve had it in place. “The fact that we can actually get some hard data to look at, that gives us a lot more peace of mind,” Coberley said. “Other (athletics programs) are just starting to use it, just starting to figure out what its capabilities are.” The FDA-cleared technology is similar to a modified virtual reality headset with built in cameras that track eye movement, Anderson said. Data revealing concussion symptoms can be transferred to on-site clinicians within seconds via a bluetooth tablet. “The combination of the rapid testing and the portability … there really isn’t anything like that,” Anderson said. “I believe that it’s just such a game changer.” Schnyer said researchers have tried for years to improve safety for football players. For players to be truly safe from head injuries, the rules of the game may have to change and the equipment may need to be modified, he said. “There are a number of (proposals) out there that are being pushed onto the sport,” Schnyer said. “Whether or not the sport accepts them is the issue.”
When Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston-area animal shelters in early August, Austin-based rescue shelter Austin Pets Alive answered a cry — and a bark — for help, tripling its number of foster dogs. More than 2,000 animals from the Houston area are now members of the APA community due to overflooded shelters from Hurricane Harvey. The number of fosters for dogs tripled and the number for cats doubled, reaching over 1,000 total foster animals, a record high, according to Mary Heerwald, APA director of marketing and communications. APA reached out to shelters in the Houston region to help evacuate animals before Harvey touched ground. Heerwald said the rescue sent teams out all over Texas, from Corpus Christi to Houston, to evacuate the animals from the coming storm. “A lot of shelters don’t have evacuation plans in place and don’t expect storms like Harvey to hit, so we were proactively helping those who needed it,” Heerwald said. “When the storm actually hit, we got a lot of pleas from not only shelters, but people who had found abandoned animals in the flooding.” Both the Town Lake and Tarrytown APA locations are at full capacity, Heerwald said. Many no-kill shelters, or shelters against euthanization, around the country are stepping up to help rescue some of the animals. Heerwald also said although APA has never cared for this number of animals, people from all over the country are coming out to help them. “There are volunteers from California and New York coming to help us,”
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APD issues arrest warrant for suspect in road rage assault
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By Reagan Ritterbush Senior Reporter
Austin Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a man during an apparent road rage incident near the intersection of Parmer Lane and Dessau Road. The warrant names 18-year-old Juan de Dios Carbajal-Jaimes as the suspect who allegedly shot Alfred Lockett, a 48-year-old UT employee according to school officials, on Tuesday afternoon. Lockett was a journey lineman for ITS Networking at the University. Responding to the scene around 4:30 p.m., APD found Lockett on the ground, where bystanders had removed the man from his vehicle in an attempt to save him. Austin-Travis County EMS medics resumed rescue efforts when they arrived on the scene, but Lockett died about 20 minutes later, APD said. “The University community deeply mourns the loss of our employee
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UT receives No. 56 ranking from US News By Wesley Story News Desk Editor By Lisa Nhan News Desk Editor UT was ranked the second best college in the state and tied for 56th in the nation by the U.S. News and World Report, which announced their 2018 Best Colleges rankings Thursday. First in state went to Rice University, with an overall national ranking of 14th. Southern Methodist University — previously tied for 56th with
UT in last year’s ranking — received third in state and 61st nationally, while Texas A&M University trailed with fourth in state and a 69th overall ranking. The U.S. News ranks colleges and universities based on hundreds of data points and up to 15 measures of academic quality, such as graduation and freshman retention rates.
Miss Texas Margana Wood made national headlines Sunday night for her response to a question about President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville protest in mid-August. Wood, a UT alumna, made it to the top five finalists of the Miss America pageant and reached the final question round. During that round, Wood was asked to respond to the president’s statement that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the Charlottesville protest, which turned violent and began a national discussion on white supremacy. “I think that the white supremacist issue, it was very obvious that it was a terrorist attack,” Wood said in her response. “And I think that President Donald Trump should’ve made a statement earlier addressing the fact and in making sure all Americans feel safe in this country. That is the number one issue right now.” Wood’s response drew applause from the crowd and has since been shared widely on
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Healthy self-image campaign MasculinUT debuts on campus. PAGE 2
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Austin Asian cuisine gets a boost with Far East Fest. PAGE 8
Texas soccer looks to build on its best start in program history. PAGE 6
Natural disasters like hurricanes can affect mental health. PAGE 5
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Trump, top officials discuss DACA By Chase Karacostas Senior Reporter
President Donald Trump and Democratic Senate and House leaders sent out conflicting messages about the future of young, undocumented immigrants Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The controversy started with a dinner that Trump held with Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House minority leader, and Chuck Schumer, the U.S. Senate minority leader. In parallel statements, Pelosi, Schumer and Trump said they discussed preserving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, increasing border security and funding for the border wall. DACA, a 2012 executive order from the Obama administration, served as a replacement to the DREAM Act, legislation that offered similar benefits and failed to pass in 2010. All three leaders said that an agreement had been made to ensure “Dreamers,” or undocumented immigrants who qualify to be DACA recipients, would not be forced to leave. But, following a joint statement by Pelosi and Schumer that said a “deal” had been reached regarding DACA, the White House released its own statement that said DACA was one of many topics discussed at the meal. Early Thursday morning, Trump tweeted that “no deal was made last night on DACA” and that massive border security increases would be a
contingency point on any DACA-related legislation. Minutes later, he tweeted about the value Dreamers provide to society. “Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military?” Trump said in a pair of tweets. “They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own.” Maya Guevara, a Latin American studies senior and University Leadership Initiative member, said the past six months of uncertainty for Dreamers has felt like a power play by Trump’s administration. “It’s very overwhelming, (especially) seeing all my friends dealing with it,” Guevara said. “It’s really an abuse tactic of the administration to say one thing, do another and keep people waiting. It’s people’s real lives, economic future … It’s taking a really big toll on people’s mental and even physical health.” Biochemistry junior Rebecca Hernandez, a DACA recipient and ULI member, said all they can do right now is prepare for the worst as floods of contradictory information about DACA come at them. However, she said it’s mostly a continuation of the seven-year-old uncertainty started in the days of the failed DREAM Act. “DACA was never a law, so it could always be taken away,” Hernandez said. “We’re never sure what can happen, but these last couple of weeks it’s just been more intense.”
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President Donald Trump and Democratic Senate and House leaders sent out conflicting messages about the future of Dreamers. Maya Guevara, University Leadership Initiative member, said the past six months of uncertainty for Dreamers has felt like a power play by Trump’s administration.
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Bulk trash collection and street sweeping services will be affected over the next few weeks while City of Austin cleanup crews help clear trash and debris in areas damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The cities along the Gulf coast sent out calls for help with cleanup and repairs after Harvey ravaged towns and flooded large chunks of Texas from Houston to Corpus Christi. The Austin transportation, resource recovery and energy departments heeded these calls and have been sending out crews for several weeks to help out. Currently, the resource recovery department is sending out new cleanup crews every five days to clear debris. The first crew was scheduled to leave Monday morning but was so eager to help out that they left a day early, said Memi Cardenas, public information specialist senior. “We need to stick together and help each other out in these times, and for us it means a couple of service delays, for them it means cleaning up their cities and getting life back to normal,” Cardenas said. “(Our crews were) really excited to get out there and to help.” September bulk trash collection has already been scheduled and carried out, so October’s collection is currently delayed until the city finishes helping out. Just days after Harvey moved on from Texas, the transportation department sent a crew of 23 workers and supervisors to replace stop signs and fix dozens of broken stoplights around the city of Victoria over the course of a week. “Our department just feels that we were lucky that we were in a position to mobilize and send crews down there,” public information specialist senior Cheyenne Krause said. “They needed our help, and we were more than happy to give it.” In total, the crew replaced 122 stop signs and fixed 73 of 79 broken stop lights, which would’ve
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continues from page 1 social media. Textiles and apparel senior Ellie Bazil said she appreciated Wood for her brave comment. “I felt (Wood’s) comment was very powerful,” Bazil said. “I completely disagree with his statement on the Charlottesville protest and I’m glad someone finally called him out.” Wood’s personal
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City of Austin cleanup crews help clear the debris in places affected by Hurricane Harvey. The crews come from Austin transportation, resource recovery and energy departments, and the changes will affect city trash collection schedules in October.
presented a major problem if left a really good team effort between unchecked as residents returned to the communities.” the city, Krause said. Public relations junior Braelyn Victoria faces another problem Bianchi, a resident of Victoria, said as most of she really apthe local repreciated that pair crews large cities such had to miss as Austin were work due to not forgetting “We need to stick togethdamage to about small er and help each other their own towns affected homes, leavby the storm. out in these times, and ing little time “It’s realfor us it means a couple of to try and ly comforting fix wreckage to me since service delays, for them it all throughmy hometown out the city, needs some means cleaning up their Krause said. help and my cities and getting life back “ T h e y new town is were dealing helping out,” to normal.” with personBianchi said. al damage “It’s a natural —Memi Cardenas, to their own disaster, and Public information specialist senior property there’s nothing as well and we could’ve still trying done to preto help their vent it. You just own comhave to take munity,” Krause said. “I think that baby steps in making it better, and was really motivating for our guys I think that’s what our towns are to see as well, so I think that was trying to do.”
platform from the pageant was “You Belong,” in which she aims to spread the message of inclusion and respect. As a victim of bullying in middle school and high school, Wood tried to use her platform to educate audiences of the different kinds of bullying, according to the Miss Texas website. Wood said she looks forward to using her position as Miss Texas to continue to promote her message.
Woods graduated from UT with a degree in corporate communications. Nick Hundley, director of communications at the Moody College of Communications, said he is glad to see how far Wood has come since she graduated. “Moody College is proud of Margana Woods’ recent accomplishments as a graduate from the Department of Communications Studies and in her
selection as Miss Texas 2017,” Hundley said in an email. Wood said now that the pageant is over, she plans to go to graduate school to pursue her master’s degree. “I have secretly always wanted to live in another country,” Wood said in her Miss Texas bio. “After my year of service, I hope to use the scholarship I have earned to continue advancing my education.”
continues from page 1 Alfred Lockett,” said J.B. Bird, UT director of media relations. “Our hearts go out to his family, friends and coworkers during this difficult time.” APD said Lockett’s teal Infiniti collided with the shooter’s red Toyota while turning into a CVS. APD said the driver of the Toyota got out of his vehicle and walked toward Lockett’s car before pulling out a handgun and firing at Lockett. APD said after shots were fired, the shooter got back into his vehicle and fled the scene. Video footage from the CVS showed the suspect fleeing the parking lot with the left rear section of his back bumper partially detached but still connected to the vehicle, APD said. APD also said when EMS was leaving the scene, they saw a red Toyota Camry abandoned by the side of the road less than a mile from the scene of the shooting. The vehicle’s license plates were missing and its rear bumper was lying in the passenger seat, APD said. APD said they found Lockett’s cell phone, which had photos of a Hispanic man in a red T-shirt, in the Toyota. Although Carbajal-Jaimes is not in custody yet, he faces a first-degree murder charge. His bond will be set at $1 million.
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continues from page 1 Heerwald said. “Our employees are working around the clock, but it’s worth it. It means we’re saving lives.” Heerwald said at first, APA sent up a staging ground to vet and document animals in a Katy parking lot before transporting them to Austin. The operation has since been moved inside, and animals are being transported to a Houston Pets Alive facility near NRG Stadium in Houston, Heerwald said. “More and more animals kept coming, but the Austin community has really stepped up to help,” Heerwald said. “I am grateful
for the continuing support we are getting for these animals.” Some of the shelters APA helped include Fort Bend County Animal Shelter and BARC Animal Shelters and Adoptions. UT alumna Ashtyn Rivet, BARC’s deputy assistant director, said APA pulled 261 animals from their shelter, which for a time was surrounded by water. “When disaster strikes, it takes a village to rebuild,” Rivet said. “We are forever grateful to APA. They have not only had a great impact on the animals in the Houston area but the community as well.” Heerwald said animals
that aren’t confirmed strays or animals turned in by their owners are being sent to the Best Friends Facility. Lindsey Picard, APA’s marketing manager, said though some of the animals are sick and some are pregnant, most are in great condition and great spirits. Once the animals get to Austin, they are well cared for by all the volunteers and employees, Picard said. “A lot of the animals can be adaptable, but it is understandable if they are scared,” Heerwald said. “It’s hard to see them. Humans have the ability to rationalize these kinds of situations, but animals have no one to explain it to them.”
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Voices Against Violence introduced its new series of posters on Thursday. The posters encourage students to redefine their definition of masculinity.
MasculinUT spreads healthy ideals in poster campaign By London Gibson Senior Reporter
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Since Hurricane Harvey, the number of foster dogs at Austin Pets Alive has tripled and the number of foster cats doubled. More than 2,000 animals have arrived at the Austin center.
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Latino Community Affairs talks DACA at first meeting By Ashley Liu Senior Reporter
Latino Community Affairs, LCA, hosted its first town hall meeting to discuss contemporary Latino-related political issues, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals rollback, with Latino students yesterday. LCA, also known as UT Latinos, is a student-led organization that promotes Latino history and culture along with social justice issues. Sponsored by the UT Multicultural Engagement Center, the team serves to provide a vocal outlet for Latino students on racial issues such as the Charlottesville riots and the Trump administration’s planned dissolution of DACA. LCA president Damien Rodriguez said the town hall meeting is a place to bring Latino students together. “This is an user-generated discussion,” economics senior Rodriguez said. “I want Latino students to have a place to share resources and find emotional support. In a way, it’s a therapeutic session.” Rodriguez said the potential DACA repeal prompted the organization host a public forum. “No one knows what can be done on his or her own,” Rodriguez said. “Students are not in a position of power and
MasculinUT, a project by Voices Against Violence dedicated to promoting healthy ideals of masculinity on campus, launched its first-ever poster campaign Thursday. For two years, the people behind MasculinUT have worked with students and faculty to discuss what it means to be masculine in hopes of spreading acceptance and open-mindedness on campus. In order to engage the rest of campus, the program will host a slew of open talks dedicated to the topics touched on by the posters in their new campaign. Lauren White, MasculinUT member and health and education coordinator for Voices Against Violence, said the poster campaign is meant to speak to all UT students, not just the men. “The goal of this campaign is to expand notions, understandings (and) acceptance of diverse expression of masculinity,” White said. “That doesn’t just mean for people that are men or male-identified. We’re talking about a range of people with different identities.” The posters will be hung all over campus, including in classroom buildings and residence halls in the hope of initiating conversations and spreading the group’s message, White said. Each poster touches on a different topic that will serve as the subject of a discussion
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Educational administration graduate student Krysta Chacón speaks at the Latino Community Affairs town hall.
we don’t know which direction to take in order to help DACA recipients. LCA is our way of coming to collective action and get tangible results. Anthropology junior Ilse Colchado, director of community development of LCA, said she liked the intimacy that allowed Latinos to share their narratives and fears during the meeting. “You see Latino problems portrayed in media but no one is really comfortable with talking about them in person at UT,” Colchado said. “Latinos are represented in the way that UT wants us to be represented. The administration is reluctant to talk about us, (and) that’s where we come in.” Colchado also said it was unusual to see representatives
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from other organizations, including UT Sanctuary, Greek life and the International Socialist Organization, all in one place. “To me, it’s a success to see engagement and hearing different voices from the Latino community. At the end of the day I’m happy that we had diverse input,” Colchado said. Computer engineering senior Jose Camacho said he attended the town hall meeting because he needed a channel to support Latino students and faculty. “We need a way to protect our undocumented Latino brothers,” Camacho said. “We need to collectively come together, whether it be protesting, emailing or just addressing the problem.”
hosted by MasculinUT later in the year. The posters feature different students, each with a quote on what masculinity means to them. Government and economics junior Austin Smith is the subject of one of the posters and a member of MasculinUT. Smith said he saw the poster campaign as an opportunity to share his perspective and inspire people to feel more comfortable being who they are. “Sometimes we forget that masculinity isn’t in a vacuum; it’s interacting with all these other identities that we have,” Smith said. “How does me being a guy interact with the fact that I like men? For different people, it’s different things.” MasculinUT falls under the auspices of the Counseling and Mental Health Center program Voices Against Violence, although it also partners with several other departments on campus, such as the Gender and Sexuality Center. Derek Bell, a member of MasculinUT and student conduct specialist in the Office of the Dean of Students, said he hopes the posters create a healthy environment on campus. Bell was one of the individuals spearheading the poster campaign. “What we’re trying to do is create a healthy environment for our campus,” Bell said. “We wanted to create a safe community … for our Longhorns.”
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New year brings new vision from elected leaders By Janhavi Nemawarkar and Vik Shirvaikar Forum Editors
With all that has happened recently in Texas and across the nation, it can be difficult to remember that the semester began only two weeks ago. However, our elected officials, both here on campus and in Washington, have been hard at work welcoming students back to school and planning for the upcoming year. Today’s page highlights leaders from three governmental bodies that
play an important role in the lives of students: UT Senate of College Councils, UT Student Government and U.S. Congress. Each gives their vision for the year, and gives students suggestions for how to stay engaged in our community. First, we feature guest columnist Austin Blane Reynolds who serves as president of the Senate of College Councils. He introduces Senate and its mission, and outline their agenda for the year, with a specific focus on improving representation, promoting student health, and creating a centralized testing center.
Our next guest columnists are Alejandrina Guzman and Micky Wolf, UT student body president and vice president. They express their high hopes for the coming school year, their goal of empowering the student body and their commitment to creating a more inclusive and representative campus. Finally, we turn our attention to the national political sphere, with a guest column from U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett. Doggett served as UT student body president in 1967 and received his law degree from the UT School of Law. He has been a U.S. congressman since 1995 and currently represents
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Finding Senate By Austin Blane Reynolds Forum Contributor
This year, the Senate of College Councils recruitment theme is “Finding Senate.” Over the summer, our leadership team tabled every inch of the 40 Acres, hosted several info sessions and ordered a fair amount of Domino’s, all in the hopes that incoming students would find Senate and, ultimately, find their place at UT. The Senate of College Councils advocates for students at the University of Texas at Austin by identifying academic issues on campus that affect all students. Senate is able to assuage these issues through the strength of our collective graduate and undergraduate college councils. Together, these councils vote on individual pieces of legislation that work to resolve wide-reaching problems. We have the privilege of assembling a legislative agenda each year that helps both students and faculty harbor a more inclusive and productive learning environment. The academic change we want to see this year involves extensive work with the Registrar. Initiatives include reorganizing the registration website to make it simpler for students, listing major requirements on the Course Schedule and adding gender pronouns to Canvas. We want to make academics a place where self-expression is included in the curriculum, and in an effort to do so, advocating for gender pronouns to be placed on Canvas is a small step in the long fight to better represent transgender and non-binary folks within academics. The leadership of Senate also recog-
Texas’ 35th congressional district, which stretches from east Austin to San Antonio. In his column, Doggett calls for students to become more politically active and presents his education-related legislative priorities, which include resisting cuts to university funding, making college more affordable and passing the DREAM Act. If you have an opinion on one of these topics or anything else, we’re always ready to listen — email us at editor@dailytexanonline.com. Nemawarkar is a Plan II and government junior from Austin. Shirvaikar is a math and economics junior from Frisco.
nizes that student health is directly correlated to student performance in the classroom. Because of this, we will be continuing our work with University Health Services UHS to assure that students have the healthcare they need. We plan to address transportation needs to UHS through establishing a University Shuttle Service that can take students to and from the health center. Additionally, we are advocating for the creation of a satellite health clinic near Jester dormitories in order to have student health be more present on that side of campus. Finally, we are still working to bring Dental Services on this campus. In order to address a longstanding issue among students with disabilities, Senate is advocating for a centralized testing center. A centralized testing center addresses the need for a one-time location where students with disabilities can take examinations. It is crucial that students have a centralized location for testing, and frankly, it is against all reason that we do not have one at the University of Texas currently. Our leadership team is ecstatic for this upcoming year. We have recently welcomed 42 new members to our at-large program and we are excited to help them find a home and find Senate. If you have any questions about our agenda, please reach out to either Lu Barraza, barraza. lu@gmail.com, or myself, austinreynolds@utexas.edu. Reynolds is an English honors fifth-year. He serves as the president of the Senate of College Councils.
Rallying with SG By Alejandrina Guzman and Micky Wolf Forum Contributors
School’s back! Maybe you’re not yelling that on Speedway (though you should when you see us), but hopefully you feel the energy! Whether you’re just joining the Longhorn family or returning for a victory lap, we are excited to spend this year with you on the 40 Acres. Perhaps you spent your summer studying abroad, completing an internship, or binge-watching every episode of Game of Thrones like Alejandrina. Regardless, we’re pumped to see how you make this semester your best one yet! As the year kicks off, we have plenty to be excited about: the start of a new football season, reconnecting with friends and winter being here! (Sorry, we’ll stop.) Take a moment and try something cool on campus! Play an intramural sport you haven’t before, explore the LBJ Library (it’s free for students!), race Alejandrina on your way to class or take in the best views of Austin during a Tower Tour. And while the start of the school year is a celebratory time, it is also important to reflect on the adversity that many students are facing. Two weeks into the semester, Hurricane Harvey has affected many of our hometowns, and the decision to rescind DACA has caused despair among our peers. This follows a spring semester in which we dealt with the hardship of loss as well as hateful groups that sought to divide and demean members of our community. These struggles are real. That does not limit our ability to take these moments as opportunities to rally, support one another and create a more inclusive campus. We envision an ac-
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The Senate of College Councils introduces their class of new members for 2017-18.
tion-minded and empowered student body — together, we can accomplish goals much bigger than ourselves. We witnessed as much this Labor Day weekend when first-generation students came together at the First Gen Kickoff to support incoming first-years and build community. We’ve seen it again with students’ responses to Harvey. The Black Student Alliance, Chabad Jewish Student Organization, Student Bar Association and many others sent supplies, volunteers and funds to victims of the disaster. Coming into our roles in Student Government, we wanted to bridge the gaps between different communities and Represent All Longhorns Like You. Five months later, our focus remains the same. We want to use our platforms in Student Government to empower your voice and bring students together. If there is one message we can send at the beginning of the year, it is this: you are the power of this University. Use your voice to change the world because the power is in your hands. Much of this University was built on the shoulders of fearless leaders, and your ideas, passion and voice help transform UT for the better. It can be as simple as advocating for hammocks on campus or adding a building like the Student Activity Center. This university wouldn’t be the same without you, so it’s time to get to work. In the words of our External Financial Director, Cameron Maxwell, “It’s easy to tweet about it, but harder to be about it.” Longhorns, let’s be about it this semester. Let’s RALLY. Guzman is a government and Mexican-American studies fifth-year. Wolf is a Plan II, business honors and psychology senior. They serve as the student body president and vice president.
Student body president Alejandrina Guzman speaks to SG assembly on Tuesday.
GUEST COLUMN
Investing in education truly makes America great By U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett Forum Contributor
Whether you are learning your way around the 40 Acres or embracing your last year, I have always known Longhorns to work hard, tackle obstacles and give back to our community. This was no different as Hurricane Harvey struck, bringing some of the worst flooding in recent memory. Even so, it brought out what is best about Texas. Many individuals, in addition to first responders, reached out to help their neighbors. As the next generation of leaders, your commitment to civic involvement is critical. First as UT student body president, and now from Washington, I am working to serve students and make higher education more affordable. We face tough challenges from those who do not support federal aid for public schools or student aid for higher education. I believe an investment in education is critical to truly making America great.
Resisting education cuts Higher education offers a high return on every dollar of investment. UT, which attracts students from across the globe, also prepares students to compete globally. As Longhorns, we also know that “What Starts Here Changes the World.” But we will not see this progress if education becomes unaffordable to most. The president has proposed a $9.2 billion dollar cut to education spending, thereby scrapping federal subsidies on student loan interest rates and adding thousands of dollars to the already exorbitant cost of college. His budget would also harm special education students. It is estimated that school districts receive about $4 billion in Medicaid reimbursements annually — funding that helps pay for healthcare professionals who serve special education students. The Trump budget could jeopardize that funding and cut many education and social services initiatives. While we live in
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the Lone Star State, Trump’s budget leaves too many vulnerable Texans to go it alone. I will continue to persist and resist his agenda. Making progress In order to make college more affordable, I have supported legislation to limit interest rates on federal loans and to provide more Pell Grants. I also authored provisions allowing a tax cut of up to $10,000 on education expenses such as tuition, textbooks and fees. Many students are still too discouraged by the price tag of college to even apply. For many that do apply, they find the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) too complicated to complete. To remove this barrier, I introduced the Equitable Student Aid Access Act to make the FAFSA available earlier, make more students eligible for the full Pell Grant and enable qualifying students to answer fewer questions to complete the already complicated form. Supporting Dreamers As students, including many Longhorns, Dreamers make rich contri-
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butions to our community and Nation. While Trump wants to deport them to countries they barely know, I believe that our Dreamers’ futures are nonnegotiable. That is why I am sponsoring the DREAM Act, which would provide immediate protection to Dreamers and a pathway to American citizenship. Get Involved Throughout your time at UT, I encourage you to remain engaged on campus and in the community. Make your voice heard. I also encourage students to get involved in my Austin, San Antonio, or D.C. offices. As a lifelong Longhorn who grew up a few blocks from campus, received my education and met my wife on campus and was originally elected to represent all University neighborhoods, I am working to serve you. Doggett represents Texas’s 35th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as the University of Texas student body president in 1967.
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Friday, September 15, 2017
HEALTH
Hurricane Harvey may cause mental health problems for affected people By Jennifer Liu S&T Reporter
Hurricane Harvey devastated huge areas of Texas, displacing families from their homes, causing irreparable damages to buildings and needlessly claiming innocent lives. When disaster strikes, it can be easy to get caught up in the intensive process of emergency management. Lives and entire communities must be rebuilt, taking months — even years — to return to the way they were before. However, it is during these times of stress and hardship that people should focus on both physical and emotional needs, according to Emily Doyle, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Dell Medical School. Doyle said the aftermath of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina gave a preview of the mental health issues that can be anticipated after a natural disaster of a similar caliber. “Understandably, many (of those who were affected by Harvey) are anxious about what the future holds for them,” Doyle said. “Some were exposed to scenes of extreme suffering, injury or even death. Some were in a position to fear for their own lives. These events can trigger intense fear, helplessness or horror.” Doyle said natural disasters, such as Hurricane Harvey, can cause these psychological reactions because humans instinctively respond to stress. “A physiological response to stress is built into our DNA,” Doyle said. “It’s what allows us to fight or flee in dangerous situations. So, it’s in our biology.” Two people who have suffered the same traumatic event may have extremely different responses. One may only experience mild symptoms for a short period of time, while the other may be severely psychologically or mentally impaired,
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continues from page 8 then-sophomores Rodrigo Banzer and Leonardo Telles lost in the finals match to a team from Rice. “It’s the first tournament of the year and a great way to get the season started,” Center said. “The plan is to play hard and get plenty of matches under our belts. We’ve been fortunate to have some of our guys win this tournament in the past. It’s a great venue, the community gets involved with the event, and we always look forward to going back.” The Longhorns will have four athletes representing the 40 Acres in Midland this weekend. Of the four athletes — which include senior John Mee, reigning champion Markes and redshirt sophomore Johnny Goodwin
— the biggest storyline to follow is the return of junior Adrian Ortiz, who missed last season due to an injury. Ortiz, who was medically redshirted last year, was a key contributor on the 2015-2016 team, posting a singles record of 18–9. He will play doubles this weekend in his first court appearance for the Longhorns since 2016. “It definitely means a lot to me to go get my competitive edge back and go play a tournament,” Ortiz said. “I feel like I’ve been out almost two years now. It’ll be great to get out there and play.” After the Invitational, the Longhorns will travel to Malibu, California, for the Oracle ITA Masters on Sept. 21, and then to Lafayette, Louisiana, for the Cajun Tennis Classic on Sept. 22.
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Doyle said. Some people are more susceptible to psychological trauma than others. Genetic contributions and prior life experience can increase the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, said Stephen Strakowski, department chair of psychiatry at Dell Medical School. “People who’ve been through prior trauma, particularly as children, are also at increased risk, as are people struggling with other psychiatric conditions like bipolar disorder,” Strakowski said. According to Doyle, the most common emotional responses that may result from events like Hurricane Harvey include confusion, numbness, anger, sadness or fear. “For some, however, (it) will precipitate psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders,” Doyle said. According to Doyle, substance-abuse disorders are common in the wake of disasters. This may be because people impacted by trauma may use psychoactive substances to self-medicate. Laura Gold, the prevention services program manager at Austin-Travis County Integral Care, said that some more common
mental health issues that can arise include suicidal ideation, depression and anxiety. “Some people who may already have a mental health … or substance use diagnosis may be more susceptible to … psychological stress,” Gold said. For most people, these issues will not become too severe and will resolve themselves in time, but if people’s relationships, professional and personal lives begin to be affected, it’s a warning sign to seek help, Doyle said. One of the best ways that people can help others alleviate stress and provide emotional support is by listening. “Intuitively, most people will talk about their stress with the people they know and trust,” Doyle said. “This talking helps us to heal and recover emotionally.” UT students affected by Harvey can find help at the Counseling and Mental Health Center, and University employees can call 512-471-3366 to reach the Employee Assistance Program. Austin-Travis County Integral Care can be reached at 512-472-4357.
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Christian Sigsgaard returns a deep ball at the baseline. The sophomore readies for the start of the 2017 campaign with a stop at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational.
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continues from page 8 they’ll respond.” Saturday’s showdown will mark these two high-profiled programs’ first matchup since Young’s heroics in 2006 at the Rose Bowl delivered Texas its fourth national title. But USC isn’t claiming that loss. The Trojans’ program was heavily penalized in June 2010 by the NCAA for improper benefits given to former
running back Reggie Bush. The penalties included a loss of 30 scholarships over three years, a two-year bowl ban and a vacating of games from Dec. 2004 through the entirety of the 2005 season — including the loss to Texas in the national title game. But the Longhorns are convinced that people won’t forget what really happened. “They say they never lost,” former defensive end Tim Crowder said on Tuesday, “but I bet you a million people know they did.”
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FOOD
Far East Fest spotlights Asian food scene By Stephen Acevado Senior L&A Reporter
Austin’s flourishing food scene is not limited to breakfast tacos and queso — but many don’t know its Asian food scene is taking off as well. The apparently limited Asian food options prompted an Estately blog post to rank Austin as the worst city in the nation for Asian food. Partners Gavin Booth and Min Choe are setting out to change that narrative with the inaugural Far East Fest on Oct. 1. Choe said he was slightly offended when he saw Austin come up as one of the worst spots for Asian cuisine. “It’s not that we don’t have really good Asian food here, I think we have a lot of it. There’s just not a lot of media publication of our presentation for it,” Choe said. “That was a spark in the catalyst for putting together this festival.” Far East Fest will host over 30 of Austin’s best Asian food concepts in the parking lot of The Austin American-Statesman to sample their food to hungry Austinites. Choe said they want to give people the opportunity to experience as much local Asian cuisine as they can which is a difficult task to accomplish in a bustling city like Austin. “It’s hard for any family to visit all these restaurants at any given time because we all live in a very densely populated metropoli-
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tan city,” Choe said. “They can come to the festival and at least get a sampling of a ton of these restaurants all in one venue. We really like the idea of being able to showcase the restaurants and their cuisine.” Although the focus of the festival will be Asian cuisine, it will also bring aboard a small number of non-Asian concepts that
Booth and Choe feel have something special to offer. “Our main goal is to support purely Asian restaurants,” Booth said. “But Austin being the foodie city that it is, we wanted to bring in a few select non-Asian concepts and have them come up with an Asian-themed dish.” He said they’re particularly excited for Gourdough’s and Ta-
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male House East’s Asian-inspired donuts and tamales. Choe said while food is clearly the cornerstone of the upcoming event, he and Booth want it to be much more of a cultural event. “We’re going to have some demonstrations like taekwondo and a bunch of other forms of entertainment,” Choe said. “The event is all-encompass-
ing, but we like to use food as a means of bringing the community together.” Though Austin’s community is Far East Fest’s first priority, it is also setting out to serve a more remote community through involvement with Caring for Cambodia, a nonprofit that helps build schools in Cambodia “Cambodia is developing, but they’re still under-privileged in a lot of areas,” Choe said. “It’s wonderful that this organization saw that and wanted to give back.” With the inaugural installment of the festival already showing far more promise than Booth and Choe anticipated, quickly surpassing their initial goal of 20 restaurants, Choe said they anticipate it eventually becoming a major pillar of the Austin community. “We’re trying to make this festival become an iconic event here in Austin,” Choe said. “This is the inaugural year, but we want this to happen every year.” Booth said he and Choe are thrilled about the idea of finally being able to introduce this festival to the Austin community and helping their restaurateur friends getting the word out about their restaurants. Above all, he hopes people truly enjoy filling their bellies with the city’s best Asian cuisine. “No one will leave with an empty stomach, that’s for sure,” Booth said. “It’s going to be a lot of amazing food and a really, really good party.”
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Other Littlefield descendant approves of statue removal By Albert Zhao
advocated for the interstate commerce clause that allowed the federal government to regulate railroad freight charges When UT professor emeritus David B. and practices. He added that Albert SidGracy II saw the events that unraveled in ney Johnston was Texas’ Secretary of War Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, he before the Civil War, and Robert E. Lee said he felt demoralized. became a supporter of reconciliation after Gracy is a descendant of Confederate the Civil War. Gracy said it’s understandable why Major George Washington Littlefield’s sister, and is currently writing a history about these details are overlooked if a statue is him. On the 40 Acres, Littlefield is best just standing on its own on campus. He known as a successful cattle businessman hopes students will not broadly paint and the largest donor in the University’s the removed statues as mere symbols of the Confederacy. first 50 years. Doug Snyder, manThe former proagement information fessor said it was systems and governshameful that Conment senior, said he federate statues be“Just as you study was pleased by how came rallying points quickly the statues for white supremaAmerican atrocities were removed, and cists and neo-Nazis, considered it more apendangering UT’s overseas and learn propriate to relocate Confederate statues from our mistakes, it them to a museum. to also be reduced “It’s perfectly fair to to the same bigotmake sense you study learn from the misry. Later in August, takes of our past,” when UT President statues in an attempt to Snyder said. “Just as Gregory Fenves reyou study American moved Confederate learn how normalized atrocities overseas and statues across camlearn from our mispus overnight, Grawhite supremacy was.” takes, it make sense cy felt he was right you study statues in to do so. an attempt to learn “Fenves did the —Doug Snyder, how normalized white right thing to just MIS and government senior supremacy was.” get them out of the Corporate commuway,” Gracy said. nications senior Kayli Although supBolds said though it portive of the statues’ removal, Gracy doesn’t think they is important to confront the painful hisshould be destroyed either — instead, he tory the statues symbolize, she is glad the said, they should be preserved for educa- University is no longer paid homage to tion’s sake, and was happy with the deci- on campus. “Being biracial, half black, (the statues) sion to relocate them to the Briscoe Center. “As opposed to having on our cam- mean hate,” Bolds said. “My dad faces pus the kinds of situation that occurred discrimination. I still face discriminain Charlottesville, or in North Carolina tion, so it’s just like we’re already having where they pulled one down and just flat a hard time, and having these statues up out destroyed it, I think it is a better deci- is just kind of reminding us that we’re still nothing.” sion,” Gracy said. Gracy said if there comes a day when UT Other Confederate descendants were less satisfied with the decision. The stat- students advocate for the removal of Major ues’ removal prompted a lawsuit against Littlefield’s name from campus landmarks, UT from Steven Littlefield and Sons of such as Littlefield Cafe and Littlefield Fountain, he hopes they do not ignore his Confederate Veterans. Gracy said it’s important to scrutinize indelible connection to UT, including a whether or not the statues carry his- $500,000 sum left for UT in his will, which toric significance beyond their roles in effectively kept the 40 Acres from having the Civil War. Moving the statues into to be relocated. “Whether you name something for a museum, Gracy said, will better contextualize the men than their statues just him or not, it doesn’t change his contribution to the University,” Gracy said. “In standing alone. John Reagan, Gracy explained, was fact, it says more about what you don’t more important than simply being the know than what you do and what his Confederacy’s postmaster general: He also contribution was.” Senior L&A Reporter
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Jennifer Lawrence shines in this bizarre nightmare that ditches traditional storytelling for abstract allegory.
‘mother!’ exceeds, subverts expectations set by trailer By Justin Jones Assoc. L&A Editor
Hollywood has rarely, if ever, seen as bold a wide release as Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!,” a surreal tone-piece that provides two hours of unsettling allegory with just enough narrative and scares to fill a trailer that looks like a mainstream horror film. Paramount, the studio behind the billion-dollar Transformers franchise, has given the experimental filmmaker $30 million and an all-star cast of Hollywood actors. In return, Aronofsky gave them a completely bonkers film, undeniably flawed and admirably bizarre. The film sets the tone early, presenting the viewer with beautiful footage of a burning woman and a burning house that rebuilds itself, breathtaking images that make no narrative sense when provided without context as they are. The story properly begins as Jennifer Lawrence, the third highest-paid actress in the world, wakes up in this newly rebuilt house. She plays the highly optimistic wife of a writer, played to mysterious brilliance by Javier Bardem — none of the characters are named because this is that kind of movie. Bardem, plagued by writer’s block, is aloof and distant from Lawrence and spends a great amount of time wandering around their property. Although their home is secluded from public life, a traveler, played by Ed Harris, stumbles into their house and kicks off a recurring theme of the film — unwanted, unexpected guests making their way into the home. A slew of colorful characters played by a cast of wonderful actors follow Harris into the film, creating a chaotic scene that escalates, almost humorously, until Lawrence reaches a breaking point. Things begin to go right for the lead couple, as Bardem returns to writing and they finally achieve a goal they’ve shared since before the film’s beginning — parenthood. But Lawrence’s character’s pregnancy does more than just fulfill the promise of the film’s title, as it
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gives her character a sense of urgency and a person to protect and fight for. These first two acts of “mother!” are odd, with flashes of surreality but never truly bizarre. They are largely uneventful, sometimes-boring segments, periodically interrupted by moments of suspense, mystery and even comedy. Alone, this hour and a half of filmmaking is decent but would still easily be Aronofsky’s worst film. Then the whole thing goes to hell, and Aronofsky goes all in. To describe the last 40 minutes of “mother!” would do a disservice to both the film and any potential viewer, but this last act is a brilliant, edge-of-your seat nightmare with absolutely no logical sense. The camera follows Lawrence, alternating between closeups of her and shaky-cam views of the world around her — freakish, grotesque looks at a world falling to pieces. Writers will break down the Rorschach test of a film that is “mother!” for decades to come. Its imagery can often be on the nose, but Aronofsky’s overall subtext is murky. On one level, it is a meditation on toxic relationships, and on others, an allegory for life as a creative and potentially even a theological treatise on the idea of God. It is thematically weighty, often heavy-handed but commendable in its ambition, as this is new territory for such a widely marketed film. Against all reason, Paramount is pushing the offbeat movie to mass audiences, giving it a wide release and pushing marketing that promotes an entirely different film. With such a perfect storm brewing against it, Aronofsky’s oddity is certain to leave a bad taste in audience’s mouths. But, taken on its own merits, it is a wonderfully insane venture into big-budget surrealist horror.
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MICHAEL SHAPIRO SPORTS EDITOR
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Friday, September 15, 2017
SOCCER
Texas soccer aims for eighth-straight victory By Dalton Phillips Senior Sports Reporter
Looking to build on an already historic start, the Longhorns host UT-Rio Grande Valley on Friday night at Mike A. Myers Stadium. The matchup against the threewin Vaqueros offers the team a bit of breathing room after last week’s overtime thriller. Texas is expected to win handily against Rio Grande Valley, after rocketing out to its best start under the six-year tenure of head coach Angela Kelly. The Longhorns’ leader attributes the team’s early success to the slow cultivation of the program’s values across the past six seasons. “You don’t just build a program that has the ability to face adversity and continue to find ways to win overnight. It takes time. It takes the culture,” Kelly said. “It takes having competitive fiber within that culture. And it’s got to go from top to bottom.” Texas is one of seven remaining undefeated programs in the country. Leading the charge for the Longhorns is junior midfielder Katie Glenn, who earned her first career Big 12 offensive
player of the week nod following her two goal, one assist performance last weekend. She notched the first score of the season against Colorado’s formidable defense and then gave Texas the lead on a penalty kick in the team’s win against Northeastern. But Glenn isn’t alone in powering the Longhorn offense. Eight Texas players have found the inside of the twine in seven games. The numerous scoring threats prove a nightmare for opposing defenses, who are forced to respect every member of the orange and white frontline. Prior to Sunday, the Longhorns had yet to win a match this season where their opponent scored two or more goals. “If I was on the opposite side of the table and I’m thinking about how we organize against Texas, it would be a challenge,” Kelly said. “A lot of those players — the Cyera Hintzens, the Haley Bergs — they are drawing two and three players with them every single time they touch the ball.” Friday’s contest is the last of Texas’ games before the start of conference play. The Longhorns will be thrown straight into the fire,
Junior midfielder Katie Glenn earned her first career Big 12 Player of the Week honors for her strong showing in last weekend’s matchups.
“You don’t just build a program that has the ability to face adversity and continue to find ways to win overnight. It takes time. It takes the culture.” —Angela Kelly, Texas head coach
kicking off its Big 12 campaign against Iowa State and then West Virginia. The Mountaineers finished with a perfect 8–0 conference record last season. In spite of Texas’ progress, the team still has a long way to go before vying for the Big 12 title and NCAA tournament success. But if this opening run is any indication, the Longhorns are more than up for the challenge. “We can be better. We can do a lot of things just a little bit better,” Kelly said. “And the players are excited about that.”
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TENNIS
Back on track: Texas gears up for road rematch against USC
Longhorns to kick off season on Friday at Racquet Club Invitational
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Vince Young isn’t suiting up, Mack Brown isn’t on the sideline and Texas isn’t playing with a national championship on the line on Saturday against No. 4 USC. But it’s still Texas and USC — two of the most tradition-riched programs in college football — and it’s still going to be on display for the entire nation to see. “This is a big game,” former quarterback Vince Young said on Tuesday. “Not just for (the players) — it’s for the state of Texas. It’s everything. Yes, it’s a game, but at the same time you need to win this game, or you need to at least show up at this game. Don’t go out there and embarrass yourself. Go out there and be Texas football.” The magnitude of the game isn’t in question. The quality is. There’s no hiding it — No. 4 USC is the heavy favorite, and a 15.5-point favorite at that. “We are an underdog,” head coach Tom Herman said. “They’ve been doing this awhile at Southern Cal. We haven’t. (They had a) great season last year, quarterback is as good as there is in the country, skill positions all over the place that are as good as there is in the country … I would say they’re definitely the favorite.” The Trojans, who are considered a College Football Playoff contender, are riding an 11-game win streak dating back to Oct. 1, 2016.
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Freshman wide receiver Reggie Hemphill-Mapps turns downfield after a reception against San Jose State.
The Longhorns have been on a much different path in recent years. Texas has struggled on the road, going 2–8 in the previous two seasons, which seems to have formed a perfect storm after USC announced that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will be sold out with 92,348 rocking fans ready to see the rematch. Herman knows one of the biggest challenges off the field won’t just come from the roaring crowd — it’ll come from the pregame routine. “I think the challenge is sticking to your routine,” Herman said. “If you can make just getting on a plane the only deviation in that routine, then you’ve succeeded. That’s probably the biggest challenge, is making sure that we’re dialed in and focused just as if it were a home game.” Herman said he will run
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the same pregame schedule to provide his team with consistency, but the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum isn’t Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Rather than playing with the leisure of a burnt orange crowd, the Longhorns will play in front of a sea of cardinal and gold. With the starting quarterback position still unclear for Saturday’s game and a defense that gave up 51 points to Maryland two weeks ago, several questions remain about Texas’ ability to respond to an explosive Trojan squad. “We’ll find out Saturday,” Herman said. “We’re not gonna leave any stone unturned, we’re not gonna leave any ‘I’ not dotted or any ‘T’ not crossed. We’ll be in as good a place mentally as we can be. I have confidence that
After a four-month offseason, the Longhorns will kick off their season on Friday as they head to Midland, Texas, for the annual Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its men’s singles ranking Tuesday, and Texas found itself as the only school with at least three
athletes ranking among the top-30 singles players in the nation. One of those players is sophomore Christian Sigsgaard, who was named the Big XII’s freshman of the year in 2017. He enters the season ranked No. 15 in the nation. Following Sigsgaard are juniors Harrison Scott and Yuya Ito, who rank No. 22 and No. 26 respectively. “We were really young last year, but our guys are a year
older and a year stronger now,” head coach Michael Center said. “The rankings indicate we have some very good players on this team, but we’ll see where we are in April and May. That’s when we really want to peak as a team.” At last year’s Invitational, then-sophomore Colin Markes won the singles title, while the doubles team of
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